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Fly: A Queer Haikyuu Podcast
S3E4: The Halo Around the Moon
"...a slight mistake created by annoyance and panic..."
This week, rainbow and em cover season 3, episode 4 "The Halo Around the Moon" and have an absolute blast talking about the greatest Tsukishima moment of the entire series.
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rainbow
00:10
hello everyone and welcome to fly a queer Haikyuu podcast.
em
00:14
I'm rainbow they she and I'm m, and today we are talking about season three, episode four, the halo around the moon what is this halo?
rainbow
00:23
who is this moon? We'll find out very shortly. Some of you might already be aware of this. I think the announcement was officially made like February 20th of this year. But I just recently looked into there is a new project coming out of Avatar Studios which is from the original creators of Avatar, the Last Airbender, and it's Avatar Seven Havens and I just did a little reading up on it. I mean it's still very much in pre-production, but it is going to be a 2D animated series with two seasons, 13 episodes each. About what it is the next Avatar in the Avatar cycle after Korra? It's the Earthbender oh the Earthbenders.
01:02
I'm curious to see how it's going to be. I think story-wise it's very it. It's going to be interesting because spoiler alert, I guess, for Korra, legend of Korra I should say there's like this whole thing where, like, the spirit world and the physical world get like connected and you can like travel between them and I guess that like kind of like creates a lot of destruction in the Avatar universe and so Korra, instead of being like the great savior, like Aang was, she is like the destroyer and so, being the next avatars, people are very wary of her. Yeah, it's very interesting.
em
01:36
That's what I saw people upset about something with Korra being known as the destroyer, but I wasn't really keeping up.
rainbow
01:40
Yeah, and I feel like I saw if anyone listens to Danny Mata and Nick, whatever his name is podcast Otaku's Anonymous. I think they talked about it a little bit. I kept like seeing the thumbnail but I was like I'm not watching an hour and a half video of these two. Just not for me.
01:55
But um, yeah, I think it's interesting and I don't know, I think if, if this were an Avatar podcast, I'd want to talk about like misogyny in the writing of Avatar and I do wonder how much that goes into this decision with Korra being the destroyer. I do like, from what I remember of Legend of Korra, I do kind of understand how that could be the case. I could understand how history can see her that way and I mean I want to think that it's like a commentary on the way that history looks at powerful women. But you know I'm these are a lot of. This is a lot of conjecture because we haven't seen the show and I mean I do. I didn't really trust these writers to do good storytelling, if not always the best writing of female and particularly feminine characters right, which you know the world struggles with that in general oh she's femme.
02:41
Oh, we don't know what to do with her. She's a lamp, yeah, cardboard, yes, or you know she might be powerful, but also she's going to cry a lot and people are not going to like her. So you know, looking at you, katara my favorite character.
em
02:54
Looking at you. Yeah, every piece of media ever Let me think of Barbie, yeah yeah, exactly, I'm you know.
rainbow
03:00
all of that being said, you know I am. You know, as I get older and as I start to like look at things through a feminist lens more and more, the more I'm just like, oh, you know, maybe this is a conversation we can have, but even having those conversations about Avatar for me doesn't like in any way taint the like beauty of the original series.
em
03:16
That's how I kind of feel. This might be a very ice cold take, but, like, for me, the way I feel about the Avatar world is kind of how I feel about the Harry Potter world. It's like, listen, I got my original content, I'm good. Whatever extra shit you want to throw at me to make some more money, maybe it'll be entertaining. But I'm not. Like, if I don't like it, well then I ignore it. I just cross out their lines. It didn't ever happen. It's not part of canon.
rainbow
03:40
Yeah, it's OK. Yeah it's okay because I mean I really think Legend of Korra was really interesting and I mean, hey, it gave us like one of our first like ever queer relationships and explicitly queer, I guess, explicitly as they held hands and looked at each other.
em
03:53
But I mean, it was, they were canonically together and it did open a lot of doors.
rainbow
03:58
Yeah, yeah, that's like yeah, it was like 2012 canon lesbians for 2012 in a kids show. I think they did, you know, the best they could and they really pushed for that and fought for that, and I think that's important, and so I'll be interested to see you know a show coming out I don't remember exactly. I don't think they have a release date yet. I assume it's going to be a few years because it's 2d animation and that takes a long time. So it'll be interesting to see you know how how much they've grown now that they are in an ecosystem where you can really do that more. Yeah, so I just wanted to share the news about that, get anyone excited out there who might be excited for it.
04:32
You know, I hope it's good, I hope the level of writing is good and I think for me, I find the world of Avatar so fascinating and so kind of singular. Like there's not really anything out there to me. That's like the Avatar world, and so I really do enjoy getting to like go back into it and see how it's evolved and how it's changed, especially with, like, legend of Korra. Things were so, like you know, the technology advancements were so intense in Korra, and so it'll be interesting to see what's happened, especially with the spirit world influence, so I'm very excited about it. I hope some of you are too. So you know when, as as we actually hear more things about that, I'll try to keep that in mind and let you all know. But yeah, so I'm excited. Okay, let's move on to housekeeping, which is really short and isn't really even a housekeeping item. I just noticed that we're doing a lot of season three episodes in March, the third month of the year, and that made me excited.
em
05:23
A lot of angel number things going on this episode actually.
rainbow
05:27
I know I noticed that in your notes. We'll get into that in just a minute when we do our discussion, but first I think Em has a recap for us.
em
05:34
Well, you know, I do have a recap and I have someone on the show who's gonna help me do the recap for this very special episode. Jennifer Coolidge is in the studio today. Everybody, jennifer, thank you for being here. Hi, thanks for having me. Oh, my god, this episode was just crazy. It was like the 4th of July. Tsukki made me want a hot dog. Real bad. Oh, jennifer, I understand. I mean, this is a big episode, isn't it? It really is All right, let's get into it. The crows mob Ushijima. At the end of the second set, officially in total defense mode, Tsukki has his moment in the sun as the unexpected, nonchalant crow leads us to victory. Jennifer, thank you so much for taking your time. I know you have to go Anytime, sweetheart. Okay, bye, rainbow, bye Jennifer. It's so great to meet you. She is always a class act. Thank you, jennifer, and yeah, this is a banger.
rainbow
06:30
I'm sorry everybody, I didn't know. I knew that Jennifer Coolidge was going to make an appearance. I just didn't know how it was going to happen and that is just like the best possible scenario for that. So I really appreciate.
em
06:49
I really appreciate you bringing her in and, you know, getting her all set up for just that short moment. She's so busy. The logistics were insane, but I think it's worth it.
rainbow
06:52
For our audience, this is an iconic episode, if you don't already know, I was excited at the end of last week's recording to talk about this episode. I was so excited when I was like, oh my God, I get to do my Haikyuu homework, I get to watch Haikyuu and I'm going to be so honest, I think this is my most like sports commentator-y episode. I really was doing a play-by-play, but I think it's important for this episode that we talk about a lot of the different small moments that happen throughout the game.
em
07:17
Yeah, we're playing chess people, and every moment, every movement counts because Tsukki has been planning. Movement counts because Tsukki has been planning. We start with the score, which is 22 versus 22 in the second set and you know I can't help it I had to Google the angel numbers of five twos. So the angel numbers, the five twos, means that you are on the perfect path for balance, stability and leaping onto the next spiritual level. This number sequence hints at keeping faith, believing in your own sense of success and creating surroundings that will help you triumph. I find that relevant.
rainbow
07:49
Yeah, I think that's interesting and I mean I can't imagine Fruitate like looked into that, although I'm sure with numerology that kind of stuff is like you know, it's all mixed in there.
em
08:00
Yeah, I mean I take that kind of stuff with a grain of salt, but I do notice that I always look when it's 11-11. Anyway, so we have just finished that total defense move from the last episode and we have NishiNoya smiling at Tsukki. I just really love their defense, friendship. It's so good and it really comes through in this episode.
rainbow
08:18
Well, yeah, because I mean, as annoying as Noya can be, like personality-wise and how much, how much he like, especially with Tsukishima, the way he's always kind of making sure he's eating and he's always like you know, like he's always like um, I think I could see Tsukishima thinking Noya is annoying. I feel like Tsukishima has such a respect for Noya and his skills, like I feel like if Noya were not as good as he is, he would treat him a little differently.
em
08:42
But like I think, like Tsukishima recognizes how important it is for them to work together and you know, what I never thought about, but it's pretty obvious is I'm sure Tsuki knew about NishiNoya before they were on the same team, because he's such a volleyball nerd. I mean, he knew everything about Kageyama and it's clear that NishiNoya is on a similar level of skill and popularity. So he probably knew about Noya too.
rainbow
09:01
I bet he was a little excited to see him I bet he was excited to get to be on the same team with him. When we also have in this moment where Noya is kind of giving Tsukki his flowers, we get Asahi also giving him a compliment and I I like the way the two of them kind of together, are like the Tsukki, Tsukishima senpai of the team, like I feel like tanaka is kind of like kage hina senpai and Noya is like senpai to hinata in a very specific way. Suga is senpai to Kageyama in a specific way.
09:27
Daichi is I'm listing all of them now Daichi senpai to all of them, I feel yeah, Daichi is senpai to all of them, but I feel like Tsukishima has like Noya and asi as his two especially with Asahi.
em
09:38
he several times, even during the training camp arc. I think he makes time to like talk to Tsukki and try to like get through to him, because all the senpais see that Tsukki is like not really trying 100%, but I feel like Asahi almost like gets him the most and like I don't know, he just takes that time, especially because Tsukki is so nonchalant and is not going to give himself any more credit than he deserves Really, even the credit he does deserve. And Asahi always makes sure to be like well, if we hadn't, if you didn't do that one touch, then we couldn't have picked that up like.
rainbow
10:07
he does that later on, like and I just love that the validation is real well, I think Asahi, as somebody who did quit the team for a while when things got hard for him, when he was beaten, I think he understands more than anyone else where Tsukishima is coming from with not wanting to try as hard so that when you fail it doesn't hurt so bad like he had. He was hurt so badly. He tried so hard during that date deck game and then they lost anyway and it literally like crushed him and crushed his like love of volleyball and Noya and and he had to, he had to leave, and so I think he understands where Tsukishima is coming from and I think he doesn't want Tsukishima to end up like him and end up like quitting when things get too hard and to keep trying.
em
10:48
Yeah, definitely. So we have Yachi and Saeko and the neighborhood guys in the stands and Yachi uses the term mobbing. They're saying you know that Karasuno is mobbing Ushijima, and that is when smaller birds work together to take down one larger bird. I said this is a metaphor for the state. In my opinion, we got to mob the government anyway.
rainbow
11:08
No fucking for real. Listen everyone. Go out there and watch A Bug's Life. It will radicalize you like nobody's business, just like we are. There's so many of us and like you're yeah, it's like, yeah, you're big, but guess what? There's more of us Like, literally like humans, like hunted like mammoths to extinction, didn't they? Yes, and you know how they did that by grouping up and attacking together as one. Working together is important.
em
11:30
Volleyball is about connection and then I love um, it's Takinoe who says Yachi, you know some pretty cool words and I just love like the reiteration that Yachi is definitely the smartest person on Karasuno, if not the smartest person on the show, right now for sure.
rainbow
11:44
Like I think she even gives Tsukishima a run for his money. I think she's even in one, like one class higher than him. Yeah, in the dub, Takinoe says something to Yachi like oh, that's like a really cool metaphor that you came up with and I just really appreciate that as well. She is so smart and I love that people and she looks so proud Like she, just like she did like a little smile and a little blush of just like yeah, I'm pretty smart, yeah. And then we get a view of Hinata, who thinks the total defense is cool. He's like on the sidelines like whoa, that was awesome. And I just, I love, I just love that Hinata is constantly fangirling over his own team.
em
12:20
He's just a volleyball fan like rival or teammate. If something cool happens on the court, he's going to have something to say about it.
rainbow
12:26
Yes, and then back up in the stands again, we have our ROG, our random old guy. He's mad again and he thinks Kurosano is squandering the second set.
em
12:36
Yeah, he said it like it took them two sets to like finally do a good, like defensive, like effective mode against Ushijima and the two men in front. One of them goes is that old guy a sundare? I always fuck up this word sundare sundare, sundare, yeah, which, if you guys don't know, that's like a anime term for a. Usually it's like a guy, an older guy, who seems cold and uncaring, but he's like a soft, I think that's.
rainbow
13:05
I think a lot of people call Tsukishima Sundari and I think people also call Shirabu Sundari, which is interesting. We have a lot of those this episode.
em
13:16
Every matchup is like Sunshine and Sundari. So then we have Leon Faints, a smart move that fools even Tsukki, I noted. Daichi saves it, but Tendo immediately spikes it back and we have Satori goes victory and Ushijima goes not.
rainbow
13:34
Yet we still have two points he's so funny, he takes things so literally, it's great. And Tendo's just like don't ruin this for me.
em
13:42
I like this little like. That's like a little insight into their dynamic.
rainbow
13:45
Yeah, absolutely yeah. I love the idea of Tendo just like speaking in like beautiful metaphors and using using a bunch of similes and Ushijima, everything is just going right over his head. Oh, my God, ok. And then we have Shirabu trying to do a dump, trying.
em
14:04
He does it baby.
rainbow
14:05
He does it, but Tsukki manages to get a hand on it.
em
14:08
Yes, he just barely bumps it up and Noya goes for it, but he's just not there in time. And we have Semi thinking to himself not bad. And I said I'm starting to understand, because isn't this a ship? Yes, yeah, I liked that little moment. But we have Tsukki, who was just like we had another moment of him like locking in after that moment and he kind of apologizes to Noya that it would be better if he hadn't hit it.
rainbow
14:31
But Noya again, being the senpai, is like we wouldn't have gotten that either way, which I think is true yeah, it's like at least you got a hand on it and I think for Suki's purposes, like that is good. It's really important that he managed to get a hand on Shirabu's dump and we have a moment with Shirabu where he thinks to himself it's time to show them. I do more than just set to Ushiwaka, yes, which I think is very interesting and just so, so important for what happens at the end of the game and then is this where we have Yachi noticing that Tsukki looks different, and yeah so suki's older brother is like there's something kind of different about his expression and Yachi chimes in and is like I know what you mean.
em
15:09
It's like he's more like lively and Akitaru. Yes, he looks at Yachi and he's like does Tsukki have other friends aside from Tadashi? Which is really sweet and also gives in more to my canon that Yamaguchi Tsuki and Yachi do become three little besties as they as the years go on. But I just, oh, I do like that I love the found family like slowly coming together like this.
rainbow
15:36
It also speaks to the fact that Tsukishima and Yamaguchi are probably in like a toxic codependent friendship. If that's Tsukishima's only friend, and I'd imagine if Yamaguchi's hanging out with Tsukishima's only friend and I'd imagine if Yamaguchi's hanging out with Tsukishima all the time, he's not really able to make other friends because I'm sure Tsukishima is mean to them. I think.
em
15:52
No, I'm telling you, they really remind me of my high school friendship, where they just hung out 24-7. They probably had a summer where they got sick of each other but hung out anyway. Yes.
rainbow
16:01
Yeah, but Y Yachi, I think both of them like her. I think everyone on Karasuno loves Yachi. Yes, she is like the great equalizer of the team and we see, I think tatashi, I think we see him making friends with Yachi, making friends with hinata and I I really love he's like growing in so many ways uh.
em
16:19
So then tanaka gets a point and this brings us to a deuce. And then I wrote am I understanding Tsukkihina? Because there's a moment where when hinata bumps into Tsukki and he kind of looks at him, and then what does Tsukki say? It's something about, oh, he's like giving him instructions about how to go about the next play. I don't know what it was something about that bumping into him and then looking up at him like that. I was like I get it. I get it a little bit. Another tall player for hinata to kiss yeah, really.
rainbow
16:52
Um. No, he's like, and Tsukishima's like in the in the back row now, and so it's hinata up to block and so suki's like telling he gives him advice on, like you know, when to go for it. Um, and that's continuing to put the pressure on Shirabu, I think, is what's happening there.
em
17:07
He's like you have to be persistent with these blocks yes, and then we have Kageyama, who hits a setter dump right back at Shirabu. I said he really is a sassy bitch on the court, specifically like whatever you do to him, he'll pay you back immediately.
rainbow
17:23
Yeah, I said in typical tobio fashion, Kageyama does a dump back as soon as he gets the, specifically Like whatever you do to him, he'll pay you back immediately. Yeah, I said, in typical Tobio fashion, Kageyama does a dump back as soon as he gets the chance.
em
17:29
And then I love again like the first year. Love in this episode actually is so strong because we have Yamaguchi yells Kageyama, nice. And then Tsukki to himself thinks really nice job, king. And I want to say he says daiosama, which means great king. So he says really nice job, great king. And it's like sincere. Oh, because we know Tsukki is probably impressed by Kageyama's skill level but just pissed off by his personality. So like he can't you know can't lie when Kageyama pulls something off really cool.
rainbow
18:04
Yes and so, and then I think this is where then we get another play where Hinata manages to get like a one touch right On a block.
em
18:12
Yes, I believe that he follows Suki's advice and it like works. Yeah.
rainbow
18:15
Yeah, and then he tries to give Tsukishima a high five and it's that great scene of him like Tsukishima and he's like trying to give him a big high five and then Tsukishima literally just sidesteps him.
em
18:32
Tsukihina is Charlie and Lucy With the football. Someone make that cartoon please, because that's literally what they are and what I would give if we had Haikyuu second and third year stories. I would love to watch Tsukki just become just like minutely nicer to Hinata as time goes on and yeah, that's what fan fiction is for.
rainbow
18:53
I love reading like a second or third year where they've really solidified as a friend group.
em
18:58
And then so Hinata faints them out by running all the way like down the court, just for Kageyama to then pass to tanaka because they had their eyes on hinata. And Tendo thinks to himself he acknowledges that oh, he really is a first class decoy yeah, he is bitch. He, just like hinata, just puts his whole pussy into it. For lack of a better term there are better terms I just want to use that one, but, like you, just do believe it, and because he believes it when he goes for it, oh yeah, anyway.
rainbow
19:27
Yeah, it's great and we also in this. In these few moments here, we also get Ukai telling Takeda that volleyball is designed so that both teams have a chance to attack. And I really liked that and I think volleyball is such an interesting sport and for me it really does kind of put people on an even playing field in a way that some sports don't like. I know height is a big thing, but there's clearly so many ways to get around.
em
19:49
That, I think, is this when he's saying how, like it's really hard to get two points in a row, the deuce definitely puts you on equal ground because it is. It's so hard. And this is the kind of deuce they got into with Seijo at the first game or whatever I forget which game it was where they got in that really long. It was the first game.
rainbow
20:04
That was the first one, yeah.
20:05
And we still have three more sets to go maybe we also have Tendo saving the ball with his foot, because Kageyama and Goshiki do a joust at the net and Kageyama who you know, I guess, is, you know, probably like a little bit better than Goshiki, I would say he gets it, but Tendo saves it with his foot, which I thought was interesting, because Tendo like kind of reads as more of like a lazy player who like only cares about blocking, but I like the idea that he's like no bitch and I think that's also like a cute, like senpai kohai moment, like I like that, like because Tendo feels like he like really has taken Goushki under his wing and in an awkward way, True, and also I mean Tendo, mean he's locked in now. I think he's gonna give his all at this point because Karasuno is being fun, yeah, also, and going back to the moment that you talked about where Hinata uses his feint as a decoy Tendo, in the dub he calls Hinata Karasuno's decoy ace, which I thought was interesting oh, wow, that's, that's a heavy title dub.
em
21:00
And then Tsukki, oh, and then we have Kageyama being hard on himself for the toss he gives to Tanaka. He's like, no, it was still too, I don't know, late, high, whatever. And actually a little insight the manga tells us that Kageyama is thinking to himself he was still scared of Tendo, that's why he had him in his mind and that's why he messed up, just fun fact.
rainbow
21:20
And that's why he's being so hard on himself now is because he like, in a sense, ran away and and especially after Hinata called him on that and back in the training camp in second year. He's like no, and I'm sure he's like. He's like.
em
21:33
I hope that runt didn't notice and then Tsuki stays comparing Kagehina to bugs, as he thinks, or I think he says to Yamaguchi it really does piss people off to have Hinata scuttling around in front of them. And then he thinks get as wild as you can. Weird combo.
rainbow
21:52
He is plotting Shirabu's demise here. You see it. So we saw it in like the past episode, even with the way Tsukishima is like, because he keeps like. He keeps looking at Shirabu and like we see Shirabu like clearly pissed off. I have to say Shirabu does anger in like the best way. I love how angry he gets. I don't know if part of it is his weird diagonal bangs that really add to the facial expression.
em
22:13
But like, yeah, I just love how pissed off he looks yeah, no, there's a very quiet frustration going on, uh, and then Shiratorizawa takes its first time out of the game and and everyone is like whoa. Yeah.
rainbow
22:25
Because I bet Washi Joe, like a big part of his like coaching strategy, is like, if I have to call a timeout, you're doing 100 serves when we get back from the game. So yeah, and that's our very dramatic end to the first half of this episode. We go into a timeout and then when we come back we have the two guys who are sitting in front of ROG, the random old guy, and I have a note that they kind of look a little bit like Daichi and Yamaguchi to me a little bit. Yeah, yeah, like I don't know. The one guy has, like this, the shorter cropped hair and he has similar facial features. And then the other guy has, like hair very similar to Yamaguchi and he has that little like oh, what do they call it?
23:05
The, it's the little thing that sticks out, the, the main character from um Danganronpa always has it and it's. I can't remember what it's called, damn, I wish I'd remembered um, but it means like it translates something of like idiot thing it's. It's like some, it's like a little. It's that little like hair that sticks out.
em
23:22
I, yeah, I can't think of what it fucking is called either.
rainbow
23:24
Anyway, I'll remember. I'm sure somebody will write in, but by then I'll have already looked it up, but it's okay Anyway. So they kind of look like them, but they're talking about Karasuno being a dark horse and how they like you know we didn't think they were that big of a team, a very strong player, and I think sometimes that gets.
em
23:46
I think Asahi fades into the background a little bit sometimes.
rainbow
23:48
Well, and I have a note here. I was just wondering, and I don't know if we ever learn this explicitly in the manga or the anime, but I wonder why Asahi chose to go to Karasuno, like he was a very good player. He probably could have gone to lots of of different teams and maybe we're just supposed to assume it's because of old coach Ukai or because of their reputation, and we made it might even find it out in a future episode in this season because we, you know, do get a flashback to their first year. But I'm just curious because we do learn. You know we don't learn everyone's reason for going to Karasuno, but we learn quite a few and I just wonder what Asahi is.
em
24:22
It could be as simple as that was the close school to wherever he lived. But there could also be a thing of Karasuno was recently a powerhouse when they got into first year. So you know, it might have been both things Karasuno's reputation and maybe he just like lived close by. I do want to point out, before we got that rando moment, it starts with the Shira Torazawa the other coach, not Washijo talking to Shira Torazawa and saying and Karasuno was really giving them a run for their money and it made me think of like how much would Seijo have challenged Shiratorizawa in comparison? I know that they would have, because Seijo is great at adapting and whatnot. But it's just nice to see our boys. They are, they're putting up a good fight and they're starting to make Shiratorizawa sweat a little bit.
rainbow
25:06
Well, and also, I think it's important that Shiratorizawa has never played Karasuno before before, and they are consistently playing Seijoh, so they're more like. Even with as adaptable as Seijoh is, they're still used to them. They're used to Oikawa style of setting and, as you know, as much as Kageyama has learned from Oikawa, he's different and all of the other players are so different. Right? Yeah, I think it's an interesting point. I didn't think about that, um, and then we get um Shiratorizawa bringing in a pinch server to set things up.
em
25:36
Yes, Semi enters the court and I just want to say I don't know if it's Shimada or Takinoe, but they're. You know, we're getting to the end of the second set here and they say if Karasuno loses the set, they're done, which is true. If they were to lose the set, they would have to win the next three in a row, and imagine, if that's the choice Furudate went with.
rainbow
25:52
That would be insane.
25:54
But yeah, so Semi enters the court, yeah, and we get to see him kind of helping out Shirabu a little bit, like he kind of is like giving him advice, and I just really like their Senpai Kohei thing that they have going on and I also like to ship them because I think it's fun. Well, because, like it's like you know, si's like constantly trying to give advice to Shirabu and Shirabu's so dismissive of it. But I feel like he's a little bit more open to it in this episode, I think, because he's been dealing with Tsukishima so much.
em
26:23
And then we get Karasuno doing a messy receive on Semi's serve and Shirabu thinks to himself good, it's off course, just as Kagehina are doing one of their insane quick attacks and Shirabu just goes what I love it happens so fast and it's definitely one of their weird like brain link, because you have the shot of Hinata like looking with the ball in his, in his mind's eye, and it's so I love when it's so fast. It's so cool Like their speed, like only those two could fucking do it. And Shirabu's is very satisfying fast. It's so cool like their speed, like only those two could fucking do it.
rainbow
26:54
And Shirabu's is very, uh, satisfying it's really well, and I think with kage hina, like that's the thing is because he said like good, it's off course, and he doesn't realize that that is when it is best for them to do that, like, as long as hinata can get a run-up which we'll talk about that, uh, later as long as hinata can get his run up, Kageyama can get the ball to him. And now, with Hinata being able to open his eyes, he can make choices in the air and no matter how many blockers get on him, he's gonna do it. And there were no blockers on that one. Shiratoro was like they were basically statues. They had no idea it was coming.
em
27:29
I love when they get people like that and I also love after this moment. Kagehina are like flexing, Kageyama is like stretching his fingers and Hinata is like pulling up his sleeve and showing off his bicep.
rainbow
27:41
It's very funny. Yeah, he's like straight. He does that, like he like moves his shoulder a little bit and like everyone is really shocked and kind of amazed. I think we even get Ushijima looking a little surprised, like he was not prepared for that, with Kagehina getting that freak quicken that ends Semi's time as a pinch server and he's like pissed off by Kageyama. And we kind of get a moment where I think somebody mentions that Semi was the original setter on Shiratorizawa, like he's a third year but he's not their starting setter, that's Shirabu, which is why he's constantly, I think, giving Shirabu advice.
em
28:13
Uh, okay, that's. That's giving me more context for last episode yeah, yeah, yeah.
rainbow
28:18
So Semi is like and when we talk about that a little bit more in a future episode we'll talk about why Semi isn't the starting setter and why he's just a pinch server but he's pissed off by Kageyama and I feel like setters in particular are especially annoyed by him, which I totally understand and I just love that. We always get that. They're just like a little pissed off because they're probably a little jealous, oh yeah. And then we get the two guys in the stands are talking about Noya consistently receiving Ushijima spike, because we have seen that over and over again. And it's funny because, like, one of the guys is like I'll be impressed when Ushiwaka is up to his full strength and the other guy is like, oh, you think you could take it and the. And then the first guy's just like yeah, but I don't feel like it.
em
28:58
Oh, that's funny, it's pretty great. In the sub, I think, he's just like he says like Ushijima is still at 70 percent, and the guy's like do you think you could do it? And he's like nope, not at all. Oh, that's fine yeah that's fine.
rainbow
29:09
I like how in the the dub, they gave him more bravado, bravado, bravado is the right word. Yeah, and then and I just have a note that this deuce is really drawing itself out where, like, I don't think they're quite at 30 yet, but they're getting closer. And then we have the flashback.
em
29:24
And then we start this flashback from the day before of Tsukki talking to Yamaguchi and he's saying you know, Ushijima and I are so different in body type experience there's no way I can beat Ushiwaka. But and then we come back to present day and Tsukki is laying on these persistent one touches and you know, talking about like keep, keep, keep it on, like don't. Basically his whole goal is to not let the setter know like the relief or pleasure of coming, no, of getting getting a clean hit through, hit through. You know, these little one touches are like they're not full-on blocks, but he just can't.
rainbow
29:57
And and he's getting it makes the setter more and more desperate to get it through, which is what Tsukki wants I also just wanted to say when we're in that sukiyama flashback where Tsukki is saying he can't beat him, I just wanted to note that we do first get a view of the gym from the outside, and it's at night and the moon is in the sky in its crescent phase, and so I just thought that was interesting that we get um, because I just feel like all the time when we're talking about Tsukishima and this blocking stuff, we're seeing the moon in different phases, and so we're seeing a crescent moon in the sky, um, but it does look pretty glowy and it does have a little halo around it oh, Tsukkistrength is gathering with the moon.
30:35
Yes, um, and so yeah. And then we have Tsukishima just being his typical analytic self, just thinking about how he's blocking, persistently, putting the pressure on them. We get, um Tsukki getting a one touch, one touch. And then we get to see hinata's really cool save where he like falls into the barrier and then he scrambles back up and Ukai is like on the sideline screaming connect it.
em
30:56
They put I said it was such a move that they play it twice. Yes, he knows how they do that and yeah, he's. He's being his spider-man self. And Kageyama thinks you suck at serving, you suck at receiving and you're setting and blocking are below average. So why are you on the court and we have hinata who runs from the back all the way to the front and, like he does a minus tempo from the back, and Kageyama thinks because you score points and he gets it over.
rainbow
31:22
And then this is where we have him almost running into the net, which would have given the point to Shiratorizawa, but he like does, like he's. It's almost like he's doing a limbo with the net, where he's like backwards and his arms are wide and he's like don't touch the net. And he manages not to because he does have really good body control.
em
31:39
That it's his pure athleticism that allows him to be on the court really. And then this is where we have Asahi praising Tsukki, because Tsukki says like, oh, we wouldn't have gotten that without Hinata. But Asahi says, yeah, but if you hadn't done that one touch, we wouldn't have had an opportunity at all yes value yourself, boy and just another reminder that volleyball, every single move that happens in volleyball, is important.
rainbow
32:01
They're all connected.
em
32:02
One, one touch of the ball leads to another player being able to get their hands on it, and oh, it's so good, and I think this irks our cow boy, because Ushijima tells Shirabu gather them to me. He's like enough of this, we've dragged out this set for too long, like let daddy finish it.
rainbow
32:19
Yeah well, and I say he, I said he's both, uh, threatened by Hinata's receive and attack combo, because he's like this little fucker, how dare he make a move that good, um? And then also, I think he's probably also feeling a little bit of the pressure from Tsukishima's constant one touches, like you know, like it might be Shirabu's sets, but it's often Ushijima's spikes that are getting those one touches, and I'm sure for Ushijima having the skinny beanpole in front of him, is annoying, and so Ushijima does smack it through, and we have another one that hits really hard.
em
32:51
It goes right past Kageyama and tanaka, and I just made a note that I really like the animation here, the way like Kageyama's hair lifts up. It's very Ghibili. Yes, and now they're 29 to 29 yeah, and Takeda, uh, Takeda.
rainbow
33:03
Over on the sidelines he notes that that single hit felt like it changed the momentum of the game because it was just such a powerful hit, it shocked everybody and and it was really intense yeah, I kind of think like how this would work in like a video game and how it would be like such a like boss move for ushi.
em
33:21
Like you can like power up Ushijima and then he does one of those and it's like a guaranteed hit.
rainbow
33:26
Yeah, yeah, in the super smash bros of haikyuu, that is his uh like charged up move, yeah. And so the game continues and we have Ushijima going for another spike and he blows past the wall, giving Noya a really nasty hit to receive, and it goes like off course and it's going backwards and Shirabu's looking at it and he growls miss it? Um, but of course tanaka gets it. And then Daichi gets it over and sends it with an overhand pass back to Shiratorizawa. And then I have this move broken down into several bullet points. How do you want to handle it? Go for it, okay.
34:00
So this moment is freaking cool. So, um, Shirabu like so. So Daichi hits it over. Somebody receives it pretty easily because it's a chance ball. They send it to Shirabu and we get him flashing back to Karasuno's persistent defense and he's thinking I just have to open up a path for our spiker, um, and he goes to send it over to Ushijima and it's very slowed down. And we have Tsukishima, like, looking at the ball and he's thinking this, is it a slight mistake created by annoyance and panic? And we, like see the ball reflected in his eye. It's a really cool shot.
em
34:31
I love the way it's drawn well, we see, you know, Shirabu's hit a little off and Ushijima has to kind of adjust his approach.
rainbow
34:38
You see him kind of move a little bit and you kind of see, I think you see Shirabu realize, like he I don't even know if he realizes it constant consciously, but he like feels it in his bones that he's messed up somehow and he's, like you, feel like the fear, and he, like is turning to look. And then, and then it happens we have Tsukishima jumping up and completely shutting out Ushijima's spike. It hits, uh, so what happens is I think it's Daichi or Asahi, it's somebody else blocking and then Tsukishima goes up it's two blockers and there's just enough space. It like highlights the space for the ball to go through and it looks like Ushijima's like okay, this is where I'm gonna hit it. And at the last moment, Tsukishima's hands come out of nowhere, completely block the spike. It goes back down into Shiratora's side of the court and everyone.
em
35:22
It's just like this moment of silence and Ushijima's surprise face here is really priceless. It's so genuine like his eyes are just like oh, like he's like he can't believe it and it's silent. And then we get back to the flashback. There's no way that I can beat Ushiwaka, but I'm planning on stopping at least a few of his spikes and we don't see Yamaguchi's face here, but I just know he's proud.
35:46
I would not be surprised if there are tears in his eyes and we come back to the gym and the gym is exploding with noise and, I have to say, not only did Tsukki successfully stuff Ushijima, he won them the second set with this.
rainbow
35:57
Yes, everyone, and we see, oh, I just love it because the crowd is going wild and we see Tsukishima just like standing there and he's got like his hands down and he's thinking to himself that was just one block, just one point out of 25, and this is just a high school team and then we flash back to Bokuto, telling Tsukki you know you need your volley.
em
36:18
When you get that moment, your volleyball moment, that's when you'll fall in love with it. And then Tsukki puts his fists in the air and he screams. This is the loudest, this is the most we've emotion we have ever gotten out of Tsukki, and that triggers the team, the people in the stands, suki's older brother, who, like, is choked with emotion. It is so. It's such a like metaphor, because not only has Tsukki been waiting two whole sets to pull off this move, we've been waiting two plus seasons for Tsukki to do something, to care this much to be this excited, because he never is.
rainbow
36:51
He's never this excited. But he had a goal in mind. His goal was I am going to block Ushijima and he did it, and he's so fucking pumped.
em
36:59
And it's cool because he is. He's being realistic, he's like I'm not going to beat him, but I am going to stop him once or twice at least.
rainbow
37:06
We see his palm is red from where the ball hit it, which is something we often see with Hinata after he spikes, and I love that we get to see this and, like my note is just like in all caps, I'm like, ah, he's so pumped, I'm pumped, the team is pumped, the crowd is pumped, we're all pumped.
em
37:21
This is just such an iconic moment of Haikyuu. I feel like it really sums up what people love about this show and I think it's a key moment that really hooks you. Like for me personally. I mean, I was already into it, but I just feel like this was one of those things that made me fall even more in love with the show, like it's just such a satisfying character payoff well and I think it really changes the way.
rainbow
37:41
At least for me it changed the way I looked at Tsukishima as a character. Like this moment was such like a flip switch for me where I was like holy, and it just going back and re-watching it just really informs your view of him and like I again I think I've talked about this like I didn't really pay attention to him much the first time really, until we got to this point and then the since then, when I re-watch it, I pay such close attention to his, his arc and it's so like subtle for so long, and then it gets this big explosive moment and it's so satisfying but and they always like it's always clear from the beginning that Tsukki does care and then he's a fake.
em
38:15
I don't give a fucker and it's just such a well-earned arc. Yes, and I loved we have Tana Noya jumping on him and Noya's like biting his arm. It's so funny.
rainbow
38:24
I love him. And then we have, like Kageyama, like analyzing what just happened, wondering if Tsukishima just noticed that the set was a little off or if he was waiting for that exact kind of opportunity well, because he's like he is as analytical as Tsukki is and he watched, all of that went down and he said he's like was he waiting for that?
em
38:41
and he knows he was, yeah, and then we I love Suga like, very much, like, very sheepishly apologizing to Yamaguchi for saying that Tsukishima couldn't block Ushijima yeah, no, y Yamaguchi's like oh, I didn't mean to make a face, but I just knew he was like Tsuki doesn't look like it, but he does hate losing and I figured he was going to do something. And I wanted to just make a quick side note and I don't know if I've ever said this before, so I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself. I always compare Kagehina to Bakudeku from my hero, because, obviously, but sukiyama is actually bakudeku in a different world, because we've got the blonde mean one and then the green sweet one with freckles.
rainbow
39:21
and it's just, if they were childhood friends, it would be them anyway I do love, and also with like Yamaguchi feeling like he doesn't have any place on the court while sukiyama does I hope, I god, I hope there's some my hero fans that listen to this, otherwise I'm sorry, uh, but I also love.
em
39:37
The third years are like shook by the by. Tsukki Daichi says scary, Tsukki scary because he kind of he says like he was basically aiming for this, he was working towards this, it wasn't just like pure luck.
rainbow
39:49
Well, Daichi and Asahi like both go up to him and are like and I ask, see, I think just says like, oh, that was so cool. But Daichi sounds like ah like both go up to him and are like and I honestly, I think just says like, oh, that was so cool. But Daichi sounds like a dad in the dub because he's like oh nice, block champ, not the champ. It's so like they really leaned into the dad thing, yeah. And then Tsukki explains it and in the dub I love honestly, he's like you were really taking all of that into account.
em
40:09
And Daichi says whoa, you got issues, man that's when in the sub he just says Koi, Tsukkikoi, yeah. And then in the stands, because everyone is reacting to this, right, Yachi says it looked like Tsukki was trying to solve a difficult test question. He was just like there was nothing else on his mind but blocking Ushijima. And then Hinata says Tsukki, that one point was worth 100 points, very sweet. So of course Tsukki, that one point was worth 100 points, very sweet. So of course Tsukki has to ruin it.
rainbow
40:35
He has to be immediately be a cunt and piss off Hinata, because he's very smug and like he doesn't say it out loud, he just says like thank you. But like you see in the background, like his attitude is very much like oh well, you're a middle blocker, so you should be able to do that too.
em
40:55
And he just like he challenges him. Yes, they really have to spell it out for us. But then Tsukki says he tells everyone, calm down. Uh, it was just one point, and this game's just getting started.
rainbow
41:00
Yes, the real battle begins now, you don't get to be cool like this, Tsukki oh, it's so good, and I I do think that last little moment with Tsukki hina it's like no, I do get it, I get, I get it, I get why people like them there's a lot of similarities between the way like Tsuki and Kageyama treat Hinata, so you know I get it yeah, I think it makes sense.
41:20
It's just that, like, because it's because Kageyama is there, with any other Hinata ship, I think Kageyama overshadows, huh, a lot of them. Do you see what I did there? I did, um, yeah, so that's the end of one of like the best episodes of the show. I would say Definitely like Tsukishima's best episode, one of like the most like hyped moments.
em
41:41
Yeah, absolutely. This is an episode that goes down in Haikyuu's Hall of Fame and with that, that is the end of the episode. The game is really just beginning. We still have they have to win two more sets, so hopefully they can do, do it we're almost halfway through this season.
rainbow
41:55
Um, we're really getting, we're really trucking through it. Um, it's easy to do with only 10 episodes and I'm I'm excited for what happens next. Um, I will say I feel like I very distinctly remember like this episode, but then like a lot of the stuff that happens next really gets jumbled together. So I'll be excited to like go through and analyze it and move through it slowly, because I feel like with season three, this is one of the seasons I like get through so quickly. On a rewatch, are we ready for manga versus anime?
em
42:21
Yes, manga versus anime. I have a lot of stuff in here, so this covers chapters 160 to 164. And we have a moment that happens in the anime but it's people in the stands who are saying you know, they can't give it to Ushijima every time, and this is where Leon's going up for it. But in the manga we have Leon thinking to himself apologies to the crowd for not being who they want, and I said listen, I want you, leon, I want more players on the team to be involved. And we do get more of like Shiratorizawa outside of Ushijima playing, we get side of Ushijima playing, we get more Shirabu and Semi and the team is interesting aside from him. So I just had that little note. And then there was a moment where Saeko is unsure if the blockout was a point for them or not, which I said was very relatable. It took me a while to figure out what the blockout meant. And then we have a bonus story where we have their Harry Potter characters.
rainbow
43:12
I, I was like not very aware of this. I feel like I definitely had seen this like cover art because it shows like a little it. What is it? It's um. The poster was an added bonus in Jump Next 2015 volume three, so I guess it came out in like the the Jump magazine and it's um, it's just, it's so funny. It's shimmer Tsukki and it's got like Asahi as snape and like Kageyama is wearing a wizard's hat and like nope that is uh, that's that's Kiyoko.
em
43:43
Baby, oh, that's Kiyoko, okay, I can't see it very easy to easy mistake to make because they look so similar. Um, but kagehina are in the background on brooms kicking at each other oh, that's so funny.
rainbow
43:53
Yeah, I wish I could see that better and and honestly, that makes sense with Kiyoko wearing the witch's hat, because she must be McGonagall.
em
44:00
Yes, she's McGonagall. Bokuro is there as an owl, and then Yachi is a student next to Yamaguchi and she's holding a cat that looks like Kenma. We also have Aone is Hagrid, but I wanted to point out. So they have this poster in a thought bubble and Hinata's saying I really wanted to say something about this poster but I didn't have the page space, so I'm going to say it now. And we have Yamaguchi and Yachi and Kageyama in the background. Yachi has the owl on her head and then we have this image of Kageyama with the cat pressing against his face, which people have seen before. That cat is Kenma and he's like fighting to get away from him. It looks like it's a Kage Ken moment that people don't maybe not always. I didn't realize that. But Hinata says his problem is why the heck is Tsukki in Gryffindor. He's a total Slytherin face, like it's obvious, and ZenYamaguchi's like what's Slytherin face supposed to mean?
rainbow
44:54
And Tsukki goes Can I read this next part? Go ahead. I looked at this panel earlier and I really I love this because it's Tsukish saying it is our choices, hinata, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. And Hinata's like don't you dare say that famous line with your smug face, you, you, slytherin face.
em
45:07
I love that. I mean, obviously Harry Potter is a worldwide phenomenon and I just like the idea of them being kind of Harry Potter nerds. They're the right age for it. They grew up with the movies and stuff oh, absolutely, yeah, they're.
rainbow
45:18
They definitely had a training camp where they all got together and decided which house everyone would be in, like for sure, and Tsukishima, what? What house do you think he would be in? I don't, I would put him in Ravenclaw. Oh no, you're totally right, he is totally a Ravenclaw, he. He does how he is giving Slytherin face, but he him in Ravenclaw. Oh no, you're totally right, he is totally a Ravenclaw. He does have. He is giving Slytherin face, but he's giving Ravenclaw personality.
em
45:38
Yeah, like I understand Hinata's point. But anyway, Yachi, at the very bottom of this bonus story, says by the way, have we decided who gets to play the super important role of the headmaster? I guess they can't say Dumbledore.
rainbow
45:54
And we have Grandpa Ukai, grandpa Nekomata and Washijo in the back like whistling and Yachi goes, they're trying to act casual and are failing so hard. Yeah, like they all want to be Dumbledore and uh, jokes on you guys. It's Takeda. No, just, I don't think Takeda, I don't think Takeda would be Dumbledore. We, we just had a discussion about Dumbledore and, um, the way he really did just offer uh Harry up as a lamb for slaughter yeah, true, we have an extra illustration at the end of one of the chapters where Tsukki is avoiding Hinata's.
em
46:16
the poster and the top lines At the very top it says history's greatest realist has come he really is a realist Shimmer Tsukki and the Philosopher's Ball, and then it says script and directing Chikara Ennoshita. Oh, I love that Ennoshita is always the one that's like making these movies whenever they have, because there's a few things where they're like in a fake movie poster and it's always directed by Ennoshita. I love that. He has like a film interest oh, hang on, that's interesting.
rainbow
46:59
I read a fic one time where, like Hinata was like some sort of like love god and had to come down and like match, make all the character, all the, all the match, matches and like had to help Kageyama believe in love again anyway. But it was a college au and Ennoshita was a film student and like that was like a big part of his, his storyline and I think that's interesting. I love when thick raiders add in just these little tiny little like um call outs to canon. That's adorable, I know I love it.
47:26
I also just feel like it feels like furudate and like really like the whole shonen team, like they're just having a lot of fun for sure it must have been.
em
47:34
Oh, the high of of being a worker on this manga in the 2010s must have been something else we also have. At the beginning of chapter 163. We have an illustration of Ushijima and Tsukki facing off and it's really interesting because Ushijima behind him, is the big eagle and this like garden and all these animals, and then Suki's sitting on a trash can with a crow and there's nothing. You know he's from the concrete.
rainbow
47:58
It's like a visual of you know he Ushijima comes from the flush garden, but suki's poor well, and I think their body language is also important, because we have Ushijima like standing tall and like really facing Tsukishima and Tsukishima is just like he's sitting on the edge of the trash can and he's kind of like hunched over and he's not really like looking Ushijima in the eye and I think it's so like it's like Ushijima's confidence and then like Tsukishima's lack of confidence.
em
48:20
But oh honey, he blocked you and then one last thing is after Tsukki pulls this move off, Kageyama in the manga thinks to himself I knew it, I can't take him lightly, which I love Just a little more Tsukki Kage in there. And that's it for manga versus anime. Okay, lots of fun. And now who are we spotlighting on this week's episode?
rainbow
48:41
We're going to talk about Semi Eita in this episode Semi Semi as Tendo likes to call him and I will say I struggled a lot with figuring out who we were going to do for the character spotlight here. I thought about doing Shirabu, but I think there's another episode that is way more appropriate for doing him and there's another episode where I could have done Semi, but it just it didn't work out that way. So I decided I was like you know what we get to see him serving here. So we'll do him for this one and we'll talk about him a little bit more in future episodes.
49:11
But for his character spotlight, I have, of course, a quote from the wiki about his personality. He appears serious and stoic but is actually hot-headed and competitive, partially towards Shirobu, who had become the team's regular starting setter. Despite that, Semi acknowledges the strength and abilities of his teammates and those of his opponents. He also cares about his teammates and is occasionally sincere and nice. However, he does tend to show annoyance when Tendo calls him by his unwanted nickname, Semi Semi that nickname could be way worse.
49:40
Semi honestly, honestly, Tendo could have really gotten creative with that one. And then, of course, we have his name meaning. So his family name is Semi um, and that means seeing a chance, slash an opportunity. And then his given name, which I believe is pronounced eta. Does that sound right to you? That's how they were pronouncing it in the dub. Okay, I always thought it was eta I just don't know.
em
50:03
Yeah, the e followed by the I. I like the way that that name is written out. I'm not entirely sure if it's eta or eta it.
rainbow
50:10
I think eta makes sense. Um and again, that's what that's what they call in the dub, which I know isn't like, obviously, always the best, but I think it at least tries to get the name pronunciations right. So Eita means outstanding magnificence.
em
50:24
Oh, excuse me. Well, if you were so outstanding, wouldn't you be a starter?
rainbow
50:27
Oh, we'll talk about that in a later episode, because I think that makes a lot of sense for his character and we'll talk about it, because I really like Semi. I think I like his character design a lot. I also like his, like his time skip job, which we'll talk about in the spoiler zone. So I don't know, I think he's like a fun character.
50:45
I also meant to say this during the episode, but I really like his dub voice as well. I think it's. It's fun and interesting and I think it matches his character pretty well. Moving on to his character sheet, Semi is in class one at Shiratorizawa Academy. His position is setter, but of course we know we see him coming in as a pinch server. His height is 5'11", which is about 180.34 centimeters. His birthday is November 11th, so he is a, he's a Scorpio and that's my fucking birthday. 11, 11, baby. And talk about angel numbers all over the place all over, oh my god, what does it mean?
51:23
what does it mean? And then his favorite food is tekka maki sushi, which again, is a sushi, I think I would like it is because I looked it up and it's a kind of and I got this from Wikipedia, so quote a kind of hosomaki filled with raw tuna. Although it is believed that the word tekka means red hot iron and alludes to the color of the tuna flesh or salmon flesh, it actually originated as a quick snack to eat in gambling dens called tekka ba.
em
51:51
I would eat that.
rainbow
51:51
Yeah, I literally thought I was like wow, same birthday and you love tuna sushi. Are you my girlfriend?
em
51:56
Is this? My kin Can't believe it.
rainbow
52:00
Honestly, I could see it. His current worry is really funny. Yeah, his current worry is that Tendo says his fashion sense sucks, Tendo what is your fashion sense?
52:10
Yeah, well, for one thing, Shiratorizawa often gets left out of official arts, which is unfortunate, so we often do not get to see them in casual clothing, although I would love to know. I imagine Tendo is wearing like I'm either thinking very baggy jeans or like tight skinny jeans, and then just like a t-shirt with like his favorite anime character on it, like that is Tendo's fashion sense. Um, I don't know. I mean, based on what he looks like in the time skip, I think something's got. Either he worried so much about his sucky fashion sense that he overcompensated, or he's always been pretty cool, ok. And then we have his five point ability parameters. You know he's pretty average. His technique and his intelligence are threes, and then everything else his speed, his power, power, his jumping and his stamina are all fours I was gonna say this is pretty good, there's no twos.
em
52:59
He seems like a strong player yeah, yeah, pretty cool.
rainbow
53:02
I think it'll be interesting when we get to Shirabu. Maybe we can do like a little comparison of their abilities and their play styles, because I think it's more about the way that they like to play the game than it is about their actual abilities. Do you have anything you want to say about Semi?
em
53:17
I didn't know, you were my brother. Alrighty, now it's time for the world's favorite game. It's who in Haikyuu and oh, I'm excited about this scenario. Did we just decide on this ourselves? Yes, so we are doing. We got inspired by the farming one last week and now we are going to talk about who in haikyuu is this stardew character? We'll be talking about hinata. Kageyama Tsukishima Ushijima Tendo Yachi Kiyoko Reon Semi Shirabu Daichi Suga kuru tatos tomatoes. You name it a lot of people.
53:48
okay, hinata, I believe, is us the player, the farmer that comes into town okay because he's main character that's true.
rainbow
53:58
That's true. I totally see that.
em
53:59
Yeah, I'm trying to think, or corpus the thing that lives in the sewers or the dwarf that lives in the mines.
rainbow
54:08
I could see that I think Kageyama is more of a corpus. Oh my god because he's hiding from people.
em
54:15
Hinata would never trying to think who Kageyama would be.
rainbow
54:18
I was gonna give him um. What's his face? The guy, the kid who lives in his basement, his parents oh shane sebastian. No, sebastian shane is the other one, shane's the depressed one, shane's the alcoholic.
em
54:30
Yes, yeah, I guess we could give Kageyama sebastian or corbus. He's also giving, like one of the sad wives, so many sad ones or the dad that's back from war.
rainbow
54:46
Tsukishima is hailey, he's, he's totally hailey. Yeah, he's mean, he's the tsundere, yeah yeah, um, Ushijima is the mayor.
em
54:59
Yeah, a little bit. I was gonna say alex. Oh yes, no, he's alex for sure, he's definitely alex Tendo is corpus.
rainbow
55:07
I was gonna say Tendo's the wizard, Tendo's the wizard. You're right, Tendo's absolutely the wizard. Hell yeah, who's? Yachiendo's absolutely the wizard. Hell. Yeah, who's Yachi? Yachi feels like Penny. I was going to say Penny, yeah. And then Kiyoko is giving Leah. Oh yeah, she could be Leah. I could see her as Leah, although I want to give Yachi to Leah because she's the obvious lesbian.
em
55:28
I'm sorry, Ushijima is Clint. Yeah, Ushijima is Clint. Yeah, Ushijima is Clint. That's so mean. I was going to say maybe like Tanaka is Clint because he's in love with Emily. Well, I guess I could see that. But yeah, just the big one that makes people uncomfortable. Yeah, Reon the fisherman.
rainbow
55:50
Oh, really, yeah, I could see that I was thinking him, or Harvey?
em
55:53
maybe Semi I could see that I was thinking him or harvey. Maybe Semi I could see being a sebastian or a shane, yeah, or a um uh, elliot who lives by the sea. Also, he is my elliot. He's not listed here oh, no, you're correct.
rainbow
56:06
You're correct. That's why, yeah, I always put like an anyone else at the end, in case we want to add anyone. But no're right, the hair and the soft-spokenness and the just being a sweet boy. No, you're absolutely correct. Yeah, Shirabu is. He's maybe Shane.
em
56:21
Yeah, he's one of the rude ones that doesn't want to talk to you. Yeah, Daichi could be Harvey.
rainbow
56:26
I could see Daichi as Harvey. I could also see Daichi as I was going to give him the mayor but honestly no, because the mayor's. The mayor sucks, the mayor and pierre suck. Yeah, I was gonna. I was gonna maybe give Daichi pierre, but no, I think that's rude.
56:39
I could see him being ken the, the man who came back from the war, who doesn't feel connected to his children uh Suga, I think is also kind of like a penny yeah, I could see that I was also gonna say she's kind of giving, uh, he's kind of maybe Robin, oh yeah, oh, no, Daichi's giving Demetrius, oh okay, and that totally makes sense because Demetrius and Robin are married, yeah, so I think that makes perfect sense. Kuro is also kind of giving the wizard, or he's giving Pierre, because he's always trying to sell you something, and he could be Maru, because doesn't he like science.
em
57:10
Yes, that's true, that's true.
rainbow
57:12
There you go, kenma hmm, Kenma is honestly, Kenma is also giving sebastian with the like I just hang. I don't ever go out and talk to anyone I just play video games oh, kuro's also kind of giving sam.
em
57:26
Yeah, the rocker guy yeah, Bokuto is happy, friendly, he's marnie he's, yeah, he could be marnie.
rainbow
57:34
Oh he's, yeah, he's a sweet boy like Marnie. And then Akaashi I could also see Akaashi. Could did we finish with Boca Joe? Marnie, marnie, I could also maybe see Alex a little bit yes, definitely. And then, yeah, I think, Akaashi I could see maybe a little bit of Penny, maybe a little bit of Emily because he's a little cray-cray. Yes, because he's a little bit of a weirdo. Yes, totally yeah. And then is there anybody else who you think of? Who would be? Abigail, your fave.
em
58:05
My girl who would be Abigail? Who's the manic pixie dream girl of IQ?
rainbow
58:12
She's not a manic pixie dream girl.
em
58:17
That dream girl of iq. She's not a manic pixie dream girl. That's insulting. Well, I just call it like I see it. Well, you know you're wrong. I have purple hair, whatever, uh, rainbow, and I have very staunch I. I've been a hailey girl since day one. She was a little mean to me and I said I gotta make you my wife and she actually becomes such a sweetheart when you marry her. Very rewarding, very hot. And then this one likes Abigail.
58:38
And I understand, abigail is well-loved. And you know what I think? If I was like 10 years ago, I would have been an Abigail stan.
rainbow
58:46
But now you've grown and matured.
em
58:48
I'm just better than you, so I've picked Haley pigtail no, here's the thing about abigail.
rainbow
58:51
Well, because she's a goth girl, she's the hot goth girl. She's not manic pixie dream girl, she's hot goth girl. She likes to play video games. She wants to learn to sword fight. Yeah, um, there's another thing too.
em
59:00
This is just a side note, but like some of these abigail's, one of these characters that are a little bit like teenager coded, even though they're marriage candidates, like her maru. There's a few I think even a little bit who penny sam say. Yeah, I was gonna say sam, like a lot of them are living at home with their parents still, but I guess they're all just like these young 20 somethings needing a husband or a wife.
rainbow
59:21
Yeah I guess, yeah, I think I feel like the idea is that we're all like they're like college age. I feel like for, like the main character, I feel like they like are in the shitty office job, like I think they just like it feels like they're like a new graduate who just got into the workforce and realized that they don't want to be doing this. But, yeah, it is a little and I think it's just a matter of just like well, I'm not, we're not building this town bigger so everyone can have their own house, kind of thing.
em
59:47
Okay well, and if you haven't played Stardew Valley, get into it it's so fun, it's such a good little cozy.
rainbow
59:53
It's like there's so many different things to do, so many different ways to play, and the creator likes to continue doing updates, although I think maybe that's where we're done with updates for now I don't know.
em
01:00:03
Good, because I finally got back to 100%. Yes, all right, thank you us for that who in haikyuu scenario Before we get into the spoiler zone. You reach us on twitter, instagram, tumblr and blue sky at fly hq pod. That's fly hq pod. You can also email us at fly hq pod at gmailcom. Fly hq pod at gmail dot com. Now we're in the spoiler zone p also, I had an idea for fourth season spoiler zone okay, well, I'm excited to get to that.
rainbow
01:00:39
This one feels like a nickelodeon bit, it is it is very much crash box, nickelodeon 90s.
em
01:00:46
You get it. We're opening up a fridge and it's gross, it's disgusting in there. It's spoiled. All right, you got the first point um yeah.
rainbow
01:00:54
So I just wanted to say, because you know, in season four um Tsukishima gets invited to the first year's training camp at Shiratorizawa and I can only assume it is him shutting down Ushijima spike that makes Wahijo want to invite him to this training camp yeah, that has to be it, because I'm sure no one has really stopped Ushijima.
em
01:01:14
So face-to-face before.
rainbow
01:01:16
And he is a first year and that's impressive and I'm sure Washijo saw the way that he was being so persistent and I'm sure he saw that, like Tsukishima in a way, kind of created that opportunity for that block to happen. I also think that it's a little bit of a fuck you to Hinata. It probably is a little bit. I like wouldn't be surprised if Washijo created the first year training camp just to stick it to Hinata. We're going to talk about that a lot. There's just I his, his character is fascinating and his growth, particularly in relation to Hinata and their relationship is, is so fun.
em
01:01:50
Well, washijo starts in that same camp of like not liking Hinata, because despite the fact that he technically sucks, he's still really talented.
rainbow
01:01:57
Yeah, Well, and there's also a lot of his own personal things in there that we will. Don't worry, there will be a character spotlight for Washijo.
em
01:02:05
The Napoleon complex is strong with this one. Yes, so then I said the way Hinata throws himself around on the court, you know where he does that minus tempo from the back. This is exactly why I need the time skip to be a season, because I need to see every detail of Hinata's monster play style.
rainbow
01:02:24
I, because here's the thing is because reading the manga, the time skip manga, is so good. It's so good, it's so interesting. The storytelling is really good. I do think, like the drawing is really good, but I need to see these movements animated. I need to see how dynamic it looks. I need to see their muscles. Okay, that is something I thought about, particularly with Ushijima, is that they all like you know, because Ushijima is like a big guy, but like, when I think about how they look in the time skip, I'm like, oh, they really are like still boys. They really are like teenage boys in this, like I often say, like, oh, they're like animated, like they're drawn like they're men but they're really not. They are animated with like, just like their muscles just aren't haven't had the chance to grow because they're young, they're still growing boys yeah, no, that's true.
em
01:03:06
When I was watching it with my friend, alex, you know, I think she had a similar feeling of like, oh, they look like, especially when Kitagawa Daichi walks on, and they're like, oh, these are adult men and it does kind of look like that.
rainbow
01:03:16
Until you see the time skip and the comparison we still have a long way to go yeah, maybe when we get to that point we'll do like a side by side of, like the time of the character sheets, because we get a lot of the characters, we get their updated um character sheets and seeing the side by side I think is interesting.
01:03:31
Okay, and then my final thing for the spoiler zone is that, um, because we did send me for the um character spotlight, I wanted to talk about um his time skip job. I always remember that he was a musician and it doesn't specify this, but he's giving rock and roll or like punk, although I did have a thought of like oh my god, what if it's like Christian music? I just say that because, like he is, like he looks really cool in the time skip and he's got like a cross necklace which is giving like rocker more than an inch. But I was just like but, but what if? But, because I always forget he's a musician, slash um civil servant, which is really vague, but I like to think it means that he's like a male person and he's delivering the mail yeah, I do like what else could a civil?
01:04:10
or he works in the post office, I don't know. I mean, I think like of anyone who works, like for the government okay, yeah, no, that is true, that's a very vague title I just think, like he's civil servant, like I, I kind of like the um dichotomy of that of like by day he's like working his shitty office job and then he's taking out like his rage um by, like shredding the guitar and screaming into a microphone every night Semi's cool and well obviously, and well obviously, he's got my birthday.
01:04:35
He's got great taste in food and he shares the birthday with the person I love.
em
01:04:38
That's all I have, all right. Thank you everyone for another iconic episode of Haikyuu. We are looking forward to what's next. But until next time fly high
rainbow
01:04:59
Moo.