Reviews

HAIKYU!! n.02 by Haruichi Furudate

rosaareads's review against another edition

5.0

Karasuno boyyysssss i love them, i wouldnt mind if i could date one of them lol

shansbookshelves's review against another edition

4.0

Ahhhh this Volume was so much better than the last!! Honestly this whole freaking series is brilliant. I get the hype now!

Whoop. The team have their first match together and they kicked ass. Poor Hinata was so nervous at the beginning but damn did our boy come back stronger.

I was so caught up on the volleyball and the guys that I never noticed something really important: They don’t have a coach!!! However I’m excited to see if the legendary coach will actually come back for them!! I hope so.

Also another prodigy 😱😱 Who I already adore and he showed up for like two seconds at the end 😂

Overall an excellent addition and I’m so excited to see how this continues!

plaidparadise77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

cramerr61's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

reveriedelamiel's review against another edition

3.0

tbr

tymeart's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

serenology's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

peachtealeaves's review against another edition

5.0

Note that the insanely long time this took me to read has nothing to do with the quality of Haikyuu!! and everything to do with March being an awful month.

I love love love this story so, of course, I think this is a great continuation of volume one. The Aoba Johsai practice match is such a good hint at what’s to come going forward and it was really cool to see this in its original form. The art here also felt even funnier than last time, with a lot of subtle jokes scattered throughout.

My one and *only* complaint is how they translated certain phrases. I had this issue in the previous volume too (certain slang doesn’t read as smoothly in English, and I wish they kept the kanji on clothing, for example). It just stood out to me even more in this volume because of how they translate Seijoh/青城 as Blue Castle which just feels clunky—especially given that the name is meant to be a portmanteau of Aoba Johsai. It just doesn’t come across well in English and it would have made more sense to leave it! Not a huge deal, but I just had to mention it.

Now that March is over, I’m hoping to keep reading this series! I love all these characters and I really want to see all that happens after the current anime/movie.

minibookishbabee's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

yukashifu's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0