The Paris 2024 Olympic Games brought a lot of emotions to people all over the world and surprisingly, manga and anime made unexpected appearances in this magnificent event, as is the case with Haikyu!!, this popular spokon that managed to make thousands of volleyball fans fall in love with it, a sport that is the center of the plot of this anime. Today, Haikyu!!, moved these fans, making small special appearances in the Japan vs. Argentina volleyball match, a topic that is currently being discussed on the social networks of this community.
The euphoria of Haikyuu!! reaches the Japan vs. Argentina volleyball match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Today the volleyball match took place Japan vs. Argentina as part of the group stage in Los JJ. OO., this match was highly anticipated by a large number of people, not only because Argentina is the Olympic bronze medalist of the last edition of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, but also because the Japanese team in this sport has gained enormous recognition thanks to the excellent results that the team has achieved in recent years.
If not also because in the popular manga «Haikyuu!», we have a very important match in the Olympic Games. OO. between the teams of the two countries, where characters like Shoyo Hinata and Tobio Kageyama, belonging to the Japanese team, face Tooru Oikawa, who currently plays for the Argentine team. Therefore, upon learning that the two teams would have a match in this sporting event, the expectation and enthusiasm grew a lot in the Haikyuu community and among volleyball fans.
This match ended with the victory of the Nippon team by 3 sets won and 1 lost, and just at the moment when Japan scored the point that made them the winner, the music could be heard in celebration. “Fly high” carried out by the group Burnout Syndromes and which is part of the Haikyu!! openings, this fact increased even more the euphoria for the already surprising confrontation between these teams.
But it wasn't just this music that was heard on this occasion, but during the game between points we also heard «Kessen Spirit», a song performed by CHiCO with HoneyWorks and which is another of the openings for Haikyuu!!. The presence of these songs was not the only thing that was present in the game, but in the stands many fans could be seen carrying merchandise from this anime so beloved by the otaku community. This is not the first time that Haikyuu!! has been related to sports in real life, in fact it is quite common in volleyball competitions, especially when the Japanese team is playing.
Haruichi FurudadoThe person responsible for Haikyuu! has stated several times that one of his goals in creating this story was to show the world how fun volleyball was and we can say that he more than fulfilled his goal, since a large number of people started to get interested in the sport thanks to this story, especially because the rules and dynamics of volleyball are so well explained in Haikyu!!which makes it much easier to understand the sport in real life.
Even the players themselves, both from Japan and from teams in other countries, commented on how much they enjoyed it. Haikyu!!, and they have proven to be great fans, due to the realism that is captured in the story, which allows them to easily identify with their experience as professional players. And, in addition, Haikyu!!is embodied in motivational messages that help anyone overcome any difficulty to achieve their dreams.
