Haikyuu Season 3 anime is back with a bang. The focus was on the Spring Tournament finals. Haikyuu Season 3 has 10 episodes. It was short but exhilarating! The final was between Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa. Season 3 aired from October to December 2016.
It was an interesting match between Shiratorizawa, the powerhouse team vs Karasuno, the newly emerged deadly team. But only one team can win. The winner would represent Miyagi prefecture in the Nationals. Will Karasuno Win? Or will Shiratorizawa continue to reign? So who do you support?
Our favorite Kageyama and Hinata are back! Shiratorizawa Academy is one of the top 8 teams in Japan. They are the favorite contenders for the Nationals. In the Inter-High Prelims, Shiratorizawa beat Aobajohsai and enter the Nationals. Ushijima Wakatoshi, Shiratorizawa’s ace ranked among the country’s top three aces.
The Spring Finals was a power-packed match between the two teams. Haikyuu Season 3 was shorter, but the entertainment was to the highest level of satisfaction.
Haikyuu Season 3 starts off with both team introductions. Karasuno and Shiratorizawa’s line-up is introduced to the audience. The match starts with Ushijima scoring for Shiratorizawa. Ushijima is a left-handed spiker, which resulted in Nishinoya’s trouble. Nishinoya (Karasuno’s libero) has only played against right-handed players. So he had trouble adjusting, but he did not get discouraged.
S3 Analysis
Haikyuu Season 3 gave us a good fight for the finals. Shiratorizawa Academy was a powerful and worthy contender for the winner. The team lineup is impressive. We get to see impressive spikes from both teams. Ushijima accepted that he hates Hinata because of his baseless confidence. Hinata and Kageyama challenged him in the previous season. The finals will have a best of 5 sets instead of 3.
Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa
Set 1
Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa game continued. It was a neck-to-name game but Karasuno lost the set by 25-16. Kudos to Karasuno for not getting discouraged. Karasuno had trouble blocking Ushijima.
Set 2
Karasuno had one more challenge in set 2. Tendou Satori, Shiratorizawa’s middle blocker was another headache for Karasuno High. Tendou gave a hard time to Hinata & the team.
Nishinoya adjusted to Ushijima. Karasuno’s middle blocker, Tsukishima was able to bait their opponents. Through their team effort, Karasuno won the second set. Score Tally 31-29.
Set 3 & Set 4
Shiratorizawa easily manages to win back Set 3. The score is 25-20.
In set 4, Karasuno’s synchronized attack gets blocked for the first time.
Thanks to Hinata, Karasuno wins Set 4. Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa is 29-27 for the 4th set.
The 5th/ Final set
By the start of set 5, both teams suffer from fatigue. It’s a race against time and stamina now. Kageyama gets exhausted. Sugawara replaces Kageyama as the setter. Sugawara does a wonderful job. He proves why he’s worth the money. Tsukishima played exceptionally well and continued to block.
During the match, Tsukishima gets wounded and is sent to the infirmary. That was a panic moment honestly. Because Karasuno was starting to gain momentum. The sudden exit of Tsukishima was quite risky.
Kageyama joins back again and catches up immediately and gains advance. But this didn’t last long as Shiratorizawa catches up soon after. Both teams were 14-14 making it to the deuce point. But Guess who’s BACK!!!!!!!!
Tsukishima is back and ready to roll !!!! With him back, Karasuno’s defense gets even stronger. Nishinoya did an amazing save getting the point for his team.
Neither of the team wanted to back down. The victory was this close. Hinata scores the match point for his team. Karasuno manages to win the set by 21-19. The match was fabulous!!!! Every moment was unpredictable. Filled with tension and passion, the victor emerges. Karasuno bags victory!!!!!
Match MVP
It was a bit hard to pick an MVP. Hinata leads the team to victory. It was a combined effort from everyone. Both the teams had ace players and everyone contributed to it. But undoubtedly, for the Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa match, Tsukihsima is the MVP. In this match, Tsukishima really shines. And we see his growth as a player.
Conclusion
Karasuno High reaches the Nationals representing Miyagi prefecture. Kageyama gets invited to the National Youth Training Camp. With this, Haikyuu!! Season 3 comes to a conclusion. You can Watch Haikyuu!! Season 3 is on Netflix!
