The match between Dateko
and Karasuno started in this episode. I have no doubt that the
episode will bring the best match to the table and Haikyuu!! surely
gave us the good match. Alright I'll try to give my honest opinion
about the episode. The first part is very slow; before the start of
the opening theme, they flashback to the last part of late episode
when Nishinoya performed his rolling thunder. For some viewer, it was
good to memorize last episode closing. Yet for me I thought they
could skip the introduction to make the battle with Dateko have more
additional minutes.
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| The first score |
Then comes the main part
of the episode. The first important event that I could note was how
fast the reaction of Dateko central blocker to their opponent's
movement. When Hinata made the first score, Dateko main's blocker,
the giant without eye brow; Takanobu Aone, automatically jump to
whatever part of the area that the setter sent the ball to. Hinata
did scored yet he still managed to tip the ball. It proves how good
the blocker reaction to the ball movement. Knowing Dateko reputation
as an iron wall, it did not surprise me that they had a blocker with
lighting fast reaction.
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| hahaha owned very hard |
With the match getting
more heated, Dateko managed to block Karasuno spikes from Nishina to
Tanaka. Eventually, when Hinata spiked, the Aone used his fast hand
reflex to thwart his smash. If we look at the turn of event, we might
think that Karasuno would lose to Dateko yet, they had not shown
their trump card for the Dateko players. Karasuno still own the duo
combination (Hinata and Kageyama) or the what the Aoba Josai teams
called as a “freak quick”. Consistently, Karasuno trapped Dateko
by hiding the quick attack and let them thought that they used normal
spikes to attack.
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| the dimmer the background of the episode :P |
The middle part of the
anime was very interesting. When Kageyama told Hinata the time for
showing their hidden move, the match became very interesting. This
was the first time Dateko experienced the duo “freak spike” and
their reactions' were priceless. Hinata's spike was very fast and
unpredictable that their iron walls did not even jumped or moved when
he scored. It was truly a shock for the Dateko players and the
spiked itself made them considered Hinata as the main treat.
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| Where is my cheese burger!!! |
Suddenly, the entire
players of Dateko targeted Hinata as the threat and his every
movement was marked. The funny thing was he played as the decoy so
with them targeting him, the other Karasuno's players have a freedom
of movement to score in the area that not guarded by Dateko's
players. The last part was impressive as Karasuno mimicked Kenma's
high school fake spike with Hinata being the decoy smasher. When
Asahina jumped and saw the vision of the blockers gone from his sight
and later on spiked the ball in an empty space, I felt very impressed
with the teams decision to give him the chance.
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| I'LL EAT YOU!! |
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| OH NO!! |
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| Sh*T |
The match was impressive
and while there's not many comedy in this episode, I think it was
still a very decent and solid episode. The episode might not gave any
background information for the characters but it still gave us how
the team matured. There is even a particular scene that flashback to
the first episode, in which Kageyama gave his reckless toss to his
ex-team. In addition, Hinata finally accepted his position as a decoy
and no longer felt disappointed with his roles. A good B+ episode
from me.
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