#bro thinking abt haikyuu this morning rlly has me feeling it again....

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ok hello everyone i am back here to fight for oikawa and iwaizumi, who at the time of writing this, are losing horribly <3 but that is ok!! never give up until the end !! fight with everything you have !!

again id like to mention that they permanently changed my brain chemistry like nine years ago and hold a special place in my heart for growing up with me <3 i think everyone should consider checking out haikyuu because i truly believe the story only climbs and climbs

under the cut will be me talking a bit more about them!! its not everything of course, but it's what i have for now!! hope anyone who reads enjoys :D

this is the last post i wrote about them for this poll but for a tldr

theyre childhood friends who play volleyball together, and we never get to see how they met; they've just simply always been together according to the readers

they have immense trust in each other, with oikawa depending on iwaizumi in tough moments, which was something that helped our protagonists win a set against them!!

oikawa calls iwaizumi, "iwa-chan" and this nickname came before the author created iwa-chan's full name of "iwaizumi hajime" so he was iwa-chan first and foremost!!

firstly, i'd like to talk about some cool symbolism they have going on!!

oikawa is nicknamed "the grand king" -- he has a lot of king and commander imagery as seen here:

[Image ID: Manga panel of Oikawa in historic clothing leading several knights. The text bubble says: "He'll still command them with ease." End ID]

[Image ID: Chibis of Oikawa and Iwaizumi. Iwaizumi is putting a volleyball to Oikawa's head. Oikawa is wearing a crown and is winking while sticking out his tongue. End ID]

in fact, his birthday is july 20th which is alexander the great’s birthday!!

now check this out, their birthdays are matching!! iwaizumi's birthday is june 10th, which is the day alexander the great died.

what humanizes a king? it's death... and its iwaizumi who grounds oikawa who has grand ambition...

now, one of the most prominent times where iwaizumi was there to ground oikawa was in their middle school days

in middle school, oikawa and iwaizumi, while a part of very strong volleyball teams, always found themselves unable to defeat ushijima wakatoshi and his team… it got to the point where oikawa became desperate to improve himself he, like many other haikyuu characters, work extremely hard towards their goals. they put so much focus, energy, time, and their heart and soul into their dreams

and he wanted to rise as high as he could… because after all, if he could never defeat ushijima and his team, he could never stand on the national stage… oikawa may be a formidable volleyball player, feared by many in his prefecture, but he’s rather unknown to the rest of japan

anyways, this time of oikawa’s life was described by iwaizumi as a time where he wasn’t smiling– this is especially because oikawa felt threatened by kageyama tobio, who people called and considered a genius setter (whether he is one is a whole other story)

despite being two years younger, he had incredible talents, and so oikawa found himself on edge, as sometimes he felt inferior to those he and other deemed as geniuses

he began to stay longer after practice, willing to overworking himself in order to improve his skills. of course, this desperation of oikawa worried iwaizumi immensely…

[ID Two panels with the top panel of Oikawa with a desperate expression saying “I can’t possibly win against Shiratorizawa the way I am now!” ; The bottom panel is a zoomed in expression of Iwaizumi who is angry. The speech bubble is still Oikawa saying “I want to win and go on to Nationals! In order to win, I have to–”]

here, iwaizumi recognized that oikawa was losing track of what it meant to play volleyball, as oikawa kept talking about the I’s and Me’s here and so what does he do? he reminds oikawa that in volleyball, it’s the team with the strongest six players win, not the strongest individual!! he reminds him of one of the fundamentals of volleyball… and what does oikawa say about it?

[ID panel of Oikawa saying “All of a sudden, I feel invincible”]

he feels invincible!!!

of course i could talk about them more, but for now, ill leave it here!! here is the final message for everyone, please watch/read haikyuu <3

thank you so much for your time reading or skimming or whatever!!

Poll: Round 2A

[Image ID. AN image of Sasha, Anne, and Marcy from Amphibia. They are in a park in daylight with green grass , a tree, a chained fence around it and some patches of dirt. In the center is a picnic table. Near the left of the image, near the end of the table, is Sasha. She has Light skin, blonde hair in a ponytail, and she is wearing a blue uniform shirt, a greenish blue jacket with the sleeves rolled up and a pink skirt, black heel shoes and longish white socks. She is holding a drink cup. She is leaning back in shock as she watches Marcy and Anne on the other side of the table. Marcy is falling off of the top of the table, where Anne is trying to catch her. Marcy has olive skin, short black hair with a green clip in it, and a panicked look on her face as she falls. She is wearing a green skirt and a blueish grey hoodie. She has brown shoes and long socks. Anne has light brown skin, and auburn hair. she is wearing a purple skirt and the same school uniform shirt as Sasha. She also looks panicked. And an image of Oikawa and Iwaizumi from the Haikyuu!! anime. Oikawa is on the right of the image. He has messy brown hair, light skin, and he is wearing a sports uniform which is white, with blue lines in it. He is holding up a peace sign, Be hide him in the left of the image, is Iwaizumi. His face is blocked by Oikawa's peace sign, but he has short dark brown hair, his skin tone is slightly darker then Oikawa's. He is wearing the same Uniform as Oikawa. Be hide them is a row of seats, where some people are sitting. End ID}