Both are insanely talented, but who has the edge?
Kageyama: incredible precision, court awareness, adaptability, fast sets, and the ability to bring out the best in his hitters.
Atsumu: exceptional technique, creativity, improvisation, powerful serves, and the ability to create unpredictable plays.
Who do you think is the better setter overall, and why?
so im the type of boring person who wants the mc to be atleast top 5 in their own manga otherwise i just cant get myself to read the manga (ofc there are some expections), so i got a question. Is hinata considered top 5 at the end kf the manga?
Tsukki’s awakening was one of my most favourite scenes, gave me goosebumps!! I’m new to animation so I know it doesn’t do it justice :’)
It’s funny, that she can’t read subtitles yet, but joins me and the older one on our rewatches. And somehow- this is her favourite episode and her favourite character. I worry for her- just a little 😂
Yesterday was absolutely amazing. I went to the Anime Con London and met so many cosplayers and it was especially amazing because I met three voice actors while I was there. The first one was Bryson Baugus, the English voice actor for Hinata in Haikyu!!, Rudo in Gachiakuta, Seiya in the redub of Saint Seiya and a whole lot more. He was incredible nice and great to talk to. First, I asked him to sign my first omnibus of Haikyu!! I was debating for a while what I wanted him to sign. Either that or the first volume of Gachiakuta or the final volume of Saint Seiya, but I went with my favourite character of his. Then we started talking about the series. I mentioned how Haikyu is my favourite sports anime and manga and I spoke about how it’s probably the most popular one too. I also spoke about how it’s similar to a lot of other sports anime and mangas too like Slam Dunk and Kuroko’s Basketball, and even Steel Ball Run since that counts with the horse race. Especially since Slam Dunk helped inspire a lot of sports anime and manga and I mentioned how it’s even more fascinating considering Inoue made it in the early 90’s and then went on to make Vagabond, which is way more serious, way darker and way more mature. I then started talking about how great it is to have it be a Shōnen Jump series since other ones are Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach and so on and it’s cool to have a great series like Haikyu be alongside them. Even more interestingly given the J Stars Victory Vs. + game, which he actually didn’t even know about. I showed him a picture of it and he said he heard about it, but didn’t know the name. And I mentioned how it was cool to see Hinata along with so many of my other favourite characters like Naruto, Luffy, Goku and so on. I then asked him who was his favourite character and he said it was a character named Bell Cranel from Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon. I then asked him how did he first learn about Haikyu and he said he heard about it a lot when he was in school and how his friends were fans of it so he was really excited when he found out he was playing Hinata after the audition. I then showed him my anime and manga collection and he was really impressed, especially when I showed him my manga art books and he saw the one for Haikyu!! He said he has the Japanese version of it. It was really cool when I showed him the picture Furudate did of Hinata dressed as Gintoki. I then brought up how I’m a YouTuber and how I talk about anime and manga all the time. Anyway, for the photo, I asked him to hold my Hinata jersey. As always, it was just incredible to meet Bryson and have a chat with him.
Personal head cannon/speculation I think what let’s date tec beat Karasuno during the inter high prelim final is the fact that they now have super strong serves (as seen in the training match pre nationals) and they become more consistent and powerful but what I think happens is
Kogane starts jump floating! Yes the player in their team that’s the most wip actually improves a lot with pure volleyball feeling over the jump from nationals to Interhigh final and is able to jump float serve (but he’s still not super accurate, think Yamaguchi in s1 level of serve development) he misses fairly often but can produce a good serve that applies a lot of pressure to Karasuno along with futakuchi and aone scoring a lot of points on them with jump serves
The reason this makes a big difference is because of the drop in floor defense from asahi and Daichi graduating and the now 3rd years ennoshita and Tanaka having to be the main non libero defensive anchors which makes their serve receive and floor defense weaker then before but I don’t think as a team they become worse I think they trade a drop in defense for more offense
What I think happens after they lose though is
Tsuki gets inspired from the kamomedi and now after seeing kogane jump serve to ask Yamaguchi to teach him how to jump float!
I also think if he doesn’t become a regular after nationals, Yamaguchi converts to wing spiker and becomes a regular after he improves his floor defense and as a boost of height I’d imagine he also becomes taller so he is also a good front row blocker now.
I think by the time they play inarizaki in their rematch Karasuno is a much better team then they were year prior but still lose (barley) I’d imagine it being a very close match still after the Miya twins lock in and embrace their leadership as now 3rd years and exploiting the drop in floor defense that the previous 3rd years had. But I think ennoshita improves the most in pure ability along with Yamaguchi and we also get to see a tsuki jump float
I also think suna learns a jump serve around this time considering he makes it to d1 as a pro and it isn’t stated that he went to college so I’d imagine he became a good server and an even better blocker
I also think the reason Karasuno losses both matches against date tech and inarizaki is because of, serve receive. Which I think they drastically improve when the Karasuno first years become 3rd years
Thank you for listening to my head cannon yap🧍
Basically, which setter do you think will maximize Ushijima/Goshiki/Reon etc?
To the point that they can challenge Itachiyama as a top favorite to win the tournament?
You can consider all factors like talent, mindset, playstyle, etc.
PS: I am talking about their 2013 Versions. Not After Timeskip.