Losing is the spice of life and here is Haikyuu!! episode 16 for you

Wow the episode 16 was very powerful. It was filled with so many emotions and I do know that I could feel the sadness and the loss of the Haikyuu!! character. I know Tokonomi might not stand a chance againts the new Karasuno team. Yet, the motivation from the players was admirable and yes that including the girls team of Karasuno High Volleyball clubs. I felt the producer really wanted to tell me that even with the less important screen times for the woman team, they would not let the team's match ended without a good closure.

Still jumping knowing that it will not work. hmm good going

First of all, I really like this episode because it gave us the detailed background story of Sawamura and his friend Ikejiri. It told us about their match during their junior high when their volleyball team advanced to the second round. They gave us a moral story that a winning team was not created in one night. Even with a good motivation, they still could not win the championship because of the lack of skills and training. Somehow, it taught us that only having a winning attitude was not enough. We have to endure the bitter reality of losing and sometimes, it was very sad to be the part of the losing team. But the important thing was just like Ikejiri's word “if we never believe we can win, we will never win”. Despite the fact that they still lose the match, they kept fighting and did not lose hope even in the final match points. The main point is no matter how dire the situation, never give up. Never lose hope for when you started to doubt over yourself, it's all over. "You are the person who responsible with the outcome of your life so don't hesitate". I think that what the producer wanted to tell me.

Yuri detected  XP

Second, the girl team of Karasuno High finally got their one and only match. Well, I knew they would not get the attention for the series but it seems that their motivation for winning was real. However, their journey would not continue. It was obvious that today episode wanted to tell the audience the emotion of losing a match. The part when they showed the images of crying players really got into me T-T. I have experienced the feeling of losing before so pay no mind for my sentimentality ^-^. Even Hinata knew the feeling of the losing team due the fact that he also lose completely during the match between his Junior high team against Kageyama's ex-team.

Kageyama becomes the most developed character. The old him would not even smile like that

So, Hinata already earned the reputation of an amazing player that most of the other team would give special attention to him. This condition actually benefited the Karasuno team with the fact that he actually act as the team decoy, the posibility that the other team would surely targeted him. It made the other players of Karasuno had higher chance to move around and score.

Ok so next episode we will have the match of Karasuno against Dateko. The match which Karasuno lose three months ago. The match where Asahina lost his spirits and love for volleyball. I think the next match will be more interesting to watch. If I have to say about this episode, the comedy was not too exaggerated but the drama and the story was a good tearjerker. I would say the episode as a solid one and a have high expectation for the next one.