WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS UP AHEAD!
Seirin vs Rakuzan is the most boring match in all of the manga i daresay. theres a spark of hope here and there, and then it goes back to being snoozeworthy again. i have to say that all of the morals that Kuroko and team Seirin try to push onto the masses is then counteracted by pure hypocrisy when they themselves see fit. firstly they bang on and on endlessly about "Teamwork" and "Nakama", and yet when they realize that it'd be much easier to just throw the ball over to Kagami for the entire game they forget all about the values of friends and family alike. apparently Seirin wins because they are so team orientated and its just amazeballs how much trust they have in eachother, and yet when they abandon that plan and Murasakibara and Himuro start going for badassery teamplay its seems to be just not good enough. at that point Kagami is just so "Hayai!" etc and therefore no amount of teamplay was able to stop his bum. and likewise in the Kaijo match, where they tried to throw a plot twist into the game and make it that Kaijo was making super team-plays whilst Seirin was the opposite- even then they couldnt bare to just make Seirin lose and prove to the world that teamwork really will get you far. no, no, at that point it was all about self belief and hard work which will cut through the points. well how come that very theory never seems to work for team Shutoku? Midorima is the most damned hard-working man in the entire anime. he does absolutely everything humanly possible in his power to train and become the best basketball player, and yet when he goes one on one with Kagami who is never shown to be putting not nearly as much effort into training he magically loses and Taiga is simply too ferocious and "Hayai!" for the world.
they try and bring things back down to earth by making Kagami have cramps and Teppei having a broken leg or whatever, but that never seems to stop them from jumping to the roof and winning matches. as long as you have self-belief and determination you can make it through. and yet the same principle doesnt seem to apply to young Murasakii who becomes disabled after moving for two minutes, therefore making him unable to throw the ball into the hoop. likewise unto Aomine, Kise, and every other character you can think of.
these are just some of the few reasons why i'm starting to despise Seirin, a team who i initially loved. its because everything they bash others for is exactly what they are doing now. there is no real suspense in any matches anymore, because the magic of Kagami will soar through the heavens and allow them victory.
when they win against Rakuzan and take the Winter Cup it wont be "YES!!! SEIRIN IS THE BEST TEAM IN JAPAN! WOOHOO!"- it shall indeed be more like "oh... Kagami took on all the generations of miracles... wow. team Kagami became the best in Japan." it does not feel like a team anymore or anything to be excited about- the upperclassman have no right to be happy or proud or have a feeling of accomplishment of their dreams because they don't really seem to have much involvement in the winning of games.
i apologize for all of my ranting i am just really mad at the predictable turn of events Kuroko No Basket has taken these recent chapters. but i havent given up hope. after Rakuzan Vs Seirin i know it will only get better (hopefully). i have faith, afterall this is one of my fave manga's!