First exhibited at Jump Festa 2020.
In the
Miyagi Prefecture qualifiers for the Spring Tournament,
Karasuno High School Volleyball Team manages to defeat
Shiratorizawa Academy in an intense battle and secures their
spot in the national tournament. Meanwhile in the Tokyo
qualifiers, Nekoma High School, Fukurodani High School,
Nohebi Academy, and Itachiyama Academy fight for the 3 slots
to go to nationals.
Will Nekoma High School be
able to secure their spot in the tournament? Will we able to
see a rematch of Nekoma and Karasuno's Battle of the Garbage
Dump on a national level? The Tokyo qualifiers are about to
begin!!
(Source: Crunchyroll)
# [~~~**This review will contain Spoilers for the
show!**~~~]()
Haikyuu is a great series, I like it. Honestly. But this OVA
feels really rushed compared to the quality of the main
show. [**_(SPOILER AHEAD)_ STORY:**]() This little pits
Nekoma High School vs Fukurodani Academy and also Nohebi
Academy. Nekoma lost against Fukorodani and then had to go
against Nohebi, which is **by far** the worst team I've seen
thus far in the series. Really dislikes all of the
under-handed moves they pulled off just cause they wanted to
win, like dude pleas win fair and square you big dummy dum
dum. Anyway... The matches were really fast. Like lightspeed
fast, I blinked and Nekoma was already defeated. I was
honestly quite dissapointed by this fact, I wanted to watch
the characters grow but when the match was that quick it was
hard to actually put in some character development
plotlines.
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[**CHARACTERS:**]() So normally I would just go over the new
additions since "I already reviewed them in previous
submissions" but I have yet to review Haikyuu so yeah, thats
cool, or something. Anyway. **Kenma** - He is cold and
tactical, he does his moves without hesitations because he
already calculated them like 10 000 times already.
**Testurou** - He is quite comedic but he gets the job done,
he is a great leader who alwasy tries his best to pull the
team together. Great characters, especially when we get a
match and we need a comedic relief. **Lev** - He is new, he
is still learning the ins and outs of Volleyball. He is
**very** tall, he only this OVA realises that the team works
together to win. Damn Levochki. You go my dude! **Bokuto** -
He is the wackiest characters out of all of them. He is not
the brightest star in the universe to be honest, but when he
gets in to groove he is unstoppable. **Akaashi** - Same team
as Bokuto but he's more calm, just like Kenma. He is
tactical, especially when Bokuto is not in the right mindset
**Alisa Haiba** - The MVP of the OVA, every time she appears
my mind relaxes. Such a pure existence. There were a few
cool character building moments but in total nothing that
much to write home about. Yeah I get that this is an OVA but
my dude, come on. This is marked as a "sequel" thus I want
something to digest and not just watch meh animated scenes
and next-to-none content.
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[**ART/ANIMATION:**]() This, and the fast matches, was the
main reason for the *low* score. The animation feels meh.
There is much more CGI and all of the spikes felt much more
weak then the previous seasons of spikes. The reason I watch
this show is to see all of the cool and very impactfull
spikes and other such volleyball stuff and now that all of
that is gone there is not much, not even any cool character
development. Yeah there is the fact that Lev now knows how
to work as a team and all but my dude, gimme more.
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[**MUSIC:**]() There is no OP or anythin' so there is
**nothing** to write here, sadly. The OST was, Haikyuu
level...I suppose.
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[**OVERALL OPINION:**]() This OVA is not that great. It is
not bad, not bad at all don't get me wrong. But I like
Haikyuu too much to let a drop in quality this bad to pass.
I don't want the series to drop, thus far "TO THE TOP" is
great but I swear to god if the series drops its quality to
this I will riot.