Haikyuu!! Karasuno Koukou vs. Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou

After the victory against Aoba Jousai High, Karasuno High School, once called “a fallen powerhouse, a crow that can’t fly,” has finally reached the climax of the heated Spring tournament. Now, to advance to nationals, the Karasuno team has to defeat the powerhouse Shiratorizawa Academy. Karasuno’s greatest hurdle is their adversary’s ace, Wakatoshi Ushijima, the number one player in the Miyagi Prefecture, and one of the country’s top three aces.

Only the strongest team will make it to the national tournament. Since this match is the third-year players’ last chance to qualify for nationals, Karasuno has to use everything they learned during the training camp and prior matches to attain victory. Filled with restlessness and excitement, both teams are determined to come out on top in the third season of Haikyuu!!.

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Hinata, Shouyou Main

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Kageyama, Tobio Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Oikawa, Tooru Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Nishinoya, Yuu Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Tsukishima, Kei Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Bokuto, Koutarou Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Kuroo, Tetsurou Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Sugawara, Koushi Supporting

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Akaashi, Keiji Supporting

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Tanaka, Ryuunosuke Supporting

Hayashi, Yuu Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Matsushita, Keiko Producer

Okamura, Wakana Producer

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Jun 22, 2024

aquachan91

Recommended

The first time I watched this 3rd season, I was rating it only 7. As far as I remember, my middle school self thinks the match is boring. It's not really what I expected at all from a 3rd season of an anime I've been waiting for a while. That and plus I don't really like Ushiwaka's character back then haha.

But now here I am, years later. I'm rewatching Haikyuu again after it's been everywhere on my fyp (cause of the dumpster battle) and it's the best decision ever.

In terms of character development, the attention to detail, as well as emotional value that are put ... in this anime... they're just so so good.

From my first moment of rewatching, I didn't feel bored at all. I feel like I'm really becoming a fan, of this very hard-working and passionate team of high school volleyball. There are many meaningful things that I only realize when I pay close attention to what is presented. And that last act, man, it's like the essence of everything that made up Karasuno, everything that made up Hinata. Everything that made Haikyuu...Haikyuu.

It's amazing to me because they're only fictional characters right, but the burn of their passion really reaches my heart. Applause for the studio for making that possible and for the original mangaka of course😭 (Furudate thank you for creating Haikyuu, and all of my beloved characters!!)

I get chills from looking at Tendou (still as creepy as I remember, sorry Tendou lol) and I feel like Ushiwaka isn't that bad at all. Like what his teammate said, he's just someone who's stupidly in love with volleyball 😆 much like Kageyama and Hinata.

There are a lot of flashbacks here, but I really think it helps cement the emotional aspects of the show. Though it annoys me sometimes because usually a flashback is used to build up an outcome (mostly bad for Karasuno if the one doing the flashback is the opposite team lol). But it really did help me become more immersed and anticipate what the outcome would be, so it's not all that bad.

Lastly, the music and ost are phenomenal, and what can I even say about the animation, it's perfect!! It's dramatic, dynamic and fluid. Just beautiful!!

I'm off gonna watch the 4th season (which from my memory was one of my fav seasons other than s2 and maybe watch the dumpster battle if it's still on air🥹)

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 17, 2022

Resting_Bonfire

Mixed Feelings

Haikyu!! Season 3

I like this anime not only because of the characters, but because Haikyu is one of the more realistic sports anime. At least that's what I thought before this season came out. Now we're almost caught up with the bizarre level of "Kuroko no Basket". In this world, there are now players you can barely beat even 7vs1 and they all look like some misplaced shounen antagonists.

To be honest, the result of this season surprised me a lot, because I expected a different result. But this was also the best moment of this season.

On average, there wasn't much more tension. The first ... round was quite transparent, the second one not a bit better. The third round was skipped and the tension started to build only at the end of the fourth set.

Shiratorizawa was a strong but inflexible team in terms of team play. And they also lacked character. You could feel what a great opponent they were for the protagonists, but beyond that, there was nothing.

The biggest and strongest point of Haikyu remains - that the opponents and the protagonists deserved the victory equally. Both teams give their best, both exceed their limit and you can see in the eyes and motivations of both teams how much they want to win. I love this aspect of the anime.

[Enjoyment 7]

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 3, 2024

Inu_Y4sha

Not Recommended

Pacing wasn't good. Typical Shonen. The hype seen from fans makes me set my standards really high and you'd almost expect it to be a masterpiece, but to me, it falls short. The show isn't that great. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy sports anime quite a bit, but it didn't speak to me as much as others. The moments where the animation turns up are great, but in between is boring and drawn out. It takes too long to build up. This could've been a 3-4 episode match and that would've been much more rewarding and made it better for me. A lot of ... you seem to rate things really highly, when it's average. Maybe you don't want to seem mean or overly critical? I'm not sure. But one thing that does is makes people believe they are going to watch a masterpiece, only to be disappointed or maybe just feeling okay about it. I come to MAL to get recommendations for new shows. This was okay, but not amazing or the best sports anime of all time like many say. That goes to Hajime no Ippo and it's not even an argument.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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