Haikyuu!! 156

[p001]

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

Crowd: He stopped that nimble #10!!

Boy: Oh man,
Boy: it's surfaced...

left: A formidable enemy!!!

Crowd: Nice kill, Tendou!
Crowd: Tendou!
Crowd: Tendou!
Boy: The "gesu monster"...!!
(bottom):
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Haikyuu!! | Chapter 156: GUESS MONSTER
Furudate Haruichi

[p002]

Izumi: Gesu? As in scumbag??
Izumi: Is Shiratorizawa's #5 a nasty piece of work, or something??
(note: Gesu can mean both "guess" and "scumbag")
Kouji: Maybe he jabs people in the eyes and stuff...
Shou: GYAH!
Kouji: Be careful out there, Shouyou...!

Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno

Crowd: Hit'em hard!!

Daichi: Ngh!

[p003]

Daichi: Sorry!
Tanaka: Kageyama, last hit!

Crowd: Stop'em agaaain!!

Tendou: Y'know, blocking
Tendou: isn't the art of stopping an opponent.

Tendou: Tsutomu, close him out of a straight.

[p004/005]

Tendou: It's the art of knocking down the ball.

Crowd: He knocked it straight down twice in a rooow!!!

Yachi: Urgh...
Shimada: Ultimately,

Crowd: Nice kill, Tendoooou!
Crowd: Tendou!
Crowd: Tendou!
Shimada: a cleanly-executed block is enough of a finisher to emotionally turn things around...
Tendou: I'm on fire!!

[p006]

Yama: You'll get the next one!!

Shou: Don't worry about it, Kageyama-kun!
Shou: It's! Okay!
Shou: Kageyaaama!!

white sfx: Tweet
Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno
Voice: Hit'em again, Reon!!

Suga: Alright! Nice receive!!

[p007]

2nd panel, white sfx: Glance

[p008/009]

(Tendou): Too

(Tendou): easy.

[p010]

Crowd: W-
Crowd: OAAAAH?!!
Crowd: Satori!!

Aki: You've gotta be kidding me...
Crowd: Nice kill, Tendooou!

Tendou: Haaah

Crowd: Tendou!
Tendou: Today, I'm
Crowd: Tendou!
Tendou: at 120%...!!!

Saeko: How can he react like that...?!

Shimada: It's not just a reaction.
Shimada: In the instant that play took place,
Shimada: he anticipated at least 3 things.

[p011]

Shimada: First,
Shimada: since Kageyama is currently in the front row, making a dump shot a possibility, would he use one or not?
Box: Net
above top trio: Front row
below Tobio: Can do a dump shot
above back trio: Back row
below back trio: Back attack
Shimada: If not, who would he toss to among Tanaka and Hinata in the front row and Azumane and Sawamura in the back?
Shimada: And then, assuming he tossed to Hinata, where would Hinata aim the spike?

Taki: A lot of stuff becomes clear when you look at things from the sidelines like this.
Taki: When you're actually on the court, things are pretty hectic, and, even if your head understands something, you might not be able to move in accordance with it.

Taki: But he's able to...

white sfx: Tweet
Box: Karasuno High School 1st time out
Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno
Goshiki: I was absolutely certain he was going for a back attack just now!!

Goshiki: I mean, he glanced that way, did he not?!
Tendou: That was completely fake.

Tendou: Karasuno's setter is pretty good, y'know?
Tendou: But that glance seemed way too deliberate~

[p012]

Shirabu: Glances, leg movements, ball handling...

Shirabu: Whatever the motion, once Tendou-san catches sight of it, you're done for.
Tendou: Sorry I took the spotlight from you, Wakatoshi-kun.
Ushi: ? Not a problem.

Voice: We're gonna take it back next time!!
label: Karasuno High School
Voice: Hinata,
Voice: don't dwell on it! Score with the next one!

Shou white sfx: Twitch
Tanaka: Oi, what's wrong with your face, Kageyama?!

(Tobio): Having a spike I set up blocked
Tobio: Nothing at all...
Tanaka: You liar.
(Tobio): is a million times more infuriating than it happening to my own spike...!!!

[p013]

Takeda: ...Is that
Takeda: the sort of strength that's not as neat and tidy...?

Ukai: You know about read blocking, right?
Daichi: Gather up!!
Takeda: That's when you watch where the toss will go and jump accordingly.
Ukai: Yeah.

Ukai: It would be more accurate to define the "read" part as "understanding."
Ukai: Since you jump by watching the ball, there's a slight danger of being shaken off by the toss.
Ukai: Your reaction is a bit delayed, but if the 3 blockers can cooperate properly, it becomes quite the all-purpose blocking system.
Ukai: We and Nekoma are both practicing it, with varying results.

Ukai: However,
Ukai: That #5's blocking revolves around

Ukai: reading and intuition.
Ukai: It's called "guess blocking."
Ukai: You read the attack before the toss is thrown and jump almost entirely on intuition.

[p014]

Shou: Guess!!!
Ukai: Naturally, if your instinct's off and you screw it up,
Ukai: you might get in the way of your teammates' blocks or receives.
Ukai: Ultimately, it's a blocking system that relies on an individual's skill.

Ukai: Still,
Ukai: I suspect #5's "reading" skills are pretty sharp.
Ukai: Plus, his body is able to react to those "readings."

Ukai: You should consider his movements an irregularity.
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Box: Time out over
Ukai: Don't overthink things and get misled.

Yama: How would we go about preventing him from reading the toss?!
Yama: Would Kageyama throw in some sort of crazy feint like Hinata does?!
Tsuki: That would be a real sight.

white sfx: Tweet
Voice: Hit'em hard!
Voice: One more!
Voice: Reon!!

[p015]

(Shirabu): No matter what fake signals you use, it won't make a difference.

sfx bubble: Twang

Voice: In front!

[p016/017]

(Tendou): Perfectly attuned.

(Tendou): That's definitely what you'd call this feeling.

[p017/018]

(Tendou): Just barely.

(Shirabu): Until the spike hit,
(Shirabu): I couldn't tell where he'd toss it at all...!

Tendou: Hitting it right above my head like that,

Tendou: you're a pretty sore loser, huh...!!
left: Kageyama vs. the "guess monster"!!!