Olympic Volleyball Player Reacts to Haikyuu!! S4E23: "The Birth of the Serene King" 

That Tanaka-Kageyama moment though

I love the manga translation of the tanka kageyama moment, "that wasn't him trying to make me feel better, that was a threat. Show them why I have trust in you" it just feels more impactful imo

Tsumu went from "I hate to play against people who suck" before the game to "I'm moved, Shoyo-kun". Absolutely love it.

Kita's speech, or "rant" how he called it, actually has more to it than meets the eye. In one of the interviews, the author mentioned that they weren't actually fond of how they portrayed the whole "nature vs nurture" concept early on in the story (mostly through Oikawa and Kageyama). So they ended up using Kita here to come back to it and explore the concept more. There's another important thing from the original story that sadly just couldn't really get adapted in the anime medium, though the animators certainly did their best with Kageyama's expression: when Tanaka talks about the trust Kageyama puts in him, the author uses a neat lil trick in Japanese - with kanji, they write the word "threat", but they indicate that it has to be read as "trust". I'd say it serves to further accent Kageyama's "royal" nature and the good kind of intimidation he has to him now that he knows how to use it better. I actually quite like the English translation of Tanaka's thoughts in the manga for that bit: "No way that was plain ol' encouragement. That was a threat. He was saying, 'Show them why I have faith in you'."

I think a large part of Kira’s speech was also about the hard work that the “talents” put into their craft. The hard work that people seldom see and tend to dismiss that these people are only so good because they are “talented” compared to the rest of us. He felt that it was disrespectful toward the hard work being put it to simply say it’s just “talent” and disregard the passion and commitment these people have put in.

For me, the subtle but amazing growth in this episode is Kageyama saying "No that's not for me to decide." Showing that he trusts his teammate and isn't the tyrant who expects his team to do what he says. Just gives Tanaka all the options he needs and then lets him decide what attack is the best.

Think all the way back to Season 1 Episode 4; the 1st years' 3-on-3 match. Hinata and Kageyama were struggling to get in sync and Hinata just said "I'll gladly take any toss I can get, so keep giving me the ball." Skip ahead to the summer training camp; their new quick attack kept failing so Kageyama gave Hinata a lollipop set and Hinata snapped at him for "chickening out". Skip ahead further to the Shiratorizawa match; Kageyama was exhausted and making a bunch of errors and Hinata said "I can hit any toss, no matter how sucky." And now here: "Complain, damn it!" "Why? Give me the next one too." This ties back in with the twins' conversation at the end of the previous episode. Volleyball gives Hinata life the same way food gives Osamu life. It doesn't matter what the situation is, any opportunity Hinata gets to touch the ball is a victory for him. Hinata is every setter's dream, and this is what Atsumu realized in that moment at the end of the episode. Oikawa said something similar to Iwaizumi when they were talking about how Karasuno managed to defeat Shiratorizawa: "In the end, I guess the shrimp is a spiker you just want to toss to. No wonder he's got Tobio wrapped around his little finger."

Full context on atsumu's "i'm moved shoyo-kun" since his thoughts got cut off: "complain? why? gimme the next one too" - hinata "it doesn't matter if it's short or if it's low. he doesn't care if it's too close to the net either. if his setter gave his all putting that ball up... he'll take it every time. i think i'm actually moved, shoyo-kun" - atsumu's thoughts essentially, atsumu is a setter* who pours his everything in doing the best sets even if he has to bend so low to do it, and seeing a spiker who's grateful for every set and is as dedicated in spiking like he is in setting is what "moved" atsumu, so to speak.

I love how all the teams that Karasuno has played with before are watching their match with Inarizaki. With Seijoh in the projector room, Shiratorizawa in Goshiki's dorm room, Date Tech in the computer lab, Hyakuzawa in his room, Jozenji coach in his staff room, Washijou sensei and Oikawa listening to the commentary on his run, I love how much Furudate and his editors have put so much thought and care for these characters. Just love to see it.

The interaction between Daichi and Kita gave me so much life. Just Daichi performing back-row hit and the ball bounce off Kita's arms AND HITS THEIR BANNER?!?! SHOWING THAT THEY'RE ALSO HERE TO WIN?!?!?! To me, it's absolute perfection *chefs kiss*

For the people who got confused as to why Oikawa was shown for a few seconds after that Tanaka line shot. Let me explain. Oikawa has been the setter that brings out the best of every player, and he's the setter Kageyama looks up to. In this moment, Kageyama didn't only bring Tanaka to his best, but helped him surpassed his limits. Thus the whole jumping over the cliff visualization was shown.

One thing that doesn't get enough attention is the perfect set Atsumu pulled while FALLING DOWN. Everyone always talks about how great his super low "split" set was, which it totally is, but this is even wilder to me because HOWWW

Can we appreciate how freaking cute the twins look when they smile at Kita saving the ball at 11:20? Such childish adoration is on their faces! I just love it in Inarizaki's dynamic. They don't just respect their captain, they admire him. And however bratty Atsumu may be to others he admires Kita more than anyone.

Daichi has always been really competitive with captains from other teams, he's even competitive with a team captain outside of volleyball. But above all, nothing beats his friendly rivalry with Kuroo. His quips and sarcastic remarks he threw at Kuroo in he manga are top notch XD

日本語には「当て字」という文化がありまして、1つの文字の上に別の意味の言葉での読み方を書くと、意味が2つにもとれるというものがあるんです。ハイキューの漫画でもそれが結構使われてて、まさにここ21:18。 ここは漫画では「この脅迫（信頼）に答えて見せろ!!!!」というシーンです！！ 影山は田中を信頼しているからこそ、攻撃を控えようとしていた田中を"脅迫"しました。言わば「貴方はそんなもんじゃないだろ、もっとやれるはずだ」と言ったニュアンスです。その脅迫は田中を信頼している事からくるものです！漫画でもこのシーンは本当に鳥肌が立った

Also, you can see in the seijoh players not just cheering but desperation and frustration. In some part they might be cheering on karasuno, but a large part of it is seeing the team that beat them not get swallowed up by nationals, to prove that they lost to a truly strong team

32:39 Old Ukai taught Hinata in Season 2, Episode 6 (13:15 mark) that he needs to get used to the ball... "Volleyball is a sport where you can't hold the ball. You're only allowed to touch the ball for a few seconds... You need to control that moment as though ball were a part of your body." then in this season, we saw Hinata along with his little sister Natsu doing his Ultimate Lonely Pass Practice 😅 and she also noticed that Hinata have really become friends with the ball, before it was like a stranger to him. That's why we kept seeing Hinata still hitting balls that are set for him. He's ready in mid-air to adjust even if it's a miss-set.

Other than the unrealistic foot bump, I think the story does a good job portraying Hinata’s progress at this point. He learned a lot at the volleyball camp and we see his growth, but it’s not so overdone that he becomes the star of the match. In fact, we see less of Hinata in this match than almost any other so far, iirc. I’m glad to be back to watching your wonderful reactions! It’s been busy for me this summer, so I just binged the last three reactions today. What a treat, thank you Sarah!

OMG it's finally here, my favourite episode!!!!! Tanaka's line shot, Kita's 'genius' speech, Daichi and Kita's 'battle of concepts', Osamu's twin quick attack fake out, how can I pick a favourite moment?????

I love the commentators. One of them correctly figured out that part of Hinata's skill comes from just playing with a volleyball all the time, like old coach Ukai told him to.

As a soccer player, when Hinata scored with his foot, it's actually realistic. With enough practice, you can easily control how your feet move when jumping, most of the time through pure reaction

If Atsumu didn't call out Kageyama at the youth camp, this never happens so thanks to Atsumu 😂 Also, poor Hinata as always 🥲

Atsumu seeing the raw potential of Hinata and that he has that hunger that he has is such a great moment in the show. Atsumu realizing that's what he's missing is a spiker to pair with that has that same drive and love he does and is envious of Kageyama.

This episode we see Hinata the Setter Harvester at work reaping himself another really good setter under his belt

I adore the moment when the ball bounces off of Kita’s hands right into the Inarizaki banner. As if Daichi is saying to Kita, that the latter might wanna try some of that brave exploratory mindset too and not just stick to putting out the flames.

In a sense, full trust is close to intimidation, and Kageyama's actions are a good representation of that.

What I love about Kageyama and Tsukkishima.. even though they obviously don't like each other and don't get along, as many characters have said... they respect each other deep down. Every time they have a play that doesn't work, they each try and blame themselves, only to have the other go, hey, shut up, no, it was my fault. And I love that. They're not just being petty jerks blaming the other for everything, they respect the other's talent, they just have a hard time getting along.

Thank you for your reaction. I enjoy your reaction for every episode ! The reason Atsumu was moved by Hinata is cut in Anime. In Manga, he was moved because Hinata don't care if setting is lower or shorter or closer to net, and he just wants every ball which setter set with all setter's might. Hinata complained Kageyama in S2 for compromised setting (flash back seen). But now, Hinata didn't complain because he knows Kageyama set with all his might.

What I love about the Tanaka moment is that we get the play analysis from the THREE setters in Karasuno, from Kageyama, from Suga and from Ukai sensei, all of them explain step by step why this play is just awesome.

I know you're an experienced player and all, but you'd be surprised by the miracles that sometimes happens. I saw a few videos where not only with haikyuu, but with a few other sport anime, where a play seemed impossible, but happened play by play irl. Would be interesting to see you react to some of them

The imagery from Tanaka's inner thoughts and Kita's speech always make this episode hit for me, enjoy the last 2 episodes, will be watching!

I always understood that both twins at this point are equally good at both setting and hitting, it was just that atsumu was a little crazier for the sport, on the other side, kitas speech, i always asumed that he referred to the same absolute need to play and try new stuff from the geniuses that made them get beyond the normal limits. And finally atsumu is moved by hinata's hunger, the reckless abandon on rhe fsct that the set was good or not, just keep feeding him things to hit and he will go to risky places to pass the ball is what moves him, like he said in a previous episode that hunger is the most luxurious item a setter can use as a tool.

“Dang it, my rival is actually good” cracked me up. Funny enough, Kageyama emulates a lot of what Oikawa did when Karasuno lost to them the first time. Call back to first season I think. Hammered a jump serve followed up by the short lofting jump serve. Being the Serene King is comparative to the standard of the “making everyone around you better” Oikawa. As much as they hate each other they are total Freniemes. Lol

The kick save honestly has happened to me playing lol. I’m Latino, and cause we play football a lot, we polish our footwork, and ball control as well, and since like playing football tennis we are good at getting balls over the net, in Brasil they play a mix of football and volleyball, and that sport is just majestic, and because we f*ck around with our feet a lot, points like this happen a lot. I have personally have done sets with my feet. I had a guy that used to play football, and his footwork was majestic, the bastard just hit it with the back part of his foot to dig the ball, absolutely hilarious 😂😂

影山が手を合わせたのは「ありがとう」という意味ではありません🙏 おそらくですが、試合後半の土壇場で出来た神トスの感覚を手中に収めたのだと思います。日本人は人に感謝する時あまり手は合わせませんので😳

Kita's monologue about the nature of genius (or better translated "prodigy") is meant to be understood in light of the twins backstory, where Osamu said Atsumu loved volleyball a little more (and it is actually food that Osamu loves, not volleyball). It's meant to completely subvert the Season 2 neurosis of Oikawa, thinking that people are just born better (clearly they're not). Furudate is giving us a very deep exploration of what it really means to be a prodigy, and it is rooted in the love you have for something, and that love motivates you in ways that it doesn't motivate others.

I think you should watch episodes 24-25 together! Hour long finale would be amazing.

@21:58 is one of my favorite moments in Haikyu, 4 seasons of development for arguably the best player on the team. The growth in Kageyama, the fact that he learned to fully trust his teammates and do his best to set them up perfectly and believe that they know best what to do. The Serene King is here, deadliest player on Karasuno Kageyama Tobio!!!!!

I did also think that the Hinata foot cover was a bit unrealistic when I first saw it, but only part of it. Him actually reacting in time and getting his foot on the ball - that part feels pretty fine to me. It actually going over the net afterward and landing inside, getting past both the blockers and defenders... that always felt a little weird to me. But him actually getting a foot on it always felt pretty believable. For one, you can see that he's watching Kageyama pretty intently while he's approaching, and can see that he's struggling to get his hand on the ball. We know that his reaction time is second to none, and it would likely be bolstered further by the fact that he's probably anticipating something to go wrong as he goes up because he's watching this. And we've seen time and time again, all the way from back in season 2, that he's gotten better and better at covering in moments like this because he's been constantly training in always touching the ball like Grandpa Ukai told him to. I don't remember what episodes, but he's already covered for Kageyama a couple of times in other instances of missed sets throughout the series, as have others (I can think of Tsukki and Daichi both having done so before). So as far as him getting a touch on it, I always felt that to be pretty believable. But again, it actually making it over and getting the point... yeah, that always had a weird feeling to it. I think the intention is just to show that weird, lucky things can happen to either side at any time - all of Inarizaki's luck in the last episode, Daichi doing a serve receive last episode that ended up going all the way back and landing in, this moment, Atsumu's net touch giving Karasuno a point last episode... there's been lots of luck involved in various points as well as plenty of other points that were purely skills or mind games.

Idk if anyone has mentioned this but, the anime decided to cut out a little backstory about Asahi clenching his fist where Ukai tells Asahi about perserving his strength through the match and should clench his fist when he wants to go all out. I don't remember exactly what he said but it was similar to that, anyways love your reaction videos! Soon you will be like the rest of us, waiting for more Haikyuu haha

I think a lot is lost in translation here because of the direct translation to "trust" in the anime. Earlier on, i think Tsukki commented he was irritated at how precise Kageyama's sets were. (This was bad presumably because the set was positioned to direct his hitter to make a certain play and left no autonomy.) After he clashed with Hinata over ending the freak quick, he then swung to the "goody-two-shoes" extreme where he was adapting to even accommodate his hitters' bad habits and not challenging their views. That ended after his confrontation with Asahi and Hinata crowning him the king again. Now he doesn't function to best complement a specific player or accommodate their quirks or faults. He's now comfortable enough with himself and his team to deliver aggressive, challenging sets that push his teammates to deliver instead of taking the easy way out.

Anyone else lowkey wanting manga read throughs or something absolutely love the rest of the Haikyuu series. Side note, defs think with the finale you should promote your second channel Sarah as new viewers might not know about it

Here's some context to the kick-play: Hinata doesn't swing at the ball with his arm. That's the key point. He runs up, has his arm loaded, but because Kageyama misses the set, Hinata does NOT swing. Instead, when the ball is falling Hinata puts out his leg to lightly lob the ball over with his foot. That is realistic. I can do it right now (but of course I would know that the ball is coming, so it wouldn't be fair, it's not a sudden reflex like in Hinata's case). I just want to emphasize that it actually is very easy. The key here is to not swing your arm. If Hinata swung his arm, and then did this leg move, now then I would call it bullshit: two motions mid-air, the swing putting you off-balance, and then using your leg again. That would be very difficult, almost impossible. However, to just do a run up, jump with both arms up, NOT swing, and instead put your leg to the side to lob a falling ball over is very easy. It's like catching a mid-air pass in Football/Soccer. Of course there is a little exaggeration how the movement is portrayed in this anime; Hinata stretches out his leg almost 90° to the side. That is just a stylistic choice. In real life a Volleyball player would just try to get his foot under the ball, perhaps at a 10-30° angle, probably close to your body. It wouldn't be a stretched out leg, but rather a derpy short leg to the side of your body. The concept still stands though. It's very easy to lob the ball over with your foot like that mid-air, without you swinging your arm. Another commenter down below also made a great point that I'd like to quote: User "zze86": "One thing, Sarah is a tall lady. This would probably not be possible for her. A smaller player probably has a better or at least easier chance of pulling this off, just because their limbs are shorter and can get it into place in time."This kick play would definitely be more difficult to pull off for tall players.

Hello Sarah, I played volleyball through middle school, highschool, college and I had a short wing spiker that literally almost always when I messed up a set he kicked it over the net, he was like a ninja.

That’s a new perspective for me I always thought that Kita was saying it was rude for people to assume that Atsumu or Kageyama were genuises from the start and that their efforts like training and being in another wavelength is not a facter to their greatness. It was true a genuis is just that but if it’s not nurtured it would not go a long way. I like how you also gave me a new perspective with what Kita was saying during his “speech”. Tanaka’s serene era is amazing! That hit was chef’s kiss! 💋! Kinda both happy and sad that we are nearing the end of season 4. What a freaking journey!

This video could not have come at a better time. Been a rough evening and this was exactly the pick me up i needed.

Hinata had to work alone, work longer and harder that anyone to just keep up with others in the beginning. He's reaping the benefits a bit late. Atleast that's how I see it. So don't be so hard on our Baby 🌞

I'm 5'6" and have gotten the block touch to that lands a little fad out and running to dig the be ready for the set. It's possible for Hinata. You have to be more agile as a short player when you can't get as high

0:36 about Osamu setting a minus tempo, it's kinda acceptable if we just brush it off as if they have twin telepathy 😅 even Atsumu haven't set a minus tempo to anyone before. He just saw Hinata doing it.

Pre season 1 Kageyama: Egocentrical oppressive king Season 1 Kageyama: Humbled, and we have seen many times that what happened in junior high weighed on him a lot Season 2 Kageyama: Following Oikawa's advice/example, he went all in trying to accomodate the hitters, but because of his "trauma" accident, he went a bit too far, and became a "goody two shoes", who just follows whatever is asked from him and being afraid to really push back due to the past accident Season 4 Kageyama: Finally found the true middle ground between the two extremes, becoming a serene king, who listens to his hitters, but also pushes them when needed

Hey Sarah, I decided to do a re-watch of the show through your reactions, I'm just finishing up season 1, but wanted to pop over here and say I'm super enjoying all your insights and advice! Both you and the Haikyu characters really inspire me to give the game everything I've got during my own matches. Love your content, keep it up! Super excited that you're finishing up season 4 and hopefully you won't have to wait too long for the new Haikyu content next year 🤞Sincerely a fellow 🍁

talking about full circles, there was of course the close of the goody two shoes part, tanaka's line shot and all but to me, hinata's kick score takes the win. when he started training with granpa Ukai coach, he said one thing very critical and I'm paraphrasing here but he said, "volleyball is a sport where you are not allowed to hold the ball. you only get a moment. you have to control that moment as if the ball was a part of your body" he asked Hinata to keep touching the ball at all times and since that episode, in every practice scene we see in the show when Hinata is not on the court, he was always touching the ball. His lonely passing drill was also like a half circle of this xD but with this kick, he fully made the most of that one moment that was presented to him as a handicap or as an opportunity. I just love how deep this show goes and I'm not even a volleyball player.

That whole Kita's monologue was one of the best, if not the best line of the season

My favorite scene 100% i love it, tanaka is my favorite character😍 goodbumps tanaka's part. Haikyuuu is My number 1 anime💓 i love your reaction this since first ep. Until last ep. Awesome

Sarah getting mad at Inarizaki's libero again never stop making me laugh😆😆😆

Yes I agree with you I loved the Kita/Daichi moments as well they were the best moments in this episode

About Hinata’s feet saves : don’t forget that before getting into volleyball, he played football 😉

cannot WAIT to watch this all the way through!!!

Remember back in season 1 finale when Oikawa sent a massive spike serve followed by a soft serve against karasuno? Let's just say that I think it's fitting how Kageyama just integrated the whole I believe in you attitude to the spikers in his actions, which irritated Oikawa, Kageyama is catching up to Oikawa's strengths and he has to catch up to Kageyama's, let alone pulling an Oikawa serve combo right afterwards

16:52 Forgive Hinata. 😅 He's still only a first year with no proper knowledge of volleyball before. That's just about 8 months playing with a team.

Hinatas save by the foot is quite realistic. There are tons of players that can do that, and I would expect some Brazilians to just do it naturally. Besides, every set from Kageyama to Hinata is more unrealistic than that

I'm sure everyone knows this already but still I want to shout out the fact that the author's game sense is just as crazy great as an Olympian and World Champion.

this is hands down the greatest scene in haikyuu and i love seeing it everytime. from the emotion to the ost to the reactions!!

YESSSS I loved the back and forth between Daichi and Kita 🙏🏾 glad you noticed. Best captains ever

Big ole smile this WHOLE episode :) the music in this show is incredible but that piece during Tanaka's line shot just takes my breath away.

I love your commentary so much. It's so the right amount of entertaining but also really enlightening to hear the perspective from a world-class volleyball player say that hinata's kick was just unrealistic. i don't think it takes away from enjoyment at all. i'm so glad i found your channel!

The reason Tanaka asked Kageyama to reduce passes to him even though Tanaka feel on his peak, because he didn't want to become greedier and upset the team's balance like what Hinata did when he bump Asahi to become Ace.

You are the best Sarah 😊. Keep going with this amazing reactions . Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 ❤

The f'ing COACH cartoon at 16:40 !!! I lost it. Straight up cackling.

The kick save is possible, just not that kind of kick. In a run-in for a quick if the setter mess up you may have a chance to do a ankle kick, like some football players does in tricks

Okay but at 19:13 was an insane sequence with the save from noya to the set by kageyama to the set by the twin. to tanaka hitting an insane line shot. Probably my favorite moment ever man.

Miss Sarah, I BEG I BEG I BEG you to read the Haikyuu manga after you’re done reacting to the series. Unfortunately, there will be no next season, rather just 2 movies summarizing the rest of Haikyuu (and they won’t be coming out for a few years or so). I hope you can read where season 4 left off on the tournament so that you can have the full experience of they boys’ development and how their stories go from there 😭 It’s definitely a worthwhile journey. Please please and thank you! 🥺 Also, loved your content ever since! All the best 💗😩

damn, can't wait for next week's episode! btw, I think that kageyama's hand gesture to tanaka a "thank you" gesture. He did it bc he trusted tanaka, and he pulled through. So kageyama was greatful that he can trust his teammate. That's the impression I got at first and I've read it in a lot of places

we're so close! ever since season 1 episode 12 reaction i have been anticipating season 4 episode 24 and Sarah's reaction to it we are finally there! I can't wait!!!!

The production happened during COVID, so they were reusing some animations to save on cost. Give them a break if they used the same swing and dig, Sarah 😂

YAAAAAAAS NEXT EPISOOOOODE!!! 😍😍😍 1. If you haven’t rewatched that awesome rally from last episode, I highly recommend. It is one of the best rallies in the whole anime so far. 2. Yep, kageyama and Tsukki are definitely learning how to communicate better. 3. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MIDDLE BLOCKERS EVERYWHERE 👏👏👏 4. NOOOOO TOUCHIEEEE AAAAAACCCE 5. Battle of the captains 😈 6. Sarah: “That was the same move Kageyama did last episode!!” Character: “That was the same move from earlier!!” 😂 it is uncanny how you always predict the script without trying to 😂 7. You tell him, Coach 😡 8. That line shot from Tanaka 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 9. Yes definitely take a break 😅 yer gonna need to keep taking breathing breaks 🤣 10. Kageyama evolved from despotic king > goody two shoes > unwavering leader (+annoying POS that dinks a serve into a super quick 😈😈😈) 11. It is WILD how Kageyama is RISKY with 0 emotion 😂 so straight faced in focus, but he’s such a trickster.tsumu is a trickster, but he shows it on his face 12. 👟🏐😂 13. Yeah Kita always has an amazing way with words. Love his perspective 14. 😂😂 I love your insight into “bro this is unrealistic volleyball”. There definitely is some extra drama that isn’t realistic😂 15. Mhmmmm a great ending 🥰 16. Srsly some amaaaazing plays this episode. 17. It’s anyone’s game! Can’t wait for you to see the result!! 🫣🫨😁 18. Byeeeeeee!!

My boy Tanaka never gets enough love. I appreciate all your comments about him. He's in absolute beast mode right now.

Video suggestion! React/breakdown of plays to the current mens Japanese volleyball team!

Just adding my support. & I, too, thought she got Kita's speech kida wrong.

The fact that she was able to call Tanakas line shot before he hit it put a smile on my face

Yes, please, Sarah.... I'll always look forward to your haikyuu videos. Love and miss your energy and commentary always 😭🧡

Omg we are almost at the end. There was a time in your reaction around the second season it felt like we would never get here. But here we go!

"Complain, damn it!" "Why? Give me the next one too." AAAND... There it is. The moment Miya Atsumu falls in love. He wouldn't know it yet, but he's just found his soulmate❤

Hi Sarah!!!

Remind me to my first time watching Haikyuu.. I live in a monthly rent room, so i have many neighbors beside, in front of and behind my room. And i oftenly did too loud "Yeayyyy" with punch in the air in the middle of the nite because of this kind of eps 😂😂😂😂 Adding bout the foot saves, i've found some when watching man volleyball tho :D

There’s a lot of stuff I like about this episode, like when Kita saved the twins reverse quick, it was like when Daichi did the same, I believe it was in the match where he got injured. Especially because both the twins and Kageyama and Hinata showed signs they were gonna mess it up before their respective screw ups. I believe Hinata and Kageyama were being themselves and yelling, and the twins were saying they were “hungry” before they screwed up. Secondly in the first match point it proves that Tanaka has what it takes to be the ace , when they’re backs are against the wall Kageyama believes in him fully, he knows Tanaka’s best weapon is his line shot, but proves his growth by not forcing him into the shot (like he used to for Tsukishima) and giving him as many options as possible.

My favorite moment from the entire series coming soon.. can't wait to see your reaction, omg!

The comment of "I was not a middle blocker but.." And then being a pro beach volleyball player is crazy to me xD Do you not just do everything in duos? Not to mention on sand of all things to full jump off? Mad respect

Thanks for the middle blocker love - i feel appreciated hahah 😢😂❤

You missed the "that's rude" part from Kita's monologue. I love that he meant that as a message to other "normal" people even beyond the screen: if you think they are G even before you start, be dispirited and chuck it all up to the other person's talent as if they are born with it (but don't put an insane amount of effort to perfect: think different, act different; be a little bit out there and have difficulties in other "normal" areas of life) like there is no work done to go with that talent like they don't struggle as well = it's RUDE. PUT the same effort (or the equivalent) to the table, give it a real shot = give respect to your opponent since we are all human but the genius just put that much more effort into the craft and then lose with dignity. Then you can call them genius and shrug it with that word as a final compliment, not an insult (which it would otherwise be for people who claim that their opponent is a genius, if you didn't try your hardest from start to finish) to the game, your opponent and yourself. Kita in Kita fashion goes back to the 'effort' ne puts into craft :D sort of projecting himself i think as he stays on the playing field of these reckless teammates others call G

About Osamu setting the minus tempo to Atsumu- I think the fact that they could pull that off was due to them being twins. Osamu isn't a setter but those 2 have been playing together since forever and they have a special bond that others don't. Osamu probably couldn't pull that off with another one of their hitters. Atsumu being able to set it is just because of who he is as a setter LOL

Not being familiar with real-life volleyball, I didn't realise that Hinata's moves were unrealistic. I thought the scene was a perfect reflection of the foreshadowing in the previous season when Ukai's grandfather told him to 'always be in touch with the ball' .

Sarahs rant about Daichi at 13min is why he is in the love house

Season4 episode 7 Tanaka: Keep ‘em comin’ ! Kageyama: No. Tanaka-san, you’re getting sloppy. If you’re tired, we can sub you out. Season4 episode 23 Tanaka: I’m gonna shallow my pride and ask you to do this. Cut back on how many sets you send my way for a bit. Kageyama: No. We need your attacks, Tanaka-san.

"Let me calm down". LOL, yeah I said that to myself after episode of this show. It's too good.

I already know she's gonna get excited by this last episode. It's so good

15:36 "Somebody get the man some banana" sounds so wrong if out of context Lmao.

Happy 4th of July! 🎉 Thanks for the amazing content! Love how everyone is congratulating Tanaka for a great attack but Kageyma is just 🙏🏼 I see that as all he needs is his own assurance that he did a great job haha

Well, i play a lot of football and i scored a point once in volleyball that was exactly the same as hinata scored by his leg. All reflexes So i guess it's possible for me 😂

I love the Kita vs Daichi soooooo good