History Manga / Haikyuu

** FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Sawamura gives a speech at a school assembly with the other members behind him, Tanaka can be seen throwing in a sneaky peace sign... only to be slapped on the hand by Sugawara, who doesn't even have to look to know what he's doing.

* SpoilerOpening: The first opening spoils that there are two more Karasuno players, Nishinoya and Asahi - when the 1st years join, Asahi had quit and Nishinoya was briefly suspended from activities [[spoiler:because their Datekou match left Asahi depressed and Nishinoya accidentally hit the vice-principle when he got too angry about he leaving. Both come back.]]. Also spoils Ukai becoming Karasuno's coach, [[spoiler:first as a temporary one after giving in to Takeda's pestering, then their official one after he becomes determined to win again Nekoma.]]

* EyeCatch: Rotate around different ones each episode, and consist of players attempting to hit the drink bottle on the other side of the net with the ball, with various results and reactions (such as Kageyama succeeding and getting excited about it, and Hinata failing to even get the ball over the net with Tsukishima and Yamaguchi snickering beside him).

* SpoilerOpening: The first opening spoils that there are two more Karasuno players, Nishinoya and Asahi - when the 1st years join, Asahi had quit and Nishinoya was briefly suspended from activities [[spoiler:because their Datekou match left Asahi depressed and Nishinoya accidentally hit the vice-principle when he got too angry about Asahi leaving. Both come back.]]. Also spoils Ukai becoming Karasno's coach, [[spoiler:first as a temporary one after giving in to Takeda's pestering, then their official one after he becomes determined to win again Nekoma.]]

* TenMinuteRetirement: The second-years Ennoshita, Narita and Kinoshita dropped from the club at one point because they couldn’t take Coach Ukai’s training. They eventually came back.

* LargeHam: Nishinoya. Tanaka sometimes, too.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler: Kageyama]], of all people, delivers (perhaps a rather rough) one of these to Hinata in Chapter 23, when the latter starts feeling that his power as a decoy isn't good enough compared to a real ace’s height and power.

** Everyone in Karasuno has this sort of relationship towards each other to some extent, and is actively encouraged by coach Ukai and Takeda-sensei because [[EnemiesEqualGreatness having a worthy rival prevents them from stagnating]].

* AttackAttackAttack: With the exception of Daichi and Nishinoya, Karasuno members tend to have laughably weak receives. To compensate, their offense is very powerful, especially with the addition of Hinata and Kageyama, and much of their games rely on their attacking power to score points.

* ArtShift: The manga can go from chibi-like drawings to [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/200573/haikyuu_ch81_by_casanova/18 amazingly stunning artwork]] in one page

* FallenHero: The Karasuno team was considered to once be a remarkable volley ball team. However they soon declined and were considered less than stellar by the start of the manga. Individuals in series would refer to the team as "The Flightless Birds" and "The Fallen Champions."

** Nekoma has this inside their team, with the "Inu" in Inuoka meaning "dog", [[spoiler: fitting to his role as Hinata's 'chaser' during the practice match against Nekoma]], and Lev meanig "lion" in Russian, much to his large build and seeing himself as Nekoma's ace.

* CurbStompBattle: Happens whenever a any high school volleyball team faces Shiratorizawa Academy's players.

Upon entering Karasuno high school --the school "the Small Giant" attended, Hinata learns that he's now on the same team as Kageyama. The two must learn how work together, so they can restore Karasuno to its former greatness.

This story is written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate, and is currently being published in [[ShounenJump Weekly Shounen Jump]]. An anime adaptation is airing during the Spring2014Anime season produced by ProductionIG, and has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in America.

** Kenma seems to resent this kind of relationship, because his former sempai from the volleyball club used to ignore him and see whatever he had to say as impertinence, just because he was an underclassman. He promptly stops Hinata from referring to him as sempai, despite being a year older than him.

** Ushijima considers Oikawa to be the only one in the entire prefecture.

* SignificantBirthDate:

** Asahi and Nishinoya have mirrored birth dates (01/01 and 10/10 respectivly) to fit with the theme of the two being complete opposites in every way.
** Oikawa and Iwaizumi are born on Alexander the Great's birthday and day of death respectivly. Oikawa is called the Grand King (which in Japanese is similar to Alexander the Great's title) and has exceptional leadership abilities. [[MoralityChain Iwaizumi's]] presence humanizes Oikawa as a character, much like death would to a king.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Tanaka and Nishinoya, and also Tanaka and Taketora. The latter duo even clashes initially, due to their similar habit of picking fights with opponents over trivial things. They then bond over their admiration for [[MsFanservice Shimizu]].

** Played straight with Tsukishima

** 'Karasuno's Guardian Deity' for Nishinoya

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Tsukishima, however only towards his brother, but even that stopped. [[spoiler: It's getting better though]]