Fun Fact: In Oikawa's flash back the reason why Iwaizumi said that was the first real smile he ever seen Oikawa do is because Oikawa always has a fake smile. And the reason why you didn't see Oikawa in the practice match between Karasuno and Aoba Johsai is because Oikawa worked himself so hard to the point where he had to take a break because he ended up spraining his knee
Kageyama embodies what Oikawa hates in himself, he looks at him and sees everything he can’t become, he is sure he will fall short in comparison eventually, with his latest defeat against Shiratorizawa (their ace parallels Kageyama, one born with immense talent unlike Oikawa who has to work extremely hard just to keep up), Kageyama growing way too fast and his belief that Kageyama becoming a better setter is inevitable and even destined pushed him over the edge, he is just a teenager with crippling anxiety and insecurities
To that someone who is exordenary can not only bring the best out of any players but can make them even better players. Oikawa is just as strong as the strongest player on his team.
@@scoobydoo7220 they were both children lol oikawa in 6th grade and kageyama in 5th grade You know how young people sometimes instinctively go along with their emotions
Oikawa’s Is the most complex character in haikyuu. In the scene where he was about to hit Kagayama, oikawa showed signs of a panic attack. So he wasn’t in the right mindset at the time as you can see he was surprised afterwards. And just something that I noticed, in the scene when he was looking at tobio and ushiwaka with red eyes, his eyes were red too. As if he saw himself as someone he hated as well as kageyama and ushiwaka. There’s more to his character I could explain if you want.
oikawa is calld "great king" bc hinata thought "well if kageyama was called King, and oikawa was kageyama's senpai, then by hierarchy oikawa would be better, so he's the Great King" it has nothing to do with kageyama and oikawa's personalities being "similar" bc altho they're foils, i wouldn't consider them being similar. they share the same goal of being great setters and winning the game but that's like everyone's goal here.
*Oikawa honestly works so hard for what he has. In a way he works himself so hard in replacement of that lack of “natural ability” that he thinks he doesn’t have. This is evident when he sprained his knee and that’s why he came in late to the practice match BECAUSE he worked himself too hard. I respect him a lot.*
@@motor33 MANGA SPOILERS!! I mean doesnt he literally go overseas and becomes the official setter for argentina? i would put them at the same level tbh. kim yeonkoung the captain of the south korean national team (also like the most famous female volleyball player? and highest paid i believe) reacted to haikyuu and when she saw oikawa play, she said he looks good enough to go play overseas and said if ur great u play for overseas teams which oikawa did. doesnt the manga also end with argentina vs japan? so we never truly know who won but we can tell that everyone present has reached the same level. kageyama might be talented and a genius but that wont mean much if he cant fit with his team well which oikawa can easily do. i think the manga gives us a hopeful message that talent and extreme hardwork can both pay off
i’m starting to notice that not many people realize this so, the thing with the scene where oikawa goes to hit kageyama is oikawa was most likely having a panic attack and i say that only because of how everything looks while he’s about to hit him plus he didn’t even hit kageyama and kageyama literally doesn’t even care at all it’s like it didn’t happen at all. tbh if anything oikawa is more traumatized by it only saying that because i’ve seen a lot of people use it as a reason to dislike oikawa (and somehow as a reason to dislike kageyama) when it’s not even really his fault Anyways ignoring my mini essay on that scene lmao, loved the video can’t wait for the next one!
It also saddens me that people just hate on Oikawa for that reason, like bruh he was fourteen, stressed, and under pressure, we all have our moments like that sometimes. He was constantly defeated by Ushijima no matter how hard he worked, so obviously that would stress him out. Like there's a reason that even Iwaizumi had to get Okawa together when he overworked, therefore hurting himself. Even the shock on Oikawa's face when he realized what he was about to do told us that he regretted it and had remorse, and he was sorry. Not hating on Kageyama, i love them both, but if you compare that little moment to the amount of verbal abuse Kageyama gives to Hinata and that one time where he physically threw Hinata to the ground like he was nothing speaks for itself. Even Kageyama wasn't shaken up by what Oikawa was about to do to him, he didn't seem to be scared or anything the next day when he yet again asked Oikawa to teach him how to serve. I guess Oikawa's personality isn't an excuse, but he just wants to play volleyball, c'mon, it's reasonable for him NOT to help Kageyama, though he should've, but it was because Kageyama would be a potential rival in the future. He has grown a lot from then though we all saw him give Kageyama advice when he and Hinata had their fight, even though he knew they would be playing against each other and he would be helping the duo's godly quick even harder to control/block/receive/etc. Thank god Iwaizumi was there to stop him though before he hit Kageyama.
mzwethu definitely doesn’t excuse it, it’s just a factor to consider. both of them are complex characters and have a lot of flaws and bad moments. i like both kageyama and oikawa for that reason. i didn’t mean to say it as it that excuses it sorry if i worded something badly
@@tttiffersss yeah but even after this event oikawa doesn't even try to teach or help kageyama in any way refusing to give him tips or train him. He's probably one of the reasons kageyama became the king. If he tried to be a better senpai kageyama would be well off
Thank you for zooming in on Sheera realizing that she probably shouldn't repeat the words "it sounds like cheeks smacking together when they hit the ball". 😂
I don't like to use the term "villains" in this anime and I certainly don't like when others use it, it feels like they aren't understanding the point of the show
@@minupakumarasinghe3913 I think I've hated the audience more than the actual characters in this anime. I understand that some go to cheer for their team but there are some so unaware of how hurtful it is what they are saying that it pisses me off.
MORE REACTION MORE REACTION YESS 4:10 Ha 'eazy breezy' 5:09 that damn "kya--" 7:02 golden reactions 8:11 oh jeez I was so excited about the Kage-Tsuki thing that I forgot about the "kuru naaaa" 8:36 "well-seasoned beef stew" ope you just skipped straight to the "don't come here" 10:05 I love them Ah man the Iwa block--love going for the block, Hajime's animation when the ball bounces off of their hands during the block 11:34 aw man spiritual pressure is absolutely going to keep being a thing, and I look forward to the resulting comments
If anybody has even a little bit of connection with any sports, they'll understand the opponents point of view in this anime. This is an anime with no bad guys and no villains snd no heroes. This is an anime about point of views.
my man oikawa just wanted to play volleyball yet ppl calling him as villain💀 no one would be able to feel what the oikawa felt if they had never experienced it themselves.
spoiler . . . . The crazy thing about oikawa is that even in the future he won't fall behind he is such an admirable character that shows that hard work could pay off
Ahh, this episode triggers so many Oikawa thoughts! Going to share some here. Incoming wall of Oikawa text unlikely to be interesting to anybody except myself, but nonetheless. :> The first time I watched, this episode was the first one that really made me pay attention to Oikawa. In a show in which I feel most of the characters have the potential, by the end of the series, to find absolution for their issues both personal and volleyball-related, Oikawa strikes me as a fundamentally tragic character. Iwaizumi, who knows him best, said it best: anime spoiler We finally get a partial view here through flashbacks of what the bigger picture is with Oikawa, and in light of this partial view, it's clear that what Oikawa is really fighting against-being an ordinary person with extraordinary ambition in a world of geniuses-is not going to go away. It's the reality that he has to inhabit for the rest of his career. This re-watch has actually made me understand Oikawa more, because the more I pay attention to Kageyama, the more clearly I see what Oikawa sees, and the more I sympathize with the intensity of his anxiety towards Kageyama-yes, Oikawa is more insecure than most by nature, but his insecurities about Kageyama are hardly unwarranted. KAGEYAMA is someone whose intuition, athleticism, and pinpoint abilities are legitimately terrifying. But the most terrifying thing about Kageyama is in the title of this episode: his capacity for evolution. There doesn't seem to be a limit to how much he can absorb, how much he can change, or how quickly he can turn those lessons into on-court results. Even if he's only fifteen now, and not as fully developed as some of the older players in the series, his capacity for evolution makes his upward potential seem both infinite and inevitable. OIKAWA, on the other hand, though clearly a talented player, knows that his own capacity for evolution just cannot compare. Which lends this sense of inevitability and advanced grief to all of Oikawa's scenes with Kageyama. Even as we watch Oikawa excel, in whatever particular moment that he excels (and there are a lot of them), there's now this uneasy feeling that we are watching somebody fight a losing battle in a larger sense. The sense that, whatever happens in this match, even if Karasuno don't beat Seijoh, even if they theoretically never beat Seijoh, there will come a day in which Kageyama will beat Oikawa. And every single moment we watch of Oikawa in the show is contained within this spectrum of "not yet." He'll still stay up long past practice hours to refine the control on his serves, and pull all-nighters to watch game footage, because not yet. He's still come this far, to become the best setter in Miyagi, because not yet. He still wants to take the final set, and win this game, and go to nationals, because not yet. He's tragic, but also valiant. Even his name, Tooru (徹), means (in some translations at least) "to see through to the very end." I think the greatest thing Iwaizumi did for Oikawa in middle school Y3 is to give Oikawa enough perspective to enjoy playing volleyball again. Even if Oikawa's cheery facade is more often than not--well, a facade, at least there's a sense that he enjoys the battle now. At the end of the episode, despite losing the set, he grins and looks forward to the next one. He's not just going to keep fighting, he's going to keep doing it with so much moxie and swag and determination that even if you hate him, even if his personality is worse than Tsukishima’s, even if you can’t relate to him at all-after this episode it was impossible for me to not want to side with him. Even if it was just a little. We already see peeks of this in this game. S1E23 spoiler In just two years of chasing Oikawa's back, he's already reached the metaphorical place where Oikawa is. In the next step he will overtake Oikawa completely. Yet Oikawa is so great because, despite the knowledge of this inevitable future, he intends to keep fighting for as long as he can. His exact words are S1 E24 One day Kageyama will grow too quickly for Oikawa to catch up, but not yet.
Ahh the Oikawa feels are running rampant today lol. It's especially sad because it's not even a case of his insecurities being unwarranted. Oikawa's always been the type to think far ahead, that's why he felt so threatened by Kageyama. During that year in junior high, Kageyama wasn't ever a direct threat to him, but to Oikawa who's been fighting that uphill battle against Ushiwaka for so long and been constantly defeated time and time again, he saw that capacity for genius and the potential threat that would come from behind some day. As if it weren't enough that he had to overwork just to play catch up, now he has to work to stay ahead as well. It was just a race against time. Like the whole thing is tragic but so so real?? The higher you want to go, the more geniuses you'll find, and the kicker is that all of those talented or gifted players will have worked hard to get there too, so you'll have to work even HARDER to beat them without breaking yourself apart in the process. His mental fortitude to be able to continue to do so despite the years of setbacks and failures is INSANE. Not sure if you've seen s2 or read the manga so I'll leave it at that, but the way his journey is handled is so inspirational!! Oikawa truly is an amazing character
@@prinnie02 I'm an active manga reader since s2 anime end since i cant wait. SPOILER ALERT!!! Yeah that's why it's kinda heartbreaking and conflicted seeing him lost in s2 but still wanna support out team. I'M happy that oikawa is still feature in the hinata beach volley arc. Can't wait for S5 (Karasuno vs. Nekoma and Karasuno vs. Kamomedai.
I like this deep dive. It reminds me of something that Oikawa does a little later, and how, while at first it doesn't seem like a big deal at first, it's a pretty big deal that he does it.
thanks for taking the time for writing this out. i LOVE character analyses, especially in this show. every character has amazing depth, and oikawa is no exception to this. awesome, man
So I heard from another bilingual HQ fan that in Oikawa's debut ep, there was a translation mistake. It was supposed to say 'Oikawa, how's your leg' not 'Oikawa, how's your ankle' and that white kneepad is a knee supporter so it really hits kinda differently when you know these things
At this point in the show, I’d already loved everyone, but it was this showdown that made this one the best anime of all time imo. Also IwaOi and KageHina are just too much 😂
The thing about Haikyu is that you end up liking all teams which means that whenever a match is over, we don´t know if we cry out of sadness for the losing team or if we cry out of happiness for the winner cause we want all of them to go to the nacionals;(
I think the word antagonist would be better than villains they are just high school kids playing sports with the drive to win there's no villain here and also about the thing where oikawa was about to hit kageyama its most like him having a panic attack and you can his face after he realized what he was going to do his character is much more complex than many think
Watching Haikyuu be like "Hello, how many volleyball children would you like to adopt today? All of them? Even this little jerk? OK, all of them it is."
To make it clear Kageyama - talent Oikawa - hard work Oikawa feels pressure because no matter how hard he works pure talent will always catch up to him.
11:20 this is from last episode’s YT comment. So they edit the episodes within the week before uploading but in Patreon there are no edits? Like, it’s a full uncut reaction? So does that mean the sound effects arent in their Patreon vids?
kageyama knew that oikawa would send the ball to iwaizumi, because thats how close oikawa and iwaizumi are. kageyama said "when he [oikawa] feels backed into a corner, i know he'll always run to... [iwaizumi]" I CRY YTGHUJOIBVGF
when i was watching it for the first time, i thought i will hate some characters in here, but omg no! i love everyone in this anime, like they have different stories and different reason. they all such a hard working prsn and i appreciate that!!!! well, for the true haikyuu lovers, they cant hate someone in here
It's interesting how you guys say they feel his spiritual pressure because Oikawa's voice actor is the voice of Ulquiorra aka one of the best arrancar🔥🔥 also he voices Hisoka btw. I forever love how they blocked Iwaizumi like too epic!
Sugawara may not be on the court as much as Kageyama but he plays an important role in the team, he's like I dunno... The mother of the team? When they're all down and nearly out he comes into pick them back up, smack them into shape and tell them to get back out there and fuck shit up
I developed mad respect for Oikawa after the manga ended. He really was the epitome of an ambitious hardworking volleyball player (& a certain main character) who'd hit really low lows.
For real like his whole journey is so crazy to think about?? Kept going despite all the failures, against all the odds... the man is so inspirational like he really went and did That.
This match is intense!
This match is heat but nothing compared to later games
where you guys at on patreon? finished 3rd season already? cant wait anymore!!!
Yo yo! This was legit great animation and really well done
@@Shem409 Fr
I love watching your reactions. You guys should hurry up to s4 part 2 it's insane
Fun Fact: In Oikawa's flash back the reason why Iwaizumi said that was the first real smile he ever seen Oikawa do is because Oikawa always has a fake smile. And the reason why you didn't see Oikawa in the practice match between Karasuno and Aoba Johsai is because Oikawa worked himself so hard to the point where he had to take a break because he ended up spraining his knee
Wait for fr😟
@@emilyalexandra9461 yeah that's why one of his knee pads are white, its a brace for his injured knee
No wonder 😯 I saw white kneepads I thought that was strange
@Trashthlete He recovered, but the doctor just told him to keep it on just in case
I know about his sprained knee but I never knew his smile :(
"Villain" is such a strong word to describe our opponent teams lol
yeah, I laughed at it lol
I was about to point this out lol . There are no villains in haikyuu
Nohebi Academy is more like a villain.
That's why the word Antagonist is a thing. It's just the opposing force to the Protagonist(s). No evil or good.
Lol
i love oikawa bc he acts like a shounen villain but hes literally just playing volleyball
also there is a post-credits scene in episode 24
Yes, they know.
Kageyama embodies what Oikawa hates in himself, he looks at him and sees everything he can’t become, he is sure he will fall short in comparison eventually, with his latest defeat against Shiratorizawa (their ace parallels Kageyama, one born with immense talent unlike Oikawa who has to work extremely hard just to keep up), Kageyama growing way too fast and his belief that Kageyama becoming a better setter is inevitable and even destined pushed him over the edge, he is just a teenager with crippling anxiety and insecurities
Their ace also says that Oikawa has the ability to draw out 100% of any player's ability though.
@@nobodynowhere8061 Through hard work and practice. To sum it up, Kageyama and Oikawa both work hard but Kageyama has more natural talent than Oikawa.
To that someone who is exordenary can not only bring the best out of any players but can make them even better players. Oikawa is just as strong as the strongest player on his team.
whooooooooo tried to hit a child? okay we all have anxiety and insecurities but I would never hit a child for that lol
@@scoobydoo7220 they were both children lol oikawa in 6th grade and kageyama in 5th grade
You know how young people sometimes instinctively go along with their emotions
Oikawa’s Is the most complex character in haikyuu. In the scene where he was about to hit Kagayama, oikawa showed signs of a panic attack. So he wasn’t in the right mindset at the time as you can see he was surprised afterwards. And just something that I noticed, in the scene when he was looking at tobio and ushiwaka with red eyes, his eyes were red too. As if he saw himself as someone he hated as well as kageyama and ushiwaka. There’s more to his character I could explain if you want.
yeah dude explain more
@@caden718 well what do you want to know
@@guufucucvucu9542 Whatever you wanted to say
@@caden718 Well, It was more of me saying if you had any questions I could answer what I know
@@guufucucvucu9542 Can you explain more about him and kageyama and ushiwaka
oikawa is calld "great king" bc hinata thought "well if kageyama was called King, and oikawa was kageyama's senpai, then by hierarchy oikawa would be better, so he's the Great King"
it has nothing to do with kageyama and oikawa's personalities being "similar" bc altho they're foils, i wouldn't consider them being similar. they share the same goal of being great setters and winning the game but that's like everyone's goal here.
Kageyama using Oikawa’s inherent trust in Iwaizumi’s against him will never not make me emotional 😭
funny how Oikawa used the literal reverse card of this at the end of the match
"call an ambulance.
but not for me!"
*Oikawa honestly works so hard for what he has. In a way he works himself so hard in replacement of that lack of “natural ability” that he thinks he doesn’t have. This is evident when he sprained his knee and that’s why he came in late to the practice match BECAUSE he worked himself too hard. I respect him a lot.*
same
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Oikawa has the “Curse of The Ordinary” as in no matter how hard he works, prodigies like Kageyama will surpass him by doing less.
Damn. reminds of Himuro from KnB. no matter how hard he works, he'll never reach the "GoM" level
Not true at all cause at the end he beat Kageyama
@@devilshaine6958 Yes, this match. But i think he meant in the long run. I dont know if you read the manga but you'll understand in the future
@@motor33 exactly, Oikawa is the best an ordinary person can be at volleyball
@@motor33 MANGA SPOILERS!!
I mean doesnt he literally go overseas and becomes the official setter for argentina? i would put them at the same level tbh. kim yeonkoung the captain of the south korean national team (also like the most famous female volleyball player? and highest paid i believe) reacted to haikyuu and when she saw oikawa play, she said he looks good enough to go play overseas and said if ur great u play for overseas teams which oikawa did. doesnt the manga also end with argentina vs japan? so we never truly know who won but we can tell that everyone present has reached the same level. kageyama might be talented and a genius but that wont mean much if he cant fit with his team well which oikawa can easily do. i think the manga gives us a hopeful message that talent and extreme hardwork can both pay off
Oikawa is much more skilled than u guys think
I wanna see their reaction to his godly serve in the next season.
@@zxz2563 i forgot its gonna be nxt season i though its in this match
@@donaldzuramp4404 same haha
Oikawa showing out as always. Just a hardworking player and an incredible character.
i’m starting to notice that not many people realize this so, the thing with the scene where oikawa goes to hit kageyama is oikawa was most likely having a panic attack and i say that only because of how everything looks while he’s about to hit him plus he didn’t even hit kageyama and kageyama literally doesn’t even care at all it’s like it didn’t happen at all. tbh if anything oikawa is more traumatized by it only saying that because i’ve seen a lot of people use it as a reason to dislike oikawa (and somehow as a reason to dislike kageyama) when it’s not even really his fault
Anyways ignoring my mini essay on that scene lmao, loved the video can’t wait for the next one!
i mean it still doesn't excuse what oikawa did. If iwaizumi wasn't there imagine what would have happened to kageyama.
It also saddens me that people just hate on Oikawa for that reason, like bruh he was fourteen, stressed, and under pressure, we all have our moments like that sometimes. He was constantly defeated by Ushijima no matter how hard he worked, so obviously that would stress him out. Like there's a reason that even Iwaizumi had to get Okawa together when he overworked, therefore hurting himself. Even the shock on Oikawa's face when he realized what he was about to do told us that he regretted it and had remorse, and he was sorry. Not hating on Kageyama, i love them both, but if you compare that little moment to the amount of verbal abuse Kageyama gives to Hinata and that one time where he physically threw Hinata to the ground like he was nothing speaks for itself. Even Kageyama wasn't shaken up by what Oikawa was about to do to him, he didn't seem to be scared or anything the next day when he yet again asked Oikawa to teach him how to serve. I guess Oikawa's personality isn't an excuse, but he just wants to play volleyball, c'mon, it's reasonable for him NOT to help Kageyama, though he should've, but it was because Kageyama would be a potential rival in the future. He has grown a lot from then though we all saw him give Kageyama advice when he and Hinata had their fight, even though he knew they would be playing against each other and he would be helping the duo's godly quick even harder to control/block/receive/etc. Thank god Iwaizumi was there to stop him though before he hit Kageyama.
mzwethu definitely doesn’t excuse it, it’s just a factor to consider. both of them are complex characters and have a lot of flaws and bad moments. i like both kageyama and oikawa for that reason. i didn’t mean to say it as it that excuses it sorry if i worded something badly
@@tttiffersss yeah but even after this event oikawa doesn't even try to teach or help kageyama in any way refusing to give him tips or train him. He's probably one of the reasons kageyama became the king. If he tried to be a better senpai kageyama would be well off
Panic attacks don't make you belt people in the face, and that it is a panic attack is just your assumption. hating him is perfectly reasonable.
Thank you for zooming in on Sheera realizing that she probably shouldn't repeat the words "it sounds like cheeks smacking together when they hit the ball". 😂
Since the whole comment section is about Oikawa...I'm gonna just give a shout-out to Iwa-chaaan~ who always makes Oikawa see sense.
See sense😂
Appreciate the "Hinata Flex" moments, you guys should keep that going, youre in for alot more of them 😎
Aoba Johsai arent even villians lmaooo
"he is not so much of a d*ck, but he is still a d*ck" BAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF OIKAWA I CANTTT
I don't like to use the term "villains" in this anime and I certainly don't like when others use it, it feels like they aren't understanding the point of the show
ikr it's impossible to hate any of the teams in this show, Furudate-sensei did a good job handling that point.
@@tttiffersss yeah! Furudate is a great writer, it's the only series that I seriously can't hate any characters! It's amazing
@@pixiemoonchi Audience from the current anime arc
*Allow us to introduce ourselves*
@@minupakumarasinghe3913 I think I've hated the audience more than the actual characters in this anime. I understand that some go to cheer for their team but there are some so unaware of how hurtful it is what they are saying that it pisses me off.
Calm down ma'am, they never hated Oikawa 😭
MORE REACTION MORE REACTION YESS
4:10 Ha 'eazy breezy'
5:09 that damn "kya--"
7:02 golden reactions
8:11 oh jeez I was so excited about the Kage-Tsuki thing that I forgot about the "kuru naaaa"
8:36 "well-seasoned beef stew" ope you just skipped straight to the "don't come here"
10:05 I love them
Ah man the Iwa block--love going for the block, Hajime's animation when the ball bounces off of their hands during the block
11:34 aw man spiritual pressure is absolutely going to keep being a thing, and I look forward to the resulting comments
Ima need these avatar episodes back to back lol! The Love y’all energy , feels like I’m watching with family.
Mr. Editor, imma need you to chill with these slurping noises
If anybody has even a little bit of connection with any sports, they'll understand the opponents point of view in this anime. This is an anime with no bad guys and no villains snd no heroes. This is an anime about point of views.
My guy on the end need his on chair he gone roll yall over at any moment
2:50 I had my headphones on I nearly SHAT myself
Oikawa and Tsukishima are my favorite characters in the whole show.
my man oikawa just wanted to play volleyball yet ppl calling him as villain💀
no one would be able to feel what the oikawa felt if they had never experienced it themselves.
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The crazy thing about oikawa is that even in the future he won't fall behind he is such an admirable character that shows that hard work could pay off
Ahh, this episode triggers so many Oikawa thoughts! Going to share some here. Incoming wall of Oikawa text unlikely to be interesting to anybody except myself, but nonetheless. :>
The first time I watched, this episode was the first one that really made me pay attention to Oikawa. In a show in which I feel most of the characters have the potential, by the end of the series, to find absolution for their issues both personal and volleyball-related, Oikawa strikes me as a fundamentally tragic character. Iwaizumi, who knows him best, said it best: anime spoiler We finally get a partial view here through flashbacks of what the bigger picture is with Oikawa, and in light of this partial view, it's clear that what Oikawa is really fighting against-being an ordinary person with extraordinary ambition in a world of geniuses-is not going to go away. It's the reality that he has to inhabit for the rest of his career.
This re-watch has actually made me understand Oikawa more, because the more I pay attention to Kageyama, the more clearly I see what Oikawa sees, and the more I sympathize with the intensity of his anxiety towards Kageyama-yes, Oikawa is more insecure than most by nature, but his insecurities about Kageyama are hardly unwarranted. KAGEYAMA is someone whose intuition, athleticism, and pinpoint abilities are legitimately terrifying. But the most terrifying thing about Kageyama is in the title of this episode: his capacity for evolution. There doesn't seem to be a limit to how much he can absorb, how much he can change, or how quickly he can turn those lessons into on-court results. Even if he's only fifteen now, and not as fully developed as some of the older players in the series, his capacity for evolution makes his upward potential seem both infinite and inevitable.
OIKAWA, on the other hand, though clearly a talented player, knows that his own capacity for evolution just cannot compare. Which lends this sense of inevitability and advanced grief to all of Oikawa's scenes with Kageyama. Even as we watch Oikawa excel, in whatever particular moment that he excels (and there are a lot of them), there's now this uneasy feeling that we are watching somebody fight a losing battle in a larger sense. The sense that, whatever happens in this match, even if Karasuno don't beat Seijoh, even if they theoretically never beat Seijoh, there will come a day in which Kageyama will beat Oikawa.
And every single moment we watch of Oikawa in the show is contained within this spectrum of "not yet." He'll still stay up long past practice hours to refine the control on his serves, and pull all-nighters to watch game footage, because not yet. He's still come this far, to become the best setter in Miyagi, because not yet. He still wants to take the final set, and win this game, and go to nationals, because not yet. He's tragic, but also valiant. Even his name, Tooru (徹), means (in some translations at least) "to see through to the very end."
I think the greatest thing Iwaizumi did for Oikawa in middle school Y3 is to give Oikawa enough perspective to enjoy playing volleyball again. Even if Oikawa's cheery facade is more often than not--well, a facade, at least there's a sense that he enjoys the battle now. At the end of the episode, despite losing the set, he grins and looks forward to the next one. He's not just going to keep fighting, he's going to keep doing it with so much moxie and swag and determination that even if you hate him, even if his personality is worse than Tsukishima’s, even if you can’t relate to him at all-after this episode it was impossible for me to not want to side with him. Even if it was just a little.
We already see peeks of this in this game. S1E23 spoiler In just two years of chasing Oikawa's back, he's already reached the metaphorical place where Oikawa is. In the next step he will overtake Oikawa completely. Yet Oikawa is so great because, despite the knowledge of this inevitable future, he intends to keep fighting for as long as he can. His exact words are S1 E24 One day Kageyama will grow too quickly for Oikawa to catch up, but not yet.
Ahh the Oikawa feels are running rampant today lol. It's especially sad because it's not even a case of his insecurities being unwarranted. Oikawa's always been the type to think far ahead, that's why he felt so threatened by Kageyama. During that year in junior high, Kageyama wasn't ever a direct threat to him, but to Oikawa who's been fighting that uphill battle against Ushiwaka for so long and been constantly defeated time and time again, he saw that capacity for genius and the potential threat that would come from behind some day. As if it weren't enough that he had to overwork just to play catch up, now he has to work to stay ahead as well. It was just a race against time. Like the whole thing is tragic but so so real?? The higher you want to go, the more geniuses you'll find, and the kicker is that all of those talented or gifted players will have worked hard to get there too, so you'll have to work even HARDER to beat them without breaking yourself apart in the process. His mental fortitude to be able to continue to do so despite the years of setbacks and failures is INSANE. Not sure if you've seen s2 or read the manga so I'll leave it at that, but the way his journey is handled is so inspirational!! Oikawa truly is an amazing character
I dunno what u wrote but ik its legit so yea😂
@@prinnie02 I'm an active manga reader since s2 anime end since i cant wait.
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Yeah that's why it's kinda heartbreaking and conflicted seeing him lost in s2 but still wanna support out team.
I'M happy that oikawa is still feature in the hinata beach volley arc. Can't wait for S5 (Karasuno vs. Nekoma and Karasuno vs. Kamomedai.
I like this deep dive. It reminds me of something that Oikawa does a little later, and how, while at first it doesn't seem like a big deal at first, it's a pretty big deal that he does it.
thanks for taking the time for writing this out. i LOVE character analyses, especially in this show. every character has amazing depth, and oikawa is no exception to this. awesome, man
So I heard from another bilingual HQ fan that in Oikawa's debut ep, there was a translation mistake. It was supposed to say 'Oikawa, how's your leg' not 'Oikawa, how's your ankle' and that white kneepad is a knee supporter so it really hits kinda differently when you know these things
My boy Lupa is a different one. Laughing at serious or cool scenes and getting annoyed during funny scenes 😂
The drinking sound is so uncomfortable 😂
4:08 I love how they put respect on my baby boy's name
villains? this is so funny to me lmao they're just high school boys playing volleyball. (maybe antagonist/opponent team)
I watched the whole season now I’m just waiting for the rest of the episodes
At this point in the show, I’d already loved everyone, but it was this showdown that made this one the best anime of all time imo. Also IwaOi and KageHina are just too much 😂
..Sinbad is that u
@@wildstyle9239 I mean...all about that Bararaq Saiga
I shouldn’t of gone onto TH-cam, I’ve got Irish homework due tomorrow but I can’t put this off
Whats irish homework like for the people here in usa
Chief Fridge
Gotta grow 100 potatoes in under 10 minutes
@@Marco.05 thats epic af
Irish homework sounds epic
Dang that's cool, and here I am stuck with boring American homeworks
i absolutely love the editing in your videos.
Please keep posting these. Your haikyuu videos are the only thing on TH-cam RN I watch asap daily
Oikawa is such a dork but I love it
I got so hype when I saw this noti
i wonder why even with all my notifications, the account on my phone notified me of this video 7 minutes earlier than my laptop
Just me or sheera looks faded some episodes 😂
Hey, sometimes you need a break from seeing into the secrets of the universe all the time
Just sat in front of my PC thinking about what video to watch while eating.
Man am I glad I got this notification! :3
the editing you guys add to the video is actually so cool
3:13 damn I felt that
Oikawa is the best character in the whole series. Just wait until the end.
5:09 YEAHHH?!?!?!?!??!!?
The quality of your videos and the subtle editing is the best 😆
Intense. Oikawa with those killer eyes reminded me of the properties of Bungee Gum.
9:19 wow oikawa quotes this later in the show I never noticed until now
The thing about Haikyu is that you end up liking all teams which means that whenever a match is over, we don´t know if we cry out of sadness for the losing team or if we cry out of happiness for the winner cause we want all of them to go to the nacionals;(
This is definitely the episode where I realized I kin Oikawa
Edit: NECK, I’m dying😂
“It’s time for neck to serve” I’m done!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 almost spit out my coffee
4:02 I don't know who edited this, but damn! Surpassed my expectations.
I think the word antagonist would be better than villains they are just high school kids playing sports with the drive to win there's no villain here and also about the thing where oikawa was about to hit kageyama its most like him having a panic attack and you can his face after he realized what he was going to do his character is much more complex than many think
Never have I ever clicked so fast in my life
omg every time when someone is drinking . i am dying over here with those edits
Watching Haikyuu be like "Hello, how many volleyball children would you like to adopt today? All of them? Even this little jerk? OK, all of them it is."
To make it clear
Kageyama - talent
Oikawa - hard work
Oikawa feels pressure because no matter how hard he works pure talent will always catch up to him.
Honestly this is one of the best reaction channels especially with all the edited jokes.
You guys are not ready for episode 24 and season 2
Love watching your videos, reminds me of when I used to sit with friends watching the newest Toonami anime XD
I'm always looking forward to these vids. So much hype!
omg STOP THE GULPING BRO IM SO UNCOMFY LMAO 4:41
11:20 this is from last episode’s YT comment. So they edit the episodes within the week before uploading but in Patreon there are no edits? Like, it’s a full uncut reaction?
So does that mean the sound effects arent in their Patreon vids?
“what if Sugawara is actually Kageyama in the future?”
manga readers: 🤭
im just kidding... its just volleyball ajsjdj
I’m actually laughing though because like... JSSJJA IT’S ACTUALLY SOMEHOW RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE HAIR
〖 mellymochi 〗 WAIT OMG STOP I SEE IT NOW AJDBD
"Asami? Wrong show ma'am" had me dying 🤣🤣
I love how frequently you upload these episodes. Unlike others...
People just wait till they meet Bokuto
I feel like they would love Ace of Diamond
There's no villain in this anime, they just a bunch of highschooler playing volleyball
sheera: the tension is not the only thing that is tHicC
bro lupasan gonna lose his mind season 3 😂😂😂😂😂
Your reactions give me so much joy
Bruh.... wish I could just scream about how much I love oikawa as a character
Scream all you want lmao, the man is complex but so so inspirational
The editing is ✨immaculate✨
You guys ain't ready for the finale
It's says 1 minute
Soo I was wondering yall ever gonna watch korra after yall finsh watching aang
They have finished up to book 2 of Korra on their patrons
@@storysmith5626 ohhh shit fr
Thanks for letting me 👊🏾
@@kpceo9380 they have actually completely finished korra on patreon already
@@storysmith5626 More like they're all done with Korra.
@@kpceo9380 anytime 👊
ayyy another haikyuu reaction im loving it!!😖💕
@4:06 cool editing 🔥👌
my fave haikyu reactions ever
kageyama knew that oikawa would send the ball to iwaizumi, because thats how close oikawa and iwaizumi are. kageyama said "when he [oikawa] feels backed into a corner, i know he'll always run to... [iwaizumi]" I CRY YTGHUJOIBVGF
when i was watching it for the first time, i thought i will hate some characters in here, but omg no! i love everyone in this anime, like they have different stories and different reason. they all such a hard working prsn and i appreciate that!!!! well, for the true haikyuu lovers, they cant hate someone in here
I love these reactions!! I'm so hyped for this~~~
Ahh, the face. We finally get to the face.
It's interesting how you guys say they feel his spiritual pressure because Oikawa's voice actor is the voice of Ulquiorra aka one of the best arrancar🔥🔥 also he voices Hisoka btw. I forever love how they blocked Iwaizumi like too epic!
Oikawa is a freaking GOD. He's all around lol🔥😌😂
the drink asmr pls god i laughed too much
The fucking drinking sound effects are killing me 💀💀💀
Kageyama really ended that set with the Power of Friendship (TM) though!
yo im doing homework right now but then i was like :let's put this aside for 14 mns
That intro is 🔥🔥🔥
“Asami” ajsksksks i’m glad y’all are watching korra 🤧
No-one in Haikyuu is irredeemable.
11:21
As a Japanese, I don't think his nickname is based on "sugasugashi" .
I didn't think so either. I just think it's a coincidence.
Does Oikawa even know his name? lol
Sugawara may not be on the court as much as Kageyama but he plays an important role in the team, he's like I dunno... The mother of the team? When they're all down and nearly out he comes into pick them back up, smack them into shape and tell them to get back out there and fuck shit up
I developed mad respect for Oikawa after the manga ended. He really was the epitome of an ambitious hardworking volleyball player (& a certain main character) who'd hit really low lows.
For real like his whole journey is so crazy to think about?? Kept going despite all the failures, against all the odds... the man is so inspirational like he really went and did That.
@@prinnie02 his moment with Shoyo in the final arc is one of my most favorite moments in the entire series.
who ever edited that 4:06 it was dope lol
I can’t wait for u guys to react to season 2 3 and 4 they are coming out with more episodes in season 4