#knb characters

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Characters you can ask at this blog:

Hyuuga Junpei

Mitobe Rinnosuke

Kasamatsu Yukio

Midorima Shintarou

Miyaji Kiyoshi

Hiraiwa Kouji

Imayoshi Shouichi

Furihata Kouki

Momoi Satsuki

Tsubuku Masahiro

Murasakibara Atsushi

Seto Kentarou

Fukui Kensuke

Kobayashi Keisuke

Mibuchi Reo

Tabata Yuu

Harasawa Katsunori

Haizaki Shougo

Sakamato Kenjorou

Koganei Akane

Izuki Aya

Sanada Naoto

Kubota Masaya

Ogiwara Shigehiro

Allen

Taichi

At the auspicious occasion of Masamune’s birthday, let’s look into the depth of the most unconventional sports anime protagonist of all times: Kuroko Tetsuya.

So what is he? he is cool, calculating and calm guy with heightened morality and equally frightening lack of presence. He has all the makings of a classic serial killer, but he gets cast as a protagonist of a sports anime, a place which has been reserved in Shonen World for the kinds like Kagami Taiga; in fact Kagami is more believable a protagonist than him. But why that? Not only Kuroko is slighted in “masculinity” but also in physical strength. He is not just not casually written as “different than other boys”, and I have some theories to justify his attitudes and why makes him so special.

The way is Kuroko is introduced is very dark and comic at the same time: all of his first appearances are introduced like ghosts, which is the extended metaphor for the “phantom sixth man” and he always has that sort of “invisibility”. But why he lacks presence at all, we never really questioned in the fandom: we sort of accepted him and the way he is. This kind of “lack of presence” is well dealt into Patrick Suskind’s novel “Perfume: the story of Murderer” where the protagonist too suffers internally for his “lack of presence”. Suskind writes that this was because for his lack of “human smell”. When Grenouille (the protagonist) realized that he lacks his own odor, it fuels him to establish his identity as a perfumer. I see many similarities between Suskind’ Grenouille and Fujimaki’s Kuroko: their lack of presence is crucial for their recognition of sense of self. In Kurokoverse, I think Kuroko lacks this crucial “body smell” which makes him ‘invisible’. In the novel, Grenouille could get past dogs unnoticed, and the way Kuroko picks up Nigou without much of a fuss determines that he has that “lack-of-human” quality. The identification with the dog later on makes it unsettling as well: why do their eyes look alike? how did he find something like that? Could it be an extended metaphor that the Dog is also a “phantom” and he is mimicking Kuroko in a way? Dogs in many culture are associated with the Spirit world: they are also the ones that can allegedly “see” the spirits and ghosts. 

The next is Kuroko’s stoic demeanour. He speaks in a flat and soft tone, barely shows any emotions, and even his affections towards Nigou and former teammates lack warmth. It doesn’t mean that he is being cold to be cruel, the thing goes way deeper. What if he can’t? What if he had not the capacity to do so. During my Quarantine Rendezvous of Kdrama I discovered Secret Forest with a protagonist of same formulations. The protagonist Hwang Shi-Mok is highly moral, emotionally unavailable, brutally honest, soft spoken and to some cases, he is downright eerie. He reminded me of Kuroko greatly. His lack of emotional response doesn’t come from a psychotic brain-development, but from the partial lobotomy of his insular cortex (the part of brain that controls hearing, emotions, feelings, desires etc) due to a childhood illness. What if Kuroko had the same shortcoming in his brain that made him the way he is? He could be deficit in his insular cortex which contributed to his cold demeanor. In the drama, Hwang’s surgery made him emotionally stunted but heightened in subjectivity and cognitive functions. 

Kuroko too, is always unnaturally calm during stressful situation, even when veterans are breaking apart. He always sees things with uncanny subtlety, even outdoing Riko and Momoi, and it really makes me wonder of his unique brain: wow, that’s a lot for a sixteen year old. But it doesn’t mean that emotions get buried forever, Kuroko has a few outburst and it is usually cold and unsettling, which happens when emotions are not handled in a natural manner (outburst on spot with facial expression, behavior, subjective actions etc.) On the other hand, these emotionally unavailable people show their genuine emotions (smile, shout, complement etc.) when they are deeply moved. Even their small act of generosity is taken as a grand gesture of affection or care because of their stone cold attitude. This explains why Momoi went head over heals on Kuroko when he gave Momoi the lucky draw Popsicle. However their emotional unavailability drains the loved ones in the long term and they are bound not to have too many emotional connections in their life, which feels sad because Kuroko is presented in such an endearing manner. 

Okay, so I owe you an explanation, bc I’ve been absent for a long time. I’m really sorry, I just wanted to focus on my school, kind of neglected my health bc of it - I still love writing and working on this blog - just didn’t have a time. Don’t give up on me, I beg of you. I need you support like I’ve never had before. I hope you will like it and continue to read my stories.

Akashi Seijuro

“You were amazing out there, I’m very proud of you.” Akashi sent you a small smile, massaging your knuckles as a sign of silent support.

“Thanks.’’ The response was quick enough to signalise that something was definitely wrong and the fake smile decorating your face only confirmed it. Today was your first, official match and even though your team has won, satisfaction was not the feeling radiating from your body right in that moment.

Seijuro placed on your left -  could definitely sense your unhappy mood, however, decided not to push the topic and let you calm down for now. Although, his hand quickly left yours just to find a place, wrapped tightly around your waist. Thanks to his move, you visibly relaxed and put your head in the crook of his neck. The whole frustration was slowly getting rid of after you inhaled sharply, trying to slow down your heartbeat. The stress was definitely not good for your health at all. You just knew it deep inside that you weren’t enough today. You could’ve done so much better for your teammates.

Disappointment filled your sore limbs, heavy chest, and worried mind - hurting everything on its way and filling the corner of your eyes with crystal tears. The mental pain along with the tiredness of previous events left you shaken and reminded how fucked up you really were.

Akashi thought that you will get better in time, but you internal argument was clearly going in a very bad direction. He cleared his throat to focus your attention on him and you looked up immediately, raising an eyebrow in a silent question. His hands relocated again, tracing fingers up and down your plump, rosy cheeks and then pushing your head a little higher so you could get a better look of his serious expression.

’‘I know what you are thinking right now.” You opened your mouth, ready to splutter explanation on your part, but he put his thumbs on your lips, silencing you. “Don’t interrupt me, never.” His voice was cold, but the gentle smile on your face reassured you. “I won’t compliment you-” He continued. “-or sweet talk, I just want to give you a praise for all the hard work you went through and for your courage. Before you start thinking of yourself in an unpleasant way, remember me and your own team appreciate you and are thankful for your determination. You deserved to win and you did your absolute best today.  Everyone admires you and it would be rather rude if you just ignored their words and congratulations, because you simply can’t see how amazing you are.”

“I–” You sobbed, wiping hot tears from underneath your eyes before they could hit the floor and shot Seijuro a toothy grin. “Thank you.”

“You are welcome.”

Kise Ryouta

“Hey s\o-cchi!” Kise called your name loudly, causing some of the unfamiliar faces to frown at his behaviour, but you only pushed past the crowd including him, ignoring the hurt expression he immediately wore.

And before he could even run to you and stark asking questions, you opened the door to girls’ changing room and closed it aggressively, disappearing.

Kise, on the other hand, watched your vanishing figure with a stunned face, wondering what made your mood so sour. The game was pretty great, you played amazingly good, even though it was your first official match - so he was left clueless about the whole situation.

Maybe you were just tired? Or someone bothered you? If someone really did, he would definitely fight them. Or ask Aominecchi to do so.Either way, he needed to wait to know the answer and he was ready to do it.

However, after five minutes, twenty minutes and then one hour - he lost his already ripped into pieces patience. With a puffed chest, he burst through the changing room’s door and looked around just to spot you sitting on one of the wooden benches next to showers, with a lowered head - breathing rapidly as heavy sobs rocked your body. Without much thinking he approached you, standing in front of your, now tiny form, in two steps.

“S/o-cchi, what’s wrong?”

“Go away!” You screamed not caring about your surroundings, he only pursed his lips, kneeling next to you - fist clenched nervously.

“Please, whatever happened - let me help.”

You took another deep breath, more steady that time, probably considering whether to tell him or not. Finally, voting against the latter, you prepared yourself to confess. “I just - feel so lost! And I know it sounds stupid, but I felt exactly the same out there, on court around all those people! I didn’t do my best, I’m totally worthless. Why am I even on this team?” You cried, spluttering last sentences as if they were on fire, and lastly throwing yourself at Kise, sobbing quietly into his arm.

He needed a solid minute to comprehend what has just occurred and find the perfect solution for this. “But that’s not true! You were wonderful out there! Everyone loved your performance, thanks to you, your team has won!”

“Stop lying! I was terrible and I—”

“Hey, stop! You were and are cool, okay? Believe in yourself a little more and everything will be just fine. And if you can’t do it, let me believe in you twice as much.” He finished and ruffled your hair playfully, making you chuckle for the first time that day. “Ice cream?”

“If you are willing to pay, Ryouta.”

“Sure, sure.”

You want me to do it? 👀

Okay this would be mostly on my opinion and what I feel like this characters do

Give money to charity?

MOMOI, TEPPEI AND KISE

I MEAN THEY WOULD

Blow all their money on an impulse buy?

MOMOI, TAKAO AND KISE

ToT I FEEL LIKE THESE THREE ALWAYS HANG AROUND THE MALL MORE OFTEN

Cancel plans at the last second?

AOMINE, MURASAKIBARA AND NASH

LIKE I KNOW YOU KNOW THEY WILL

First to die in a zombie apocalypse?

KISE, MOMOI AND SAKURAI

ToT sorry i feel like they would

Lock themselves out of house?

KISE, AOMINE AND MURASAKIBARA

It's reasonable why... O^O

Shave their head for some reason?

KAGAMI (maybe along with the seirin team), KISE AND AOMINE

Yep... It's either a challenge that no one wants to lose or someone daring the team

Learn foreign language ?

KAGAMI, MIDORIMA AND AKASHI

Kagami already had english and learn it easy so i think he can learn more!

Complain about their ex?

AOMINE

I mean???

World traveler ?

KAGAMI, TAKAO

OH OF COURSE

Have most piercings ?

AOMINE AND KISE

It's a challenge/ bet.... Yeah I think it would be a bet or challenge

Professional gambler ?

AKASHI

HE WILL

Talk in their sleep?

KAGAMI, AOMINE AND MURASAKIBARA

I wonder what do they dream off

Start fire?

KISE, AOMINE, AKASHI AND RIKO

LET ME EXPLAIN O^O I mean... Akashi and Riko will do it in a reason

Have 10 kids?

MOMOI AND KUROKO

>A< THEY WILL BE HAVING CUTE KIDS

Get into a fight

KISE, KAGAMI, AOMINE AND WAKAMATZU

I saw post from @ssssssskhr about this and it made me think about all of the songs on my playlists that in my head make sense to relate to KNB 😂😂😂.