#knb chapter 19

He says it himself right after, Kuroko reacts that way because he knows how it feels to stop loving basketball and to almost quit because of it.

But I think he's also probably wondering how many teams and players quit basketball after a crushing loss to Teiko? If Seiho was enough to break his senpais' spirits, Teiko must have destroyed the spirit of so many players Kuroko had no idea about.

He knows about Ogiwara but the situation was a little different, getting whipped didn't demoralized Ogiwara, he never gave up until the very end and he wouldn't have stopped playing basketball because of a defeat. He quit because the GoM toyed with them with their 111-11.

“Having doubts about something you love can be painful” is something that resonates very strongly with me, it’s truly a devastating feeling.

Hate it when it happens.

Kasuga seems to be quite observant and level headed, it's notable that the captain turn to him to get a feel of the opposing teams.

In a way, it's no surprise that he's the player Furihata has his eyes on. He's not spectacular and he doesn't have amazing abilities like Eagle, Hawk, Emperor, or Belial Eyes, but he's still one of the best point guards in Tokyo.

In a way he is what Furihata can aim to be, he is a goal he can reach one day. This is why out of all the incredible point guards we see in the manga, out of all the incredible opponents Furihata saw, Kasuga is the one he pays the most attention to and the one he admires the most.

Kise taking interest in his friends' passions is adorable.

Kasamatsu mentions that Kise has started training more diligently, as he did before the GoM started to be too strong in Teiko. It was probably due to his defeat against Seirin. It's great to know that he's starting to take basketball seriously again.

Kasamatsu is always so annoyed when Kise mentions Kuroko, it's so funny, how many times a day do you think Kise talks about him for Kasamatsu to react that way? The fact that he finds Kuroko's misdirection so annoying may also play a role in his "dislike".

I forgot to do it when he first appeared, so here the kanji translation :

Tomoki Tsugawa 津川 智紀

津 (Tsu)

• Harbor, port

• A place where people and goods can cross a body of water.

• Moisture, fluid

川 (Kawa/Gawa)

• River, stream

智 (Tomo)

• Wise

• Intelligent

• Insightful

• Knowledgable

• The capacity to comprehend and process information.

紀 (Ko)

• I, Me, Self

• Earth

• Center

Ryūhei Kasuga kanji translation :

春日 (Kasuga) 隆平 (Ryūhei)

春 (Kasu)

• Spring

• Beginning of the year

• Adolescence

• Passion

日 (Ka/Ga)

• Sunlight, Sun

• Daylight

• Day

• Sunday

• Japan

隆 (Ryū)

• Having a high status or rank.

• Having a high status or rank.

• Noble, precious

平 (Hei)

• Flat, smooth

• Peaceful (as in without bias or inequality)

• To make even or peaceful.

• To settle

• Ordinary

Tsutomu Iwamura kanji translation :

岩村 Iwamura 努 Tsutomu

岩 (Iwa)

• Rock, boulder

村 (Mura)

• Village

• Countryside

• Rural, rustic

努 (Tsutomu)

• To strive, to exert efforts