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Midseason recap for anime-only (no manga spoilers)
Episode 201: "Let's Go To Tokyo!!"
- Fresh off a loss to Seijoh High (Miyagi Prefecture) in the Interhigh Preliminary Tournament the team are re-doubling their efforts in practice
- Takeda-sensei announces that Nekoma High (Tokyo Prefecture) has invited them to a Fukurodani Group
training camp weekend in Tokyo
- Wakatoshi Ushijima aka Ushiwaka is seen in a magazine as a National Top 3 Ace/National Junior team member of Shiratorizawa Academy (Miyagi Prefecture)
the top team in the prefecture and their main roadblock to get to the National finals
- After meeting Ushijima by chance on a run Hinata vows to beat him
Eyecatch 1: Kageyama set to Hinata (miss) [anger][frustration]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama set to Hinata (hit) [success][triumph]
Episode 202:"Direct Sunlight"
- To qualify for the training camp the team needs to pass their school exams
- Shimizu needs to find a replacement manager since she is a 3rd year
- 1st year Hitoka is brought on as a trial manager
- Hitoka helps Hinata and Kageyama study for their exams
Eyecatch 1: Hinata overhand serve (miss) [irritated]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama jump serve (hit) [success]
Episode 203: "Townsperson B"
- Hitoka and her mom's relationship strengthens after Hinata convinces her to verbalize her resolve to be a manager
- Karasuno High (Miyagi Prefecture) scrims with Ouginishi High and wins
- Hitoka's mom, who works in design, helps to improve Karasuno's poster ad which helps to pay for the bus
trip to Tokyo
Eyecatch 1: Hitoka underhand serve with Shimizu and Hinata (miss) [funny][KO][sorry]
Eyecatch 2: Shimizu underhand serve with Nishinoya and Tanka (hit) [surprise][peace]
Episode 204: "Center Ace"
- Hinata and Kageyama fail one exam each
- Tanaka's sister drives them to Tokyo after their supplemental exams
- The rest of Karasuno lose without them
- Ubugawa High (Kanagawa Prefecture) introduced as a team which prides on their jump serve skills
- Shinzen High (Saitama Prefecture) introduced as a team with great teamwork using synchro attacks
- Fukurodani Academy (Kanto Prefecture) introduced as a team with National Top 5 Ace Bokuto
- Nekoma High 1st year Lev introduced as a 194 cm/6'4" 1st year who just started playing volleyball: he's
extremely rough but has high potential
- Hinata meets Lev in the washroom and they instantly become friendly rivals
- Coach Nekomata introduces this arc's theme of evolution/change
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama set to Hinata (miss) [anger][frustration]
Episode 205: "Greed"
- Lev is the first to block Hinata's superquick
- Hinata and Asashi collide mid-air going for a spike
- Hinata realizes that he needs to evolve because the blind superquick can't be his only weapon because
top teams can block it
- Kageyama thinks that the blind superquick is the best way to go forward since Hinata doesn't have the
skill to hit with his eyes open
- Hinata admits to Coach Ukai that when he jumps he can get into the zone and time slows down
- Coach Ukai plays it safe and removes Hinata from the rotation
- After coming home from Tokyo Hinata demands Kageyama toss him open eyed spikes, he misses them all,
they fight, Tanaka knocks them both out
- Coach Ukai theorizes a high skill level toss that might help Hinata
Eyecatch 1: Crow nest feather
Eyecatch 2: Hinata overhand serve with Tsukki and Yamaguchi (miss) [lol][anger]
Episode 206: "Tempo"
- while the Karasuno gym is being inspected Coach Ukai brings Hinata to meet his grandfather: the
legendary retired coach who brought Karasuno and the Little Giant to the National finals
- Kageyama meets his senpai Seijoh High's Oikawa and begs for advice about Hinata
- Oikawa asks him if he's giving Hinata the tosses Hinata wants or is being a king and deciding which
tosses are best
- Grandpa Ukai mirrors this advice about the spiker deciding the attack
- Grandpa Ukai introduces the concept of tempo to Hinata and gets him to work with a variety of setters:
kids and women
- Coach Ukai introduces Kageyama to the idea of a set that floats in mid-air to give Hinata a choice in
attacks since time slows down for him
- Asashi starts working on his jump serve
- Nishinoya starts working on his libero backcourt jump set
- Coach Ukai teaches the rest of the team using a video of Brazil's synchro attack
Eyecatch 1: Kageyama jump serve (hit) [success]
Eyecatch 2: Hinata overhand serve(miss) [irritated]
Episode 207: "Moonrise"
- Karasuno leaves for a full week Fukurodani Group training camp at Shinzen High: the last chance to
scrim before the National finals prelims
Training Camp Day 1
- Everyone seems to be evolving except Tsukki
- Tsukki invited to free practice with Fukurodani's Bokuto & Akaashi and Nekoma's Tetsuro
- Tetsuro tries to instigate Tsukki by comparing him to Hinata
Training Camp Day 2
- Karasumo loses more games, team is getting angry at Tsukki
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Eyecatch 2: Lev underhand serve with Kenma, Tetsuro, Taketora (miss) [indifferent][LOL][huh]
Episode 208: "Illusionary Hero"
Training Camp Day 2 (continued)
- Tsukki's backstory flashback: his older brother pretended to be Karasuno's ace to his family when in
fact he was just a cheerleader
- young Tsukki was crushed and decided never to commit to anything
- Yamaguchi gets pissed at Tsukki during free practice
- Tsukki continues free practice but asks the veterans why they try so hard
- Bokuto re-ignites Tsukki by explaining that to enjoy volleyball he needs to experience a specific
moment where you realize your full potential
Eyecatch 1: Yamaguchi floater jumpserve (miss) [shucks]
Eyecatch 2: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Episode 209: "VS. Umbrella"
Training Camp Day 3
- Kageyama gives Hinata a set he can hit instead of the mid-air set that floats
- Hinata calls Kageyama out
- Kageyama decides Hinata needs to practice separately until he perfects the mid-air floating set
- Hinata and Lev joins Tsukki, Bokuto, Akaashi and Tetsuro for 3v3 free practice
Training camp Day 4
- Tetsuro admits that his ulterior motive for helping Karasuno is that his coach wants to see a final "Battle at the Trash
Dump" before he retires
- Bokuto teaches Hinata a supermove
- Kageyama finally hits the mid-air float set with bottles after hours of practice with Hitoka
Training Camp Final Day
- results so far Fukurodani 50-14 record; Karasuno went 3-61
- final match Karasuno vs Fukurodani before BBQ
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (miss) [oh][argh]
Eyecatch 2: Lev underhand serve with Kenma, Tetsuro, Taketora (miss) [indifferent][LOL][huh]
Episode 210: "Cogs"
Training Camp Final Day (continued)
- Hinata shows off his supermove - the feint
- Cog 1: the mid-air set works after 3 weeks of practice
- Fukurodani's Akaashi admits it's a high level set that he cannot do
- Cog 2: the libero toss works . . kind of
- Cog 3: the synchro attack works
- Bokuto goes into emo mode as Karasuno makes a comeback
Eyecatch 1: Kageyama set to Hinata (hit) [success][triumph]
Eyecatch 2: Tanaka overhand serve Hinata (hit) [yay][YAY]
Episode 211: "Above"
Training Camp Final Day (continued)
- Fukurodani rallies around Bokuto since they are used to his temper and he carries them to the win
- at the BBQ Nekoma's Tetsuro reveals the top aces in the country:
#3 Ushijima from Shiratorizawa Academy
#2 Kiryu for Kyushu prefecture
#1 Sakusa from Itachiyama High
- Tetsuro also foreshadows that only Sakusa is expected to win Nationals
- back at home Takeda-sensei reveals the format for the Miyagi Prefecture preliminaries: Karasuno must
win 2 games to qualify for the next round of 16 in October where the top 8 seeds await
- a student from Kakugawa High (Miyagi prefecture) is foreshadowed as "that guy"
- Tsukki meets his older brother and he admits that he regrets not playing in high school but still plays
volleyball and enjoys it
- Kageyama and Hinata show Grandpa Ukai a succesful floating set quick
- Potential preliminary opponents showcased/foreshadowed:
* Date Tech High Aone having grown
* Seijoh High Oikawa training hard doing his trademark jump serve
* 3 unknown teams showcased
* Ushijima doing a jump serve and spike
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama set to Hinata (hit) [success][triumph]
Episode 212: "Let the Games Begin!!"
http://www.crunchyroll.com/haikyu/episode-12-686311
Episode 201: "Let's Go To Tokyo!!"
- Fresh off a loss to Seijoh High (Miyagi Prefecture) in the Interhigh Preliminary Tournament the team are re-doubling their efforts in practice
- Takeda-sensei announces that Nekoma High (Tokyo Prefecture) has invited them to a Fukurodani Group
training camp weekend in Tokyo
- Wakatoshi Ushijima aka Ushiwaka is seen in a magazine as a National Top 3 Ace/National Junior team member of Shiratorizawa Academy (Miyagi Prefecture)
the top team in the prefecture and their main roadblock to get to the National finals
- After meeting Ushijima by chance on a run Hinata vows to beat him
Eyecatch 1: Kageyama set to Hinata (miss) [anger][frustration]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama set to Hinata (hit) [success][triumph]
Episode 202:"Direct Sunlight"
- To qualify for the training camp the team needs to pass their school exams
- Shimizu needs to find a replacement manager since she is a 3rd year
- 1st year Hitoka is brought on as a trial manager
- Hitoka helps Hinata and Kageyama study for their exams
Eyecatch 1: Hinata overhand serve (miss) [irritated]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama jump serve (hit) [success]
Episode 203: "Townsperson B"
- Hitoka and her mom's relationship strengthens after Hinata convinces her to verbalize her resolve to be a manager
- Karasuno High (Miyagi Prefecture) scrims with Ouginishi High and wins
- Hitoka's mom, who works in design, helps to improve Karasuno's poster ad which helps to pay for the bus
trip to Tokyo
Eyecatch 1: Hitoka underhand serve with Shimizu and Hinata (miss) [funny][KO][sorry]
Eyecatch 2: Shimizu underhand serve with Nishinoya and Tanka (hit) [surprise][peace]
Episode 204: "Center Ace"
- Hinata and Kageyama fail one exam each
- Tanaka's sister drives them to Tokyo after their supplemental exams
- The rest of Karasuno lose without them
- Ubugawa High (Kanagawa Prefecture) introduced as a team which prides on their jump serve skills
- Shinzen High (Saitama Prefecture) introduced as a team with great teamwork using synchro attacks
- Fukurodani Academy (Kanto Prefecture) introduced as a team with National Top 5 Ace Bokuto
- Nekoma High 1st year Lev introduced as a 194 cm/6'4" 1st year who just started playing volleyball: he's
extremely rough but has high potential
- Hinata meets Lev in the washroom and they instantly become friendly rivals
- Coach Nekomata introduces this arc's theme of evolution/change
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama set to Hinata (miss) [anger][frustration]
Episode 205: "Greed"
- Lev is the first to block Hinata's superquick
- Hinata and Asashi collide mid-air going for a spike
- Hinata realizes that he needs to evolve because the blind superquick can't be his only weapon because
top teams can block it
- Kageyama thinks that the blind superquick is the best way to go forward since Hinata doesn't have the
skill to hit with his eyes open
- Hinata admits to Coach Ukai that when he jumps he can get into the zone and time slows down
- Coach Ukai plays it safe and removes Hinata from the rotation
- After coming home from Tokyo Hinata demands Kageyama toss him open eyed spikes, he misses them all,
they fight, Tanaka knocks them both out
- Coach Ukai theorizes a high skill level toss that might help Hinata
Eyecatch 1: Crow nest feather
Eyecatch 2: Hinata overhand serve with Tsukki and Yamaguchi (miss) [lol][anger]
Episode 206: "Tempo"
- while the Karasuno gym is being inspected Coach Ukai brings Hinata to meet his grandfather: the
legendary retired coach who brought Karasuno and the Little Giant to the National finals
- Kageyama meets his senpai Seijoh High's Oikawa and begs for advice about Hinata
- Oikawa asks him if he's giving Hinata the tosses Hinata wants or is being a king and deciding which
tosses are best
- Grandpa Ukai mirrors this advice about the spiker deciding the attack
- Grandpa Ukai introduces the concept of tempo to Hinata and gets him to work with a variety of setters:
kids and women
- Coach Ukai introduces Kageyama to the idea of a set that floats in mid-air to give Hinata a choice in
attacks since time slows down for him
- Asashi starts working on his jump serve
- Nishinoya starts working on his libero backcourt jump set
- Coach Ukai teaches the rest of the team using a video of Brazil's synchro attack
Eyecatch 1: Kageyama jump serve (hit) [success]
Eyecatch 2: Hinata overhand serve(miss) [irritated]
Episode 207: "Moonrise"
- Karasuno leaves for a full week Fukurodani Group training camp at Shinzen High: the last chance to
scrim before the National finals prelims
Training Camp Day 1
- Everyone seems to be evolving except Tsukki
- Tsukki invited to free practice with Fukurodani's Bokuto & Akaashi and Nekoma's Tetsuro
- Tetsuro tries to instigate Tsukki by comparing him to Hinata
Training Camp Day 2
- Karasumo loses more games, team is getting angry at Tsukki
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Eyecatch 2: Lev underhand serve with Kenma, Tetsuro, Taketora (miss) [indifferent][LOL][huh]
Episode 208: "Illusionary Hero"
Training Camp Day 2 (continued)
- Tsukki's backstory flashback: his older brother pretended to be Karasuno's ace to his family when in
fact he was just a cheerleader
- young Tsukki was crushed and decided never to commit to anything
- Yamaguchi gets pissed at Tsukki during free practice
- Tsukki continues free practice but asks the veterans why they try so hard
- Bokuto re-ignites Tsukki by explaining that to enjoy volleyball he needs to experience a specific
moment where you realize your full potential
Eyecatch 1: Yamaguchi floater jumpserve (miss) [shucks]
Eyecatch 2: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Episode 209: "VS. Umbrella"
Training Camp Day 3
- Kageyama gives Hinata a set he can hit instead of the mid-air set that floats
- Hinata calls Kageyama out
- Kageyama decides Hinata needs to practice separately until he perfects the mid-air floating set
- Hinata and Lev joins Tsukki, Bokuto, Akaashi and Tetsuro for 3v3 free practice
Training camp Day 4
- Tetsuro admits that his ulterior motive for helping Karasuno is that his coach wants to see a final "Battle at the Trash
Dump" before he retires
- Bokuto teaches Hinata a supermove
- Kageyama finally hits the mid-air float set with bottles after hours of practice with Hitoka
Training Camp Final Day
- results so far Fukurodani 50-14 record; Karasuno went 3-61
- final match Karasuno vs Fukurodani before BBQ
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (miss) [oh][argh]
Eyecatch 2: Lev underhand serve with Kenma, Tetsuro, Taketora (miss) [indifferent][LOL][huh]
Episode 210: "Cogs"
Training Camp Final Day (continued)
- Hinata shows off his supermove - the feint
- Cog 1: the mid-air set works after 3 weeks of practice
- Fukurodani's Akaashi admits it's a high level set that he cannot do
- Cog 2: the libero toss works . . kind of
- Cog 3: the synchro attack works
- Bokuto goes into emo mode as Karasuno makes a comeback
Eyecatch 1: Kageyama set to Hinata (hit) [success][triumph]
Eyecatch 2: Tanaka overhand serve Hinata (hit) [yay][YAY]
Episode 211: "Above"
Training Camp Final Day (continued)
- Fukurodani rallies around Bokuto since they are used to his temper and he carries them to the win
- at the BBQ Nekoma's Tetsuro reveals the top aces in the country:
#3 Ushijima from Shiratorizawa Academy
#2 Kiryu for Kyushu prefecture
#1 Sakusa from Itachiyama High
- Tetsuro also foreshadows that only Sakusa is expected to win Nationals
- back at home Takeda-sensei reveals the format for the Miyagi Prefecture preliminaries: Karasuno must
win 2 games to qualify for the next round of 16 in October where the top 8 seeds await
- a student from Kakugawa High (Miyagi prefecture) is foreshadowed as "that guy"
- Tsukki meets his older brother and he admits that he regrets not playing in high school but still plays
volleyball and enjoys it
- Kageyama and Hinata show Grandpa Ukai a succesful floating set quick
- Potential preliminary opponents showcased/foreshadowed:
* Date Tech High Aone having grown
* Seijoh High Oikawa training hard doing his trademark jump serve
* 3 unknown teams showcased
* Ushijima doing a jump serve and spike
Eyecatch 1: Bokuto jumpserve with Akaashi (hit) [huh][rage]
Eyecatch 2: Kageyama set to Hinata (hit) [success][triumph]
Episode 212: "Let the Games Begin!!"
http://www.crunchyroll.com/haikyu/episode-12-686311
