I have loved Daichi from Day 1, and this episode proves why ❤️ He is THE BEST. This episode also had a very heavy-hitting emotional part and I for sure cried..... it was amazing.
I decided Daichi was my favorite character after about 4 seasons lol, which just proves your intuition is just otherworldly. I didn't have a favorite character at first until I saw a reaction video and someone talked about theirs (I think theirs was Nishinoya). I then thought about it and the character that came to mind was Daichi. He's the character I most want to emulate in life.
One of the coolest things about Haikyuu is how it portrays the other teams as people who also love and enjoy the sport and also have their own histories and emotional relationships with volleyball and their teams. It’s not the type of series where you have an evil villain, but antagonists who are high school kids who love volleyball just like our Karasu boys.
This was 100% the episode I was waiting for you to react to. This episode always gets me and it's not often that anime or shows in general encapsulate what it's like to lose. 💖 Also Daichi's the best and I will proclaim it until my grave! Team Dad-chi!
YES, Daichi Appreciation Squad! Maybe his plays aren't exactly 'flashy' and he's not a genius prodigy, but the guy is strong-willed, dependable and has a heart of gold ❤ And he's still a great player and an amazing leader
This episode feels like a turning point in the series. It’s the first episode where the viewer understands that this show is also going to tell a story of loss as much as triumph. There’s always going to be someone who worked harder, trained harder, was just a little bit luckier. You can never win 100% of the time. Great reaction to a great episode! Love from a fellow Canadian ❤️❤️
@@mareksicinski3726 damn didn’t have to come for my throat like that lmaoooo. Anyway I just meant that the loss is truly focussed on here, not something that is over come, as for example, the loss in the first episode is. Hinata loses his first game, but moves forward in the long run. In this episode, loss of the game is truly the end of these players’ volleyball experiences. I hope that helps you understand what I meant. And please be nicer next time. I’m also a human being.
I think one element of Haikyuu that is criminally understated is how much respect it has for Volleyball. How harsh the training and how hard victory comes by, how brutal and unforgiving the tournaments and how teams are chased out of the court when they lose, and as shown perhaps best in this episode, how players reflect on despite the pain and the losses, they still love and feel loved for being able to have played the sport. Cheesy as it may sound, 'Connecting' is the motto of Nekoma, the true theme of Haikyuu, and this love and respect for Volleyball is one pillar that keeps everyone connected to each other (and of course, in time, us to the characters). Haikyuu is truly the greatest work of literature of the 21st century.
I think it's so crazy how a single loss means you no longer get to play (both the Interhigh and Spring Tourney in Japan are like that, a single loss = elimination). I was watching a few videos about this year's Spring Tourney matches, and one girl from a losing team (I think she was their ace) said something that really made me teary-eyed: "I had wanted to shine on the court a bit longer." She said it while barely managing to hold back her tears. That's when it really hit me how real Ikejiri's words are. Sure, Haikyu is a work of fiction, but the emotions are real. The frustration and sadness is all real. Hundreds of teams play the game to win, but only one team goes on to be the "main characters" for that season. And for some, the time to become the "heroes" never comes. But both the losers and winners can gain something from the experience. They can use it to better themselves and keep playing. They can also learn life lessons that they'll take with them even if/after they stop playing volleyball. All that and more is woven so masterfully into the story of Haikyu.
Something about Hinata's reaction to winning that you want to keep in mind coming forward. Haikyuu is of those rare stories, where winning - proving you're the strongest - isn't the goal. The goal is to stay on the court the longest, but that can be achieved only though winning. The greatest prize of them all for a lot of Haikyuu characters is playing volleyball.
I gotta say, this episode is the episode that really hook me into haikyuu. Because this episode show that even an extra has a story to tell. I have seen a lot af sport anime and most are usually would just ignore the extra character story and just focus on the main character. As I first watch this episode, I already know karasuno gonna win easily. If they cut off the ikejiri story, it will not effect the story much but this anime care for the characters even if they just appear in one episode. Haikyuu make the best out off these characters, creating real humans out off extras that usually don't mean much and forgotten in other sport anime. This episode tell me that haikyuu gonna be a great anime and manga.
@@arith1202 yes!! That is super true, i've watched and read haikyu so so many times, one thing i realize about this manga/anime, it is not about karasuno, it's about hinata and volleyball itself. Furudate sensei really made a series that even people that don't play could enjoy volleyball and it's journey. The message that furudate wants us to hear is "volleyball is fun"
For someone who has never hold a real interest in watching competitive sports, this was THE episode that got me falling in love with a sport as an audience. It didn’t just capture the sportsmanship among players, the techniques, skills and power required but it has also portrayed the experience of a player and the sport, what it means to them, the kind of growth they had (be it good or bad) and the lessons they learnt from it. Sports has always been kind of a seeing disconnected thing for me as an audience, but through this anime, i have grown to understand a fraction of the work and processes behind a competitive sport, allowing me to appreciate a competition more.
This episode gets me every single time. When I played volleyball, I was more often on the losers' end than the winners' end, so one thing I remember from my first time through the show (It's now my 8th or 9th time) is how much I loved how it recognizes both sides of a match. Sometimes I remember the losses more vividly than the wins, and along with that, the growth that came from those losses.
The one thing that always strikes me about Haikyu, is that the writer Furodachi, clearly loves and knows this game, and pours all of that into the story. Amazing show.
Without doubt: YOU ARE MY FAVORITE REACTOR! The way you remember all the names, tie things back to even episode one, get the situation and jokes so fast AND reacting to it simultaneously, your insights and your love for the character just makes me so excited to watch your videos! ❤️
Yup, she's the best! Most of the other reactors are frustrating to watch for me, coz they miss like 30% of what's happening, but Sarah seems actually really smart and competent.
@@ezequielgaitan2181 , dude same. I can barely watch coach Donny anymore. If I have nothing else to do I'll watch his vids, but I constantly catch myself hoping for an upload from Sarah.
netflix subs are really subpar to crunchyroll... he didn't really call the other team a pieces of shit.. in crunchyroll subs, it's just "Damn it!" (Noya was just frustated of himself for not getting it) "I'll save the next one for sure!"
@@josephocenada yeah I know lol, that's why it was immersion breaking...Netflix subs are usually horrid, One Piece is borderline unwatchable too lol... But luckily Sarah's definitely watching on crunchyroll or another fansub, coz she read out loud "teach me the "again" version" which is what they say in the actual subs...
@@ezequielgaitan2181 oh really? I want Sarah to experience the better sub episode... would even give them torrent links if they want to have it for free... though Sarah and her editor really have poor coordination lmao
So something to consider here is Ikejiri and Michimiya are both seniors which means this is likely their last tournament at least in high school. That is one of the reasons they are so full of regret because this could be the last match they play. In Japan a lot of seniors will retire after this tourney because of the competitive nature of academics and needing to compete for the college they want with other students.
Oikawa is the kind of guy who wants to break apart everything to figure out how it works. He wants to know their tells, their tricks and habits and is a very new exciting challenge for em
That scene with all the teams who lost had me cry a river the first time I watched Haikyuu; this is probably the episode who touched me the most and that made me fell completely in love with the show. I love how Hinata stops and looks at Ikejiri retreating: I think Hinata can relate to him because of what happened to him in middle school and seeing how much this loss affected Ikejiri probably gave Hinata an extra motivation (as if he needed it) to keep on his win streak.
Me: *has a math test, is 11 am, have 2 assignments and a journal presentation to work on from scratch, hasn't talked to boyfriend in a week* Sarah: *posts reaction* Me: "everything else can wait"
2:17 the practice match against Seijoh was mid to late April, and the tournament is in June. so it's been just a little over a month since then. shows how fast the whole team, and especially KageHina are improving
But they said after the practice game with Nekoma that the tournament would be in two months, so how can it be just one month after the match against Seijoh??
@@thatsroughbuddy_ I couldn't find that "2 months" line skimming through episodes 11 to 14, but I found some dates mentioned directly. though there's no definitive date for the practice game against seijoh, we know it takes place in April, and on a tuesday. BUT considering that the school year had just begun on april 1st, and the first-year 3v3 was the following saturday, the match against seijoh can only have taken place on April 10th, 17th or 24th. personally, 17th sounds about right. the practice game with nekoma is on May 6th. we even see a calendar in episode 11 showing that. In episode 14, coach Ukai says that the preliminaries start on June 2nd. maybe the line referring to 2 months after the nekoma training game was meant for the actual tournament, not the preliminaries?
What I love about this episode is that it further punches the point that losing is a reality. Even if we, the viewers, are focused on Karasuno since they're the "protagonists" of the show, we get to acknowledge that the other teams are also people (fictional but still), people that get to feel things outside of what the Karasuno people are feeling. It further makes us believe that their world is alive and not just static. People outside Karasuno have lives on their own and have feelings on their own and it just makes me love the show even more.
FYI, the translation at 15:55 is misleading. it was supposed to be like "They targeted me with their serves" instead of "they went after my serves." edit: actually, sarah might've used the crunchyroll translations given some observation so... everything's good!!!
I can't believe we're here now. This is one of my fave episode ever because this is the episode that truly attached me to Haikyuu. I have watched sports anime before and what I like about this is they truly show the other side which is the "losers' side" and not just the opposing team of Karasuno but ALL of the teams that were done in the tournament. It's like reminding us that all of the players here are also just like Karasuno, they train hard and give their all but at the end of the day, there will be one team which will win each match but it does not take away that each player also have their own journey and story, it's just that the the main focus of THIS story is Karasuno. And as an athlete, it truly touched my heart because it does not disregard the effort and hardwork each player has given no matter the result of the game.
Sarah, good luck at the olympics! when are you heading to tokyo? fun thing about this show. they tried to end the manga (the comic the show is based on) in correspondence to the 2020 olympics in tokyo, and we all saw how that went.
There are a couple of episodes in Haikyuu that no matter how many times I rematch, they still get a strong emotional reaction. This is one of them. The love for a sport, even if you are not amazing at it, and the feelings that of realisation that come with a loss are beautifully shown in this episode. Thank you so much for continuing with the reactions and enjoying Haikyuu!
This is my favorite episode from season 1 because it's just doesn't show you the winning side but also the side of the people who lose. This episode always get me emotional 😭
I love this episode. When I see this story, I'm always crying. I will introduce a little. Japanese TV programs actually have this kind of content. It is a program of a high school student's volleyball tournament. Introducing the strong teams, the results of the winning candidate teams, and the last losing team. It's natural to praise the winning team, but I also want to see the efforts and regrets of the losing team. The great thing about Haikyu is that we try to draw as much detail as possible about every team and every player.
This episode is so good, it's one of my favorites and it honestly doesn't matter how many times I've watched it, i aLWAYS CRY, this episode is like the essence of Haikyuu, and I love it
Aahhh this is it! This is the episode that really shows how grounded to reality Haikyuu's storytelling is. That in sports, there's no actual villains, just people on opposite sides of the court, and that eventually you'll end up feeling something for all of them too 💜 once again, such a great reaction!
Here's a quick timeline (fan educated guess). April 2: Hinata and Kageyama start in Karasuno and knocks over the vice principle's wig April 10: Practice match against Seijoh May 6: Nekoma vs Karasuno practice match and coach Ukai joins June 2: Tournament start aka this episode!
It's only been a couple of months between the practice match with Seijoh and the start of the Interhigh tourney. They've certainly grown in that short period!
well, it's been three months since the last match against Date Tech. The practice match against Seijoh was in April, probably relatively late April. The tournament is in June, so it's been just a little over one month since the practice match against Seijoh. Lots of growth in a short period of time
It's not necessarily the highlight of this episode but, for the context of Hinata being so surprised they won we've gotta remember that this is Hinata's very first official win. His first match was a blowout in middle-school this is his second ever official match of volleyball, at this moment he's probably in disbelief after how badly he wanted to be able to play on the court with a team of his own.
I always get teary eyed during that montage of the teams that lost. Maybe it's the music that hits perfectly for that scene. It's a sad, somber string variation on the main melody/motif from the "Volleyball" musical theme from the soundtrack
This is my favorite episode out of all of them from season 1 through season 4, I haven’t watched it yet since it literally just came out but I hope you like this video!
Since I can't train volleyball because of corona I haven't been able to watch the new seasons, ´cause it really makes me sad to not be able to play... But rewatching the first season with you has been sooooo fun and therapeutic for me. I love watching your commentaries as a volleyball player. English is not my first language so hope I didn't sound too weird hehe
This episode will never fail to make me sob, perfectly captures how it feels to be passionate about something in high school but not quite good enough to continue doing it past and how awful it feels to have to stop
This whole series is so damn good to watch, really. I can't wait for you to experience their growth. Them and the opponents they face, at the end of the day Haikyuu reminds us that every single player is here to win the game. That everyone has worked hard at their own levels. Now, no matter whichever sports I watch, I am appreciating both teams equally, intaking their individual growth and talent. The way this manga was made, leaves me speechless every-single-time. You can really tell that the manga artist who made this series is in love with volleyball and has been an excellent sports person himself. Can't wait for season 5 to be animated!
Lowkey one of my favorite episodes, despite there not being that much "hype" around it, because it really showcases the feeling of a tournament, for the winners but especially the losers. That feeling of regret, frustration, and sometimes a bit of relief. It's so real and honest that in sports, no one wins all the time. Sometimes taking a loss well is just as important as winning. Amazing reaction!
i love haikyuu so much but i've never really had friends to talk about it with (my friends let me talk about it to them because they know it's important to me, but it's not the same because they've never seen it & i know they aren't invested in the series). watching your reaction videos has felt like rewatching the show with a friend & i didn't know how happy that would make me. i'm putting them on in the background a lot these days so i can binge them & catch up & watch your season two reactions as they come out. love how you explain some of the technical stuff & connect moments to your own experience. i'm inspired by how inspiring you find some of these stories. thank you, sarah!
Haikyuu really nails the feeling of being involved in a sport / team. That anxiety and tension before a match, the freedom and stress during it, and the the joy / pain of the result. Masterful work!
Its crazy for me to think, how Crazy Kids Tour, Middle, HS Tournament in Japan. literally every competition there is knockout stage. Thats how tough Sports Competition are in Japan.
Been waiting to see Sarah respond to the winner and losers sequence and how important that is for the sport. She gets it immediately as usual. Love it.
it’s always so amazing seeing other people love and respect daichi so much (as he deserves!!). cannot wait to see you react to this match against date tech... you are definitely going to love it and jump in your seat and scream a bunch hahaha!
ALSO! your connection to episode 1 with hinata’s volleyball “philosophy” of just wanting to stay on the court the longest and play even just one more game made me beam like an idiot :’)) i love how immersed you are in this show and how you connect everything together! you’re going to love future seasons so much!!
I would like to add even more feels to the scene that showed the teams that lost their first game. In Japan high school is only three years long and most 3rd years only play sports in spring. After their last game in the spring tournament 3rd years are encouraged to quit sports to focus on college entrance exams. Most of the time the only 3rd years that continue to play are either planning to play in college or go go pro. So for Ikejiri and Michymia (sorry if I spelled their names wrong) this was the last game they may ever get to play unless they join an adult team later in life. But for the foreseeable future they will not be playing anymore. That’s why they both said “I played volleyball too.”
I just found your channel and am binging your reaction videos everyday and this episode might just be my most favorite out of all of them. Michimiya and Ikijiri were the characters i most related to aside from Hinata (me being 4'11) and Nishinoya (me being a libero most of middle school-highschool). I related to those two a lot even if they were shown only for a little bit cus when I got to the end of highschool through college, I stopped playing that much compared to when I was a kid cus I felt like volleyball was a pipe dream. I was so insecure about my height but it was only then in college I realized how if I just didn't give up that early, I could've been playing the first sport I fell in love with for awhile longer. My coach that time asked me to try spiking over the net like any attacker would. Take note I only played defense most of my life and always thought I could never jump as high as the net, but despite being timid about it and telling him I couldn't do it, he encouraged me as gentle as he could and just believed in me so much, even though he's never seen me jump. You know in the anime when Hinata always loved talking about how even if he was small, when he spikes the net opens up and he could see the horizon? I had that exact moment when I jumped and landed the spike in the line. I was so moved that I was able to nail it, better than I ever thought I could, despite all my insecurities. So when this anime came out, I was literally sobbing almost every episode especially this one cus if only I tried harder and believed in myself more, I could be on the court playing right now. Thank you so much for taking time off of your very busy life to watch this little anime that inspires so many people to love the sport regardless if they ever played it, stopped playing it, or is still playing ❤
Tfw Sarah's uploads are usually at late night in my time zone and I have to gather all my willpower to go to sleep after seeing the notification😖 I would've watch them immediately, but they're soooo good with morning coffee, perfect start of the day. Thank you for your amazing reactions, especially with the busy schedule you have! Looking forward for the next ones (because oh, boy..) "Even tho I wanted (Karasuno) to win and, like, destroy them, my heart is still broken" - and that's basically the whole Haikyuu for you. No matter how matches end, there's almost always that feeling of sadness over the team that lost, it's always bittersweet. This scene never fails to make me cry, even tho I'm not an athlete and probably never was in that spot, I just can empathize with that (or just a crybaby over fictional characters and stories lol). About the Oikawa's look, he said so himself after that practice match with Seijoh: he was looking forward to see how Karasuno will progress and wanted to "squash" Kageyama in official game as setter on setter. Like "yes, I see that you're evolving fast, but I'm still gonna *destroy* you while looking absolutely perfect" 😁
I saw Volleyball World's post on Facebook which is a video featuring players participating in Tokyo Olympics then I saw you! I realized that I haven't watched this reaction yet lol Anyway, wishing you all the best!!! You and Coach Donny are the best Haikyuu reactors for me 💯
This episode, no matter how many times I’ve watched this, always sends my eyes to water works. And this is really the magic of Haikyuu - that no matter how much you are rooting for Karasuno to win as our OG team, you’d also feel for the other teams and love them as well bec of such amazing story telling ❤️
This episode is my favorite one .It talks about the emotion of the losing team.I never saw this in another animation about sports.it really makes me cry
Thank you again for yet another fantastic reaction!!! I always love seeing your videos ❤️ The upcoming episodes are EPIC and I’m sure you’ll love them!!
I actually like how you explain the game and your experience on the field! And btw, that creepy smile when you tried to copy Kageyama was quite something....
I do hope you watch the opening each time it changes. Opening 4 is just amazing and they spent a lot of money and time on the animation where its so smooth it gives you chills.
I love it when sports anime or shows have the losers watching and supporting the winners. It almost feels as if the winners are carrying on the will of those they challenged to get there. Plus, I suppose there is some bragging rights to say that the team that beat you is the one that took the entire tournament. No one can really say you didn't try as hard as any other team if no one else could beat them either.
I have loved Daichi from Day 1, and this episode proves why ❤️ He is THE BEST. This episode also had a very heavy-hitting emotional part and I for sure cried..... it was amazing.
Rise up Daichi kinnies💖 this episode is one of the first Haikyu eps that makes me cry
I decided Daichi was my favorite character after about 4 seasons lol, which just proves your intuition is just otherworldly. I didn't have a favorite character at first until I saw a reaction video and someone talked about theirs (I think theirs was Nishinoya). I then thought about it and the character that came to mind was Daichi. He's the character I most want to emulate in life.
One of the coolest things about Haikyuu is how it portrays the other teams as people who also love and enjoy the sport and also have their own histories and emotional relationships with volleyball and their teams. It’s not the type of series where you have an evil villain, but antagonists who are high school kids who love volleyball just like our Karasu boys.
This was 100% the episode I was waiting for you to react to. This episode always gets me and it's not often that anime or shows in general encapsulate what it's like to lose. 💖
Also Daichi's the best and I will proclaim it until my grave! Team Dad-chi!
YES, Daichi Appreciation Squad! Maybe his plays aren't exactly 'flashy' and he's not a genius prodigy, but the guy is strong-willed, dependable and has a heart of gold ❤ And he's still a great player and an amazing leader
This episode feels like a turning point in the series. It’s the first episode where the viewer understands that this show is also going to tell a story of loss as much as triumph. There’s always going to be someone who worked harder, trained harder, was just a little bit luckier. You can never win 100% of the time. Great reaction to a great episode! Love from a fellow Canadian ❤️❤️
This episode introduces Haikyuu as a volleyball anime and not an anime that focuses only on Karasuno.
@@Nathahollic you're absolutely right, it reminds us that the losers are equally as important to the story as the winners!
@@Nathahollic yes, 100%
...no... I mean, uh... Literally from the first episode it showed both loss and triumph- in fact mostly losses.
This is a nonsensical comment
@@mareksicinski3726 damn didn’t have to come for my throat like that lmaoooo.
Anyway I just meant that the loss is truly focussed on here, not something that is over come, as for example, the loss in the first episode is. Hinata loses his first game, but moves forward in the long run. In this episode, loss of the game is truly the end of these players’ volleyball experiences. I hope that helps you understand what I meant.
And please be nicer next time. I’m also a human being.
I think one element of Haikyuu that is criminally understated is how much respect it has for Volleyball. How harsh the training and how hard victory comes by, how brutal and unforgiving the tournaments and how teams are chased out of the court when they lose, and as shown perhaps best in this episode, how players reflect on despite the pain and the losses, they still love and feel loved for being able to have played the sport. Cheesy as it may sound, 'Connecting' is the motto of Nekoma, the true theme of Haikyuu, and this love and respect for Volleyball is one pillar that keeps everyone connected to each other (and of course, in time, us to the characters).
Haikyuu is truly the greatest work of literature of the 21st century.
Agree that haikyuu is great, but that last sentence was just grossly exaggerated
I love haikyuu, but calling it the greatest work of literature in the 21st century is insane
I think it's so crazy how a single loss means you no longer get to play (both the Interhigh and Spring Tourney in Japan are like that, a single loss = elimination). I was watching a few videos about this year's Spring Tourney matches, and one girl from a losing team (I think she was their ace) said something that really made me teary-eyed: "I had wanted to shine on the court a bit longer." She said it while barely managing to hold back her tears.
That's when it really hit me how real Ikejiri's words are. Sure, Haikyu is a work of fiction, but the emotions are real. The frustration and sadness is all real. Hundreds of teams play the game to win, but only one team goes on to be the "main characters" for that season. And for some, the time to become the "heroes" never comes.
But both the losers and winners can gain something from the experience. They can use it to better themselves and keep playing. They can also learn life lessons that they'll take with them even if/after they stop playing volleyball. All that and more is woven so masterfully into the story of Haikyu.
Yesss and Ikejiri is in third grade, so it really his last chance 😭😭
Something about Hinata's reaction to winning that you want to keep in mind coming forward. Haikyuu is of those rare stories, where winning - proving you're the strongest - isn't the goal. The goal is to stay on the court the longest, but that can be achieved only though winning.
The greatest prize of them all for a lot of Haikyuu characters is playing volleyball.
I always tear up at this episode, even though it's my 30th rewatch or something lol
same, only cried once this time though, usually I start tearing up with the flashbacks lol #progress
Ahh, this never fails to choke me up. The final speech about the ones that fall off. They had dreams, too, and they loved the sport, too.
SAME!!!
I gotta say, this episode is the episode that really hook me into haikyuu. Because this episode show that even an extra has a story to tell. I have seen a lot af sport anime and most are usually would just ignore the extra character story and just focus on the main character. As I first watch this episode, I already know karasuno gonna win easily. If they cut off the ikejiri story, it will not effect the story much but this anime care for the characters even if they just appear in one episode. Haikyuu make the best out off these characters, creating real humans out off extras that usually don't mean much and forgotten in other sport anime. This episode tell me that haikyuu gonna be a great anime and manga.
@@arith1202 yes!! That is super true, i've watched and read haikyu so so many times, one thing i realize about this manga/anime, it is not about karasuno, it's about hinata and volleyball itself. Furudate sensei really made a series that even people that don't play could enjoy volleyball and it's journey. The message that furudate wants us to hear is "volleyball is fun"
For someone who has never hold a real interest in watching competitive sports, this was THE episode that got me falling in love with a sport as an audience. It didn’t just capture the sportsmanship among players, the techniques, skills and power required but it has also portrayed the experience of a player and the sport, what it means to them, the kind of growth they had (be it good or bad) and the lessons they learnt from it. Sports has always been kind of a seeing disconnected thing for me as an audience, but through this anime, i have grown to understand a fraction of the work and processes behind a competitive sport, allowing me to appreciate a competition more.
This episode gets me every single time. When I played volleyball, I was more often on the losers' end than the winners' end, so one thing I remember from my first time through the show (It's now my 8th or 9th time) is how much I loved how it recognizes both sides of a match. Sometimes I remember the losses more vividly than the wins, and along with that, the growth that came from those losses.
The one thing that always strikes me about Haikyu, is that the writer Furodachi, clearly loves and knows this game, and pours all of that into the story. Amazing show.
The no brows guy is Aone. I love him.
Hell yea, gentle giant
@@TimothyGod yup :)
He's such a sweetheart
yesssss he's a soft giant :)
Without doubt: YOU ARE MY FAVORITE REACTOR! The way you remember all the names, tie things back to even episode one, get the situation and jokes so fast AND reacting to it simultaneously, your insights and your love for the character just makes me so excited to watch your videos! ❤️
Yup, she's the best! Most of the other reactors are frustrating to watch for me, coz they miss like 30% of what's happening, but Sarah seems actually really smart and competent.
@@ezequielgaitan2181 , dude same. I can barely watch coach Donny anymore. If I have nothing else to do I'll watch his vids, but I constantly catch myself hoping for an upload from Sarah.
Yeah I am amazed how well she remembers names or probably goes out of her way to learn them.
100% agree with u . .
Factss
Noya's subtitles calling the other team pieces of shit was really immersion breaking lol...
netflix subs are really subpar to crunchyroll... he didn't really call the other team a pieces of shit.. in crunchyroll subs, it's just "Damn it!" (Noya was just frustated of himself for not getting it) "I'll save the next one for sure!"
@@josephocenada yeah I know lol, that's why it was immersion breaking...Netflix subs are usually horrid, One Piece is borderline unwatchable too lol... But luckily Sarah's definitely watching on crunchyroll or another fansub, coz she read out loud "teach me the "again" version" which is what they say in the actual subs...
@@ezequielgaitan2181 oh really? I want Sarah to experience the better sub episode... would even give them torrent links if they want to have it for free... though Sarah and her editor really have poor coordination lmao
@@josephocenada Sarah is watching on crunchyroll. However, the video has the Netflix version showing.
@@agogurt5820 she usually watches on crunchyroll but rn she is watch on netflix cus the country she’s in doesn’t permit crunchyroll
So something to consider here is Ikejiri and Michimiya are both seniors which means this is likely their last tournament at least in high school. That is one of the reasons they are so full of regret because this could be the last match they play. In Japan a lot of seniors will retire after this tourney because of the competitive nature of academics and needing to compete for the college they want with other students.
Oikawa is the kind of guy who wants to break apart everything to figure out how it works.
He wants to know their tells, their tricks and habits and is a very new exciting challenge for em
I took it as a more, you're finally here, I want to take you down tobio chan.
Like, you've finally picked yourself up from that middle school loss - I want to beat you at your best
That scene with all the teams who lost had me cry a river the first time I watched Haikyuu; this is probably the episode who touched me the most and that made me fell completely in love with the show. I love how Hinata stops and looks at Ikejiri retreating: I think Hinata can relate to him because of what happened to him in middle school and seeing how much this loss affected Ikejiri probably gave Hinata an extra motivation (as if he needed it) to keep on his win streak.
Me: *has a math test, is 11 am, have 2 assignments and a journal presentation to work on from scratch, hasn't talked to boyfriend in a week*
Sarah: *posts reaction*
Me: "everything else can wait"
Here's hoping for inspiration to take care of yourself, too. :)
@@Ryan_gogaku thank you! I did my assignments I'll live in denial with regards to the rest lol
Poor boyfriend XD
2:17 the practice match against Seijoh was mid to late April, and the tournament is in June. so it's been just a little over a month since then. shows how fast the whole team, and especially KageHina are improving
But they said after the practice game with Nekoma that the tournament would be in two months, so how can it be just one month after the match against Seijoh??
@@thatsroughbuddy_ I couldn't find that "2 months" line skimming through episodes 11 to 14, but I found some dates mentioned directly.
though there's no definitive date for the practice game against seijoh, we know it takes place in April, and on a tuesday. BUT considering that the school year had just begun on april 1st, and the first-year 3v3 was the following saturday, the match against seijoh can only have taken place on April 10th, 17th or 24th. personally, 17th sounds about right.
the practice game with nekoma is on May 6th. we even see a calendar in episode 11 showing that.
In episode 14, coach Ukai says that the preliminaries start on June 2nd.
maybe the line referring to 2 months after the nekoma training game was meant for the actual tournament, not the preliminaries?
What I love about this episode is that it further punches the point that losing is a reality. Even if we, the viewers, are focused on Karasuno since they're the "protagonists" of the show, we get to acknowledge that the other teams are also people (fictional but still), people that get to feel things outside of what the Karasuno people are feeling. It further makes us believe that their world is alive and not just static. People outside Karasuno have lives on their own and have feelings on their own and it just makes me love the show even more.
FYI, the translation at 15:55 is misleading. it was supposed to be like "They targeted me with their serves" instead of "they went after my serves."
edit: actually, sarah might've used the crunchyroll translations given some observation so... everything's good!!!
I wanted you to react to this episode the most because this to me was the episode that showed me that Haikyuu wasn't just some sports anime
Anyone else noticed that in 17:12 minute Ikejiri's and Sarah's clothes are the exact same collor? Lol
OMG
Im about to sleep but i cant ignore a Sarah Pavan reaction
YO WHAT TIME IS IT FOR YOU ARE YOU IN AUSTRALIA
@@defaultty7549 Nope im not from Australia, its currently 1:34am here
@@tinathena17 WOW SO ITS TUESDAY FOR YOU
@@defaultty7549 Yesss. Its tuesday for me already
Sarah updated!
*checks title*
oh right. _this_ episode
*grabs tissues and presses play*
GO GO LET'S GO LET'S GO DATE KO! The Voice actor for Michimiya did a really great job when her character was crying. Felt like she was genuinely sad.
I can't believe we're here now. This is one of my fave episode ever because this is the episode that truly attached me to Haikyuu. I have watched sports anime before and what I like about this is they truly show the other side which is the "losers' side" and not just the opposing team of Karasuno but ALL of the teams that were done in the tournament.
It's like reminding us that all of the players here are also just like Karasuno, they train hard and give their all but at the end of the day, there will be one team which will win each match but it does not take away that each player also have their own journey and story, it's just that the the main focus of THIS story is Karasuno.
And as an athlete, it truly touched my heart because it does not disregard the effort and hardwork each player has given no matter the result of the game.
This episode makes me cry everytime. As someone who was usually on the losing team, I know the feeling well.
Soo much feels this episode. I can't wait to see how Sarah reacts to this!
That joust was emblematic of the effort Daichi and Ikeriji put into volleyball with Daichi using 2 hands and Ikeriji with 1.
Sarah, good luck at the olympics! when are you heading to tokyo? fun thing about this show. they tried to end the manga (the comic the show is based on) in correspondence to the 2020 olympics in tokyo, and we all saw how that went.
the guy with no eyebrows is called aone! i'm really excited to see your reactions to the next episodes
GO! GO! LETS GO! LETS GO! DATEKO! #catchiestchant
Yes, shiratorizawa is equally good but simple
Don't worry there there is more Daichi backstory he's the best
I've watched HQ many times and on this moments with teams who lost the game and finished the tournament I cry EVERY time. Even now...
ME TOO! no matter how much i rewatched hq, i always cry in this episode
There are a couple of episodes in Haikyuu that no matter how many times I rematch, they still get a strong emotional reaction. This is one of them. The love for a sport, even if you are not amazing at it, and the feelings that of realisation that come with a loss are beautifully shown in this episode.
Thank you so much for continuing with the reactions and enjoying Haikyuu!
your reactions are the best because all the emotions the show wants to convey - you feel them all 😂
"Even though I wanted Karasuno to destroy them, my heart is still broken." That was unexpected. 😂
This is my favorite episode from season 1 because it's just doesn't show you the winning side but also the side of the people who lose. This episode always get me emotional 😭
Sometimes I forget how much I love this episode
19:57 anyone who's not tearing up doesn't have a heart.. 🥹
How can you imitate Kageyama's face SO ACCURATELY?! 22:53 cracked me up so hard omg
No matter how many time I watch this episode, it always makes me cry.
I love this episode.
When I see this story, I'm always crying.
I will introduce a little.
Japanese TV programs actually have this kind of content.
It is a program of a high school student's volleyball tournament. Introducing the strong teams, the results of the winning candidate teams, and the last losing team.
It's natural to praise the winning team, but I also want to see the efforts and regrets of the losing team.
The great thing about Haikyu is that we try to draw as much detail as possible about every team and every player.
This episode is so good, it's one of my favorites and it honestly doesn't matter how many times I've watched it, i aLWAYS CRY, this episode is like the essence of Haikyuu, and I love it
She didn't go for the GO GO LET'S GO LET'S GO DATE KO!! but she will. She definitely will i believe in her
garfield voice: you are not immune to the
GO GO LET'S GO LET'S GO DATE KO!!!
@@elisabethn2893 truee
Daichi's really resilient, i love him so much
Aahhh this is it! This is the episode that really shows how grounded to reality Haikyuu's storytelling is. That in sports, there's no actual villains, just people on opposite sides of the court, and that eventually you'll end up feeling something for all of them too 💜 once again, such a great reaction!
Here's a quick timeline (fan educated guess).
April 2: Hinata and Kageyama start in Karasuno and knocks over the vice principle's wig
April 10: Practice match against Seijoh
May 6: Nekoma vs Karasuno practice match and coach Ukai joins
June 2: Tournament start aka this episode!
Thanks for this it helped me out
It's only been a couple of months between the practice match with Seijoh and the start of the Interhigh tourney. They've certainly grown in that short period!
well, it's been three months since the last match against Date Tech. The practice match against Seijoh was in April, probably relatively late April. The tournament is in June, so it's been just a little over one month since the practice match against Seijoh. Lots of growth in a short period of time
Yeah, school in Japan starts in spring, and the Interhigh prelims is just before summer.
Genuinely sobbing
Again
😂😭
It's not necessarily the highlight of this episode but, for the context of Hinata being so surprised they won we've gotta remember that this is Hinata's very first official win. His first match was a blowout in middle-school this is his second ever official match of volleyball, at this moment he's probably in disbelief after how badly he wanted to be able to play on the court with a team of his own.
Ayyyy! Watching Haikyuu with Sarah is just so much fun.
I always get teary eyed during that montage of the teams that lost. Maybe it's the music that hits perfectly for that scene. It's a sad, somber string variation on the main melody/motif from the "Volleyball" musical theme from the soundtrack
This episode made me cry again .
This is my favorite episode out of all of them from season 1 through season 4, I haven’t watched it yet since it literally just came out but I hope you like this video!
Since I can't train volleyball because of corona I haven't been able to watch the new seasons, ´cause it really makes me sad to not be able to play... But rewatching the first season with you has been sooooo fun and therapeutic for me. I love watching your commentaries as a volleyball player. English is not my first language so hope I didn't sound too weird hehe
This episode will never fail to make me sob, perfectly captures how it feels to be passionate about something in high school but not quite good enough to continue doing it past and how awful it feels to have to stop
I always tear up/cry whenever they show that montage of teams losing their first game and not being able to play later.
This whole series is so damn good to watch, really. I can't wait for you to experience their growth. Them and the opponents they face, at the end of the day Haikyuu reminds us that every single player is here to win the game. That everyone has worked hard at their own levels. Now, no matter whichever sports I watch, I am appreciating both teams equally, intaking their individual growth and talent. The way this manga was made, leaves me speechless every-single-time. You can really tell that the manga artist who made this series is in love with volleyball and has been an excellent sports person himself. Can't wait for season 5 to be animated!
Lowkey one of my favorite episodes, despite there not being that much "hype" around it, because it really showcases the feeling of a tournament, for the winners but especially the losers. That feeling of regret, frustration, and sometimes a bit of relief. It's so real and honest that in sports, no one wins all the time. Sometimes taking a loss well is just as important as winning. Amazing reaction!
i love haikyuu so much but i've never really had friends to talk about it with (my friends let me talk about it to them because they know it's important to me, but it's not the same because they've never seen it & i know they aren't invested in the series). watching your reaction videos has felt like rewatching the show with a friend & i didn't know how happy that would make me. i'm putting them on in the background a lot these days so i can binge them & catch up & watch your season two reactions as they come out. love how you explain some of the technical stuff & connect moments to your own experience. i'm inspired by how inspiring you find some of these stories. thank you, sarah!
I've watched & rewatched this episode _so_ many times & it has never once failed to make me cry 😢😭
Haikyuu really nails the feeling of being involved in a sport / team. That anxiety and tension before a match, the freedom and stress during it, and the the joy / pain of the result. Masterful work!
Its crazy for me to think, how Crazy Kids Tour, Middle, HS Tournament in Japan. literally every competition there is knockout stage. Thats how tough Sports Competition are in Japan.
My all time favorite episode of the entire series
This is one of my favorite Haikyuu episodes ever and I loved Sarah's reaction
I was not having a good day, this helped me get to a happier place. Thank you for your reactions!
Still one of my fave episodes of the entire series, also the most track "winners and losers" is just beautiful
Sarah's editor is giving me life.
HAHA When Sarah finished Noya's Rolling Thunder! She's definitely one of us now.
Sarah, you are absolutely my favourite reactor!
This is 100% my favorite episode in season one. Always a good cry that leaves me feeling inspired!!
Daichi is my favorite character in Haikyuu and I'm very glad you like him a lot too!
Been waiting to see Sarah respond to the winner and losers sequence and how important that is for the sport. She gets it immediately as usual. Love it.
Love the third years backstory. Such resilience, hopefully you get that far :)
Llegué temprano!!
Nice reaction, greetings from Mexico!!
it’s always so amazing seeing other people love and respect daichi so much (as he deserves!!). cannot wait to see you react to this match against date tech... you are definitely going to love it and jump in your seat and scream a bunch hahaha!
ALSO! your connection to episode 1 with hinata’s volleyball “philosophy” of just wanting to stay on the court the longest and play even just one more game made me beam like an idiot :’)) i love how immersed you are in this show and how you connect everything together! you’re going to love future seasons so much!!
cant wait for your reactions from episode 19th forward....my fav episodes in all four seasons
I would like to add even more feels to the scene that showed the teams that lost their first game. In Japan high school is only three years long and most 3rd years only play sports in spring. After their last game in the spring tournament 3rd years are encouraged to quit sports to focus on college entrance exams. Most of the time the only 3rd years that continue to play are either planning to play in college or go go pro. So for Ikejiri and Michymia (sorry if I spelled their names wrong) this was the last game they may ever get to play unless they join an adult team later in life. But for the foreseeable future they will not be playing anymore. That’s why they both said “I played volleyball too.”
Ahhhh I was so excited for you to watch and react to this episode! Worth the wait!
I just found your channel and am binging your reaction videos everyday and this episode might just be my most favorite out of all of them. Michimiya and Ikijiri were the characters i most related to aside from Hinata (me being 4'11) and Nishinoya (me being a libero most of middle school-highschool). I related to those two a lot even if they were shown only for a little bit cus when I got to the end of highschool through college, I stopped playing that much compared to when I was a kid cus I felt like volleyball was a pipe dream. I was so insecure about my height but it was only then in college I realized how if I just didn't give up that early, I could've been playing the first sport I fell in love with for awhile longer. My coach that time asked me to try spiking over the net like any attacker would. Take note I only played defense most of my life and always thought I could never jump as high as the net, but despite being timid about it and telling him I couldn't do it, he encouraged me as gentle as he could and just believed in me so much, even though he's never seen me jump. You know in the anime when Hinata always loved talking about how even if he was small, when he spikes the net opens up and he could see the horizon? I had that exact moment when I jumped and landed the spike in the line. I was so moved that I was able to nail it, better than I ever thought I could, despite all my insecurities. So when this anime came out, I was literally sobbing almost every episode especially this one cus if only I tried harder and believed in myself more, I could be on the court playing right now. Thank you so much for taking time off of your very busy life to watch this little anime that inspires so many people to love the sport regardless if they ever played it, stopped playing it, or is still playing ❤
Sarah: 15:23 What was that look? Respect, admiration?
Me: from Oikawa? 😂🤣
Tfw Sarah's uploads are usually at late night in my time zone and I have to gather all my willpower to go to sleep after seeing the notification😖 I would've watch them immediately, but they're soooo good with morning coffee, perfect start of the day. Thank you for your amazing reactions, especially with the busy schedule you have! Looking forward for the next ones (because oh, boy..)
"Even tho I wanted (Karasuno) to win and, like, destroy them, my heart is still broken" - and that's basically the whole Haikyuu for you. No matter how matches end, there's almost always that feeling of sadness over the team that lost, it's always bittersweet. This scene never fails to make me cry, even tho I'm not an athlete and probably never was in that spot, I just can empathize with that (or just a crybaby over fictional characters and stories lol).
About the Oikawa's look, he said so himself after that practice match with Seijoh: he was looking forward to see how Karasuno will progress and wanted to "squash" Kageyama in official game as setter on setter. Like "yes, I see that you're evolving fast, but I'm still gonna *destroy* you while looking absolutely perfect" 😁
Emotional things tend not to make me emotional... Inspiring things do... Man I hate but love this show sometimes
I saw Volleyball World's post on Facebook which is a video featuring players participating in Tokyo Olympics then I saw you! I realized that I haven't watched this reaction yet lol Anyway, wishing you all the best!!! You and Coach Donny are the best Haikyuu reactors for me 💯
I always get excited for your reaction Sarah 🙌🏻 Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩
This episode, no matter how many times I’ve watched this, always sends my eyes to water works.
And this is really the magic of Haikyuu - that no matter how much you are rooting for Karasuno to win as our OG team, you’d also feel for the other teams and love them as well bec of such amazing story telling ❤️
Amazing sarah, very well observed. Even till the very end, you'll see hinata and kageyama wants to stay on the court longest
I have watched and read this episode/chapter so many times but I still cried like a baby at the end of the matches T - T
Just waiting for Olympics to finish so that she can upload weekly.
This episode is my favorite one
.It talks about the emotion of the losing team.I never saw this in another animation about sports.it really makes me cry
You have made my Monday!!
Sarah I really appreciate the fact that u pay close attention to the show. you r the first one that makes me feel like the anime is being appreciated
this episode kills me, is so great how they make you feel sad about the main characters winning O_O ..another level of story telling
I think, I'm in love with your React
Thank you again for yet another fantastic reaction!!! I always love seeing your videos ❤️ The upcoming episodes are EPIC and I’m sure you’ll love them!!
I actually like how you explain the game and your experience on the field! And btw, that creepy smile when you tried to copy Kageyama was quite something....
honestly look forward to all your reactions!!!
I do hope you watch the opening each time it changes. Opening 4 is just amazing and they spent a lot of money and time on the animation where its so smooth it gives you chills.
Yo, I'm pretty early!
Thank you for posting again
I love it when sports anime or shows have the losers watching and supporting the winners. It almost feels as if the winners are carrying on the will of those they challenged to get there.
Plus, I suppose there is some bragging rights to say that the team that beat you is the one that took the entire tournament. No one can really say you didn't try as hard as any other team if no one else could beat them either.
omg, nishinoya definitely didn't say "you piece of shit" hahaha