Kaetan desu! (*≧▽≦)

Let’s not waste any time! Let’s vault into episode 8!

The teams switch court sides and Hinata is back on the court! Karasuma pulls back some points between Suga and Tanaka’s work (and Hinata’s face ><) Although he is clearly in pain, Hinata refuses to be benched so he fights the pain. After being shut down by Tendo, Suga and the rest of the team go in for another synchronized attack but instead of Suga spiking this time, Tanaka takes it and Tendo, lost in his world of prediction is too late on the uptake.

SURPRISE! Kageyama is over his exhaustion and returns with a bang, quite literally with a killer serve and as soon as the ball returns to their side he sets up a quick attack straight down with Hinata (It was Hinata that initiated it, which pissed off Kageyama) guess they were excited about being back on the court together.

After a few more points, the score is 12-10 in favor of Shiratorizawa, thanks to Semi’s pinch serving. Hinata then does the unthinkable when he accidentally receives Ushijima’s spike insanely close to the net, giving Karasuno double digits. Yamaguchi is brought back on as pinch server and the team recovers 2 points thanks to his efforts and Goshiki’s unforced errors. It only takes one talking to from Ushijima to get him back on his feet and before we know it, Shiratorizawa is now at match point.

The Karasuno team seem totally discouraged, but wait, is that- YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSHH

Tsukishima returns to the court! See you in the next ep! OMG I can’t wait!

Ja ne!

Season 3 of Haikyuu!! airs on Crunchyroll every Friday at 3:30PM (AST)

Kaetan desu! (*≧▽≦)

Yeah let’s jump straight into our next episode! We’re into the final stretch with the fifth and final set after that miraculous save from Hinata!!

Sugawara who is feeling lots of pressure to live up to the now exhausted Kageyama, has been substituted in his place. After some reassurance from Shimizu and a somewhat slow start, Suga shows signs of being predictable and Tendo tries to take advantage of it but Suga pulls through and shows that he was also working on a new move as well during the training camp back in Season 2. He is now able to spike! (Mr. Refreshing is BACK! ><) BTW Kageyama never learnt how to do this!

We then get a flashback into Tendo’s life as a child through junior high when no one wanted anything to do with him because of how monstrously good he was at volleyball. After entering Shiratorizawa, Tendo finds some kind of comfort from talking to Ushijima, even though Tendo is usually the only one talking, as Ushijima is a man of few words. We learn at this point, how Ushijima got into volleyball- his father was a secondary league player himself, who eventually retired after too many injuries. Ushijima’s father told him about the ace on his team made all of teammates believe that if you set up an attack for him, he would definitely see it through and that’s what excited everyone. Ushijima wanted to become a player like that so that’s why he pushed himself so far.

After Shiratorizawa calls an early timeout due to Karasuno’s tricks that gives them an early four-point lead, Ushijima remembers some advice his father gave him and gets fired up. Shiratorizawa pulls back a few points. Karasuno tries to fight them but not before losing Tsukishima to an injured hand from one of Ushijima’s spikes. So late in the game?! Why? The fifth game is only up to 15 points?! WHAAAAAAAA?!

Shiratorizawa now is leading by three points and Tsukishima is super frustrated, but he is forced to go to the infirmary until he gets over his problem. The team acknowledges that they need to be even more controlled than ever now that he is absent. Unfortuantely, things don’t seem to be going their way due to both Tendo and Ushijima being on a high. At the end of this episode: The fifth and final game. Shiratorizawa leads 8-4. See you for the next episode!

Ja ne!

Season 3 of Haikyuu!! airs on Crunchyroll every Friday at 3:30PM (AST)

Kaetan desu! (*≧▽≦)

I’m back after a long break! Happy New Year!!!! I hope I didn’t keep you waiting for too long! My sincerest apologies if I did! So! Without any further ado, let’s jump back into the action!

When we saw the last episode, after a long string of back and fourths in what seems like a never-ending tie, Karasuno finally managed to break a point away from Shiratorizawa in an epic battle of determination and strength between the two sides.

This new episode starts off….with a flashback? Ugh…..this had better not be a full episode long. We are shown when Daichi, Suga, Asahi, fresh out of junior high school first join the Karasuno school  team out of their admiration for the team they saw that played at Nationals. They watch as the team they once admired deteriorates in front of their eyes from their lack of practice matches since coach Ukai left. The three try to bring the team together, but it proves too late by the time the tournament (Inter-High) comes around and Karasuno is knocked out in the second round. Daichi remembers the captain’s last piece of mind being that if a chance for the team to get stronger in the years to come, to grab it.

We flash back to the present day and game…(^_^ yay) Karasuno are pulling out all these new moves and defense strategies, but Tendo points out that it looks as though Kageyama is getting exhausted from having touched the ball too much, but he shrugs it off. Shiratorizawa nearly gets match point when Ushijima serves but Nishinoya saves them (just barely) giving Asahi the chance to score a point bringing it back for Karasuno.

Trying to take advantage of Kageyama’s exhaustion, Tendo tries to look for holes, but it proves fatal when Hinata’s body moves too far to the right for a short ball, but still manages to intercept it with his left hand scoring the point and the set point. The Shiratorizawa team can’t believe it and neither can anyone else. Karasuno playing a fourth set has never occurred and Daichi is determined to see it through to the end. The score is now tied at four games a piece. See you for the next ep!

Ja ne!
Season 3 of Haikyuu!! airs on Crunchyroll every Friday at 2:30PM (AST)