Many anime fans can’t wait for the release of the volleyball anime Haikyuu!! Season 5 after the end of Season 4. Haikyuu!! is an extremely popular shonen sports manga that got an anime adaption. Haikyuu!! is a story about Shoyo Hinata’s love for volleyball and his dream to become a star player while playing for his dream team Karasuno High. With the manga just ending, fans can guess what components of the manga will be in Season 5 of the anime adaptation.
The Haikyuu!! manga has exciting upcoming matches that fans can’t wait to see animated, plus some heart-wrenching moments that will have fans on the edge of their seats reaching for a tissue box. Spoilers ahead.
10 Karasuno Vs Nekoma Match Will Finally Happen
The main plot of Season 5 will most likely be the long-awaited official match between Karasuno and Nekoma High. These two teams have been waiting to compete against each other for years. They have been playing against each other doing practice games, however, they have never gone against each other in an official game.
This long-time rivalry has been going on since their own coaches were in high school. Therefore, it is expected that this match will take up a majority of Season 5 since this arc will have a lot of details to go through.
9 Mujinazaka Vs Fukurodani Match Sub Plot
Another match fans might expect to see in Season 5 is Mulinazaka and Fukurodani High. This match might be included in Season 5 as a subplot since it contains some fan-favorite characters such as Keiji Akaashi and Kotaro Bokuto. This match might be a shocking one; fans will get to see the usually calm and collected Akaashi have a mental breakdown during the game.
Usually, during Fukurodani matches, fans can expect this type of behavior from the ace of the team Bokuto. This match will definitely be an interesting one for fans to watch in Season 5.
8 Unexpected Rivalry Between Karasuno Vs Kamomedai
Although this match takes place after the Nekoma match, it is possible that it might be included at the end of Season 5. During this match, we can also see another rivalry this time between Korai Hoshiumi and Shoyo Hinata. Both of these characters are known to be short compared to their rather tall team members and want to be known as the tiny giant.
During this match, we can see these two characters trying to prove that they are the one true tiny giant.
7 Reveal of the Tiny Giant
Moving on from matches that we might see in Season 5, a character that has been long-awaited might finally be revealed to fans during this season. The tiny giant has been Hinata’s role model for volleyball ever since he was in middle school. However, all throughout the series, it has been a mystery what his real name is.
The closest fans got to his real identity was when it was revealed that he was in the same grade as Ryunosuke Tanaka’s sister, Saeko Tanaka. When Hinata meets his role model will it be everything he expected?
6 Kageyama’s Backstory Could Be Revealed
During Season 5, fans might be able to see the long-awaited backstory of fan-favorite character Tobio Kageyama. All throughout the series most characters in the show have been given a backstory so fans can understand their personality more. However, a character fans have yet to see a backstory from is Kageyama.
During the show’s history, Kageyama is known to be a genius at volleyball and can be quite mean and strict with his teammates. Fans might finally be able to understand why Kageyama acts the way he does during Season 5.
5 A Character Gets Sick During An Important Match
All throughout the series fans have watched players get hurt in matches. During Season 5 fans might get to see one of the characters from Karasuno High falling ill during one of the matches. Due to this event, one of the coaches will give this character a beautiful speech to help them understand that it is okay to not be perfect all the time.
This moment between the coach and teammate will have fans reaching for their tissue boxes as this scene will definitely be an emotional one.
4 The Graduation Time Skip Is Coming
After all the main matches are done it is possible that Season 5 will include the manga time skip. This time skip will fast forward the series all the way to the graduation of the freshmen characters and will go over the futures these characters will have after high school.
Some of these characters will continue their volleyball careers, while other characters will stray away from the volleyball scene and try something new. This moment will be an exciting one for fans to finally experience.
3 Hinata Visits Brazil
During the time skip, fans will get to see Hinata travel to Brazil. After high school graduation, Hinata decided that to further his volleyball skills, he would need to visit Brazil for a couple of years to play and learn beach volleyball.
During this arc, fans will get to experience Hinata’s growth as a volleyball player and also see him make new friends during his stay in this foreign country. Fans will also get to see Hinata meet up with a surprising cameo during his trip to Brazil.
2 Long-Awaited Reunion at The Schweiden Adlers Vs Black Jackals Match
When Hinata returns to Japan after his stay in Brazil he joins the volleyball team the Black Jackals. This team contains other characters from other schools we saw throughout the series. His debut match with the team is against the Schweidsen Adlers, which is the team that his old teammate Kageyama currently plays for.
During Season 5 fans might get to see this match that will also act as a reunion for all the characters throughout the series. Most characters will be seen playing with these two teams while other characters will be seen showing up to the game to support their old high school friends. This moment will be a touching one for fans to watch.
1 Kageyama and Hinata Play for Japan at the Olympics
At the end of the series, there will be another quick time skip. This time it won’t be too long; this time skip will show the two main characters Hinata and Kageyama playing volleyball with each other again. However, this time they will be playing on the national Japanese team for the Olympics.
This moment will act as another reunion in the show as it will show how other characters are doing in this time skip. The Japan team will be going up against the team for Argentina. However, Argentina has a player that fans are all too familiar with.