The WORST episodes of Haikyu!!
Every episode of Haikyu!! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Haikyu!!!
A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club... only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama! A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!
#1 - The Former Coward's Fight
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/2016
As Seijoh takes the flow of the game, Keishin sends Yamaguchi out as a pinch server. Yamaguchi ran away from the Wakunan match, but now is he able to turn around this match?
#2 - Perspective
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2020
While Hinata, Kageyama, and Tsukishima are gone, the Karasuno High School Volleyball Team do practice matches with Tokonami High School. Meanwhile, as the other boys are doing a practice match with the Shiratorizawa third-years, Hinata watches them play and begins to realize that all he’d ever concentrated on is chasing after the ball...
#3 - Lost
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2020
Just one more month until the Spring Tournament. Hinata crashed the Miyagi Prefecture Rookie Select Training Camp and got to stay as one of their ball boys. While the boys are doing a practice match, the third-year players from Shiratorizawa show up.
#4 - Introductions
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2020
In preparation for Spring Nationals, the boys' measurements are taken, invoking friendly competition amongst the team. Kageyama and Tsukishima are invited to the All-Japan Youth Training Camp and a prefecture-wide training camp, respectively. In a fit of jealousy, Hinata sneaks into Tsukishima's camp. Despite initial confusion, Shiratorizawa's coach allows Hinata to attend the camp as a ball boy to test his skills independent of Kageyama.
#5 - Obsession
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2016
Karasuno manages to win the fourth set. The fifth set begins, but has a different set of rules: whoever gets 15 points first wins. Keishin sees that Kageyama is exhausted, and switches him out with Sugawara. Determined to hold up his end, Sugawara shows how he has improved.
#6 - The Chemical Change of Encounters
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2016
Karasuno finds themselves against a wall as Shiratorizawa wins their second set easily. Needing a push, Hinata ups his defense and the two teams battle it out..
#7 - Individual vs Numbers
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2016
As the third set starts, the bout is tied at 1-1. Attempting to seize momentum after stopping Ushijima, Karasuno tries to stay aggressive. However, Shiratorizawa's setter, Shirabu, seems unfazed by the loss of the second set and swings momentum back to the undefeated champions.
#8 - Guess-Monster
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2016
Underway into the second match, Karasuno tries to attack, but Shiratorizawa's middle blocker is a Guess Monster. Using fast intuition, he keeps blocking all of their attempts. As he blocked Karasuno's spikes one after another, Tsukki calmly assesses the situation for a counter-attack.
#9 - The Threat of the "Left"
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2016
The Miyagi Prefecture Qualifier finals of the Spring High School Volleyball Tournament. From the very beginning of the match, Ushijima attacks with his powerful spikes. Because he's not used to left-handed attacks, their Guardian Deity, Nishinoya, has a hard time receiving them. What is Karasuno's plan to deal with the mounting point difference?
#10 - Greetings
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2016
The Miyagi Prefecture Qualifier finals of the Spring High School Volleyball Tournament. The ones to stand before Karasuno High School are the undefeated champions, Shiratorizawa Academy. Do they have a chance to win against the ultimate spiker, Ushijima? Their battle towards the nationals finally begins...
#11 - "Team"
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/2016
The final set of the qualifier semi-finals continues with Karasuno and Seijoh. As the teams go neck and neck, both teams put everything they have into this final set.
#12 - Take It Easy
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2020
The Miyagi Prefecture Rookie Select Training Camp is reaching its final days. Hyakuzawa from Kakuzawa Academy has very little experience playing volleyball and is having a hard time keeping up in practice. Then Hinata tells him something. Meanwhile, Kageyama is at the All-Japan Youth Training Camp playing with various other amazing players from all across Japan and...
#13 - The Destroyer
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/2016
Karasuno is facing a completely different Seijoh now that they've called in Kyotani. Karasuno can't seem to gt their rhythm together, meanwhile, Seijoh seems to pick themselves back up. When the flow of the game seems like it's going to change drastically, Karasuno...
#14 - Wiping Out
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/2016
The semi-finals of the Spring Tournament. The ones that Karasuno has to face are their bitter rivals at Aoba Johsai High School. Getting over their past loss, they try to reach the finals. A battle with the new Karasuno is about to start.
#15 - Let the Games Begin!
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2015
The first day of the Spring Tournament Miyagi qualifier is finally here. Hinata tries to trush to the bathroom, but he runs into Ohgi Minami's Towada, who plays on the team they're up against first. With various feelings in their hearts, the battle towards nationals begins.
#16 - Greed
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2015
The second day of the Tokyo away games. Karasuno isn't able to get a single set against Nekoma, especially with their new player. Hinata and Kageyama's weirdo quick doesn't seem to work on the new Nekoma or the other powerhouse schools for long. Seeing this, Hinata makes a decision...
#17 - Center Ace
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2015
After Hinata and Kageyama finish their supplementary exam, Saeko Tanaka takes them to join Karasuno team at Tokyo training camp. Now they're on the team, Karasuno wins their first match on the day; however Eikichi from Shinzen High manages to touch on Hinata's quick's. Later on, Hinata meets the half Russian player from Nekoma Lev Haiba; Lev promises him that he will be the first one to stop his quick.
#18 - Townsperson B
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2015
Yachi feels conflicted about joining the volleyball team, but after watching their practice match against Ōginishi High, she begins to see the charm of the team. However, she is having a difficult time expressing her feelings to her mother, afraid that she might disapprove. Luckily, Hinata helps her overcome it by showing to her that even a small role such as a "Townsperson B" can be great.
#19 - Direct Sunlight
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2015
Hinata, Kageyama, Nishinoya, and Tanaka are devastated by the possibility of not going to Tokyō if they fail any of their exams. When forced to study, the second years go to Tanaka's place, but Kageyama and Hinata are having a harder time with their reluctant tutor, Tsukishima. Luckily, Hitoka Yachi, the new manager Shimizu is trying to draft, proves more helpful at teaching the duo.
#20 - Let's Go To Tokyo!!
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2015
After losing in Interhigh, Karasuno High is busy practicing. As Coach Ukai wishes for more practice matches for the team, Ittetsu Takeda barges in with great news: Karasuno has been invited to take part in Nekoma's training camp! Kageyama and Hinata get lost during a run and ends up meeting with Shiratorizawa Academy's Ushijima. After Ushijima claims that the only good player from Aobajōsai High is Oikawa, Hinata challenges him.
#21 - The Third Day
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/21/2014
After suffering a heartbreaking loss to Aoba Johsai, the third years must decide if they will retire or participate in the spring tournament. Kageyama and Hinata vent their frustration on the court after their practice has been cancelled. The winner of the fall tournament is revealed, and Karasuno begins their first real practice to get ready for the spring tournament.
#22 - Removing the "Solitary King"
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/14/2014
Kageyama begins to match Toru point for point. The teams become dead even at 25 a piece. Long sets begin to drain both teams, and Toru acknowledges that Kageyama has realized what teamwork is all about and is no longer the solitary king. The game winning points are shown.
#23 - Found
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/10/2020
The game continues its course and the Miya twins have no mercy on the court. Kinoshita and Yamaguchi stand out on the court.
#24 - The Promised Land
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/19/2020
Karasuno has claimed victory and will be advancing to the third round of the Spring Tournament. Emotions are on display from all teams as some are eliminated from the tournament while others prepare for their next battle.
#25 - The Birth of the Serene King
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/5/2020
Little by little the game is approaching the end, with the players of both teams accusing the accumulated fatigue.