TANAKA THE FUTURE ACE!!! THATS OUR BOY!!! HE IS A bokuto lite honestly and its not a dig its a nod to his game while his attack power and potency is nowhere as high as bokuto he has way better mentals and he uses his attacks the same way its the best comparison for him he is going to be an amazing ace in his final year when azumane is gone id say even better than azumane!!
I love the manga translation of the tanka kageyama moment, "that wasn't him trying to make me feel better, that was a threat. Show them why I have trust in you" it just feels more impactful imo
I have different opinion though. What come after "that wasn't him trying to make me feel better" could be "he just telling the truth" which inline with the recent Kageyama development. He became (brutally) sincere and Tanaka know that when he said "we need your attack" he mean it and it give a huge boost in Tanaka confidence. This kind of sincerity in Kageyama answer also showed some episode before I think
Yeah, people at first thought that Atsumu is like a Oikawa, but he's actually more like Hinata. He is hungry for volleyball and loves to be there. Their difference is it infuriates him that other people can't give 100% all the time like him, while Hinata has a strong appreciation for everyone.
Sarah's one of the first reactors I've seen who really resonates with that line. It doesn't deliver very well in animation like it does as a panel in the manga. But Sarah understands Atsumu's perspective as a hyper competitor who is truly in love with the game and appreciates people who are as good at it and as passionate about it as he is. So even with the somewhat awkward timing/delivery of it, Sarah still found it impactful. Really liked that.
Because Hinata is passioned about volleyball and Atsumu can understand that. Maybe he doesn't like to play with people who suck, but one can realize that Atsumu looks for people who are just as passionate about volleyball as he is. I want to cry 😢
To me it is more than Atsumu recognizing hinata skills. Atsumu always put a lot of care in his sets, he always gives 100% and expect his teammates to do the same. Whan hinata shows that he is always hungry for more sets and will always give 100% even when the set is bad, he recognizes that they are alike.
Kita's speech, or "rant" how he called it, actually has more to it than meets the eye. In one of the interviews, the author mentioned that they weren't actually fond of how they portrayed the whole "nature vs nurture" concept early on in the story (mostly through Oikawa and Kageyama). So they ended up using Kita here to come back to it and explore the concept more. There's another important thing from the original story that sadly just couldn't really get adapted in the anime medium, though the animators certainly did their best with Kageyama's expression: when Tanaka talks about the trust Kageyama puts in him, the author uses a neat lil trick in Japanese - with kanji, they write the word "threat", but they indicate that it has to be read as "trust". I'd say it serves to further accent Kageyama's "royal" nature and the good kind of intimidation he has to him now that he knows how to use it better. I actually quite like the English translation of Tanaka's thoughts in the manga for that bit: "No way that was plain ol' encouragement. That was a threat. He was saying, 'Show them why I have faith in you'."
WOW, I hope many people read this comment. It's so informative. Also, how do you know so much about these behind the scenes? if there are some specific channels/pages/blogs that show Furudate's interviews or anything? If there is any place which is a sort of an archive?
@@shrutichoudhary9900 thank you, I'm glad you find it useful! I happen to translate many of those interviews and extra materials, so that's the main reason x) I post my translations on twitter (same username) and compile&publish particularly big ones in google docs (like right now we're working on the Haikyuu Chronicles with another 2 translators), but I do hope to collect everything in one place for convenience, eventually
@@seekittycat I think there's also some other call backs related to him. Oikawa is witnessing Kageyama's further evolution from decent king to serene king. So he gets frustrated + motivated. Plus it's also related to Tanaka's evolution, since Oikawa targeted Tanaka in S1. And now Kageyama is helping that spiker evolve during his own evolution. Then Kageyama proceeds to make serves that Oikawa did in S1. During the end of set 3, Oikawa also did an off-speed soft serve after ripping a powerful jump serve, to the destroy Karasuno's rhythm. Along with the nature v. nurture talk, overall, a lot of great callbacks in this episode.
I think a large part of Kira’s speech was also about the hard work that the “talents” put into their craft. The hard work that people seldom see and tend to dismiss that these people are only so good because they are “talented” compared to the rest of us. He felt that it was disrespectful toward the hard work being put it to simply say it’s just “talent” and disregard the passion and commitment these people have put in.
Yes, in atsumu's backstory, we were literally shown that most people didnt like him because he demanded everyon to perform as well as he did and he was ostracized or more like, people didnt like him. But even when he was so slone in his path, he kept working hard to become the best setter. So what kita is saying is that it is extremely rude to reduce someone's disciplined efforts of years merely into the word "genius" or "talent" as if it was something they were born with and not hard earned resultsof blood, sweat and tears. This theme is quite repeated between some other character in the show too like, Kageyama, Oikawa and Ushijima. If you noticed, the game narrators often refer to Atsumu as "Tensai Setter" or Genius Setter. And Kita is able to recognize this cuz, he is a man of routine, so the other guys on the bench probably never gave any thought into it. Also they weren't just jealous, they were more like, "Uwwa Atsumu is so good, it's scary to be in his shadow"
Think all the way back to Season 1 Episode 4; the 1st years' 3-on-3 match. Hinata and Kageyama were struggling to get in sync and Hinata just said "I'll gladly take any toss I can get, so keep giving me the ball." Skip ahead to the summer training camp; their new quick attack kept failing so Kageyama gave Hinata a lollipop set and Hinata snapped at him for "chickening out". Skip ahead further to the Shiratorizawa match; Kageyama was exhausted and making a bunch of errors and Hinata said "I can hit any toss, no matter how sucky." And now here: "Complain, damn it!" "Why? Give me the next one too." This ties back in with the twins' conversation at the end of the previous episode. Volleyball gives Hinata life the same way food gives Osamu life. It doesn't matter what the situation is, any opportunity Hinata gets to touch the ball is a victory for him. Hinata is every setter's dream, and this is what Atsumu realized in that moment at the end of the episode. Oikawa said something similar to Iwaizumi when they were talking about how Karasuno managed to defeat Shiratorizawa: "In the end, I guess the shrimp is a spiker you just want to toss to. No wonder he's got Tobio wrapped around his little finger."
I love how all the teams that Karasuno has played with before are watching their match with Inarizaki. With Seijoh in the projector room, Shiratorizawa in Goshiki's dorm room, Date Tech in the computer lab, Hyakuzawa in his room, Jozenji coach in his staff room, Washijou sensei and Oikawa listening to the commentary on his run, I love how much Furudate and his editors have put so much thought and care for these characters. Just love to see it.
Same! It's a shame that their dialogues and expositions from the manga are cut bec of the lack of time. Really showed how much they're rooting for Karasuno + establishing the relationships of the other teams within their own members. My favorite relationship expansion is from Shiratorizawa; how Tendo and Shirabu prefers to hang out in Goshiki's room, while Goshiki is stressed lol. Then my favorite exposition/support scene is from Dateko, and I think it's next episode. It got partially included, but my favorite moment got cut off. Oh well.
Full context on atsumu's "i'm moved shoyo-kun" since his thoughts got cut off: "complain? why? gimme the next one too" - hinata "it doesn't matter if it's short or if it's low. he doesn't care if it's too close to the net either. if his setter gave his all putting that ball up... he'll take it every time. i think i'm actually moved, shoyo-kun" - atsumu's thoughts essentially, atsumu is a setter* who pours his everything in doing the best sets even if he has to bend so low to do it, and seeing a spiker who's grateful for every set and is as dedicated in spiking like he is in setting is what "moved" atsumu, so to speak.
The interaction between Daichi and Kita gave me so much life. Just Daichi performing back-row hit and the ball bounce off Kita's arms AND HITS THEIR BANNER?!?! SHOWING THAT THEY'RE ALSO HERE TO WIN?!?!?! To me, it's absolute perfection *chefs kiss*
It hits the banner because Kita just gone done predicting that Daichi would never get the ball because he never gets the ball and then Karasuno, EMBODYING the "we don't need the memories" motto, gives Daichi the ball out of nowhere and scores.
One thing that doesn't get enough attention is the perfect set Atsumu pulled while FALLING DOWN. Everyone always talks about how great his super low "split" set was, which it totally is, but this is even wilder to me because HOWWW
Daichi has always been really competitive with captains from other teams, he's even competitive with a team captain outside of volleyball. But above all, nothing beats his friendly rivalry with Kuroo. His quips and sarcastic remarks he threw at Kuroo in he manga are top notch XD
Can we appreciate how freaking cute the twins look when they smile at Kita saving the ball at 11:20? Such childish adoration is on their faces! I just love it in Inarizaki's dynamic. They don't just respect their captain, they admire him. And however bratty Atsumu may be to others he admires Kita more than anyone.
OMG it's finally here, my favourite episode!!!!! Tanaka's line shot, Kita's 'genius' speech, Daichi and Kita's 'battle of concepts', Osamu's twin quick attack fake out, how can I pick a favourite moment?????
For the people who got confused as to why Oikawa was shown for a few seconds after that Tanaka line shot. Let me explain. Oikawa has been the setter that brings out the best of every player, and he's the setter Kageyama looks up to. In this moment, Kageyama didn't only bring Tanaka to his best, but helped him surpassed his limits. Thus the whole jumping over the cliff visualization was shown.
Also, you can see in the seijoh players not just cheering but desperation and frustration. In some part they might be cheering on karasuno, but a large part of it is seeing the team that beat them not get swallowed up by nationals, to prove that they lost to a truly strong team
32:39 Old Ukai taught Hinata in Season 2, Episode 6 (13:15 mark) that he needs to get used to the ball... "Volleyball is a sport where you can't hold the ball. You're only allowed to touch the ball for a few seconds... You need to control that moment as though ball were a part of your body." then in this season, we saw Hinata along with his little sister Natsu doing his Ultimate Lonely Pass Practice 😅 and she also noticed that Hinata have really become friends with the ball, before it was like a stranger to him. That's why we kept seeing Hinata still hitting balls that are set for him. He's ready in mid-air to adjust even if it's a miss-set.
This right here. Hinata also continues to use all of his body in the manga. That's not a fluke. As you said, he's training his body to be aware and to adjust to that one moment he has in the air to touch the ball.
Other than the unrealistic foot bump, I think the story does a good job portraying Hinata’s progress at this point. He learned a lot at the volleyball camp and we see his growth, but it’s not so overdone that he becomes the star of the match. In fact, we see less of Hinata in this match than almost any other so far, iirc. I’m glad to be back to watching your wonderful reactions! It’s been busy for me this summer, so I just binged the last three reactions today. What a treat, thank you Sarah!
@@kiaranairany4780I mentioned it because Sarah said it’s practically impossible in her reaction. As someone who doesn’t play volleyball, I’m not able to comment on the realistic nature of it, so I’m going with her years of expertise to guide me. I’d love to see a video of it happening if you have one! That would be so cool!
@@cosmicxsushi it's not a pro or official volleyball event so i cant find the video to show it to you Unlike hinata who saved a failing set, he (the one that i saw) got blocked and reflexively kicking the ball mid air to save it I wouldn't have believed it either if I hadn't seen it myself
I love the commentators. One of them correctly figured out that part of Hinata's skill comes from just playing with a volleyball all the time, like old coach Ukai told him to.
As a soccer player, when Hinata scored with his foot, it's actually realistic. With enough practice, you can easily control how your feet move when jumping, most of the time through pure reaction
@@rl6321That's not strictly true - Hinata played pretty much every sport with his non-volleyball friends in middle school just so they would in turn play volleyball with him. It's one (often overlooked) reason why he's so insanely athletic. And since one of his friends was a soccer player, it makes total sense for Hinata to have more awareness of how and when to use his feet.
@@rl6321 The show has already shown that he use to practice other sports with his old friends, one of which was a soccer player. Also you've seen Hinata, the guy is extremely athletic
@@vanniloriggio9012 sure, he has done some football before, but he's never done anything like kicking a ball up in mid-air right after a jump before. I'm sure the rest of the guys on the team and even on Inarizaki have done football in gym classes before too, Hinata isn't special for that. Yes, he is very athletic, but that still doesn't mean he can break the laws of physics or be nearly as good as Brazilians who play both football/soccer and volleyball regularly.
I adore the moment when the ball bounces off of Kita’s hands right into the Inarizaki banner. As if Daichi is saying to Kita, that the latter might wanna try some of that brave exploratory mindset too and not just stick to putting out the flames.
What I love about Kageyama and Tsukkishima.. even though they obviously don't like each other and don't get along, as many characters have said... they respect each other deep down. Every time they have a play that doesn't work, they each try and blame themselves, only to have the other go, hey, shut up, no, it was my fault. And I love that. They're not just being petty jerks blaming the other for everything, they respect the other's talent, they just have a hard time getting along.
@21:58 is one of my favorite moments in Haikyu, 4 seasons of development for arguably the best player on the team. The growth in Kageyama, the fact that he learned to fully trust his teammates and do his best to set them up perfectly and believe that they know best what to do. The Serene King is here, deadliest player on Karasuno Kageyama Tobio!!!!!
What I love about the Tanaka moment is that we get the play analysis from the THREE setters in Karasuno, from Kageyama, from Suga and from Ukai sensei, all of them explain step by step why this play is just awesome.
Thank you for your reaction. I enjoy your reaction for every episode ! The reason Atsumu was moved by Hinata is cut in Anime. In Manga, he was moved because Hinata don't care if setting is lower or shorter or closer to net, and he just wants every ball which setter set with all setter's might. Hinata complained Kageyama in S2 for compromised setting (flash back seen). But now, Hinata didn't complain because he knows Kageyama set with all his might.
The anime cut some of hinata's moments (Like his thought process, suga's monolog how he learn become a decoy by watching hinata, the context of 1 point=100 points, hinata went to takeda sensei when hinata heard his senpais might be stop after IH, this scene context, etc)
I always understood that both twins at this point are equally good at both setting and hitting, it was just that atsumu was a little crazier for the sport, on the other side, kitas speech, i always asumed that he referred to the same absolute need to play and try new stuff from the geniuses that made them get beyond the normal limits. And finally atsumu is moved by hinata's hunger, the reckless abandon on rhe fsct that the set was good or not, just keep feeding him things to hit and he will go to risky places to pass the ball is what moves him, like he said in a previous episode that hunger is the most luxurious item a setter can use as a tool.
Yeah, I also think Atsumu was looking for someone like Hinata. I think it's foreshadowed perfectly. We saw in the previous how Atsumu gets mad when the hitter fails to hit his set and the national coach also says Atsumu is the more considerate of his hitters than anybody else, and here we have Hinata who is just looking for the ball to come his way, he will give his 100% to hit whatever ball comes his way, so I think that's why Atsumu is moved by Hinata
It's already been mentioned by Aran that Osamu is the more talented of the two. It's just that, Osamu took the all-arounder mantle while Atsumu laser-focused on being a setter. Notice how it's actually just Atsumu who gets praise for his setting ability, and that the highlighted sets to everyone comes from him. Meanwhile, the highlight sets by Osamu is almost exclusively when it's Atsumu that's attacking. This is ofc, on top of Osamu and Aran mentioning, aided by the fact that Atsumu's the one who has a better drive towards volleyball. It's clear that Osamu's true passion is towards food instead (manga readers know this), and that's a clear factor in their play. No matter how talented you are in a certain field, it's always those that are more passionate that will thrive better.
I know you're an experienced player and all, but you'd be surprised by the miracles that sometimes happens. I saw a few videos where not only with haikyuu, but with a few other sport anime, where a play seemed impossible, but happened play by play irl. Would be interesting to see you react to some of them
Idk if anyone has mentioned this but, the anime decided to cut out a little backstory about Asahi clenching his fist where Ukai tells Asahi about perserving his strength through the match and should clench his fist when he wants to go all out. I don't remember exactly what he said but it was similar to that, anyways love your reaction videos! Soon you will be like the rest of us, waiting for more Haikyuu haha
Kita's monologue about the nature of genius (or better translated "prodigy") is meant to be understood in light of the twins backstory, where Osamu said Atsumu loved volleyball a little more (and it is actually food that Osamu loves, not volleyball). It's meant to completely subvert the Season 2 neurosis of Oikawa, thinking that people are just born better (clearly they're not). Furudate is giving us a very deep exploration of what it really means to be a prodigy, and it is rooted in the love you have for something, and that love motivates you in ways that it doesn't motivate others.
The kick save honestly has happened to me playing lol. I’m Latino, and cause we play football a lot, we polish our footwork, and ball control as well, and since like playing football tennis we are good at getting balls over the net, in Brasil they play a mix of football and volleyball, and that sport is just majestic, and because we f*ck around with our feet a lot, points like this happen a lot. I have personally have done sets with my feet. I had a guy that used to play football, and his footwork was majestic, the bastard just hit it with the back part of his foot to dig the ball, absolutely hilarious 😂😂
I did also think that the Hinata foot cover was a bit unrealistic when I first saw it, but only part of it. Him actually reacting in time and getting his foot on the ball - that part feels pretty fine to me. It actually going over the net afterward and landing inside, getting past both the blockers and defenders... that always felt a little weird to me. But him actually getting a foot on it always felt pretty believable. For one, you can see that he's watching Kageyama pretty intently while he's approaching, and can see that he's struggling to get his hand on the ball. We know that his reaction time is second to none, and it would likely be bolstered further by the fact that he's probably anticipating something to go wrong as he goes up because he's watching this. And we've seen time and time again, all the way from back in season 2, that he's gotten better and better at covering in moments like this because he's been constantly training in always touching the ball like Grandpa Ukai told him to. I don't remember what episodes, but he's already covered for Kageyama a couple of times in other instances of missed sets throughout the series, as have others (I can think of Tsukki and Daichi both having done so before). So as far as him getting a touch on it, I always felt that to be pretty believable. But again, it actually making it over and getting the point... yeah, that always had a weird feeling to it. I think the intention is just to show that weird, lucky things can happen to either side at any time - all of Inarizaki's luck in the last episode, Daichi doing a serve receive last episode that ended up going all the way back and landing in, this moment, Atsumu's net touch giving Karasuno a point last episode... there's been lots of luck involved in various points as well as plenty of other points that were purely skills or mind games.
My thoughts, exactly !! I was about to comment about how so many athletes make some really superb/unrealistic/lucky plays throughout. It happens a result of great level of concentration and focus and.... just fate. It becomes unrealistic until someone actually does something out of sheer fluke for it to become reality and I think that's what Furudate wanted to show here that it's not completely out of the possibilities. Plus Hinata-Kageyama freak quick is also very rare but that's an important base of this anime which covers reality + rare situations together to make something that can pump people up and have them attracted and invested to Haikyuu. Also I totally agree that him getting a touch on the ball with his foot is actually possible for who Shoyo as a character is. He has always had amazing flexibilty, agility and ever since he started keeping the ball with him more after what Ukai said about making the ball his extention, also how the commentrator says "seems like Hinata-kun messes with the ball all the time". I think it is a definite indication for it. And the part of the ball reaching the opposite end of the court seems like a fluke similar to how in Shiratorizawa match when Shoyo "blocked-received" Ushijima's attack with an open palm and the ball reflected back onto the court with a nice angle. It was a total fluke too.
Actually i've seen it happened before (the mid-air kick save), it just like a reflect move And yes sometimes some unrealistic/lucky moves happened in sport (it feels unrealistic just because u haven't seen one yet)
@@kiaranairany4780 it might not be 1 to 1 situation though, because in this situation it is actually unrealistic. hinata would hit the ground first after a failed spike before he can kick the ball.
Atsumu seeing the raw potential of Hinata and that he has that hunger that he has is such a great moment in the show. Atsumu realizing that's what he's missing is a spiker to pair with that has that same drive and love he does and is envious of Kageyama.
Here's some context to the kick-play: Hinata doesn't swing at the ball with his arm. That's the key point. He runs up, has his arm loaded, but because Kageyama misses the set, Hinata does NOT swing. Instead, when the ball is falling Hinata puts out his leg to lightly lob the ball over with his foot. That is realistic. I can do it right now (but of course I would know that the ball is coming, so it wouldn't be fair, it's not a sudden reflex like in Hinata's case). I just want to emphasize that it actually is very easy. The key here is to not swing your arm. If Hinata swung his arm, and then did this leg move, now then I would call it bullshit: two motions mid-air, the swing putting you off-balance, and then using your leg again. That would be very difficult, almost impossible. However, to just do a run up, jump with both arms up, NOT swing, and instead put your leg to the side to lob a falling ball over is very easy. It's like catching a mid-air pass in Football/Soccer. Of course there is a little exaggeration how the movement is portrayed in this anime; Hinata stretches out his leg almost 90° to the side. That is just a stylistic choice. In real life a Volleyball player would just try to get his foot under the ball, perhaps at a 10-30° angle, probably close to your body. It wouldn't be a stretched out leg, but rather a derpy short leg to the side of your body. The concept still stands though. It's very easy to lob the ball over with your foot like that mid-air, without you swinging your arm. Another commenter down below also made a great point that I'd like to quote: User "zze86": "One thing, Sarah is a tall lady. This would probably not be possible for her. A smaller player probably has a better or at least easier chance of pulling this off, just because their limbs are shorter and can get it into place in time."This kick play would definitely be more difficult to pull off for tall players.
I think a lot is lost in translation here because of the direct translation to "trust" in the anime. Earlier on, i think Tsukki commented he was irritated at how precise Kageyama's sets were. (This was bad presumably because the set was positioned to direct his hitter to make a certain play and left no autonomy.) After he clashed with Hinata over ending the freak quick, he then swung to the "goody-two-shoes" extreme where he was adapting to even accommodate his hitters' bad habits and not challenging their views. That ended after his confrontation with Asahi and Hinata crowning him the king again. Now he doesn't function to best complement a specific player or accommodate their quirks or faults. He's now comfortable enough with himself and his team to deliver aggressive, challenging sets that push his teammates to deliver instead of taking the easy way out.
Basically the evolution from Dictator -> Overly sensitive mama bird -> Serene King. The current Kageyama challenges his teammates to excellence but not in the old way where his view is absolute; he has learned to 1/ better understand what his teammates can and can't do (their current conditions) and 2/ trust that they are good and capable athletes who will measure up to his (now reasonable) expectations.
Hello Sarah, I played volleyball through middle school, highschool, college and I had a short wing spiker that literally almost always when I messed up a set he kicked it over the net, he was like a ninja.
“Dang it, my rival is actually good” cracked me up. Funny enough, Kageyama emulates a lot of what Oikawa did when Karasuno lost to them the first time. Call back to first season I think. Hammered a jump serve followed up by the short lofting jump serve. Being the Serene King is comparative to the standard of the “making everyone around you better” Oikawa. As much as they hate each other they are total Freniemes. Lol
Anyone else lowkey wanting manga read throughs or something absolutely love the rest of the Haikyuu series. Side note, defs think with the finale you should promote your second channel Sarah as new viewers might not know about it
That’s a new perspective for me I always thought that Kita was saying it was rude for people to assume that Atsumu or Kageyama were genuises from the start and that their efforts like training and being in another wavelength is not a facter to their greatness. It was true a genuis is just that but if it’s not nurtured it would not go a long way. I like how you also gave me a new perspective with what Kita was saying during his “speech”. Tanaka’s serene era is amazing! That hit was chef’s kiss! 💋! Kinda both happy and sad that we are nearing the end of season 4. What a freaking journey!
Pre season 1 Kageyama: Egocentrical oppressive king Season 1 Kageyama: Humbled, and we have seen many times that what happened in junior high weighed on him a lot Season 2 Kageyama: Following Oikawa's advice/example, he went all in trying to accomodate the hitters, but because of his "trauma" accident, he went a bit too far, and became a "goody two shoes", who just follows whatever is asked from him and being afraid to really push back due to the past accident Season 4 Kageyama: Finally found the true middle ground between the two extremes, becoming a serene king, who listens to his hitters, but also pushes them when needed
My favorite scene 100% i love it, tanaka is my favorite character😍 goodbumps tanaka's part. Haikyuuu is My number 1 anime💓 i love your reaction this since first ep. Until last ep. Awesome
0:36 about Osamu setting a minus tempo, it's kinda acceptable if we just brush it off as if they have twin telepathy 😅 even Atsumu haven't set a minus tempo to anyone before. He just saw Hinata doing it.
@@dnkewlfe9043 During Johenzi match (Season 2, Episode 15, 11:00 mark) when he got benched out because Kageyama got nosebleed and Narita replaced him, he's well-aware that he's inferior with the basics and can't play yet with a different setter, he admitted that he has a lot to do... and also swears that he'll eventually be able to that... Eventually.
I'm 5'6" and have gotten the block touch to that lands a little fad out and running to dig the be ready for the set. It's possible for Hinata. You have to be more agile as a short player when you can't get as high
I'm sure everyone knows this already but still I want to shout out the fact that the author's game sense is just as crazy great as an Olympian and World Champion.
we're so close! ever since season 1 episode 12 reaction i have been anticipating season 4 episode 24 and Sarah's reaction to it we are finally there! I can't wait!!!!
The production happened during COVID, so they were reusing some animations to save on cost. Give them a break if they used the same swing and dig, Sarah 😂
Okay but at 19:13 was an insane sequence with the save from noya to the set by kageyama to the set by the twin. to tanaka hitting an insane line shot. Probably my favorite moment ever man.
Remember back in season 1 finale when Oikawa sent a massive spike serve followed by a soft serve against karasuno? Let's just say that I think it's fitting how Kageyama just integrated the whole I believe in you attitude to the spikers in his actions, which irritated Oikawa, Kageyama is catching up to Oikawa's strengths and he has to catch up to Kageyama's, let alone pulling an Oikawa serve combo right afterwards
Hinatas save by the foot is quite realistic. There are tons of players that can do that, and I would expect some Brazilians to just do it naturally. Besides, every set from Kageyama to Hinata is more unrealistic than that
It isn't realistic because he did it in mid-air right after a spike. If he had at least hit the ground first, it would've been more realistic. Also, it's funny how you think you know more than a professional Olympic volleyball player who has probably seen plenty of kick saves in her career. They're not done in mid-air right after a spike ever. Not every single set that they do is unrealistic, although the ones where Hinata was closing his eyes were pretty unrealistic.
@@rl6321 she said that it wasn’t realistic, but it is. If some friends have done it, then why can’t Hinata. When you spike, you already move your legs to the front, from there to hitting the ball it ain’t that much. And yes, every set from Kageyama to Hinata is unrealistic after they trained, cause it involves Kageyama giving it a “spin” so that it stops at a certain point
@@manueldelgado5336 ah yes, the spin stop is also unrealistic, you're right. That doesn't mean this isn't though. Have you seen your friends do it mid-air right after jumping for a spike though and hit it with enough force that it somehow lands in the other team's court? It'd be more plausible if he had landed first, but he hadn't.
@@rl6321 tbh, yes I have seen it 😂. That’s the issue, I have seen it repeatedly when I play with friends, but its way more common on people that played soccer before. They just have that reaction with their feet, and can do it midair
damn, can't wait for next week's episode! btw, I think that kageyama's hand gesture to tanaka a "thank you" gesture. He did it bc he trusted tanaka, and he pulled through. So kageyama was greatful that he can trust his teammate. That's the impression I got at first and I've read it in a lot of places
The reason Tanaka asked Kageyama to reduce passes to him even though Tanaka feel on his peak, because he didn't want to become greedier and upset the team's balance like what Hinata did when he bump Asahi to become Ace.
talking about full circles, there was of course the close of the goody two shoes part, tanaka's line shot and all but to me, hinata's kick score takes the win. when he started training with granpa Ukai coach, he said one thing very critical and I'm paraphrasing here but he said, "volleyball is a sport where you are not allowed to hold the ball. you only get a moment. you have to control that moment as if the ball was a part of your body" he asked Hinata to keep touching the ball at all times and since that episode, in every practice scene we see in the show when Hinata is not on the court, he was always touching the ball. His lonely passing drill was also like a half circle of this xD but with this kick, he fully made the most of that one moment that was presented to him as a handicap or as an opportunity. I just love how deep this show goes and I'm not even a volleyball player.
I love when Sarah scolded Hinata 17:00, she was mad as a coach (almost see the vein in the forehead), Sarah is High School Volleyball in a fictional animated series, they are going to screw up things...XD
The birth of the serene king is the moment when Kageyama finds the balance in his overall play style. This whole time he has struggled between being the selfish king and the goody-two-shoes, between thinking about the most strategic high-level play and what his team is capable of. The reason he could tell Tanaka 'no' is because he was in that calm zone where he knew that Tanaka was in great condition and trusted that his strong hitter would follow up on his best set and score the point. That's why it is both 'trust' and 'threat' in the manga, because Tanaka felt the pressure to fulfill the king's directive. I think Kageyama putting his hands together afterwards was his way of fully absorbing that balanced feeling for the future, because he knew he had found his ideal setter mentality. The reactions by Atsumu (who saw the goody-two-shoes) and Oikawa (who saw the selfish dictator) shows that as high-level setters themselves, they can see that Kageyama has found his true style as the serene king.
Remind me to my first time watching Haikyuu.. I live in a monthly rent room, so i have many neighbors beside, in front of and behind my room. And i oftenly did too loud "Yeayyyy" with punch in the air in the middle of the nite because of this kind of eps 😂😂😂😂 Adding bout the foot saves, i've found some when watching man volleyball tho :D
"Complain, damn it!" "Why? Give me the next one too." AAAND... There it is. The moment Miya Atsumu falls in love. He wouldn't know it yet, but he's just found his soulmate❤
I love your commentary so much. It's so the right amount of entertaining but also really enlightening to hear the perspective from a world-class volleyball player say that hinata's kick was just unrealistic. i don't think it takes away from enjoyment at all. i'm so glad i found your channel!
There’s a lot of stuff I like about this episode, like when Kita saved the twins reverse quick, it was like when Daichi did the same, I believe it was in the match where he got injured. Especially because both the twins and Kageyama and Hinata showed signs they were gonna mess it up before their respective screw ups. I believe Hinata and Kageyama were being themselves and yelling, and the twins were saying they were “hungry” before they screwed up. Secondly in the first match point it proves that Tanaka has what it takes to be the ace , when they’re backs are against the wall Kageyama believes in him fully, he knows Tanaka’s best weapon is his line shot, but proves his growth by not forcing him into the shot (like he used to for Tsukishima) and giving him as many options as possible.
Season4 episode 7 Tanaka: Keep ‘em comin’ ! Kageyama: No. Tanaka-san, you’re getting sloppy. If you’re tired, we can sub you out. Season4 episode 23 Tanaka: I’m gonna shallow my pride and ask you to do this. Cut back on how many sets you send my way for a bit. Kageyama: No. We need your attacks, Tanaka-san.
The comment of "I was not a middle blocker but.." And then being a pro beach volleyball player is crazy to me xD Do you not just do everything in duos? Not to mention on sand of all things to full jump off? Mad respect
About Osamu setting the minus tempo to Atsumu- I think the fact that they could pull that off was due to them being twins. Osamu isn't a setter but those 2 have been playing together since forever and they have a special bond that others don't. Osamu probably couldn't pull that off with another one of their hitters. Atsumu being able to set it is just because of who he is as a setter LOL
That Tanaka-Kageyama moment though
I KNOOOW!
Now, let's wait for the match point.
It is HYPEKYU
you are not ready for next episode :X
TANAKA THE FUTURE ACE!!! THATS OUR BOY!!! HE IS A bokuto lite honestly and its not a dig its a nod to his game while his attack power and potency is nowhere as high as bokuto he has way better mentals and he uses his attacks the same way its the best comparison for him he is going to be an amazing ace in his final year when azumane is gone id say even better than azumane!!
When Tanaka makes it up across the cliffs edge 😭🥺🥰
I love the manga translation of the tanka kageyama moment, "that wasn't him trying to make me feel better, that was a threat. Show them why I have trust in you" it just feels more impactful imo
Captures the intention much better imo
wow that definitely is much better.
Manga has better translation. Like the rice comparison, the anime translate it as just food
“Show them why I have trust in you” was my favourite interpretation from the manga translation
I have different opinion though. What come after "that wasn't him trying to make me feel better" could be "he just telling the truth" which inline with the recent Kageyama development. He became (brutally) sincere and Tanaka know that when he said "we need your attack" he mean it and it give a huge boost in Tanaka confidence. This kind of sincerity in Kageyama answer also showed some episode before I think
Tsumu went from "I hate to play against people who suck" before the game to "I'm moved, Shoyo-kun". Absolutely love it.
Yeah, people at first thought that Atsumu is like a Oikawa, but he's actually more like Hinata. He is hungry for volleyball and loves to be there. Their difference is it infuriates him that other people can't give 100% all the time like him, while Hinata has a strong appreciation for everyone.
Sarah's one of the first reactors I've seen who really resonates with that line. It doesn't deliver very well in animation like it does as a panel in the manga. But Sarah understands Atsumu's perspective as a hyper competitor who is truly in love with the game and appreciates people who are as good at it and as passionate about it as he is. So even with the somewhat awkward timing/delivery of it, Sarah still found it impactful. Really liked that.
here is when I was starting to love tsumu so much ❤
Because Hinata is passioned about volleyball and Atsumu can understand that. Maybe he doesn't like to play with people who suck, but one can realize that Atsumu looks for people who are just as passionate about volleyball as he is. I want to cry 😢
To me it is more than Atsumu recognizing hinata skills. Atsumu always put a lot of care in his sets, he always gives 100% and expect his teammates to do the same. Whan hinata shows that he is always hungry for more sets and will always give 100% even when the set is bad, he recognizes that they are alike.
Kita's speech, or "rant" how he called it, actually has more to it than meets the eye. In one of the interviews, the author mentioned that they weren't actually fond of how they portrayed the whole "nature vs nurture" concept early on in the story (mostly through Oikawa and Kageyama). So they ended up using Kita here to come back to it and explore the concept more.
There's another important thing from the original story that sadly just couldn't really get adapted in the anime medium, though the animators certainly did their best with Kageyama's expression: when Tanaka talks about the trust Kageyama puts in him, the author uses a neat lil trick in Japanese - with kanji, they write the word "threat", but they indicate that it has to be read as "trust". I'd say it serves to further accent Kageyama's "royal" nature and the good kind of intimidation he has to him now that he knows how to use it better. I actually quite like the English translation of Tanaka's thoughts in the manga for that bit: "No way that was plain ol' encouragement. That was a threat. He was saying, 'Show them why I have faith in you'."
For me it’s why they cut to oikawa and it’s said during kageyama growth episode I adore it
WOW, I hope many people read this comment. It's so informative. Also, how do you know so much about these behind the scenes? if there are some specific channels/pages/blogs that show Furudate's interviews or anything? If there is any place which is a sort of an archive?
@@shrutichoudhary9900 thank you, I'm glad you find it useful! I happen to translate many of those interviews and extra materials, so that's the main reason x) I post my translations on twitter (same username) and compile&publish particularly big ones in google docs (like right now we're working on the Haikyuu Chronicles with another 2 translators), but I do hope to collect everything in one place for convenience, eventually
It's a follow up to Oikawa's coach's speech to Oikawa on geniuses. It's amazing.
@@seekittycat I think there's also some other call backs related to him. Oikawa is witnessing Kageyama's further evolution from decent king to serene king. So he gets frustrated + motivated. Plus it's also related to Tanaka's evolution, since Oikawa targeted Tanaka in S1. And now Kageyama is helping that spiker evolve during his own evolution.
Then Kageyama proceeds to make serves that Oikawa did in S1. During the end of set 3, Oikawa also did an off-speed soft serve after ripping a powerful jump serve, to the destroy Karasuno's rhythm.
Along with the nature v. nurture talk, overall, a lot of great callbacks in this episode.
I think a large part of Kira’s speech was also about the hard work that the “talents” put into their craft. The hard work that people seldom see and tend to dismiss that these people are only so good because they are “talented” compared to the rest of us. He felt that it was disrespectful toward the hard work being put it to simply say it’s just “talent” and disregard the passion and commitment these people have put in.
It's almost like growing rice isn't it ;)
When I read this, I remember Kageyama. Many people undermines his lifetime hard work because he's simply a “genius/prodigy”.
Yes, in atsumu's backstory, we were literally shown that most people didnt like him because he demanded everyon to perform as well as he did and he was ostracized or more like, people didnt like him. But even when he was so slone in his path, he kept working hard to become the best setter. So what kita is saying is that it is extremely rude to reduce someone's disciplined efforts of years merely into the word "genius" or "talent" as if it was something they were born with and not hard earned resultsof blood, sweat and tears. This theme is quite repeated between some other character in the show too like, Kageyama, Oikawa and Ushijima. If you noticed, the game narrators often refer to Atsumu as "Tensai Setter" or Genius Setter. And Kita is able to recognize this cuz, he is a man of routine, so the other guys on the bench probably never gave any thought into it. Also they weren't just jealous, they were more like, "Uwwa Atsumu is so good, it's scary to be in his shadow"
Think all the way back to Season 1 Episode 4; the 1st years' 3-on-3 match. Hinata and Kageyama were struggling to get in sync and Hinata just said "I'll gladly take any toss I can get, so keep giving me the ball." Skip ahead to the summer training camp; their new quick attack kept failing so Kageyama gave Hinata a lollipop set and Hinata snapped at him for "chickening out". Skip ahead further to the Shiratorizawa match; Kageyama was exhausted and making a bunch of errors and Hinata said "I can hit any toss, no matter how sucky." And now here: "Complain, damn it!" "Why? Give me the next one too."
This ties back in with the twins' conversation at the end of the previous episode. Volleyball gives Hinata life the same way food gives Osamu life. It doesn't matter what the situation is, any opportunity Hinata gets to touch the ball is a victory for him. Hinata is every setter's dream, and this is what Atsumu realized in that moment at the end of the episode. Oikawa said something similar to Iwaizumi when they were talking about how Karasuno managed to defeat Shiratorizawa: "In the end, I guess the shrimp is a spiker you just want to toss to. No wonder he's got Tobio wrapped around his little finger."
Nice call outs!!!
This needs to be bumped
Loved this comment. Hope more people find it.
This couldn't be said better.
perfect explanation, I was looking for it!
I love how all the teams that Karasuno has played with before are watching their match with Inarizaki. With Seijoh in the projector room, Shiratorizawa in Goshiki's dorm room, Date Tech in the computer lab, Hyakuzawa in his room, Jozenji coach in his staff room, Washijou sensei and Oikawa listening to the commentary on his run, I love how much Furudate and his editors have put so much thought and care for these characters. Just love to see it.
Same! It's a shame that their dialogues and expositions from the manga are cut bec of the lack of time. Really showed how much they're rooting for Karasuno + establishing the relationships of the other teams within their own members. My favorite relationship expansion is from Shiratorizawa; how Tendo and Shirabu prefers to hang out in Goshiki's room, while Goshiki is stressed lol. Then my favorite exposition/support scene is from Dateko, and I think it's next episode. It got partially included, but my favorite moment got cut off. Oh well.
Full context on atsumu's "i'm moved shoyo-kun" since his thoughts got cut off:
"complain? why? gimme the next one too" - hinata
"it doesn't matter if it's short or if it's low. he doesn't care if it's too close to the net either. if his setter gave his all putting that ball up... he'll take it every time. i think i'm actually moved, shoyo-kun" - atsumu's thoughts
essentially, atsumu is a setter* who pours his everything in doing the best sets even if he has to bend so low to do it, and seeing a spiker who's grateful for every set and is as dedicated in spiking like he is in setting is what "moved" atsumu, so to speak.
The interaction between Daichi and Kita gave me so much life. Just Daichi performing back-row hit and the ball bounce off Kita's arms AND HITS THEIR BANNER?!?! SHOWING THAT THEY'RE ALSO HERE TO WIN?!?!?! To me, it's absolute perfection *chefs kiss*
It hits the banner because Kita just gone done predicting that Daichi would never get the ball because he never gets the ball and then Karasuno, EMBODYING the "we don't need the memories" motto, gives Daichi the ball out of nowhere and scores.
日本語には「当て字」という文化がありまして、1つの文字の上に別の意味の言葉での読み方を書くと、意味が2つにもとれるというものがあるんです。ハイキューの漫画でもそれが結構使われてて、まさにここ21:18。
ここは漫画では「この脅迫（信頼）に答えて見せろ!!!!」というシーンです！！
影山は田中を信頼しているからこそ、攻撃を控えようとしていた田中を"脅迫"しました。言わば「貴方はそんなもんじゃないだろ、もっとやれるはずだ」と言ったニュアンスです。その脅迫は田中を信頼している事からくるものです！漫画でもこのシーンは本当に鳥肌が立った
Thank you for explanation!
One thing that doesn't get enough attention is the perfect set Atsumu pulled while FALLING DOWN. Everyone always talks about how great his super low "split" set was, which it totally is, but this is even wilder to me because HOWWW
Yeah my brain exploded into a million pieces when I saw him LAND ON THE GROUND before crouching down to make a perfect set.
TRUE
Daichi has always been really competitive with captains from other teams, he's even competitive with a team captain outside of volleyball.
But above all, nothing beats his friendly rivalry with Kuroo. His quips and sarcastic remarks he threw at Kuroo in he manga are top notch XD
Can we appreciate how freaking cute the twins look when they smile at Kita saving the ball at 11:20? Such childish adoration is on their faces! I just love it in Inarizaki's dynamic. They don't just respect their captain, they admire him. And however bratty Atsumu may be to others he admires Kita more than anyone.
OMG it's finally here, my favourite episode!!!!! Tanaka's line shot, Kita's 'genius' speech, Daichi and Kita's 'battle of concepts', Osamu's twin quick attack fake out, how can I pick a favourite moment?????
dude, you sure know what you talking about, this end of season is just too great
I can't wait for monsters ball. My favorite
For the people who got confused as to why Oikawa was shown for a few seconds after that Tanaka line shot. Let me explain. Oikawa has been the setter that brings out the best of every player, and he's the setter Kageyama looks up to. In this moment, Kageyama didn't only bring Tanaka to his best, but helped him surpassed his limits. Thus the whole jumping over the cliff visualization was shown.
Also, you can see in the seijoh players not just cheering but desperation and frustration. In some part they might be cheering on karasuno, but a large part of it is seeing the team that beat them not get swallowed up by nationals, to prove that they lost to a truly strong team
32:39 Old Ukai taught Hinata in Season 2, Episode 6 (13:15 mark) that he needs to get used to the ball... "Volleyball is a sport where you can't hold the ball. You're only allowed to touch the ball for a few seconds... You need to control that moment as though ball were a part of your body." then in this season, we saw Hinata along with his little sister Natsu doing his Ultimate Lonely Pass Practice 😅 and she also noticed that Hinata have really become friends with the ball, before it was like a stranger to him. That's why we kept seeing Hinata still hitting balls that are set for him. He's ready in mid-air to adjust even if it's a miss-set.
This right here. Hinata also continues to use all of his body in the manga. That's not a fluke. As you said, he's training his body to be aware and to adjust to that one moment he has in the air to touch the ball.
Other than the unrealistic foot bump, I think the story does a good job portraying Hinata’s progress at this point. He learned a lot at the volleyball camp and we see his growth, but it’s not so overdone that he becomes the star of the match. In fact, we see less of Hinata in this match than almost any other so far, iirc.
I’m glad to be back to watching your wonderful reactions! It’s been busy for me this summer, so I just binged the last three reactions today. What a treat, thank you Sarah!
But i've seen that midair foot bump before...
@kiaranairany4780 Yeah, Hinata has done that at least once before, right?
@@kiaranairany4780I mentioned it because Sarah said it’s practically impossible in her reaction. As someone who doesn’t play volleyball, I’m not able to comment on the realistic nature of it, so I’m going with her years of expertise to guide me.
I’d love to see a video of it happening if you have one! That would be so cool!
@@cosmicxsushi it's not a pro or official volleyball event so i cant find the video to show it to you
Unlike hinata who saved a failing set, he (the one that i saw) got blocked and reflexively kicking the ball mid air to save it
I wouldn't have believed it either if I hadn't seen it myself
I love the commentators. One of them correctly figured out that part of Hinata's skill comes from just playing with a volleyball all the time, like old coach Ukai told him to.
As a soccer player, when Hinata scored with his foot, it's actually realistic. With enough practice, you can easily control how your feet move when jumping, most of the time through pure reaction
Argentinians and Brazilian players often use their feet when they play, I think it's because they're so used to playing futbol as well as volleyball
"With enough practice". Hinata hasn't ever done anything like that before.
@@rl6321That's not strictly true - Hinata played pretty much every sport with his non-volleyball friends in middle school just so they would in turn play volleyball with him.
It's one (often overlooked) reason why he's so insanely athletic. And since one of his friends was a soccer player, it makes total sense for Hinata to have more awareness of how and when to use his feet.
@@rl6321 The show has already shown that he use to practice other sports with his old friends, one of which was a soccer player. Also you've seen Hinata, the guy is extremely athletic
@@vanniloriggio9012 sure, he has done some football before, but he's never done anything like kicking a ball up in mid-air right after a jump before. I'm sure the rest of the guys on the team and even on Inarizaki have done football in gym classes before too, Hinata isn't special for that. Yes, he is very athletic, but that still doesn't mean he can break the laws of physics or be nearly as good as Brazilians who play both football/soccer and volleyball regularly.
I adore the moment when the ball bounces off of Kita’s hands right into the Inarizaki banner. As if Daichi is saying to Kita, that the latter might wanna try some of that brave exploratory mindset too and not just stick to putting out the flames.
Love that
In a sense, full trust is close to intimidation, and Kageyama's actions are a good representation of that.
What I love about Kageyama and Tsukkishima.. even though they obviously don't like each other and don't get along, as many characters have said... they respect each other deep down. Every time they have a play that doesn't work, they each try and blame themselves, only to have the other go, hey, shut up, no, it was my fault. And I love that. They're not just being petty jerks blaming the other for everything, they respect the other's talent, they just have a hard time getting along.
If Atsumu didn't call out Kageyama at the youth camp, this never happens so thanks to Atsumu 😂
Also, poor Hinata as always 🥲
@21:58 is one of my favorite moments in Haikyu, 4 seasons of development for arguably the best player on the team. The growth in Kageyama, the fact that he learned to fully trust his teammates and do his best to set them up perfectly and believe that they know best what to do. The Serene King is here, deadliest player on Karasuno Kageyama Tobio!!!!!
What I love about the Tanaka moment is that we get the play analysis from the THREE setters in Karasuno, from Kageyama, from Suga and from Ukai sensei, all of them explain step by step why this play is just awesome.
The imagery from Tanaka's inner thoughts and Kita's speech always make this episode hit for me, enjoy the last 2 episodes, will be watching!
Thank you for your reaction.
I enjoy your reaction for every episode !
The reason Atsumu was moved by Hinata is cut in Anime.
In Manga, he was moved because Hinata don't care if setting is lower or shorter or closer to net, and he just wants every ball which setter set with all setter's might.
Hinata complained Kageyama in S2 for compromised setting (flash back seen).
But now, Hinata didn't complain because he knows Kageyama set with all his might.
The anime cut some of hinata's moments
(Like his thought process, suga's monolog how he learn become a decoy by watching hinata, the context of 1 point=100 points, hinata went to takeda sensei when hinata heard his senpais might be stop after IH, this scene context, etc)
I always understood that both twins at this point are equally good at both setting and hitting, it was just that atsumu was a little crazier for the sport, on the other side, kitas speech, i always asumed that he referred to the same absolute need to play and try new stuff from the geniuses that made them get beyond the normal limits. And finally atsumu is moved by hinata's hunger, the reckless abandon on rhe fsct that the set was good or not, just keep feeding him things to hit and he will go to risky places to pass the ball is what moves him, like he said in a previous episode that hunger is the most luxurious item a setter can use as a tool.
Yeah, I also think Atsumu was looking for someone like Hinata. I think it's foreshadowed perfectly. We saw in the previous how Atsumu gets mad when the hitter fails to hit his set and the national coach also says Atsumu is the more considerate of his hitters than anybody else, and here we have Hinata who is just looking for the ball to come his way, he will give his 100% to hit whatever ball comes his way, so I think that's why Atsumu is moved by Hinata
It's already been mentioned by Aran that Osamu is the more talented of the two. It's just that, Osamu took the all-arounder mantle while Atsumu laser-focused on being a setter. Notice how it's actually just Atsumu who gets praise for his setting ability, and that the highlighted sets to everyone comes from him. Meanwhile, the highlight sets by Osamu is almost exclusively when it's Atsumu that's attacking.
This is ofc, on top of Osamu and Aran mentioning, aided by the fact that Atsumu's the one who has a better drive towards volleyball. It's clear that Osamu's true passion is towards food instead (manga readers know this), and that's a clear factor in their play. No matter how talented you are in a certain field, it's always those that are more passionate that will thrive better.
I know you're an experienced player and all, but you'd be surprised by the miracles that sometimes happens. I saw a few videos where not only with haikyuu, but with a few other sport anime, where a play seemed impossible, but happened play by play irl. Would be interesting to see you react to some of them
影山が手を合わせたのは「ありがとう」という意味ではありません🙏 おそらくですが、試合後半の土壇場で出来た神トスの感覚を手中に収めたのだと思います。日本人は人に感謝する時あまり手は合わせませんので😳
This episode we see Hinata the Setter Harvester at work reaping himself another really good setter under his belt
Idk if anyone has mentioned this but, the anime decided to cut out a little backstory about Asahi clenching his fist where Ukai tells Asahi about perserving his strength through the match and should clench his fist when he wants to go all out. I don't remember exactly what he said but it was similar to that, anyways love your reaction videos! Soon you will be like the rest of us, waiting for more Haikyuu haha
Kita's monologue about the nature of genius (or better translated "prodigy") is meant to be understood in light of the twins backstory, where Osamu said Atsumu loved volleyball a little more (and it is actually food that Osamu loves, not volleyball). It's meant to completely subvert the Season 2 neurosis of Oikawa, thinking that people are just born better (clearly they're not). Furudate is giving us a very deep exploration of what it really means to be a prodigy, and it is rooted in the love you have for something, and that love motivates you in ways that it doesn't motivate others.
The kick save honestly has happened to me playing lol. I’m Latino, and cause we play football a lot, we polish our footwork, and ball control as well, and since like playing football tennis we are good at getting balls over the net, in Brasil they play a mix of football and volleyball, and that sport is just majestic, and because we f*ck around with our feet a lot, points like this happen a lot. I have personally have done sets with my feet. I had a guy that used to play football, and his footwork was majestic, the bastard just hit it with the back part of his foot to dig the ball, absolutely hilarious 😂😂
I did also think that the Hinata foot cover was a bit unrealistic when I first saw it, but only part of it. Him actually reacting in time and getting his foot on the ball - that part feels pretty fine to me. It actually going over the net afterward and landing inside, getting past both the blockers and defenders... that always felt a little weird to me. But him actually getting a foot on it always felt pretty believable.
For one, you can see that he's watching Kageyama pretty intently while he's approaching, and can see that he's struggling to get his hand on the ball. We know that his reaction time is second to none, and it would likely be bolstered further by the fact that he's probably anticipating something to go wrong as he goes up because he's watching this. And we've seen time and time again, all the way from back in season 2, that he's gotten better and better at covering in moments like this because he's been constantly training in always touching the ball like Grandpa Ukai told him to.
I don't remember what episodes, but he's already covered for Kageyama a couple of times in other instances of missed sets throughout the series, as have others (I can think of Tsukki and Daichi both having done so before). So as far as him getting a touch on it, I always felt that to be pretty believable. But again, it actually making it over and getting the point... yeah, that always had a weird feeling to it.
I think the intention is just to show that weird, lucky things can happen to either side at any time - all of Inarizaki's luck in the last episode, Daichi doing a serve receive last episode that ended up going all the way back and landing in, this moment, Atsumu's net touch giving Karasuno a point last episode... there's been lots of luck involved in various points as well as plenty of other points that were purely skills or mind games.
My thoughts, exactly !! I was about to comment about how so many athletes make some really superb/unrealistic/lucky plays throughout. It happens a result of great level of concentration and focus and.... just fate. It becomes unrealistic until someone actually does something out of sheer fluke for it to become reality and I think that's what Furudate wanted to show here that it's not completely out of the possibilities.
Plus Hinata-Kageyama freak quick is also very rare but that's an important base of this anime which covers reality + rare situations together to make something that can pump people up and have them attracted and invested to Haikyuu.
Also I totally agree that him getting a touch on the ball with his foot is actually possible for who Shoyo as a character is. He has always had amazing flexibilty, agility and ever since he started keeping the ball with him more after what Ukai said about making the ball his extention, also how the commentrator says "seems like Hinata-kun messes with the ball all the time". I think it is a definite indication for it. And the part of the ball reaching the opposite end of the court seems like a fluke similar to how in Shiratorizawa match when Shoyo "blocked-received" Ushijima's attack with an open palm and the ball reflected back onto the court with a nice angle. It was a total fluke too.
Actually i've seen it happened before (the mid-air kick save), it just like a reflect move
And yes sometimes some unrealistic/lucky moves happened in sport (it feels unrealistic just because u haven't seen one yet)
@@kiaranairany4780 it might not be 1 to 1 situation though, because in this situation it is actually unrealistic. hinata would hit the ground first after a failed spike before he can kick the ball.
Atsumu seeing the raw potential of Hinata and that he has that hunger that he has is such a great moment in the show. Atsumu realizing that's what he's missing is a spiker to pair with that has that same drive and love he does and is envious of Kageyama.
Here's some context to the kick-play:
Hinata doesn't swing at the ball with his arm. That's the key point. He runs up, has his arm loaded, but because Kageyama misses the set, Hinata does NOT swing. Instead, when the ball is falling Hinata puts out his leg to lightly lob the ball over with his foot. That is realistic. I can do it right now (but of course I would know that the ball is coming, so it wouldn't be fair, it's not a sudden reflex like in Hinata's case). I just want to emphasize that it actually is very easy. The key here is to not swing your arm. If Hinata swung his arm, and then did this leg move, now then I would call it bullshit: two motions mid-air, the swing putting you off-balance, and then using your leg again. That would be very difficult, almost impossible. However, to just do a run up, jump with both arms up, NOT swing, and instead put your leg to the side to lob a falling ball over is very easy. It's like catching a mid-air pass in Football/Soccer.
Of course there is a little exaggeration how the movement is portrayed in this anime; Hinata stretches out his leg almost 90° to the side. That is just a stylistic choice. In real life a Volleyball player would just try to get his foot under the ball, perhaps at a 10-30° angle, probably close to your body. It wouldn't be a stretched out leg, but rather a derpy short leg to the side of your body. The concept still stands though. It's very easy to lob the ball over with your foot like that mid-air, without you swinging your arm.
Another commenter down below also made a great point that I'd like to quote: User "zze86": "One thing, Sarah is a tall lady. This would probably not be possible for her. A smaller player probably has a better or at least easier chance of pulling this off, just because their limbs are shorter and can get it into place in time."This kick play would definitely be more difficult to pull off for tall players.
I think you should watch episodes 24-25 together! Hour long finale would be amazing.
She’s already recorded the last episodes idk if she watched them together but I doubt it
I think a lot is lost in translation here because of the direct translation to "trust" in the anime. Earlier on, i think Tsukki commented he was irritated at how precise Kageyama's sets were. (This was bad presumably because the set was positioned to direct his hitter to make a certain play and left no autonomy.) After he clashed with Hinata over ending the freak quick, he then swung to the "goody-two-shoes" extreme where he was adapting to even accommodate his hitters' bad habits and not challenging their views. That ended after his confrontation with Asahi and Hinata crowning him the king again. Now he doesn't function to best complement a specific player or accommodate their quirks or faults. He's now comfortable enough with himself and his team to deliver aggressive, challenging sets that push his teammates to deliver instead of taking the easy way out.
Basically the evolution from Dictator -> Overly sensitive mama bird -> Serene King. The current Kageyama challenges his teammates to excellence but not in the old way where his view is absolute; he has learned to 1/ better understand what his teammates can and can't do (their current conditions) and 2/ trust that they are good and capable athletes who will measure up to his (now reasonable) expectations.
Hello Sarah, I played volleyball through middle school, highschool, college and I had a short wing spiker that literally almost always when I messed up a set he kicked it over the net, he was like a ninja.
This video could not have come at a better time. Been a rough evening and this was exactly the pick me up i needed.
“Dang it, my rival is actually good” cracked me up. Funny enough, Kageyama emulates a lot of what Oikawa did when Karasuno lost to them the first time. Call back to first season I think. Hammered a jump serve followed up by the short lofting jump serve. Being the Serene King is comparative to the standard of the “making everyone around you better” Oikawa. As much as they hate each other they are total Freniemes. Lol
They don’t actually hate each other haha
Anyone else lowkey wanting manga read throughs or something absolutely love the rest of the Haikyuu series.
Side note, defs think with the finale you should promote your second channel Sarah as new viewers might not know about it
This is my favorite episode in season 4. Kageyama's growth makes me really emotional.
And of course Tanaka too
cannot WAIT to watch this all the way through!!!
That’s a new perspective for me I always thought that Kita was saying it was rude for people to assume that Atsumu or Kageyama were genuises from the start and that their efforts like training and being in another wavelength is not a facter to their greatness. It was true a genuis is just that but if it’s not nurtured it would not go a long way. I like how you also gave me a new perspective with what Kita was saying during his “speech”.
Tanaka’s serene era is amazing! That hit was chef’s kiss! 💋!
Kinda both happy and sad that we are nearing the end of season 4. What a freaking journey!
That whole Kita's monologue was one of the best, if not the best line of the season
Big ole smile this WHOLE episode :) the music in this show is incredible but that piece during Tanaka's line shot just takes my breath away.
Pre season 1 Kageyama: Egocentrical oppressive king
Season 1 Kageyama: Humbled, and we have seen many times that what happened in junior high weighed on him a lot
Season 2 Kageyama: Following Oikawa's advice/example, he went all in trying to accomodate the hitters, but because of his "trauma" accident, he went a bit too far, and became a "goody two shoes", who just follows whatever is asked from him and being afraid to really push back due to the past accident
Season 4 Kageyama: Finally found the true middle ground between the two extremes, becoming a serene king, who listens to his hitters, but also pushes them when needed
The f'ing COACH cartoon at 16:40 !!! I lost it. Straight up cackling.
this is hands down the greatest scene in haikyuu and i love seeing it everytime. from the emotion to the ost to the reactions!!
Teşekkürler.
Thank you so much!
My favorite scene 100% i love it, tanaka is my favorite character😍 goodbumps tanaka's part. Haikyuuu is My number 1 anime💓 i love your reaction this since first ep. Until last ep. Awesome
0:36 about Osamu setting a minus tempo, it's kinda acceptable if we just brush it off as if they have twin telepathy 😅 even Atsumu haven't set a minus tempo to anyone before. He just saw Hinata doing it.
16:52 Forgive Hinata. 😅 He's still only a first year with no proper knowledge of volleyball before. That's just about 8 months playing with a team.
yes this!! He's still very much a baby with a lot of potential growth in him at this point :)
@@dnkewlfe9043 During Johenzi match (Season 2, Episode 15, 11:00 mark) when he got benched out because Kageyama got nosebleed and Narita replaced him, he's well-aware that he's inferior with the basics and can't play yet with a different setter, he admitted that he has a lot to do... and also swears that he'll eventually be able to that... Eventually.
@@josephocenada 🥷
I'm 5'6" and have gotten the block touch to that lands a little fad out and running to dig the be ready for the set. It's possible for Hinata. You have to be more agile as a short player when you can't get as high
YESSSS I loved the back and forth between Daichi and Kita 🙏🏾 glad you noticed. Best captains ever
Sarah getting mad at Inarizaki's libero again never stop making me laugh😆😆😆
I'm sure everyone knows this already but still I want to shout out the fact that the author's game sense is just as crazy great as an Olympian and World Champion.
You are the best Sarah 😊. Keep going with this amazing reactions . Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 ❤
we're so close!
ever since season 1 episode 12 reaction i have been anticipating season 4 episode 24 and Sarah's reaction to it
we are finally there! I can't wait!!!!
The production happened during COVID, so they were reusing some animations to save on cost. Give them a break if they used the same swing and dig, Sarah 😂
Okay but at 19:13 was an insane sequence with the save from noya to the set by kageyama to the set by the twin. to tanaka hitting an insane line shot. Probably my favorite moment ever man.
"Let me calm down". LOL, yeah I said that to myself after episode of this show. It's too good.
My favorite moment from the entire series coming soon.. can't wait to see your reaction, omg!
The fact that she was able to call Tanakas line shot before he hit it put a smile on my face
Remember back in season 1 finale when Oikawa sent a massive spike serve followed by a soft serve against karasuno?
Let's just say that I think it's fitting how Kageyama just integrated the whole I believe in you attitude to the spikers in his actions, which irritated Oikawa, Kageyama is catching up to Oikawa's strengths and he has to catch up to Kageyama's, let alone pulling an Oikawa serve combo right afterwards
Hinatas save by the foot is quite realistic. There are tons of players that can do that, and I would expect some Brazilians to just do it naturally. Besides, every set from Kageyama to Hinata is more unrealistic than that
It isn't realistic because he did it in mid-air right after a spike. If he had at least hit the ground first, it would've been more realistic. Also, it's funny how you think you know more than a professional Olympic volleyball player who has probably seen plenty of kick saves in her career. They're not done in mid-air right after a spike ever. Not every single set that they do is unrealistic, although the ones where Hinata was closing his eyes were pretty unrealistic.
@@rl6321 she said that it wasn’t realistic, but it is. If some friends have done it, then why can’t Hinata. When you spike, you already move your legs to the front, from there to hitting the ball it ain’t that much.
And yes, every set from Kageyama to Hinata is unrealistic after they trained, cause it involves Kageyama giving it a “spin” so that it stops at a certain point
@@manueldelgado5336 ah yes, the spin stop is also unrealistic, you're right. That doesn't mean this isn't though. Have you seen your friends do it mid-air right after jumping for a spike though and hit it with enough force that it somehow lands in the other team's court? It'd be more plausible if he had landed first, but he hadn't.
@@rl6321 tbh, yes I have seen it 😂. That’s the issue, I have seen it repeatedly when I play with friends, but its way more common on people that played soccer before. They just have that reaction with their feet, and can do it midair
Hinata played football before getting into volleyball, so I never thought it was unrealistic
damn, can't wait for next week's episode! btw, I think that kageyama's hand gesture to tanaka a "thank you" gesture. He did it bc he trusted tanaka, and he pulled through. So kageyama was greatful that he can trust his teammate. That's the impression I got at first and I've read it in a lot of places
Kageyama always had SEVERE trust issues, it was a trauma for him, so yeah, it definitely means a lot for him
Omg we are almost at the end. There was a time in your reaction around the second season it felt like we would never get here. But here we go!
Yes, please, Sarah.... I'll always look forward to your haikyuu videos. Love and miss your energy and commentary always 😭🧡
holy moly that tanaka line shot sequence is so good every time
The reason Tanaka asked Kageyama to reduce passes to him even though Tanaka feel on his peak, because he didn't want to become greedier and upset the team's balance like what Hinata did when he bump Asahi to become Ace.
My boy Tanaka never gets enough love. I appreciate all your comments about him. He's in absolute beast mode right now.
talking about full circles, there was of course the close of the goody two shoes part, tanaka's line shot and all but to me, hinata's kick score takes the win. when he started training with granpa Ukai coach, he said one thing very critical and I'm paraphrasing here but he said, "volleyball is a sport where you are not allowed to hold the ball. you only get a moment. you have to control that moment as if the ball was a part of your body" he asked Hinata to keep touching the ball at all times and since that episode, in every practice scene we see in the show when Hinata is not on the court, he was always touching the ball. His lonely passing drill was also like a half circle of this xD but with this kick, he fully made the most of that one moment that was presented to him as a handicap or as an opportunity. I just love how deep this show goes and I'm not even a volleyball player.
YESSS! I'm all hyped and ready to watch this!
Yes I agree with you I loved the Kita/Daichi moments as well they were the best moments in this episode
About Hinata’s feet saves : don’t forget that before getting into volleyball, he played football 😉
21:26 after this moment, if the referee say "Out", I'm sure that I will drop the two last episodes
This was the episode I was waiting for
Sarahs rant about Daichi at 13min is why he is in the love house
"That's why you're on the bench, #5"
Ice cold... 🤣
I love when Sarah scolded Hinata 17:00, she was mad as a coach (almost see the vein in the forehead), Sarah is High School Volleyball in a fictional animated series, they are going to screw up things...XD
The birth of the serene king is the moment when Kageyama finds the balance in his overall play style. This whole time he has struggled between being the selfish king and the goody-two-shoes, between thinking about the most strategic high-level play and what his team is capable of. The reason he could tell Tanaka 'no' is because he was in that calm zone where he knew that Tanaka was in great condition and trusted that his strong hitter would follow up on his best set and score the point. That's why it is both 'trust' and 'threat' in the manga, because Tanaka felt the pressure to fulfill the king's directive. I think Kageyama putting his hands together afterwards was his way of fully absorbing that balanced feeling for the future, because he knew he had found his ideal setter mentality. The reactions by Atsumu (who saw the goody-two-shoes) and Oikawa (who saw the selfish dictator) shows that as high-level setters themselves, they can see that Kageyama has found his true style as the serene king.
Remind me to my first time watching Haikyuu.. I live in a monthly rent room, so i have many neighbors beside, in front of and behind my room. And i oftenly did too loud "Yeayyyy" with punch in the air in the middle of the nite because of this kind of eps 😂😂😂😂
Adding bout the foot saves, i've found some when watching man volleyball tho :D
I already know she's gonna get excited by this last episode. It's so good
"Complain, damn it!" "Why? Give me the next one too." AAAND...
There it is. The moment Miya Atsumu falls in love. He wouldn't know it yet, but he's just found his soulmate❤
17:00
サラさんの厳しい指摘が大好きです。
サラさんのバレーボールに対する誠実や愛を強く感じます。
"Is he smiling or snarling?" yes.
I love your commentary so much. It's so the right amount of entertaining but also really enlightening to hear the perspective from a world-class volleyball player say that hinata's kick was just unrealistic. i don't think it takes away from enjoyment at all. i'm so glad i found your channel!
Video suggestion! React/breakdown of plays to the current mens Japanese volleyball team!
Love your reactions and comments 🏐
There’s a lot of stuff I like about this episode, like when Kita saved the twins reverse quick, it was like when Daichi did the same, I believe it was in the match where he got injured. Especially because both the twins and Kageyama and Hinata showed signs they were gonna mess it up before their respective screw ups. I believe Hinata and Kageyama were being themselves and yelling, and the twins were saying they were “hungry” before they screwed up.
Secondly in the first match point it proves that Tanaka has what it takes to be the ace , when they’re backs are against the wall Kageyama believes in him fully, he knows Tanaka’s best weapon is his line shot, but proves his growth by not forcing him into the shot (like he used to for Tsukishima) and giving him as many options as possible.
That jump from Tanaka is so good! He trusted Kageyama and he landed on the other side
Season4 episode 7
Tanaka: Keep ‘em comin’ !
Kageyama: No. Tanaka-san, you’re getting sloppy.
If you’re tired, we can sub you out.
Season4 episode 23
Tanaka: I’m gonna shallow my pride and ask you to do this.
Cut back on how many sets you send my way for a bit.
Kageyama: No. We need your attacks, Tanaka-san.
Just adding my support.
& I, too, thought she got Kita's speech kida wrong.
The comment of "I was not a middle blocker but.." And then being a pro beach volleyball player is crazy to me xD Do you not just do everything in duos? Not to mention on sand of all things to full jump off? Mad respect
About Osamu setting the minus tempo to Atsumu- I think the fact that they could pull that off was due to them being twins. Osamu isn't a setter but those 2 have been playing together since forever and they have a special bond that others don't. Osamu probably couldn't pull that off with another one of their hitters. Atsumu being able to set it is just because of who he is as a setter LOL
I really like the muteral respect the captains have for each other❤