#hq meta

[suckishima]

like this is what i'm talking about, how fucking cool is it that furudate writes a whole new bonus chapter for us that shows another perspective to a scene that we've seen before and then at the end of that chapter they're just like "oh and by the way here's what they're doing now, today as 30-year-olds—they all still hang out and think about volleyball" like wtf??? thats SICK

furudate could have chosen any time period to show that kai is still thinking about what happened back then and that it haunts him differently than how he expected, and furudate chose now, and i just think that's so cool. it helps the characters feel alive and fresh imo, as if they're real regular guys just hanging out in some parallel universe to ours lmao (and like. yeah i know that sounds silly, but that's kind of my point—it's fun!)

and on a personal level i find it especially impactful since i'm the same age as the third years, i also turn 30 this year, and idk to get to see them living life in the present helps me feel like i'm still connected to them and this story even though it's been over for almost four years now—and it's just kind of exciting, like, are we just gonna get updates like this indefinitely? will we watch them all grow old as we do??? i love it

#furudate ilysm this is awesome thanks #hq #hq manga spoilers #karaneko manga spoilers #nekoma #kai #yaku #kuroo #connect #hq meta #x

[kimbapisnotsushi]

okay wait. wait. kageyama went to the little kids' volleyball class without knowing WHY. he got home all torn up after fighting with hinata and saw the flyer and decided to go!! but even HE didn't know what he was doing there!! he just went with seemingly no purpose and no clear reason that we could discern after a series of events that left him raw and aching and vulnerable all over!! and the flyer was a weird thing for him to get in the first place!! kageyama, at that point in time, wouldn't have willingly signed himself up to teach little kids!!

so you know what i think? i think the flyer was meant for KAZUYO. i think it was meant for kazuyo because kazuyo was the kind of person so full of love and warmth and kindness that would have made him a GREAT teacher. i think kazuyo probably DID teach that class a few times, and kageyama was there for it. i think kageyama saw that flyer and remembered a time when he felt safe and steady and sure of himself, remembered a time when there was a hand for him to hold, and, not knowing what to do with his hands now, went to the class to see if it would help. to see if he could retrace the person he used to be, and use that to figure out what the hell is he even doing, picking fights and accusing hinata of being selfish when for so long he's been the one they call a tyrant.

i think what kageyama was looking for was a reminder that he could be "someone even better", and who was he if he couldn't find it in all the places he was loved and loved in return?

#HNFDJGDNJBSHJ #oikawa analysis anon if you see this just know that all of THIS #is a result of me rereading and pulling panels for your ask #i'm working on it!! i will get there!! i promise!! #BUT HOLY SHIT THE REALIZATION OF THIS . . . #and yah maybe it's just junk mail but tbh i don't think so #literally i'll just take any excuse to think about kageyama and kazuyo #kageyama tobio #kageyama kazuyo #hinata shouyou #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #hq meta #haikyuu hcs #sou says stuff

[yaku-paisen]

When I was rereading the Brazil arc for the 6th time, it dawned on me that in some ways, Hinata's arc is a foil to Kageyama's. Kageyama growth is in learning how to fly with the flock, and Hinata grows when he leaves the nest. Some of his biggest catalysts for growth come from outside his established groups:

restarting his middle school volleyball team

practicing with the Tokyo teams at summer camp

learning tempos with Ukai Sr.

the ball boy arc

Kageyama learns by getting comfortable with the idea of being part of a group. Hinata grows by leaving the group and diving into new experiences all by himself.

At first I, like probably everyone else, was like TIMESKIP. BRAZIL? WHAT. But if we think about the above, then it isn't super out of the blue. It's another example of Hinata striking out on his own like he's always done. Once again, Hinata purposely takes away his own solid foundation - literally (swapping out the stable court for the unstable sand) and figuratively (going to a place where he won't know anyone - or so he thinks ,':D).

#hq meta #haikyuu meta #shoyo hinata #shouyou hinata #hinata shoyo #hinata shouyou #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #haikyu #penne.txt #brazil arc i am in love with u

[yourdorkiness]

rewatching haikyuu until international battle of the garbage heap international date is released - s1ep1

(I'm not sure if I'll say something super deep while rewatching, but I'm mostly just chronicling my rewatch. I'll probably continue this after the international date is released, I just want to see how long it'll take lol.)

Seeing the first match between Kageyama and Hinata, I really appreciate how Furudate writes both deuteragonists to be loveable, compared to other manga where the two main characters start off as totally antagonistic but mellow out as the season progresses. You can see how even if they are rivals (and still are rivals despite being teammates in Karasuno), they share the same passion for volleyball and respect the players that challenge them.

One moment that really stays with me is when Kunimi (I think that's his name? The middle part guy?) doesn't put his full effort into chasing a ball that Hinata managed to get past their blockers since Kitagawa Daichi is clearly ahead and he thinks they don't need to put in their full effort. If the other team wins, it'll be a miracle. In response to that, Kageyama says: "[t]hat last point was no miracle. He scored a genuine point."

You can really tell that he (and Hinata as his foil) doesn't want to lose, that every point is important to them. Kageyama, despite getting the nickname "King of the Court" is still showing a genuine, roundabout kind of sportsmanship.

Some nice foreshadowing that I noticed on rewatch is that when Izumi messes up a set but Hinata uses his innate athleticism to reach the ball, Kageyama says "[h]ow is he there?" Thought it was a nice nod that when put together, Hinata can connect to the quicks that most players find difficult and that he'll be the first one to remind Kageyama after his team gives up on him that Karasuno and Hinata won't give up on him so easily.

Also thought that Hinata was such a good senpai to the three little first years! I thought that it was sweet that Izumi and Koji show up in season three to support Shoyo in the Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa match, but I wonder what it must be like for you to join a volleyball club in middle school as a first year, and then the next year hear that your former captain went to Nationals and is now a volleyball beast. If that doesn't motivate you, I don't know what.

#haikyuu #hq #hq meta #meta #haikyuu meta #hinata shouyou #hinata shoyo #kageyama tobio #haikyuu season 1 ep 1 #haikyuu season 1 #haikyuu rewatch

[brazil-hinata]

washijo sensei's 'the more hinata climbs higher the treacherous his path will be',,,, washijo sensei could have sent hinata home but instead choose to say he can be a ball boy.. washijo sensei knowing that if hinata wanna compete in the pros he would have to do better than that.. where do i begin with the ball boy ARC

#haikyuu!! #hinata shouyou #ball boy arc #hq meta #honestly growing older is understanding washijo sensei #hinata's raw speed and strength wasn't enough especially if he wanna play in the pros where players are 6 feet MINIMUM #and especially if techniques can be developed but height cannot... #i loveeeeee reading about ball boy arc so much its so fundamental to hinata's growth

[shoyou-kun]

once again i am thinking about the kamomedai banner.

habit becomes second nature. it's not as tenacious or as much of a battle cry as the other banners, but it's a lesson that's just as important, one that karasuno as a team was still learning to understand about volleyball.

like asahi, if you berate yourself in your head for your mistakes over and over, eventually it becomes something automatic to you. which is why you have to continually challenge those thoughts so you can break out of that cycle and become kind and forgiving to yourself instead, just like what hirugami learned to do.

like hinata, if you don't take care of your health consciously and consistently, your body will do it for you forcibly. you have to take care of it properly everyday, and this is what hinata comes to understand towards the end, because this too is volleyball.

#haikyuu #hq!! #kamomedai #idk rlly know if this counts as meta but #hq meta

[hhawks]

the reason why both hinata and kageyama saying the line "as long as i'm here, you're invincible" is so important to the showcase of their relationship is because coming from one another, it means different things. from kageyama to hinata, saying that is basically saying that no matter your physical shortcomings, your lack of technique, as long as i'm here i will back you up. and from hinata to kageyama, saying that is reassuring kageyama that he'll be there, in a time when kageyama was so afraid no one else could keep up with him, or was too demanding with his sets, as long as i'm here i won't let them fall. and the reason why this difference is so important is because this line reassures the other that they will fill the gap where the lack. they will complete one another. in a sense, in this way they are two halves of one whole, and that's not to say that kageyama is the only person who will ever set to hinata, or that hinata is the only person who can hit kageyama's spikes. it's saying that while you develop, while you take your time to grow and nurture what you lack (for hinata is surrounding awareness and technique, for kageyama it's tailoring a set to bring out the best in a spiker rather than what's best for a point), i will be here to pick up your pieces. i will fill in where you can't. as long as i'm here, you're invincible.

#anyway #kagehina real #kghn #hq meta #hera speaks ‼️

[shoyowo]

imma just ramble about your tags for a sec because like I'm always thinking about the twins vs iwaoi vs kagehina and how the two setter-spiker pairs that kghn are explicitly compared to have known each other their whole lives/since birth while kghn had (1) interaction in middle school and didn't really know each other til karasuno and like, OF COURSE Atsumu's pissed that Osamu's not gonna keep playing vb with him because he's never been alone, never known what's like to not have Osamu by his side while kageyama responds to Hinata's 2 year sabbatical with "took you long enough" because Kageyama waited 14 years for Hinata to show up and this is absolutely nothing in comparison and iwaoi have known each other for so long that theyre confident that no amount of distance can come between them when oikawa goes off to argentina. And remember when oikawa predicted kageyama's move because he saw him and iwaizumi's bond in kghn even though they only knew each other for a couple months and the only pair that could replicate the freak quick were the miya twins who've known each other their entire lives but kghn only knew each other for a couple days when they did the quick and wow, sorry for how long this ended up being but them (!!)

GO OFF !!! im gonna be v long myself too so adding a readmore <3

SO BASICALLY TY FOR BRINGING IWAOI INTO THIS BC THAT'S ITS OWN BEAST !! like it's soooo insane to me that not only is kghn paralleled with the two lifelong bonds in the manga and ALSO their promise parallels the marriage proposal by Nice?? like it doesn't have 2 be romantic but the fact that they parallel ANOTHER lifelong bond is so 🤨🧐🧐 to me so had 2 get that out of the way.

imma get the miya twins first. the vvv blatant parallel that hits me immediately is actually the running practice scenes like miya twins have always had each other 2 compete with and push each other and kghn only had that after they met..... honestly this makes me think abt how osamu always softens atsumu's edges and how hinata does that w/ kageyama too and i start thinking abt how his middle school wld have gone if hinata was there as a buffer!

like 2 me atsumu called kageyama a "goddy two shoes" in training camp but LMAO if not for osamu he'd also be the abrasive annoying setter that ppl hated despite his talent yk??? the difference is that atsumu always had osamu but kageyama didn't always have hinata. pluss literally everything u said abt atsumu's reaction to osamu leaving vs kageyama's reaction to hinata leaving like literally having osamu w him all his life spoiled atsumu fr.

not only r u right abt freak quick only being replicated by atsumu and osamu who knew each other sooo well and literally no one else but also like i think the freak quick itself is smth to dissect like kageyama's precise yet vvv fast and therefore impossible to hit tosses + hinata's freakish athleticism that was never fully used to it's potential but lack of volleyball acumen... like they fit together like puzzle pieces 🧩

and god iwaoi parallels makes my head SPIN. first off like u said the whole oikawa seeing iwaoi in kghn and therefore reading him and LATER kageyama seeing kghn in iwaoi and reading THAT is sooooo. iwaoi's bone deep understanding of each other that was borne out of knowing each other forever vs kghn's bone deep understanding of each other thro sharing the same immense passion 4 the sport !!!!!

#i didnt mention this but god the someone even better reveal was like a stellar culmination to their bond..... #it changed the world on its axis for me #hinata shoyo #kageyama tobio #someone even better #hq #ALSO SOZ I WROTE A WHOLE ESSAY #hq meta #magic answers

[suckishima]

have i talked about the bit where tsukki wordlessly passes yamaguchi the towel before? bc i included it in this set (garbage dump spoilers in the link) very purposely as i think it marks an interesting sort of middle ground during the height of change of their relationship.

in the beginning tsukki is annoyed when yamaguchi messes up a serve, and that’s only during a practice 3v3 that has no consequences for their group. but the towel passing moment comes after yamaguchi has yelled at tsukki during tokyo training camp, after tsukki acknowledged that yamaguchi had a good point about trying for the sake of pride, after tsukki called yamaguchi cool. and, immediately after yamaguchi stood at the serving line and didn’t try to do a jump float at all. which is arguably way less cool than anything he’s ever done before in volleyball—he basically thinks as much too, he remembers back to that night when he yelled at tsukki about pride, and he feels embarrassed of his actions on the service line—how could he say all of that and not even live up to it?

but this time—even though yamaguchi half-assing his serve is easily more lame than botching one he actually tried at like in the beginning of the series—tsukki isn’t mad or even annoyed. he just silently passes yamaguchi a towel (which btw i think is usually yamaguchi’s job to do for the other players since he’s lowest in seniority as the only first year non starter), and it’s sort of like a peace offering. it’s an unspoken “i get it, i know you’re thinking about what you said before and you think i'll make fun of you, but i get. it isn’t as easy as it seems to just try.”

and ooooo i just think it’s so good! we expect him to be mad, yamaguchi expects him to be mad, because we’ve seen him be mad in similar situations, but in fact he understands because it’s exactly the way he himself thinks. and who is he to shit on yamaguchi for momentarily getting stuck in the same circle of thoughts that he's let hold himself back for years?? like what a great subtle insight into both of their characters and where they currently stand with each other—they’re both in this weird nebulous gray area of change with how they see the sport, how they see each other, and how they see themselves and it’s. so. goooooood.

#this post better work this time or im gonna be so mad #hq #tsukki #yamaguchi #2021 reread #one step ahead #what more do you need #tsukkiyama #i guess lol #gonne put the tags from the og post too -> #stupid dumb simple towel scene is my roman empire #ive been thinking this for years and thought i had talked about it before but saw it nowhere on my blog #hq meta #x

[kimbapisnotsushi]

something about kageyama tobio being nineteen on the national team fresh out of high school and facing the whole world makes my heart ache.

it was everything he ever could have wanted. it was everything he ever did want, once. once kageyama tobio wanted to fly beyond the mountains he called home and soar into distant lands. once he wanted to climb to the top of the world until he was so high up that the sun and the moon and the stars were nothing but ants compared to him. once kageyama tobio wanted to do all these things alone — except he wouldn't be, not really, because he had someone who loved him and understood him and that was enough to shoulder a dream that blazed so bright it could burn him from the inside out with a single misstep.

and then kazuyo died and everything came crashing down like a satellite falling out of orbit, and the only thing tobio really wanted then was to heal from a heart full of broken glass.

at nineteen, he joins the national team. at nineteen, he plays at the olympics in brazil. at nineteen, kageyama tobio has everything he ever could have wanted, has everything he ever did want, once, but -

there are pieces of him missing, tobio thinks, a piece inside every single person who had taught him what it meant to love something so deeply it settles in your bones. there is a piece of him inside every single person who gave him a hand up out of the dark and pulled him onto steady ground. there are pieces of him that his new teammates will never know, will never understand, will never be able to put together and get the whole picture of who kageyama tobio is and why he seems so lonely when he is not alone, because kageyama tobio may be older and wiser and will not break so easily the way he did at the fragile age of fifteen, but there is NOTHING that can ease the ache of wanting the people he called home

#i don't know man i kind of get the feeling that kageyama was REALLY lonely that first year after high school #karasuno was his safety net!! it was where he learned to build himself back up piece by piece!! and he spent THREE YEARS DOING THAT! #he spent three years with the same people growing and changing and learning and then all of a sudden he's thrust into this whole new team #this is of course with the presumption that he was the first of the monster gen to make it on #and honestly i think he was #i think everyone else joined AFTER him #because it's the only thing that makes sense to me it's the only way he remains parallel to hinata during brazil arc #it means kageyama has to find his footing all over again!!! #it means just like hinata he has to find out who he is without the things that irrevocably changed him!!! #he's lonely even tho he's not alone and he's trying really really hard but all he wants are the people he loves to be with him!!! #there is no way he would NOT miss the people who gave him everything when he was lost in the dark #kageyama tobio #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #haikyuu meta #hq meta #sou says stuff

[yaku-paisen]

The Nekoma-Karasuno match is pure joy.

I love how it starts out tense and dramatic: Kenma's sinister plot to shut down Hinata! The spooky birdcage imagery! I love all of that! But I also love how that all gets blown away when Hinata makes his escape. From there on out it's 100% fun and love of volleyball and connecting all these players who were once strangers. And despite the grand stage, that's what the match has always been about.

It's how the tension of the earlier matches is gone because the dumpster battle was as much of a goal as getting to nationals, and now that they've made it happen, they can all let loose.

It's the scenes of Kuroo and Kenma as kids, becoming friends and falling in love with volleyball at the same time.

It's Kenma trying harder than we've ever seen before and Tsukki smiling wider than we've ever seen before.

It's Kai giving up his spot to Inuoka with a proud smile and a heartfelt "good bump", a huge compliment on the team that prides itself on its floor defense.

It's everyone showing off their skills and showing their open, unabashed respect for each other.

It's the flashbacks to the summer camp, culminating in that beautiful spread where all the noise of nationals melts away and it's just Nekoma and Karasuno again, just like any other game.

It's the Nekoma third years knowing they've left the team in good hands. Now that their younger teammates really know what the team motto is all about, so they can walk away content.

It's "Yeah, we're all rivals here. But, at the same time, each of us are, to the other, a teacher" and "Let's go out there and play the best volleyball of our lives" and "I hurt. I'm exhausted. I don't ever want this to end."

It's how the game ends on a random stroke of bad luck, because the match itself was always more important than the outcome.

It's the way even Lev--sunny, often oblivious, unflappable Lev--got so invested in his team that he cries at the end of the match.

It's the Suga-Yaku shoulder bump and the Shibayama-Asahi bow of mutual respect and the big hugs all around.

It's the way both Ukais shake Coach Nekomata's hand.

It's just pure sincere unfiltered joy and I can't reread it without smiling ❤️🤍🖤🧡

#hq meta #haikyuu meta #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #haikyu #penne.txt #nekoma #i went looking for ONE PANEL and ended up rereading the second half of he match lol

[howlerbat]

corporate needs you to find a difference

#I was going to write a long meta post on how they mirror each other but I think this will suffice #black sails #james flint #billy bones #also do you remember where Billy made the resistance HQ?? #in MIRANDAS HOUSE #like bruh

[brazil-hinata]

As a monster chasing one’s dreams, there will be a point that you will be alone.

Most of the monster generation had been alone at some point.

Kagehina was pretty obvious with how alone they were during middle school, but it was also Oikawa when he moved to Argentina, the feeling of being isolated due to language barriers.

It was also Ushiwaka growing up with some of his teammates being wary about him, it was only tendou who treated him without barriers (you can tell that even Semi and the benkei guy do treat ushiwaka as a friend, but there seems to be a barrier, barrier of respect , that prevents them to interact with ushiwaka like tendou do) And yet I say, even tendou, tho he’s not part of the monster generation, got bullied due to his extraordinary instinct.

It was bokuto in this picture whose teammates are not as passionate as him, and it was also Atsumu when Osamu left to focus on f&b. As for sakusa, he’s still sakusa.

My point here is, when you’re crazy passionate r talented about something, many won’t understand you. Some will even think you’re a freak or a weirdo. You will be abandoned.

But is that a reason to stop? Of course not. As seen on haikyuu, it’s not yet over. Sure there will be a time you’re gonna be alone, but if you just endure those hard times, eventually you will find your own people.

People that are monsters like you.

#aialhaikyuu!! #haikyuu!! #hq meta #haikyuu 335 #has this been done before #djdjjdjd

[amarriageoftrueminds]

A Timeline of CATFA in images

from this meta. 

#timeline #March 1942 - March 1945 #long post #historically accurate stucky tag #steve rogers #steve meta #catfa #mcu meta #catfa meta #ref #meta #626 days #dat's me #that '24 hours' deadline between phillips and gabe #sidenote: more hydra bases are shown on maps in SSR HQ #but only the 6 are linked to the howlies #and the 7th is the valkyrie base #meaning (if they only dealt with those 6 bases) steve and the howlies had 2.5 months to plan and execute each mission #steve was only in the european theatre of war for 1 year 3 months and 27 days (or 15 months and 27 days) 😥 #5 days before bucky's birthday #😭 #my meta

[freakurodani]

thinking about how hinata and kageyama's high school careers are bookended by kageyama making a serve and hinata going for the receive

how hinata absolutely and spectacularly failed during their first little competition

how hinata learned to love more than spiking, how it was a perfect receive that made him fall deeper in love with volleyball

how kageyama and hinata are known for their freak quick, this thing they do together

but kageyama's killer serve, and hinata's receives (no matter how late they arrive) are the ways they fight on their own, apart from each other

and its how they say "see you later"

they work so spectacularly together, truly each other strongest allies, but they are *rivals* first, and their high school career kicks off just like a game would, with a serve and a recieve

and then thats how they kick off their volleyball careers apart

#hq!! #conspiracy lvl: text #kageyama tobio #hinata shoyo #kageyama #hinata #kghn #kagehina #NO BC THIS IS MAKING ME SO EMOTIONAL RN #LIKE DO YOU SEE WHAT IM SAYING????? #haikyuu!! meta #i am shaking furudate by the shoulders #YOURE A MASTER STORY TELLER IM!!!!!!!!!!! #OUGH

[hhawks]

the fact that the last point in karasuno vs inarizaki was kageyama AND hinata blocking the twins' quick is so fucking significant because that oddball quick, before this match, was something that only kageyama and hinata were able to achieve and were brave enough to keep attempting. osamu and atsumu being able to replicate that, and hinata and kageyama being able to block it is such poetic justice; the way their uniqueness is so easily copied, made normal, and they are forced to kill it all the same, and for the winning point. this match is so significant for this quick because it 1. shows that hinata can achieve it with another setter than isn't tobio, and 2. shows that they are equally capable of killing that which they created. i'm going to fucking BASH my head in

#this was straight up nonsense #still on break I JUST WANTED TO YELL ABOUT HQ META #hq meta