A rally match, who will come out as the winner; Haikyuu episode 20 Impression

Haikyuu!! was getting closer to the end of the season and I thought 25 episode was not enough to cover all of the manga chapters so there are possibilities that Haikyuu!! will get another season coming. Compared to the other anime that I was watch before like Shingeki no Kyojin, Valvrave the rebellion, or even Aquarion, watching Haikyuu!! gave me a more relaxing feels and took my strenuous brain muscles to rest.

Took the jump serve like a boss

Haikyuu!! was more or less the anime that have more positive attitudes. Might be because it focused mainly in a slice of life genre and it covered in a sport mainly. While it still give some spot in the feeling of loosing and depression, the series mainly focused the cast development and the team bonding moments with the spice of volleyball as the main theme.

No Oikawa we don't see you; you are invincible

After watching the episode, I guessed that the last remaining episode might only cover the battle between Karasuno and Seijoh since the passing of this episode was slower than what I expected. During the match, Oikawa found out about the gimmick that Karasuno used to do the “freak shots” so he told the manager to do time out. He told his team mates that whenever Hinata said “bring it”, Kageyama would perform a freak shot while when he said “ to me”, Kageyama would send the ball to the other spiker.

Nope :P

Once again, Haikyuu!! told us, the audience, that in any sport with team members, the most important trait was teamworks. A good team will not rely in one specific person to win the match. And the episode blatantly told us that in term of teamwork, Seijoh was definitely a better team. Sure It was Oikawa who mostly did the thinking. However, he was supported and trusted completely by his teammates and in return, he trusted them. Compared to Seijoh, Karasuno have a bit of personal issues. For example, the team was just newly arranged and the first and the third years students haven't found their chemistry yet. Not to mention that Kageyama and Tsukishima had a strong sentiment to each other

What he's doing up there >0> a pantomime

This episode have many interesting scene for instance how Nishinoya took the devastating jump serve from Oikawa himself. He could see that the ball will change it direction and took the serve directly. Then, a very anxious Kageyama used his most powerful jump serve only for the ball to left the court and fell outside of the enemy side lines. Then, when Oikawa found about Kageyama's about to perform another dump shot and he blocked the ball. Needless to say, whenever the Karasuno scored, Seijoh always found a way to even the score.

Oikawa might not be a genius setter but he definitely stronger

However, the tides turned to Karasuno sides when Oikawa decided to target Tanaka. He purposefully shot his trademark jump serve directly to Tanaka, which allowing Seijoh to lead by four points. It looked like Oikawa purposefully tried to put heavy pressure on both Tanaka and Kageyama. He tried to break Tanaka spirit by targeting him with his serve and hoping that he would break down from the guilt of failing. In addition, he also tried to intimidate Kageyama with his time out as if he knew the Karasuno tactics and how to find the solution for the freak tactics.

*Sugawara* "Your carelessness get a score of 9"

The episode cleverly built the development of Tanaka strength. Even with the frustration from being targeted directly by Oikawa, he managed to stay focused and showed to the other member that he would not fall to the self pity, something that happened to Azumane before. Then with his strong resolve, he managed to score again. In other hand, the very anxious Kageyama kept making mistakes and with his composure started to fall apart, Ukai Had no other choice but to replace him with the more experienced Sugawara.