Haikyuu!! 5

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(top left) Haikyuu!!
(top)
"A player is not a soloist, but a member of an orchestra. Once he thinks that alone he is [someone special], everything is over for him."
-- Coach Bernardo Rezende, of the Brazilian men's volleyball team which ranked 1st in the world.
from the book "People" And "Systems" Who Made Brazilian Volleyball the Strongest, by Yonemushi Noriko (Toho Publication version).
(left) The truth behind the "king"...!!

Box: ...receives, tosses and spikes.
Box: It's best that I do them all myself.
Box: I can receive the serve,
Box: I can toss the ball,
Box: and I can hit it.

Box: Move faster!
Box: Jump higher!!
Box: Faster,
Box: Higher!!

(center) And then,

Box: When I tossed the ball up behind me,
Box: No one was there.

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(right) Dignified, strict, and strong.
(center, star) Hugely popular!! A hot-blooded volleyball story!!
(center)
Haikyuu!!
Furudate Haruichi
Chapter 5: The King of the Court

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Tobio: Don't just use your hands!
Tobio: Move your feet!!
Runners: Fight-o!
Runners: Fight-o!

(sfx around Shou) Grin grin grin grin

(Shou): I exerted myself so much that I puked, so I don't remember it that well, but
(above Shou): Of course we wiuurghh
(Shou): I'm sure that I! Got this king! To toss! The ball to me!!

(Shou): Getting a toss from the "king", doesn't that mean I'm already greater than him? Higher ranked than him?
(Shou): I wonder what's higher than a king...

(Shou): A god?!

Shou: BWAAH?!
Tobio: Oi, concentrate!! The 3-on-3 match is tomorrow!!

Shou: I kn
Shou: I know thaaat.

Shou: Tomorrow we'll win!
Shou: They'll let me in the gymnasium!
Shou: And I can really get started on club activities!!

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Shou: Oh, and I guess if we win, they'll have to let you play setter or something.
Tobio: If you understand, then get concentrating!!!

Shou: ...now that you mention it,
Shou: I wonder what sort of guys we'll be facing.
Shou: It's probably better than playing against the senpai, huh?
先輩相手よりはマシだよな?

Tobio: It doesn't matter what kind of guys we're against.
Tobio: We have no choice but to win.

Shou: I was just going to say that too!

Tobio: Tch.
Shou: D-don't click your tongue at me!

(Shou): Shit, how irritating...
(Shou): He's irritating, but!!

(Shou): From now on, he'll also toss the ball to me!
(Shou): A real setter's toss!!
(Shou): This time, for sure
(Shou): No matter what wall we come up against...!!

Shou: Take that!

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(sign) 2nd Gymnasium

Koushi: Yaa
Koushi/Ryu: aaaaawn
Daichi: You guys seem pretty tired.

Koushi: Ah, really??
Koushi: I guess I studied too hard~~?
Ryunosuke: Uh, mine's from studying, too.

Koushi: There's no way you'd be doing that!
Ryunosuke: Urk.
Daichi: Well, whatever.
Daichi: Let me introduce you to the 1st years who will be joining as of today.

???: Nice to meeeet you!

Tobio: You sent it off flying!!
Shou: I said to take it easy when we're outside!!

Tobio: It'd be fine if you could just properly receive the ball!
Shou: You

Shou: damn king.

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(Shou): Crap.

Tobio: Tch.

(Shou): ...what's with him getting all angry every time someone says "king".
(small text) He always seems angry, though.
(Shou): It's a perfectly good "nickname", too!!

(Shou): If it were me, I guess I'd want something cooler...
(Shou): Something like "small giant"...
(Shou): The windy... gale!! ...those are both winds.
(Shou): The forest... nah. The jet black... hrmmmm.
(Shou): Swooping down
(Shou): The northeastern
(these last two are obviously partially cut off)

Ryunosuke: ...tch.
Ryunosuke: What the heeeeeck. I don't like those new 1st years one bit!

Koushi: You usually don't like people when you first meet them, though.
Koushi: It's like a habit of yours.
Ryunosuke: "Habit"...?

Koushi: Still... the ones who came are better than I'd expected...
Koushi: Will things be okay tomorrow?

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Ryunosuke: I-It'll be fine! Those guys have me on their side, after all!!
Koushi: ...that's true, and Kageyama, too.

Koushi: But, y'know, doesn't Kageyama seem better natured than he was in junior high?
Ryunosuke: EHHH?!
Ryunosuke: How is he any better?! He's a conceited brat, isn't he!

Koushi: In junior high, it was more like...
Koushi: he had absolute confidence in himself.
Koushi: As if he were unparalleled...
Ryunosuke: ? Either way, he's a conceited brat.

Koushi: There's something wrong about hearing that from you!

Tobio: Oryaa
Tobio: The next will be from behind!!
sfx bubble: Whoosh

Shou: Alriight!

sfx bubble: Tup

???: Huh, they really are practicing outside!
Shou: Mu?!

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???: Are you guys the 1st years who caused problems on the first day?
???: Geh, t-shirts?! It's cold out!

(Shou): ...th

(Shou): They're huge!!!

Shou: G-give that back!
???: Isn't it about time for elementary schoolers to be heading home?

(sfx) Irritated

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Shou: Who the heck are you?!
Tobio: The "other 1st years" intending to join the club... huh?

(Tobio): They're pretty tall...
Shou: Oi, I'm talking here!
Tobio: How tall are you?
Shou: Heey!

???: Tsukki is 188 cm!
???: That's almost 190 cm!
Shou: One-ninety...
Tsuki: Why are you bragging about it, Yamaguchi.
Yama: Ah, sorry, Tsukki!

Tsuki: ...you're Kageyama from Kitagawa Daiichi, aren't you.
Tsuki: Why is one of the elite attending Karasuno?
Tobio: ...hah?

Shou: O
Shou: Oii!!!

Shou: Tomorrow, we definitely!!
Shou: won't lose!!

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Tsuki: ...ah, right.

Tsuki: I don't know if it's an important match for you guys, but
Tsuki: for us, there's more of a "well, whatever" feeling.
Tsuki: We're not hung up on winning or losing, so if it'll be troublesome for you guys to lose...

Tsuki: How about we
Tsuki: throw the game for you?
(Throw the game = losing on purpose)

Shou: WHAT THE HELL?!!

Tobio: ...whether you throw the game or go all out,
Tobio: The fact that I am going to win won't change.
Shou: You mean WE!

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Tsuki: Haha! That's some confidence!
Tsuki: Just what you'd expect of a "king"!

Tobio: Oi, quit it with that

Tsuki: Ooh, so it's true!
Tobio: Hah?

Tsuki: The rumor that you dislike
Tsuki: being called "the king of the court".

Tsuki: It's fine, isn't it? "King" is a cool nickname! I think it fits you perfectly, "your highness"!
(Shou): I dunno about that...

Tobio: ...what the hell is with you...

Tsuki: ...I saw the prefecture semifinals.

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Tsuki: With such self-centered tosses, the rest of the team sure tolerated a lot.
Tsuki: That would've been impossible for me.

Tsuki: ...ah!

Tsuki: What they weren't able to tolerate was a guy like you.

(Tobio): ---No one

(Tobio): No one was there.

(left of Yama) Tsukki!!

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(Shou): ...what the?? Oi, I don't get what he's talking about at all, but with such a nasty guy as your opponent, why are you staying silent?
(Shou): Get back at him with some irritating over-the-top comment like you always do! Oi!

Tobio: .........we're done here.
Shou: EHHH?!
Shou: Hey...

Tsuki: Running away? The "king" isn't such a big deal after all, huh~

Tsuki: In tomorrow's match,
Tsuki: we'll win against your highness, and...

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Shou: Shut up with all that "king" and "your highness" stuff!

Shou: I'm
Shou: here too!!!

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Shou: I'm gonna hit the ball above that head of yours in tomorrow' match!!

Tsuki: ...hah?

Shou: Uugh
Shou: W-what the hell...
Shou: Y...you wanna go, d-dammittt?

Tsuki: Don't be so angry~
Tsuki: Let's be fair, have fun, and not go overboard.
Tsuki: It's just club activities, after all.

Shou: What do you mean "just" club activities!!
Tsuki: It means just what you think it means.
Tsuki: ...well, until tomorrow, then.

Shou: Oi, wait a sec, dammit!
Shou: Who the heck are you guys!!

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(label, right)
Karasuno High School, 1st year
Vollyeball club
Middle blocker
Tsukishima Kei
Kei: ...1st year, class 4, Tsukishima Kei.
Kei: Starting tomorrow, we're teammates.
(label, left)
Karasuno High School, 1st year
Middle blocker
Yamaguchi Tadashi

Kei: Ah, we'll be opponents tomorrow, though.
Kei: I'm looking forward to seeing the "king's toss".

Shou: What the heck, what a nasty guy!
Shou: Tomorrow, we're definitely gonna knock him down a peg!!
Tobio: ...don't just go saying whatever you want!!
Shou: Grrr

Shou: Like I thought, you've got a bad personality too!
Tobio: Shut up.

Yama: ...w-wait up, Tsukki!
Yama: Wh...what's wrong?!

Kei: ...uselessly hot-blooded people irritate me...
Kei: The "king"... and that shortie just now.

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Box: The next day.
Box: Saturday.

Box: The day of the 3-on-3 match.

Shou: A pretty girl.
Shou: There's a pretty girl here.
Shou: Hey, could she be the manager?!

Shou: Hey, there's a-

(Shou): The heck, this guy's been weird since yesterday.

Daichi: Alright, then, let's get started!
Daichi: I'll be joining Tsukishima's group, so--

Shou: EHHH? You are, captain?!

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Daichi: Hahaha!
Daichi: It's fine! As far as offensive power goes, Tanaka's much better than me!
Daichi: But don't go easy on me because of that, okay~~!

Kei: Oh.
Kei: AHEM.

Kei: Now who shall we crus... block first, the short one or Tanaka-san~?

Kei: Oh, and I also really want to see when the king loses~

Yama: Hold on a... Tsukki, they can hear you, you know...?
Yama: That's pretty awful.
Kei: I said it so I was sure they would hear it, though.
Kei: Be thankful that I've made them lose their composure.
Daichi: For a guy with such a good personality, you do some mean things, Tsukishima~

Kei: Not really.
Kei: A king who has been abandoned by his retainers and left on his own would be a real sight worth seeing.

???: Hey, you guuuys~

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(left of Ryunosuke) Ufufu~
Ryunosuke: Did you hear that just now~?? Saying such a thing,
Ryunosuke: Geez, that Tsukishima-kun.
Ryunosuke: Honestly~

Ryunosuke: We'll pulverize ya!!!

Box: The 3-on-3 match

Box: Begins!!
(sfx) Tweeeeeet