A review by deviuwu
Haikyu!!, Vol. 08 by Haruichi Furudate

5.0

havent even started yet but i am trying to prep myself for the tears
edit: i highkey adore this volume
edit2: i was NOT expecting to like it this much plis
edit3: nope i didnt cry:)
Spoiler
-SHIT OIKAWA IN THAT PANEL IN THE BEGINNING OMG
-kags: you better score some points before you rotate to the back row.
hinata: ofc! i am going to score ten points!
kags: only 10?
hinata: 20!
tanaka: the game would be over by then, idiots.
-YAMS YAMS YAMS' FIRST SERVE BITCH YES I LOVE THIS BOY SO MUCH ITS INSANE.
-yahaba's current worry is about being oikawa's successor oof that's gonna be HARD
-okay but they sent kinoshita in in one of the matches in s4. why not send him now? maybe its smth he developed during the course of the manga?
-omg everyone is so nervous for yams i feel kinda bad
OMG NOYA: if it were shoyo or asahi-san in this situation, they'd both have a heart attack. the next number called wouldnt be a player's, it would be 9-1-1.
AND THEN THERE'S KAGS THINKING ABOUT HOW ITS LESS LIKELY FOR HIM TO GET HIT
IN THE HEAD AGAIN LOLOL
-omg their faces at the break point!!! suga+yams look so happy and then there's tsukki thinking, 'ouch.'
-aaaa kags' face when noys said that please he looks so cuteeeeeeeee
-KAGEYAMA MADE A ONE HANDED SET. THIS BOY ISTG-
-OMG KAGS' FACE AGAIN WHEN NOYA SAID SMTH PLS WHY SO CUTE SIR
-NOYA AND SHOYO JUMPING OMG UWUWUWUUWUW

-oikawa: why do i feel i just lost to iwa-chan?
iwaizumi: when were you ever beating me in the first place?

ITS
FUCKING
BABY
OIKAWA
(and iwaizumi and kageyama)

his panels as a baby are my favourites uptil now omg
...kunimi is smiling during a game.

hahhaa hinata: omg are you actually scared right now? pffft LAME
also hinata: h-hey? why is it any surpriise that the great king is way better than some crummy normal king? heck, its obvious just from the names! i bet he's way smarter than you, too!

-what do you mean, "and thus the winners and losers were chosen." ??

kageyama has successfully discarded his kingly robes

omgomg i remember this ah

this postion. this timing. this angle.
now!
prefect!

(sidenote: kunimi smiling>>>>>>>>>>>>>)

not hinata's face here please
ohno baby chick hinata at the end

-i highkey love the part where oikawa's fangirls clapped for us

KAGEYAMA NO APOLOGISING TO HINATA PLEASE I LOVE THIS SCENE IT HITS ME EVERYTIME
(takeda sensei is the real mvp doe)

-daisuga looking at each other out of the corner of their eyes>>>>>>>>>

1)that one panel of kagehina sitting
2)that one of hinata going nom nom

ohno they are crying:(

baby bird hinata: i am going to fly now.
YESBABY

AAA HINATA IN CLASS EEEP

THE SECOND YEARS!! TANANOYA! KINOSHITA! NARITA! ENNOSHITA! I LOVE YOU
(kinoshita looks extremely cute there omg)

omg the their years being happy in that one panel is so adorable

YAMS SMILING PLEASE WHY SO PRETTY

oikawa called ushijima 'ushiwaka-chan' LOLOLOL
ushijima: oikawa, stop calling me that.

kags' body proportioans are really insane damn son

AAAA HINATA'S FACE AT THAT [...!!!!] PANEL IS SO UWUWU

WE GOT SO MUCH KIYOKO IN THIS CHAP YES THANKYOU FOR THE JUICE

suga: i dont play volleyball because it has any material benifits for me.

hinata: sensei! i am totally okay with regretting stuff over and over again until i finally win the gold medal at the olympics!
takeda: !!
takeda: wait, hold on. gold medal?
hinata: yeah, i think i'll still have regrets if i dont win it lots of times!

-omg uwu twiching hinata
-ukai: tells them he's jealous
suga+asahi: eeep

-ennoshita: *helping kiyoko*
tananoya: ennoshita, you sneak!
tananoya: ennoshita senpai! please teach us how to speak w kiyoko-san without making her mad!

LETS TALK ABOUT THE BONUS STORY: CLASS 1-3'S KAGEYAMA KUN
OMG PLIS ANIMATE THAT AHAHAH AAAAAAAA