kagehina's interactions will always feel so special, even after all the time that they spent apart. their journeys will forever remain intertwined, and i wanted to pay tribute to their bond in a post time-skip setting. i took inspiration from the bonus chapter about kageyama, hinata, kindaichi, and kunimi playing beach volleyball, which was so moving. kageyama has come so far, i'm so proud of him </3
tobio’s feet sink into the warm sand, a pleasant morning breeze blowing through his t-shirt. it isn’t as hot as he thought it would be, but the sun is already high in the bright blue sky and he is grateful for the sunglasses shoyo lent him before they took their respective positions across the net, facing one another. shoyo knows the basics like the back of his hand: sunscreen, sunglasses, caps, bottles of water filled to the brim. he took care of everything.
“kageyama!” he calls from the other end of the court, enthusiastically waving his hand at tobio. “i’m ready!”
as he takes a few steps back, getting ready to serve, tobio twirls the ball in his hands, feeling its lighter weight, trying to get used to the way the slightly different fabric feels against his palms. he had hit thousands of serves, sent hundreds of tosses to a multitude of spikers, yet somehow this does not feel quite the same. perhaps because it’s shoyo he is playing against, and his eagerness to get good at something shoyo cares about is drilled into him like a habit he cannot unlearn.
in this moment, it doesn’t matter that tobio is a professional volleyball player, that he competed in the 2016 brazil olympic games, that he has been graciously called a young prodigy. all that matters to tobio now is whether or not the ball will land on hinata’s side of the court, right onto the spot his gaze is fixed on. he may be used to it, the feeling still wrenches his gut in a wave of excitement: he wants to play with shoyo, and he wants to win.
it takes tobio a few tries to get it right. the wind is not easy to forget about, since he has never had to take it into account before, but the way the sand curls around his ankles, slowing down his movements, is no less of a pain. he curses, growls at the sand, yells at the atmosphere.
shoyo laughs heartily and brags about finally being better at something than tobio, though he can see him regain control by the minute. he tells tobio his favourite saying, “the sand is kind.”
by the end of the first hour, tobio has adapted. a fast learner, he gets used to the beach as well as oikawa did, if not even quicker. his spikes get more precise, he controls his serves better. finally, he scores several points in a row, even if shoyo still won the first set.
“i’ll win this one.” tobio says, a familiar grin playing on his lips.
shoyo smiles back, his eyes narrowing at the sight of kageyama throwing the ball back into the air. “bring it on.”
my first ramble here is going to be about akayona who’s surprised but anyways i feel like the story for it is extremely well done and all the characters are written extremely well and how all of the dragons, yona, yoon, and hak care for each other means so much to me found family has always been one of my favorites for the longest time bc you see these group of people all from different backgrounds and stuff come together and learn to love and care for each other and would do anything for them and the way the dragons care for yona means the world to me and each of their dynamics with yona are amazing and all are different from each i could ramble about how each of the dragons mean to me but idk if anyone would want to read that anyways i need my found family happy at the end of this or i fear i may not make it i love them dearly
i love the straw hats so much!! every member has their own role and interests, and sometimes they don't align, but they all want to be together anyway. like zoro doesn't HAVE to be a pirate, sanji can cook anywhere, nami can be anyone's navigator, BUT THEY CHOOSE LUFFY!! each crew member meets luffy at the right time. before they did what they knew best, but after meeting luffy & becoming a crew member, their whole world has changed for the better. robin & nami in particular make me so emotional. they are now free to do what they want! every crew member has the freedom to live their lives on their own terms without judgment. it's so beautiful <3
I think many of us can agree that Kusanagi has made many beautiful covers throughout the years, but one cover that sticks out to me the most is volume 24.
It's so simple, but it highlights Hakyona's development. Hak has always been the one to protect Yona, from protecting her from falling off a cliff to using his super strength to protect her from invaders, and so on. But Yona has also gathered the strength to protect her loved ones. She's no longer the naive princess but now a powerful, independent woman who can not only defend herself but her loved ones too. As Hak is protecting Yona, Yona is protecting Hak.
These two will do anything to save one another. If it means putting them in harm's way, they will bravely put themselves in danger if it means their loved one is safe and sound. This cover is just so well done and beautiful; it makes me so happy!
i am never moving on from this. they are so madly in love it makes me want to cry. hak holding her so gently, with the sweetest smile on his face while yona smiles so brightly. hakyona changed my life. they are just so beautiful and perfect to me!!!!!!!!!!! MY NEW FAVORITE HAKYONA DRAWING!! <33333333
this official art of kagehina makes me so stupidly happy because it really is SO THEM! like of course shoyo has the biggest smile on his face while he runs right next to tobio.of course they are training so hard TOGETHER! because who else would be right by shoyo's side other than tobio???? furudate draws kagehina so well every single time. i just love kagehina so much...
as much as i wish haikyuu was getting another season, i already know i'm going to be crying my eyes out watching tobio and shoyo achieve their dreams on the big screen. so many great scenes are going to be animated in the movies and i just hope the studio takes good care of it. i just love haikyuu so much...it's so special and i just hope it amplifies the manga's beauty.
it’s so beautiful how after meeting mitsumi, shima was able to go have the courage to change his life for the better. he met someone who made him feel things he’s never felt before. after meeting mitsumi, he started to want more for himself. he tried out acting again, fell in love with it, and now has the courage to face his past head on. it isn’t JUST that mitsumi herself provided a new world for shima but how her inspiring nature made shima WANT to work on himself to become someone worthy of walking alongside her. their relationship is so beautiful to me!
i love how you write about zeno and just how much you love him.
in honor of zeno's birthday, i wanted to make a little post about him
something that really resonates with me about zeno especially in chapter 104 is that even when he knew kaya's end was inevitably near, and even when he knew that this relationship with her would bring him so much pain after her passing, he didn't choose to run away from it
despite seeing her in this condition, one where her illness left her with little time to live and no hope for recovery, he didn't abandon her and leave her to suffer alone. in fact, he embraced his love for her and her love for him, which may have been the first time he's done that since the first dragons died
while i do think and i am aware that he may have yearned for some sort of connection after being lonely for god knows how long and that he may have been in denial at least for some of his time with her, i feel like we can see that as he holds her hand when she passes away that at some point he *did* accept the reality of her death, yet he still stayed and made sure she didn't die alone
it's different from the last time he dealt with significant loss in his life where he was too scared to see the dragons growing old, thus avoiding them ever since they went their separate ways and letting his fear get the best of him
this is my own personal headcanon but maybe it was not just for his sake but for her's too. perhaps he wanted her to have some sort of happiness and companionship in the little time she had left—to be able to make memories with someone else and to be able to experience love till the very end