Reviews

This felt like a slower pace, more mature Haikyuu. I liked the tragic backstories and trauma resolution, as well as the inter-office drama subplot. It was something really easy to throw on in the background while I did other things. The animation wasn't particularly stunning and I could not pick the characters out of a line up if you put a gun to my head, but the storyline was gently compelling enough that I continued to hit 'next episode' whenever the last one came to an end, and effectively got through the whole thing in one sitting. I also appreciated that they didn't try to be more than they were; they weren't hoping for the Olympics or anything, so everything mostly got solved by the end. It was also refreshing to have an anime's cast largely be adults or close to, rather than high school/middle school kids.

Would I rewatch? Probably not. I might recommend it to someone who enjoys sports anime with latent "subtext" though lol.