Haikyuu!! Episode 5 Review

Haikyuu!! episode 5 review

Episode Summaries

Continuing last episode, the new-found chemistry between Hinata and Kageyama proved effective in scoring the points. They could score more than kei’s team and win the second match. The major turn point made kei’s team lost their confidence and even with the change of Kei’s attitudes from being more laid back into serious mode, they still could not win the last match.

Following the match, the senior talked about their current team position. Daichi admitted that Hinata’s raw speed and reflexes would be essential for the team if combined with the precise toss of Kageyama. In short, they were covering each other weaknesses and turn them into strengths. Daichi predicted that using the new team members’ abilities the Karasuno High might become the major player in Volleyball high school tournament again.

Hinata Panzerfaust Mark II

After the match Hinata wanted to shake Kei’s hand and he said that although he doesn’t like his demeanor, he still considered Kei as his team members. Reluctantly, Kei answered that it was Hinata and Kageyama confrontations made the first problem with the club (started with the teacher wig)

 Wearing jacket have become too mainstream lately

Without further ado, both Hinata and Kageyama turned their volleyball application to the captain. Finally, Daichi asked shimizu, the team manager, to hand them the volleyball club’s jacket. Hinata happily wore the jacket and then the official team of the Karasuno High Volleyball club is on and ready to enter the Volleyball tournament.

Mogu Mogu Mogu Mogu

Suddenly the volleyball club adviser, Takeda Ikketsu, came to the court telling the team member that he managed to secure a practice match with Aoba Josai, one of the top four of high school volleyball teams. The senior asked Takeda why they agreed to do the practice match with Karasuno and then he explained that they agreed as long as Kageyama played as the setter in the entire match. It turned out that the Aoba Josai volleyball team was the former teammates of Kageyama in Kitagawa Daiichi and they wanted to embarrass him.

 Hinata made sugawara proud with his dedication ^-^

While Tanaka disagreed with the condition since Sugawara was the official setter in Karasuno High, it was Sugawara himself who wanted to test how effective the new freshmen abilities. During after-school break Kageyama told Sugawara that he too would try to earn the trust of his new teammates. 

Oh noo!! Tanaka wet his pant and Hinata Died we're screwed

In the next meeting, the team decided to use Hinata as the decoy to put the enemy concentration away. At the beginning Hinata felt disappointed that he only worth as a decoy. However, after the other team members told how important his roles in securing victories. Hinata become extremely nervous. Too nervous in fact that he could not even slept the day before the real match begins.

Episode Impression

I have to admit that Haikyu!! was entertaining for me because of it simplicity. It does not need too many complicated plot to begin with. This episode follows the standard formula of the strength of the team and how 2 persons with different strengths could achieve victory if they put their differences away. Hinata's team defeated Kei's team despite of Daichi experiences because both Hinata and Kageyama could find the harmony and with the help of Tanaka, the other team could not guess Hinata's team movement

The crucial moment from this episode was when the team finally formed and both the protagonists officially accepted as the new team members. It depicted how their hard work for training all the times finally paid of with the crowning moment of their new Karasuno High Volleyball team jacket. Also, in this episode, they reunited as one big team and put away any grudge that they got in the previous episodes especially with kei and the protagonists

The episode also gives the information about the players’ roles and how each member contributes in the game. Also the episode gives insight of the school life genres by focusing more in the character interactions in and outside the school rather than the volleyball match.

In the next episode, we are expecting how badly Hinata’s nervousness effecting the teams condition. Would he overcome the confidence crisis or does he need the support from the others member?