Status Updates From Haikyu!!, Vol. 35

Baby Noya with a stick and a doggo. 😁

Bokuto with two sticks just makes sense.

... great symbolism, as always. I love the light haloeing Hinata while he's in the air, his friends circling him looking up, like they're lifting him up.

The large lettering of one word emphasizing the sound of Hinata kicking off the ground (and I really like ending on a sound)

I feel like picking this for my first manga series may have ruined me for other mangas.

Ahhhhhh!! 😲🫠

I finally see why my art teacher was always all "go darker, go darker," but the CONTRAST! This is peak payoff for the crow and cage metaphor.

And the pacing is expertly used. The bird bursting from the cage being on the next page, hidden until you turn it, so much more impactful like this, versus just the next visible panel. It adds more tension.

🤤 Absolutely salivating over this artwork here. Amazing! 👏 The angle from below puts emphasis on his legs and feet and draws or eyes upwards. The foreshortening gives a sense of power and tension.
And I love the use of contrast in these dynamic shots. We make a lot of good use of highlighting here, too. And line for movement.

Just! The shoe, and ugggh! I love it.

150p. Aww. Kags appreciation page.

173p. "Breaking down the walls so the hitters can get through. That's what a setter is for."

About time. Let's unleash our boy.

Another healthy team oriented mentality. It's not, 'I just set the balls. If the hitters can't hit them that's their fault' (which what early Kageyama believed), but 'my job is to help my hitters by picking the best path.'

144p. "meep" I live how noya looks at yaku like he's a all-star player, and Bokuto looks at Yaku like he's the monster that goddess under his bed. 😅

149p. "Shrimp-itis." 😂
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I love that Suga seems like this sweet cinnamon roll on the outside, and somehow still scares the sht out of other players.
🎶 oh she's sweet but a psycho 🎶