Haikyu! Episode 13 Review

It seems that the Karsuno team is on a streak here! In this episode, they defeated Kakugawa. It was a pretty intense match. My only complaint is that the episode went by pretty quickly. It seems that this season will be following that pattern of about one match per episode. This most likely means that they will get pretty far in the tournament and the more difficult teams will take up more episodes and will be ridiculously intense. But for right now, let's just enjoy it. Moving back onto the subject, the review for this episode.

Miyagi Spring Tournament Score Check
Karasuno vs. Kakugawa (2:0/ 25-22, 25-19)

Kakugawa is pretty average team, pretty decent. Their downfall was that they became too dependent on one simple aspect and fact: the height of their first year player, Yudai Hyakuzwa. Hyakuzawa is, as said in this episode, an astounding 201 centimeters tall. 

THAT'S 6 FEET, 7 INCHES!!!! THAT'S SIMPLY RIDICULOUS!

However, in the world of volleyball, height doesn't mean much. They failed as a team because rather than playing as a real team, they simply placed all of their fate on Hyakuzawa, on a single player. Not one player can stand for the entire team. Furthermore, Hyakuzawa was simply a first year player who barely understood the rules and wasn't good at passing. The only purpose of the other memebers of the Kakugawa team was to make sure that Hyakuzawa wasn't in a position that forced him to pass and made sure to always get the ball to him for a spike.

Karasuno seemed to have a bit of trouble with this team, but this is only because they were unable to match Hyakuzawa's height. I mean, if you look at the picture, you can clearly see that Hyakuzawa's spike touch is way above everyone else's jump.

But even then, they had no way of stopping the Kageyama-Hinata super quick combo, especially since Kageyama said he felt really good that day. On a side note, I found it really funny when Kageyama said he felt good. It was refreshing it to see a change in his personality, seeing him actually smile a bit and be happy. Hopefully, in the future, Kakugawa will be a much more formidable foe. Hyakuzawa will be more experienced, will still have his height(may be a bit taller), and will still have that fighting spirit.

Karasuno, of course, will improve too. But for now, Karasuno continues to move forward and will, hopefully, take this entire tournament. Next, they have they have a match against Johzenji. Let's see how interesting this gets. Until next time, guys!