#haikyuu 298

[suckishima]

aaahhh the ending tagline on the original weekly scans overlaid on this specific panel ohhh my goddd

[revasserium]

hi rain! i've been a lover of your opla and l&ds fics for quite some time & i recently found out you write for haikyuu as well :) congratulations on 30!

could i request a kuroo fic? maybe something cute and fluffy? i've been struggling with falling asleep lately since a lot of things are happening all at once and it is a bit overwhelming, so perhaps him just gently talking the oc to sleep would be quite comforting. of course, this is all up to you so please feel free to change it as much as you'd like! thank you, and once again, a very happy birthday!!!

(i hope it's fine if i sign off using an emoji!) — 🪶anon

rain's b-day event!

sleep less

tetsuro kuroo; fluff

When sleep does not come, and it does not come, you resort to doing these few things:

Drinking some hot decaf tea, because Kuroo had once sent you a whole box from his travels abroad for the JVA, and because he’d told you that a warm drink helps wind the body down.

Closing your eyes, and remembering the last time you spoke, which was only a few hours ago, but god does it feel like forever — and you both knew long distance would be hard, but you were also both willing to try. Because what other choice was there than to try?

Calling Kuroo, smiling when he picks up on the second ring, his voice lilted into that teasing smile he knows you love as he says “What is it baby? Can’t sleep again?” And when you tell him yes, he tells you that he wishes he were there with you, wishes he could hold you, wishes he could distract you from the insomnia monster (because what else is it, if not a monster; and what else is he, if not your ever-loyal knight).

Closing your eyes (again), as Kuroo chats to you about his day, the depth and cadence of his voice as deep and clear as a sunrise sea.

Taking a few deep breaths, and telling him that you’re starting to feel sleepy, but that you don’t want him to hang up. “Alright then, I’ll stay on the phone with you for just a bit longer. But… if you start snoring —” “I don’t snore!” “Yeah, sure you don’t.”

It never takes long after that, because your body knows, perhaps better than your mind, that so long as Kuroo is here, it’ll always be safe to fall asleep.

final wc: 298 || be part of my taglist!

[karaokeiko]

i want a whole haikyuu movie for only chapter 298

[bugaboyfriend]

This chapter is so good I can’t believe this is all one chapter.

[ackrmxn]

i shed tears. i literally stared at this set of panels for a while, breathing it in. you know what this is? ✨ immaculate ✨

[nikfly]

[haikyuu-is-madness]

I love this because I'm reminded rhat Akiteru has known Yamaguchi for years. He remembers him as a scared little kid. But seeing him now, confident and skilled. And Shimada, Yamaguchi's mentor, has only known him recently. Known him wanting to evolve and grow.

[thefairymagiduelist]

THIS IS LITERALLY EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER ASKED FOR

[rhena-caerme]

Haikyuu 296 /warning spoilers ahead/

Previously in HQ:

In today’s episode:

1. Kuroo Appreciation Board

2. Tsukki have unshakable faith in Yams abilities and it makes me smile.

3. Karasuno’s sevice ace reactions.

Part 1: Kai-giraffe, what-just-happened Kenma and Tora.

Part 2: Akane looks like her soul left her body; Alisa is praying.

Part 3: I can practically hear the screeching noise that Hinata is making. Kinoshita is SO jealous!

4. Tsukki stop it, he’s your teammate.

5. That kid I swear. Can’t you just be happy that your team get another point?!

6. Karasuno uncles.

7. They are communicating telepathically here and you can’t convince me otherwise.

I like how those pannels mirrors each other. Yamaguchi is spear, the element in movement, he’s team’s offensive. Look at his expressive face and dynamic background of panel. Tsukishima is his opposite. He is the shield, a steady defensive. His face is calm and the background in his panel is clean. When they are in sync they are perfect combination. This duo will really stand out in that match.

8. This was the moment that Kenma knew he fucked up.

9. Tsukishima: *jumps to block* Daichi: When that kid learned to fly? He’s scary.

10. Remember when I said I can hear Hinata screeching? It was this king of screech that you can make only while inhaling the air. Looks like Hinata forget to exhale.  Tsukki: Well I killed Hinata. Sorry guys. (he’s not sorry at all)

11. Perfect sync.

12. Spear and shield reactions:

Part 1: Uncles (and bro) can’t be more proud.

Part 2: Nekoma’s first years in shock and amazement. 

Part 3: Training camp representation also amazed.

Part 4: Bokuto: *proud of his adopted crow son*. Akaashi: *still in denial that he’s a father mother*. Both: thunderstruck

13. This is one of my favourite panels from Ch298. Fukunaga is precious and should be protected at all costs. That referee is like “What the... It can talk”.

14. This is golden.

Kenma: silently scowls at Kuroo trying to kill him with his glare. Yaku: was perfectly fine when Tora didn’t received but now is mad at Kuroo for teaching Kei how to block. Kuro: don’t see a problem, is pobably proud of his salty disciple, calls Tsukishima “Tsukki”.

15. Their story. 

When Tadashi met Kei he decided to stick with him. Kei was cooler, stronger, better then him. Tadashi was always behind the blond. Even when we met them I bet that most of us thought about Yamaguchi only as “Tsukishima’s friend”. Then looking at his teammates he also wanted to fight on his own. So he trained. He trained so hard that he caught up with Kei. While Tadashi was pushing forward Tsukishima stood in place. So Yamaguchi shook him. And Kei awakened from his stupor and started his own battle. Thanks to Yamaguchi’s support (and kick in the butt at right time) he had his “moment” with volleyball. Now they are equals. Both strong on their own but when they are working together they are... 

...INVINCIBLE!

16. I’ll print this to make a bookmark...

On the side note do you also think that Yams looks like Oikawa here? There was this theme of Oikawa’s serve beeing a “cannon” and Yams’ the “spear”. Here the comparison to spear returned and the thing that Yamaguchi looks so similar to Oikawa makes me think that his serve became as strong weapon as Oikawa’s “cannon” was in matches.

17. Happy Crows

(and salty blueberry)

18. I announce you husband and husband. You may kiss the husband. :D

19. He knows.

Aaaaaaaaww. He likes him.

I can truthfully say that this chapter cured my hangover. 

Big thank you for Mangastream stuff for their hard work with translations. Without you my weekends would be shitty and haikyuuless.

[owlsshadows]

I SCREAMMMMMMMM

(im bokuto)

[suckishima]

okay so i know i posted a few weeks ago that i did get to see the haikyuu movie when i was in japan last month and ive been so busy i didnt fully have time to process lol so ive been writing down thoughts as i remember them so, spoilers under the cut (no particular order)

final rally pov shot was craaaaazyyy (sidenote i saw challengers today lmao and they did a similar pov shot thing a couple times and it reminded me how sick it was to see such a complicated thing be animated)

in addition to that tho, while i liked the drop of the music then to just have it be kenmas breathing, i felt lie his breathing seemed a little repetitive?? like it was possibly just the same couple voice recordings repeated???

and also tbh.. i kinda didnt love how after the super amazing pov animation the way they chose to animate the full court flashback to tokyo training camp was just like a flat pan around the room. it just didnt feel all that dynamic after seeing something so cool, and maybe it was just my screening but the image was kinda blurry and not that crisp at that part

in general tho i thought the sound design was really cool, so much of it just straight up felt like a live match happening, and the part when kenma tells hinata to stay interesting and the sound cuts out?? ooo v effective i thought

and then the birdcaaaage aaaah i loved the way the wings like got all stifled in the cage when kenma first trapped him and then ofc the bursting out of it oooo im excited to see it again in imax

there were a tonnnn of small moments that i assumed wouldnt make the cut that actually did too, yaku sitting on lev's back when he's doing pushups, the bokuto/kuroo hair swap flashback lmaooo, goshiki having to share his ipad with tendou (i cant remember for sure now if he actually says that or not but theyre definitely in the movie), bokuto and akaashi coming over and talking to yachi and ah i think theres more. a lot of them were shortened down a bit, but i appreciated them getting attention nonetheless. sadly no kuroo/lev poop conversation though lmaoo

i thought the kuroo/kenma flashbacks were pretty good as well, i think they possibly added a few lines?? it seemed like there were more frames of stuff of kuroo being inspired by the "lowering the net" concept which was really cool bc thats really integral to his character to me. and then theres this line where kenma is like "hinata has kageyama and i have kuroo" and uhhhh that is news to me!! im like 90% thats new content lmao, and oooo it was good, the shots they chose with it too gooood

oh for some reason they changed how kenma flops??? he falls with his butt up in the air instead of just flat??? like why lmao, obviously that was like an Actual Choice they made bc they had to draw it and obviously had the manga as reference and it makes no difference other than to confuse me lolll

im interested to see it again distributed by crunchyroll too bc im sure some of the subs i saw werent right, a few lines just didnt make sense and there were a few instances of like "lead blocking"

and okay. i gotta talk about the chapter 298 stuff

its there its in the movie!! but,, it's watered down lmao

and i think i was also too in my head and overanalyzing it which im disappointed in myself for so im hoping on rewatch ill have a better time

the "hes always been one step ahead of me after all" was like as perfect as it could get tbh, it looks just like the manga and tsukki like says it just right and yamaguchi comes onto the court behind him totally focused and aaah really loved it. then the service ace and tsukkis little laugh it really good

but then i'm torn on the actual serve and block, there's no inner thoughts on yamaguchis "oh no the ball isnt drifting enough" and then tsukkis silent reply "no that was plenty" before stuffing it, so we arent hearing their like mind reading/intuition connection there which was a bummer. and thennnn im not positive on this bit but i dont think anyone repeats anything about the serve and block being the perfect play?? (its yamaguchi echoing ukai in the manga) and then no little flashbacks to how theyve been training

HOWEVER the big main flashbacks of seeing how yamaguchi walks from behind tsukki to in front of him are there!!! and the way theyre presented is interesting? i was like taken aback by the decision to have the clips being showed within their silhouettes as they move toward each other (i couldnt even tell thats what it was at first tbh..) that i missed whether or not all the panels were in it..... (majorly disappointed in myself for that one). idk visually i found it a little confusing i guess and so i couldnt fully appreciate and im hoping itll look cool on rewatch when i understand whats happening

and then the high five ahhh it was pretty good, idk if anything will ever live up to that manga panel for me, the joy and success and sense of achievement in that image means so much to me lol, but its animated fairly well. do wish they didnt cover tsukkis smile tho

then kuroo asks how tsukki feels about volleyball and he says its fun and he smiles and its.. fine. like ugh its just one of those things were this entiiiire section just slightly suffered from being a two minute segment of a movie instead of a whole episode (or even just half an episode tbh), like something about his smile and saying it was fun just fell a little flat for me and i was unfortunately a little sad about it, i was hoping for a little more buildup and like emphasis. this is a huuuuge culminating moment for him and it didnt quite feel like it to me bc the movie had to have other priorities where a season wouldnt have

later one when tsukki and kuroo are like battling at the net exhausted tho and tsukki smiles again that was pretty good, the animated is really top notch when theyre all panting n stuff, and the voice acting there was great, really liked it

[tsudead]

I AM REALLY CRYING

[sunriseinorbit]

[uselessvalshit]

My BokuAkaKuroTsukki FEELS!!!

HOLY SHIT, HE THINKS ABOUT WHAT KUROO, BOKUTO (ESPECIALLY THESE TWO) AND AKAASHI DID FOR HIM AT THE CAMP, AND I JUST NEED TO DIE BECAUSE OF THAT SINCERE SMILE TSUKKI GIVES TO KUROO, AND EVEN KUROO WHEN HE ASKS HIM IS LOOKING AT HIM SO HONEST, NO TEASING, CAUSE HE SOMEHOW KNOWS, AND BOKUAKA STATED IN THIS CHAP THEY'RE PROUD OF TSUKKI TOO.

I died and I'M IN HEAVEN, OK!?

[thyandrawrites]

- the return of Fukunaga’s bad rhymes and punny lines (gosh, he’s adorable, who allowed him to be so adorable)

- Yaku literally kicking Kuroo’s ass

- Yaku being like “it’s Kuroo’s fault” when Kuroo failed vs Yaku being like “that one just slipped past your fingers” when it was Tora who failed (lmao)

- Kenma 

because Kenma

Bonus: 

Bokuto being a proud senpai always gives me life 

[nikfly]