When a player opens the second door, it is known as Direct Drive Zone, the Zone's true form. It is noted that Aomine could not open the second door due to his lack of team play and promotion of individual play as an ace. Behind the door is the entire Seirin team, which means if opened, the teammates of the Zone user can perfectly sync their actions with the latter through simple eye contact, thus allowing them to perform team play at the speed of the Zone, which surpasses even Akashi's predictions. When Kagami understood the true meaning of the Zone beyond the Zone, his gatekeeper was revealed to be actually Kuroko. If a user wants to open the second door to the Zone, they would have to pass the gatekeeper and open the gate. However, this door is guarded by a mysterious gatekeeper standing in front of it. Aomine describes this as a "Zone beyond the Zone", which is much stronger. Underneath, there is a second door, even beyond it.
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Once they hit the bottom, the user uses 100% of their potential. The more the user uses the Zone, the more they sink. In order to overcome the stamina drain during the last quarter of the match against Rakuzan, Kagami reserved using the Zone for specific moments during offense in order to conserve stamina.īeing in the Zone is like sinking into water. However, Kagami has been shown to surpass his time limit when he has proper motivation like fighting for his teammates. The player cannot stay in that state for the entire match, creating a time limit where the user's Zone will weaken before they are forced out of the clear mental state. The downside of the Zone is that the stamina of the user is quickly drained. For Kagami, his trigger is apparently 'the will to fight for his friends, his team'. If you are incredibly focused on the game you can pull the trigger entering it. He notes that everyone has a different "trigger" for entering the privileged state of the Zone. Nearing the Winter Cup finals, Aomine revealed more information about the conditions of entering the Zone to Kagami during their 1 on 1 before the game against Kaijō High. Kagami was later able to enter the Zone after completely letting go of the desire for it and play his hardest instead. Daiki Aomine states that to enter the Zone, one must not think of entering the Zone, as wavering thoughts will only disrupt the flow of concentration. This was proved when Kagami was desperately forcing himself to enter the Zone for a second time, but to no avail. It is also mentioned that entering the Zone a second time will be much harder, as the user becomes naturally dependent on using the Zone having to know the existence of it. When the player reaches the bottom, they reach 100% of their potential
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Aomine explains that while Himuro is a very good player, he is only as the best an ordinary man can be and thus, is incapable of entering the Zone. During Seirin's quarterfinals against Yōsen, Aomine further reveals that a second requirement is needed to enter the Zone that is talent. This requirement goes along with having to meet the user's independent conditions, in most terms, desperation of winning or the thrive for competition. The basic requirement for entering the Zone is to have unwavering passion towards basketball. The vision of the player becomes fully monochrome and their hearing is completely filtered. Aomine has blue eyes while the electricity is also blue). The colors of the electricity is the same color as their eyes (i.e. When a player enters the Zone, their eyes will be shown emitting currents of electricity, indicating the player's deep concentration. According to Midorima, only prodigies can use the zone and even top players that are focused without the Zone can only utilize up to 80% of their potential during a game.