Sometimes when we say “shameless”, we mean it in a good way… I always tend to watch Haikyuu towards the end of the day, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence.  There’s an effortless quality both to the production and the experience of watching it – not only is it […] Read more

Five Hinatas?  Talk about a genki overdose. There are episodes of Haikyuu that, while perfectly entertaining and well-executed, are pretty tough to blog about.  And this was one of those episodes.  I’ve noted this before  – and not only about Haikyuu – that sometimes a show does such a good […] Read more

I’d say that eggshell is pretty well cracked now. It’s Tsukki time on Haikyuu at long last, and it seems as if the lanky lad is poised to play a major role in the story going forward.  The role of rival for Hinata has pretty much been vacant since day […] Read more

Highlander has nothing on sports manga when it comes to aces. The spotlight has cycled onto pretty much all of the big names in Haikyuu, Karasuno and otherwise, but thus far Tsukishima has been the exception.  Even his sidekick Yamaguchi got a decent size bite of the apple last season […] Read more

The old crow finally returns to the nest. This was a rather low-key episode of Haikyuu, and quite consciously I think.  After the flash introduction of Yachi and the most intense acrimony since the earliest days of the series between Hinata and Kageyama, it was time to step off the […] Read more

Volleyball may be a team sport, but it’s still played by individuals. Watching this episode of Haikyuu, I was reminded of a quote by the great Brazilian striker Romario: “Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.”  Be it football or not, the myth of the selfish striker is not […] Read more