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Fly: A Queer Haikyuu Podcast
S2E15: A Place to Play
"To truly have fun, you need to have strength as well."
This week, rainbow and em discuss season 2, episode 15 "A Place to Play" and talk about Johzenji's unpredictable play style, how Karasuno adapts to them, and why Hinata is taken off the court when Kageyama isn't there to set for him.
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rainbow
00:00
Hello folks, rainbow here with a little announcement. We are taking a very short break because of the holidays. We just don't have enough time to record and edit our episodes before we go on vacation, so there will be no episode on December 2nd, but we will return on December 9th with episode 16. We'll miss you dearly and promise to plan better in the future so this doesn't happen again. Love ya, hello everyone, and welcome to Fly a Queer Haikyuu podcast. I'm Rainbow. They she
em
00:38
and I'm Em.
rainbow
00:40
And today we will be talking about Season 2, episode 15, a Place to Play, also known as Playground.
em
00:53
Sorry, I don't think I was ready. You said I'm ready or you said you're ready. I feel really spacey. We went to drag brunch earlier today. Yes, so much fun. It was a lot of fun, and I decided to order myself espresso martini, which I am not even a drinker. But I was thinking to myself you know, we're out here, it's my birthday month, let's live a little. I took one sip, I sniffed it and my brows blew off Like at the gay bar. They've got the gay pour and that was straight liquor. So I took about three sips. At one point the waiter was like is there anything wrong with your drink? And I was like no, I just forgot who I was.
rainbow
01:29
I just forgot that I'm a big baby, but yeah no, this was a fun.
em
01:33
This is a fun episode. Today, we will be going up against Johzenji.
rainbow
01:39
Yes, but first we have a few housekeeping things.
em
01:43
Yes. So as I was editing our last episode towards the end during our who and Hi Q, we came across two things that we didn't really know about at the time, so then I decided to look it up and confirm. So one of the things where we weren't sure about the driving age in Japan and, fun fact, you can't get your license until 18. I was kind of surprised. 16 for motorcycles, though, so I wonder if there's a motorcycle culture in Japan, I believe that there is actually.
02:10
That, well, it makes sense now. We also mentioned Niiyama, which, oh, can we even talk about this, because it's kind of spoiler zoney.
rainbow
02:17
Oh yeah, I think maybe we need to touch on that in the spoiler zone. I'm gonna I'm gonna keep house at the end of the day too. Alright, I'm gonna copy and paste that so we don't forget about it.
em
02:25
Good idea, babe? Alright, we'll put a pin in that for now. Ooh, a teaser to stick around. Don't touch that dial because I'll have more in the spoiler zone.
rainbow
02:34
Well then, are you ready for your recap?
em
02:37
I am ready. Count me down, babe. Alrighty Toi Deux. It's time to go out there and have a good time. It's the first match of the qualifiers and we are up against the party team Johzenji. This yellow team takes volleyball and turns it on its head as Karasuno is forced to anticipate the unpredictable Wild and free, or simplicity and fortitude. It's anyone's game in this episode of Haikyuu. I love that. So yeah, we are playing, and I actually thought this was going to be one episode game. Spoiler alert it's not.
rainbow
03:13
No, no, we kind of end the episode with this team. I did kind of peeking ahead just a little bit. The next episode is we kind of get a transition between games, so we end this game and we start another game, next episode so you were close.
em
03:28
Yeah, you weren't entirely off. Wow, okay, I see you Listen. The game's not over when the episode ends, and that's the point I'm making.
rainbow
03:37
Yeah, so Karasuno, especially the third years. I think it's Takeda who mentions that. They look nervous.
em
03:43
Well, this is you know. We've got the little bitch teams out of the way. Light work, no reaction, and now it's serious time it's the qualifiers. So, yes, the third years are definitely feeling a little more nervous, but not our autistic first years.
rainbow
03:55
Yeah, nerves. What are those? Hinata only knows about those when he's on his way to the bathroom.
em
04:00
Yeah, really no. All Hinata cares about right now is Tsukishima's cool new sport glasses.
rainbow
04:07
I love them. Yeah, we have Aikteru being a good older brother and I feel like the glasses are a symbol of Tsukishima's growth and his ability, Like he's taking it seriously. Now he's taking it seriously enough that he like is like well, my glasses could get hurt. I'm going to so hard that is literally a symbol.
em
04:25
You're so smart, babe. I also love in this moment. so actually, side note, I have one of my best friends is visiting me. She surprised me for my birthday this weekend and I pull her on the podcast. I don't know yet, but, she started the episode with me, we were watching it and she got distracted pretty early on. But we did watch this scene and immediately when Hinata was gushing over the glasses, she goes he's so gay. And on top of that, Yamaguchi reminds us that he has told Tsukki that his glasses are cool. Every day Hinata has, yeah.
04:56
Yamaguchi's like you've said that every day Hinata Since he got them.
rainbow
05:00
Because, Tsukishima is not giving him the response that he wants. He wants Tsukishima to be excited with him about the new glasses, and Tsukishima hasn't grown that much, Hinata.
em
05:09
Not that much. He literally says that makes me feel unconfident.
rainbow
05:13
He's like don't tell me that I think in the dub he says something like well, if you say they're cool, that makes me feel pretty uncool. Yeah, really, and then. So I think this is when the match starts right.
em
05:24
Yes, so we jump into the game and I did make a little note about how I love the soundtrack, like I should have marked the time, but I think it's like right, when the game is beginning, someone is going ham on the bass Like I just love the jazz sometimes, like you guys know what I'm talking about. So Johzenji gets the first point in with an unexpected hit from the back.
rainbow
05:43
Yeah, because it's like they, it's the second hit, isn't it? Like somebody else gets it and then they think that there's going to be a set. But Terushima does a pretty cool spike, I would say from the back and gets it in and they're like whoa, we were not prepared for that and I think we. This is when we see Aone and Futakuchi of date tech are watching karasuno play yes, they, they definitely are, and I do enjoy that.
em
06:05
Those are our commentators for the episode. I do have to say right off the bat, I do love Johzenji's playing style. We'll see that it might not always be the most effective, but they're not afraid to like, disregard these rules and you can even see Tureshima like just kind of. In that moment is like oh. I'll just hit it from here.
rainbow
06:21
Well, I think what's so interesting is this whole time, like for all of season one and season two, especially during the training camp in Tokyo, they talked about how unpredictable Karasuno is like, how unpredictable their play style is. So I think it's fascinating that they're going up against a team that is even more unpredictable than they are.
06:40
Yeah, seriously, I think at one point in the manga you guys says this is going to come down to like which team kind of plays harder really yes, and we also get a kind of a sneak peek at the poor put upon third year manager for Johzenji, who just has to deal with these fucking idiots.
em
06:55
Yes, she is the last third year as well. Johzenji is made up completely of mostly second years and some first years, so not only is she the only woman, she is the only third year, so like that, mother trope is coming in real hard yeah, we'll talk more about that later Suga and Ennoshita sum it up well, it's like playing against a talented baseball team.
07:15
They say like they're crazy athletic, but you, they don't play the typical volleyball game. And Johzenji, taking the game and flipping it on its head like this kind of, made me see volleyball more clearly, because I guess I didn't really realize like, oh yeah, there is like a way to play this game and there are plays that you expect to have, so when they don't do it, kind of like the movie arrival that's right.
rainbow
07:38
We watched arrival last night, quick sidebar. I loved it. It was amazing. I love linguistics first of all, so so alien linguistics very cool. Amy Adams, amazing performance and oh, I'm not going to spoil, but what a twist.
em
07:52
But just that way of like looking at something completely differently and then being able to see it in a new light. I don't know. I kind of made that little connection in my mind.
rainbow
07:59
Yeah, but then we see we have a moment where we see that Johzenji is not the like. The players on Johzenji are not the only ones who are willing to go after the ball, yeah, and like fight for it because we get a hit and we get tanaka hits. It gets it, but it's going backwards, and then Hinata runs for it and this is where we get his cool like spider-man jump where he puts his foot on the wall and jumps off of it because it looks like he's going to go straight into that wall, and this is such a cool moment. But then Noya gets the last hit and gets it over, and then all three of them get a chance to celebrate together. I love that they have that moment.
em
08:33
Yeah, and Suga says like well, crazy athletic guys who will do insane plays on the fly, we have those two.
rainbow
08:40
And then it's Kageyama up to serve, and Hinata is cheering him on.
em
08:42
Go killer serve. I love Hinata's little like call for his boyfriend.
rainbow
08:47
He always says it and it's just because it is a compliment and a motive and like a cheering on all in one.
em
08:54
It's like we know that serve is going to be killer, go for it and Kageyama finally get a free quick in. We have some Kageyama in the background, where Kageyama high fives Hinata too hard.
rainbow
09:04
Yeah, he hits him so hard, his hands are so red and it's like wow, Kageyama, you really learned how to high five. And also I I picked this moment out as like I think it's cute aggression because Hinata like goes up to him and is like high five, Kageyama like, he's like yeah, we did it. And I bet Kageyama is just like yeah, we did. And you're so Boom. I understand it could also be chalked up because they're just aggressive with each other in general.
em
09:29
Well, I really like to think that it's cute aggression.
rainbow
09:31
I do too, and we also. I think something that happens. It's very subtle in this game and almost kind of gives him a glare, and I'm gonna try to point that out throughout the rest of the episode because I think it's very interesting and I have seen them as a rare pair. I read a fic once about them as a pair.
em
09:55
Well, Daichi and any captain, of course Daichi remains captain of the year telling Hinata that Johzenji is hard to read, but it's not like the ball can disappear, just remain calm and keep going. And I wrote, like you just said, the Johzenji captain does give him a look.
rainbow
10:09
And then we learned that Johzenji mainly practices two-on-two yes, and I think this both hurts and helps them, because I think the mood, the amazing saves they've been able to do, like Terushima's hit, and the way that they're just, they keep going for the ball. I think that's born out of the two on twos Right.
em
10:24
Because they don't have that like mentality of like oh someone else will get it Exactly, so they.
rainbow
10:29
But then we see that it also hurts them because they don't have. They don't have plans in place, they don't have like formations that they're doing. It's just kind of every man for himself going after the ball and I think we see later like they kind of run into each other sometimes.
em
10:48
I said, it's like a bunch of solo artists trying to play jazz together and their unpredictability and chaotic approach is both their strength and their weakness. And I think earlier on someone says their unpredictability. They're like debating, like did they do that on purpose? Are they doing this on purpose?
rainbow
10:57
but like yes, it is their weapon yeah, and I think we get a little bit of commentary from date tech at this point and I think they're saying like oh, joe Johzenji seems like a really annoying team to play against. And I think somebody says that's what somebody, what people say about us and I just think it's interesting how annoying is like the biggest compliment a team can get. It means that they're really hard to play against. Yes, and I know Karasuno gets called annoying plenty of times.
em
11:21
And then we have a little bit of philosophy. Yamaguchi lets us in on that. Apparently the old coach Yuka used to say you need strength in order to enjoy a match, and that Yamaguchi didn't know what he meant by that in that sense. But as Hinata watches Johzenji play, he feels that they're the definition of what that means. You know, when you are, because they are athletic and they are strong and they have gotten very far and they're able to and we'll touch on this a lot in the future too but being able to control your body and control where the ball moves, and being good, as Bokuro says to Tsukki, you know, is it because you suck? That's why you're not having fun? You know, having fun is being able to, you know, be good at the game. So that's what kind of Johzenji has.
rainbow
12:01
Well, and that's what they say in the dub. They say specifically to truly have fun, you need to have strength as well. And when we get this moment because we're about to go to the commercial break, right, because I want to just pause for a second and ask your opinion on Terushima and Yamaguchi as a ship, because I've definitely seen them ship together why I think we get a little bit more in the next episode, but I just together. Why I think we get a little bit more in the next episode, but I just, and I think because in this moment again, I think it's one. I think I do consider them a rare pair, but I have definitely seen there is a camp out there for Terushima and Yamaguchi well, when you say it, that does sound correct, like I feel, like I've seen that too, but I think because we have Yamaguchi kind of commenting on Johzenji in this and I think I think we get a moment in the next episode that I think is is fodder yaoi to look forward to.
em
12:47
It is Kageyama's turn to take a volleyball to the face, and that, I think, happens right before. And then we have the break and then we come back.
rainbow
12:55
We see that Kageyama didn't quite block it, he more stopped it with his nose yeah, he is fully red in the face, blood dripping from his nose like obviously angry that he got hit in the face. Yes, and he is fully red in the face, blood dripping from his nose like obviously angry that he got hit in the face. Yes, and he is just the way he. He's just like I'm fine, I'm not bleeding, they're like you obviously are.
em
13:15
And of course they can't allow Kageyama to play while he's actively bleeding, so he's forced to come off the court. His worst nightmare, and we do get a nice little. Speaking of Yamaguchi ships, I feel like we get a little Yama Yama moment where Yamaguchi has to physically, like push him off the court so that they can go get him checked out.
rainbow
13:31
It's really adorable. I love Kageyama's so cute and, yeah, also Yama Yama best ship name ever.
13:37
Yeah, I'm going with that from now on, and also of course Hinata says go ahead, Kageyama, I'll take care of it while you're gone. Yeah, of course, and I mean and Suga also has his little moment of like, don't worry, I'll be the setter he says, yeah, he's like, leave it to your seniors. I get really sad when Hinata gets taken out after Kageyama leaves, when Kageyama isn't there to set for him. It's like Hinata can't be on the court.
em
13:59
Well, so I mean, I understand why they did it this time. Yeah, so they do, you know? Kageyama goes off and Ukai swaps Hinata with Narita and he tells and I kind of like that he does explain his decision to Hinata. He says Narita has been doing a lot of training with Suga. Take this opportunity to watch your senpais.
rainbow
14:18
Yeah, that's kind of so I initially feel very sad. But then when Ukai like brings him on the bench and says, hey, like, observe and learn and I think this is kind of the beginning of Hinata realizing he needs to observe and learn, yes, and we see that because Futakuchi makes the very innocent and honestly correct observation that, well, Hinata does lack the basics in comparison to the others.
em
14:39
So without the number nine, he really should go off the court Andone gets so mad he does.
rainbow
14:46
He will not stand for hina to show you a slander. It's like the first time we've ever seen Aone react to Futakuchi in this way.
em
14:53
I said this is the first time we see Aone turn on his little boyfriend yes, and he's like what? And he is right, and it's so funny. And then Aone speaks normally, which the whole team is shook at, and he says that might be true, for now I said Aone is the number one, Hinata glazer. If Hinata has no fans, Aone is dead.
rainbow
15:12
Um like fucking for real. I love that. Like you know, people make a lot of people have a lot of headcanons about like which setter or which other team would have like seen Hinata's potential and like could have helped him grow more than Karasuno. I don't ascribe to that or anything, but like I've heard those arguments, like I think Oikawa, like the other, like setters we meet later on, like whatever you say, like nobody recognizes Hinata's potential the way Aone does.
em
15:39
Especially when Aone is doesn't know Hinata from Adam and clocks all of this so quickly because he goes on to say, like number 10 knows that, like Hinata knows more than anyone how he has so much to work on. Still, and we go back to Hinata on the sidelines and he's all fidgety and Tsukki's like calm down, we know you want to get out there. Honestly, suki, I understand why you get annoyed by Hinata. I would too. And Hinata says he's like I want to practice and play more. I have a lot to work on.
rainbow
16:06
I love him so much, he's grown so much. Like season one, like beginning of season one, Hinata would have been throwing a fit yes about not being on the court, but he understands that being taken off the court, that happened for a reason also. I'm just should we have done Narita for?
em
16:23
was this our time?
rainbow
16:23
to do narita, for the character time we can do I'm sure we'll find another time for narita yeah, next time we don't have anybody else to do anyway, narita getting strays over here oh my god, poor. You know, and they call him in the dub, they call narita, like kazuhito or something. I think they use his, his given name rather than his family name and I was like I've never heard that in my life. So then is this when Kageyama comes back.
em
16:49
Yes, Kageyama comes back, Of course he's fine, and he joins Hinata on the side and goes weren't you handling things for me and Hinata's like? One day I'll be able to.
rainbow
16:59
I love that moment so much. It's so like it's such banter because it's so dry and cutting I do really like this.
em
17:09
I love when Kageyama razzes him. So they watch narita and Suga get a shot in and they say you know, they cheer for them. But then they immediately the fire rises and they say we won't lose, they are the same person. Yeah, that's why they're soulmates. So then karasuno does a synchron, synchron kogaki, they do a synchronized attack and which is very impressive, and Johzenji is like let's copy that on the fly. That we've never tried before at mat at set point.
rainbow
17:35
This moment really shows their recklessness, yeah, and I think then we kind of get into is this where they take?
em
17:41
this is where the set ends right yes, because so they try, they try the synchro kogaki, and it fails and they lose the first set.
rainbow
17:49
We just kind of get a little bit of background on Johzenji, because we've seen their banner throughout the episode and it says pure and simple strength. At least that's the dub translation.
em
17:58
We have several translations then of this fucking banner. What does it say in the sub? It's simplicity and fortitude in the sub, but then it's even different in the manga, and we'll get into that later. Interesting.
rainbow
18:11
Which I, you know, I think simplicity and fortitude, I think pure and simple, which, honestly, is it actually pure and simple? Strength, or am I picking that up from the last?
em
18:21
A pure and simple strength was last episode's title. Is that what you're thinking of?
rainbow
18:26
It's definitely something about like simplicity and strength. Yeah, yeah, thinking of. It's definitely something about like simplicity and strength. Yeah, yeah, it's definitely something about that, which is not which.
em
18:32
I mean they are strong, but simplicity, not them yeah and yeah, they kind of talk about how it's an outdated term, but you know their third year manager likes the term and they kind of.
rainbow
18:41
They just kind of like debate about that a little bit and we kind of get a peek into the coach, Anabara, the way I don't know. I'm going to say Anabara is a new coach and he like training them the way he is. Do you think that's because of how the boys are like? Because he's? Do you think he like saw them and was like okay, this team has a lot of energy. It's second years, they're a little rowdy. Here's how I want to work on their reflexes and get them used to handling the ball, so then we can grow on that. Do you think if there was like a different team, like a different players, do you think you would approach training them in a different way?
em
19:39
Oh, yeah, for sure I think that the second year seemed to be the wildest of the bunch. So yeah, that probably was an attempt to try and wrangle them on a little bit.
rainbow
19:53
Yeah, and I think it's very interesting and I think because I mean they're doing pretty well with how they're doing, but I think it's obvious that they don't quite. They aren't quite where they need to be. And I wonder if Anabara is just kind of like, well, we can play the long game. So when these guys come back as third years, we'll have worked on what they lack.
em
20:05
Yeah, yeah then we have kagehina is still yelling on the court. Uh Johzenji captain says that he's glad to have Hinata back as it's boring without their quick, and he comments that their captain Daichi is boring, which Hinata's like. I don't know what you mean by that, but okay, and Hinata gives him a weird hair nickname, as he is want to do. Do you have it written down, because I don't so what he says is something like.
rainbow
20:31
He says something along the lines of like on my own, I there's no way I could beat you. Die job oh that's funny and then Terushima is just like, don't give me a weird nickname, copper top um. But then Hinata says he's like but my whole team is strong, like you can't beat all of us together nope, and we promptly see why.
em
20:50
So kagehina is too fired up to be back on the court and fuck up their quick, which the senpai saw coming, especially Daichi. He saves it and the Johzenji captain hits it back and Daichi saves it again, this time allowing kagehina to complete their attack.
rainbow
21:05
Daichi is not boring bitch yeah, and kagehina like apologized to Daichi and say, like nice, save, like thank you for that. And Daichi is not boring bitch. Yeah, and kagehina like apologized to Daichi and say, like nice, save, like thank you for that. And Daichi's like oh, I knew, no matter how much we told you to calm down, we knew you wouldn't. And so, like that's what I'm here for. I'm here to like be your backup.
em
21:17
And we see Terushima like watching Daichi and we see Daichi and we see the Johzenji slogan behind him and I think what we are getting at is Daichi actually perfectly encapsulates Johzenji's slogan. So now Johzenji is panicking and hitting out after out. Their solution is to just keep going harder.
rainbow
21:38
So I would say now they're used to Johzenji's play style and they're kind of wiping the floor with them. They're like we know that you're going to be unpredictable, but we also know what we need to do to get our points and they're kind of able to move past that unpredictability, to continue getting points in a way, karasuno is the one that can ultimately play the hardest, because they are the ones that have the more skills.
em
22:03
Wasn't that a great sentence, great thought babe.
rainbow
22:06
But you know what I mean. Do you know what I mean? No, I totally yeah, because they have the tools that they need, like Johzenji kind of like. It's almost a little bit like when they were playing hyakuzawa's team, where, like, they have this one weapon, which is that their ability to just keep going for it, and going for it as individuals, whereas karasuno has an ability to go and go for it over and over again as a team and they have strategies in place so they can attack in many different ways. And Johzenji doesn't necessarily have that and you know, because karasuno is starting to do better, Johzenji doesn't have that strategy to fall back on and they're kind of whiffing it a lot Johzenji gets through volleyball the way I get through life, which is winging it, yeah, and trying to have a good time trying to have a good time it's also how I played stardew valley the manager is Misaki.
22:51
This whole episode. We've seen her with just these worried looks on her face and now she's telling those boys what for because the the guys are talking about I think they take a time out and they're like oh, you know, this is getting tough, but like we're just gonna keep going for it and we're just gonna keep having fun. And we get a like a few flashbacks of the manager deciding to stay and then the old captain, who was a third year, talking to her and being like you know, like you're, you're kind of the last one who can leave them in line. And then there's like a weird thing where, like in the dub, oh, this is why I wanted to fast forward through this bit go ahead so yeah.
23:22
So in the dub she says I'll kick your asses and they're like she just said ass. But in the sub what is she saying?
em
23:28
she says I'll spank you, I'll give you a spanking, oh god. And then after that whole thing, they're like oh, she said spank. And then karasuno has overheard this and actually it was kind of funny because Hinata's like that pretty lady manager said the word spank, like when Hinata is like that, it's fine well, in the, in the dub he's like, are they talking about asses over.
23:48
there. That's funny. And then TanaNoya asks Kiyoko to basically degrade them, for them to talk down to them, and when she refuses, they start to ask for a spanking and she says I'm not going to spank you either. And they're very excited that she said the word spank, because these boys are what Repressed. Thank you.
rainbow
24:12
And here's the thing is that kink is fine and good. I fully support it, but it has to be consensual and Kiyoko doesn't want to dom them, and I don't. The thing I don't like about it is they're like they're like mommy, will you dom us? And she's like no, and they're like oh, we love it when she she does that, and it's like no, I know it's like what if we just didn't do these scenes?
24:29
stop it oh, anyway, yeah, yeah, I said tana Noya asking for punishment from Kiyoko, throwing up noises, oh and then. But going back to Misaki, something she says that she repeat, well, something she repeats that the captain had told her is bear with the times that are not fun, and then you can keep playing till the very end, and so this kind of you know, they come back from the timeout and Johzenji is ready to win, like this really does kind of light a fire under their asses and they're like you know what, you're right. This it's Terushima who says you know what? We're not having fun right now. Like it isn't fun if we keep messing up like this. I want to have fun and I want to win.
em
25:11
You know what's fun locking in. Yeah, so that's the end of the episode, baby. Okay, we'll have to see how this match ends next week, uh, but for now it's manga versus anime and this episode. We cover chapters 109 to 112 and I just have a few little notes. when suki, when they're talking about his glasses and he takes off his glasses, Kageyama has a little thought bubble going. Huh, Tsukki's eyes don't turn into backwards threes when he takes his glasses off. You know how it looks like in manga.
rainbow
25:42
So I love what a fun little like weird fourth wall break, yeah, right moment. Well, and also just the idea that Kageyama has only ever seen somebody take their glasses off on like TV, like in an anime or read it in a manga and then thinks that that's just what happens when people take their glasses off. He's simple and lonely.
em
26:02
Okay, just like me in high school. So the manga uses a term that we don't hear. The manga uses a term that we don't hear in the anime. When Kageyama gets his face hit, blocking, they call it six-packed. Have you heard this?
26:21
I have not apparently it's a popular term in volleyball which means getting spiked in the face, uh, and I saw like a reddit thing and someone said it might be because the noise you makes gives you, makes you like, do a little crunch and so it gives you a six-pack. That's fascinating. Just a little volleyball background knowledge there, uh, and then another different, another main difference I would say, is Takinoe is in this scene, in these scenes when he's not in the in the anime, and he's hanging out with Yachi Takanori comments that while Asahi always gets comments about how he looks older, Daichi is really the one who doesn't act like a teenager because he's, you know, being so responsible on the court. Yachi says really, just the other day he raced the basketball captain to lunch and accidentally hit the fire alarm.
rainbow
27:02
I love that. First of all, it's not just other volleyball captains that Daichi is hooking up with with, it's all other captains, it's any and all. Anyway, uh, can we have a fic where all the captains go to some sort of conference?
em
27:16
we need a captain conference quickly. Yes. And then I also just noted that the team motto for Johzenji, written in the manga uh, translates to austerity and power yeah, and I think that all makes sense.
rainbow
27:28
I think that I think all those words are really trying to get across the same idea, which is that they are not super exciting, but they're powerful.
em
27:38
Yeah yeah, kind of like Ushijima. It's like an Ushijima. yeah, it's kind of yeah like the.
rainbow
27:43
the it's giving everybody on the court is Ushijima, which now I'm just imagining a bunch of different Ushijimas with different haircuts, but yeah, that's not who they are. It's more like yeah, it's more like playful and fun, or wild and crazy.
em
27:58
Wild and crazy. That's it for manga versus anime. Now rainbow with the character spotlight.
rainbow
28:03
That's right. And today we're going to talk about the one, the only, the party man himself himself Terushima Yuji.
em
28:09
I was very excited to learn that his first name was Yuji yeah, she didn't know that.
rainbow
28:12
And I mean for any of you out there who are like why is that exciting? Jujitsu Kaisen
em
28:16
Thank you very much. Follow me on, not twitter anymore.
rainbow
28:21
Bye, that's, that's a chit chat for another day. Yes, a note about his personality. From the wiki quote Terushima is shown to be childish and extremely energetic. He's not one to take things seriously, as he even dismissed volleyball as something played for fun and didn't put much thought into the sport as he thought it wouldn't be enjoyable. We have his name meaning and his family name is Terushima, which means shining island and, as we talked about when we discussed Tsukishima's name meaning, shima means island in Japanese and it's very common to find that in Japanese family names. So Terashima is Shining Island and then his given name, Yuji, is Playful.
em
28:57
Child which is fitting for him and for Yuji from Jujutsu Kaisen yeah, Itadori Yuji, playful Child for sure, absolutely all right.
rainbow
29:06
And then, moving on to his character sheet, he is in class two seven at Johzenji high school. His position is wing spiker, his height is 510 or 177.8 centimeters. His birthday is april 18th, so he is a aries and finally an aries worthy of the title?
29:26
yeah, yeah, one that matches for sure. His favorite food is those sausage in a bun things. I like the personality in that answer. Yeah, that's absolutely true. And then his current worry. God, he's all about food. The breads and sandwiches at the school cafeteria don't seem as good as they used to be for some reason.
29:45
We also see in his little sketch on his character sheet that he's got a tongue piercing, and I always forget that that's canon, but he does in fact have a tongue piercing. He's a bad boy, which I have to say as somebody who did briefly referee for the ymca in my life. I can't imagine you're allowed to have a tongue piercing while you play volleyball, although I guess tongue piercings you can't take out. I think I know nothing about tongue piercings you can't take out. I think I know nothing about tongue piercings. Brighton, do you have a tongue piercing? Let us know.
30:12
On to his five point ability parameters, his technique, intelligence and stamina are all threes, which actually his technique being a three, is kind of working. Yeah, kind of makes sense. I expected it to be a little lower, but he has the, the baseline that he needs. But his speed, his power and his jumping are all fours and I think that makes sense. Yeah, fitting a powerful, slightly simple man. Yeah, and then because his name is Yuji. If you look up Terushima as Sukuna on google, you will find a lot of fan arts of Terushima with the the Sukuna tattoos and I didn't.
em
30:50
I didn't even ask her to do that.
rainbow
30:51
I just well listen. I looked up Terushima on Google and that was one of the first images that came up and I was like, well, you know who's gonna enjoy this, my baby.
em
30:59
I love to see daddy, all right. Well, that's Terushima, and I know I talked a lot of shit about him, uh, because of the Kiyoko scene, but I actually I do like him as a character. He he's fun and interesting.
rainbow
31:09
Yeah, I'm really glad that that gets left behind. Yeah, I like I really don't think we see that again with him. Yeah, no, I just it sucks that that was his introduction. It sucks that that exists, like we can't ignore that it happened. But you know this whole episode, he's curious about Daiichi. He's thirsting over Hinata's jumps. You know, he's just like I, you know, maybe we can headcanon that him going after Kiyoko, like that is just he's really closeted and insecure and so that's like a persona he puts on to like hide the fact that he's so, so gay, which is not okay. I'll subscribe to that. Yeah, it's like that's still like. It's like I don't agree with that behavior, but I can understand it and it makes me okay with like feeling positive about his character.
em
31:53
I suppose All right. Now it's time for the world's favorite game. It's who in Haikyuu? And surprise, surprise, we're going to talk about brunch in this week's episode. We're going to discuss what their brunch behavior be and hey, if this one sucks well, you can get mad at us because we came up with it. We're going to be talking about Hinata Kageyama Daichi Suga, Terushima Masaki Yamaguchi Tsugishima Kiyoko Yachi Ukai, and.
rainbow
32:17
Takeda, okay, Hinata, I think is drinking too much too quickly, before he gets food and throwing up in the bathroom.
em
32:24
Yeah, he's definitely a hot mess. I think he'd be eating too much, drinking too much he's a little too loud. People at other tables are like what is happening like, maybe like that's his first brunch experience and then he's not allowed at brunch for a while until he learns to control himself.
rainbow
32:39
He's definitely. He's like the like the table full of girls that all screamed it's her birthday. Oh my god, he's definitely doing that to to anybody. If they they go out for a birthday brunch, he's letting the entire restaurant now.
em
32:53
Yes, and oh, and we should also specify we went to a drag brunch, so that is a high energy, did we not, do we?
rainbow
32:59
I think we, we might, I think we glossed over the fact that it is like drag queen brunch is its own special thing, which I like the way it worked out, because we got our food, we ate our food, and then the queens came out and we just got to toss our dollar bills at them.
em
33:12
So I could see Hinata at that kind of brunch. Now Kageyama, he's at a much more demure place for brunch he's not like a fancy.
rainbow
33:20
You have to have a reservation in place, kind of brunch exactly.
em
33:24
I really see him dabbing the corner of his mouth with a napkin like a dainty boy.
rainbow
33:28
Yeah, like he's because he's so well-mannered and polite, but I think at the same time. I think ultimately, Kageyama doesn't care about brunch.
em
33:37
He's being dragged to brunch yeah, and actually I don't know, maybe I'll take back that napkin thing. He's actually eating too fast that he's choking on his poached eggs. Okay, Daichi.
rainbow
33:47
I think Daichi is like a. I think he's like a server.
em
33:51
At the brunch we went to towards the end they had all the servers come out and do like a twerking competition.
rainbow
33:57
That was amazing.
em
33:58
Which was amazing, and I like to think Daichi's like behind the bar the whole time and then he'll do something silly like that if the queens bring him out.
rainbow
34:05
I think he'd be like our server specifically who, like, was not good at twerking, wasn't really trying to twerk, but had like one high kick move he did a couple times. He's like this is my one move and I'm doing it. I peeped that it was good. Suga is the life of the party at brunch is Suga's court Suga is ordering bottomless mimosas.
em
34:25
Whether you want them or not, he has the pitcher.
rainbow
34:27
He convinced the server to let them keep the pitcher, which was a mistake, but it's okay and, unlike Hinata, like he is, people want him to come back because he's having fun.
em
34:37
He makes the experience great Terushimaushima slept through brunch or got kicked out of brunch, I think so.
rainbow
34:43
I also thought I think Terushima would be like. I think he would be one of the servers, but I think he would be like having the most fun. He'd be the kind of server who, like sits down at the table with you and is like I just got to take a second.
em
34:59
Oh my god, absolutely.
rainbow
35:00
He's like, definitely like you're like wondering where your server is and he's outside smoking a cigarette and he doesn't care about you.
em
35:06
So he works in a New York brunch spot. Misaki would be in the giant girl group, but she'd be like the shy one that isn't doing all like the yelling, but then, of course, is the one that's getting picked on.
rainbow
35:16
Yes, I agree with that. I'm also thinking put upon host. I'm thinking she's the hostess who has to seat everybody and has to deal with all of the servers being wild, like she's the one who's like trying to get Hinata to calm down.
em
35:28
Yes, oh, my god, yeah, absolutely Yamaguchi.
rainbow
35:32
I think Yamaguchi and Tsukishima have a standing brunch date. I think they go to the same place every time.
em
35:38
Oh, for those who can't see, I'm making a face because that's really cute and I love it.
rainbow
35:42
Yes, I think they are brunch professionals. I think they know exactly what they're doing. They know what time to arrive, they know how long to stay, they know what to order, they know how much to order.
em
35:51
They have their usuals.
rainbow
35:53
Yes, they go out to brunch with the whole team at one point and are so, but they refuse to go to their regular spot.
em
35:58
But they're so embarrassed by everyone else maybe they're quietly getting drunk to deal with, like the antics of the others, and I just have this headcanon of Yamaguchi giggling about it and then being cute in the corner.
rainbow
36:08
Yes, yeah, they're definitely just like silently reading everyone Kiyoko I think Kiyoko is. She is doing a great job at brunch, you do such a good job at brunch you're just so good at brunch. no, I think she's. I think I think she is. So what you were saying about Kageyama, that's Kiyoko she's dabbing her napkin.
36:28
She's doing it perfectly like she knows. She knows everything? I think she doesn't. She gets a mimosa. She doesn't get bottomless. She's like I will drink my one to two drinks. She waits until the food gets there to start drinking Yachi.
em
36:40
I like to think, I I like to think that Yachi ends up in the middle of, like, if it's a drag brunch, the chaos, even if she doesn't want to be. I think she ends up on a drag queen's shoulders at one point.
rainbow
36:50
Yeah, she is definitely like being handed a shot and being forced to take it. I'm also thinking of Yachi as like the harried server, like she is like working the brunch shift and she is a nervous wreck about it.
em
37:02
Oh, yeah, definitely Ukai and Takeda.
rainbow
37:05
Ukai does not go to brunch. He doesn't even know about brunch. He's like what the fuck does that even mean? Takeda takes him on a date to brunch.
em
37:13
Yes, definitely no. Ukai's having like a sad half frozen breakfast sandwich at like 5 am before work most mornings, yeah he has no concept of brunch whatsoever, but I think Takeda knows all about brunch.
rainbow
37:26
I think Takeda is like Yamaguchi I bet Takeda and Tsukishima and Yamaguchi see each other at their favorite brunch spot and I like to imagine Takeda going to brunch, maybe bringing a book, having himself a good time, of course.
em
37:40
Okay, cool, great job us for that wonderful scenario I don't know.
rainbow
37:44
I thought that one sucked. It wasn't very fun. We're so bad at this. No, I say that because we always say that they're fun and but we can't say that they're not fun. This was not fun.
em
37:53
This was not fun all right, before we head into the spoiler zone, make sure to catch us on the social medias. We are on twitter, instagram, tumblr and Tumblr, and Blue Sky at flyhqpod. That's F-L-Y-H-Q-P-O-D. You can also send us an email at flyhqpod at gmailcom that's F-L-Y-H-Q-P-O-D at gmailcom. And now you go to a door and you open the door and on the other side is the spoiler zone.
38:24
Okay, just like we promised at the top of the episode, I have one more thing from chit chat, because I've realized it's a little spoilery. So the other thing that we talked about last episode was we touched on Niiyama and we talked about, of course, the illustration of Natsu with that team in the future, and we just said like, oh yeah, what was her position? Again, we don't know. Well, I looked, she doesn't have a confirmed position. Illustration of Natsu with that team in the future. And we just said like, oh yeah, what was her position? Again, we don't know. Well, I looked, she doesn't have a confirmed position. We just know she's the captain because of her number one and she's not the Libro because there's a Libro there. So I do think Setter is a popular headcanon for her, but I don't think it's confirmed. So fight it out amongst yourselves, folks.
rainbow
38:59
Yeah, and I definitely think the Setter headcanon it out amongst yourselves folks. Yeah, and I definitely think the setter headcanon I think a lot of people like to think that Kageyama kind of takes her under his wing and like really shows her the ropes and is like passing on his setter knowledge to Natsu and I think Hinata is both extremely jealous and extremely endeared by it. That's my headcanon. I love it. yeah, and then I just wanted to mention that we do we see Johzenji doing things in this episode that the karasuno boys will do in later games, like getting the ball with your foot if you can't reach it with a hand, setting with one hand when the ball is super close to the net, like those are two things. We see hina to do the foot thing and we do Kageyama see the one-handed set thing and I just thought that was very interesting yeah, they're really not.
em
39:39
So they, they both have a similar level of scrappiness. Yes, yeah, all right. Well, gosh, is that all we got for today?
rainbow
39:46
I think that is. I think we're ready to go. It's time to do some laundry.
em
39:49
Oh, cuties, we got to go do the rest of our Sunday stuff. But hey, it was great to see you and until next time, fly high, woohoo.