Episode
Haikyu!!: Senpai's True Abilities
Overview
Because Karasuno's plays become messy and the match's rhythm gets thrown off, they change setters. Sugawara goes onto the court in place of Kageyama and because he's always seen things from outside the court, he says he knows what's going on, and Karasuno starts their counterattack. Meanwhile, after seeing the match from the outside, there's a change in Kageyama as well.
Details
- Series
- Haikyu!!
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2014-08-24
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Senpai's True Abilities is Episode 21 in Season 1 of Haikyu!!. It aired on 2014-08-24. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 20: Oikawa Toru Is Not a Genius
The 3rd round Interhigh match against Aoba Johsai has begun. Without wasting any time, Kageyama and Oikawa start a setter battle. Well-experienced as a team, Aoba Johsai scores point after point against Karasuno with Oikawa's serves. Kageyama starts to panic. It's then that Karasuno's mood-maker, Tanak gets riled up. After seeing that, Oikawa...
Episode 22: Evolution
After being subbed back in Kageyama begins to try to communicate with each of his teammates. He begins to learn where the best setting point is for each of them, and Tsukishima comes up with a new attack that proves Karasuno can be a threat from all fronts.
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