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練習‧料理‧打雜？ＩＨ預選前，烏野高中排球社實施了黃金週強化集訓！為了在激戰中勝出，日向等人努力進行特訓＆共同生活。漫畫裡沒有表明的『另一種集訓風貌』將在小說版解禁！
210 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2013
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August 31, 2017
Due to a series of unfortunate event, the GR mobile app with its slightly uninformative design, resulted in my original review being unintentionally removed. My status updates for this book can still be found, just not the review itself.
If this book still has the average of 4+ after 100+ rating, Ima change mine to a 2; that's how mediocre I felt this book was.
Review WIP #ISoDontAppreciateThisCrap
If this book still has the average of 4+ after 100+ rating, Ima change mine to a 2; that's how mediocre I felt this book was.
Review WIP #ISoDontAppreciateThisCrap
August 4, 2018
Read for BookTube-A-Thon 2018
Challenges Completed:
- Let a coin toss decide your first read
- Read a book about something you want to do
I've always wanted to join a volleyball club.
Challenges Completed:
- Let a coin toss decide your first read
- Read a book about something you want to do
I've always wanted to join a volleyball club.
December 15, 2020
Volleyball manga is the reason I'm behind on my 2020 reading goal. I literally read all 45 volumes/402 chapters over six weeks, watched the first three seasons of the anime twice over, and then bit the bullet and ordered 5 of these "light novels" from Amazon.co.jp.
There's a whole wikipedia article on the light novel industry in Japan, but my awareness of them was limited to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the time back in high school when I accidentally bought a Naruto light novel and didn't realize it until I got home and took the plastic wrapping off.
Haikyuu!! is the story of a Japanese high school boy, Hinata Shōyō, who wants to play volleyball. He's 10 centimeters shorter than all of his teammates (save one), can't receive the ball to save his life, spent all three year of junior high school as a volleyball club of one, has played in one official match, and when he vows vengeance on the person who mops the floor with him (Kageyama Tobio), they end up at the same school and have to play together.
Basically, all Hinata has going for him is the fact that 1) he's a total katamari of amazing physical reflexes and 2) and he can jump a meter in the air, straight up. Oh and he's amazingly persistent. And willing to practice with and learn from anyone. And kind. And weirdly good at communicating. And helping people see the good in themselves.
(I spent a good proportion of the last six weeks murmuring "oh nooooooo" to myself over this cinnamon roll.)
Anyway.
This first light novel takes place during the training camp the Karasuno High School volleyball team holds over Golden Week at the beginning of May, right around chapters 24-25 of the manga. Training camps are a bit of a trope in high school sports manga: take the team, throw them into an inn, and have them sportsball while also eating/bathing/sleeping together. There's no overarching plot to this novel beyond "we're at training camp," each chapter is a self-contained story that could stand on its own: Hinata having trouble getting out the door the morning camp starts, the whole team getting hungry one night and sneaking out to the grocery store, etc.
It's not amazing stuff but frankly, I'm desperate. Also, I was really pleased with my reading comprehension development over the course of just 200 pages: I started off with a dictionary and a pencil for dealing with words I didn't know and ended up just going with the flow. A middle school language arts teacher friend remarked that you really only to comprehend 80% of the words on the page to understand what's going on and I was surprised to discover that was true. Very occasionally I really needed to look up a word to figure out what was happening or back up and read a page because I had obviously misunderstood something. Japanese doesn't necessarily tag dialogue the same way English does, so I wasn't always sure who said what.
But I had fun! I laughed! I will try and read the other four I have sitting here.
There's a whole wikipedia article on the light novel industry in Japan, but my awareness of them was limited to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the time back in high school when I accidentally bought a Naruto light novel and didn't realize it until I got home and took the plastic wrapping off.
Haikyuu!! is the story of a Japanese high school boy, Hinata Shōyō, who wants to play volleyball. He's 10 centimeters shorter than all of his teammates (save one), can't receive the ball to save his life, spent all three year of junior high school as a volleyball club of one, has played in one official match, and when he vows vengeance on the person who mops the floor with him (Kageyama Tobio), they end up at the same school and have to play together.
Basically, all Hinata has going for him is the fact that 1) he's a total katamari of amazing physical reflexes and 2) and he can jump a meter in the air, straight up. Oh and he's amazingly persistent. And willing to practice with and learn from anyone. And kind. And weirdly good at communicating. And helping people see the good in themselves.
(I spent a good proportion of the last six weeks murmuring "oh nooooooo" to myself over this cinnamon roll.)
Anyway.
This first light novel takes place during the training camp the Karasuno High School volleyball team holds over Golden Week at the beginning of May, right around chapters 24-25 of the manga. Training camps are a bit of a trope in high school sports manga: take the team, throw them into an inn, and have them sportsball while also eating/bathing/sleeping together. There's no overarching plot to this novel beyond "we're at training camp," each chapter is a self-contained story that could stand on its own: Hinata having trouble getting out the door the morning camp starts, the whole team getting hungry one night and sneaking out to the grocery store, etc.
It's not amazing stuff but frankly, I'm desperate. Also, I was really pleased with my reading comprehension development over the course of just 200 pages: I started off with a dictionary and a pencil for dealing with words I didn't know and ended up just going with the flow. A middle school language arts teacher friend remarked that you really only to comprehend 80% of the words on the page to understand what's going on and I was surprised to discover that was true. Very occasionally I really needed to look up a word to figure out what was happening or back up and read a page because I had obviously misunderstood something. Japanese doesn't necessarily tag dialogue the same way English does, so I wasn't always sure who said what.
But I had fun! I laughed! I will try and read the other four I have sitting here.
July 6, 2025
3.5⭐️
"Saat menaiki bus, seseorang tidak merasakan betapa cepatnya bus itu bergerak, tapi jika mengejar bus dari belakang, seseorang akan sadar betapa cepatnya bus itu melaju."—pg.99
pengalaman pertama baca light novel dari komik, too much had fun, di novel ini beneran cerita lengkap dari kamp pelatihan menuju Inter-High dan kekacauan anak-anak Karasuno tidak kalah chaos kaya di anime.
aku gak tau apakah semua light novel begini formatnya atau gak, tapi aku agak nyaman sama beberapa part terjemahan (terutama di bagian dialog), kaya gak runtut, gak nyambung, dan tumpang tindih. mungkin kalo di komik bisa kedeteksi kalopun tumpang tindih karena keliatan siapa yg ngomong, tapi kalo di novel kan gak bisa ya. narasinya better sih daripada dialog.
cuma seneng karena banyak ilustrasinya huhu sepertinya aku memang harus baca komik fisiknya sih, seneng bgt ngeliatin ilustrasinya huhu
"Saat menaiki bus, seseorang tidak merasakan betapa cepatnya bus itu bergerak, tapi jika mengejar bus dari belakang, seseorang akan sadar betapa cepatnya bus itu melaju."—pg.99
pengalaman pertama baca light novel dari komik, too much had fun, di novel ini beneran cerita lengkap dari kamp pelatihan menuju Inter-High dan kekacauan anak-anak Karasuno tidak kalah chaos kaya di anime.
aku gak tau apakah semua light novel begini formatnya atau gak, tapi aku agak nyaman sama beberapa part terjemahan (terutama di bagian dialog), kaya gak runtut, gak nyambung, dan tumpang tindih. mungkin kalo di komik bisa kedeteksi kalopun tumpang tindih karena keliatan siapa yg ngomong, tapi kalo di novel kan gak bisa ya. narasinya better sih daripada dialog.
cuma seneng karena banyak ilustrasinya huhu sepertinya aku memang harus baca komik fisiknya sih, seneng bgt ngeliatin ilustrasinya huhu
October 21, 2025
As Haikyuu addicted, I really like it. And here three reasons why I like this book.
1. Actually one of thing that I really curious about in Haikyuu is their family. The family from the character in Haikyuu didn’t have any stage enough to tell, I guess. So, this Novel help me to know more about Hinata Family. Btw, I like the interaction between Shoyo and Natsu.
2. I don’t know can call the things that never told in the manga as a plot hole, but, this novel actually fulfill that. Like how Kuroo can found Kenma when he lost?
3. The last thing that I glad for Novel version is… I can really feel what they feel. For example like mix feeling Sugawara during he decided to give the regular setter position to Kageyama. I can feel it clearly here.
1. Actually one of thing that I really curious about in Haikyuu is their family. The family from the character in Haikyuu didn’t have any stage enough to tell, I guess. So, this Novel help me to know more about Hinata Family. Btw, I like the interaction between Shoyo and Natsu.
2. I don’t know can call the things that never told in the manga as a plot hole, but, this novel actually fulfill that. Like how Kuroo can found Kenma when he lost?
3. The last thing that I glad for Novel version is… I can really feel what they feel. For example like mix feeling Sugawara during he decided to give the regular setter position to Kageyama. I can feel it clearly here.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 3, 2025
Thankful for Indonesian Publisher, Clover, for providing translation of this book. I can finally read the official spin off story from Haikyuu!! This book is set during the summer camp when Karasuno met Nekoma for the first time. The fact that Tobio is okay for running an errand for the team, and we can see more details about Sugawara’s decision to have Kageyama being the main setter…. I love them so much 🥲💖
December 21, 2025
i honestly thought it’d be weird experiencing their story through narration, but surprisingly, even with a different way of telling it, i could still picture all the chaos and how funny they are. absolutely in love with haikyuuu ((lagi))!!! it feels like im even closer to their lives now. super duper kangen <3
February 18, 2022
Really good book based on the manga “Haikyu!!”.
This is good for people who prefer light novels to manga.
I would definitely recommend this book!
This is good for people who prefer light novels to manga.
I would definitely recommend this book!
May 17, 2025
My first novel--well, light novel--in Japanese.
March 10, 2026
Lucu banget waktu bagian Kageyama disuruh beli makanan ke toko Sakanoshita, terus dia ga bawa catetan dan ngapalin semua menunya kayak mantra😭😭
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 8, 2020
Para alguien que se esta viendo el anime (una vez más) y se rehúsa a leer el manga (hasta tener la edición física) todo material extra es bienvenido. Esta primera novela ligera abarca el primer campamento de entrenamiento del Karasuno en la Golden Week antes de enfrentar por primera vez al Nekoma, lo recomendable es leerla después del capitulo 11 del anime. No hay datos relevantes que te impidan seguir la historia si omites la novela pero la escena mental de los chicos buscando a Kageyama y Hinata a mitad de la noche mientras todo estaba oscuro fue muy disfrutable (?
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