02x08 - Illusionary Hero

[bunniefuu]

mob: All right!

sign: Boys' Bathroom

boyA: You're such a freckle face, Tadashi.

boyB: Why are you so puny?

boyB: You've got to bulk up, so you get to carry all of our bags.

boyB: Seriously? You're crying?

boyA: He cries about everything!

boyB: You crybaby.

boyB: What're you looking at?

boyA: Hey, isn't he a sixth grader?

boyB: No, he's just from class .

tsuki: Lame.

boyB: What'd you mean?!

Hey, wait a sec!

tsuki: What?

boyB: Y-You're lame, four-eyes!

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

boyA: H-Hey, wait a sec.

yama: "Lame."

yama: At the time, Tsukki might have actually been talking about me, too.

yama: But more importantly,

: the fact that he was able to say that to the bullies who threatened me...

yama: That made him look really cool, and I was envious.

yama: I wanted to be like that.

hina: What about you, Yamaguchi?

hina: What would you say to Tsukishima?

sign: Haikyu!!

title: Episode : Illusionary Hero

tsuki: I'm heading out.

sawa: Okay.

suga: Good work!

tana: Hey, Tsukishima!

tana: We're gonna practice the synchronized att*ck, so help us out for a sec.

enn: I can still go, too.

enn: There'll be three wing spikers, but that's okay, isn't it?

enn: I wanna get the timing down.

tana: Wait... You aren't trying to become a regular, are you?

enn: Don't think I'm gonna be warming that bench forever.

tana: Bring it on!

tana: Daichi-san, let's hurry up and do this.

sawa: Let me rest for a bit.

volley-overlap,suga: Good job!

tana: Daichi-san!

tana: I can't afford to take this so lightly.

tsuki: It's just a club.

sign,sign: Miyagi Prefecture Junior High All-Around Sports Tournament Volleyball

mob: Left! Left!

mob: # !

momA: Oh, my! It's Tsukishima-kun again!

momB: Nothing less from the ace!

aki: Hey!

volley-flashbackoverlap,team: Tsukishima, nice k*ll!

team: All right!

am-jersey,sign: Amemaru Junior High School Volleyball Club

tsuki: Where you gonna go to high school, Ni-chan?

aki: Karasuno.

They're a powerhouse school that rivals Shiratorizawa right now.

aki: I'm gonna go to nationals when I get to high school!

kuro-jersey,sign: Karasuno High School Volleyball Club

aki: I'm home.

tsuki: Welcome back!

tsuki: Were you stay late doing extra practice again?

aki: Everyone's really skilled, so I can't afford to slack off.

aki: Not to mention, Coach Ukai is really strict.

aki: But...

I'm totally going to try to get a regular spot in my first year!

tsuki: There're a lot of club members, right?

tsuki: That'd be awesome if could make regular.

aki: Right?

aki: Mom!

mom: Welcome home.

aki: I need three lunches tomorrow, too!

aki: For morning practice, lunch time, and then right before club.

mom: Got it. High in protein and low-fat, right?

aki: Yep! Thanks!

tsuki: The lady at the butcher shop today said,

"It's amazing that your brother's on the Karasuno volleyball team."

tsuki: Ni-chan, you have a match tomorrow, right?

tsuki: Can I come watch?

aki: Hmm...

ak: I'll get nervous if you watch, so nope!

tsuki: Aw...

tsuki: Hey, what's your position right now?

The same as junior high?

aki: Yeah.

tsuki: So you're the ace!

aki: Yup!

aki: What about you, Kei?

You just joined a youth team, right?

tsuki: I hate receiving.

aki: At first, it doesn't go the way you want it to at all, right?

aki: Here, get into position.

aki: Here we go.

aki: Kei, don't try to raise it with your arms.

aki: See, you lower your hips

and then do it like you're sending it off with your whole body.

aki: Throw it to me a sec.

tsuki: Wow!

aki: Receiving is where everything begins in volleyball.

aki: Connections mean everything in volleyball.

aki: Are you getting along with the other kids okay?

tsuki: Yeah...

aki: Liar!

aki: It's written all over your face!

sign: Karasuno General Sports Park Indoor Gymnasium

tsuki: Hi.

yama: Ah! Um...

yama: Thank you for the other day.

tsuki: Have we met?

yama: The... other day... a-at the park...

tsuki: Oh. So, what are you doing here?

volley-flashbackoverlap,yama: The park...

yama: Oh, um...

I wanted to play some kind of sport...

yama: There are a lot of scary guys in baseball and soccer,

yama: but this seemed safe.

yama: Ah!

yama: Those shoes are awesome!

I still only have the school-issued gym shoes.

tsuki: Mine are hand-me-downs.

These were my older brother's, and I'm using them until I get my own next week.

yama: Your brother plays volleyball, too?

tsuki: He plays at a really strong high school called Karasuno.

tsuki: He's like the ace.

yama: H-He's the ace of a powerhouse school?!

Th-That's awesome!

tsuki: N-Nah... It's not that big of a deal.

He's been one ever since junior high.

yama: Wow!

yama: How long has he been playing?

Did he play on this team?

yama: Aces are totally cool!

aki: I'm home.

tsuki: How was your practice match today?

aki: Yeah, it went great!

I got a lot of spikes in!

tsuki: That's cool.

tsuki: Let's practice passing.

aki: After we're done eating.

tsuki: Yamaguchi.

boy: What's the next class?

boy: Japanese!

tsuki: I'm gonna go to Karasuno's match tomorrow, but do you wanna come?

tsuki: My brother told me not to come because it'll make him nervous,

tsuki: but since my brother's a third-year,

this is his final match in the prefecture.

yama: I'll go! I've never seen Akiteru-kun play.

boy: Tsukishima, your brother's in Karasuno's volleyball club, too?

boy: So's mine.

friend,sign: Friendship

boy: What position does your brother play?

tsuki: Wing spiker.

boy: Hey! So does mine.

boy: That team practically has a caste system, so it's rough.

boy: If you can't even play in matches,

you really have to wonder if going to a powerhouse school is worth it.

yama: Tsukki's brother plays in the matches.

boy: Wha? No way.

boy: I saw a match recently,

and none of the regulars were named Tsukishima.

tsuki: That can't be true.

tsuki: I hear about the matches all the time.

It's gotta be some kind of mistake.

boy: You can see for yourself at the match.

tsuki: Yeah, I can.

yellow,sign: South

miyagi,sign: Miyagi Prefecture High School General Sports Tournament Volleyball <Boys'>

team: One more!

team: Nice receive!

team: They're going left! Left!

boy: That's awesome! # did it again!

He's only around cm, too!

boy: And he's only a second-year, right?

boy: See?

boy: The one of the left is the third-year, Kawada-kun,

and on the other side is the second-year ace who they call the Little Giant.

boy: For about a year now!

yama: We get it!

yama: We can see that...

boy: My brother's also a third-year and hasn't been in any matches.

tsuki: Slice.

tsuki: It wasn't like a movie or drama, where there's spurts of blood and heads go flying.

tsuki: This was far more shocking.

tsuki: My brother wasn't on the court.

karasu: One more!

aki: Nice serve!

fly,banner: Fly

tsuki: How lame.

tsuki: It was only a club,

but it was everything to my brother.

tsuki: In the end, it made my brother tell pointless lies.

tsuki: So you're the ace!

aki: Yup!

tsuki: But my brother probably believed...

tsuki: ...that he could be the ace if he tried hard.

suki: But so what if he did?

tsuki: Would it be worth all of that trouble?

yama: Tsukki!

tsuki: What?

yama: Tsukki, you were always able to do anything while being cool and smart,

yama: so I've always been jealous.

tsuki: And?

yama: But you're being lame lately, Tsukki!

yama: Hinata might become the Little Giant some day.

yama: That just means you have to b*at him, Tsukki!

yama: You just need to become an even better player than Hinata

and prove your skills!

yama: You have the height, brains, and instinct,

tsuki: so why do you decide that getting any better is impossible?

tsuki: Even if...

I worked really hard and became the best player on Karasuno's team,

tsuki: what would happen after that?

tsuki: Even if there's a tiny chance we might make it to nationals,

what happens after that?

tsuki: No matter how high you climb, there's always someone better.

tsuki: Even if you are able to show some results somewhere,

you'll never actually be number one!

tsuki: You're gonna lose somewhere!

tsuki: You all know that, so how can you keep going?!

yama: What else do we need besides pride?!

tsuki: To think this day would come...

tsuki: When did you become so cool?

tsuki: You're actually cool.

yama: T-Tsukki? What's wrong?

tsuki: If anything...

It's at least better than my worn-out train of thought.

tsuki: But I can't accept that.

yama: Huh?

tsui: I'm gonna go ask something.

yama: Tsukki?!

suga: Hey, Daichi.

sawa: Yeah?

suga: You sure it's okay to leave Tsukishima alone?

sawa: If you force someone to do it,

it's not actually free practice.

suga: I know, but...

sawa: Ever since we had our first -on- ,

I haven't been that worried.

sawa: But if there's even the slightest chance that Tsukishima says he's gonna quit,

sawa: I'll do whatever I have to to stop him,

sawa: so I might need you to help me out then.

sawa: I don't understand how Tsukishima thinks.

sawa: We're basically developing at this point,

and we don't know the limits of our potential.

sawa: Even if we felt those limits, we would still keep aiming higher.

sawa: I can't see any logic or reason in his behavior.

suga: True...

volley-eyecatch-b,sign: Haikyu!!

volley-eyecatch-b,sign: Haikyu!!

gym ,sign: Gymnasium #

yachi: Yamaguchi-kun said something in a weird voice as he ran off,

but I wonder if he's okay.

hina: Weird voice?

yachi: "Tsukki!"

yahi: Like that.

hina: Oh, so he went to see Tsukishima.

yachi: Did something happen?

hina: Yeah... He seemed a bit worried about Tsukishima.

yachi: I see.

hina: Tsukishima never does anything that's lame.

hina: He never fails at tests.

He always does things like whoosh!

hina: And swish!

yachi: Yeah...

yachi: What exactly is the difference between "whoosh" and "swish"?

hina: So I think he'll be okay.

hina: Being good in volleyball or sucking at it,

I think it's obvious which one's cooler.

gym ,sign: Gymnasium #

red: Oh?

boku: What's this?

kuro: What's this? What's this?

tsuki: There's something I'd like to ask you. May I?

both: Sure!

tsuki: Thank you very much.

tsuki: Both of your schools

tsuki: are sometimes considered powerhouse schools, right?

uro: Well, yeah.

tsuki: Even if you were able to make it to nationals,

actually winning there would be difficult, right?

boku: But not impossible!

aka: Now, now, let's hear him out.

This is just a what-if.

tsuki: I seriously can't figure out how everyone can be so determined.

tsuki: Volleyball is just a club,

and maybe you'll get to write,

tsuki: "I worked really hard in my club in high school,"

on your resume, right?

boku: "Just a club"?

boku: That almost sounds like someone's name.

kuro: Ooh, like Mary Club?

kuro: No wait, I guess it was "just some club."

boku: Aw, man! So it doesn't sound like someone's name.

Man, I was so close!

boku: Damn it!

tsuki: Are you basically asking me to retort?

aka: Nah. There'll be no end to it.

boku: Say, four-eyes.

tsuki: It's Tsukishima.

boku: Say, Tsukishima-kun...

Is volleyball fun?

tsuki: No, not really...

boku: Maybe that's because you suck.

boku: I'm a third-year and I've been to nationals,

and I'm better than you. Like way better.

tsuki: You don't have to tell me that.

boku: But I only recently starting thinking that volleyball was fun.

boku: Ever since my straight became usable in matches.

straight,sign: Straight

boku: Because my cross hits that I was really good at kept getting blocked,

vids,sign: Cross

boku: I got frustrated and practiced the hell out of straights.

boku: And...

boku: At the next tournament, the same blockers couldn't touch it.

boku: I got right past them.

boku: Just that one sh*t made me feel like my time had finally come.

boku: It all depends on if you have that moment or not.

boku: It doesn't really matter what happens in the future,

or if you can win your next match.

boku: The joy you feel b*ating the guy in front of you,

and when you're able to pull out % of your potential, is everything.

boku: Well, at least that's how it is for me,

and it doesn't mean that applies to everyone.

boku: I don't really understand why you say it's "just a club,"

boku: but I don't think you're wrong.

boku: But once that moment arrives for you,

boku: that's the moment you'll be hooked on volleyball.

boku: All right. I answered your question, now help with blocking.

kuro: All right, now. Come on, hurry it up.

tsuki: Wait, what...

Yachi: Ah, Yamaguchi-kun came back.

hina: Yamaguchi, where's Tsukishima?

yama: It looks like he got caught by the Nekoma and Fukurodani captains.

hina: What?! I'm so jealous.

hina: Maybe I'll go, too.

yama: Hinata, do you think of Tsukki as your rival?

hina: Huh?

hina: Of course I do!

hina: We play the same position, and he has everything I don't.

hina: But I'm not gonna lose to him!

hina: I've gotta practice!

hina: Captain! I'm coming in!

yachi: If Hinata and Tsukishima-kun are rivals,

sawa: Sure.

it's like the sun versus the moon.

yachi: "Hi" means "sun" and "tsuki" means "moon."

yama: Yeah, you're right!

hina: Yeah!

yama: I hope that happens...

hina: # !

yachi: Eek...

some: All right!

yachi: That # is really intense again today.

ukai: Sensei.

chalkboard,sign: Fukurodani Karasuno

fukuro: All right!

ukai: Even if you're not able to stop # 's spikes,

at least try to touch it.

all: Right!

yachi: I see... So even if they aren't able to stop it,

if they're able to touch the ball, it reduces the momentum?

shi: Right. There are usually two goals in blocking.

shi: There's the soft block that's used in order to make the ball easier to receive,

shi: and the k*ll block that's used to completely shut the ball out.

yachi: k*ll... as in, k*lling something?

shimi: Yes.

yachi: Eek!

tsuki: We don't have to stop it?

ukai: Well...

ukai: If you're able to actually shut the ball out, there's nothing better.

fuku: All right!

chalkboard ,sign: Fukurodani Karasuno

boku: Nice receive!

Give it to me!

sawa: Left! # , # !

kuro: First, you need to visualize it.

kuro: Concentrate your strength to your fingertips,

: so you're not blown back.

kuro: And put your hands in front of you, instead of over your head.

kuro: In front.

kuro: And then, make this annoying owl shut up!

boku: Just try it!

yachi: Um... a soft block that reduces the ball's momentum, and...

yachi: The one who kills the spike...

tana: Feint!

nishi: Damn it!

take: Wow, I totally thought they were going to come with a full-on att*ck there.

take: To think it was actually a feint...

take: I guess that's what you get with an ace that went to nationals.

tana: Daichi-san, that was...

sawa: Yeah.

aka: Bokuto-san just ran away.

boku: I did not! I just got around it!

And really well! I got around their block!

person: You let your guard down.

boku: Ugh! Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry!

neko: Well, now...

neko: Perhaps the troublesome little baby bird is starting to come out of his shell.

yachi: Oh...

yachi: The sun versus the moon?

boku: Tsukki! Jump some blocks for us!

tsuki: Could you please not call me that?

boku: Then... How about Glasses-kun?

boku: All right, let's do this thing, Akaasshi!

aka: Now somehow I'm involved.

sign: Episode : "VS "Umbrella""

aka: Next time on Haikyu!!: "VS "Umbrella"."