#‘akaashi i know it’s not easy but give be your 120%’

[burningfairytales]

Then allow me to scream into the void about Bokuto, who just cares so much about everyone.

Who loves volleyball and wants everyone to have as much fun playing it as he does.

Who inspires people and doesn’t even know it. I mean, Akaashi sae him once and thought, I want that, and followed him to Fukurodani without a second thought.

(Boy saw a shooting star and followed it home.)

Not just Akaashi though. Everyone on that team was glad to be a part of it.

Everyone at training camp stopped what they were doing to look at Bokuto play - an opponent to them in that moment, but still they watched. Still they were inspired enough to want to try harder.

That’s a victory right there, loving something so honestly and openly that it makes people want to look at it the way you do.

I saw a post the other day saying something like “f Bokuto knew Hinata was the main character he would throw a fit” - and I don’t agree with that at all??

Like sure. Bokuto gets away with acting like a child for a very long time. Not denying that. He wants to be great and he wants to be seen doing it.

But I’ve never once felt like he was a character who didn’t want good things for others?

He sees Tsukki - this boy with obvious potential and isn’t doing anything with it, and he tells him hey, like, maybe the reason you’re not enjoying yourself is because you’re doing it badly?

Is that a shitty way or wording it? Sure. But that’s Bokuto’s core belief right there - the better you are at something, the more you’ll like it. Because failing isn’t fun. He’s saying hey, I’m objectively better at this than you are, but that’s also why I’m enjoying it more. And that, if Tsukki were to have a moment like him, a moment where he could overcome his limits and be better, he would surely fall in love with volleyball as well.

And then he works with him on it.

(Also, just a moment of appreciation for the fact that he doesn’t begrudge him for that “it’s just a club” statement. Like, he could have gotten mad. If he really was the child everyone claimed him to be, he could have thrown a tantrum. How dare you not like this thing I like. Instead he says “hey, I see what you mean. I don’t agree with it, but you can like or dislike whatever the hell you want.”

Thet’s more a more grown up thing than a lot of grown ups are capable of. Just saying.)

That three-against-three game they play is also one of the reasons I love him so much.

Like, he doesn’t know Hinata. In fact, he’s seen most of his attacks fail at this point, because Karasuno is still learning. Still trial-and-error-ing their way to improvement.

Does he complain about being on a team with him? Hell no.

No matter than this kid isn’t good. No matter that he’s tiny and they probably won’t win.

Here’s someone who is genuinely excited to play volleyball!!! Fun!!!!

And he doesn’t hog the ball either. I mean, Hinata is playing with Akaashi and Bokuto. Akaashi and Bokuto are like, a team. Not just on the same team, as in, they’re Fukurodani’s ace and setter. They’re a team in the “they’re Bokuto-and-Akaashi” kind of way.

And still he accepts Hinata 100% as a member of their team, still passes him the ball after receiving it, still stands up for him when the freaking giants on the other side of the net gang up to block him.

And when Hinata manages to do the unthinkable and scores even though all odds were stacked against him, Bokuto is so excited and proud.

He isn’t like “damn, but I wanted to be the one to score.” He’s immediately like “how dare you belittle your own victory, that was amazing damnit. You’re incredible!”

(And the t-shirt!!! Like, he’s not just saying “well if you want one, buy one at the Spring Tournament.” He’s saying “well if you want one, come to the Spring Tournament. You have to make it. You will make it. And then you can buy one for yourself.”)

(Sorry, I just really love any interaction between Bokuto and Hinata. Their mentor-student realtionship means everything to me.)

Honestly, I could go on and on. About how Bokuto was always left alone before Akaashi came. How he never had anyone to practise with because the others always fled.

(“Why is there no one from Fukurodani to help with the blocks?”

“The others always leave because they know Bokuto’s training never ends.”)

How he was left to run by himself. Try and get out of his depressive episodes by himself because the others didn’t know how to deal with him.

And he never got mad at them for it. He always accepted that not everyone loved volleyball as much as he did, and forcing them wouldn’t be fun for anyone, and he so desperately wanted everyone to have fun.

And still - still he was always ready to help if asked.

If Bokuto is a star then he’s pushing himself to burn brighter and hotter just to keep everyone else warm.

And I’m glad he has Akaashi to level him and keep him from burning out.

People look at Bokuto and see a happy-go-lucky, carefree ray of sunshine and think, oh, he is a fool.

I mean I know people love him, but I am so, so upset that that is what he is reduced to.

Because Bokuto may be simple-minded, but a fool he is not.

(Let’s not even talk about the fact that Fukurodani seems to be a renowned private school and Japanese high schools have entrance exams. We know this, because Kageyama failed to get into Shiratorizawa, okay. He failed the exam.

So Bokuto getting into Fukurodani doesn’t exactly scream “idiot” to me. So he struggles with Japanese and Maths. Hell, if everyone was deemed stupid who didn’t excel in literally all of his classes, this would be a world of fools.

He also goes on to college and graduates. So he doesn’t know how taxes work. Hell, Sherlock Holmes didn’t know the earth revolves around the sun. People retain knowledge of stuff that they care about damnit. No one gives a shit about taxes.

I’m not calling him a genius here. He’s probably not exactly a top tier student. But please stop dumbing him down.)

But what I’m really talking about is that Bokuto is people-smart, okay. Like tell me he didn’t know exactly what made Akaashi tick. Tell me he didn’t know exactly what was wrong with him the second Akaashi started faltering.

He knew.

And he called him out on his bullshit in the exact same way Akaashi calls him out on his.

(It’s not just Akaashi btw. He knew exactly what was going through Yachi’s mind during the dumpster battle.)

And listen. During the training camp arc, Fukurodani vs Karasuno, where we first get to see Bokuto’s emo mode? It’s heavily implied by both Takeda and Ukai that Bokuto isn’t aware of how the team dynamics work, and as a reader, we believe this - because Bokuto appears to be so simple-minded. Because there don’t appear to be any hidden depths.

Because we never actually get to see the world through Bokuto’s eyes, but rather always Akaashi’s.

But being simple-minded doesn’t make you an idiot either. It just means that you have a different way of prioritising.

And then later, Bokuto has his moment. His “time for me to just be a regular ace” moment.

And we find out that he did know. He was completely aware that his team (and Akaashi, in all his well-intended manipulation) were coddling him.

(Don’t come for me; I ADORE Akaashi.)

Point is, he knows. And it was fine, because hey, it was easier anyway, and he knew he could count on his team to have his back.

But then Akaashi falters, and his team is struggling, and it’s Bokuto saying “you had my back all this time. Now let me have yours.”

Bokuto is not oblivious and he’s not a fool. His cheerfulness and optimism aren’t a sign of ignorance. They’re carefully cultivated. Because he knows what being lonely is like. He worked so, so hard towards his dream - not just to go pro, but to have fun playing volleyball. To become better at it so that he gets to enjoy it just a little bit more.

His good-heartedness is a goddamn choice, not some cradle-given virtue.

In this essay, i will-

[eurydicees]

ok so i love the “we are the protagonists of the world” an ABNORMAL amount but the fukurodani-mujinazaka game has so many other BANGER lines that i think we forget in the face of that one. like. that whole game makes me so fucking insane. i want to unpack the whole thing so so so bad but i am so tired all the time.

but like. some other insaneeeee lines:

“don’t let them break you bokuto.” (kuroo, chp. 330)

“the idle fleeting thought that he was a star crossed my mind.” (akaashi about bokuto, chp. 331)

“bokuto is the kind of person that compels you to give it your all, because you know he’s giving it his all” (akaashi, chp. 331)

then the full context of the protagonists line, which i think gets forgotten a lot and it deserves BETTER: “no matter what other people may say, we are the protagonists of the world. but it wasn’t like i chose to go to fukurodani with great ambition in my heart. i am glad i could be at fukurodani.” (akaashi, chp. 331)

“how laughably presumptuous of myself. as if someone like me could sway the game…with a star before my eyes, all there is left for me to do is to ‘play as i have always done, and deliver.’ …the only things you can control are your own thoughts and actions.” (akaashi, chp. 333)

“the whole world is on my side!” (bokuto, chp. 334)

“to be able to enjoy oneself, is what it truly means, to be the strongest.” (kiryuu, chp. 334)

“i don’t have an iota of confidence in myself. but, i have confidence in the fact that i’ve been blessed by good teammates.” (kiryuu, chp. 334)

“it’s painful. i’m scared. i’m afraid of losing. and other people’s opinions of me—i don’t have the time to be thinking of such things. it takes everything i have just to keep up with this man. it takes everything i have to play volleyball.” (kiryuu about bokuto, chp. 335)

“it’s not easy to give your 100 percent during a a game. but akaashi? from you…i want your 120 percent.” (bokuto, chp. 336)

anyways i’m normal about this game i’m so normal about it i read it a normal amount of times per month and i am soooooo okay and fine about all of this and if it doesn’t get animated i will be a regular amount of upset about it

[newronantic]

HAIKYUU!! FICS

so this is mostly gonna be for myself to keep track of my favorite fics i’ve read, but hey if anyone else wants to check some of these out then thats great

MHA one is up!!

ill keep updating this as i read more, feel free to send me suggestions!

KageHina

plain as day - emleewrites

In which Hinata has spent the better part of the last twenty years putting his heart and soul into volleyball, hoping to be recognised, to be noticed. And yet he spends all these years also thinking of himself as rather plain, beyond his lack of height and bright hair, and not really noticeable at all.

In Transit - Mysecretfanmoments

Hinata finds that he likes standing close to Kageyama on buses and trains. It doesn't mean anything--probably. Maybe.

I like the way your clothes smell - Mysecretfanmoments

Power outages, ghost stories, and the presence of a certain orange-haired boy lead to bad decision-making on Tobio's part. He'd planned to keep his crush a secret; the universe has other plans.

Chaotic Neutral - akaraka

Who's this Kageyama person on twitter and is he gay?

1: Anonymous: see title

2: Anonymous: curry king

3: Anonymous >> 1: It's the curry king, obviously. Have you been using his memes this whole time without knowing who he was?

4: Anonymous: 1) Hinata Shouyou's boyfriend 2) See above

jellyfish - mysterytwin

At the beginning of his last year at Karasuno High School, Hinata Shouyou starts a list and calls it THINGS TO DO BEFORE GRADUATION, all with high hopes that he’ll be able to complete it before his time runs out.

TsukkiYama

Try This On For Size - CloudMonsta

A lot changed for Yamaguchi Tadashi over the course of high school. He started trying on dresses, for one.

The Great Yamaguchi-Tsukishima Split (Capitalization Necessary) - WyYeuw

"But no, the current situation isn’t normal. This situation requires the full attention of the team.

No, what’s really concerning this time around, is that Yamaguchi is the one ignoring Tsukishima.”

Yamaguchi confesses. Tsukishima fucks up—like, really fucks up. The volleyball club notices and loses a week’s worth of practice.

IwaOi

Terrarium - sausaged

He's practically a professional at being proactive (lies, lies, and lies when it comes to Iwaizumi).

At this point, is he really happy with just staying best friends forever? Will he be writing journals and collecting rocks forever (he will, he knows, but that is aside from the point)?

Can he really tag his Instagram photos with #YOLO if he doesn't actually put that phrase into practice?

A story about Oikawa Tooru, Iwaizumi Hajime, plants, and rocks.

They Say it Rain Diamonds on Jupiter - exsao

"You're in love with him."

Hajime considers denying it. He considers deliberately choking on his drink to express surprise, to create a distraction by spitting onto the man in front of him's pristine white shirt and causing a commotion. Instead, he swallows his mouthful of soda and heaves a small sigh once his mouth is free.

"Yeah," he says instead.

He's never been good at lying, anyway.

bait and switch - Stylographic_Blue_Rhapsody

Oikawa's university volleyball team knows he's in a long-distance relationship with someone from high school. They imagine a sweet-faced girl that matches his sarcasm with patience. They are so incredibly wrong.

my heart is where it’s always been - foreverautumn

Iwaizumi places his phone down carefully.

Oikawa. Pining after someone. There’s no way.

(Iwaizumi knows he shouldn’t care who Oikawa might have feelings for, but within the span of three days, it’s somehow the only thing he can think about.)

KuroKen

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life - todxrxki

Kuroo Tetsurou runs a private Twitter account where he's constantly tweeting about how desperately in love he is with Kozume Kenma. Little does he know that Kenma sees all the tweets and keeps referencing the account in an attempt to get Kuroo to confess to him. / Or, five times Kuroo didn't notice Kenma hinting about his private Twitter account, and one time he finally did.

the things that get caught in the valves of his heart - ghostpot

Emotional competency is not exactly Kuroo's strong suit. Kenma finds it quite amusing.

Accidentally In Love - todxrxki

Kuroo frowns, but then slowly, the corners of his mouth lift up into a smirk. "Well, if it's so unbelievable, why don't we give it a try?"

Kenma glances up at him curiously. "What do you mean?"

"Let's do the 36 questions to fall in love," Kuroo says, still smirking stupidly. "If we don't fall in love, then you're right, it's bullshit. But if we do somehow..." Kuroo waggles his eyebrows. "Then I win." / Kuroo decides he and Kenma should do the 36 questions to fall in love as a joke, but they both start to realize they might actually be in love already.

the galaxy is endless (i thought we were, too) - cosmogony

TW: major character death

Kuroken AU where the last words your soulmate will say to you appear on your skin when you turn 16, and how Kenma and Kuroo learn what this means over the course of their lives

even if you’re ahead for a bit, i will catch up - ghostpot

Kuroo first confesses when they're sticky-fingered, wide-eyed kids, and subsequently every day after that. Kenma takes a while to come around.

you’re the brake lines failing (as my car swerves off the freeway) - ghostpot

Kenma thinks that Kuroo looks ugly with his head bent against the arm of the couch like that. Then Kenma thinks that he wants to marry him, and is promptly thrown into the 5 stages of grief.

teach me the way home - icespyders

“Don’t go far off, not even for a day, because —

because — I don’t know how to say it: a day is long

and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station

when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.”

Kuroo and Kenma grow up in transit.

in this universe - crossbelladonna

Living with Kuroo is sometimes, just like this. It always feels surreal like he's living half a world and a lot of things rush by too quickly. Kenma feels like he'd watched him come and go in a blink, eyes wide and wordless as the shared space went snug in an instant and far larger in the next.

All this, and a glass of water.

Beginning’s End - todxrxki

Somehow over the course of Kenma's lifetime, he’s never really had an opportunity to miss Kuroo. He’s always been there. Even when they went to different schools, Kuroo would meet him afterwards so they could walk home together, shoulders brushing, Kuroo occasionally taking the opportunity to guide him when his nose was buried in the newest video game. The thought of Kuroo not being there anymore is uncomfortable, to say the least. / Kozume Kenma's third year and the changes the year brings in himself and his relationship with Kuroo Tetsurou.

All I Want for Christmas is You - todxrxki

“Kuro,” he says. “You’re a single guy.”

“Yeah, great, thanks for pointing that out.”

“And my parents already know you, plus they already know you like guys or whatever so… what if you pretended to be my date for Christmas dinner?” / In which Kenma recruits his housemate and best friend Kuroo to be his fake date for Christmas.

BokuAka

just to miss the sun - rosevtea

Everything begins to implode when MSBY Jackals outside hitter Bokuto Koutarou crashes Akaashi's livestream.

Operation BokuAka - kazzydolyn

After spending two whole years watching Bokuto and Akaashi pine for one another, the rest of the Fukuroudani Volleyball Club has had enough. When everyone meets up for a reunion dinner, the team decides to play matchmaker and finally get the two of them together. Unfortunately, their plan starts to fall apart when they discover that Akaashi is already dating someone. And apparently so is Bokuto. What a strange coincidence.

bitter - silvercistern

He accepted his classmate's chocolates gracefully, then declared his lack of interest with as much dignity as he could muster. She deserved the courtesy. At least she'd acknowledged that Valentine's Day was all about her, and not about him in the slightest.

Because if any of these girls had taken the time to actually get to know him, they’d quickly realize something even more important than his lack of interest in girls.

And that was that Akaashi hated sweets.

In Another Life - LittleLuxray

TW: major character death

Sleeping didn't come as easy as it used to. Bokuto knew this, and now Akaashi did, too.

The hospital AU that no body asked for, but that I took upon myself to write.

120% yes - pissedofsandwich

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Kissing Ace - karasunovolleygays

It happens right after training camp.

Akaashi Keiji has a secret he has guarded since he was a child. He won’t go so far as to call it a fear, but more of an aspect of himself of which he is horribly mortified. No one on the team knows about it, and Akaashi does his best to keep it that way.

But years of dodging hugs and casual contact come to naught in the blink of an eye and the swipe of a hand.

daisy rings and frivolous things (i am deliriously in love with you) - gabstar

Akaashi Keiji is in love. Bokuto Koutarou is a star. Everyone on Fukurodani has a gambling problem.

SakuAtsu

The MSBY Black Jackals Read Thirst Tweets - isaksara (syailendra)

Sakusa’s eyes are very dark naturally, sucking in all surrounding rays of light and crushing them in his pupils. For an athlete, he is rather pale. His lips look very pink in comparison. Atsumu is suddenly catastrophically aware that in this instance, ‘accent’ is a euphemism. “Good enough for your Olympic-size ego, Miya?”

(In which Atsumu realizes that he is attracted to Sakusa Kiyoomi in the most inconvenient way possible.)

A Liar’s Truth - internetpistol

In which Sakusa Kiyoomi is raised to believe that gay people go to hell but then takes one look at Miya Atsumu and thinks, then why the hell did God make them so fucking hot?

[maddox-rider]

"I know its not easy to give 100% in a match but Akaashi give me your 120%"

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[woahajimes]

tbh at first i shipped bokuaka bc awww theyre always together and he looks at him all the time but then i read the manga and pfft "with a star before my eyes" "we are the protagonists of the world" "i know it isnt easy, akaashi. but give me your 120%" "its about whether THAT MOMENT [cut to screencap of utter pride and happiness from the bf] exists for you or not" like are you fucking kidding me

[theheightofdishonor]

Bokuto saying “I know it’s not easy to give 100% during a match but Akaashi, give me your 120%” has very similar vibes to that scene during the Inarazaki match where Tanaka tells Kageyama to stop tossing to him for a bit and Kageyama says “no, because we need your attacks”.

Just monster things, I guess

[aiyuuni]

Akaashi… he really doesn’t see himself as an awesome player… Like first of all boy, you got a freaking recommendation from Fukurodani where your fav star is playing???

Anyway. It's just, all this time Akaashi thinks of his play as nothing special because he always, always give everything his best, because that’s just who he is, it's really nothing out of ordinary for him... Which mean, Akaashi “usual” is always at 100%... And Bokuto knows that. And Bokuto knows that giving 100% is not easy but somehow Akaashi always, always manage to do that. So why not try 120%?

However Bokuto also knows how Akaashi thinks of his own play as nothing much. Akaashi be like, "100%? What's that? Food? I just gave it my best though???" Bokuto knows that's who Akaashi is, so he knows what kind of words he need to say to Akaashi (just like when Akaashi knows what to say/do when Bokuto emo mode was activated too ;p)

Like, when Akaashi's play was off during the first set because he compared himself to another genius setters... Notice how Akaashi must've never lose his focus before, seeing how the 1st year setter said "who would've thought Akaashi-san of all people would get benched..." so who really knows what would happen to Akaashi next?? But Bokuto talked to Akaashi, even got scolded by Mommy!Konoha because of his choice of words, but Bokuto still believed Akaashi would come back cool and collected fast enough so easily just because "well... it's Akaashi." and well... he's right.

So this time around, Bokuto must’ve really believe in Akaashi as always, that his setter could go even further too, to the place monsters go... It’s just that oblivious weirdo just needs to be dragged along there with another crazy weirdo who understands him to prove it.

[kincshita]

“I know it’s not easy to give 100% in a match. But, Akaashi, give me your 120%” holyyy fuckk someone hold me they’re literally soulmates!!!

[kozumekun]

I'm still not over the "I know it’s not easy to give 100% in a match, but Akaashi, give me your 120%” line, and I know I'm probably never going to be over it but hey, it's fine because I'm happily going down with this ship

[aoitsukies]

“I know it’s not easy to give 100% in a match but Akaashi, give me your 120%.”

Bokuto Koutarou

[enchantas]

I KNOW ITS NOT EASY TO GIVE 100% IN A MATCH BUT AKAASHI GIVE ME YOUR 120%...... OH MAN..................

[bentenharuki]

Haikyuu Chapter 292 or... when you get at once a Beauty Sleeping Lord & A Naked and Washing His Silky Hair Lord, plus a SAKUSA and a Bokuto... and that’s a lot of BLESSINGS right? *.*

So... this interlocutory chapter was really cute for a series of reasons, even beyond those already listed above... 

The plot in nuce to develop from here onwards in the Nekoma face off seems pretty much solid and confirmed, beside the fact we have learnt that the incoming games are not THREE, but FOUR (this makes Kyriuu’s team to have to appear somewhere? or will Karasuno lose THE SEMI-FINAL with Itachiyama, instead than the final? It would be more believable, but Furudate has thrown the “believable” long time ago off the window so...), and that makes me think if at some point other than Nekoma, Kamomedai and Itachiyama we will also get to see something else.

Anyway...

We start with DARLING BOKUTO!!!!

Everyone knows I ADORE Bokuto, because he is the kind of powerful spiker my Lord deserves and also because he is a golden soul, so into his own world I cannot avoid to love him. But he is FAR from being the idiot people think he is. Bokuto is the one who gave Tsukki THE SPEECH (not Kuroo... Kuroo is practical while Bokuto is actually charismatic so what he says means MORE), he is the one constantly analyzing games, and he is a great player. He is childlike, but that is because he is a teenager after all, and when you have such skills, WHO CARES (and in fact, his team doesn’t care at all).

So Bokuto appears THIS way:

I always laugh at the intense thinking Akaashi has constantly on/about Bokuto. It’s also always clear to me that more than being a babysitter to Bokuto, Akaashi is MOVED INTO WHATEVER BOKUTO IS INTO, too. Bokuto is a leader. Even when he doesn’t want to. Akaashi is COMPLETELY depending on him, and that is also clear later, when it seems that Bokuto is dim about Fukurodani’s incoming chances at the tournament, and Akaashi PANICKS, searching for confirmations Bokuto is fine.

Because if Bokuto won’t work, there is no way Fukurodani can win, anybody knows it.

Another pleasant discovery was THIS:

SAKUSAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAA *.*

I am already IN LOVE with Sakusa and he has appeared like five times only. Still, Sakusa IS THE LORD’S FATED PARTNER, so I just have to adore him.

They are destined to cross, meet and being one pair together. FULL STOP. Any Sakusa panel will have me squeal, therefore. Get used to it ;)

Anyway... the chapter goes on with the reaction at Karasuno’s victory, and the forecast about how Nekoma is meant to be considered WAY INFERIOR to Karasuno (they are, but not as much as Karasuno hopefully won’t think of, now that they have beaten Inarizaki). Please, incidentally appreciate little Akane (so badass!!!).

Appreciate also how tv states CLEARLY who is the pinnacle of Karasuno (like anyone could doubt it ;))...

 I like how the team is clearly made by teenagers, and how all the players reactions in front of the tv tell this very naturally. They are funny as a group, even tho with some exceptions (Sugawara is really annoying, Boku No Hero Karasuno simply doesn’t exist for me and Yamaguchi... Yamaguchi is a HORRID LEECH whose role is to lick Tsukki’s butt while being mostly useless at anything else. I despise Yamaguchi 120%, so I will try to not consider he has whatever part in the team or in life as it goes. Losers like him REALLY are the kind of type I loathe.

The reactions in front at that screen are totally hilarious...

Tsukki as usual is someone who is ME a lot.

The more Yamaguchi is irritatingly behaving, the more he shuts him off.

I LOVE Tsukki.

Words cannot express how much *.*

But is my Lord who takes the cake (had doubts there?).

Look how unfazed he is when it’s clear that he is mentioned on tv, and the rest look at him like he shall manifest his pride...

My Lord just stands there, as cool as a bean, dominating everybody with his aura. He doesn’t need “compliments”. He just sees his target and goes after it. His only reward is knowing he has done what he had to.

Lord Kags is sport perfection. Awww *.*

After all that we get back at Bokuto...

...and while back to Bokuto, the whole speech he gives in this chapter is so melancholic, it looks clear something is anticipating how Fukurodani is gonna be the next (bad) surprise in the tournament. After Inarizaki, it is plot-worthy for Fukurodani to lose quite soon.

This won’t please many, but among those “many” not a good number have the faintest idea of what is a good narrative plot so they are even forecasting a Fukurodani win of Nationals which is completely out of question.

They are side teams.

Their role won’t ever get moved past that and there is no way they can be the center of National Tournament.

Mark my words freely: Fukurodani will lose against somebody Karasuno will face after them.

There is no way I am wrong.

Back at Karasuno HQ, the three years know who among them is the perfectly polished diamond who has given the team the whole boost switch.

Of course, the one and Only Lord Of Volley.

Glad their age has taught the three of them where the class is (still, Sugawara is creepy. Take your hands and hopes off my Lord. Stay put in your place, as the Lord would never care of your push for popularity. The Lord would never think he has to give autographs. The Lord only thinks about PLAYING).

Then the scene of my death, as in “death” being the reveal even deities wash their silky hair.

NAKED.

And “naked” is a GREAT way to do anything, especially when your body is perfect, like Lord Kags’ one is.

Enjoy his skin, his amazing shoulders, and that pointy nose highlighting his still cold face:

Enjoy also Tsukki’s savage displease of Hinata.

Again, Tsukki is ME. Because unlike the Lord, who is so high above he can forget the midget exists, Tsukki still get bothered by his stupidity and nuisance, and like I would do, he tries to counteract that with salt.

But the Lord still is more perfect in his complete dismissal of Boku No hero Karasuno, so Tsukki, have my applause there, while the Lord has my admiration unmatcheable.

Then take a look at what lies ahead for Karasuno in the next panel.

Kenma is FULL ON  and he wants Karasuno (Hinata)’s BLOOD.

Karasuno is WAY better than Nekoma, BUT Nekoma has Lev, and Nekoma has a setter who is very smart, very unreadable, and very scheming.

Karasuno WILL WIN, but it won’t be easy, also considering Karasuno is way more tired and might feel overconfident after having defeated Inarizaki.

ça va sans dire that the Idiotic Midget has no idea about HOW MUCH Kenma wants to win. Hence his totally out of point claim here...

How stupider can Hinata get?

No, really...

WHY has my Lord to stand such a scrub in his life?

All hinata pompous claims “he will defeat this and that”... how much more annoying can he get?

But at least, in all his senseless blabbing, we still have The Lord once more referring to that nuisance in his head as “THIS GUY”.

Gosh, how I love Kageyama.

So long for the supposed “bond” right?

I don’t think anyone I could have a bond with would ever think of me as “this or that guy”.

LMAO.

My perfect Lord... Thank you for once more confirming to me you really don’t get Boku No Hero Karasuno and, even better, you DON’T WANT to get him at all.

Thanx. This made me very happy.

But not quite as happy as your sleeping  face HERE:

So beautiful.... and also all the images around my favorite Sleeping beauty.

I will look forward to all the people I have left in this panel when the Nekoma game will happen.

I know how it will end, but I hope along the way I can still have some fun and see Kenma finally develop into the great setter he can be, and I want to see Lev become DEADLY, because he has gotten ALL a great ace has to have. Reflexes, Intuition, Will, Determination, Power and HEIGHT. Too bad he will have to lose to a midget, but that’s Furudate, not real volley, so before the demise, I know I will appreciate what Lev will bring to the game.

The other setter from the game, you know, the one who rules them all... well, he is already perfection, so that’s not in question. Still Lord Kageyama can learn tricks from Kenma too. I look forward to that as well, because anything which improves Kags, makes my heart blossom.

And he can improve, no matter how much of a genius he clearly is already, because in sport, to improve day after day is THE ONLY THING TO DO.

See ya, happy weekend.