PITONS! | Episode 22 Season 4 | Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP | Live Reaction & Review

[@alexblud319]

Everyone was embarrassed for Hinata sneaking into the training camp but the ball boy arc is such a small, yet important arc, it really was the turning point for Hinata to grow as a character and I’m so proud of him. 😭😭

[@stevennelsonsegura5583]

True. And I think that is the case most of the time in life too. A lot of us are too embarrassed to try something that is not a crime and that will not harm anyone because ot is not something that people usually do. Most of the time, people who try these options create that new path pr learn something great. Ofcourse there are times when it does not work out, but the shame of being denied of something (as long as it is not really harmful) never done before is much better than missing a possible chance at getting better at something you care and love.

[@ClaraTTM]

"who's Bokuto again?" "HEY HEY HEY" "o h" I'm dying

[@niaj7400]

I died

[@cluelessclown6562]

HEY HEY HEY

[@maryisdoingvideos]

I know, I couldn't believe he was asking that!! How can you forget our owl boy xD

[@Aanike09]

Fun fact: In the manga, when Osamu talks about Hinata, he talks about how it’s like specifically eating rice. Rice is a staple of every meal in Japanese culture including breakfast and yet you don’t get tired of it ever. Just like playing vball for players who play everyday. It’s a tiny change that I don’t mind. Just thought it was a cool touch

[@LeoSkyro]

I dont remember if I read this part raw back when I did, so I cant be sure either way... but it's worth mentioning that in Japanese the generic word for food, 'gohan', can also be used for rice.

[@thejadedjester4935]

Inarizaki's banner is definitely one of the more thought provoking ones we've seen.

[@skyefox]

22:20 it's not just failure the banner refers to, its also success. If you feel you've done enough, that you've reached the top, you get complacence and stop growing. It doesn't matter if you were ranked 2nd or 3rd last year, or even the best team last year. You have to concentrate on now, because that ranking no longer matters.

[@safanadira3225]

This is why i like sport genre with "realistic" route like haikyuu, diamond no Ace,run with the win,slamdunk etc in the end it's not all about winning but it's about how u growth as a athelete /person

[@victoriaargolo1669]

Run with the wind and daiya no ace have my whole heart 💕💕

[@erict1628]

13:17 This is my #1 favorite moment. It really shows Hinata's growth as a volleyball player. And payoff for Hinata sneaking into the Shiratorizawa is so great. That training arc really was great.

[@seekittycat]

I love how they hold back on Hinata getting a single receive on his arms the whole season until this moment ;u;. And the Atsumu set to Osamu set to Aran thing, Japan did it during the olympics :DD. The word you're looking for is "rally"

[@melvinflores8957]

Recieving a spike from Aran is no joke. This episode reminded us that hinata is the main character. Great reaction guys! 💯

[@mlouied]

Ok I’m so glad you guys googled pitons! Cause I feel like most people don’t know what it is and don’t google it and I feel like knowing what pitons are severely strengthens, personally, the importance of Hinata’s ball boy arc as well as his receive! 😭😭😭

[@loeaglelo]

"Wait who's Bokuto again?" "Hey hey HEY!" "-OH!" lmao love how all you need is Bokuto's catch phrase to instantly identify him

[@irenaeuschouz5569]

The back and forth portions of the game are called "rallies", so yeah it was a great rally!!! Also, in my opinion, fourth season built all the characters flawlessly and brought new interesting ones.

[@jonahtindall6994]

The back and forth is called a Rally.

[@SuperShawol33]

This episode is one of my favorites of this match. Everything Hinata worked for in that training camp at the beginning of the season is really really starting to come together 😭😭

[@maryisdoingvideos]

I love this episode so much, I loved it in the manga and I love how they animated it. This is why this match is my fav of the whole series, there are so many iconic moments in it!! I agree so much with all you said about Hinata, he's a ball of sunshine and a perfect mc

[@hannan6767]

i just love how most of us didn’t really get it when we first saw the banner but after watching this ep it just makes so much more sense and you appreciate it a lot more. they did such a good job of explaining it through what their coach said and the pinch server and atsumu’s inner monologues. and then they make some amazing plays and you see that shot of them in front of the banner.. you see how successful they are and it all comes together and ur like damn, this is inarizaki … goosebumps

[@tefi1602]

Finally!! the point/episode we were all waiting for!

[@AoAReacts]

It really was a spectacular moment!

[@josuenolasco4594]

As far as I know, each back and forth for each point in one set is called Rally. I think that the anime mentioned sometimes the "long rallies".

[@xai18]

The Piton theme really fits this episode so well. Hinata's efforts from day 1 all lead to being better and I can't cry enough tears. Also that rally was out of this world, I remember feeling my heart thud so fast when I first watched that. This match is so good! Thanks for sharing your reaction and review :D

[@Enerill23]

To be honest, I've been a rock climber for years and I even worked at a climbing gym but I learned the word pitons from Haikyuu. I didn't climb much outside, but still, it's no wonder so many people watching never knew what it meant before!

[@MH-ub6od]

AHHH!!! Pitons is an amazing episode, and it includes so much in 20 minutes that I'm literally in awe now that I've watched it with you again. It's so cool, what Haikyuu does with the schools' banners and their philosophies. The fact that the school mottos completely encompass the teams' style of playing always gives me goosebumps, especially so for Inarizaki since their motto is probably the most in-depthly explained one in the whole anime. The twin's quick and then Osamu setting the set that he got to Aran had my mouth hanging open the first time I watched it. AND THEN HINATA- This little sunshine boy managed to see that and received it so cleanly!!! That was definitely a highlight moment of this season, and saying that this is Hinata's season is very much accurate. TIME FOR THE MC TO SHINE AGAIN! I felt the same way about that one point that they lost after that terribly long rally, and my face fell so fast I think my cheeks sunk LOL The fact that Hinata being himself can literally bring the team back from the brink of despair says a lot about his personality. He's the literal sun I swear. As Osamu said, Hinata loves volleyball so much that even though he has every right to feel down about their disadvantageous situation, he only focuses on all the cool things that he managed to do before they lost that point. He's so hungry for the game, and because his spirit and love for the game is so strong, he hardly ever becomes less hungry for it. The twins are such a great inclusion to the story, especially when Osamu started going on about the food analogy when they were describing how Hinata plays volleyball. Kags refusing to admit that he thought Hinata's receive was good always gets me. That face he makes is 100% worthy of being in the Haikyuu derp faces list. Suga's face in Season 1 Episode 2 is still my favourite derp face so far HAHAHAH Thank you so much for this enjoyable video, I can't wait for next week's reactions!!!

[@coco-sh2ny]

Ball boy arc may be short, but it shows how hungry hinata is about improving himself, how much he improves. Reminder, he able to learn how to read his opponents movements and how to correctly position himself when receiving the ball in 5 freaking days! He's very observant, he's asking around, he even helped someone (hyakuzawa). It may be embarrassing at first (about him sneaking) but his reason moved me, you can see in his eyes how much he wants to be in the camp just to see the other players play. He can simply give up and go back but he didn't, that's how determined he was. Even though he's hungry, had to go home everyday even though his house is far, he still continued and dedicate his all. Although it's still a reckless decision of him to sneak in without informing his team as well as the responsible for the training camp. But someone like him, who started to zero, and continuesly growing, you'll understand how much he needed it. I mean, unlike other players who had the chance to play with real teams and got proper training, he didn't get a chance to experience that in his middle school days, even when he's still a kid. He just started playing when he saw little giant. All I can say is, I'm very proud of Hinata. He proves that he's worth it. Best boy!!

[@nikolechastre28xd65]

This is something that has always being settled in Haikyuu not only about hinata but kageyama as well...tho let's take hinata as the biggest example, and it is that ..Hinata LOVES volleyball FROM THE DEEPEST BOTTOM OF HIS HEART... phrases like Osamu's "he plays volleyball like I eat my food" ...are one of many statements that exist throughout the whole series including the manga, that just demonstrate how Hinata BREATHES volleyball ...I swear him and kageyama are gonna die and play volleyball even in heaven.

[@kageseiryuu8675]

5:20 The coach is from Johzenji from season 2 but yeah he was helping the shiratorizawa coach during that camp hinata barged into

[@kavhart]

This is my favourite moment in the show its showing how hinata's hardwork is paying off because his volleyball skill is catching up to his crazy athletism. Hinata played little to no competitive volley before highschool nows killing it at nationals only in his first year.

[@mourad505]

Hinata perfectly received a spike hit by a player **just** below Ushijima's strength and skill level. Dope.

[@pwner332]

Every time I see that scene of Hinata finally receiving perfectly it makes me cry every time.

[@christinedevera9885]

The back and forth of the ball is called a rally. :D

[@nicolasjaynes2231]

another great reaction!! after you finish haikyuu you should watch ''run with the wind'' i think you guys would like it

[@laurainathunderstorm]

Akagi appreciation!!! He's insane! (Inarizaki's libero). Their third years are really somethimg else.

[@lollypop5380]

This episode in my opinion is THE episode, like the episode you watched all the anime for and it really kicks. I love seeing your reactions

[@christinedevera9885]

Not only are the team banners/slogans interesting, but the manga author has also thought about the meanings of the characters' and teams' names. :D The Kanji characters of their names represent a lot about their personalities and their possible relationships with other characters. :D

[@TinyStarfish3]

Such a great episode!!! I rewatch it all the time b/c those rallies go STUPID & we get to see the pure joy that both Hinata AND Atsumu have for volleyball. Atsumu has a smile on his face pretty much the whole time he’s playing and Hinata’s ball boy arch gets to come full circle!!! & side note, Kageyama pretending he didn’t see the receive is just hilarious 😂

[@m..na.]

The rally was so intense!!

[@laurainathunderstorm]

Not really that important but the coach with the glasses and black hair is Coach Anabara, he's Johzenji's coach (the yellow uniforms, party team from back in s2) he was invited by Washijo-sensei to the camp to oganize the 2-on-2 matches, bc it was mentioned that that's his preferred method for his team and I guess Washijo-sensei thought it would be good to try it.

[@sugasan4669]

best Hinata moment for me 😭😭 this episode had some crazy plays!

[@luckyann4300]

"This kid literally can't get depressed." Yeah, about that ...

[@trackhoodie1741]

In regards to prolonged rallies, in professional volleyball on TV, they like to call them "MEGA RALLIES". Another term is "MONSTER BLOCK" when it is a big time 1 spiker vs 1 blocker and the blocker gets the point. On another note, this is totally random but the Miya twins are speaking with a Kansai dialect. And Man it sure is fun to listen to. I don't quite understand all the technical aspects of the dialect but I know there is an emphasis on pitch and is often described as "fun, casual, and even flirty in the right context".

[@AoAReacts]

Cool info, thank you!

[@siddhantgautam29]

Hinata's amazing receive!!! 🔥🔥 Nice reaction! 👍👍

[@nikolechastre28xd65]

Edit: guys i got excited here and went on and on but I'd really really appreciate it if you read it, I'm sorry for using so many words haha 😅💕 Those messages from the banners of the schools are gonna come around way later in the story... hopefully they'll animate it till the end... and y'know i was seeing this and thinking how first reactors are so.... ignorant (not in a bad way, it's just the adjective for when you don't know about something) about the show...that they don't get to catch the magnitude of these moments for the whole story as a big picture...and I realized after watching Haikyuu so many times with different reactors, different opinions and after reading the manga that...there is always important things that you didn't notice the first time ...and at some point after watching so many times...you get to where I am now ... Which is a state of pure awe and admiration of the whole existence of this series ...bc after repeating, learning, catching new things and appreciating characters you didn't the first time you watched...it really sinks in ...how greatly done this story is ...not only bc of writing... it's just ...you get goosebumps every single time you watch it doesn't matter how many times that is...and is bc you get to really understand the big picture that is Haikyuu and they're characters ... specially the character development here is absolutely immaculate. There are many real messages here that make you cry just by how much they resonate in you ...anyway, i got excited and probably wrote a whole freaking testament ...sorry, it's just.... HAIKYUU will never get old for me and I hope it's the same for everyone else...it doesn't matter how many times I watch it's still as great as it was the first time...No, even better since now I really comprehend how important the moments and messages like these ones you saw here are in the whole series...hope you love Haikyuu as much as I did, i would tell you to check the manga but nah I want to see your genuine reaction for when the new seasons come out some day hehe 💛💛💛😭😆😁💕

[@AoAReacts]

It really has been a masterpiece. We are glad that the story brings you so much joy. 😁

[@hannan6767]

you captured my feelings abt this show perfectly 😭😭 i’ve also watched it like 20 times and i’m still learning to appreciate new things about it 😭😭😭 this show means so much to me on such a deep personal level i have such a strong emotional attachment to it that i haven’t had with anything else before

[@nikolechastre28xd65]

@@hannan6767 oh my ...I'll give you a hug * proceeds to hug virtually * 💛😳

[@nikolechastre28xd65]

@@AoAReacts Thank you so much for reading the whole thing, sorry it was so long hehe. I really appreciate the fact that you guys really read our comments 💛

[@safanadira3225]

@@nikolechastre28xd65 Yap so many moment hit different when u finish the manga and rewatch/read the anime like Hinata growth as athelete,conversation betwen oikawa and ushiwaka or why nishinoya choose that "path" in the future

[@chemislife]

Now for the Impossible question now that we are nearing the end of the match: Who is the MVP of the game for both teams?

[@AoAReacts]

👀

[@DarkNorthEmperor]

It feels super weird that I deeply respect the Inarizaki team very much, but also very much want to lace them with F bombs. 😂

[@mikkosimonen]

28:55 "That's Hinata." I'mma be honest here, hearing a reacter not call him "Hinada" is actually kind of beautiful in its rarity.

[@AoAReacts]

Honestly it's an accent thing lol. We know the say it's supposed to sound based on how it's spelled but when we say it it sounds totally different. 😅

[@mikkosimonen]

@@AoAReacts Phonotactics (the way sounds fit together in a language) are a wild thing, to be sure. English differs from Japanese a lot in that regard, unlike Finnish (my native language), so I get that some are at more of a disadvantage. But when someone gets it right, I think that's pretty cool!

[@DarkNorthEmperor]

04:29 Gotta say, I really ❤that

[@ashernomicYT]

2 video in 1 day woooooooooooo

[@darqlyte1104]

Back & forth = rally

[@DiegoGarciaC]

Two episodes in one day? It has to be a mistake

[@AoAReacts]

Nope! Very intentional

[@DiegoGarciaC]

@@AoAReacts it's our lucky day then!

[@Angryegaroq]

@@AoAReacts this is great

[@bleh2433]

23:38 The word your looking for is Rally ^_^

[@thejadedjester4935]

Oh hell yeah, very nice.

[@sneakymickey2410]

Nice reeshivvv!!!

[@ilhamalbasith2618]

I was confused bc I thought the guy in the thumbnail was Caleb from Semblance of Sanity

[@AoAReacts]

😂

[@Angryegaroq]

Yesssssss

[@crescentmoondriver4343]

Rally

[@kunterborn1]

I think the slang for the back and forth of the ball is called either a "volley" or a "rally." "Volley" means to go back or forth (think bullets being fired from opposing sides in battle), so I think this would've been the original term (and where the sport gets its name). "Rally" is a newer term, and I think it's the one mostly used today. This has to do with the current scoring system, which when introduced as the international standard over 20 years ago, was called "rally scoring," where every rally earns a point. Prior to rally scoring, volleyball relied on the side-out; a team could only score when they were serving. If the non-serving team attacked and the ball fell on the serving team's side, a side-out would occur and the service would go to the other team. Unlike rally scoring, however, the now serving team would not gain a point for that attack; they could only score a point should they successfully serve and volley until they got the point via the ball falling on the opposing side. (The side-out system of play was how I played volleyball until my senior year of high school when we switched to rally scoring.) [I hope this explanation isn't too long or confusing.] There's a reason that this is one of my favorite matches in Haikyuu!, and Hinata's dig hits me on two levels. First, as a former volleyball player who, let's be honest, struggled with receiving the first few years of my career, Hinata's moment is the "lightbulb moment," the moment where it all clicks. I had a similar moment, and it reminded me of how everything led up to that point. Second, Hinata's hunger, wonderfully illustrated by Osamu, makes Karasuno hungrier for that win and that fight. I read the manga last summer when I was at an impasse in my thesis; I had a writer's block for almost nine months. I won't credit Haikyuu! solely for lighting a fire under my ass, but it definitely helped give me perspective.

[@bunnybabe247]

Now that I'm done with it all I have to say I agree with you both. Especially about being the MC. The show wouldn't work with anyone else as the MC. Also the metaphor is one of my faves of the series because it touches on something that has sort been going on in the background through the show. Osamu puts it into words. Great reaction.. Excited for the rest.

[@bunnybabe247]

I'm always excited for your reaction and commentary. Amazing video excited for the rest of the season