Written by: Kriti Nepal - 24010, Grade X
Posted on: 06 June, 2021
Haikyuu, originally a manga series written by Haruichi Furudate (a manga artist) was adopted as an anime television series in April 2014 by Production IG.
The plot revolves around the main protagonist Shoyo Hinata, a junior-high school student who finds an amazing passion for volleyball despite his small height after seeing an official National match of a powerhouse school Karasuno Interhigh. Shoyo sees a very determined wing spiker of Karasuno with a nickname ‘Little giant’ who lives up to his name and gives a hard time to his opponents in the volleyball match. Despite his inexperience in volleyball, Shoyo joins his school’s men's volleyball club only to find him alone. He spends 2 years gathering his team, practicing and asking his friends from other clubs so he could join a tournament when unfortunately he experiences an utter defeat by another powerhouse ‘Kitagawa Daiichi’ that included Tobio Kageyama a genius setter with a famous nickname ‘King of the court’ for his tyrant but brilliant play style. After the utter defeat, Shoyo Hinata vows to hone his skills better and crush Kageyama’s team the next time they play. Some time passes by when Shoyo joins his dream school Karasuno, the school where his idol ‘little giant’ played only to find Kageyama joining the same school which made them the same team. Developing the feeling of rivalry both Hinata and Kageyama start playing for Karasuno which had gained its nickname ‘fallen crows’ as the school had gradually started decreasing in the number of wins after the era of the little giant. Alongside Hinata and Kageyama other skilled players join the team with their experienced seniors gradually starting to defeat powerhouse schools like Aoba johsai, shiratorizawa and making a name for their school and making it to the nationals once again.
I recommend people to watch this anime as it has great animation with lots of emotions and determination of the players that get the watcher hooked from the start.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haikyu!!#Anime_2
