Haikyu!! Vol. 16: Haikyu!!, Vol. 16
- ISBN
- 9781421591063
- Publisher
- VIZ
- English release
- Pages
- 200
Yamaguchi has another serving assignment as Haikyu Volume 16 continues the Aoba Johsai semifinal. VIZ places Karasuno under pressure late in a set, with Yamaguchi assigned to serve. Choose it for the continuation of that match and the return to a specialist's difficult job. It assumes investment in the current contest; buying the book alone for its serving premise would separate the assignment from the failures that make it matter.
Spoilers — why this volume matters. Tap to reveal.
The synopsis explicitly gives Yamaguchi memories of earlier failures to contend with. That makes the serve more than a fresh chance supplied by a coach. He has to perform a familiar task with evidence that it can go wrong. The practical collecting case is to read his appearances in sequence, so the repeated assignment remains a change in circumstances rather than a repeated device. VIZ does not need to promise the result for that distinction to hold. A second opportunity can carry more pressure than the first because ignorance is no longer available.
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