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[tamamonomaes]

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[bentenharuki]

Now that this match is finally over, what are your favourite moments and matches in haikyuu? Let's think about better times!

good morning there ^.^ (well, it’s morning here, though it’s a terrible rainy & cold Sunday in Milan, and if I hadn’t to study hard I’d lie in my bed for 4 more hours, giving that we went back from clubbing at 3 am…) and as usual THANX for making me dive into better memories about what used to be my fav manga… (it’s not that I have a substitute for it… let’s say I am eagerly awaiting the SAKUSA arc which will repay me from all this pain…).

Well… you asked a HUGE question.

In the sense I have loved pretty much all matches up until this atrocious one we have FINALLY left behind (in the most ashaming and bad way, and I fear the next chapters when we will have to stand atrocious Boku No Hero Karasuno & Kenma Kitten’s promise to rematch in the future…with all the crap connected I mean; but at least it won’t last much, and we will roll soon to witness the inevitable - for the plot - Fukurodani’s defeat - which will UNDOUBTEDLY happen - I guess against Hoshiumi’s team, so that the awful midget can have revenge for his mentor, later… *sighs painfully at the perspective*), so to make a list is hard.

I’ll try to explain myself, so consider what makes the match BEST to me is the service the game described does to volley. Then here is my personal preference about dynamics, surprises, and general development of (believable) players (in the sense I never care about anything regarding the poisoning orange shortie, because for me HE DOESN’T EXIST as a player).

Out of all that, there is also appreciation for the artistic drawing.

Think that those who are my fav players still my fav players ALSO because of what we see when they play, and that gives a further point to my list.

Standing at THIRD place is the match against Shiratorizawa. It would have ranked FIRST if only Shiratorizawa would have won (because volley-wise, they were just way stronger than Karasuno, though I understand why Karasuno had to win, to give a next arc to the whole manga). The whole game was brilliant, I ADORE ALL Shiratorizawa guys and three of them (Ushi, Tendou, and Goshiki) rank among my very faves of the series and here was so much about volley there, plus I got to see Tsukki’s blossoming AND in there there are some of my favorites Kags+Tsukki’s interactions, so it was something I dearly loved all time long (they are the tankobons I have reread the most actually, and a couple of them I had to rebuy for I had trashed the pages by turning them too often). Despite the flows, the pace of the match was also amazing (I talk about the manga, because you see in the anime they switched the way the set ended, and that was something I HATED fully. The manga always has the upper hand for me). I don’t have a particular fave moment… I properly LONG for the whole of this arc. In Italy the third series is broadcasting now on Man-Ga Sky channel and every Monday & Thursday I watch it three times (then I am recording it all, so I can have it stored like the other seasons). It never gets old. Never ever, and in fact it gets even better with time.

At SECOND PLACE there is the first match against Aoba Johsai. The highest point of Furudate as a volleyball related mangaka. The peak where REAL VOLLEY prevailed. The only time I have actually been surprised by any Furudate has done, it was here. And boy, how I have loved it. You know already how all Seijou’s guys are absolutely loved by me. Then, easy peasy, there’s the amazing presentation of the twisted, yet ultra deep, ultra fruitful, ultra strong and mattering relationship between my adored Lord Kags and his only real senpai Oikawa, which is the most beautiful and deep connection in the whole of the manga, and the one which has the biggest sport-related value. But that’s only the core of a match where ALL the characters are perfectly depicted both in their human approach and also their volley related one. When that game happened, I had REALLY hopes that Furudate could have reached Takehiko Inoue’s (Slam Dunk’s mangaka) brilliance and truthfulness regarding what was supposed to be the subject of Haikyuu (namely volley). Up until the second Aoba match (where it was still believable that Karasuno could have prevailed), he was still on point. After that… eh. You know how I feel…

At FIRST PLACE stands Inarizaki’s match. I absolutely LOVED all the volley parts there. You’ll ask why if I found believable a little that Karasuno won against Shiratorizawa, I can put this game up first. It’s a right doubt you may have, but my answer is that if we take as factual the development Karasuno has patched up which made its players surpass Shiratorizawa, then they have a decent expectation to be valid opponents for Inarizaki. (but then, if they win BOTH against super teams as shiratori and inari… why the hell Furudate has made us suffer the sham of the nekoma game, the way he did? EXACTLY. And the fault stays at the Nekoma sham game, not at Inarizaki one). Inarizaki so far has been THE BEST TEAM Karasuno has ever faced. They are a perfectly organized team, with the most skilled (in general) players and with no virtual holes as a team and as a team force. EVERY player is a standout, and their team work is awesome. Plus they have the funniest dynamics in their players interactive windows we’ve got to see. Think that I have a fascination for twins since I have been a little kid, so you can imagine my adoration for both Miya’s guys. Practically during the Inarizaki’s match the only thing which has displeased me was the final part where Atsumu instead than talking with my Lord had to put up that dreadful pledge to the Orange Curse just to please the simpletons who still think somebody as useless and inapt as Hinata could ever play a real volley game among that kind of skilled and expert players. But that minor flaw was surpassed by the usual and awesome amount of indifference, sourness and cruelty Lord Kags has poured over the awful dwarf all game long (and past it) so I could easily overlook it. I also loved the difficulties Tsukki has faced there, and the fact this game was BY FAR the most setter oriented one. The whole game is a proper ode to setters and what they do and what they are… from both teams stands you can see it. The part which I loved most was the reflections Asahi does regarding the immense pressure a player has when their setter is virtually PERFECT, as Kageyama is. You cannot be a coward or a slugger if your setter is perfect, because when something bad happens, it’s always gonna be YOUR fault and not the setter’s one, being the setter practically always RIGHT. I loved that. Of course the majority of Haikyuu readers are far too unaware of volley (or they just don’t have the brain to understand) to catch the subtlety of that part, and its righteousness in terms of sporty dynamics, but I personally have been delighted when the panels sowed it into my heart. There, occasionally, Furudate was still trying to give volley a service. Too bad he’s pushed the farce which is Boku No Hero Karasuno so beyond what it shall have been permitted that he can’t avoid (to maintain his brainless fanbase) to mix into volley elements which are more belonging to a super hero manga than a sporty one. That fault, that sin Furudate keeps serving weekly, and which has reached a peak with Nekoma game, just can’t be forgiven by me.

And until I have to stand it, I will express my distaste still.

Now, let’s see when I can catch Sakusa and Oikawa interact with my Lord, one on court, the other HOPEFULLY up in the stands watching his adored kouhai.

It’s the only thing I wanna see.

But before i will have to stand my poor Bokuto beaten by another midget (please…) just to give the most annoying one a chance to be an avenger of him.

I DREAD all which separates me from the due Sakusa vs Lord Kags face off.

But for the will and wish I have to see in the same panels the Lord with Mighty Sakusa, I will stand all the pain, because when they’ll meet, my volley perfect pair will be conjuncted (although at first only as adversaries).

Wish you a great Sunday… I didn’t reread this so it’s probably full of typos… forgive me ;)

Hugs, K.