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| This cour had a rocky journey when it comes to production quality. At times it really did dampen my enjoyment. Coupled with some pacing problems I had, the show did feel awkward at times. Won't take much points for that though, especially because of covid and stuff, plus I still enjoyed the season a fuckton overall. The season still made me feel like rarely any other anime can. So hype for Nekoma vs Karasuno! Hopefully they it gets the treatment it deserves! |
| Probably the worst season overall, imho. The soul and heart of the franchise is just not there anymore sans the parts with Tanaka’s background, Nishinoya, and also Hinata’s first receive. The production value really disappointed overall. They basically forget what truly made Haikyuu so good in the first place. |
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| "Haikyuu To the Top" more like Haikyuu Over the Top tbh Some of the reactions were hilarious this season, especially yachi looking like her family had just been murdered in front of her when the twins did the quick with Osamu setting. Not to mention the minute long screams after every point Karasuno got >.< I liked the season over all but no where near as much as the ones before. Hopefully there will be better production for the match with Nekoma which should be great. 6/10 |
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| Fantastic season overall even though I think it was not as good as S2 and S3. Probably because of the production not being as consistent and the movements not being as fluid as the former seasons. Storywise it was probably the best season so I might consider reading the chapters this season covered. Still incredible, my issues with the production only lower it to a 9.5 from a 10. |
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| pretty decent overall but i wasn't really feeling this half of the season. felt like it dragged on forever |
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| OMG THEY PLAYED OPENING 1 - IMAGINATION!!!!! Battle of the Garbage Dump, can't wait! So meta with "The flu and norovirus are going around" haha xD |
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| This ep felt like a final episode, wow. I'm glad there is still more content coming in the future: this season was a step up from the first cour/first to the top; it was more exciting imo and with better shots but it also felt that at times the match was dragging for too long. The drawings look very rough at times. I happened to rewatch season 3 and it was very noticeable how lacking some of scenes were now. Whatever, I enjoyed it a ton so it's a 8/10 lol |
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| Best episode of a quite underwhelming season.... it pains me to say stuff like this about HQ but To The Top pt 2 wasn't even close to the quality of the previous seasons, the feeling just wasn't there for over half of this season. Obvious animation probles aside, the directing felt really off compared to the older seasons (the change of staff feels pretty noticeable here). Even part 1 was more consistent despite not being as hype inducing and the art changes... Anyway, good touch of using the 1st OP at the end, I really can't skip that one. Unfortunately can't rate this as high as any of the previous and genuinely hope the next season picks up the pace and quality or I'll just jump to the manga at once since I'm already close enough to reading this arc. |
 "In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato. Though I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found that I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every situation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably the only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously..." ~ Kyon, TMOSH |
| Definitely my least favorite season so far, but still pretty good. This is gonna sound petty as all hell but I really wish they'd bring back the serves and get rid of the damn birds |
| Overall a okay season, as great as the last two episodes were I just don't think I can rate this any higher than a 6 or 7. Hopefully next season will be better. Guess I'll read the manga for the time being |
| I honestly love Kita and all his quotes <3 Ravens vs Cats is gonna be one hell of a match btw , no more spoilers P.S. Animation is different , but it's actually great. I also miss old animation , but new one is not even remotely as bad as you guys say it is. |
ZevvenDec 18, 2020 5:00 PM
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| Mannnnnnnn, day 2 of the championship, one match and it's basically an entire season... Definitely felt long, but overall I can't say I mind. Like a long journey, and that's just the feeling they managed to give off at the end as well. And while everyone's so hung up on animation quality this and previous seasons that... I just legit don't even know what that's all about. No, I really have no idea. I'm just sitting here being completely drawn in, getting emotional and thoroughly invested and enjoying every moment and taking a thousand screenshots every episode, because the whole ride and the overall experience is just that great. Pretty much every single thought and feeling, every little scene is tangible and relatable on some level, and being able to make those connections is what's really important, in my opinion. It's a very fine mix of the sport itself and all the characters (and it's a LOT of characters by now) that they keep building on, and it works extremely well. And this episode in particular, I'm really glad we got it as a sort of "extra", just the post-match winding down and shenanigans, giving everyone a little screentime, adding just enough bits of fanservice for everyone to enjoy, all in all just the perfect icing on the cake. With the ED and the scene after that the cherry on top, even. I mean, how crazy it is that six years later we're still here, still watching these boys, because it's consistent and reliable enough that it's worth producing even in the middle of a pandemic?? Like, I don't know about others, but thinking back, I was certainly in a totally different world back then, and with all the things that changed, all the anime, all the stories that came and went (legit, we still had Naruto Shippuuden when Haikyuu started airing!) - Haikyuu hasn't. It's still here, it's still awesome, I'm still in love with it. With that, I'm definitely looking forward to the next match, the next season, whenever that happens, no need to rush. I'll just pray it does come, eventually. |
| so this season was the first time i felt lost of hype watching Haikyuu while still enjoying it it had far more downs than i was expecting (mainly due to animation and that one episode) but as it went on and the flashback padding ended and we got back to what was really great about this show it had some of the highest moments in the series so far and it was years of build up for some of the characters growth you can't not helped but get moved and happy seeing them go through this kind of development very excited for our trash dump fight between old rivals 7/10 for this one few episodes near the end were perfect though |
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| Lol I was crying of joy with Karasuno’s win then crying as well for Inarazaki’s lost, surely this episode gave me one hell of roller coaster of emotions!! Thank you Haikyuu for an amazing year <3 so excited for the next match and next season!!! Hope time will fly fast!! |
| Man I cherish Kenma and Hinata's relationship so much!!!! Sometimes I care about the characters more than the actual sport that's why I love this show. I'm not gonna forget how much I snoozed in the first half though 6/10 for me. |
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| for some reason the end credits looked kinda like Hinata and Kenma's wedding album reel... Also, god-tier Nishinoya pose: |
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| So, this cour had my favourite match from the manga animated, and I have to say it was done pretty well, especially considering how astronomically long the match was (it was about 49-53 chapters, so it was literally drawn for an entire year). Next season will be a banger, too. 8/10 |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
nocivo said: Decent season. Can't give it a better score because the animation was really bad. Only truly enjoyed 2/3 episodes from the 12. It also could had been way fasted paced. The game could had been finish in 7/8 episodes but I understand that they would be with 4 episodes to fill. This is why seasons are not great for this kind of anime. If they know they will do S5 just start the other game ahead and finish it later. Believe it or not though they left out a lot of this match, so I think 7/8 episodes would've made it too rushed. Just the Karasuno/Inarizaki match took 49 chapters, and that isn't even counting the chapters focused on Nekoma that were in between. |
We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| Whew, Imagination playing at the end was a nice touch. Felt season closed on a strong note, so glad for that. As for the whole season, beginning was pretty yikes. As many have said already, the match was incredible in the manga. It felt so much less engaging at times in the anime though and the inconsistent art quality made it even worse. It took until the last half of the season for it to feel like it captured the essence of the first 3 seasons that kept me on the edge of my chair continuously. Hoping this is just something where covid happened to play a bigger role than anticipated. Would be a shame to see the Nekoma match suffer the same whenever that gets animated. Must say though, Yuki Hayashi did continue with his incredible OSTs; I'm pretty hyped for whenever that officially drops! |
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| I can't wait for season 5. I'm really happy they played imagination as the ending for this episode. |
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| funnily enough I actually enjoyed this post match ep rather than some of the actual match eps lol, still nice to see these last few eps of this season were pure classic Haikyuu Overall, this match wasn't toooo bad, definitely top 5 but didn't match up to Aoba pt.2 or the purple dudes. While I did enjoy that Inarizaki had the spotlight most of the time (and I really did like the Miya twins), I felt like Karasuno got downplayed quite a lot save for that Tanaka ep and the final few eps wait this isn't Ahiru no Sora/10 |
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| You got me good there... uh, series? Thought those were Kiyoko's knees but they ended up being Hinata's butt-cheeks xD Fantastic finale for this overall inconsistent season. Seeing everyone "dealing" with the aftermath of the match was really nice and I particularly loved that talk between Daichi, Suga and Asahi about the highlights against Inarizaki. It gave a certain feeling of nostalgia, honestly. Considering it's the last big tournament for the third years and stuff. Now as for this season as a whole, it was the weakest one of all Haikyuu!! if I'm honest. Leaving the obvious flaws in art and animation aside, the pacing and the way in how it was handled left a lot to be desired and particularly, the decision of placing Nekoma's match right in the middle of Karasuno's ended up ruining the increasing excitement we were having after Ryu's fantastic episode. Regarding the match itself, not really a fan of the idea of it taking so many episodes for its completion. Leaving Ryu's episode aside, it only became truly exciting on its final stretch and even there, there were still some moments I found incredibly tedious to follow. Though being honest, said moments were only the ones that had Inarizaki's players as protagonists. Sorry but I never developed enough sympathy for them to truly care about their motivations or backstories. This said, the season still had some really spectacular moments as well as a few well directed episodes so it's not like it was a total disaster or anything similar. 7/10 - Absolutely looking forward to Karasuno vs. Nekoma now. Let's hope that fifth season announcement comes soon. TheHachimann12 said: Can anyone tell me why was Hinata’s lil sis there & why she was pissed when someone said nekoma is no match for Karasuno... does she know Lev’s sis? UrMuntedHead said: Whos the little girl that we see at the end of the match? i know shes probably someone from nekoma little sister but still. Mod edit: Added spoiler tags. |
KuuroDec 19, 2020 6:45 AM
| All the emotions in this episode. I can't.... Next is finally the official match between Karasuno and Nekoma. |
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| Love Haikyuu, the last episode was amazing, really liked Hinata's character development and I did enjoy many episodes but this season was pretty wack compared to the other ones, the beginning was pretty boring too. Still enjoyable nonetheless. Waiting for season 5! |
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| To be honest, I enjoyed reading the Inarizaki vs Karasuno match more than watching the anime adaptation. Weakest season of Haikyuu for me. It had its moments but I just didn't enjoyed it compared to the past seasons. 6/10 |
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| Damn this was such a fine season finale |
| An admin's dickhead Soul banned me from MAL t('v't) |
| This was the first season of Haikyuu I got to watch where the episodes released weekly as I'm a later member of the fandom. This season was absolutely amazing. I also started to catch up to the manga so it was really amazing to see it become animated each week. I hope to read more manga in general to experience something like this again. Back to the anime itself, this episode was so good. Karasuno winning had me in tears but so did Inarizarki losing. I loved seeing a little bit of Nekoma and Kenma's teeny bit of excitement for the game at the end there. I'm not sure if we're getting another season but even if not I still love this series with my whole heart. :) |
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| I always like the episode after the end of every match. A good season. 8/10 for me. I AM WAITING FOR THIS MATCH !!!  |
| I cried when I hear the old opening came at the end (┳Д┳) Especially they put the scene where Hinata first met Kenma on the credits, I'm in tears (ಥ﹏ಥ) |
| A good final episode to end the season. Can't wait for Nekoma vs Karasuno match. |
| What a season. That "episode's" animation really shook me and got me worried if this season would flop, but the season picked itself up in the end. Very satisfied with the outcome. Really hope the next season will be announced soon!  |
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