Haikyuu!! 155

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Shou: We're going to knock you down and go to the nationals.

left: Hinata vs. Ushijima!!!

(bottom):
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Haikyuu!!
Chapter 155: The Road to the "Final Boss"
Furudate Haruichi

[p002]

Saeko: That guy can pull off receives, toooo?!

Ushi: Send it here.

[p003]

Shou: Gy-

Shou: owww!
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Voice: Nice kill, Ushijima!
Crowd: Ushijima!
Crowd: Ushijima!

[p004]

Tendou: Wakatoshi-kun, who's only ever interested in himself, is competing with someone.
Tendou: How interesting~
Voice: One more!

Scoreboard: Karasuno | Shiratorizawa

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Voice: Nice kill!

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Scoreboard: Karasuno | Shiratorizawa
(Box):
End of the 1st set
25 (Shiratorizawa) - 16 (Karasuno)

Shimada: Don't dwell on it!!
Shimada: Keep going forward!!

Aki: Haah.
Aki: He really is a "small giant", huh...
Yachi: Don't dwell on it!!
Saeko: You mean Shouyou?

Saeko: Well, he's more like a small giant in the making.
Tanaka: We'll get the next one!
Shou: Nghh!

Tendou: Do you know Karasuno's #10, Wakatoshi-kun?

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Ushi: ...I met him on the street.
Tendou: The street?!
Ushi: He said he would defeat me and go on to the nationals.
Tendou: On the street?!

Ushi: No, that part wasn't on the street...
Shirabu: Come to think of it, Ushijima-san let some outsiders come to our campus and got a scolding for it.
Reon: Hahaha.
Tendou: Karasuno's #10 sure is something!! So that's what you like about him??

Ushi: No. I don't like him.

Ushi: Baseless self-confidence is something
Ushi: I can't stand.

Voice: Gather up!

Tendou: Curiouser and curiouser.

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Ukai: In the 1st set,
Ukai: Ushijima scored 11 points.
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Ukai: By himself, he accounts for about half of his team's points.

Shou: Nngh...
Ukai: But
Ukai: The fact that they center the ball around Ushijima is itself what will bring them down.

Ukai: Ushijima is only human.
Ukai: There is undoubtedly a limit to his stamina.

Ukai: Even if an attack doesn't directly score,
Ukai: it will definitely have an effect later on.
Ukai: Don't forget that.

Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!

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Daichi: We're going to take the lead early on!
Team: Yeah!
Box (Karasuno side):
Sawamura | Hinata (Nishinoya)
Azumane | Tanaka
Tsukishima | Kageyama
Box (middle): Net

Reon: Get us on the board right from the get-go, Tsutomu!
Box (Shiratori side):
Tendou (Yamagata) | Oohira
Shirabu | Ushijima
Goshiki | Kawanishi
Box (left): Server
Goshiki: Yes!!

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Box: Start of the 2nd set

(Goshiki): This is a good one.

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Daichi: Got it!

Goshiki: Ngh.

(text): Synchronized attack

[p011]

Daichi: Yes!

Ukai/Takeda: YESSS!!

Michi: Alright!!

Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno

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Voice: Hit'em hard, Daichi!!

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Voice: It's a C-Quick!

Voice: Nice kill, Kawanishi!
Crowd: Kawanishi!
Crowd: Kawanishi!
Kawa: Yeah.

Ukai: The way Shiratorizawa actively uses their center line is an indication of just how well put-together they are.
(Box):
Ushijima (WS) | Kawanishi (MB) | Goshiki (WS)
Oohira (WS) | Tendou (MB) | Shirabu (S)
below box: Center line
Ukai: And, once the center line gets to work, the wing spikers on the sides become impossible to deal with.

Voice: Nice kill!!

Ukai: Naturally, our greatest challenge in this match is Ushijima, but
Ukai: we need to create an arrangement to "counter him", or we'll be out of luck.

Ukai: To that end, we're gonna keep hitting the opponent
Ukai: with powerful attacks to throw them off balance.
Voice: Hit'em hard, Asahi-san!

[p013]

Goshiki: Ngh!

Suga: Alright!

Shirabu: Ushijima-san.
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Voice: From the right!!

[p014]

Noya: Dammit...!
Shou: Don't worry about it!!
Suga: That was a good serve!!

Crowd: Hit'em hard!
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Boxes: Karasuno | Shiratorizawa

Tanaka: Hrgh!

Tanaka: Just as planned!
Tsuki: Your eyes are tearing up.
Voice: Way to go, Tanaka!
Voice: That's one spirited receive!
sfx bubble: Sting
Boxes: Karasuno | Shiratorizawa

[p015]

Shou: I'm gonna knock Ushiwaka's socks off!!
Box: Hinata IN

Suga: Did something happen between Hinata and Ushiwaka?
Top box: Tsukishima's serve
Bottom box: Nishinoya OUT

Yama: Apparently there was some sort of incident.
sfx: Wha!!
Suga: He sure ends up having situations with other schools in god knows where, doesn't he!
Suga: It happened with Nekoma's setter, too.

Takeda: How is Shiratorizawa at blocking?

Ukai: There likely isn't anyone in the prefecture better at blocking than Datekou.
Ukai: Things like height and individual skill can be encorporated into the blocking system right from the start, and, using read blocking as a base, you develop blocking styles in accordance with the situation.
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Voice: Breaking the opponent's spirit
(Box):
Bunch Read Blocking
A top-level blocking system which has become mainstream in the present day. Blockers gather at the center of the court, watch where the toss will go, and jump accordingly. Decoys are generally ineffective against it.

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Ukai: Even if you count the Tokyo lot we played practice matches against,
Ukai: I don't think you'll find a team whose blocking is as tidy as Datekou's.
Ukai: It's just-

Tobio: One touch!!

Ukai: Free ball!!
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[p017]

(Shirabu): Another diagonal jump!!

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Ukai: ...It's just

Ukai: that there's a sort of strength that's not quite as neat and tidy,
Ukai: which relies on instincts and experience...

Tendou: If you want to defeat Wakatoshi-kun, you'll have to get through me first~
Tendou: C'mon~
left: A formidable foe!!!