Olympic Volleyball Player Reacts to Haikyuu!! S1E19: "The Conductor" 

You guys..... I'M BACKKKKK!!! I am so so sorry it has been so long since my last upload. With the Olympics, then traveling, visiting family, editor vacations, etc. it has been a very busy time. Thank you for your patience, and I hope you enjoy this episode! (The sound may be a bit weird at some points because we had to get creative due to copyright) 🙏 ❤️

I love seeing people's conflicted expressions as their dislike for Oikawa's attitude clashes with their grudging respect for his dedication and mentality :D

Iwaizumi (Iwai-chan) is the ace third year and Oikawa's best friend. He puts Oikawa in his place lmao 😂. Kindaichi is onion head and a first year like Kageyama.

The kanji for Aoba Johsai is 青葉 城西. The kanji for Seijoh is 青城 which comes from the first character of Aoba and the first character of Johsai (Ao changes it’s pronunciation to Sei, and Joh stays as Joh) Hope that helps 🧡🖤

23:51 "Why is it always a glamour shot with him?!" This comment was my favorite XD

the amount of shade Sarah throws at Oikawa cracks me up. I totally get where she's coming from, and I'm curiously anticipating whether she'll go through the same change of heart that I did with his character. Of all the characters of Haikyu, Oikawa is the most respectable athlete imo. I have not only come to tolerate his personality, but I have actually come to really like that he's that way. He's a very complex and interesting character.

I'm not gonna lie, watching people begrudgingly become impressed by Oikawa's plays is lowkey funny and I just can't help but grin at how they try to stop their impressed smiles. My friend had the same expression as Sarah when we watched this game lmaooo

That's the beauty of Oikawa's character, even tho you don't like him as a person, you can't help but admire and respect him as a player

-san, -kun, -chan are suffixes used to show respect or intimacy. -san is the default most respectful of the three, often translated into English as Mr., Ms., ext. Of the three -chan is typically used when either talking to children, when children are talking to close adults, or among friends (typically female). Oikawa calling Kageyama by his first name + chan implies they are super close (especially since calling people by their first name shows an intimate relationship), in this case its used mockingly.

The 2 "old guys" cheering for Karasuno are the same age as Coach Ukai. They played for Karasuno together with Coach Ukai in the past (So they're basically everyone's OLD senpai/seniors). They are also members of the Karasuno Neighborhood Volleyball team. Hehehe.

Asahi’s face when Kageyama dumps the ball is still the best thing hahahahah Context for Oikawa and Iwaizumi’s relationship: they’ve been best friends since grade school so you will see Oikawa going out of his way to be an extra special nuisance to him and Iwaizumi responding with violence :D

There are a lot of comments explaining the honorifics so I want to mention this instead : Tanaka calls everyone in his year (Ennoshita, Narita Kinoshita) without any honorifics since they're the same age, except for Nishinoya, whom he calls "Noya-san" because he respects his work ethic as a libero a lot.

The build up and the return dump from Kageyama is one of my favourite moments in the entire show, which is really saying something because the show is PACKED with hype.

Kageyama is the personification of the line, "They had us in the first half."

As Tsukki said, its the local news. So since its local, I am guessing the town's TV service provider likely covers the biggest volleyball tournament going on in their local region for a few minutes. I dont think its very outrageous. But I do know the National high school volleyball tournament (for which the tournament Karasuno is playing right now is the qualifier) is broadcasted on TV. ... As for -kun and -san, -san is used to address somebody with respect. -kun is used to address somebody (usually boys) when they are younger to you. And is less polite than -san. So Hinata calls Tanaka, Tanaka-san as Tanaka is older and any of the older players (tanaka, Daiichi, Suga) can call Hinata, Hinata-kun. But they just call him Hinata which is primarily the same. As for senpai, thats different. Senpai means a senior. I wouldnt meet an old man on the street and call him senpai, but Id use -san when referring to him. But Hinata can call Tanaka both Tanaka san and Tanaka senpai since he happens to be his senior in the school.

青　葉　城　西　＝ao　ba　jyou　sai a.k.a 青　　　城　　　＝sei　jyou There are two types of readings in Japanese kanji. I'm looking forward to your reaction. Please continue to enjoy it. from Japan

Sarah getting goosebumps in the first season so much already, she might not make it in season three

To answer your question, yes they do broadcast high-school volleyball matches on tv in Japan, but only at the nationals level. The matches Karasuno are doing right now are nationals qualifiers, so if they win they get to play at the nationals and they'll be on national tv. However, the program they were watching in this episode was on a local channel (only broadcasted in Miyagi prefecture) so it makes sense that they would at least cover a bit of the qualifiers. The final match of the qualifiers will be broadcasted on local tv as well, coz whoever wins goes to represent the prefecture at the nationals.

We're so glad to hear from you again, Sarah! ❤ Yes, Japan broadcasts national level high school volleyball games on TV. I have been watching those for a couple of years and I must say it's always great to see kids be passionate about things other than their phones. lol

So glad you're back! I wish I could give you the biggest hug in the history of hugs. Please make sure to watch the post-credits scene after episode 24.

Japanese Honorific Basics. San - the most common/colloquial that can be used regardless of gender. Chan- Mostly use when referring to female friends or younger female children that you're familiar with. Not to be used with strangers. Kun - Usually for teenage boys and young men, it is used for those of superior status talking to a younger person but it can also be used among respected friends. Senpai - Usually refers to upperclassmen or senior colleagues. Sama - Most formal, in a specific situation in talking to people with high status.

I personally dont get peoples dislike for Oikawa. I always respected him from the start and when u find out his backstory my respect for him only grew. Even if he was hyper competetive it is only natural for a character in this show and atleast he never lashed out on the court or was mean to his team like Kageyama. To like Kageyama and dislike Oikawa is just not logical imo bcos theyre much the same.

I love how you keep saying how great each episode is… because it only gets better! I almost feel jealous that you still get to experience seasons 2, 3, and 4 for the first time.

Seriously, not liking Oikawa at that point is more than normal. But I think it is my favorite character in the whole show, including Karasuno's members. You will get to know him better, keep an open mind

There are 2 ways to read Japanese Kanji characters (written the same but read differently, which is why it can be confusing even for Japanese people ^_^). Basically, Seijoh is a nickname which comes from the 'Ao' character and 'Joh' character in the school's full name Aoba Johsai. When they put the first 2 characters together though, the reading changes to Seijoh instead. :D

welcome back!!! please don't worry about the delay in posting, you've been so ridiculously busy so we completely understand! also, congrats to you and Melissa for the fantastic matches at the Olympics :') you guys did incredibly!

18:10 They’re former Karasuno volleyball players. They played with Coach Ukai in High School and are part of the neighborhood association’s volleyball team.

Yay you're back! I'm glad you're doing well and love the reaction as always! Oikawa is very hard working and passionate about volleyball. He's really playful and not intentionally being mean (even though it may seem like that) so that's why people might not like him, but he's such a complex character. At the end of the day, all the players in Haikyuu are just kids who love volleyball and want to win. I'm always so conflicted when I watch a match because I don't want anyone to lose hahaha

Hi Sarah, I'm glad you are coming back! I really enjoyed watching your games in the olympics. In Japan, the finals of prefecture preliminary is broadcased by local TV, and in terms of Spring tournament, the biggest natinal high school volleyball tournament, games of 1st round to quarterfinals are broadcased by local TV, and semifinals and finals are broadcased on a natinal TV network. Yuki Ishikawa, captain of Japanese natinal team, was a SUPERSTAR of high school volleyball in Japan and broadcased so many times in the news even he was a high school student. (His team won Spring tournament two consecutive years. Actually his team didn't lose even one game for two years.)

i first saw you while watching the olympics and I was so amazed by your game that I went to look up your other matches...then i came across your channel!! so cool to see you reacting to one of my favourite shows too. thank you for making canada proud 🙏🏼🇨🇦

Welcome back, you have been missed! But no need to apologize for having a life outside of haikyuu 😆 I’m honestly surprised that you’re able to retain so much. Most people mix up Iwaizumi and Kindaichi, but you cleared it up pretty quickly. In case you missed it, Iwaizumi and Oikawa are childhood besties and have played volleyball since they were kids :) hence their on court chemistry.

Glad to have you back! I watched your matches at the olympics you did awesome!

Sarah, as soon you understand where that "attitude" comes from, you will understand who oikawa is. He is one of my favorite characters and i hope you see how well written his character is.

We missed you a lot, Sarah! You were phenomenal during the Olympics! I have been definitely missing your amazing insights and super funny Haikyuu reactions! That “WHY IS IT ALWAYS A GLAMOUR SHOT WITH HIM???” cracked me so hardddd lmaooo!

High school volleyball is quite televised in Japan, especially (but not only) national stage competitions! Nationals are very popular and crowded. Recently competitions have also been streamed online

I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this notification. Welcome back

This must be a miracle, today I just had the feeling you would upload and the first thing I see when I open youtube its your video!!! Dont worry Sarah we all knew you needed some time for yourself after the olympics so were just glad to have you back now

Iwazumi or Iwachan is Oikawa’s best friend and teammate since they were in elementary school. So not only do they know each other really well but have played for a long time together. I can’t wait for you to keep watching because Oikawa is one of the best volleyball players and you see why he is the way he is with Tobio.

I love the voice actor of Oikawa (Namikawa Daisuke) when he plays older people but I really think his voice is strange when he's playing high schoolers, and I totally agree with Sarah on that. But Namikawa Daisuke has one of the most attractive voices in the industry when he voices slightly deranged (or fully deranged tbh) characters like Hisoka. And when I hear him voicing school boys I often waiting for him to be bad. Because he has a really strange quality in his voice that makes him sound as if he has some dungeon where he keeps his victims, even though his characters are really good people. Maybe it is because his normal speaking voice is much deeper. I do think that the voice actor has a big part in people disliking Oikawa at first. And now a little bit about Aoba Johsai. Characters in Japanese (they also can be called kanji) has several readings. They are called kun-yomi (Japanese reading or "meaning" reading of a character) and on-yomi (Chinese reading or "sound" reading). Japanese reading is used when we read a single character and Chinese is used when there are several characters together that are actually one word (it is called tango). But some words especially names of the places (like Aoba) are read by their Japanese reading. Japanese people like to shorten names of places, schools and sometimes just names by taking the first character of each word and putting them together. Aoba Johsai ("h" or "u" after a vowel means that the vowel is long) becomes Seijou, because Chinese reading of "Ao" in "Aoba" is "sei" and "Jou" (Joh) is already a Chinese reading of a character with Japanese reading "Siro".

Oikawa bothered all of us in the first season but he's a deep and misunderstood character at the end. It'll be clarified afterwards. Thank you for reacting once again!!!

18:00 they are the neighborhood association who played against karasuno at the first few episodes if i remember correctly. They are karasuno alumni and ukai's former teammate at karasuno

The hate towards Oikawa 😂 That is everyone at first, but the more you get to know him the more you love and respect him 🥰 Of course Karasuno is forever #1 in my heart ❤

Welcome back. Thank you for doing this while you are still on vacation it seems. Your “dislike” against Oikawa is hilarious and it is amazing you still remembered the names of the players in Seijo.

KAGS AT THE END!!!! I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW THAT THE FIRST TIME, IM SO PROUD OF HIM, MY BABY 🥺 also, i missed you! hope you enjoyed your time with your family, vacations and all that! oh! and congrats to you and melissa for the amazing performance at the Olympics!!

Sarah! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! OMG!! YEESSS!! =D Edit: The school's shortened name is (romanised as Seijō or Seijoh). It comes from Aoba Johsai's first and third kanji being put together. It's like a "nickname" sort of thing.

Basically, Japanese letters (kanji) can be pronounced more than one way. The first kanji in Aoba Johsai's name can either be "Ao" or "Sei". So, Seijoh is just a nickname for Aoba Johsai putting together Ao + Joh from the words but the Ao is pronounced as Sei. Senpai means upperclassman or superior or mentor. It is a very respectful honorofic. That's why Tanaka and Noya have nosebleeds over it when Hinata calls them that. The -san honorofic is one of the most common honorofics. You use it for people you just met regardless of age, gender, or social status and once you get to know people you still use it if there's a respectful relationship between you. It is a respectful way to address someone older for example Hinata (and other first years) calls all the upperclassman with -san. Asahi-san, Suga-san, Noya-san etc. -kun is a masculine suffix. Its politeness level is lower than -san. It can be used with age peers or people younger than you. Karasuno boys don't really use this one (maybe Suga says Kageyama-kun at some points I'm not sure) but Hinata calls Kageyama-kun to annoy him sometimes. Then there's -chan which is used for girls or kids. Like Oikawa calls Iwaizumi "Iwa-chan" because they are childhood friends and it is a nickname from that time. But he also calls Kageyama "Tobio-chan" in a more condescending way. And which characters are on first name/last name basis with each other actually reveals a lot. Like Noya calls his peers (Tanaka for example) by first name whereas Tanaka calls him a nickname based on his last name. Noya also calls Hinata "Shouyou" cuz he sees him more as a friend than a teammate like Kageyama and Tsukishima. Same with Kenma and Hinata, both call each other by first names cuz Kenma doesnt like that kind of age-based hierarchy. And Kageyama calls everyone by their last names regardless of what is common (i.e. everyone calls Asahi Asahi because he is an upperclassman who is sweet and gentle but Kageyama calls him Azumane-san) Same with Tsukishima. They are both very respectful to their upperclassmen in general despite the grump and saltiness. And Asahi, Daichi, Suga while being the eldest are either referred to by their first name in general or by a nickname like Suga (as seen in Noya and Tanaka. Tho first years still call them full last names "Sugawara" or "captain" in Daichi's case)

I watched tons of Haikyu! reactions and most of them (if not all) hates Oikawa because of his personality but he is just more than his personality. You can't just hate him as a player because he is really hard-working, responsible, and dedicated both mentally and physically and that's why he's my utmost favorite character of the show (though all of the players has the same attitude as him as a player).

Yayyy Sarah is backk!! Love your Haikyuu reaction as always!! 🙌🏻

yeayy yo're back, thanks for this reaction..can't wait for the next

PLS I WAS WAITING FOR THAT SINCE AGES!! I’m so happy you’re back❤️

i'm glad you're back! love your reactions, we missed you

Yaaay another Sarah reaction. Hope everything's going well for you! Thank you for another upload despite your busy schedule!

YAYYYY IVE BEEN CHECKING DAILY FOR THIS UPLOAD

Oh my god! Yess i have been waiting for this thank u so much! Love and support from the Philippines❤❤❤❤❤❤

Aoba Johsai is the name of the school Seijoh is a shortversion that you get by using the first two japanese characters from the name the japanese character for "Ao" in this case means means "blue" and can be read as "Sei" (eg. part of my name on youtube "Seiryuu" can be translated as "blue dragon") I bet someone will have a better explaination in comments already but I tried

Yaaaay. So glad were here again. I watched some of your Olympic games 👏👏

I'm so excited to see your reactions for the rest of the game ❤️ welcome back!

We have missed you! I think I screamed quite loudly when I saw this new reaction episode 😂

Welcome back Sarah, we've been waiting for you

Welcome baaaaack! I was able to watch your Olympic games and WOWOWOWOW!!! KILLING it!

I missed your reactions! So glad you're back

You're baaack!!! I've been waiting for this

I do check your channel every week just in case hahaha and finally your back!! we're so proud of you in the Olympics and I hope youve had the best vacation/rest ever.

Welcome back! You were awesome in the olympics, looking forward to more reactions!!

It's so good to see you again, Sarah!❤❤ I can't even begin to express this joy in my comments!

Gosh, I've been waiting for this, misseds your reactions

Yooo you're back. I'm so glad you still keep going on these There are so much awsome things to come in this series

Ahhhh you're back! Your reactions are always so cute :

welcome home! I also supported all the games at the Olympics. I'm glad to see Sarah's smile in this video again from japan

My favorite reactor is back!! I saw you on TV during the Olympics and it was so cool, thank you for your hard work!

I am so glad your back Edit: I am glad you said you respect Oikawa’s prep he’s my favorite character :)

welcome back ms. sarah!! i watched u at the olympics and u were so amazing! im happy to see u back here 😊😊

Great video! I enjoyed your reactions :)

I know everyone is already saying that but i want to say it too, I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS! U are the best haikyuu reactor!

Glad to see you back!

The happiest notification I got! Welcome back Sarah!

So happy you're back! Hope you're doing well! I'm sure a lot of us watched you in the Olympics! You're awesome!

You are back!!!! I missed your reaction, thank you so much for coming back. I watched your last game in the Olympics I didn't get all the matches in my country I just got the last one but I was wishing you the best of luck

Hahahahaha. Enjoyable reaction as always. Thank you so much Sarah. 😁

😍👏 Omg our 👑 queen 👑 is back welcome back Sarah!!! Missed you so much may Haikyuu give you lots of good vibes 🥰.

Sarah, I'm so happy you're back. My Tuesdays just got 💯 more amazing ☺️ So happy you got to take a break and that you're safe and healthy. I live for your reactions, explanations and lessons. Sending you so much love from Australia 💜

Good to see you back Queen!! These Olympics were amazing.. thanks to this anime i was so hyped watching the Argentina boys team.. and winning the bronze was one of the biggest hype of my life

I'm so glad you're back. I've missed your reactions dearly.

Liked the video didn’t even get to watch it yesterday just cause! Watching now let’s go!

I missed your reactions, with your experience and comments it is like waiting for a new chapter of the anime

I missed your videos, really glad to see you back!

Welcome back!! Amazing reaction! 👍👍

IT WAS SO AMAZING SEEING YOU AT THE OLYMPICS!!! Even though I was rooting for the A-Team (I'm American) when I realized that you were also competing I was cheering for you too! Glad to see you back watching Haikyuu =)

I watched your Olympic matches and it was so exciting!

You're back! I'm so glad. I watched your matches during the Olympics. They were amazing! I was so happy that the commentators from my country, Germany, spoke so kindly about you.

Welcome ba~ck! I was so looking forward to your new reaction video :D

Hi Sarah! Loved watching you in the Tokyo Olympics! So proud for team Canada! also super happy to watch your reaction to Haikyuu again :)

Good to have you back! It's was such a nice surprise seeing the notification. The way Oikawa starts the game is pretty epic. I remember watching this game for the first time, I wanted to punch him. But I also knew he's a great player. You'll love this game. And I hope you will start liking Oikawa, even a little bit.

So good to see you again! Wish all the best for the new partnership

I'm glad you're back! Hopefully, you got to enjoy some rest after the Olympics!

Honorifics are important but can be a little complicated so dont sweat it if it takes a little while for you to get them down. Basics: -San denotes someone of equal age/status or older than you. Closest equivalent would be Mr. or Ms. It can also be used if you are just trying to be respectful. Usually used with family name (ex: Asumane-san, Ukai-san, ect) but can also be used for a given name or nickname. (ex: Daichi-san, Suga-san, ect) -Kun denotes someone younger than you. Usually used for boys but can also be for someone you are friendly with who is the same age. Can be used for either family or given name depending on familiarity. (ex: Shouyou-kun, Kageyama-kun) -Chan denotes someone younger than you but with the connotation of "cute". Usually used for girls but can also be used for younger boys. (ex: Natsu-chan which is Hinata's little sister). {quick note here, Oikawa calls Kageyama "Tobio-chan" which would normally be VERY familiar and is more used as a bit of a tease. He's basically saying that Kageyama is younger than him and "cute". It's really impolite.). -Sensei is used exclusively for teachers and doctors and basically replaces -San for them even for someone who is not a student or patient. Can be used as a honorific or as a name in and of itself (ex: Takeda-sensei, Sensei) -Sempai is for a colleague who is older than you or who has been at your job/school longer and acknowledges respect for sonority/experience. Another two that wont really come up in this show are -Dono and -Sama which both have basis in things like lordships. Sometimes fangirls/fanboys will denote an idol as -Sama but that's not as often and I don't think it will come up here. Essentially it's a mark of extreme respect for someone of higher status than yourself. Hope this helped at least a little bit! There are of course nuances (like the "Tobio-chan" thing for example) but this should cover most of the basics.

I love rewatching this anime with your commentary 🥰🏐

Finally!!!!!! We’ve waited so long ^_^

more video plssss, really liking this reaction series

Welcome back! I'm so happy to see you again. This react was also awesome! There are two national tournaments in Haikyu!!, Inter-High (late July - early August) and Haru-Kou (Spring Volleyball Tournament, early January) Karasuno High School is competing in the Inter-High qualifiers in Miyagi prefecture now. All Haru-Kou games are broadcast nationwide because a big TV station is one of the host company. The finals of the prefectural qualifiers will be broadcast on local TV.