Haikyu — Chapter 2

...MY TEAM LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND. WE WERE CRUSHED.

...IN MY DURING ONE AND MIDDLE ONLY SCHOOL OFFICIAL ... TOURNA- MENT...

I WAS SURE HE WAS GOING TO GO ON TO ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE PREFECTURE...

OUR OPPONENT WAS "THE KING OF THE COURT."

...AND I WAS GOING TO BEAT HIM AND GET MY REVENGE. I SWORE THAT TO MYSELF...

...WHEN I CAME HERE, TO KARASUNO HIGH.

BUT-

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

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SHOYO HINATA FROM YUKIGAOKA MIDDLE SCHOOL KARASUNO HIGH SCHOOL 1ST YEAR VOLLEYBALL CLUB WING SPIKER

WAIT... MAYBE I HAVE THE WRONG GUY...?

WHAT'S HE DOING AT KARASUNO ?!

NO...

"WHAT THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE LAST THREE YEARS?!" "WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?" "THAT'S WHY YOU GET MADE FUN OF."

NUH- UH.

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TOBIO KAGE- YAMA!

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THIS IS-- I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT SMUG FACE OR ALL THOSE NASTY THINGS HE SAID TO ME.

I SAW YOU LAST YEAR. YOU'RE... UHH...

YOU...

I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME.

M-MY NAME IS SHOYO HINATA, AND D-DON'T YOU F-FORGET IT!!

NO. I REMEMBER YOU.

I BET YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE TEAM THAT YOU WHOPPED IN THE FIRST ROUND, BUT I--

W- WHAT?

A- ARE YOU ...

WHY'D YOU GO QUIET?

...T- TRYIN' TO START SOME- THIN'?

HIS RIDICULOUS SPEED, REFLEXES AND JUMPING ABILITY.

TOGETHER, THEY WERE ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR HIS LACK OF HEIGHT AND THEN SOME.

WE HAVEN'T LOST YET RIGHT?

BUT DESPITE HAVING ALL THAT

HE DIDN'T HAVE THE FIRST CLUE HOW TO USE IT!

YOU'RE THAT STUPID SHORT KID WHO SUCKED!!

YEAH, YOU THRASHED US IN THAT ONE GAME...

H-HEY. DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE FUN OF ME ANYMORE.

NEXT TIME, I'M GONNA WIN!!

AT LEAST THAT'S THE VOW I MADE TO MYSELF WHEN I CAME TO KARASUNO, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BEAT YOU SOMEDAY IF WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM?!

THERE'RE OTHER SCHOOLS OUT THERE BESIDES THIS ONE THAT, Y'KNOW, SCREAM POWER- HOUSE!

HOW COME YOU DIDN'T GO TO ONE OF THOSE?!

I DID APPLY TO THE BEST VOLLEYBALL SCHOOL IN THE PREFECTURE...

...AND I WAS REJECTED.

YOU WERE RE- JECTED ?!

EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE "THE KING OF THE COURT"?!

I'M ONLY YOU GONNA ... TELL YOU THIS ONCE ...

?!

MAN, WHO WOULDA THUNK THAT KITAGAWA DAIICHI'S STAR SETTER WOULD COME TO US, RIGHT?

DON'T CALL ME THAT!

I BETCHA HE'S A SMART- MOUTHED LITTLE BRAT THOUGH.

I-I'M NOT TRYIN' TO INTIMIDATE NOBODY! I SWEAR!

OH, C'MON. STOP TRYING TO INTIMIDATE EVERYONE.

GOOD AFTER- NOON!

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I GUESS THESE ARE THE UPPER- CLASSMEN?

YOU'RE KAGEYAMA, RIGHT?

GOOD TO HAVE YOU!

DAICHI SAWAMURA KARASUNO HIGH SCHOOL 3RD YEAR VOLLEYBALL CLUB CAPTAIN / WING SPIKER (WS)

C'MON, SUGA-SAN! FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE IMPORTANT! STEP IT UP! STEP IT UP! YOU GOTTA STEP UP AND SHOW THIS SNOT-NOSED LITTLE FIRST- YEAR BRAT ALL THAT THIRD- YEAR DIGNITY STUFF! RYUNOSUKE TANAKA 2ND YEAR WING SPIKER (WS)

WOW. YOU'VE GROWN SINCE LAST YEAR. KOUSHI SUGAWARA 3RD YEAR VICE CAPTAIN / SETTER (S)

MAN, THEY SEEM KINDA SCA--I MEAN, REALLY STRONG.

BUT...

IT LOOKS LIKE KAGEYAMA IS THE TALLEST BY JUST A LITTLE...

TANAKA, QUIT MAKING FACES!

THAT'S RIGHT.

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MAN, HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE ALL SO BIG! Yeah, I'm technically one too, but...

I'M FINALLY HERE! AT KARASUNO!

!! I'M 5'11", SIR. HOW TALL ARE YOU? OKAY, I SHOULD SAY HI TOO... HELLO, SIR!! AH!! WHOA

THE PINT- SIZED NO. 1!

IT'S YOU !!

UM, EXCUSE ME, B-BUT HELLO !!!

WOW, NOW THIS IS A SURPRISE.

THIS IS YOU ...? THEN THE "HINATA" ON THIS OTHER SIGN-UP FORM...

HUNH!

HUH? UMM...

SO YOU BOTH CAME TO KARASUNO ...!

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WE WATCHED YOUR MATCH AT LAST YEAR'S TOURNAMENT.

EVEN THOUGH I'M SHORT, I CAN FLY!

UM?

TH- THANK YOU, SIR! UM!

BUT YOU GOT GUTS, AND I LIKE THAT! YEAH! YOU WERE SHORT AND KINDA SUCKED AT A LOT OF STUFF...

ULG! Y-YEAH, I DIDN'T REALLY GET ANY TALLER...

BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YA GREW TOO MUCH, DIDJA?

I'M GOING TO BE KARASUNO'S NEW ACE!

YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE JUMPS TOO.

BUT ...!

HEY, NOW! JUST WALKED IN THE DOOR AND ALREADY YOU'RE THE ACE? YOU GOT SOME NERVE, KID!

RIGHT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? IT'S GOOD TO HAVE GOALS.

HOLD IT.

IF YOU'RE DECLARING YOURSELF ACE ALREADY, THAT'D BETTER MEAN YOU ACTUALLY GOT GOOD SINCE THEN.

HEY, KAGEYAMA. DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO PUT IT THAT WAY?

HEH. BET HE DOESN'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS.

WHAT WAS THAT ...?

KEEP MESSING AROUND LIKE BEFORE... ...AND YOU'LL JUST FLUSH ANOTHER THREE YEARS DOWN THE TOILET.

A FIGHT ALREADY? ISN'T THAT A LITTLE QUICK?

I DID THE BEST I--

YEAH, I DID MY BEST...

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...AND ALL IT GOT ME WAS THAT UGLY LOSS.

BUT...

...YOU HAVE NO RIGHT...

...TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE EVERYTHING I DID WAS MEANINGLESS!

VOLLEYBALL IS A GAME THAT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTING. THE IMPORTANT THING IS WORKING TOGETHER TO-- YOU DO REALIZE THAT YOU AREN'T OPPONENTS ANYMORE, RIGHT? YOU'RE TEAMMATES NOW.

LISTEN, GUYS.

I RIGHT CHALLENGE NOW! YOU.

YOU.

HEY!! DAICHI- SAN ISN'T DONE TALKING YET!

AT VOLLEY- BALL! DUH!!

AT WHAT?

VICE PRINCI- PAL! GAH! IT'S THE VP!

IT'S AWFULLY NOISY IN HERE.

THIS IS THE VOLLEYBALL CLUB, RIGHT? NO ONE'S FIGHTING, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THE VICE PRINCI- PAL!

RIGHT? FIGHTING? NO, NO! OF COURSE NOT! IT'S JUST A LITTLE, ER, FRIENDLY RIVALRY!

THE VP LOVES TO LABEL STUFF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR ANY CHANCE HE GETS!

YOU TWO! EASE OFF!

SERVE. ARE YOU LISTEN- ING TO ME?!

I'LL YOU RETURN SERVE. THEM. ALL OF THEM.

CUZ LAST YEAR I ONLY MANAGED TO RECIEVE ONE.

WITH MY FACE, BUT...

DIDN'T HE CATCH THAT ONE WITH HIS FACE?

YOU AREN'T WHO YOU WERE...

I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING NOTHING. I'VE PRACTICED HARD AND GOT HELP FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE.

MY TEAMMATES, THE GIRLS' TEAM, THE HOUSEWIVES' CLUB...

I'M NOT WHO I WAS LAST YEAR.

HUH.

HEY! YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOCK IT OFF...

GOOD.

WAIT ... HE SMILED ?!

ARE THOSE TWO FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS ?

ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO. THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT.

HERE I COME.

CALM DOWN. THERE'S NO REASON TO GET SCARED. I PRACTICED RECEIVING SERVES WITH THE HOUSEWIVES' CLUB A WHOLE LOT.

BECAUSE I'M NOT WHO I WAS EITHER.

A JUMP SERVE?!

LAST YEAR HE JUST USED A REGULAR OVERHAND ONE!

ACK! NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS!!

IF I CATCH IT WITH MY FACE, I'LL DIE!!

NOBODY ON THE GIRLS' TEAM OR IN THE HOUSEWIVES' CLUB COULD SERVE THE BALL LIKE THAT!!

WHOA! I DUNNO IF I COULDA GOT THAT ONE EITHER!

HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR?

WHAT THE HECK!

WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!

GUYS

ONE MORE.

HRM. NOT LISTENING TO THEIR CAPTAIN'S ORDERS IS PROBLEMATIC.

GET RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BALL AND--

GURF !!

HE REACTED TO THAT QUICKLY !

I'M SORR --

EEE?!

!!!!!!!!

AHA-HEM!! YOU TWO... BFFF!...YOU TWO SHUT UP NOW... YOU JUST NOTICED? EVERYONE FIGURED THAT OUT DURING THE ENTRANCE CEREMONY! HUH? THAT WAS A TOUPEE?

URK! DAICHI!

TANA- KA, YOU SHUT UP TOO!

SAWAMURA, COME WITH ME FOR A MOMENT.

HALF AN HOUR LATER...

FORTUNATELY, THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL PUNISHMENT, AND WE AREN'T REQUIRED TO APOLOGIZE.

ALL OF YOU PRETEND NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED. YOU SAW NOTHING.

HOW- EVER ...

S C R U B !

YEAH, RIGHT! YOU'RE NOT WHO YOU WERE LAST YEAR? HAH! YOU SUCK! THIS IS YOUR FAULT FOR SCREWING UP SO BAD.

NOW I FEEL LIKE A DOPE FOR BELIEVING YOU.

NOW AS FOR YOU TWO--

Y-YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THAT FAR!

HEY, GUYS?

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MADE EITHER OF YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND KARASUNO...

BUT I'M SURE YOU BOTH CAME HERE LOOKING TO WIN.

COULD I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION FOR A SEC? LISTEN.

RIGHT!

OF COURSE.

GYMNASIUM 2

ONE TIME WE EVEN MADE IT TO NATIONALS. KARASUNO'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS ONE OF THE TOP IN THE PREFECTURE.

A FEW YEARS AGO...

"THE FALLEN CHAM- PIONS" ...

AND "THE CLIPPED- WING CROWS."

OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE TAKEN TO CALLING US... AT BEST, WE'D SQUEAK INTO THE TOP EIGHT SCHOOLS. NOWADAYS WE AREN'T WEAK, BUT WE AREN'T ALL THAT GREAT EITHER.

...WHO CAME UP WITH THOSE DUMB NAMES AND HAVE A WORD WITH 'IM.

YEAH, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I WANNA FIND THE GUY...

HE'S LIKE A LITTLE GIANT!!

I STILL REMEMBER THE YEAR WHEN KARASUNO QUALIFIED FOR NATIONALS IN THE SPRING TOURNAMENT.

...WENT TO TOKYO TO PLAY IN A HUGE STADIUM AGAINST THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS.

STUDENTS FROM THE NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL...SOME OF THE SAME KIDS I'D PASS BY ON THE STREET...

JUST THE THOUGHT IS ENOUGH TO GIVE ME SHIVERS.

AND I'D RATHER NOT HAVE THE VICE PRINCIPAL GIVING US THE HAIRY EYEBALL.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU TWO HAVE TO BE EACH OTHER'S NEW BEST FRIEND.

LISTEN.

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YES, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THE TWO OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE NET...

GOT IT?

...BUT HERE YOU'RE ON THE SAME SIDE. YOU NEED TO REALIZE AND ACCEPT THAT YOU'RE TEAMMATES NOW.

...OR HOW EARNEST AND GUNG HO AS A ROOKIE... NO MATTER HOW TALENTED YOU ARE AS AN ATHLETE...

...ANYBODY WHO FIGHTS WITH THEIR TEAMMATES AND BRINGS DOWN THE WHOLE TEAM... ...IS NOT WELCOME HERE.

UNTIL BOTH OF YOU DISPLAY AN UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE TEAMMATES...

...YOU ARE HEREBY FORBIDDEN FROM PARTICIPATING IN ALL TEAM ACTIVITIES.

SHOYO HINATA KARASUNO HIGH SCHOOL CLASS 1-1 POSITION: WING SPIKER (TEMP) HEIGHT: 5'4" WEIGHT: 114 LBS. (AS OF APRIL, 1ST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL) BIRTHDAY: JUNE 21 FAVORITE FOOD: EGGS OVER RICE CURRENT WORRY: NOT BEING ABLE TO PALM A VOLLEYBALL.

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