Episode 23

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The last couple of weeks feels a little like the match is dragging on. I'm not bored... I think. It's more that there's not anywhere near as much satisfaction or emotional drive going into each episode as some of the Haikyuu of old. There are still moments, but they are fleetingly here and there on a backdrop of an ongoing volleyball game as opposed to a particular theme being the driving point of the game.

For example, let's look at what we've learned this game:

-Silver twin was actually better than Blonde twin in the beginning, but Blonde is considered slightly better right now due to this hard and passion.

-Our libero can feel down at times as well, but he can recover.

-The match started off with showing Hinata being able to run into balls, then he finally receives one properly. There's no follow up from this though to show it's a game changer.

-Bald spiker doesn't just spike hard but can read people's blocks properly. Now we know he's good at line shots and cuts.

-Glasses still gets tired, but he's keen to work.

-Kageyama serves, sets and blocks well. In fact he's supposed to block even better than Glasses.

Anyway, the point is that episodes spent time to develop each and one of these strengths.. then the match seems to just reset to a point as if the development didn't happen. Plot points introduced made no meaningful difference aside from when they happened.