The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have brought many emotions to people around the world and surprisingly, manga and anime have made unexpected appearances in this magnificent event, as is the case of Haikyuu!!!, this popular spokon that has managed to make thousands of volleyball fans fall in love with the sport that is the center of the plot of this anime. Today, Haikyuu!!!, thrilled these fans, making small cameos in the Japan vs. Argentina volleyball match, a topic that is currently being talked about in social networks within this community.
Haikyuu!! euphoria reaches the Japan vs. Argentina volleyball match at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Today, the Japan vs. Argentina volleyball match took place as part of the group stage at the Olympic Games, 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 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but also because the Japanese national team of this sport, has gained enormous recognition thanks to the excellent results that the team has obtained in recent years.
The excitement was also increased because in the popular manga “Haikyuu!!“, we have a very important match in the Olympic Games between the teams of both countries, where characters such as Shoyo Hinata and Tobio Kageyama, belonging to the Japan team, face Tooru Oikawa, who now plays for the Argentina team. That is why, upon learning that both teams would have a match in this sporting event, the expectation and enthusiasm grew a lot in the community of Haikyuu and volleyball fans.
This match ended with the victory of the Nippon team with 3 sets won to 1 lost, and just at the moment when Japan scored the point that made them the winner, the song “Fly High” performed by the group Burnout Syndromes, which is part of the Haikyuu!! openings, could be heard as a celebration, this fact increased the euphoria for the already amazing confrontation between these teams.
But it was not only this song which could be heard on this occasion, but during the match between point and point we also heard “Kessen Spirit“, song performed by CHiCO with HoneyWorks and which is another of the openings of Haikyuu!!!. The presence of these songs was not the only thing that made an appearance at the game, but in the stands we could see many fans carrying merchandise of this anime so beloved by the otaku community. This is not the first time that Haikyuu!!! is related to real life sports, in fact it is quite frequent in volleyball competitions, especially when the Japanese team is playing.
Haruichi Furudate, the person behind Haikyuu!!!, has stated on several occasions that one of his goals in creating this story was to show the world how much fun volleyball was and we can say that he more than accomplished his goal, since a large number of people have become interested in the sport thanks to this story, especially because the rules and dynamics of volleyball are so well explained in Haikyuu!!!, which makes it quite easy to understand the sport in real life.
Even the players themselves, both from Japan and teams from other countries, have commented on how much they like Haikyuu!!!, and have proven to be big fans, due to the realism that is captured from the story, which allows them to easily identify with their experience as professional players. In addition to that, Haikyuu!!! is full of motivational messages that help anyone to overcome any difficulty to fulfill their dreams.
