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| Off to read manga now! 8) |
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heiqi1hu said: I like some focus on the losing teams. At least the feelings. Some cute moments. But I want more cute moments. Lol. Same here i love how it shows the emotion. |
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| ROLLING THUNDER ...... AGAIN!! |
| I really enjoyed the crosscut animation from both Karasuno teams, the emotion of the teams is definitely there |
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| How to turn minor characters in relevant characters that can convey you any kind of feelings? This is how. Best episode so far, at least for me. The scenes when they were exchanging blows of balls, framing every time a different team were simply outstanding. I think this episode in terms of technique beated everything else. Also, the end of the episode gave me chills and a huge idiotic smile upon my face. |
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| Daichi is so me. He quotes everything I think and that's awesome. Well, the thing which differs, his speeches motivate others more than mine xD Michimiya... Sad for Karasuno's girls' team. Regrets can kill you but they can also make you stronger, its upto you. When Ikejiri said if it was fiction then they would've been extras. "But still we got to play." That transtion was perfect. Damn feelings... "Rolling Thunder Again." xD I love how Haikyuu has respect for the characters who would normally be considered 'mob' characters. Just amazing... |
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| Too bad Nishinoya! You still can't get at Kiyoko. |
| Captain has a nice body there :D [spoiler]  |
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| It was a nice episode. I liked how it was in the point of view of the losers. That was an interesting touch. |
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| Great episode. Nicely portrays the feelings of the losing teams. Haven't seen much from the woman's volleyball team. |
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| Rolling thunder AGAIN!! I can never get enough of Noya <3 And aww kageyama blushing! |
| ROLLING....THUNDER!!!! AGAIN!!!! EPIC! Marry me, Yuu |
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| Dateko's cheer is still ringing in my head. I guess Nishinoya will become the captain next year ;D |
| I loved how they showed the matches from different sides' perspectives! Also, I'm really enjoying seeing the characters improve both physically and mentally as the series progresses! I can't wait to see the next match!!! |
| This is just excellent,so many feels for a sport anime. |
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| 07:58 No.2 <3 09:54 slooowmooo 16:41 dat face 7/10 for this episode. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
| The first half focus on the other team and the females was great Can't wait for the game against Date with that build up tension shown later here |
Mills said: That was a quick match. Really like how they portrayed the feelings of the players that lost. Noya was so damn cool at the end! Karasuno vs. Datekou is going to be an awesome match. |
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| Michimiya Yui is an awesome captain! I hope we see more of her. |
| That was entertaining, aside from all of the attempted over-exaggerated emotion. I've noticed that this series has a lot of that in it - don't get me wrong, it's a-okay to have the feels in anime.. just with not as much emphasis as this puts on it. Looking forward to the next match. |
| I really liked getting the perspectives of the defeated, especially the third year captains. It really throws down a more powerful view on how for every victor, there will be a team that has to go through that. |
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| The boys team doing good, but the girls team not so good. I hope that we can see more of the girls team in the future. |
| I really liked what´s portrayed in this episode. If there is a winner, there should also be a loser. For a dream fulfilled, there are also many dreams crushed and regrets left. Though from the parts i read from the manga, this seemed to be a one-time-thingy. Also really liked the 4th-wall breaking about protagonists especially in shounen ^^ |
| The first half was outstanding. I really felt for the Tokonami guy. |
| Really emotional episode. D: When Michimiya started crying that really got to me...and all of the people who lost their matches. I felt like this episode depicted loss and coping with it really well. Noya cheering everyone on in the end was awesome though! He's so cool honestly. Can't wait for the next match. O: |
| awwww i love Noyaa! |
| Hinata finally gets to see what it looks like from the other side. |
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| I really liked how absolutely no one was willing to give up. Actually felt pretty bad for the opponents. Same with the girls. Although they will feel somewhat pointless if they never appear ever again… Damn Noya is awesome. That rolling awesome was pretty awesome. So hyped for this match! |
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| Damn, all the girls in their volleyball uniforms are so damn hot. I never even knew I had a fetish like that. |
| Episode interesting, engaging narrative and loads of different emotions, really great. The screenplay has well expressed the feelings of the people and the atmosphere that you live in a tournament. Drawings and animations well made, the next episode seems more intriguing than today. |
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| well, obviously they'll rek the first team. they'll probably beat date too, as the final confrontation will 99% be with aoba josai. the question is, how close will the matches be? |
| Aw, sucks for the girls, but I knew from how she-captain spoke about her members not coming to practice that they would get wiped out :( Wish they had more potential but it's not about the girls' team anyways haha. Kiyoko should help out the girls lol. Her shots are accurate in the break clips where they spike the water bottle :P Datekyo's cheer team is annoying sounding lol. Especially the lead cheer dude *cringe* Rolling Thunder AGAIN xD yaaaaas! |
| Normal quicks , good receiving . Qualities of a Strong Team . Match point , at the least . Ifs of the unconditional . Reality's point of fiction .. Encouragement ~ !! |
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SetsukoHara said: Me too! It's a really nice touch to remind us of the existence of the girls team and their own struggles.I want a spin-off anime about the girls team. That episode really stands out among a huge number of already great episodes by giving insight into the feelings of the defeated (a.k.a all these extras who're fated to live in the shadow of the protagonists). That sequence where the POV kept changing from team to team but the ball still followed the same direction was nothing short of fantastic. Let's not forget the fact that it was the perfect occasion to showcase Karasuno's tremendous progress as a team. The author really took what would otherwise be a fairly mundane match for Karasuno and managed to use it to its full potential. Kudos I know there's still like 9 episodes left, but those last episodes will have to be a special kind of terrible to prevent me from giving Haikyuu!! any less than a solid 9/10. ps: meanwhile in oikawa's mind srsly tho; that fucker is dangerous |
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| Wow, that was unexpectedly emotional! |
| I think Nishinoya is my favourite character! |
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| They really should shut up and play the match , too many flashbacks , but other than that it was amazing to see all the practice they made to be in a real match . Great Episode . |
| Karasuno vs Dateko is up next! Go go let's go let's go Dateko! So catchy af. |
 “Even if the attention isn’t forever, I’ll keep singing.” |
| I love Nishinoya's character, he reminds me of the short red-haired guy from YowaPeda whose name I forgot and too lazy to search for it. Excited for the upcoming match. |
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| I think one of the best things about Haikyu is that they kind of make you like a lot of their opponents by making them real people with backgrounds and reasons to be playing, instead of Gods who look down on everyone, like Kuroku Basketball |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| This episode broke my heart, especially the montage. It's such a relatable feeling. Are you less of a person if you didn't work your hardest? They all deserved to feel sad. If you label yourself as an extra you will never be a protagonist. |
| This was a good start of the tournament. I liked the addition of showing how the losers feel after the lost match. All this "Let's believe we'll win" talk is getting me so hyped up for the coming matches. The "Go go. Let's go. Let's go Dateko" chant is stuck in my head now... |
| Even if the future is locked or erased I won't end this prayer because I want to convey my real feelings to you |
| I played Volleyball in high school, and this only makes me wish we had a good team and could play in such huge tourneys. We never had anything like that, we just played against local schools throughout the season. I am way more hyped for this team than I ever was for my own school LOL. If only RL could be like anime though. |
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| Favorite episode of the series so far! I especially liked the parallels between Michimiya and Ikejiri in that they are both inspired by Daichi, yet don't really have that same innate drive he has. They obviously enjoy Volleyball, but don't live and breathe it like most of the Karasuno guys. Also, hats off to the creator for actually giving the girls' teams a little screen time in an anime that focuses on male team sports. I think this is the first time I've seen it happen XD Looks like Dateko vs. Karasuno is gonna be a close call. I'll be kinda gutted for Asahi if they don't pull it off...still, I can't see them being knocked out this early ;-; |
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| That 4th wall breakage though. Anyway, I enjoyed the monologue about the people that lost, you can really feel the tournament atmosphere. |
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