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Alpha Kenny Juan: Apr 11, 2007

Arcanen posted:

I don't know if it's the anime's pacing, or the reality of a 5 set match meaning that Karasuno have to be winning a bunch of sets, but... Shiratorizawa kind of suck?

We have an entire season of this match, and yeah, they just don't seem all that the have been made out to be, and it feels like a big part of that is the editing. Ushiwaka was made out to be an absolute monster, but since (as of halfway through the season) he never really talks or gives as a narrated POV (which is bizarre, since we keep getting them for the rest of Shiratorizawa) I'm not really feeling the impact of that.

I don't think suck is the right word. It's more that they're niche. The coach decided to focus on specific players and it worked. It worked so well that nobody had a response to that until now.

Arcanen posted:

It's also kind of odd that people are like "Woah, whoa, who are these Karasuno people that are good?!". Wouldn't playing in (winning?) nationals be something that impacted Karasuno's reputation among the characters in this series?

Losing in the second round after winning nationals makes more of an impact. That and people realize that high schoolers last no more than three years as well as having a new coach. There is no reason to believe any remnants of the winning team exist there anymore.