Big thanks to my 5th grade class president, the pandemic and the internet for introducing me to this anime!

During the lockdown, I was the average kind of haikyuu fan. Think of anything in character with Haikyuu fans during that period of time. That's me. Except for the simping for Oikawa's ear. But honestly, I was really, really into this anime and the fandom in 2020-2021 to the point I was basically obsesssed with it. I had a Karasuno no. 10 and no. 2 jersey, a Haikyuu themed calender, and two hoodies of Karasuno. But, as time passes, my interest to this show falls out, and I started liking other shows, other things, and almost forgot about this show altogether. I treated this phase as a cringe phase that I never wanted to talk about, never wanted to look back and reminisce what it was like to be a fan back then.

Until the announcement for the movie came out and suddenly, I'm on twitter looking up Haikyuu related things and giggling over the characters again.

After seeing the trailer and overall what the movie was about, I felt this hype, the same hype I felt years and years ago as I watched every single episode of Haikyuu. I, eventually, somehow, got my friend to watch Haikyuu with me and may or may not dragged her into liking Haikyuu and volleyball as a whole.

The movie gave me so much flashbacks, distant memories of when I was a mere tween watching some high school guys play and romanticize volleyball. I was giggling, pointing out things to my friend and giving her references of past episodes. I just hoped I didn't disturb anyone else in the cinema (I probably did.)

But, there were two things in the movie that disappointed me.

1; Lots of chapters skipped
Despite being an anime watcher, I've gotten some spoilers and one of them being what happened to Hinata and Kenma during the match. I won't necessarily spoil it, but it made me cry for like 10 minutes straight when I found out. I was hoping that the scene would be animated because the manga panels alone had me crying, imagine that combined with voice acting, animations, music and the overall vibe of watching it in the cinema. To see the scene getting skipped was disappointing, to say the least.

2; Seems more laidback
When I finished season 4, I imagined the Dumpster Battle to be something so legendary and amazing. Two rivalling schools going up against each other again in the nationals just sounds cool! But as it turns out, the Dumpster Battle focused more on the relationships of the characters as schools from opposing sides/rivalling schools. They basically shit on each other throughout the match while also knowing that they've learn a lot from their opponent and appreciates them, though not through the match.

Despite so, I still think this was a great movie. I wasn't so disappointed with how relaxed Karasuno VS Nekoma was compared to the specific scene in the manga that didn't get animated, but I still enjoyed the movie. Though, I still wished we got a season instead of a movie.