The Raven Flies

Finally I could rest easy as Haikyuu!! is back to business. I was worried with the series due to last week episode, which I felt lacking in term of originality and excitement. Rest assured; this episode made it up with the less melodramatic humor (even Daichi mentioned it to us :p) and off course it had a good match during the last five minutes of the episode.

Well Nishina learnt great lesson today. Reality sux XD

First of all, Haikyuu already got it second opening and I do like the animation. I really like the raven's flying animation as it depicted the team revival. In the series, Karasuno lost its reputation because of their losing streaks in the past. Yet, with the new duo, Hinata and Kageyama, the team would once again become a flying Raven, a raven which the “small giant” took to the National. Along with the catchy tunes from Sukima Switch and the 3D animations effect while the team makes an offensive move, I said this opening manages to pump my spirit to watch the series again

 

The new opening is awesome!! they had great animation for a sport anime

In some senses, the episode did not try to make some haste with the match. At the beginning of the episode, we were given the atmosphere of the preliminary teams. The producer want to display how the preparation of the match,  how the team performed warming-up before the match, how the atmosphere of the tournaments, and some information regarding their next opponent. I can't say the events are good but at least they did not try to add many exaggerated jokes that last week offered.

 

Wait until you see their reaction ^-^

Some funny scenes revolved around Nishina in this episode. While he was one of the nicest person in the team but his Big build made him the jokes reference in this episode. Maybe due to his menacing appearance, he got bad gossip pointed at him. Though usually done positive actions, people always made bad gossip to him and his reaction was amazing. The funniest moment was when the Dateko player intimidated him by pointing his index fingers to him. Although in visual department he might look tough, his heart was softer than I would imagine XD. He almost fainted due to the intimidation. Even better, the rival opponent, Tokonomi, mentioned about his age and the words stabbed him in the heart make him more comical.

 

His face was priceless XD LMAO

The best part is the last part of the episode because it's the main point of the episode; the revival of Karasuno High. Even the music really entertained me before the match. It as if the real battle for the raven revival was about to begin. Without taking any chances, the Karasuno Players started to obliterate Tokonomi point by point. Starting from Tanaka's attack and Nishina's smash; Karasuno already led the game by two points. Then, Hinata adds the gap by performing his usual trick, run, evade and jump smash, to made the opponent shocked.

 

Time to go super saiyan... wait Tanaka has no hair?? he needs a wig@-@

I would not say that this episode was the best episode so far. However, the series have gone to a better direction. I think this episode wants to tell us that we should never judge anyone only from outer appearance. For example, when Hinata first came to the stadium, other player thought he was not special. Turn out later, he was the main attacker for Karasuno High. His role in the team was very crucial as the team's main strategy. Nishina also played as the kind of a big guy with a big heart. Although most person would think he was part of mafia gang, we knew that he was not like that at all. Last, I think the new episode will be intense and I do have high hopes for tommorow.