Incoming "Nice kill, Tanaka" and "Deadchi" comments:

Vic: "I like this dude. He's fun." Vic (Last Video): "I don't like that guy."

“[Ennoshita’s] the only one on the team I don’t know.” Narita & Kinoshita: 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

The reason there's no Karasuno cheer *right now* is because they're not so popular yet and there's also no cheer squad from their school. The only ones supporting them are the 2 alumni guys from the adults team, and Yachi (little cutie). Some times there's the Grandpa Ukai and his students, some old patrons but yeah. When they get popular, they'll get a cheer squad and a cheer :)

Haikyuu: **says Narita’s name 3 times in a row** Vic: WHO IS THIS

And that's why we call him deadchi

*Sugamama:* "This year, I lost my precious husband, Daichi." "Stop telling everyone I'm dead!" *Sugamama:* "Sometimes, I can still hear his voice!"

When Aone said “I’ll stop you tomorrow” he’s implicitly saying that both himself and Hinata will win the next match and they will play each other.

If you look closer at the last game and this one, you see how much attention they give to Daichi. How important he was during the jozhenji game, and the closer we get to the collision, the more we see daichi and the more the characters say, “Wow, Daichi’s SUPER important to the team structure. Would be CRAZY if we didn’t have him...”

The “deadchi” inside joke is my favorite thing to use on new watchers lmaoooo

I'm not actually 100% sure so don't quote me on this, but I feel like the fact that player's families rarely show up has a lot to do with the work culture in Japan being Fucking Brutal. Like, the games and tournaments happen on the middle of the day, so their families would need to deliberately take time off work to attend the tournaments, and that's *really* heavily discouraged in Japan.

Victoria last episode: I strongly dislike this dude Victoria this episode: I like this dude, he's fun. I love his energy. He's such a funny person

Just a quick refresher of the teams: 1) Karasuno: We know them already, the main team. As for the people on the bench that you don't know, they're second years who we don't really see a whole lot of until later. 2) Shiratorizawa: The team many people think is going to win the whole tournament. This team is the one that Hinata and Kageyama visited back in episode 1 of season 2. They also have Ushiwaka, who is the left-handed spiker you mentioned. He also played for the national Under-19 youths team, representing japan. basically, he is very good. 3) Aoba Johsai: Also referred to as Seijoh, this is Oikawa's team. They are the only team people see having a chance at beating Shiratorizawa. 4) Date Tech: Their cheer is "Go, go, let's go, Let's go, Date Ko", with "Ko" meaning "Tech". 5) Nekoma: Karasuno's rival team in a different region. They play their own prefecture tournament in Tokyo, Hoping that Karasuno will win their prefecture so the two can play each other at nationals. This is Kenma's team. 6) Fukurodani: This is Bokuto's team. We don't know much about them at this point in the story other than the fact that they are REALLY good. If I missed anything, other people are free to add more (Without spoiling, of course)

Victoria: "Wait, this is the thumbnail" Deadchi: I'm about to ruin this woman's whole career

The backstory about the manager of Johzenji was that she was a third year which means that soon she would graduate and stop being a manager. The thing is the team was different before (her generation, when their slogan was indeed "Simplicity and Fortitude") but now there are only 2nd year players in the team and they have a very different vibe than the original team she knew, so that bittersweet change is what the author wanted to kinda explain. In general, any type of high school team (voleyball, baseball, etc.) has that special thing, cuz it's not forever and teams change and that can be kinda heartbreaking. A lot of sports anime talk about this issue cuz it's so common and part of the Japanese sports culture.

Coach: "You're the only third-year left" Victoria: "Is she the coach?" lol

Aone's teammates: Hinata lacks a bit in volleyball basics. Aone: **makes face that says "don't bash my friend"** His teammates: Whoops, sorry! Forgot you were friends. But we're right! Aone: He already clearly knows he is lacking in the basics.

"First receive of the game, always intense" character in the show: "man, that's intense" glad to see the future-sight drives are in full gear today

Date's players were discussing why shoyo was switched right after kagzy went to the infirmary. Making fun of shoyo saying that other players are better at the basic plays (which is true 😅). Aone simply replied to it saying 'that may be true for now and the 10 is aware of it as well'.

summarization of the scene that confused you date tech guy: "the other guys seem better at basic playing skills then number 10 (referring to hinata) Aone: "it may be like that for now, and number 10 knows it" Aone is responding to the other guy's previous comment and basically saying that Hinata knows that he's not as good at basic playing skills FOR NOW hope this helped!!

3:28 "new characters" 😂 she already forgot terushima 😂😭 He's the guy you hated, Vic. The one who was asking for Kiyoko's number 😂

_Victoria: Oh right-! “Tobe fly~”_ _Me: I can die in peace-_

I love you calling Ushijima 'Tall Leftie', like. I cannot be sure why, but I am just. So filled with serotonin upon hearing it.

18:35 - hinata WAS being a good sport when he was subbed out. aone & the other dateko players were talking about how although hinata's an offensive powerhouse on the court with kageyama, once kageyama's off the court, there are a lot of other players who are better all-around (at serving and defense) than hinata is. so he was subbed out for narita, a second year (#8), who spends a lot of time matched up with suga during practice. and other karasuno players on the bench were expecting hinata to be impatient to get back on the court, and he is, but he also said that he's impatient for EVERYTHING -- including practicing, and watching people better than him. that surprised most everyone except for aone, who understands that hinata is more aware of his own shortcomings than anyone else. hinata was taking being benched as a learning experience.

GUYS THIS IS LOTERALLY SO IRREVALANT BUT DO N O T LET HER SKIP THE SEASON 3 CREDITS THEY LITERALLY SLAP SO HARD

Vic: oh no, what’s this guy’s name, I don’t know his name Me: oh girl, you’re gonna learn it trust me. Because of this exact moment you’ll get to know him

The reason most of the families are absent for these games would most likely be because of how japan isn’t really known for having free time for workers, so most of the time it’s one family member with a ton of free time while the rest are at home doing chores or out working. A lot of the time for sports I’d imagine the families would only come for really big games, and even then those end up being nationals in a completely different city.

As to the guy you can't remember, he is Narita - one of the three Second-year benchwarmers. They "ran away" because they couldn't stand the harsh training under Old Ukai, but they came back and feel guilty about it ever since. This guy is a quiet kid who practiced with Suga and the other benchwarmers, and this is his first game we have seen in the series.

"if suga had red hair you'd think he's the older brother" He's got gray hair and he's still everyone's older brother

Victoria: "I like this dude" (15:10) Also Victoria: **doesn't realize it's the guy that was hitting on shimizu**

Another point where Victoria is Noya: she prefers to dig over overhand.

The pronunciation is "Kah-kke-!" which is basically a shortened version of "kakkoii" which means "that's cool" or "that's awesome" so it is a direct translation! "Kahkke" is used informally and is very casual!

About the "Kakke", actually the translation is alright. It's comes from the word "kakkoi" which can mean "cool, awesome or handsome" depending on the context. But that guy from Johzenji said "kakke" instead cuz that's just a variation of "kakkoi" (the standard), "kakke" is something young males usually say.

14:15 that's kinoshita hisashi. 8 is narita kazuhito, and 6 is ennoshita chikara. they're all second years, and are often jokingly called by the fandom "forgotten #1, forgotten #2, and forgotten #3" as they don't get much playing time, nor do they get much screen time.

that man you haven't seen before is Kinoshita, he had like a single line of important dialogue wayyy back in season 1, but in season 4, he will have more moments and I guarantee you'll like him too With episodes 15-17, they focus on Daichi's importance and how the team can't do well without the foundation he set for them

Can we appreciate how Tsukki looks at Coach Ukai when he blocks. Showing that he cares about his personal growth and values Ukai's opinions.

When Aone says to Hinata "i will stop you tomorrow", i feel like it's not only a challenge, but also a compliment. Because Aone believes that Hinata and Karasuno can win against their next opponent (Wakunan), so Date Tech can have their rematch against Karasuno on the next day

For the future! If you google "haikyuu characters" the first link (to the haikyuu wiki) has every single character broken down by school and role (so the staff vs students and teammates) with their name and a photo! Just be careful not to click their profiles because sometimes they will spoil a lot for their futures! Good luck (also you will need to know Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita coming up soon as our beloved captain is dead, rest in peace Daichi)

You are so strong for being able to stop yourself watching the next ep. When I watched that cliffhanger I was dying to click next. Haikyuu really did that to us. Showed how Daichi is being such a great support and leader, then hit us with this collision! The dramatic effect is at its peak.

On the note of families coming to the games, Japanese high school volleyball tends to mostly take place on weekdays and start during the work day. With Japanese work culture being what it is, it's hard for families, or parents at least, to always justify being able to go to the games. Not to say that they don't at all of course, it's just not as common as the US where you assume that almost everyone in the stands is friends with or family of a player.

**sees video title** IVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THIS DAY

Literally I thought: _“It's Tuesday, why she didn't- _*_*notification*_*_ oh, there she is!”_

Victoria(2 weeks ago): Who is this guy? I dont like him? He doesn't understand no means no 😠 Victoria(This week): I like this dude he's fun. Me: 😳 wait Victoria, what??🧐

With the characters you were talking about not knowing, they are all 2nd years. Honestly the only second years in Karasuno we really know are Tanaka and Nishinoya. The other 2nd years are Ennoshita, Kinoshita and Narita. I believe Narita (who is number 8) may have played in a match a while ago but other than this episode we haven’t seen him play that much in the anime at all (I can’t remember if he shows up much in the manga either). Ennoshita (number 6) you’ll meet in the next episode and will play quite an important role in it. Kinoshita (number 7) doesn’t really appear much until season 4 as well. But don’t worry about not knowing them yet, they’re kind of just the background characters a lot of people sadly forget about😅.

The "Tall Lefty" is Ushiwaka (Ushijima Wakatoshi). He plays for Shiratorizawa which are the reigning champs of the prefecture.

Aone from Date Tech. Standing up for his boi Shoyo. Mouthy teammate saying Shoyo has the weakest fundamentals, Aone stood up for Shoyo basically saying "true, but he knows his weaknesses and he's learning damn quick"

I just love how the scene alludes that Daichi is “simple and strong”, facilitated with the banner of opponent’s as a background (who, on the other hand, does not match their team banner but to be “free and wild”).😭 It certainly affirms the traits of our humble and reliable captain. Moreover, we may even expect that “fun guys” would improve themselves in the way of “simple and strong”…… just like their graduated former teammates.😭

Karasuno vs. Wakunan is absolutely about leadership, even with Daichi’s injury. Don’t worry, you will see what happens! It’s an awesome mini-arc and I love it 🥰

13:50 “I’ve never seen this man before in my life.” Don’t worry. You’ll know him and the rest of the second years VERY soon

Victoria: If someone gets hurt- Me: Sshhh, it's coming, don't remember me that, i went for that so badly-

Our love for daichi is kinda like "only know you love him, when he's gone" kinda vibe. We notice his efforts, when he's not on the court anymore

The three players on Karasuno that you don’t know are seconds years. In S1E11, they tell Hinata and Kageyama that they left the club and came back. They don’t appear often but they do show up once in a while!!

I like how Victoria wants to know number 8's name and missed "Narita" about 4 times in a row 😂😂😂😂😂😂

*few episodes ago* Victoria: I hope no one gets hurt. Me: *Don't spoil, don't spoil, don't spoil* Yeah, I hope so too. 👀

not sure if you realize this later, but the "fun" guy you like from Johzenji was the same guy hitting on the manager from the last episode, the guy that wouldn't take the hint. he's all about fun, sometimes taking it too far and brushing off people's rejection because he is just "having fun"

Victoria, on the first point by Johzenji, Karasuno was expecting them to bump it over because the ball was at the back line of Johzenji's court. They even said "chance ball." They didn't expect Johzenji to spike that ball. I mean, that was like a jump serve and the Johzenji guy was even turning his body when he spiked it.

karasuno doesnt have a cheer bc they werent a big or “good” school before this, so it wasnt thought of :)) but there will be one

Daichi is so incredible that he is the only anime character that died in a Volleyball show. TANAKA NICE KILL

The point of the Johzenji flashback at 23:45 ish is that the team’s freewheeling attitude may come back to bite them unless they prepare for it in advance, but Terushima seems to disregard what his former captain was trying to tell them, and their manager knows that they’re in trouble if they can’t get their act together and play solid volleyball (hence the emphasis on their team’s banner).

13:42 Hey, FYI, that man you've never seen is a bench player and is a second year. There are 5 2nd years in Karasuno. #4: Yuu Nishinoya #5: Ryunosuke Tanaka #6: Chikara Ennoshita (the guy you've seen before but you don't know...the Daichi look-alike) #7: Hisashi Kinoshita (the guy you don't recall seeing before at all) #8: Narita (the Tanaka look alike). They're all decent players. The last 3 were introduced in season 1, in the very first overnight volleyball camp Karasuno participated in. The 3 of them couldn't take the brunt of the training the previous year when Grandpa Ukai was coaching them, so ran away (along with 2 others who left the club for good, later.). They came back after a week only to find that Grandpa Ukai had left again. They've been bench players since the current first years joined. You'll see more of them in the upcoming seasons :)

Here comes "Daichi's Death" xD

One time people kept making a joke that daichi was deadchi and I literally thought he died in the show then I realised it was because this happened🤦‍♀️

Don’t feel stupid when you don’t understand something! A lot of us have rewatched the show several times, as well as read analyses and had long discussions with other fans about the characters and plot. You’re actually watching it in a way that a lot of us did-being confused by something and then finding out after the viewing, it’s just that you find out via comments and we found out via friends/fan forums/TikTok/Tumblr/Twitter/etc. Plus, this is your first anime, so you’re still getting used to the style, the subtitles, the overlapping voice tracks (which I still struggle with, I always get confused as to which subtitles to read when they overlap, and I’ve been watching anime for a decade). Don’t feel ashamed!! We understand🖤🧡

Omg daichi's funeral next episode is going to be heartbreaking for her🥺

When she says she can't recognise Ennoshita and remember his name...and all the homies know what is just coming 😂😂😂

victoria: WHO IS THIS?!?!? coach ukai who said his name like 5 seconds prior: .....

Japan is very different when it comes to watching their children in these types of events. Any other obligations, especially work, always come first. I once heard that there was a teacher at a school who's entrance ceremony (or something like that) was on the same day as her daughter's entrance ceremony, and she was scolded for going to her daughter's event instead of the school's even though she didn't need to be there.

Victoria: This Haikyuu piano song always makes me cry Literally everyone: Me too

The “deadchi” episode I’ve been waiting to see Victoria’s reaction

Last time:I don't like this guy bc he doesn't respect women Today:i like this guys energy

The reason they emphasize the manager from Johzenji is because she is the spiritual captain of the team. While she doesn't play, she is their emotional pillar that keeps them focused (much like Daichi). This is necessary for a team of knuckleheads.

subtitles: narita has been practicing combinations with suga. her: WHO IS DIS!

No. 6, 7, and 8 are all second years. Not their fault that the freshman are insane. Tanaka and Nishinoya out there representing the second years putting in work tho

SHE REACHED THE EPISODE!!!! Everyone else: Dachi???

RIP Deadchi, you will be remembered as one of the great 😔

When victoria said she prefers to dig over overhands. Me: She must be the real life female version of Nishinoya?!?!

Kageyama's face when Hinata mentions Takeru's family.... I wanna cry and re-read the manga now....

6:14 the reason why they didn't react was because they were caught off guard. The second hitter never connected right so it was a little off and they weren't expecting the dude to spike from such a awkward position because NOBODY would have done what they did. That's what makes them so difficult to play against. They are super unorthodox and unpredictable.

Obligatory: "Nice kill, Tanaka!"

I remember watching Daichi and going "oh my god he is dead" only for my roommate to go "yea the funeral is a tough episode" fuck me lolol

Vic is now 19 episodes away from the “Murder of Crows” scene in season 3! Yes, I’m counting down because I’m that excited for her to see it!

I just clicked on this so fast I’ve been waiting for these episodes!

Now is the time fooooor: "Tanaka, nice KILL"

The guys on the bench that you didn’t really recognize are the other second years! Ennoshita (#6), Narita and Kinoshita! They’ve shown them only scarcely so far but you’ll be seeing more of them and their storyline very soon, especially Ennoshita in the next episode :)

Victoria: “oh yeah they’re about to play the tall lefty” Me: *frantically searches the whole KZfaq channel for the game against Johzenji thinking I missed it*

Huge shoutout to editor Emily! We love you and all the hard work you do, thank you and Vic both for taking breaks when you need them!

You just gotta love it when ppl always bring up Nice Kill, Tanaka 😂

when she brought up the families not showing up, it just reminded me of kageyama’s back story and now i’m sad. i can’t wait for it to get animated

Finally someone not jumping on the Terushima hate train and actually seeing him as a character rather than that one scene with Kiyoko.

RIP Daichi, gone but never forgotten 😭😭😭

I love that shot of Daichi under the Jozenji banner of Strength and Simplicity. Daichi gets slept on by fans because of they're into the flashy players like Kageyama, Hinata, Noya, and Tanaka, but man... he's a really reliable team leader.

Everyone in the comments is here to help ya if you don’t understand something regardless, buttt the one thing I’d maybe suggest which *could* help a little is sometimes when you pause it, it’s during a sentence which gives context to the dialogue, and when you play it again it looks like you sometimes miss that sentence so then end up a bit confused at what’s going on (as we all would be). So if after a pause you rewinded it a couple seconds so then you catch the whole context of a convo/ moment, it could help with maybe a couple things 😝 or pause when no convo is happening so you know for sure you haven’t missed anything 👊🏾 I could be totally wrong but thought I’d say just in case 🤟🏾 I know you did rewind the date tech convo but if you’d rewinded about 5 or 10 seconds more to the start of their dialogue I’m certain you woulda got what they were saying for sure :)

I love that Victoria calls Ushijima 'Lefty' after seeing him hit 1 ball once. Those you us who have watched ahead know why.

"it's this the injury?" oh, darling... silence in the chat

these episodes really just made us appreciate daichi even more.

Vic: why did you not warn me about the injury Us: but didn't you already predict its coming

Yeah remember when u were like “I wonder if there is going to be an injury”....yeah....yeah ❤️ LOL this scene brings me pain cause Daichi is my favorite character so it just hurts my soul to watch it again🥲

Victoria a few eps back: I wonder if there's gonna be any injuries since that happens a lot in volleyball Me thinking about this ep: 👀

About the 2nd year players, number 6 is Chikara Ennoshita, he plays in the wing spiker position and was in the training match against Seijoh in the first episodes, before Asahi came back. Number 7 is Hisashi Kinoshita, that also plays in the wing spiker position and is a pinch server, however, he's the team last option in his position. Number 8 is Kazuhito Narita, he plays in the middle blocker position, being better than Hinata in the game's fundamentals, so when Kageyama was out, he subbed in along with Suga to replace Hinata.

this episode was so focused on daichi just for that ending lmao, he had more lines and more screentime but it looks natural and normal and it makes u think "wow, daichi is super important to the team! hes so strong and reliable, im so glad we have him with us :D" and then boom he dies