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[whistle blowing]

KARASUNO WAKUNAN

Excuse me, guys.

I need to go to the bathroom.

So, go on without me.

[footsteps receding]

He sure takes going to the bathroom pretty seriously.

Must have to take a shit.

Oh, come on, man. You don't have to say it like that.

[KEI] I don't think he really went to the bathroom.

It's poop.

-[TOBIO] Shit. -[SHOYO] Say poopy!

[TADASHI] Uh, Coach?

[UKAI] Hmm?

I apologize for wasting the chance I had.

Taking care of the ball and staying on offense

determines whether or not you're gonna finish on top.

I heard you point that out at the Fukurodani match.

And, Coach,

I understand why I was being put in.

And I wanted to go in and do my job

to keep us on offense.

But, well,

I wasn't able to get it done.

Please, Coach.

Please give me one more chance.

[sighs]

I know, Tadashi.

Just be patient.

[TADASHI] Please, put me in.

[♪ opening theme song playing]

[HAJIME] Come on, Mad Dog. Show 'em what you got.

[whistle blows]

[grunting]

[grunting]

-[DAICHI] Sorry. It's long. -[TORU] Matsu!

EPISODE 22: "THE FORMER COWARD'S FIGHT"

[crowd cheering]

Damn it! Sorry, guys.

[TAKINOUE] Oh, man! This isn't good.

AOBA JOHSAI KARASUNO

Number 16 is in the game.

It's a five-point gap.

You can do it, Karasuno!

Let's step back, guys.

I don't think they'll try to drop one up front.

-Yeah. -Sounds good.

-[whistle blows] -[TORU] Go for it!

[TANAKA] Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it.

[DAICHI] Tanaka!

You like that?

-[grunting] -[whistle blows]

[BOTH] Yes!

[SAEKO] All right. We're just getting started, baby.

-[NOYA] Shoot it over, Hinata. -Hmm?

-Hey, look! It's him! -Huh?

[gasping]

[TADASHI] Uh...

Excuse me. We're making a substitution.

[whistle blowing]

Oh. Hey, look. It's that pinch server guy.

Ah, the guy that screwed up in the Wakunan match earlier.

'Course, I can't blame him.

There's no way I'd want to serve in the situation he was in.

He's the one who came in and botched the serve before, right?

You think he's gonna be okay?

Mmm-hmm.

[SHOYO] Tadashi, go get us ten points.

Huh? Yeah. Well, that would end the game.

It sure would.

[chuckling]

Now go ram the ball up their fat noses!

Yeah. And, uh, try to keep your cool.

Just get it over.

Over the net.

-We all know you can do it. -Right!

[GROUP] Ready?

Now go out there and get it done! Whoo!

[sighs]

[SHIMADA] Eight seconds.

That's how much time you have to serve

after they blow the whistle.

You understand that, right?

Right.

[SHIMADA] From what I've seen before,

it's like the whistle almost surprised you

and you just threw it up and served.

-[whistle blows] -[gasps]

Don't get so flustered.

[TADASHI] Okay.

So then, did you go talk to Coach

and tell him what you were thinking?

Uh, yeah.

[SHIMADA] Well, that's a huge step.

And you see there?

You're already a completely different player

than you were before.

Now go out there and do what you know how to do.

Just put the ball in play.

There's some tension in the air.

Can't blame them after what happened last time.

[whistle blows]

[inhaling]

[exhaling]

[heart pounding]

-[all gasp] -It's out.

-[ball thuds] -[both grunt]

[whistle blows]

[gasps]

[all cheering]

[NOYA, SHOYO] Yeah!

[BOTH] Yeah!

He did it!

-Kick-ass! -Nice freaking serve!

It's in!

Oh, yeah. Wait.

-We were, uh... -Cheering for Seijo.

Yeah, I don't know.

I think they're overdoing it a bit.

It's still one point, right?

That's it! Get another one!

Did my boy T-Bone just get a service ace?

-[SHIMADA] Keep it going. -[TAKINOUE] Catch up.

-Sorry about that. -Shake it off.

Don't worry about it.

That was a really nice serve, man.

Honestly, I thought it was gonna go out.

This is exactly why I can't stand jump floats.

Damn you, Tadashi! You really nailed that one.

Ah, thanks.

It's really not something to be all that surprised about.

[TANAKA] Huh?

Now, don't start being a jerk about it.

[KEI] For the past five months, he has practiced serving

more than anyone else on the team.

[sniffling]

Sneaky little supportive son of a bitch.

[SHOYO] Get another one, Tadashi.

Give it everything you got.

Put the ball right where you want it.

-He's gonna be just fine. -Huh?

When you run from something,

it only tends to get a lot harder.

[SUGAWARA] Oh.

I'm pretty sure Tadashi understands that,

more than any of us do.

[SUGAWARA] Mmm-hmm.

It only takes one great ball to break through.

Yeah. That's right.

And then we can start our counterattack.

-Let's cut it off. -You got it.

[whistle blowing]

In this game, it's of the utmost importance

to connect with your team.

With the serve is when you're out there all alone.

Yeah.

And you could also say that it's the only play in the game

where you could score with nothing but your own skills.

Since volleyball first began,

I'd say that serves have evolved the most

of any part of the sport.

And now, in modern day volleyball,

the serve is the ultimate attack.

It can be used in any number of tactics,

and it's unaffected by the block.

Yours, Mad Dog.

Huh?

[grunts]

Son of a bitch!

[whistle blowing]

Did it again, you beautiful bastard!

All right!

Right on!

-Nice serve, man. -[all cheering]

[SAEKO] You freaking see that? That was so cool.

-One more time. -[TEAM] Now do it again!

[whistle blowing]

-[WATARI] Okay, guys, let's go. -[HAJIME] Bring it on.

I got it.

Jump float means overhand receives.

-[TORU] Nice, Makki. -[Ukai groans]

[TADASHI] They got it. They're gonna attack.

Oh, man. Now we've suddenly gone from predator to prey.

[grunting]

[WATARI] Iwaizumi!

[grunting]

[BOTH] He received it with his body.

[TADASHI] Ah! Not yet, not yet.

I'm not taking back the serve yet.

[grunting]

[ALL] Cover it!

Thank you, Kageyama.

[DAICHI] Tsukishima, last hit.

[grunting]

[whistle blows]

[cheering]

-[TANAKA] Tsukki! -Did you just see that?

He did a nice job deflecting it off the block.

They've gotten the last three points in a row.

Do it again.

[whistle blowing]

Huh? Seijo's taking a time out.

They're trying whatever they can to stop our momentum.

All right!

Well done, guys.

Way to go, Tadashi. You just made Seijo

have to use one of their timeouts.

-You rock, Tadashi! -Thanks a lot, Suga.

That number 12 is nuts.

You see that insane receive he pulled off?

I'm pretty sure that was nothing more than dumb luck.

[CROWD] Go, go, go, Seijo!

[TADASHI] Ow!

That really hurt.

[SAEKO] That's it, guys! Kick their butts.

You've got this. Now keep it up, guys.

[TADASHI] I can't do what those other guys do.

I want to control my body.

I want to control the ball.

I want what it takes to stand up to my opponents.

[whistle blowing]

[team cheers indistinctly]

Tadashi!

[TEAM] Get another one.

Watch the ball all the way in.

Right.

[whistle blowing]

[exhales]

[SHIMADA] Listen to me, Tadashi.

Don't give them the luxury of being able to control the ball.

Use a direct trajectory.

Aim to go just barely over the white belt of the net.

[TADASHI] And let it fly.

I only have one weapon.

My serve.

I get put into the game for one reason,

and that's my one chance.

For one point at a time,

it's all on me.

Everything is on me.

I have the power to change the game's momentum.

Because that's my job.

[grunting]

[whistling]

[crowd cheering]

I'm the pinch server.

[ALL] Nice net!

A little luck never hurts.

Now, it's more than luck, Specs.

Huh?

Oh, my God.

We're tied.

[MAN 1] Karasuno totally caught 'em.

[MAN 2] Now they're all tied up.

I don't believe it.

Tadashi had a net ball in the other match too.

He's one lucky little devil.

Mmm-hmm!

[SHIMADA] They both may have been net balls.

But the one during Wakunan match

and the one just now are different.

During the Wakunan match,

Tadashi was probably more concerned

about whether or not the serve would stay in bounds.

But right now,

he's thinking about exactly where to land the ball.

The difference is,

now Tadashi is serving on the offensive.

[both gasp]

Although I'm not sure it was 100% intentional.

[SAEKO] Tadashi is turning into a stud!

[TADASHI] No matter what I do,

I keep throwing my serve tosses really low.

[TORU] All righty!

Everybody calm down.

We're all calm, dude.

There's nothing we could've done with that last one.

Get the next one, okay?

[TORU] Look at you guys.

You're all so poised and put together.

It's making me kind of sad.

[chuckling]

[scoffing]

[whistle blowing]

[exhaling]

[grunting]

[TADASHI] There's a slow spin on it.

It won't shift around as much.

I got it!

Nice receive.

[grunting]

Coming back.

Great one touch.

[grunting]

-[PLAYER 1] Asahi. -Nice, Kageyama.

[ASAHI] Triple block.

[UKAI] That's a pretty high wall they've set up.

[grunting]

To the back!

[screaming]

[grunting]

[whistle blows]

-[cheering] -[screaming]

Oh, man.

Are you freaking serious? Is this happening?

[MAN 2] Karasuno's at match point.

-[DAICHI] One more point, guys! -Good job, Tadashi.

You're the hero of this match.

One more point.

Please, boys, please don't jack this up.

Come on! Land this sucker!

Finish it off!

[BOTH] Tadashi, get us one more point!

[NOYA] Bring it home.

[♪ uplifting music playing]

[TADASHI] That felt good.

This one's mine.

Damn, that guy's good.

[grunting]

[grunting]

[all yelling indistinctly]

[grunting]

[whistle blowing]

Yes!

Nice job.

He finally stopped the bleeding.

But how many points did he manage to take from us?

[grunts]

[whistle blowing]

That was a fantastic performance.

Good job.

Thank you very much, Coach.

-[TANAKA] Good going, Tadashi. -All right!

[TANAKA] That was amazing.

Stay focused, you guys.

[TADASHI] Next time...

I'll get the ten points.

We are gonna win.

[DAICHI] Tadashi's given us new life.

We have a chance.

-[TANAKA] Way to go! -We can't let it go to waste.

[grunting]

[whistle blows]

[GROUP] Yeah!

[UKAI] Nice one, Manbun!

Here we go again.

We're back at match point.

[GROUP] Do it!

-[grunting] -[whistle blowing]

[gasping]

[GROUP] Yeah.

They got back in the game so easily.

Even though they're cornered,

they still managed to get off a quick attack.

And on top of that, it was right up front.

If it was up to me, I'd totally be relying on the ace right now.

-[DAICHI] Nice receive. -[ASAHI] It's a dump.

[grunting]

[whistle blowing]

[cheering]

-[TANAKA] Sweet kill, Tsukki! -[HAJIME] Hey, loosen up.

-You're playing too stiff. -Yeah. Okay.

[HAJIME] You got this.

[YUTARO] We're right on the edge here.

I cannot let this be the last match ever for our third years.

[HAJIME] Get out of your head, Kindaichi.

We need you in the game.

No matter what the situation, we can handle it.

It's just us and the ball.

Uh, right.

Asahi, crush it!

Make it count!

It's long. Get to it.

[grunting]

[grunting]

[whistle blowing]

Oh, yeah.

-Nice kill! -[HANAMAKI] Heck, yeah.

Everything you'd expect from Seijo.

This next point, it's huge. Here we go.

[IRIHATA] Now, in modern day volleyball,

the serve is one of the most effective attacks.

It can be used in any number of tactics.

And is unaffected by the block.

It is the ultimate attack.

[whistle blowing]

[grunts]

[grunting]

-[grunts] -[metal clangs]

[DAICHI] That was basically a spike.

-[both gasp] -[whistle blows]

[cheering]

[GROUP] Nice one.

Well done.

[crowd chanting] Oikawa, let's go, get another point.

Now, all of a sudden, Seijo has set point.

Think they'll be able to finish it off?

Damn it, Noya!

Okay, we can't do this alone.

Asahi, listen up. Counting on you.

Sure.

[TAKEDA] Asahi is going to help with the serve receive?

If that's the call from Daichi and Noya,

then it's probably for the best.

When Oikawa serves, it's power,

more so than it's about his control.

Can't let his serve go untouched.

We need to get a hand on it.

We have to get the ball into the air.

We've done it before. We dug up a ton of serves

from Ubugawa and Fukurodani.

It'll be okay. We can do this.

[whistle blowing]

[ALL] Bring it on!

[ALL] Let's go.

-[NOYA] Daichi. -Whoa!

All right. Huh?

[all groaning]

[grunting]

-[ASAHI] Nice, Tanaka! -[TANAKA] Kageyama!

-[yelling] -[TANAKA] Asahi!

[grunting]

[grunting]

[GROUP] Way to go! Nice receive.

[grunting]

[yelling]

[whistle blowing]

-[all gasping] -[YUTARO] Yes!

[cheering]

[whistle blowing]

Dude! They totally took back the set.

I thought it really might be Karasuno in straight sets.

Man, we had 'em on the ropes.

Don't give up!

You can still do it, guys.

Damn!

This third set is gonna be rough.

-Just leave that behind us. -[BOTH] Yeah.

His serve Is really amazing, isn't it?

Well, yours is pretty awesome too.

You can tell he has a lot more experience than I do.

And I don't just mean because he's a third year.

There's more to it than that.

[SHOYO] What do you mean?

[TADASHI] Jump serves have a lot of power.

But they carry a lot of risk in return.

To put that much power into it

right in the middle of a pressure situation like that?

A lot of things can go wrong.

-It's not even fair. -[gulps]

-[TANAKA] Tadashi. -[both gasp]

Some nasty serves, my man.

Uh, thank you.

But I still have a ways to go.

[NOYA, TANAKA] Hmm?

Only about half of them are actually any good.

[TANAKA] Well, then we'll have to totally celebrate

the half that were good.

You'll have plenty of time to pout

and regret the crappy ones later.

So right now, grab a hold of the good stuff by the jumblies

and make sure you never forget 'em.

You killed it, man.

And then, my dude, you can do it again next time.

[Tanaka, Noya laughing]

Yeah.

Looks like we're going into full sets.

[ASAHI, SUGAWARA] Huh?

[DAICHI] From the very first practice match...

[TORU] And then the Inter-high prelims...

until right now, in the semifinals...

[DAICHI] We've always had

the most intense matches with these guys.

They're a challenging opponent.

[TORU] An aggravating opponent.

[DAICHI] Until last year,

we didn't know much about each other.

[TORU] They were supposed to be nothing to us.

[TORU, DAICHI] But this is exactly how

it's supposed to play out.

[TORU] The final set.

Our final battle.

RULE THE COURT FLY

[♪ closing theme song playing]

[YACHI] That was amazing, Tadashi!

[TADASHI] Uh, thanks, Yachi.

[YACHI] Just in case, I had an AED, a stretcher,

and a coffin all at the ready.

But we didn't need any of it, did we?

[TADASHI] Did you just say you brought a coffin?

Next episode of Haikyu!! "Team".

EPISODE 23: "TEAM"