Cat versus crow the beginning part; Haikyuu!! episode 12 impression

The beginning match between Karasuno and Nekoma started in this episode. It started right away when Hinata realized that Kenma was on the opposite side and he later on met and asked him about his position. The funny thing from the match is how each Nekoma and Karasuno member has his own counterpart. For Instance, Tanaka and Yamamoto were both menacing individuals who sometimes act like a hooligan and their first encounter was exhilarating.

Double rape face ^ ^!

If you like the action of volley match, this episode won’t disappoints as it focused mainly in the intense battle between both team. If we watch the first part of the match it was obvious that the combination attack between Hinata and Kageyama proved very effective. Due to how unpredictable the moves of ran, evade and spike tactics, they could make the Nekoma shocked with the improvement of Karasuno’s attack.

The team initial reaction

Gosh Kageyama has a sensor in his eyes, he even made Robocop jelly

who is the boss now

Kageyama asked for toss, he showed the other members that he could spike with higher accuracy. The funny thing is even though they belong to the same group, the other members felt intimidated with Kageyama’s talent. He was a perfect setter and he could also turned into a deadly spiker if he wanted to. Just watch the reaction of Tanaka, Sugawara, and even Asahina? when he scored.

 

It seems that Nekoma has a giant cat as the team pet

During the break, Nekoma’s team discussed about how dangerous the new team of Karasuno. The coach specially mentioned Kageyama as he was the most skilled setter in Karasuno and his precise control over the ball was at the level of genius. However, they found out that the real trouble from Karasuno was Hinata who acted as the decoy. So, the coach asked Inuoka; their blocker, to give special attention to Hinata. Later on, the tactic succeed with the blocker finally took Hinata spike and turned the tide of the match

This move made me remember Sega Genesis game Super Volley Ball ^-^ .....    I felt old T-T

The good thing is Hinata was more or less getting more mature than the last few episodes. He started to enjoy the challenge and although his spikes were kept getting blocked, he did not succumb to despair like before. He said to Kageyama to give him another pass in which Kageyama replied as no problem (this also indicated how Kageyama also started getting softer to his peer)

I was kind of disappointed that the episode has to finish just when Hinata started to get the feel of spiking directly. Usually it was Kageyama who control the ball directly to his hand and he just need to spike without even looking. Now, he tried to watch the ball and tried to imitate Kageyama’s spike and after many failed attempts, his last one almost scored. Well, the next episode is going to be crucial for both team and I will patiently wait to see how Hinata and Karasuno team can overcome this match.