Volleyball Couple Reaction to Haikyu!! S2E17: "The Battle Without Will Power"
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Professional volleyball player and World Champion Sarah Pavan shares her love of Haikyu!! with her husband/coach and former volleyball athlete, Adam.
Edited by: Lydia Xu
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"The Battle Without Will Power." Haikyu: 2nd Season. Writ. Taku Kishimoto, Dir. Yūsuke Kaneda, Sentai Filmworks, 2016.
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Just wanted to comment, when Tsukishima said "Oh, so it is you, Ennoshita", the word he used (yappari) is basically like "As expected". The emphasis they put in the translations can kind of be ambiguous (plus Tsuki is a smartass, so you never know lol), but essentially even Tsukishima was basically saying "Of course it has to be Ennoshita to fill in for Daichi".
Ahhhh that makes it so much better.
@@SarahPavanVolleyball In case you didn’t notice so in the subtitles, in that line, the “is” is italicized. 😁 “Oh, so it _is_ you, Ennoshita.” As expected. 🙌🏻
im not gonna lie 😭 on my first watch, I though Tsukishima was insane insulting his upperclassmen like that
@@penguin_forestYou just making up imaginary insults in your head for fun? Literally nothing about that statement could *_possibly_* be taken as an insult to anyone, in any context.
I love how even objective analysis and information, when filtered through Oikawa's voice box, becomes malicious slander to Sarah's ears 😂.
You're not wrong 🙈
"filtered through Oikawa's voice box" LMAOOOO
Yes! 😂 Makes me wonder how Sarah will react to a certain clown (Hisoka) 😅
not expecting a HxH reaction anytime soon, but just curious
NamiD really nailed Oikawa's character
Oikawa: Volleyballs are round
Sarah: 😒
Potential concussion and dislocated shoulder
Adam: Fuck it we ball !!!
lmaooo
And I'm all for it lol!
I just laughed out loud
@@SarahPavanVolleyball Is he alive? GOOD, BECAUSE BALL IS LIFE. LEZGOOO.
This made me laigh, love the comment
I have to mention, Takeda when they did their match with the Neighbourhood Association freaked out when someone fell and wanted to call an ambulance, but now he knows how to deal with the situation by asking the right questions and remaining calm. It’s a great character development!
Let's call back to Sarah saying Ennoshita before they even show him on screen in the first watch 👍
I'm actually so proud of that, ngl
That moment cemented Sarah as my favourite reactor. 😄
Ennoshita always gets me emotional. His self deprecating thoughts hit so close to home but his attitude and mindset are really commendable.
Not everyone can be like that.
Self-deprecation is a huge sign of confidence, in my opinion. I agree that not everyone can be like that.
@@SarahPavanVolleyball oh I've never looked at it that way. I always thought that was my way of prepping myself for if/when someone else points out my shortcomings 💀💀 I gained a new perspective. Thank you!
Dying at the absolute smug look on Sarah's face whilst Adam is going on about how he doesn't know who's going to replace Daichi. That's my goat.
hehehehe
Yeah, I remember her calling the replacement correctly in her first watch. Very impressive!
@Kate-bl2mzhindsight yes lol
If you remember, back in season 1 Ennoshita said that playing in the volleyball team was just a fun activity until Ukai senior came to coach and brought a "we're playing for results" mentality. So, I think it makes sense that Ennoshita and the others were scared off by this sudden change, because hard training wasn't the reason why they joined the team in the first place. I love that he realized that he actually loved the sport so much that he decided to accept this shift in perspective even if it wasn't what he signed up for in the beginning.
Yeah, I don't even necessarily think it was the difficulty of the 'hard work' that scared him off.
I think it was that a thing he did that brought him joy and was a source of release in his life, suddenly became stressful and painful and he hated that it felt "ruined" in that way.
When Kageyama got pulled out in the Seijoh match and replaced with Suga, Ennoshita was the only who gave Kageyama the talk that fast attacks aren't everything and sometimes it's better to have some faith in everybody on the team, instead of himself. If Kageyama gave a tossed that was easier to hit and slower, maybe Asahi or Tanaka can break out of a block, etc. This is what makes Ennoshita such a great leader, is that he can give really good advices and empathizes with the players who're striving to be the best
And then when Enoshita came to the court, Kageyama asked him if it's okay if they will continue with the fast attacks
Mad respect to ma boy Ennoshita for stepping up in a really hard situation and give the best of him to save some points
-Adam: I have to explain myself because everyone will destroy me in the comments.
-Everyone: You can't say nothing wrong, king! 🤴🏻 One of us, one of us!
I'm pretty sure Sarah is hating how we give Adam a free pass and she can't catch a break jajaj
Two things in this episode that I really love, and that feel very connected:
1. Tanaka telling Ennoshita that he (Tanaka) doesn't understand people who aren't like him. We rarely get to see Tanaka being serious and self-aware, and it's nice to see that side of him, and that he values what Ennoshita has.
and then 2. Ennoshita proving Tanaka right by understanding how Yamaguchi must be feeling and stepping in between him and Ukai. (Especially with the context of how Ennoshita felt about Ukai Sr yelling at him, even though we've never seen Ukai Jr be that tough.)
I just love how Haikyuu makes the backstories of secondary characters so interesting and relatable😭
As always, the pauses are so engaging to hear your analysis❤🩹
I 100% agree. I love that we don't just learn about the "main" characters. Everyone's story is interesting.
Ok, this one was Adam's, not Sarah. Dude can't go two pauses without a "100% comment. ( Not hate, just funny, endearing really)
and that if you pay close enough attention you can pick up on all these little things about them. like when they were discussing why ennoshita makes the most sense, all those little flashbacks (his aura when they were studying, helping wrangle tanaka and nishinoya, etc) were actually previously shown. other shows will say something about a character and then make up scenes from the past to justify it but haikyuu properly sets things up.
@@jimai808I thought that was genius writing. You see all those little moments that were “throw away” moments at the time play into the story. So good.
What I love about Enoshita's entrance is that he has been around and he has been having short scenes more and more, but they are so well put together that it is ok not to notice that he has been there. Go back the preivous episodes and you'll see he was there in fact!
As a former football player, Adam's absolutely correct with how players refuse to come off the field/court/pitch to even their own detriment. That can have tragic and long lasting reprocussions. Unfortunately I was up close and personal to what happens when you do ignore concussions. Friend of mine in High School had gotten a concussion playing a game, and it being the time (I'm older than both Sarah and Adam) we of course brushed it off. Monday comes around and we're in helmets and shoulder pads. Completely light work. Normal day until he collapsed. He'd had bleeding on the brain and had suffered 3-4 major strokes. Now he can't talk beyond incredibly impaired speech and cannot walk at all. His parents have taken care of him since he was 18. We're 48 now.
That’s heart breaking. It’s so hard becuase as a young person you think you’re invincible. with age, perspective and experience you realize that is the case. I know what I said, but I’m honestly glad these things are taken more seriously now in general.
That’s heart breaking. It’s so hard becuase as a young person you think you’re invincible. with age, perspective and experience you realize that is the case. I know what I said, but I’m honestly glad these things are taken more seriously now in general.
I love the way enoshita explained to ukai in a few words to just let this one happen.
"He knows, infact he probably knows better then anyone else rn."
He didn't mention anything but he knew that once you make a decision you yourself realise what you did wrong and you regret it. He not only protected yamaguchi from a breakdown due to which he might run away but gave him another chance to shine and that someone trusts he will learn from this experience.
But just hearing the words from a teammate
"He knows"
Must have been 100000% better then any pep talk ukai could have given.
Thematically speaking, the fact that he's been really shining and showing his importance in the last couple matches *is* what sets up this injury: the author wants you to know how genuinely critical this underrated crutch of the team is, before he takes it away
About Ennoshita, the 2nd watch through you notice him more as he appears in scenes in S1 and a few scenes in S2. He's always in the background doing his part. Making small comments to the 1st years and wraggling Nishinoya and Tanaka.
Furudate-sensei has a way of writing where you have to go back and experience it again to fully appreciate every character. They have always been there, supporting and making a difference without having to be the spotlight. It's always fun to rewatch Haikyuu and go "wait...I remember this but also never understood the little hints to their role in a future moment in the series." It's such an amazing way to hammer home how much a TEAM sport volleyball is and not just the main players on the team but the supporters like Takeda-sensei, Coach Ukai, Kiyoko, and Yachi is appart of the team. No character is forgotten. Everyone is important to the success of the team.
i love Sarah's smug brows simce the beginning of the episode because its deserved, she has been the only reactor that knew it had to be ennoshita
Gotta love how often Adam shows boys will be boys.
Yeah, as a fellow boy I can attest to his attitude being pretty normal. Am I dead? No? Then time to keep it pushing! Can't stop won't stop!
@@projectomnia1997honestly at that age nothing as more important to me than being able to play. If it was my choice, I was playing
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I had no idea that was a thing lol.
Thanks for the PSA! TIL something that may become useful!
意外と怪我が多いバレーボール
私はずっと控えの選手だったのでエンノシタの恐怖や心配が良くわかる。
そんな時にツキシマの「やっぱりエンノシタさんか❗️」
の言葉は心の支えになったと思う ツキシマは無意識に発言したんだろうけどね😊
seeing the Oikawa hate from Sarah always makes me laugh, dude cant catch a break lol
Seriously. And he's suuuuuuch a good boy 😭😭😭
He's not saying any wrong or has any attitude the she usually hates either. He's just stating facts.
@bennypuu I think you can hit enter a few times and the lines would be pushed into the "see more" section.
@@linh_tran93 Oikawa saying without Daichi Karasuno is in trouble (which is facts),
Sarah: Oikawa ruined EVERYTHING !!!
at this point Im just enjoying the hating its funny af
You guys.... I know... and it's not going to stop 🤣
Agree with Adam about the self talk! It’s so interesting to see how differently each character thinks, especially in this episode how both Ennoshita and Yamaguchi convince themselves to “run away” from things but for totally different reasons. Great character stuff!
Really cool to hear Sarah’s perspective too about always having the drive to keep going even when it’s hard! There’s certainly Haikyuu characters that are that way too and I love the variety and realism of the personalities we get to see in the show, and especially through your real world experience in these reactions!!
Side note: ahh it’s always so hard for me to watch Yamaguchi go for that second serve in this episode. He’s so sure he’s doing a good thing in the moment, and then his shame afterwords is so palpable 😔😔
My heart literally SUNK watching that second serve, and even though I've seen this before, I WAS STILL UNPREPARED!!
The second serve, honestly heart broken, disappointed. My gut just sank.
Adam dropping the canadian "sorry" with the accent and everything this episode
😂
Lol Don't be like Adam - go to the doctor straight after the concussion. Your life and future in the sports cost much more than one game.
I had a traumatic brain injury and then a concussion, got epilepsy (trauma induced and it went away, but still), hypothalamic syndrome and many more problems. When I had the first trauma, my brain started to swell, and there was a high possibility I would've died. So, yeah, go to the doctor. There is a reason you can't serve in the army after 2 concussions.
Longterm side effects of a concussion: high blood pressure, intolerance to heat (no sauna for life), myopia, problems with nervous and cardiovascular system, some people get permanent spasm in the blood vessels in the eyes, problems with balance, neuropathies and many more. The ones I mentioned are the most common, but depending on the part of your brain that was injured, you can get much more severe problems from "simple concussion". If you're not throwing up it is unlikely you have a concussion, but It is still worth checking it out, anyway, even if you feel fine and your pupils look fine. Always go to the doctor.
2 weeks when I had post-traumatic epilepsy and couldn't understand what's happening around me and where I was, because of absence seizures bact to back, is one of the scariest times of my life. And my mother's too. I was getting up asking her a question, going back to sleep, getting a seizure and then getting up again asking the same question on a loop. For 3 or 4 hours straight. "Why are you here, mom?" every 5-15 minutes.
For Yamaguchi, it was his fear of failure that stopped him from doing the jump float. I've personally experienced this many times and I understand him deeply. Sometimes my body gives up, even if I convince myself I should fight those fears. This often happens to people who have a lot of anxiety. Yamaguchi is generally a really anxious person, and you can see how he's unable to even receive the ball in this match because of his anxiety.
When it comes to Ennoshita, it was because he was tired and couldn't find the will to go back at first. I've also experienced that. I used to run away whenever things weren't convenient because I preferred staying in my comfort zone. For me, I never went back to those situations again, but he loved this sport, so he chose it over his comfort, and it became such a big lesson for him.
I learned to fight for what I care about, even if I can't see a way out. I had to learn the hard way, because since I was a kid, I would naturally want to stay back and protect myself instead of facing challenges or danger. That's why I was a little surprised at your reaction and how the thought of running away is so unnatural and wrong to both of you. Some people always want to fight, and the thought of running away or the fear of failure doesn't stop them. Some people prefer to find a way out of trouble. Running away is actually the right and smart response when things are dangerous for a human. The problem is sometimes our brains can't recognize that a simple failure or a little discomfort isn't that dangerous.
You have some interesting thoughts here. In regards to the fear of failure I find it interesting that he had the courage to go for the first one and then not the second one. I understand this is still a fear of failure, but he had already done it. To me it seemed more over thinking the situation instead of just a fear of failing. This seemed to me more a poor decision in the moment, I think more pressure based than anxiety (but these 2 are very closely related)
I agree with you that running away in a dangerous situation is a normal human response. If you are in a harmful situation (mentally or physically) it is always a good idea to extract yourself from this. However I don't think this was the case for Ennoshita, like you said it was because he was tired and they were pushing him hard to practice. This is the part neither of us could relate to. But both of us love the physical challenge of practice (I understand not everyone is like that). For me there is a difference between a challenge and a dangerous situation. I like what you said about learning to fight for what you care about, I think thats the most important part, and that can look different for everyone. I also think that your last line is very true "The problem is sometimes our brains can't recognize that a simple failure or a little discomfort isn't that dangerous." Which is why when we are learning its helpful to have coaches/parents/mentors to help navigate these situations.
@@adamschulz9475 I believe he remembered his last failure after the first try. The first time, he didn't have the exact image in his mind and was just nervous. As soon as he saw how the ball almost didn't go over the net, he visualized the previous failure and lost his confidence, leading him to choose the safer option. It's definitely a combination of many things, and I could be wrong, but that's how I perceive it.
It's really interesting to see how people like you two enjoy the physical challenge, but that's not how I function. I usually have to force myself and tend to ask, "Why bother?" and "What's the point?" "How can you be so sure you'll win?" When I can't find a logical reason to keep going, I start to struggle, even if it's fun to some extent. That used to make me miss out on the fun in life, but thankfully we can learn from our past experiences and grow.
Now, people usually know me for being persistent and getting things done. It's funny because this is all thanks to my older version that used to run away from problems. I guess you could say my fear of failure caused me to fail badly, and I never wanted to experience that again. I found this episode incredibly relatable for that reason.
Well said! This is exactly how I feel a lot of the times. I'm currently having to learn it the hard way, and I'm just glad there are shows like Haikyuu and people like you that understands this process.
@@Fara_Ka Ahh interesting take on the Yamaguchi situation, I had not thought about that being his mental progression.
Completely fair that that you would relate to other aspects of challenge outside of a physical framework. I think the thing that threw me off about Ennoshita was that he liked it but didn't keep going. Of course he realized after he quit that it was worth the effort, which I think is part of learning who you are and what you like and what is worth your time. I can completely relate to your experience of failing big and then using not wanting to feel like that again as motivation to break my normal pattern of behavior. I specifically have 2 experiences in my life that I often go back and refer to. Thanks for the insight!
@@adamschulz9475 You're welcome.
I've learned a lot about volleyball and life in general by watching you two.
If you feel interested and have the free time, you should totally continue reacting to other anime once Haikyuu is finished because you're pretty good at analyzing characters and understanding their motivations.
I also really like how Coach Ukai was "stopped." I definitely understand high-performance athletes and the coach's frustrations but out of all the sports anime and media I've seen, Haikyuu might be the only one that doesn't place coaches in the objective right. Like any and all response, emotion, and reactions they give is automatically right and justified. I like how his outburst towards Yamaguchi was stopped, showing Ukai's character of being a young coach. While his frustrations were valid, his method of communication was not ideal. And like you said, showing Ennoshita's captain abilities.
I know people who are really into sports may disagree with me (and that's completely fair) but I don't believe berating your players is a good method of reprimanding mistakes. Especially towards someone so young DURING a match where it's likely they know what they've done and feeling like shit already.
That’s is a very accurate statement. No one is right all the time. No one handles situations perfectly, Including coaches. There are many different styles and way to get your point across. Some work for some athletes others not so much. You never get it right all the time.
6:14 The moment Daichi’s captain’s mask slips for a second and he asks Asahi to hold things down for him…Asahi’s reply, and Suga and Kiyoko witnessing, had me in tears.
Asahi has a kill and an ace immediately after.
35:55 Admit it, Sarah - if Oikawa said it while wearing his glasses you would have said "So true" 😏
And let's not forget that Asahi ran away twice. Once when he was at the practice camp with his jump serve, but he also quit after their Date-tech defeat the previous year. So 3 of the second years and Asahi ran away from the team temporarily, and Yamaguchi has run away from his serve, so 1/2 the team is proof that you don't have to let your past failures define you if you are willing to put in the effort to move forward.
I'm glad to see such high quality opinions on this channel. In Japan, club activities at schools are strictly "part of education," so facilities are provided at low cost and club members are allowed to operate freely within the bounds of the rules. Therefore, there is no selection process. Anyone can join by expressing their desire to participate and paying the set fee. Students are free to join or quit. Therefore, there are many different reasons for joining. Any reason is fine. Therein lies the difficulty of club activities in Japan. You are not specially selected, and participation is voluntary, so you have to continue to have your own reason for continuing. Herein lies the troublesome aspect of freedom.
This is really interesting. I had no idea. It’s such a different approach. Thank you for enlightening me!
Let's give a round of applause for Asahi, he really stepped up. I guess he has a lot to deal with when it comes to his own attitude, but when he's doing it for his teammates and keeping a promise, really, the sky is the limit. That's what makes him an ace.
9:14
Let me explain about Ennoshita’s name.
(Someone else might have already written this in the comments…)
For a smooth explanation, I’ll write the character’s name in the Japanese order, which is family name first, followed by the given name.
The character who appeared in place of Daichi is named Ennoshita Chikara.
This name is derived from the Japanese proverb 『縁の下の力持ち』 (en’noshita no chikaramochi).
Explaining the proverb “en’noshita no chikaramochi” while retaining its Japanese meaning, it means “a strong person who supports the house from the hidden place under the floor.”
* en’noshita: under the floor of a house
* chikaramochi: strong person
This is similar to the English expressions “unsung hero,” “backseat player,” or “thankless job.”
So, it’s perfectly fine if you haven’t paid much attention to Ennoshita Chikara until this episode. The original manga artist intentionally created him as a character representing the “unrecognized backstage contributor.”
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July 7 (JST)
I corrected the explanation of the proverb because it contained a small error.
(Translated from Japanese to English by ChatGPT 4o)
日本語原文
縁下(えんのした)の名前について説明します。
(すでに他の人がこのコメント欄に書いているかもしれませんが...)
スムーズに説明するため、キャラクター名を日本語における名前の順番、すなわち姓名の順で書きます。
大地の代わりに登場したキャラクターは縁下力(えんのした ちから)という名前です。
この名前は、日本語の諺である『縁の下の力持ち』に由来しています。
この諺を日本語の意味を保ったまま英語で説明すると、「家の土台という隠れた場所で、家を支えている力持ち」という意味になります。
これは、英語で表すと「unsung hero」や「backseat player」や「thankless job」などに近い言葉です。
そういうわけなので、今回の話までに縁下力というキャラクターを気に留めていなくても、まったく問題はありません。
原作者が意図的に「認識されにくい裏方の貢献者」として作ったキャラクターなので。
This is a great explanation and I love the metaphor from the direct translation. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, thanks for the deeper explanation! I knew the meaning of Ennoshita’s name but didn’t know there was a Japanese proverb behind it. Thank you!
It's funny that as a coach and former player, you can really see which part of Adam takes over at certain parts of the show. I'd really hope that Coach Adam wouldn't throw his injured player back out there without making sure he's medically cleared, especially at that level. Player Adam, however, cut off his arm and he'll kick a ball with his feet.
You are correct lol. As a coach my responsibility is the health of the athlete hundred percent. As a player, who cares what the consequences to myself are.
no thoughts head empty just ENNOSHITA!!! Ennoshita who is so analytical and self critical that he couldn't rationalise working so hard for volleyball until he couldn't rationalise living without it! Ennoshita who had to experience loss in order to gain his own motivation!! Ennoshita who understands better than anyone that love ebbs and flows, and our attachment to what we love can and will change!! and THAT'S OKAY!!
peak Haikyuu is knowing that we are all Ennoshita sometimes, that joy can become fear or love or hate. Ennoshita NEEDED a change in perspective to understand how much he loves volleyball, and tbh it could have gone either way. If he had left forever, that TOO is sport, that too is volleyball, because passion and drive can be molded but not taught. People leave sports all the time. It's about: are you true to yourself? Ennoshita was. Once he realised volleyball is important to him he never ran away again.
It's just amazing to me how the author weaves courage and cowardice in the story. Ennoshita ran away yes, but once he realised his passion for volleyball he faced it with courage and never looked back. But Yamaguchi was so anxious and scared of failure that he threw away his pride and therefore ended up the coward. That's why they are such great parallels. Ennoshita literally shows his own team how scared he is but he DOESN'T and WON'T stop trying. But Yamaguchi did. Fear and anxiety is natural, but giving up is a deliberate choice.And that's the difference. Competing is about being scared but giving it your 100% anyway.
Tsukki fears failure so much he pretends he doesn't care about success. Yamaguchi fears failure so much that he ends up caring too much about making a mistake. But Ennoshita KNOWS that he'll be scared, and he'll make mistakes, but he should never stop trying to win.
This show. THIS SHOW.
also!! It would have been so easy to give Tanaka the captain spot because let's bffr he's the perfect senpai and teammate literally 1000/1000 no notes. But! Ennoshita being the next captain instead is just immaculate. Because captaincy isn't about being the best athelete or even being rock solid and unshakeable (although if there was a prize King Daichi would have won it). Captaincy is about GROWTH , it's about always doing your best for your team even though you might fail. And nobody knows that better than Ennoshita.
What i remember in first reaction to Enoshita problem, Sarah said:
"its ok to have some distance, take your time, to heal your mental, and thingking about your life for a moment, and start again when you ready"
🤔🤔🤔
Sarah is hilarious. Made my day. 😅
The oikawa part was so funny, like it was oikawa's fault somehow that daichi got hurt. 😂
I love the storytelling in this episode. We get the second years saying Ennoshita would make a good captain because he understands the feelings of people who are ride or die, and the people who run away when push comes to shove. We see Ennoshita ride or dying in this match, and we also see him defending Yamaguchi to Ukai for running away, because he empathises with both sides. He's literally been there, done that-- he nearly gave up something that made him happy because it was hard, and he learned that it was harder to give it all up. He is the one guy who can understand Yamaguchi, and probably cheers on Yamaguchi the most on that court.
editor if you're seeing this the music at the beginning is clean af. thanks for you work, i don't think you hear it enough but you're the goat
This episode (and the next one) are always among some of my favourites. Ennoshita isn't my absolute favourite character, but he is maybe the Haikyuu, and just anime in general, character that I relate to the most.
For anyone who doesn't know his name comes from the phrase "en no shita no chikara mochi" which means a person who does hard work to help others from a place no one is watching. A more literal translation might be "a person with strength supporting from under the floor"
I think the part at 11:12 where we see all the moments of him from the series giving advice (or lectures 😂) to some of the team is a pretty great representation of this.
The part about Ennoshita I liked the most..is that its not necessary a bad thing..what he decided to do i mean.
As someone, who never had sports part of his life growing up, i kimd of regret that i did not put spme of my time into a sport. But..i also agree that sport is not for everyone. Or rather one sport is not for everyone.
I can totally see someone choosing not playing volleyball starting tomorrow as a reasonable explanation. I can totally see someone changing sports. I can totally see someone spending less time on Volleyball(lets say like Ennoshita) just because they had studies and had picked some other hobby.
The thing with sports is, they are exhiliarating. Properly learning a sport brings both good health and discipline in your life. But not everyone is about that sport life. Not everyone is willing to dedicate their time, heart, career, life, etc for the sport. And I feel it is understandable. It is neither good nor bad. Its just a life choice that they have made.
It's not quite as simple as just yes sports/no sports, either. You have to enjoy, or at least tolerate, both the social and the physical dynamic of that particular team. In Ennoshita's case, old man Ukai had just come back from retirement and made things more hardcore, so it was probably a big difference.
I totally agree with what you are saying. I think the thing that bothered me about the situation is how he went about it. It doesn’t look like he told the coach, or his teammate. He just stopped showing up. That’s the part that didn’t sit well with me. You make your decision but then you have to own it. I get he is young, this to me is a learning experience where a parent/mentor someone teaches you how to handle these tough situations.
I think Sarah's secretly Oikawa's number one fan. I'm onto you!
I think it's really important to note the difference in Yamaguchi's two big serve failures here.
In the Seijoh game, it's a failure in skill that literally might've costed them the game. Despite Yamaguchi giving everything he's got, it shows he's just not good enough at serving right now, and the team loses almost as a direct result.
In this game, it's a failure in courage. Yamaguchi doesn't give everything he's got and deliberately goes easy, but Karasuno wins the set off of it in a way they wouldn't if he'd hit it out of bounds. On paper when looking at the results, the first serve is by far the worse mistake. But as it turns out, that couldn't be further from the truth.
The lesson I learned from this episode is this: a failure of skill is ALWAYS better than a failure of courage.
Skills are meant to be improved over time; what makes them a skill is nobody is born knowing how to perform them. That's what makes them so impressive, what drives people to pursue them and what makes other stand in awe of them, but that also means you're going to have your share of failures when trying to execute them.
If you fail to perform a skill, there's always something practical you can work on to make it work next time, or some way to improve. And that in turn can lead to better performance in the future, or inspire others who recognize the courage it takes to take that inevitable risk of failure that comes with any difficult challenge.
A failure in courage however is the opposite: if you don't step up and try, you can't learn anything because you will never know how you could have performed. More than that, it will never inspire anyone (especially not your future self), as running away from a challenge always feels worse than facing it head on regardless of the results. Even if you win regardless, even if nobody else realizes, YOU will always know you ran away.
Yamaguchi as a character is someone I've always felt a kinship with: as a child I hated competition, was terrified of making mistakes and generally hedged my bets when put to the test to avoid failure. It wasn't until a lot later in life that I realized how many great opportunities and experiences had passed me by as a result; I realized my desire to avoid challenges wasn't born out of intelligence or laziness, but simple cowardice. It was the source of most of my self esteem issues as a kid.
If you try and take on a difficult challenge, but give your best and still fail, that's is a hard road to hoe. But don't doubt yourself, because the courage it takes to do so is something you CAN and SHOULD be proud of.
That's not to say that running away or giving up are never the right option; life is a hard and rarely fair. But you'll always feel better about the shot you went for and missed by a hair than the shot you didn't take.
This is really well out and I enjoyed reading it. As I coach I very rarely get “mad” at technical mistakes if you are putting in effort and trying to improve. Failing to try due to fear, unacceptable if you are pursuing something hard.
Not Sarah rolling her eyes even before our best boy Oikawa starts talking. 😂😂😂
Adam: hurt?Yes
volleyball?YES
based on Adam's clothes, this is their 3rd-straight Haikyuu episode. However, Sarah needed a change of clothing. lol
tbh, I'm not sure what our recording schedule was, but Adam always pulls from the top of the pile, so your guess is as good as mine
Lol good observation, but no they were not all back to back. Along with being a top of the pile dresser, I also tend to wear my new purchases alot when I first get them...
@@adamschulz9475Lol, same here. "It's brand new, It'll be okay for a bit, otherwise why did I buy it for?"
This is peak Haikyuu anime writing. This kinda of writing is what takes it from an A-Tier anime to an S-Tier anime. It's all about the pay-offs.
Great thoughts guys! Hearing fellow athletes/coaches echo ny sentiments on the character's and thrir struggles is ~chef's kiss ~😂 Excited to catch up after missing these episodes past few months due to life. Seeing that i have all these episodes and comments to go through is so great lol🤙🏽
“Oh who needs a brain?” Probably THE BEST sarah one liner EVER 😂😂😂
Love the reaction!
Personally I think running away because of tough practice is also a form of discovering whether you want to go on. Some things you just love too much and you can endure things to get the results, but others you're okay with giving up on when it's too much for you.
Also, love how Adam is enjoying the internal monologues and thoughts! That feels like good coach mentality to me as a sports outsider.
"Oikawa just has to come in and ruin everything"
ok but when his theme song kicks in, that's a different story 🥰
This is a bit of a long one:
What really hits home for me in this episode is Ennoshita stepping in and "saving" Yamaguchi.
Part of the reason Ennoshita left was because he *hates* getting yelled at. Ennoshita had no way of knowing whether Coach Ukai was gonna back down, or if Ukai was gonna redirect that energy towards him in a "And who the hell are you to interrupt me!" kinda way.
But he took that risk for his teammate who really just needed a damn break. As he said "He knows. Nobody knows better than him right now." Because hes been there.
He's captain material because he loves the game, and he loves those guys. He was the first to help them study when everyone needed help with their grades. He offers kind words and wisdom where he can. He potenitally faked being sick for Yamaguchi's sake just to give him a touch more confidence.
And while we didnt see him speak to Dachi...he knows what this match and tournament means to the 3rd years, probably especially Diachi being the captain and being the third year who said "I'm not going anywhere. If the underclassmen asked me to leave...I'd think about it." Ennoshita is and has always done everything in his power to help these guys be there best. And if that means stepping in for Daichi for a bit...he's going to do it. No questions asked.
He is absolutely Captain material and has a lovely room in my Bro house 🤣🫶🏾
And SPOILERS FOR ADAM DONT READ:
Sarah I'm not sure how far you are into the manga, but I'll just say...pay attention to how the guys are meant to take care of their health, and the potential reprecussions for "pushing through". It comes back 🫠
31:46 I found these story points really interesting and thought provoking too because although all three characters go through similar arcs of running away, we encounter them at different points in their journey. With Asahi, I think we saw a fuller journey when we include his fear of inadequacy at the beginning of S1. With Ennoshita, we see him at the end his journey where, with all his experience and his progress, he’s able to push through his fear and focus on the goal when faced with a second temptation of running away. With Yamaguchi, we see the moment he takes the easy way out and his shame after the fact. Personally, I don’t consider myself to be very mentally strong so seeing these characters go through similar thoughts gives me the confidence to push through when things are rough because like they said, it make seem easier to avoid things in the beginning but it just makes it worse as time goes on.
Ennoshita W mans, enjoy his character and growth. He's one of the characters that exemplify the feeling of passing and digging 👏
I love Ennoshita arc so much.
I'm not sure if they've mentioned this as well in the manga... Ennoshita's actually an outside hitter with low experience on receiving and likely zero experience hitting right side. Karasuno has no official substitute to their opposite and the only other three players who are comfortable hitting on the right side with blockers at this point in time aren't even wing spikers. They really lose a lot just losing Sawamura aside from the already wide holes in their floor defense and the cards are stacked against Ennoshita when he's expected to keep everyone in line because Asahi's too much of a softie to do it 😂
I love you guys, you are a part of my weekdays and weekends. I am planning to watch everything with yall like we are friends 😭😔🤍 I love your reactions I love how you really focus and care about the story and characters, your thoughts, it’s always fun and satisfying.
I love this match - surprisingly it’s probably in my top 6 matches of haikyuu. Thanks for your great commentary and reactions as always, I look forward to this every week! I’m so glad Adam is enjoying it as a newbie 👍🏽
"As an athlete u never wanna come off" she the scratches her head because hes not wrong as a former athlete myself if died in the octogon so be it😅😂❤
All watchers: omg deadchi
Adam: nah he's fine
But Ennoshita would never have understood whether he wanted to keep playing volleyball or not if he didn't take a break. Like he said, 2 others have quit and didn't return and they were happier for it. So clearly for those two, quitting had been the right choice.
For me, my mom allowing me to occasionally skip practice (figure skating) and class (ballet) really highlighted that it was time to quit. Had I not had a chance to step back, I would not have recognized the anxiety I had surrounding it and felt the relief that skipping made me feel. Otherwise, I likely would've stuck with both a lot longer just because I'd been doing it for a long time and been unhappy the entire time.
I don’t have a an issue with people taking a break. I don’t even really have an issue that he decided to quit. It’s more how he did it. Didn’t tell the coach or his teammate. Coach plan practice based off player. Your teammates count on you being there. You can’t just walk away and not let anyone know.
Really nice perspective from Sarah about people who are not sure if they are good enough to keep playing. Not everybody is pro athlete, and especially in estern cultures you value that period of time during school and college because it determines your entire future life. Really wise words!
Hey Editor, great job in general!
Yo, Adam, now you know the classic anime trope of the action scene cliffhanger into flashback scene that lasts for a few minutes and back into the action lmao. Dude I feel like you’d really like certain anime. Prob won’t read this because the video is 3 months old as of now but man I’m with you all the way on the flashbacks lolol
Ennoshita is seriously my favorite character of Haikyuu. his story is so relatable to me and I love him for it
Completely agree with Sarah. At the end of the day, this is a high school club, with high school students. Not pros. Some are just there to participate in an activity. I don’t think they should be too harshly judged for quitting especially if things get too competitive. If you are serious however, yeah don’t quit too easily
Adam, you probably didn't notice because you were looking at Sarah, but Suga actually said that if there's someone to replace Daichi, everyone thinks that it's supposed to be Chikara. That's why Tsukki said, "ah, so it is you." - implying "as expected", then kageyama and the others are also in their business as usual attitude.
And because Ennoshita is my man in haikyuu, Ennoshita's episode is my most rewatch episode in Sarah's solo reaction as well. He's being shown here and there, and them (2nd years) quitting was already mentioned in S1, in their first practice match with Nekoma at the end of golden week. We also have seen Daichi asking Ennoshita for assistance instead of Suga - the vice captain, during the 1st parts of S2. 😆 reason is to follow... it will be shown in S4. 🤣😂 but 1 is because of the captain material thingy.
Sarah said in her first reaction that sometimes you need to take a step back and see if you really love the sports or not (or whichever stuff you're doing). Which we've seen, Chikara said, that he felt miserable, so he came back.
Lots of love, Chikara! 🥰❤
Suga is a chaos enabler and we love him for it.
OOH i was expecting so much the videoo!! i love your takes on the anime
Adam not knowing who Ennoshita was, is for sure the universal expirience of haikyuu first time watcher! hahahaha sorry Sarah we can't all have that awesome memory of yours!
My memory is iffy here (edit: because I vaguely remember Ennoshita talking about it earlier while getting ready for bed during one of the training camps). Did Ennoshita ditch the team just because he didn't like the hard work? I got the impression that he played for the enjoyment of the game at a casual level but when Ukai Sr. returned he created an environment of high level competition that Ennoshita was sure he wanted to be part of.
Yeah, Ennoshita mentioned that he played casually until the older Coach Ukai turned it into a club that wants to win. So I believe he wasn’t ready for that switch in attitude plus it really is hard to get pushed to his physical limits and yelled at, especially when they are still so young. But he came back 🥲
I just want to say; listen Adam say rolling thunder give me joy in my hearth
The last team sport I played was basketball in elementary school. I loved it. So I tried out for my middle school team in grade 7.
The coach at the beginning said 'If you show up to all the practices and try as hard as you can, you'll make the team.'
I showed up to all the practices, and tried so hard I lost my last meal at most of them.
At the end of tryouts, the kid with talent who showed up to half the practices in jeans was a starter.
Me, the shortest kid, and the heaviest kid were taken aside: "You're all on the team. You will *never* play."
Not 'you'll need to improve a lot'. Not 'you need to keep trying'. NEVER. So I quit.
A bad coach ruined my love of the game. (Turns out he was more than a bad coach, he was a criminal, but I won't go in to details).
Wish I had Adam as a coach... I know he would have been like 'Wanna play? Get good. Here's how.' And I would have done it.
This story to me is heartbreaking and I’m sorry you had to go through this. Especially at that age and in school, as a coach you need to make sure the kids are having fun and understand the path to success. This drives me crazy when I hear this. I hope that you were able to find your way back to loving the sport.
Something that I absolutely LOVE about HQ!! is the variety of characters. I feel like much too many sport anime has only characters who are super dedicated athlets and that makes it pretty boring in the long run. It's so much more realistic, interesting and relatable to have characters who are weak and flawed in all sorts of ways!
Oh and also, as somebody pointed out already. We know that before coach (grandpa) Ukai came, the club was much more easy going, "for fun". I don't think it's inherently a... character flaw to want to quit something you did for fun when it becomes too hard. Ennosita discovered that he was much more serious about vollayball than he thought and loved it more than he thought, but, like he said himself, it really depends on a person. Not that I don't understand his feelings of guilt.
An idea for a future team draft, maybe even after the final movie so you have the largest available pool of players: full teams. Not just the seven starters, but the five substitutes too.
*Manga spoilers* both Sarah and Adam, please don't look here!
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I got really unexpected war flashbacks (flashforwards?) to Hinata desperately insisting that he's fine and not injured in 365 when Adam was narrating his injury-related POV as an athlete :")))
SAMEEE
Ugh man the memories
He couldn’t even stand up, his body was so burned up 😢😢...takeda was so sorry for not noticing it before
24:00 - this was a while back so im sure you guys dont remember (S1E11 if you want the exact episode), but the first time we get a "proper" introduction to ennoshita and the two other third years, ennoshita talks about how the three of them were in the club for fun, but when coach ukai came back it became a club "for the purpose of winning". they were casual players so they left because that wasn't why they were in the club. but they later realized that they did want to continue playing volleyball so they returned to the club.
Adam is right, an athlet doesn't need a brain, just keep playing. In high school I kept playing volleyball, too while having a very bad cold.
On Sarah's first watch, she did notice Ennoshita and remembered his name and the bit of backstory Ennoshita mentioned in season 1. I'm starting to think Sarah is a bit like Tsuki, paying attention to details.
I do hope you're being facetious comparing a brain injury to a bad cold
Hey Sarah! Would you consider doing a video on volleyball/sports culture in Asia based on your own experience, perhaps making some comparisons with Haikyuu? You’ve been bringing up these experiences while reacting to Haikyuu, and we wanna hear more!
Adam at the start: Sarah you're such a Kageyama
Adam this episode: Concussion? Why is that a reason to get off the court?
😂😂
I think that is a legitimate question lol.
it's so cute how Hinata was telling Tsukki to cheer up Yamaguchi ❤
I think one of the things that gets lost in translation here for western viewers is the level of difficulty and absurdly high expectations of club activities within the japanese school system for middle and high school students. These kids are already having an incredibly difficult time just trying to meet minimum school expectations (read: japan has one of the highest suicide rates for high school students because of the insane workload and parental expectations and their university application process is one of the most competitive, difficult and daunting). The level of dedication expected for sports club activities is actually really high and just not something we experience over here, they will have morning, lunch, and after school practice 5-7 days a week and they are practicing/conditioning at a really high and intense level for kids. That's part of the reason why third years are expected to retire from club activities so that they can focus on their studies and college applications. The amount of discipline japanese teenagers have in their club activities is wild. On top of that, schools dont generally have air conditioning and DEFINITELY not in their gyms so they are doing a lot of their practice/conditioning in extremely hot and humid conditions in the summer. So its not a surprise that some are unable to handle it and decide to leave club activities, but its also why its such a big deal when someone stops and why ennoshita felt so guilty.
this is my favorite episode
I do agree with Adam that lots of people go through giving up as one who practices martial arts and my father is my coach I basicly grew up there and was disciplined to never miss training and go as hard as possible but after many years of training I had a time where I was having a hard time training not because the trainings were hard or because of heat but I think ennoshita might have it the same the tough part was that I stopped realizing my improvement and I just like him had my time to rest from training and I also found my self missing going there and went back and also after that had my glow wining some european championship and going up to 3rd place in worlds but giving this rest to one to remove the overheat from the training is also not so bad to give him the fresh start feel and there was also where I started haikyuu and also playing volleyball for a hobby to give me that entertaining while I keep training to not overheat as I like to name it
When you are in a sport at the level you are from the age that you started not burning out is a real thing. It’s hard to stay engaged and passionate that whole time. A break is not always a bad thing. I posted this in another comment. My issue is more with how he handled it. It seemed like he just stopped showing up. Didn’t tell the coach or his teammates. In my opinion that’s not how you do it.
This is my favorite weekly series
And i watch an abhorrently unhealthy amount of youtube
31:36 +Kageyama before they started practicing "Freak quick 2.0".
I read the manga and found that Ennoshita’s story is actually based on the author’s real-life experience. He ran away from the club during the summer of his second year. At that time, his teacher told him, ‘Don’t show up in uniform.’
I think Ennoshita's path is quite reasonable, originally it was a fun club activity and then Tyrant Ukai came back and made it unpleasant so then Ennoshita and a few others decide that the Juice isn't worth the squeeze and quit, some of the others decide they didn't really like juice that much anyway and Ennoshita finds that actually he really misses it so maybe it is worth it.
Enduring pain and abuse just because would be foolish, if you don't want what pain buys you it makes no sense, so taking the time to find what you actually want before wasting a bunch of effort seems like a good idea.
23:46 nah, I dislike coaches and teachers who yell so quitting because you're being yelled at seems like a perfectly valid reason to me. Just thinking about it gets me riled up.
P.S. I didn't use the word "hate" because I don't hate grandpa Ukai. But I don't agree with what he did when he was a coach.
Yellers are tough.... I've played for waaaayyyyy too many coaches like that
a wild Ennoshita appears.
Adam: I hate to say it but I don't know who this man is... He could be walking down the street... I wouldn't know a thing.
Sarah: 👀
You’re not wrong lol
Saludos desde chile! me encantan sus videos :D
First is first: I`m very impressed with you! You have the fortitud to wait to see the chapter after that cliffhanger!!!! You are so strong!!! :)
The character driven chapters are veeeeery good. And see a little more from someone that he is always there but we did`t see much is like a surprise.
About how Ennoshita left, I think it was`nt about the game of the team, it was about Grampa Ukay couching style, that its near bullying. And I think it was good for his mental health to leave when that it`s happening. And he comeback because he really love the sport that the bullying make him question. So, to me, it say more about Grampa Ukai not being a whole couch and not so much about Ennoshita, in my opinion. So, Ennoshita have in him the "athlete soul", but a couch was detrimental to him.
Yeah, it`s not for everyone, not everyone have the impulse to want to move their body and compete. I don`t have it!!!! I don`t have the impulse, not have the kinetic intelligence for that. But, I have "the writer soul", since 8 I invent stories and write some of them, I know grammar (spanish grammar, costarican here) the syntasis, and even study how to make a book... It`s not for everyone, but if you have the impulse, you have it.
17:58 "It depends on whether you have that moment or not."
6:30 Adam was speaking from the POV of a player, a male player to be more specific maybe. I know I wouldn't care if I lost a tooth even if the match wasn't that serious lol
Video Start:
That a wild title
Dead Daichi is how we lost last episode
Out for the game or out for the Tournament?
Daichi is 100% in the bro house, what you smoking Sarah?
This was a freak accident
They build up Daichi's role and importance just to take him out, it is phenominal writing
Love Adam trying to figure out how they gonna adapt
They either die or get vengence, aye Adam? I feel that
Episode Start:
Suprised Concussion didn;t come up as a possibel Daichi injuryt in Adam's guesses, it was all shoulder
Love getting to see Johenzi after their match
He is OUT
I see head more than shoulder there
Who needs a head, who needs a brain Adam
I love how Takeda goes into concussion protocol, gotta take him out to make sure he is ok, it is a school sport
Concussions are scary
Tanaka feels like crap
Daichi keeping everybody's emotions up
Tanaka got that DOG in him
Asahi gotta step up
Daichi clearly doesn't want to leave, but he gotta go get checked out
Shoulder would end the season, concussion would end the match, and likely tournament but not season
Adam is right, and that is what Daichi wanted, but he had good coaches and staff pulling him out
Daichi's apology was clutch, he knows they need out boy, he just needs to keep them all together
I still think Takeda should have taken him not Ukai, but whatever
Do they have the sub
A stray 2nd year appears
"He seemed like a guy who could handle things"
Rought spot to be in coming off the bench
Love the first years stepping up and trying to make him feel in place
He also knows haw to use Tanaka, though in slightly different ways
Team pulling together well
I love the montage showing how much we have seen Ennoshita doing things in the background. Those scenarios are scenes from previous episodes
He is the reason that Tanaka and Noya passed their tests when they needed to learn good
I don't know if Kageyama was that planed out
That is where you feel the no Daichi receive
"I know I am not as good, but I don't have to be" is such a great mindset to be able to get into in team sports when subbing
Gotta go for it is the call
I love the timely flashbacks
Noya eating that like that scares me and is painful
Libero's can't be capitans is sad
Agree, Tanaka would not work well as capitan of the first years
The 2nd years all knowing they want Ennoshita is great
I love the flashbacks to crazy coach Ukai just ragging on everybody
He gets to relax in the AC and not deal with a crazy practice
He missed it, you damn right Adam
I really like seeing Ennoshita's history and expereince with the club, having skipped a few days and then came back, apologized and dove back in
Tanaka only 2nd year never left the team, the 3 we see somekines bailed and Noya left post Date Tech L
Adam has the feels it looks like
Adam pretty spot on with anazlying Ennoshita, he is such a great human and realisitic guy
He is somebody that sticks through when push comes to shove, he passes tests
Ennoshita trying it out not playing is perfectly legit and awesome, then he went back
Sarah and Adam being on different sides here is pretty fun
Ennoshita next capitan
He doubts himself but will step up for the others everytime
He left because he didn't want to commit on the level the coach expected his players to for a high school sport
And back to the receive
He took the dig
And the Ace smashed it
ACE
On the serve too
Great dump not gonna lie
I love it when other teams do dumps
Yamaguchi going in for the serve
Ukai making calls for the plays before he leaves
Tsuki knows how to make Yama feel good, and Yama knows Tsuki doesn't say a lot
Enoshita is Daichi light
Its going over this time though!!!!
YAMAGUCHI LETS GO
Mart Man is so releived
Adam thinking he gonna miss after he got the first?
Yamaguchi failed to do the jump float, he gonna get scolded, since Asahi scolded himself he didn't get called out, Yamaguchi will
Ennoshita carrying it with the cover
He big mad at Yamaguchi
Ennoshita with the step in, Yama isn't the kinda guy who would do well from an Ukai rant at after that serve
If he isn't doing the jump float he shouldn't be on the court
He lost the pride, he chickened out
I like him sitting out set two to rest, if they need him for 3 they can bring him back after having given him a break
The character wrirting and internal dialogues are so good, its so awesome and the author knows all the characters so well
The 2nd point was match point, he didn't want to give away match point and give the serve back on the cusp of victory
I love Ennoshita stepping in there, he knows what Yamaguchi needs
Ennoshita is Daichi lite and its so awesome
Love all teh conversation and analysis around it all
Shititorizawa wrecking folks
Oikawa knows it is the receive difference gonna matter the most
Episode End:
We all proud of Ennoshita's performence
If it goes to set 3 maybe we get Daichi back
Video End:
jeeesus the scene wasn't instantly clear that it was Daichi's POV that's why Adam didn't realize what had happened at first 😅
There was a moment where I said “is Adam crying?”
I’ve picked up on Sarah’s habit lol
At the end i thougth Adam was gonna say "i love you guys" and my heart smile but he said i wanna see what is next, and i'm sad now
such a cool episode
His name is Chikara. It means POWER. Remember it.
I totally thought that was the last set most of the episode and got jumpscared at the end
I understand where Adam is coming from with the playing while injured.
I got hit heavily on my shoulder, near the nape, while I was playing basketball. I was the tallest and biggest of my team and I was the highest jumper.
They wanted me to go out of the game to have my neck area checked, I was like "I'm fine!" while rotating my neck and shoulders... And to be real with you, it really HURT LIKE HELL at that time.
But I still played because it was one match that we couldn't lose.
Played it out till the end. And now, I injured my shoulder so bad that I played with my non-dominant hand for a whole season and now, around 10 years after that game, my dominant shoulder is forked to all hell.
But I was happy. We won the whole tournament.
Those are moments that just stay with you. You persevere, and it’s a challenge you over come. I’m totally with you.