Imagine kageyama and oikawa having a fistfight in the middle of the japan v argentina match
'THIS IS BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO PUNCH ME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL! IM BIGGER THAN YOU NOW'
'SHUT UP TOBIO CHAN THAT WAS AGES AGO. ALSO YOU SEDUCED IWA CHAN TO BE ON YOUR SIDE.'
Tsukishima selling tickets and saying 'the king versus the great King, who will win the royal throne of dumbness and insecurity'
Atsumu would jump in, he finally has an excuse to punch Kageyama's goody two shoes face. Osamu sees this and travels all the way from miya onigri to the court just to fight his brother
Everyone starts betting on whose side will win in the fight. Ushijima just watching, winner becomes his setter
When people ask Oikawa for something
Oikawa: hahaha get on your knees and beg
Most people: ugh trashykawa nevermind
Kageyama: *actually gets on his knees*
Ushijima: no, you get on your knees and beg to me, the true king of Shiratorizawa
The real reason why oikawa tried to punch Kageyama in middle school is because when Kageyama was a baby he smacked oikawa and to this day Oikawa’s still cut
Imagine kageyama and oikawa having a fistfight in the middle of the japan v argentina match
'THIS IS BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO PUNCH ME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL! IM BIGGER THAN YOU NOW'
'SHUT UP TOBIO CHAN THAT WAS AGES AGO. ALSO YOU SEDUCED IWA CHAN TO BE ON YOUR SIDE.'
Tsukishima selling tickets and saying 'the king versus the great King, who will win the royal throne of dumbness and insecurity'
Atsumu would jump in, he finally has an excuse to punch Kageyama's goody two shoes face. Osamu sees this and travels all the way from miya onigri to the court just to fight his brother
Everyone starts betting on whose side will win in the fight. Ushijima just watching, winner becomes his setter
oh this is an interesting one!!! long post under the keep reading because i have lots of thoughts on kiyoko and women in haikyuu (the rest will prob get their own post)
in short, i think that kiyoko as a character is interesting (the confidence the dedication) but also limited by sexism in the narrative!!
kiyoko’s character is nearly entirely defined by her femininity and existence as a girl. when we first meet her properly, she’s objectified (hinata and kageyama staring at her chest and body). as the story progresses, she continues to basically only exist as an object of attraction + a source of motivation for the boys. she has a personality, but it’s a bit generic in that she’s shy and quiet and responsible (’ideal female character’). her most notable moments mainly involve the boys’ attraction to her (hinata shutting down when she tries to encourage him, suga’s comments about marriage).
and finally, she is plagued by the pervert trope. or rather, tanaka and noya embody the pervert trope and she is the victim of it. most of kiyoko’s screentime, especially in the earlier seasons, is dedicated to tanaka and noya’s attraction to her and the way they act on that. constantly being overprotective (taking away her agency), violating her personal boundaries (noya leaping at her and getting slapped + the ensuing respect the boys give noya after it), and generally treating her as more of an object than a person. yamamoto is an example of it too! it’s a common (and problematic) trope in anime and manga, and generally most forms of media. i hate it!! while this is all a gag and for the sake of comedy, it doesn’t change the fact that kiyoko’s character mostly exists in this context alone: either to be motivational because she’s attractive, or to be a subject of harassment because it’s funny and she’s attractive.
kiyoko gains more depth by season 2, when yachi is introduced. yachi is a fellow girl - around her, kiyoko’s behavior is more open. even then, though, yachi’s first reaction upon meeting her is objectifying her like the male characters do. she highlights all of kiyoko’s physical traits, even calls her sexy, sexualizing a girl she has never met on the grounds that she’s attractive. and sure, as the fandom we find it hilarious because it’s. clearly gay! but it’s part of a pattern in the story where kiyoko’s existence is nearly completely defined by her being a pretty girl.
we can’t forget how s2 also brings johzenji, and consequently, terushima (+ bobata) who outright harass kiyoko in a way that women/afab ppl/etc are ALL too familiar with irl. they corner her and refuse to understand that no means no, and it takes hinata’s interference to get them to stop. even after this, terushima continues to harass kiyoko, and it’s played for laughs. even smaller moments that involve kiyoko still objectify her. oikawa’s current concern pre-timeskip? kiyoko turned him down. yahaba and kindaichi comment on karasuno’s luck in having a beautiful female manager. over and over again, we see kiyoko defined as an object of attraction instead of as an actual person.
this OF COURSE leads me to season 4!!! when she gets her moment to shine!! there’s her moment at the shrine, where she displays her absolute confidence in her team in like. the most fucking awesome way possible. and then there’s the whole revelation about her being an athlete! and having her own passion and skills! and while i think that this is a great moment for kiyoko!!! and for her character as a whole!!! i do not think it outweighs the sexist tropes and treatment that surround her character throughout the whole of the story. it follows her even to the timeskip.
in fact, it follows her even to the fandom perception of her. if you go to her page on the haikyuu wiki, you get this stellar entry: She is most commonly described as an extremely attractive, albeit "erotic" girl who would often garner a lot of attention from both male and female students; including from other school teams. Because of her appearance, Karasuno High is generally known as the team with the beautiful manager. It’s absolutely mindblowing to me (not really. it’s to be expected) that a teenage girl is sexualized like this to the point where she’s described as ‘extremely attractive, ableit “erotic”‘. why is it even ‘albeit’. please tell me they’re not implying that people finding her erotic is a negative trait for her. pls tell me that the wiki is complaining about people sexualizing her. please.
anyways, kiyoko as a character is cool! she just. barely exists! we know that she’s funny, but only because she loosens up enough around yachi (another girl) to be that way! we know that she’s confident and determined from the way she speaks about her team when the show gives her the chance! we know that she’s capable because of all the responsibilities she shoulders (well!!!) that. barely get any attention. (because remember when she cooked for the whole team??? which. of course she cooks for them.)
so it’s just tragic to me that she gets treated in such a way by the story. like, sure, at least she gets more attention than narita, but. most of it is just sexist.
also btw im so curious about who sent this and what their thoughts on my response are. i’d love to see some feedback, even if it’s in the form of another anon ask or something like that!! or dms! sorry that this ended up being such a downer and a discussion of. sexism and misogyny.
Scenario: In a game of truth or dare, someone dares a Haikyuu character of choice to kiss you
His face instantly tinges as he sneaks a look in your direction, then he claims the spot in front of you.
'Stop looking,' he scowled at all of you, 'Y/N, close your eyes.'
You feel his lips angle on your lips hesitantly. Since you can’t see, you’re surprised when you feel his thigh press against yours, his hand holding your cheeks so softly you wonder if you’re just imagining that sensation. Are you allowed to open your eyes now? You don’t want to embarrass him, but when you do open your eyes, his cheeks are dusted pink, his stare shifts from your lips to your eyes. He apologises for the hasty positioning of his leg against yours and sits back, unable to look at you again for a while.
OKAY so for iwaizumi’s bday i decided to just share some headcanons bc yeah. ok anyway
-he used to sleep with a stuffed dinosaur. he’s not really sentimental so he didn’t even blink when he stopped sleeping with it at age ten (oikawa cried for hours)
-he used to (BRIEFLY) have a crush on oikawa’s older sister (listen i don’t make the rules i just work here)
-one time oikawa fell on his face and chipped his tooth and called iwa in hysterics and iwa dropped everything to go get him and to this day he will deny he was even mildly concerned
-oikawa’s older sister used to sit him and oik both down and do makeup on them. iwa hated it but he liked the mascara (except when it got in his eyes. oikawa’s sister was a little eager with that wand)
-hes a legs man. aren’t we all
-hes has the same haircut since conception and has never even considered having a different one. he’s put gel in it maybe once. maybe
-this man washes his face with bar soap. sorry. post time skip iwa uses moisturizer but that’s it
-iwa doesn’t cry very often but when he does, it’s usually happy tears. except after your lie in april. those were not happy tears
-iwa fucking loves jurassic park (AND THE NEW ONE COINCIDENTALLY COMES OUT TODAY, ACTUALLY. anyway)
-iwa will never back down from a dare. oikawa has banned makki and mattsun from daring him to do anything anymore after the garbage eating incident
-he calls snapchat “snap gram… or whatever it is”. he’s so damn old
-he always comments stupid shit on oikawa’s ig posts (examples: “slayyyy😍😍😍” “omg YOU ATE”). he will, however, occasionally drop an unintentionally intense one liner (examples: “i love you more than anything” “i’m so lucky). his comments are always pinned
-doesn’t know how to use spotify, doesn’t want to learn.
-good at cooking, bad at baking
-very bad at put stickers on things. he can never get them level
If you really make oikawa and Ushijima’s disagreements realistic
Oikawa is the kind to start an arts degree and ushijima says 'you're literally good at maths you could do an engineering degree'
Oikawa starts a YouTube account and is earning a moderate amount 'ok but if none of your videos are getting viral you might as well get an actually respectable job for the same wage'
