Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!)

One touch!

One touch!

He sure is persistent...

That brat with the glasses.

Would you let me set the timing

for the three-person block?

They finally got a clean one in.

Total defense.

Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy

Haikyu!!

Karasuno Shiratorizawa

All right!

Nishinoya, nice receive!

Episode 04: The Halo Around the Moon

It was only possible because you all narrowed the gap.

Great job on the block timing!

Oh, right.

I see!

So that block really wasn't done to stop Ushiwaka,

but to guide where the ball was going to go.

Nice combo play!

That was sort of like mobbing.

Mobbing?

Um... Mobbing is where smaller birds will attack larger,

predatory birds in groups to try to chase them away.

You know some pretty cool words, Yacchan.

Using a connecting block as a starting point,

they were able to connect everything naturally in that volley.

They were finally able to give it shape.

Yeah.

Total defense! So cool!

Even if we can't stop him by blocking,

we'll be able to fight Ushiwaka with this.

They were finally able to lift up one of Ushiwaka's spikes.

Things are getting interesting.

Damn it. They wasted two sets.

Is that old guy a tsundere?

That was uncalled for.

Asahi, nice serve!

Out!

All right!

Seriously?

All right, they broke through!

Take this set!

They definitely got us with that serve, but we're going to

hurry up and turn things back around!

Right!

Be Courageous Warriors Shiratorizawa Academy Volleyball Club

Asahi, one more! Nice serve!

Tsutomu!

Right!

Nice receive!

Ohira-san.

Got it!

It wasn't Ushiwaka this time?

I'm sure they'd worry about his stamina if it was every time.

Ready, and...

Tch.

Feint!

Sorry! It's going—

Victory!

Yeah!

Shiratorizawa Karasuno

Not yet. We still need two points.

Just how righteous are you?

This puts Ushiwaka on the back line...

But...

that means he gets to serve.

It's mine!

Get the last one over!

Ryu!

Got it!

Chance ball!

Gimme!

Where is he—

A dump?!

Damn it!

Be Courageous Warriors

Nice kill, Shirabu!

Shirabu! Shirabu!

Depending on Ushijima-san

isn't my only job.

All right!

Not bad...

Nice job, Shirabu!

Karasuno Shiratorizawa

Sorry. It would have been better if I hadn't touched it.

Nah, I wouldn't have been able to get that either way.

This isn't where we relax!

Right!

They got the set point first!

Is something wrong?

I was just thinking that Kei was acting a little weird.

I might just be imagining it.

His eyes seem much more lively than usual.

Does Kei actually have friends at school besides Tadashi?

Out?

No...

Cover!

Left!

Tanaka-san!

Three blockers!

A block out!

Nice!

Nice, Ryu!

And now, it's a deuce.

Karasuno Shiratorizawa

All right!

We're counting on you, Hinata!

Make sure you get them back for all the times you got hit!

Hey.

Now Suga-chan can't come in anymore this time, right?

Yeah.

There's a rule where the same player can't be switched twice within the same set.

But we got through Ushiwaka's serve.

Now we amp up our attack power with Hinata on the front line.

Karasuno definitely has the upper hand.

Tsukishima, nice serve!

One touch!

Hey.

If my serve is cleanly received,

there's a good chance of them doing a quick.

Try jumping as high as you can against their #5.

Chance ball!

Bring it!

Give it to me!

All right!

A return dump...

Man, people who hate to lose can be scary.

It's not good for my heart.

Nice, Kageyama!

Yeah, great job, King.

Tsukishima!

Karasuno Shiratorizawa

All right! They got it back!

Now it's set point!

Karasuno, fight!

I'm sure this is extremely obvious,

but it truly is hard to score

more than one point in a row.

Well, this game was designed

so that each side has equal chances to attack.

Not to mention, when we get into the last part of the set,

each side gets that much more eager to win.

But...

Each side has to start scraping away

at their opponent's sharpened defense.

Even with pure height and power,

their persistence, their ability to connect,

and, to some extent, the calmness and stamina to maintain teamwork...

In order to win, they need the tremendous amount of energy

required to score two points in a row.

They're still serving strong like it's natural for them.

That's to be expected from them.

Sorry, it's long!

Kageyama, push it over!

Got it!

Nice, Tsutomu!

Chance ball!

He's...

Is he going to feint?

He's going over there?

There's...

1.5 blockers!

All right!

He sure is a first-class decoy, damn it...

All right!

Tanaka, nice kill!

Did he set to their #5 because he knew

our eyes would be on their #10?

Nice toss, Kageyama!

Actually, it was a little early... I'm sorry.

You sure are hard on yourself.

It really does piss people off when Hinata is

scuttling around in front of you.

Get as wild as you can,

you weirdo duo.

You fools!

Karasuno Shiratorizawa

Shiratorizawa's taking their first time out!

Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy

Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy

Shiratorizawa!

Shiratorizawa!

Karasuno Shiratorizawa

It's true that they're different from anyone we've faced so far.

Shiratorizawa!

But there's no reason for us to panic.

We just have to score points like we usually do.

Shiratorizawa!

Shiratorizawa!

Anyway, make sure to break their streak!

Right!

Shiratorizawa!

Man... When I saw the first set,

I thought it'd be an easy win for Shiratorizawa, but...

I guess they're what you call a dark horse?

But Karasuno's a former powerhouse school, too.

Well, yeah. They've got Nishinoya from Chidoriyama,

Kageyama from Kita-Ichi, and Azumane from Seikodai.