Volleyball Coach Reacts to HAIKYUU S4 E9 - Spring Tournament STARTS
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2022
- Watch my Volleyball Coach Reaction to Haikyuu!! Season 4, Episode 9, where the long awaited Spring Tournament finally starts and you get to see how everyone on Karasuno deals with their pregame anxiety differently. Watch more Haikyuu Reaction videos here bit.ly/2FBNc1x
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There's only 2 main tournaments mostly covered in Haikyuu: Inter-High and Spring High (Spring tournament). School year starts in April.
1) Inter-High:
- prelims/qualifiers from around June, nationals in August;
- covered in season 1;
- winners of both prelims and nationals get seeded in Spring High (say you make it to top-4 in prelims of Inter-High - that means you don't need to start from the very first round in the prelims of Spring High, you'll skip a round or two depending on your previous results).
2) Spring High:
- prelims around August, qualifiers in October, nationals in January right after New Year [we are here now];
- covered from season 2 onwards (starting from prelims in Miyagi prefecture);
- used to be held around March, but that's too close to exam season in Japan, so it was moved all the way up to January so that third-years could still participate;
- 47 teams of only boys, with girls it's twice as many (obviously competing separately, but still, just to feel the scale). This year there were 52x2 = 104 teams total. This tournament is really well-covered by the media.
More about traditional stuff in this episode:
- first dream of the year (hatsuyume) is considered to "set the tone" for the whole year (funnily enough, we have a similar expression in Russia), that's why Daichi was annoyed at his dream;
- Japanese people do visit shrines in the very beginning of the year to pray for various things (hatsumoude);
- the fortunes they pulled are called omikuji, you can get anything from great curse to great blessing. They're laughing at Asahi cause while "great curse" it's bad, it's kind of a rare omikuji, so you might be considered lucky to pull it; but Asahi got just a simple "curse" - nothing special, just bad luck lol;
- I think Nishinoya was playing hanetsuki with his grandpa - kind of like a Japanese traditional version of badminton, often played around New Year.
Ikejiri was Daichi's former teammate from junior high! Karasuno played his team (Tokonami) in season 1.
Haikyuu soundtracks are really great btw, you can check them out on Spotify!
couldn't have said it better myself. great breakdown of all the traditional Japanese things going on this episode
Wow thank you for clarifying the things that the coach find confusing👌
I feel like inter high there's almost nothing I see but spring high is huge. It makes sense obviously bc it's more to end of season but idk why I don't see much of inter high Nationals unless that's just me
@@Rizvi365 it is because Karasuno lost that tournament.ofc the anime won't focus too much on it.
both tournaments are on national level.but inter-high would be usually more competitive because most third years won't join for Spring tournament to focus on studies (like Daichi,suga and asahi's dilemma after inter-high)
wait but if the winners of both prelims and nationals for inter high get seeded for Spring High then why didnt shiratorizawa go with karasuno to the spring high?
Daichi's nightmare being the only one in the club was Hinata's reality back in his junior high school days.
Are you trying to make us cry
This literally made me tear up. Hinata is such a good boy and deserves all the good things in the Haikyuu World.
I've always thought that was done to subtly show how much Hinata influenced the mind set of the other players on the team.
Damn! I wanted to say that, but yeah, poor Hinata :(
😮💨 thank you for this realization.
Coach Donny: Let me know if you cried in this episode.
Me: That's my secret Coach, I cry every episode.
@@ElevateYourselfOfficial coach he meant, he cries every episode not you. lol
bruce?
@@jeffreycunanan8260 U got it right.
It’s not a secret if you tell us CMON
So true!
Ennoshita is a 2nd year and the top pick for next year's captain which is why Daichi entrusted the team to him while he met with Coach Ukai. He subbed in for Daichi that one episode he got hit in the face and struggled a bit to fill his shoes. It's cool to see his leadership growing off the court as well as on it though! He handled Hinata, Kageyama, and Tsuki super well
Nice detail: the song that plays during the Spring Tournament opening cerimony is an instrumental version of the season 4 opening
@@ElevateYourselfOfficial Haikyuu is amazing, it's definitely in my top 5, maybe top 3. And it only gets better. I hope season 5 keeps up the quality
@@pulguinha682 Season 4 has one of the best OST's of anime ever, in my opinion, Yuki Hayashi is a genius.
@@iagomonte5937 fucking agree with you my guy pitons ost litteraly gives me chills whenever i play it
08:40 a game called Hanetsuki, an old traditional "keep shuttlecock aloft while smacking with wood paddles" game played at new years.
3rd years: Daichi, Asahi, Suga, Shimizu
2nd years: Nishinoya, Tanaka, Ennoshita, Narita, Kinoshita
1st years: Kageyama, Hinata, Tsukishima, Yamaguchi, Yachi
3rd years will be graduating and leaving in March; JP school year begins April.
Multiple animators do multiple episodes. There's not just one or a handful doing it at any given time. The drop in quality is usually associated with last minute outsourcing, often to foreign teams, with less money, less time, and less oversight to maintain the unified look.
Big bump
These reaction videos from Coach Donny always make my week. Not just for the volleyball expertise but also for the animation and artwork commentary. I've rewatched this show so many times but I always pick up on some new detail that only Coach Donny notices. I really hope you consider reacting to another sports anime or any anime when Haikyuu is over. I know the Elevate Yourself fans would love it 🙏
How is this comment 5 hours ago if the video was released 2 hours ago
Run with the wind would be a good anime for coach to watch next
So true !!
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@@solistri ohhh right
8:29 Hinata’s angry little “hmph” is such a quick scene but I find myself rewatching it over and over cause it’s so funny
I love that we finally got some backstory on Shimizu in this episode. She has been the only character left on the Karasuno team that hasn’t had any backstory whatsoever.
Welcome to Haikyuu where even the fan crowds get backgrounds and character development!
We'll be getting a lot more in the next episode!
We also don’t know much about Kageyama’s past and why he started playing volleyball. Have to wait ‘till the end to see it animated T_T
@@evam5925 his is in the manga and one of the saddest
@@s4dieee yep, i know it and that’s why I pointed it out😊
29:36 that kid, Motoya Komori, he's meant to resemble a weasel since his school, Itachiyama, is likely named after weasels (itachi; although the kanji in the school's name is a homophone word) That's why he has a googly eyed look to him. By the way, according to Suga's dialogue in that line, he's the top high-school level libero in Japan, and is either tied with Nishinoy and Morisuke Yaku of Nekoma as the strongest liberos in the series, or he might be better than them too
He's supposed to be slightly better than them.
Up!!
Boost
Uppity up
I think it was Nishinoya who recognized him but yes very true and he should be a little better than both Noya and Yaku i think although it's not an easy comparison when they're all clearly great
"Animation is starting to look a little choppy in this one" And so it begins. Looking forward to all of Coach's animation commentary for the second half of S4.
I'm ready but also not ready for episode 15...depends on whether or not Crunchyroll updated it to the blu-ray version
No it does not begin here....... There will be 2 episodes in the 2nd cour of To the top which will not have good animation, otherwise some of the strongest cuts of the whole show will be present in this season. You guys really exaggerate stuff on here 😅
The animation this episode literally had nothing wrong with it tho... I agree with the guy above, everyone watched the season only once and got that impression from the general negativity and now everyone exaggerates and thinks it's terrible when it has many of the most fluid cuts in the series. And that "general opinion" just spreads with only 2 sole episodes as a basis. Artstyle does not equal animation quality. Doesn't help that many people just spammed "season 4 has TERRIBLE animation!!1!" to the coach when we were just on season ONE which obviously influences his opinion...
@@pandyssianrat 2 episodes were outsourced. But there was a consistent drop in animation consistency for the second half all around. For a huge match like this, where for previous big matches there was great animation throughout, its very jarring. There are a few very strong cuts, but also nowhere near as MANY strong cuts overall. And where as past matches would have good-great animation throughout, this one has horrible animation for the outsourced episodes, and for the non outsourced episodes it rangers from below average-great. Super inconsistent.
@@Fuiger Exactly! I also think the coach not knowing how the in-house /freelance animators, background artists and outsourced episodes are contracted in Japan is reinforcing people's already negative view of this season. He also can't distinguish between loose models with bad anatomy, most of the time. (!!!! I am not trying to insult or hate on Coach here, I am just stating the truth !!!!)
COVID-19 was a surprise to most of the productions during that season. Various committees on various projects had to make the decision to outsource some of their episodes which had to be ready in a single month at best (an episode at least needs 3 months to be completed on average).
31:58 just a note for you coach, anime studios have 8 to 15 animators working on a single episode. Every episode of the series has change in the animators, because it's a team effort, not a one animator job, it's just that sometimes the change is noticable and sometimes it's not.
No actually Haikyuu animation changed in To The Top to match Furudate Sensei's style of those panel. Previous episodes did not have any major changes in the art style.
The staff is rotating is what he meant...
@@teekanyel5656 Why would you start off with "No actually" when nothing this person said contradicts your statement? Yes the character designs changed in TO THE TOP but that doesn't change the fact that every single episode of anime is made by a team of many different people with frequent variation and outsourcing between episodes.
Also worth mentioning that if you were to include the whole animation process; including animation director revisions, 2nd Key animation and inbetweening, there's often a lot more than 15 people involved in the animation of just a single episode.
Yet it’s funny how none of the other Haikyuu seasons, or other animes for that matter, have a change that’s so horribly noticeable that it becomes a huge distraction the way season 4 is….
"It's okay to really love something that is not related to school or job" ...that might've hit me more than it should
Fun fact, the orchestral version of the opening song "Phoenix" that they play during the opening ceremonies introducing all the teams, is played by an actual high school student band
wow, that's real cool now
Awesome reaction coach!
Quick note: at the beginning of the video you were right, it is a common japanese tradition to visit shrine temples on the first day of the new year to ask for good fortune, it's something common across all the country and some temples are really famous like, for example, the temple Sensō-ji which is the oldest temple from Tokyo.
The interpretation of the fortune is tricky though, I'm not 100% sure, but I think it has to do with the meaning of numbers and how they sound, 4 in japanese it's `shi` or `yon`, `shi` also means "death" in japanese, so the number 4 is considered bad luck, because people associate it with death.
Same for 9, nine is `ku` in japanese, which also means "suffering", so 9 is a bad luck number because people associate it with suffering, Asahi got 49, a combination of the 2, which it's like the worst possible result lol
I think it depends on the translation used. The ones I watched on Netflix just said "Curse" which made it clearer.
The Japanese will keep the slips that are positive and get rid of the bad luck by tying those slips on trees or ropes (next scene) in the temple before leaving.
Praying for a good year is a common practice across Asia although in some countries, it is done at the Lunar New Year instead.
Not exactly, but close enough. You are right that "4" and "9" are bad omens, but the paper actually indicates what kind of fortune you have in the "luck" category.
So, Asahi got "curse" in the "luck" category. That's not the only reason he is mad though.
If you get a good fortune, you bring it home and you are happy. If you get a really bad fortune, you can tie it to a tree in the Temple and leave it there to not bring the "great curse" as it's called with you.
Asahi got a regular curse, which you cannot tie to the tree and have to bring back home, so he is really unhappy about it. I had the same thing this year, so I know what he is feeling haha
To add onto what everyone else is saying here, there are even more "ceremonial practices" that they didn't show here, such as cleaning your hands and mouth with water when you visit the shrine to cleanse yourself of bad omens and to prepare yourself to recieve the blessing of the god of the shrine. They also will have smoke you can cleanse yourself with as well by wafting it towards/over you.
They also skipped ringing the full clap, bow, clap, clap procedure and ringing the bell and just stuck with the claps in the clip. Lastly, the way the fortunes are chose is often by shaking a container full of sticks with the number of a drawer on each of them. So you will pay your 100 yen, shake the container to dispense your stick, then open the drawer which will hold your fortune!
@@DrumBandQc i can be wrong, but in the manga i think i remember asahi ponders if he should tie the fortune slip in the tree or not.
Ennoshita is a second year. They’ve built up his charactee a lot in the last couple seasons, and it’s really been impressed on the audience that he is a leader and the obvious choice for Karasuno’s future team captain
As a girl, I found this scene really funny because its a subversion of a pervy anime trope cuz she kinda holds him like a child when she stops him lol. It also fits the kind of character Nishinoya pretty well.
Its probably my favourite funny scene lol
But I've seen scenes which do end with the guy smooshing his face in the breasts and that does make me uncomfortable.
I recommend Run with the Wind, I was reminded when he was speaking about the running animation. Very good story and same style as Haikyuu. Only one season and it’s fantastic
Ooooh yes I lovedd that one!
agreed!!!
Yes love this one
It’s one of the best animes!! It takes place in university and not high school which I love even more. And the topics they treat are so 😩😭💕
I just love this community so much..
Everytime I come down to the comments trying to explain maybe something, someone already did and included references that even I couldn't think of. So amazing each and everyone of us in the community and glad Coach is enjoying the experience and making our days/weeks with the reactions
It's always nice to point out how Shimizu has absolute faith that they'll do well on the tournament. When she says they'll do fine without the volleyball gods' help and during the bath scene where she said, "'when' (and not if) we win the first match." She sees things improved from a non-player's perspective which fits with the ball boy arc's theme of perspective.
Quick reminder Coach 🔥
3rd Years; Daichi Sawamura, Kōshi Sugawara, Asahi Azumane and Kiyoko Shimizu.
2nd Years; Yū Nishinoya, Ryūnosuke Tanaka, Chikara Ennoshita, Hisashi Kinoshita (float serve guy) and Kazuhito Narita (Tanaka look alike).
1st Years; Tobio Kageyama, Shōyō Hinata, Kei Tsukishima, Tadashi Yamaguchi and Hitoka Yachi.
idk if its just me but coach, you seems a bit tired in this reaction so if you actually are busy and tired with your job, you can take a break from these haikyuu reactions! your health and wellbeing is more important and im sure most of us dont mind with waiting a bit longer for your great reactions! anyway pls bring back the "LETS GET THIS HAIKYUU PARTY STARTED" too
i agree. even though a schedule is consistent, I personally think that Coach should take breaks every time he's not really feeling Haikyuu. I think most prefer Coach at his most attentive state when things are laid back in his life, rather than staying on schedule and creating videos during holidays and busy periods.
This is honestly one of the episodes that I look forward for Coach’s reaction the most, especially the end, that magical entry moment to the court.
Question: how is it like in the States, Coach? Does the States organise a tournament on a similar scale for high school teams?
Another great vid, thank you for all of the hard work you put into making these videos Coach Donny!
Hey coach, back with more knowledge on Japan as someone who lives here. New Year's in Japan is equivalent in importance to Chinese New Year to Chinese people and they have many traditions relating to foods and customs. One custom you see in this episode is hatsumode which is the first shrine visit of the year. Japanese people go to shrines often to pay respect to the gods and pray for good luck for things ranging from health, success in studies, monetary gain, success with business, good childbirth, etc. You can also pull fortunes called omikuji and get good luck charms like the one that Daichi received for the Shiratorizawa match from his classmate Michimiya.
Also about the dream. There is a tradition/superstition that the first dream of a year is a sort of fortune telling of the rest of the year.
22:30 Innoshita is a 2nd year! Also, I love that we get a little backstory on Shimizu. The spotlight is clearly on the players, but getting at least a little bit about our manager, and I love even more that all the character backstories are about persevering through adversity in one way or another.
Here you go coach, this is the Karasuno players and managers names, positions and grade levels. Just to help you out.
Sawamura Daichi, Outside Hitter, Captain, Year 3(Senior)
Koshi Sugawara, Setter, Vice Captain, Year 3(Senior)
Azumane Asahi, Outside Hitter, Ace, Year 3(Senior)
Nishinoya Yu, Libero, Year 2(Sophomore/Junior)
Ryunosuke Tanaka, Outside Hitter, Year 2(Sophomore/Junior)
Chikara Ennoshita, Outside Hitter, Year 2(Sophomore/Junior)
Hisashi Kinoshita, Outside Hitter, Pinch Server, Year 2(Sophomore/Junior)
Kazuhito Narita, Middle Blocker, Year 2(Sophomore/Junior)
Tobio Kageyama, Setter, Year 1(Freshman)
Shoyo Hinata, Middle Blocker, Year 1(Freshman)
Kei Tsukishima, Middle Blocker, Year 1(Freshman)
Tadashi Yamaguchi Middle Blocker, Pinch Server, Year 1(Freshman)
Shimizu Kiyoko, Manager, Year 3(Senior)
Yachi Hitoka, Manager, Year 1(Freshman)
The ones you haven’t seen the most yet are Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita. They weren’t shown a lot in season 1 but in Season 2 we got to see Ennoshita shine. Narita in Season 3 when he substituted for Tsuki against Shiratorizawa in the 5th set and held his own. Kinoshita recently as he’s been practicing the jump floater.
Daichi is actually an Opposite Hitter!
Year 1 (Freshman) - Hinata, Kageyama, Tsuki, Yamaguchi, Yachi(Club Manager)
Year 2 (Junior) - Tanaka, Nishinoya, Ennoshita, Kinoshita, Narita
Year 3 (Senior) - Daichi, Suga, Asahi, Shimizu(Club Manager)
Coach, there isn't a single animator for the entire episode. You have key animators that animate their allotted scenes and then you have the supervisors that correct any iffy art. The schedule for Haikyuu suffered towards the end so the supervisors couldn't correct all the bad art which is why you're seeing wild fluctuations in the quality.
I keep getting confused why he talks about a single animator. Is he talking about the key animator? or the team as a whole.
It’s an animated series it would be physically imposible for a single person to animate a whole show so… For the first time as a viewer, I don’t get what is he talking about.
Directly from Portugal , thanks Coach for all the hard work !
The highlight of my week. Been having it rough lately, and this is literally my sunshine in a storm.
I hope everything gets better for you, but I know it eventually will. GANBARRE!!
Coach Donny's thumbnail where he's imitating Sakusa's expression was priceless😂😂 It made my day.
Love your videos and explanations about both volleyball and animation, look forward to them every week.
so funny when Daichi said he was going to a meeting with Coach & Takeda sensei that he asked Enoshita to keep an eye on things. He didn’t ask vice captain Suga bc he knows Suga always hypes them up with bad ideas😂😂
*literally two beautiful girls bathing*
Coach Donny: but the water though...
I'm cracking up so hard right now LMAOOO
Coach I hope you read this, from episode 14 onwards it's when the animation starts to get weird. But there's a BLU RAY version that fixed A LOT of the issues. not sure if it's on any platform yet, but I'll look into it
This episode is so heartwarming to watch - no matter how many times I watch it.
I love how bright and clear the video is! The video and audio quality just keeps getting better! I can’t believe that I’ve been watching coach donny for a year or so, you’ve made my year better and have helped me go through a very tough year coach donny because of your funny reactions, meaningful comments and overall good advice on sports and life! Thank you so much!!! I hope you have an amazing year ahead! 😊 Here’s to hoping you can hit a million subs! 🤞🏼🤞🏼
8:40 It’s Hanetsuki(badminton with a japanese-style-battledore and shuttlecock)
Some people do Hanetsuki during the new year’s season for a good luck and losers for Hanetsuki will have their faces painted with black ink.
That's so cool to know :)
@@naylisyazwina6836 I’m glad to hear that.🤗
I really appreciate that you enjoy these quieter episodes of Haikyuu!! I love the action-packed episodes as well, but these moments that highlight the players' lives outside of Volleyball are special in their own way. Seeing everyone's ways of dealing with the anticipation energy or anxiety--hearing about what they're worried about and thankful for outside of Volleyball. All of these things help give Haikyuu!! characters a depth of their own.
P.S. Keep watch on everyone during this Spring Tournament bit and let us know whose story you find to be the most compelling! You're going to have a lot of difficult choices!
I love how even takada sensei had his own character development. They put so much emphasis on all characters in this show and I think that’s what makes this such a dope anime
I like how you increased the anime volume during this episode. Please keep it like this so we can relate when you talk about the music and soundtrack
The fact that Asahi had another timeline or developmental axis than some of the first years makes a lot of sense. The first years, are well.. first years. Incredibly talented and coming into their own. Asahi was already an accomplished Ace at that level, and had gone thru those first two years already but then had his spirit broken by "the Wall".
Reaching game maturity and peak talent is a different path with slightly different challenges compared to having had the edge, lost it but now found it again.
Re-watching Haikyu from Coach Donny’s eyes is just amazing! So many new details in animation and volleyball!
Glad I didn't go to bed yet. Can't wait to see your reaction Coach!
The reason pulling a 49 is so funny to Suga and Daichi is that 4 and 9 are two numbers which are both considered the most unlucky numbers to Japanese people. 4 is sometimes pronounced shi which also means death, while 9 is sometimes pronounced ku which means suffering.
THE NATIONAL REACTIONS BEGIN!! Excited about this!!!
Doing the plug for his Patreon at halftime works very well!!
I find the scene with Tanaka and Nishinoya really funny. It's not like it's there whole personality. They don't make a point of making the girls feel they staring or anything, if that makes sense? They are conscious that Shimizu is taking a bath but they don't try to spy her in the bath - and that's a huge anime cliché. So they're cool, in my opinion.
Ah! It's my lunch break and I was so happy to see the notif for this. Also happy to see Sakusa Kiyoomi in the thumbnail hehe really excited to watch this!
one of the reasons why i freaking love this season is because of the orchestra background music whenever there's an inspiring moment. this got me sooo bad in feels. it makes me want to cry of both sadness and joy hahaha
Does anyone else notice that when all of the teams are entering the stadium, you can actually hear the band playing the opening theme?
I love love love these episodes where it's more about interpersonal character development than volleyball, even tho it's a volleyball anime! Especially this one, where they reunite with their rivals/friends, it feels like the Avengers assembling. Each story they pass on and each opponent they face marks a specific phase in their growth as a team and as friends.
This is one of my favorite episode
because moment of the third year going to National & the other national teams makes me excited and nervous 😄😄
15:55 It’s not still New Year’s day but it is still around early January when the Spring Tournament Nationals take place and they head to Tokyo for it.
Does couch know that school in Japan starts on Spring (April)? instead of Fall like in USA (august- September) maybe that’s why he is so confused about the time line?
Great video and I have to see, the video quality and scenario are on point. Great job for everyone
You know I have been hooked on Coach’s reaction videos when I get anxious of why the video is delayed and jittery about each release. I’ve missed you Coach, amazing reaction as always.
I just started the video and I just have to say that every video the editing keeps getting better!!!! Thanks for you work editor-san. Now, I'll keep enjoying the video heh
thanks for including my comment on your video this week coach @Elevate Yourself , as a long time fan was happy to see that especially since it was only my second ever comment :)
Immediately impressed with the amazing video quality! So grateful for these reaction videos Coach!
Amazing reaction as always coach thanks for another one!
Ugh yes this is my favorite episode, glad I get to see you react to it!
Love seeing all the old characters make a return and interact with each other, and seeing some of our main characters outside of the gym in regular clothes just hanging out together.
Also seeing all the talented teams and players we haven’t met yet is so exciting, everything about this episode is so good imo
You didn't say "Let's get this Haikyuu party started." 😭
Daichi is just nervous about nationals in general, which is understandable. I was super nervous when my high school rugby team won the Waterloo County title and went to play at the Central Western Ontario Championships, even though we were the favorites to win the whole thing(Which we didn't sadly)
Also thank you for fixing the sound this episode, now we could clearly hear both you and the episode! :D
In Japan, it's a superstition that your first dream of the year, the hatsuyume, tells you what kind of luck you'll have that year based on its contents. So, for Daichi to have a dream that stressful at the beginning of the year would be considered a really bad omen.
Which I think makes Shimizu's quote so much more impactful, that even if the gods aren't on their side, Karasuno will still compete and do their best.
Love the reaction videos coach!
Just a slight note I felt that the multicoloured curtain at the back was a bit distracting for me 😅
Though if others are not having any problems with it then there's no issue
I love the content and the reactions, but I agree. I wanna see the video too and its hard with the colorful curtain right behind it. :)
I know not everyone will be comfortable with it, but as a girl, I'll be honest. If my high schooler self accidentally slipped and landed right into Kuroo or Ushiwaka's arms (and abs) I'd be feeling exactly like how Nishinoya felt in that moment. It's totally normal for someone his age, and also, despite being a thirsty teenager, he actually doesn't do anything perverse that crosses the line. I appreciate how Furudate-sensei wrote all types of characters, from ones like Noya to those like Kageyama who show 0 reactions to anything possibly romantically/sexually attractive.
You will get to see their job when all the characters grow up and work in the future. That’s the thing I really love about haikyuu, to watch them grow up and have different path of life.
This episode did give me some goosebumps till now for some reasons. Thank you, Coach for this reaction video 😊
I know 4 seasons seems like a very long time for us viewers but in the context of the story it's only been a few months
I AM SO EXCITED FOR COACH TO REACT TO THE SECOND GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT, WELL THEYRE ALL GOOD IM JUST VERY EXCITED.
Can't wait for Okay and kageyama nice receive moment.
Ennoshita is a second-year-stundent so technically he is upperclass.
I'VE BEEN WAITIING TJIS SO MUCH OMG COACH I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE THE BEST
I cried rivers when they walked out the first time, so emotional seeing them finally reaching their goal
This type of episodes just hype u more and build more the in game events. Cheers from brazil coach so happy to be able to watch ur videos.
I had been very busy lately and missed a lot of reactions but stuck in bed with Covid these last few days I caught up all the way from the past 5 months! Thanks Coach for making my recovery just a bit nicer (I especially enjoyed the kitty content!)
in almost every anime the animation quality goes down in the Pre episode, basicly now is when the action starts and the animation goes up again :3
LET'S GO ! We made it to the Spring Tournament! So hyped to continue watching with you.
Coach, really happy you mentioned the music in this one, honestly the soundtrack in every season is great but this episode is one of the highlights, it adds so much emotion
Asahi isn't the only one who has come a long way! You have too, Coach! If you compare this react episode with the very first one, you can really see the growth. It's awesome to see. Really living up to the channel name :)
When you complete this series, wait a year, or two, and binge watch it again it will seem like a brand new anime! Great job on your reactions, I'm really enjoying them, please keep up the good work, and as always.... THANK YOU!!!
These reactions always make my day!!!
Coach I love the room lighting! it looks amazing :))
Im excited you to see until the last episode which made me had goosebumbs and i bet you will do too! I am looking forward to season 5 reaction im excited
Was just watching your jump training videos at the gym and this gets posted at the perfect time 😁 can't wait
Omggg I'm so excited for your reactions to the national matches
No, coach Donny. I did not cry watching this episode. However, I did cry watching episode 22 of this season. Not because of saddness, quite the opposite actually. I cried because in that episode there is a scene that is such a masterfully done culmination of 4 seasons of character development that I cried tears of joy, relief and perhaps tears of finally reaching a point I was waiting from the time I watched the 1st episode of Haikyuu. Oh dear coach, you just wait. Youre in for such a treat which you cannot possibly imagine just now :)) Cannot wait for you to see it :)
Regarding the lifelong joy of volleyball you mention, I got addicted to volleyball and weight training during the lowest point of my life. I could have easily gotten attached to drugs, partying, or casual sex instead. Academics are important for those who are pursuing careers that require it, but having joys in your life that build your self and energize you are needed for when life, work, and school get overwhelming.
One thing I don't think you notice that I think is an important little detail, when everyone is doing their own things to remain calm, Asahi wasn't watching his own "I'm awesome" video, he was watching all the videos of his teammates and was so proud of them. Just a cute little detail I thought was important to point out cause Asahi is just too sweet.
I'VE BEEN F5ing for almost 10 hours waiting for this to drop lol. Thank you coach!
I think there are 52 teams in the tournament. There is at least one team representing each of the 47 prefectures in Japan. However, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka and Hokkaido each get a 2nd team due to their size/population. And then there is a team for the host prefecture as well, which in this case is also Tokyo, adding a 3rd slot, which is the slot that Nekoma won in the OVA episodes. At least this was the allotment for the women's version of this tournament in 2021, a listing of which I found on the internet.
The "Spring" tournament is in January, hence its proximity to New Years day. It used to be in March (hence the name) but they moved it to allow 3rd year students to have a better chance at participating. The japanese school year goes from April to March the next year, and usually 3rd year high school students would be preparing to graduate at that point. (japanese school system is 6 years of elementary school, 3 years of middle school and 3 years of high school).
The first half of the episode is taken up by how the students spend New Years day. New Years in japan is traditionally a holiday that you spend with your family and often travel back to your hometown if you live somewhere else, similar to Thanksgiving in the U.S., though of course that isn't quite that relevant for the high school kids in Haikyuu. Most of that is encapsulated in seeing Nishinoya playing a traditional japanese game called Hanetsuki with his grandfather.
The episode starts with Daichi having the first dream of the year, which is said to portent how your year will be. He has a bad dream and thus is worried about it. Later we see the upperclassmen visit a Shinto shrine, which is also a tradition in Japan called "Hatsumode", the first shrine visit of the year. You make an offering of a small amount of money by dropping it into a large collection box, perform a short ritual (bow twice, clap twice, bow once) and make a small prayer (before the last bow).
At the shrine you can also pull fortunes called O-mikuji, which list your overall luck for the year as well as your luck in specific areas of your life. If you received a negative fortune, you can tie it to a tree or specifically prepared walls of metal wires at the shrine, which is meant to bind the misfortune to it. You can see a small glimpse of that int he show, implying that this is what Asahi did.
The quality of this video is 🔥🔥🔥
something about the timeline(correct me if I'm wrong)
The Japanese school's academic year start at March or April and have 3 semesters.
There are 2 major tournament in the year.
The first one is Inter-high school championship. This tournament is for many sports not only volleyball. It happens in July or August, but the selection in each prefecture usually happens in June. (this is the tournament where Karasuno lost to Aoba Johsai for the first time)
Another tournament is Spring tournament. This is only for volleyball. The tournament happens in January 5th to Jan 10th(which is the time where the next few episodes happens) Originally the spring tournament happens in March, that's why it's Spring tournament. but then considering the 3rd year students have to work on the college entrance examination, it move to January. The selection for the spring tournament in their prefecture have 2 stages.
The first stage is in the August, teams that are best 8 in inter-high don't have to participate in the first stage. Karasuno are not in best 8 so they have to fight for a spot. that's when they fight against the 2-meter giant.
The second stage is in October, the best 16 fight for the only one spot. that's when they fight against Aoba Johsai again and win, and also the game between Karasuno and Shiratorizawa happened at that time.
Yay! A new reaction video! I've been on home quarantine looking after my covid (+) Mom; this video is such a stress relief☺️
1st years are Kageyam, Hinata, Tsukishima, Yamaguchi, and Yachi
2nd years Tanaka, Nishinoya, Enoshita, Kinoshita ( grey hairand float server) Narita (bozz cut).
3rd years It’s just Daichi, Suga, Asahi and Shimizu.
Nice reaction coach, your videos always make my day better.
Placing your patreon commercial at the halftime was hilarious! Totally caught me by surprise XD
I always love coach Donny's explanation about the art and animation 😯 hire this man to do the illustrations on the next haikyuu season 💯 i've always been a subscriber ever since i started playing vball again, back in the day i always watch the basics of proper vball ❤ and when the first reaction of haikyuu i got so excited that finally coach finally watch my favorite sports anime.
Really can’t wait for episode 14