Got it!
Shine
Kuroo-san!
The girls' game will be done soon.
Now, then... the semi-finals.
If we win this round and advance to the finals, we'll be going to nationals.
Let's do what we usually do.
Right!
Your usual... high level of defense and teamwork.
Nohebi Academy
But you kitties lack decisiveness.
What was that?!
Don't, Yamamoto.
Don't let that snake bastard get to you.
You always have that hair. Are you sure you're not lying about your height?
Are you actually 180 cm tall?
What was that?! I'd never do something so petty.
I always make sure I squish that thing into my head when I measure my height!
By the way, did you ever get over Mika-chan dumping you?
What?!
You sure you're gonna be able to play this match? You must be pretty hurt.
Wait, what?! I wasn't dumped! I'm the one who dumped her!
Oh, come on...
How do you know about that, anyway?
Our "usual" isn't what it used to be.
Lev, your dumps are too long.
Huh?! How do you know how long they are, Yaku-san?!
I wasn't talking about the size! I meant the time!
Huh. Well...
See you in the finals!
Haikyu!!
LAND VS AIR
Nohebi Academy
Nekoma High School
Fukurodani Academy
Itachiyama Institute
Kuro, are you nervous?
Huh? Of course I am. Look who we're up against.
Fukurodani!
Bokuto!
You've got this!
Fukurodani!
Go, go, Nekoma!
Connect
Go, go, Nekoma! Push it, push it, Nekoma!
Fukurodani! Fukurodani!
Great job, Cheer Captain Akane!
Fukurodani! Fukurodani!
I see your little sister's as excited as ever.
Fukurodani! Fukurodani!
Sorry about that...
Also...
You've got this, Levochka!
What's Levo... whatever?
It's Lev's nickname.
That's super cute!
I see that Lev's older sis is super hot, as usual.
I know, right?
Nekoma Fukurodani
Let's play!
We're basically blood.
We need to make sure we keep flowing without a hitch.
Make sure the oxygen circulates
so the brain can do his job.
Akaashi.
Do we need to do the usual?
The thing where we tell Bokuto that a girl in some row says he's super cool.
No.
I don't think we're going to need to do that today.
Fukurodani
Yaku!
Got it!
Yeah!
Nekoma Fukurodani
Konoha.
Got it!
It's been a while since we started off with so little hesitation.
Hey, hey, hey!
Fukurodani
One Ball, Heart and Soul
Nice, nice, Bokuto! Nice, nice, Bokuto! One more point!
He sure knows how to work the crowd.
Nekoma Fukurodani
Fukunaga!
Left!
It's all you!
Here comes another one!
Nice! He's lucky that came right to him!
That's not true.
I think Yaku-kun positioned himself where the ball was going.
He can do that?!
Nice kill!
Do it, do it, Nekoma! Push it, push it, Nekoma!
Yakkun's digs are exhilarating!
I'm getting fired up!
Nekoma Fukurodani
Another beautiful play. The ball's just floating.
Bokuto-san!
A line shot.
It seems like Kuroo-san stuffed Bokuto-san a whole lot more during our 3-on-3.
Nice, nice, Bokuto!
But I think the back has an easier time
receiving the ball because of Kuroo-san's blocks.
Fukurodani! Fukurodani!
Bokuto-san loves cross shots,
Go, go, Nekoma!
but his line shots are on point today.
Who can say?
We both know how unpredictable he can be.
Connect
Bokuto-san is in top form today.
And Yaku-kun is, too.
Yeah! I can see really clearly today!
Bokuto-san is hitting his line shots very well today.
And he's keenly aware that Yaku-kun is waiting for his cross shots.
We've been forming our blocks for cross shots,
but should we change over to line shots?
Yeah, but...
Let's wait until Bokuto-san gets a bit more comfortable with his line shots, first.
Leave it to me!
One touch!
Cover!
Bokuto!
Left, left!
Ow!
Nice block!
Nice!
The block...
They switched positions.
I need to take the spotlight every once in a while.
It's only been once so far!
They finally broke through!
They finally blocked one.
Nekoma Fukurodani
Now let's start to deliberately shut down Bokuto-san's line shots.
You got it!
Yeah.
Sorry, it's a bit long.
Damn! There's nowhere to hit the ball!
Nekoma Fukurodani
Argh! I'm sorry!
All right, our defense has gotten into its groove.
Now, we just need one point to get the team hyped up!
Heck yeah! Here comes Nekoma's ace!
You can do it, Levochka!
Hey, your sister's stealing the spotlight from you today.
Better step up your game, titan.
I know that!
Damn it!
Free ball!
Nice, Konoha!
Smash it!
Lev!
This time, I'll...
I'm so sorry!
S-Stuff like this even happens in international matches.
Don't worry about it!
Fukurodani! Fukurodani!
Kenma.
I'm counting on you to take care of Lev.
Go, go, Nekoma!
You sure do have the most expressive face sometimes.
You're panicking and trying way too hard all the time.
Kenma-san.
At least look at the ball. Also, don't lower your elbows.
You need to prioritize height over speed.
Wait! Don't say all that at once!
By the way, I've already told you all of this before.
When Kenma-san gets like this,
he's way scarier than Taketora-san or Yaku-san!
You're still nowhere near as good as Shoyo.
Nice serve!
One more point!
He's gonna smash an intense serve over here.
Step back a bit.
Kai!
Don't lower your elbows. Don't lower your elbows...
Go high!
Here.
Nice, Konoha!
Good job, Mr. Jack of All Trades, Master of None.!
Who the heck just said that?!
Damn it! I'm definitely going to turn this around.
Probably not happening this set.
That's not...
Don't panic.
Everything's coming together.
Go, go, Nekoma!
Connect
Push it, push it, Nekoma!
You're still nowhere as good as Shoyo.
Yes!
I love how high Lev-kun hits that ball!
Does Akane-chan...
If those two get married, Akane-chan would be my little sister!
Oh, my goodness! What should we do?
We could go shopping? We could always go shopping!
We could go shopping and—
Sorry about that!
Nekoma Fukurodani
It looks like our defense is building up just how we want it.
From here on out, it'll be a test of endurance.
That's one of the things you're all best at, isn't it?
Yes, sir!
Nekoma's defense
slowly fills in its gaps and solidifies itself.
Spike after spike, they'll continue picking it up.
And if they concentrate too much on the ground defense
they'll get stopped by the blockers!
Damn it!
Connect
Nice, nice, Nekoma! Push it, push it, Nekoma!
One more point!
Bokuto-san, I think you're too worried about their receivers.
If they happen to dig your spikes, we'll just hit the ball back over again.
I just can't seem to do cross shots today.
I mean, even if I want to hit a cross shot, my body just keeps hitting line shots.
Bokuto-san's weakness number 37...
When he's excelling at a certain aspect of his game...
Wait, how do I even hit a cross shot?
...sometimes he'll completely forget how to do everything else.
Did he just say he doesn't know how to hit a cross shot?
Wait, is he joking?
Sadly, he's completely serious!
You were hitting really good ones in the first half!
My line shots are really on-point today, so I just kept hitting those
and now I just can't get out of the habit...
This idiot...
Calm down. All is not lost yet.
One good shot will get him back in shape.
With the current rotation...
Then just hit a cross shot without thinking about it.
Just hit it however feels best.
I'll open up the path for you.
Dude, Akaashi, you sound insanely cool!
Kozume will probably aim for Bokuto-san at the the front left.
Up front!
Leave it to me!
I ask that you receive the ball as close to the net as you can.
A setter dump!
As expected, he's insanely quick to react.
Haiba will end up in the back, on defense.
That also means the troublesome Kuroo-san will move up front.
If I'm going to deceive their blockers and get Bokuto-san back to his best,
this is the perfect rotation.
That T-shirt is super awesome!
The Way of the Ace
Oh?
Hey, hey! You've got good taste, Hinata!
I bought it during this year's Spring Tournament.
I want one, too!
Then go to the Spring Tournament and get one.
The way of the ace.
The Way of the Ace
Number 1, your back should be an inspiration to your teammates
Number 1, your back should be an inspiration to your teammates.
Number 1, your back should be an inspiration to your teammates Number 2, smash every wall in your way
Number 2, smash every wall in your way.
Number 1, your back should be an inspiration to your teammates Number 2, smash every wall in your way Number 3, every ball shall be spiked
Number 3, every ball shall be spiked!
That was a wicked cut shot!
Hey, hey, hey!
That's no fair...
That was way too cool!
Look at him, acting like he's Mr. Cool... Damn it!
Nekoma Fukurodani
Thanks!
Guess we're just going to have to give Akaashi
a round of applause for being able to get Bokuto back on his feet.
I'm... I'm supposed to get tons of spikes,
do lots of blocks,
and get tons of cheers and squees from the crowd!
You know, I can't say I dislike how straightforward and stupid you are sometimes.
I know that Nekoma's all about teamwork,
so I know that I shouldn't do anything to mess up that balance.
Wow, you were actually thinking about that?
Well, I mean, yeah, that's pretty important. Teams can be pretty complicated.
It can be pretty difficult working with others.
It's not like I'm saying that the nail that sticks out needs to be hammered down.
How do I put this...
I expect the moment when teamwork comes together
feels way more satisfying than you think.
From: Hinata Shoyo We won!!!!!!! 10/27 19:36 We won today!!! We won!! We're going to nationals!! But Ushiwaka was super intense and Tsukishima's finger almost broke off and I took a spike to the face!!
Kenma, hurry it up!
Boys' Japan National Tournament Tokyo Area Qualifiers Venue: Sumida City Gymnasium
Itachiyama Nohebi Nekoma High Fukurodani Institute Academy School Academy
There's only one slot left for the Spring Tournament...
Winning nationals.
What they said.
Boys' Japan National Tournament Tokyo Area Qualifiers Venue: Sumida City Gymnasium
Itachiyama Nohebi Nekoma High Fukurodani Institute Academy School Academy
Haikyu!!
LAND VS AIR
Haikyu!!
LAND VS AIR
Go, go, go, go, go, go, Nohebi!
Fair and Square
Well, I figured this would happen.
What was that?!
We have every intention of making it to nationals!
But well, we lost, so... Guess I'll shut up.
Connect
Go, go, Nekoma! Go, go Nekoma!
The one you have to watch out for is definitely Daisho.
Push it, Push it, Nekoma! Push it, push it, Nekoma!
He's nothing but trouble, so just be careful.
Expect constant feints.
Go, go, Nekoma! Go, go Nekoma!
Right!
Push it, Push it, Nekoma! Push it, push it, Nekoma!
Even if you miss five times, you just need to score ten more.
Go, go, Nekoma! Go, go Nekoma!
Yaku-san...
Then we just have to worry about not letting the other team score.
He's so damn cool!
We're up against really tenacious kitty cats.
But we can be just as tenacious!
We're gonna persist until we win!
Yeah!
Got it.
It's a feint!
A friggin' dink right off the bat?!
Smash it!
We'll get the next one!
Sorry about that! I'll get the next one!
Shake it off!
Nekoma Nohebi
Nice serve!
Their #11's probably gonna miss.
Don't laugh at that Kenma-san!
Their #4 can't hit a line shot!
No line shot.
Yeah!
They're definitely picking the right people to provoke...
Yeah!
Nekoma Nohebi
Their #11 blocks like a sieve!
#11's a sieve!
Yup, a sieve.
Damn it!
They can't seem to get into the game...
Nekoma Nohebi
Takachiho!
Suguru!
He's too far up front!
Yamamoto!
Taketora-san! Are you okay?!
Sorry! I thought they might feint again, so I came up front...
How's your eye?
It's fine!
What's wrong, Kenma?
He might be way more annoying than I thought he'd be.
Connect
Ugh, he pisses me off!
Has the captain of Nohebi always been like that?!
Nah. He just learned how to fake being a Goody Two-Shoes along the way.
He's got the head ref completely wrapped around his finger.
#11's just huge.
#11's just a sieve.
Hiroo-san, one more!
I'm definitely...
going to...
crush you!
Tora!
Nice, nice, Nekoma! Push it, push it, Nekoma!
Nekoma Nohebi
Lev! Stop flailing your arms around!
I can't dig the damn ball!
But you'll still get the ball, no matter what!
A-Aw, shucks...
You're gonna lose your rep as the demon senpai that you are with a face like that.
Nekoma Nohebi
Yeah!
I'm so sorry!
Don't worry about it! We'll get the next one!
Nekoma Nohebi
Suguru!
One touch!
Damn it...
No one's gonna be able to get that!
Yaku-san!
Behind!
We've gotta be more tenacious!
Our "usual"
isn't what it used to be.
He smashed it back!
Levochka!
Yaku-san, that dig was...