[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball":3,"chapter-the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-252":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Popular Character in Kuroko's Basketball",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2209352,3844,"Chapter 252","the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-252",252,"\u003Cp>He threw out a harsh threat, then turned and left without giving Tendou a chance to respond, walking away quite decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We won, Shintaro.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With Tendou off the court, Haizaki was the team’s big boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He walked up to Midorima.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had originally thought that taking down Midorima would make him feel great, but seeing Midorima with his head hung low, looking completely devastated, he didn't feel that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The pleasure he had imagined didn't well up in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Tch, let's go.\" Haizaki walked away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I never thought a jerk like you would care about the feelings of an old teammate.\" Hanamiya Makoto keenly noticed Haizaki’s actions and immediately mocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"None of your damn business.\" Haizaki glared at Hanamiya Makoto immediately and said, \"And I’m warning you, don't lump me in with them. I’m not like those idiots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Less nonsense. Pack up the gear, we’re heading back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tendou clapped his hands to have everyone organize their things, and amidst the cheers, he led the team into the player tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Generation of Miracles dungeon had been cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Next was only the Seirin that had evolved into its ultimate form.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The first round of the Winter Cup elimination tournament had officially ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because of the number of teams, starting from this round, some teams would receive a bye.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The organizers would decide who the lucky ones were through a draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In any case, after the second round, only 16 teams would remain; this was the Sweet Sixteen of the Winter Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After that, for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, there would be no more byes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And so, Kirisaki Daiichi became one of these lucky ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Along with them was Rakuzan from the other half of the bracket.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was hard not to suspect that the organizers were rigging the draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, for many participating teams, this was actually a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One was the old king, the other the new king; losing to either was a given.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By having them receive a bye until the end, everyone else had a better chance of making it to the next round.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kirisaki Daiichi had no game.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But Tendou still arranged training tasks for the team members.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They had played too few games in this Winter Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They hadn't played in the preliminaries and went straight to the elimination tournament, and once in the tournament, they had only played one game before getting a bye.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The benefit was that there were no issues with physical stamina; Kirisaki Daiichi had plenty of time to prepare for the next round.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The downside, of course, was that having played too few games, it was difficult for the players to maintain good game form.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the NBA playoffs, the first game of a series is the most prone to upsets.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Especially for teams that swept their opponents in the previous series, the chance of crashing in the first game is the highest.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Players rest for too long and can't immediately get into game shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The team members had no objections; they had been idle for too long recently, so they were indeed bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And while Kirisaki Daiichi was training, the second round of the Winter Cup continued without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The focus of this year’s Winter Cup was in the upper bracket.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because this half of the bracket had a full 4 teams from the Generation of Miracles.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shutoku had already been eliminated by Kirisaki Daiichi and was out early.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the upper bracket still possessed 3 teams with championship potential: Kirisaki Daiichi, Yosen, and Seirin.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Very coincidentally, Yosen and Seirin met in the second round.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was also the marquee matchup of the second round of the Winter Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The current Seirin was long past being a group of nobodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Consecutive wins over Too and Shutoku had quickly brought them into the fans’ field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Some busybodies even gave them the title of \"Giant Killers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A team that had been established for less than two years had actually defeated strong enemies one after another, almost slaughtering all the powerhouses in the Tokyo region.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seihou, Shutoku, Too—these traditional powerhouses, not one had escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Where was Senshinkan?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They were unlucky; this year they were placed in the same group as Too and were sent off to \"go fishing\" early.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The saying \"Three Kings of Tokyo\" had already become a thing of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Based on the current situation in the Tokyo region, fans collectively referred to Kirisaki Daiichi, Too, Shutoku, and Seirin as the \"Four Emperors of Tokyo\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It could be said to be quite \"Little Japan\" style!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Four Emperors of Tokyo were now the signature of the Winter region.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, Kirisaki Daiichi’s fans were quite dissatisfied with this nickname, feeling that their opponents were just trying to ride their coattails.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We are the Inter-High champions; what kind of champions are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What qualifications do you have to be mentioned in the same breath as us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"If there’s any comparison to be made, it should be Rakuzan versus us, Kirisaki Daiichi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But it was all in vain; fans nationwide had accepted this term.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Kirisaki Daiichi was the newly crowned champion, they only had this one title, and their foundation wasn't deep enough yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If they wanted to break away from the Four Emperors and become the true \"Pirate King,\" they still needed to reach Laugh Tale... er, win more championships.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tendou wasn't interested in these messy topics.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He rode his bike to the game venue alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Today, a \"battle of brothers\" was about to unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yosen versus Seirin: Himuro Tatsuya vs. Seeing Seeing Kagami Taiga.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tendou arrived relatively late, and the spectator stands were already full.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So he walked to the stands, where he saw a man wearing casual clothes, sporting toad-eye sunglasses, and with bright green hair, standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This clumsy disguise left Tendou not even knowing where to start with his roasting.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Midorima?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Midorima was startled, turned back to find it was Tendou, and immediately turned his head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I don't know who you're talking about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\".......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tendou thought to himself, *In this anime, not every man is as groundbreaking as you, born with a whole grassland on his head.*\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Midorima secretly looked back, saw Tendou was still watching him with a disdainful expression, and after a \"Tch,\" he simply stopped pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He asked, \"How did you see through my disguise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tendou didn't know how to answer that question.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He put the glasses back on Midorima, put a hat on him, patted the spectator next to them, and pointed at Midorima, asking, \"Do you know who he is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Midorima Shintaro, right? What’s wrong? I’ve been watching you guys play since middle school!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Do you guys need something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No, sorry to bother you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Midorima, \"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He sighed helplessly, feeling like a failure; even a random passerby could recognize him. So he changed the glasses back to his original ones and took off that ridiculous hat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ten~dou~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, Satsuki also arrived, dragging out her tone as she flew over.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Along with her was Aomine.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Generation of Miracles seemed to love grouping up to watch games from this spot in the stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You guys got here pretty early.\" Aomine walked over, yawning.\u003C\u002Fp>",1215,"2026-06-17T07:29:39.774Z","2026-06-17T09:02:19.189Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","3df8e37ab9d4234cc6ccc6080d2e8e86f1a2541a753f201e9aa91b01891a0f04","the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-253","the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-251",256,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-cover.jpg"]