Haikyuu!! Third Season |OT| Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa
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Monochromaticx
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The beginning of that episode (with the music) brought a tear to me eye.
Damn it, all this episode did was make the wait for next week even harder. So good.
What are you doing here, go finish season two! It's great!
What are you doing here, go finish season two! It's great!
SonicX_Zero
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Oh man waiting every week is going to be tough, still havent decided whether to watch every week or wait until this season ends. >_<
the_sun_king
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No lies detected, OP.
It's really incredible how Haikyuu!! even does the pre-match episode better than any other sports show I've seen. I loved the attention to detail in the different entrances of the players on both teams, Karasuno's especially (Tanaka's HIGH FIVES!).
Also, the show continues to have great opening and ending themes. There's not been one I've disliked!
the match is a long one. one of the longest ones I have read when it comes to sports manga
Yeah, and I think we can take a minute to appreciate that even if there is one episode in the end for the aftermath, there's still 8 full episodes of this match. For reference, Aoba Johsai x Karasuno's second match in the end of the second season took 5 episodes. And it didn't have a whole episode dedicated to build the match, like this one has. So it's essentialy 9 episodes x 5 episodes (or 10x6, if we count the aftermath).
It's the finals, it's meant to be big, and everything they made in this episode reflect that.
Starting with the opening sequence with the mountain they have to surpass (and the parallel Hinata makes with the net being a really high wall, before the opening itself) turining into a white bird (Shiratorizawa's symbol) with Wakatoshi (also Shiratorizawa's symbol) on it.
Even the lyrics in this part (and mostly the melody) feel like they're building to something.
Loose translation: "To ignite all cells in my body, I take a deep breath, sacrifice sweat and blood, and turn this longing into an achievement"
Then there's the stadium, full with TV channels covering the event. And various people related somehow to Karasuno show up to raise the stakes. The girls from the female team (that holds one of the best scenes in this show, the side-by-side match with the male team), Hinata's friends from his old school, Tanaka's sister, Tsukishima's brother, Karasuno's alumni (including Yamaguchi's mentor), and even one old dude that used to go to Karasuno's matches.
And then the stadium that was relatively empty gets a significant crowd when the match's about to start.
For the introductions, I said before that I didn't remember then on the manga, and the reason is simple: they're not there.
One could argue that they created it only to elongate the episode, and while I'd agree with that, it's not a bad thing. They're great (even counting with some inserts of personality, mostly with Tanaka's introduction), they build the hype and they managed to stretch the episode to end where it should've: the first point of the match. We only get to see Daichi serve, everything else was from Shiratorizawa, from the flawless reception, setting and spiking and ending making clear that this team is the real deal.
Everything is on a grander scale, it's bigger, better, and like I said before, it's going to be epic. I really couldn't ask for a better setup episode.
Monochromaticx
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Ushishima looks younger in the manga. He looks too old , compared to his teammates, in the anime
WE BACK BOYS HOOOOO BOY
IT'S ALL PERFECT
DAT SOUNDTRACK
DAT NISHINOYA AND RYU POSING
DAT CHEERING
OH BABY HERE WE GOOOOOOOO!
10/10 first episode
Some of you have probably already seen this, but Digibro made a video a while back comparing Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basket. I can't say I agree with everything he says, but it might be interesting regardless.
woah baby steps got an anime!!!! now that is one awesome manga.
Monochromaticx
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jojo and haiykuu on friday makes the wait unbearable!
In terribly sad news, Kazunari Tanaka, who voiced Coach Ukai Keishin, passed away today. I'm really at a loss for words here, he was a great seiyuu, and perfect for Ukai. Rest in peace and my condolences to his family.
;_;
;_;
Rip, devastating loss and so young too.
shira
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I made some power ratings profiles with info from the manga since I'm hoping to do the 4th season OT and probably use a similar system for Dota tournaments. It's a 5 point scale with the manga in red and my own guesses as the players have improved in orange. Any feedback would be great.
Manga profile for reference http://66.media.tumblr.com/ce7e1259027357ddeee208902c2e5bed/tumblr_ocl1omQqsV1s567noo2_540.jpg
Judging from these stats Shiratorizawa guys are a lot bigger and older than Karasuno.
It's also interesting to note that only Leon and Goshiki wear knee pads, while all of Karasuno starters do.
Everyone wears white sneakers except Kageyama, Ryu, and Ushijima who wear black
Game 1 Karasuno (starting 7)
Game 1 Shiratorizawa (starting 7)
Episode 302 simulcast on Crunchyroll
Manga profile for reference http://66.media.tumblr.com/ce7e1259027357ddeee208902c2e5bed/tumblr_ocl1omQqsV1s567noo2_540.jpg
Judging from these stats Shiratorizawa guys are a lot bigger and older than Karasuno.
It's also interesting to note that only Leon and Goshiki wear knee pads, while all of Karasuno starters do.
Everyone wears white sneakers except Kageyama, Ryu, and Ushijima who wear black
Game 1 Karasuno (starting 7)
Game 1 Shiratorizawa (starting 7)
Episode 302 simulcast on Crunchyroll
this
shira
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I have no idea. If anyone reads the manga can tell me. I'll spoiler tag for now
wait you don't read the manga! ok let me see
Edit: yea your pics are fine. Because a bunch of those stats for the Crows improve later on.
Oh shit, that's horrible news.
Karasuno doesn't have one player who can just carry them like a video game compared to the other top teams.
Monochromaticx
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Easiest 11 points of ushijima's life. And that red head casually blocking Hinata!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Nah, they've had a lot of easier matches in various flashbacks shown in previous seasons.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Just 10？
I thought we had at least the standard 12! I suppose on the plus side it means the climax of what's going to be a pulsating match is going to come sooner rather than later.
shira
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Just 10？
I suppose on the plus side it means the climax of what's going to be a pulsating match is going to come sooner rather than later.
Hinata #10 - Coincidence?
Just 10？
I suppose on the plus side it means the climax of what's going to be a pulsating match is going to come sooner rather than later.
the 10 episodes will make sense to people who read the manga. keep the hype going.
MetroidPrimeRib
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hard to think of a metric that matters less then MAL score. people just bombard their pet series with 10s.
Well, it's useful for identifying what is popular.
shira
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Are there any other metrics?
Not really, but nobody is celebrating a high metacritic user score either.
Monochromaticx
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Haikyuu has the highest score...in my heart <3
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