Wrote off the 4-kids-and-a-dog sports anime for 3 years, then a clip at 2am got me
I skipped Haikyuu for years because the whole 'high school team fights for nationals' setup looked like every other sports show to me. Last Tuesday I was up at 2am and a clip of the third set against Aoba Johsai popped up, so I watched it, then watched the whole match, then started the show from episode 1. What got me was how the setter stops being the star and starts feeding everyone else, that's a real shift you don't see much. Now I'm 40 episodes in and my sleep is wrecked. Anyone got a sports anime that actually respects the bench players, or is Haikyuu just the one that does it right?