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Haikyu S4 Episode 21 (Patreon)

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2025-05-15 17:00:06
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nox

I agree Tsumus way of wording things is not ideal and probably creates rifts between him and his teammates, just like it did when Kageyama was in middle school. But its actually that mentality that made him the better player between the twins. He demands the best from his team, while his brother settles for whatever the team has to offer because he cares more about being likable. I don't know if you remember this (Karasuno VS Date Tech practice match after Kageyamas Nationals Training Camp), but the whole reason Karasuno has improved so much was because Kageyama stopped being the "nice agreeable setter" who accomodates for everyones mistakes/weaknesses (which was an attempt to not repeat his middleschool mistakes,) and instead became the "King" Kageyama who demands his teammates to be better (He refused to set lower for Tsukki when he found out that Tsukki had the potential to jump higher forcing him to improve, pointed out Nishinoyas mistake when he forgot to move out of the way after making a receive that nobody else had noticed, etc.) And he was able to do all of this because Tsumu, pointed out his flaw of focusing on compensating for his teammates mistakes instead of just focusing on making the best set in any given instance, and called him a Goody Two Shoes. Even during the last set in this episode you can see, Atsumus focus is always to make the perfect set in any given situation, irrespective of the circumstances. So, in a way, Karasuno improved a lot because Kageyama started being more like Tsumu lol.

Ura Meshi

While Atsumu's setting philosophy initially seemed to be similar to the young dictator Kageyama, this flashback shows that it's actually very different. Because while young Kageyama selfishely tossed and expected his teammates to keep up with whatever he wanted to do without taking them into account, Atsumu takes everything into account : his immense skill of course (which does allow him to be so confident, demanding and arrogant, hence the "Goody two shoes" comment), but also his teammates’ needs, attributes and potential. And only if they fail after that does he loose his cool and scold them, because from his perspective, his extreme care and diligence isn't being rewarded. Unlike young Kageyama, Atsumu is not mentally affected by the hatred of his teammates and doesn’t care about it, because from his perspective, his demanding and harsh attitude towards his spikers is totally natural and justified. Atsumu is petty and immature when things don't go his way but that that doesn't mean that he expects things to fall into his lap, it's just that he can't stand the injustice of hard work not being rewarded : and that’s really what his setting philosophy comes down to. And there's a very neat parallel with Oikawa here too, the two setters are sort of kindred spirits in that they value hard work and that they have that insatiable volleyball hunger, which is also shared by the likes of Hinata and Kageyama : pure love and passion for the sport that makes them want to stay on the court. The fact that Atsumu’s brother, Osamu, didn’t have that hunger is sad but thematically beautiful : in the twins’ backstory it was said that it was Osamu who was the better and more skilled player early on. However, while it is possible that Atsumu was born a volleyball “genius” (like Kageyama), it was largely thanks to his monstruous fighting spirit that he was able to refine his skills and become what he is today : the best highschool setter in Japan.