Haikyuu!! 166

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top: The first set of compilation movie highlights is a huge hit, so showings have been extended!! See page 438 for details!!

left: Miyagi Prefecture's Spring High representative playoffs finally head into their final stage!! The curtain opens on this fated 4th set!!

(bottom):
Haikyuu!!
Furudate Haruichi
Chapter 166: The Guardian Deity and Moonlight

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right: Shiratorizawa took back the 3rd set!!!

Boy: Man, that blew right through Karasuno's libero.
small text: Ouch.
Box: End of the 3rd set
Scoreboard: Karasuno | Shiratorizawa
Box: 20 (Karasuno) - 25 (Shiratorizawa)

Sideburns: Ngh...
Sideburns: I figured Shiratorizawa would be shaken up, given how the 2nd set ended, and yet...
Boy: More like, Karasuno seemed to make a lot of mistakes.
Boy: Guess they got impatient...
Sideburns: I can understand them wanting to finish quickly, though...

(Ukai): It's not just a matter of them forcefully keeping us at bay through points alone.
(Ukai): We're still able to score.
(Ukai): We have to make up for what we lack somehow...

Asahi: You okay, Nishinoya?

white sfx: Shock

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Noya: No matter how hard I struggle, it's a fact that tall guys have the advantage in volleyball.

Noya: Right here and now, he's the tallest around.

Noya: But that doesn't matter for liberos.

Noya: I'm the only one who can combat him on equal footing.

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Asahi: ...Since the beginning of the game, Nishinoya's now gotten a good feel for Ushiwaka's spikes.
Asahi: I think his body and eyes are definitely getting used to them.
Asahi: The whole "lefty" thing, too.
Asahi: It must be all the more frustrating that he can't quite receive it.

white sfx: Tweet
Box: Court change

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Ushi: ...With movements like those,
Ushi: I figured you would also be good at receives and blocks.

Ukai: You can't compete where height's concerned,
Ukai: so what are you doing with such an infantile level of skill?

white sfx: SHOCK!!
Yachi: "Infantile" means something that's immature like a child. Unskilled.
Yachi: OK?
Shou: OK!!!

Tendou: Wakatoshi-kun really is serious about that shorty, huh~

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Tobio: Oi, quit lagging behind.
Shou: Kh...!

(Shou): When it comes to hitting right where it hurts,
Shou: you and Ushiwaka are kinda similar.

Tobio: ? Really?
Tobio: Well, I think I'll eventually be able to hit spikes like that, too.

Shou: That's not what I meant at all!

Crowd: Shiratorizawa!

Ukai: Hey, sit down.
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Ukai: Get some rest, even if it's brief!

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Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Ukai: Geeez, enough with the cheering already.
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
Ukai: By now, you should be used to the atmosphere in the finals and Shiratorizawa's heavy hitter.

Man: I guess it really is impossible for Karasuno...

Aki: Karasuno is just as good when it comes to offensive power.
Aki: All that's left is pulling off a break somehow...

Ukai: I said it before, but there's essentially nothing wrong with what you're doing.
Ukai: Stick with it.

Ukai: Be that as it may, there's no denying that we're at a disadvantage.

Ukai: Alright, let's go into specifics.

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Boy: So Shiratorizawa needs one more set to win, huh?
Boy2: Karasuno's sure been backed into a corner...
Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno

Shou: COACH!!
Ukai: Other than that... Oi, Hinata,

Ukai/Shou: What about blocking.

Ukai: Frankly, the sheer number of Shiratorizawa's successful spikes goes beyond our expectations.
Ukai: You don't have height on your side, so
Ukai: timing will be more important for you than the others.

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Ukai: If you feel like you're even the slightest bit "delayed",
Ukai: immediately switch to soft blocking.
(Daichi): We'll use a "plate"!!!
Shou: That's a "plate"!!
Shou: Right?!!

Crowd: Shiratorizawa!
(Box):
Tendou (Yamagata) | Oohira | Sawamura | Hinata (Nishinoya)
Shirabu | Ushijima | Azumane | Tanaka
Goshiki | Kawanishi | Tsukishima | Kageyama
below box: ※ 4th set starting rotation
Crowd: Shiratorizawa!

Voice: We're gonna end it with this set.
Team: YEAAH!!

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Daichi: Alright,
Daichi: unless you guys want to go home and eat a meal soaked in salt again,
Daichi: we absolutely have to win this set!!
Team: Right!!

Daichi: Karasuno, fight!!
Team: YEAAAH!!!

Crowd: Hit'em hard!!
(Goshiki): I am now
Box: Goshiki's serve
(Goshiki): in the zone...

(Goshiki): I'll score in one go...!!

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Tanaka: It's out!!

Tendou: Home ruuuun!

Gata: Don't put so much force into it!
Goshiki: Urk. Right!

Scoreboard: Shiratorizawa | Karasuno

Tsuki: Azumane-san.

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Box: Sawamura's serve
white sfx: Tweeet

(Reon): His serve will most likely be aimed toward my spot in the back left again.
(Reon): Will it be forward?
(Reon): Or back?

(Reon): Back!

Voice: Nice receive!!

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sfx bubble: Fwip

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(Tsuki): C'mon, screw up the toss a bit.
(Tsuki):
Generally, the standard pattern with Ushiwaka is:
Either he hits the spike down from above us,
slams the spike right through us,
things go well and we get a one-touch,


(Tsuki): Or...

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Tsuki: Azumane-san.
Tsuki: If Ushiwaka comes up from the righthand side with a quickly-timed attack,
Tsuki: and we're against him as a 2-man block, let's close him out of a cross-court spike

(Tsuki): just a bit more than usual.

(Tsuki): We can't force his spike trajectory as well as we could with 3 blockers,

(Tsuki): but
(Tsuki): while we're closing him out of a cross spike,

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(Tsuki): it gives our "guardian deity" a clear view.

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(Tsuki/Noya): The only one who can face this guy on equal footing

(Tsuki/Noya): is
(Tsuki): him.

(Noya): me.

(Noya): And I absolutely can't
(Noya): keep losing!!!
left: Nishinoya vs. Ushijima!!!