Generation of Miracles
395| “ | Teikō Junior High School Basketball Club. A super strong school with more than 100 club members, boasting several successive championship wins. But even within that glorious history, there is still a team that can without fail be called the "strongest" - a generation of five players with talents that you would see once every ten years called the "Generation of Miracles." | ” |
—1st Quarter prologue
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The Generation of Miracles (キセキの世代 Kiseki no Sedai) is an all-star team of Teikō Junior High. It is a team of 5 players, each with their own exceptional talent. The team won the junior high school Nationals the last 3 consecutive years, but the five players are now scattered across five different schools,[1] rivaling each other in high school basketball competitions. Notable is the existence of a sixth phantom player, Tetsuya Kuroko, who, even though he is not officially part of the Generation of Miracles, was their sixth man and is closely affiliated to them.
Because they are legends among high school basketball, Kagami has set his eye on each one of them. As ambitious as he is, he aims to defeat them and become the number one in Japan. Kuroko has agreed to help him get to the top.
The Generation of Miracles are easily recognized as the best players in the league. Their talents are exceptional making them being called as "monsters." Only being rivaled by players like Kuroko, Kagami, the Uncrowned Kings and arguably Himuro and other fellow Teiko basketball players such as Shōgo Haizaki.
History
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The Generation of Miracles all went to Teiko by coincidence. Aomine, Akashi, Murasakibara,Midorima and Kise as well as Kuroko went to Teiko's famous basketball team's try-out and the former four immediately got into 1st String, something extremly rare in Teiko, and Kuroko being in 3rd String.
Aomine later met Kuroko, who practiced in the 3rd String's gym, when he wanted to go to somewhere less crowded. After meeting a few times, Akashi and the other two met Kuroko too, when searching for Aomine.Akashi noticed Kuroko's talent and gave him a few pieces of advice.
Three months after that meeting Kuroko went to see Akashi and played in a game between 2nd and 3rd String as a test. Kuroko got into 1st String. He became Teiko's "Phantom Sixth Man".
In second year Kise, who admired Aomine, joined. After that, newpapers and tabloids began using the name "Generation of Miracles" to describe the five of them.
Somewhere in his first year, Akashi became captain and, he ejected Haizaki from the team in his second year.
The GateEdit
The gate is a figurative image of the threshold that only extraordinary players can pass to qualify as geniuses, and reach the same level as the Generation of Miracles. Because the GoM were (and still are) the best players of the basketball league, it's considered impossible for a player apart from them to bypass the closed gate; as the power of the GoM is absolute. The only exception so far is Kagami, who forcibly tries to open the Gate (symbolizing his growth has finally reached the level of the Generation of Miracles). Kagami's jumping power is so overwhelming that he can dunk from the free-throw line.
The OathEdit
"The Oath" is an agreement/promise the Generation of Miracles and Kuroko made when they split up after Junior High school. This oath has only been briefly mentioned by Akashi during the meeting of the Generation of Miracles, though it did seem to carry some importance. During that meet, Akashi says that everyone looks like they haven't forgotten the oath yet.
During the Teikō flashback arc, it was told that Akashi wanted to prove that by having the Generation of Miracles play against each other in high school competitions; Akashi wants to compare their strength and to make sure that there is no one who is stronger than them. Akashi wants to eliminate anyone except for themselves so that they can go against each other on their actual strength.
The Generation of Miracles made their oath without Kuroko after their graduation ceremony. Akashi promised that Kuroko would definitely join their battle (oath) even though Kuroko's goal is different than them. Since Seirin has already defeated most of the Generation of Miracles' teams, this oath might be affected.
WeaknessEdit
All of the players from the Generation of Miracles have one commonly known weakness: while they all have talents surpassing the capabilities of regular high school sportsmen, they still have a high school boy's physique. This means that should they use their talents to the maximum limit for an extended period of time, their growing bodies can't cope with the overexertion and their talents become more of a burden than a gift. In other words: their strengths are also their weaknesses.
MembersEdit
 | Ryōta Kise | |
| POSITION | SF | |
| SPECIAL TALENT | Copy-cat | |
| CURRENT TEAM | Kaijō High | |
| CURRENT STATUS | Inactive | |
 | Shintarō Midorima | |
| POSITION | SG | |
| SPECIAL TALENT | Long-range shot | |
| CURRENT TEAM | Shūtoku High | |
| CURRENT STATUS | Inactive | |
 | Daiki Aomine | |
| POSITION | PF | |
| SPECIAL TALENT | Skill and agility | |
| CURRENT TEAM | Tōō High | |
| CURRENT STATUS | Inactive | |
 | Atsushi Murasakibara | |
| POSITION | C | |
| SPECIAL TALENT | Blocking and Power | |
| CURRENT TEAM | Yōsen High | |
| CURRENT STATUS | Inactive | |
 | Seijūrō Akashi | |
| POSITION | PG | |
| SPECIAL TALENT | Emperor Eye | |
| CURRENT TEAM | Rakuzan High | |
| CURRENT STATUS | Active, Winter Cup finals | |
Player profilesEdit
Kise's player profile
Midorima's player profile
Aomine's player profile
Murasakibara's player profile
Akashi's player profile
TriviaEdit
- The Generation of Miracles (including their sixth man Kuroko and manager Momoi) each have a representative color, expressed in their names. The only exception is that Kuroko does not match with his hair and eye color. These are:
- Ryōta Kise: Yellow
- Shintarō Midorima: Green
- Daiki Aomine: Blue
- Atsushi Murasakibara: Purple
- Seijūrō Akashi: Red
- Tetsuya Kuroko: Black (as in "shadow")
- Satsuki Momoi: Peach
- The ejected member, Shōgo Haizaki used to have light grey hair, corresponding with the hai (灰, English:ash) in his name. However, when he quit the club and re-appeared in the Winter Cup, his hair was much darker, nearly black. This may be symbolic for leaving the miracle team-to-be.
- Further more, the head coach at the time, Kōzō Shirogane, and former captain of the Teikō team, Shūzō Nijimura, both have color themed kanji in their names.
- The Generation of Miracles hair colours match their Zodiac signs' lucky colours.
- All of them are now in a team supervised by a former player of the Japanese national basketball team.
- The Generation of Miracles all awakened their ability naturally, while their captain Akashi Seijūrō has forcefully awakened his ability the "Emperor Eye". It was revealed that Akashi has two abilities unlike the rest of the Generation of Miracles who only have one. According to Midorima, Akashi has two personalities and that the "Emperor Eye" belongs to the other Akashi. He also thinks that the original Akashi has his own special ability if he had bloomed naturally that is on par or greater than the "Emperor Eye".
- Including their manager Momoi and their 6th man Kuroko, 4 out of 7 are an only child. They are Akashi, Aomine, Kuroko and Momoi. The miracles that do have siblings are Midorima, Murasakibara and Kise.
- Coincidentally, the Generation of Miracles was introduced in order of age from oldest to youngest; Kise being introduced first and the oldest, then Midorima, then Aomine, then Murasakibara, and then Akashi last and the youngest.
