"NO SUPERPOWERS. NO MAGIC. JUST WILL AND VOLLEYBALL."
Haikyuu!! should not be as emotionally devastating as it is. It's a volleyball show. But Production I.G. found something in Haruichi Furudate's manga that transcends sport: the experience of being a limited person who refuses to accept their limits, surrounded by others doing the exact same thing.
Hinata Shoyo is tiny, explosive, and dreams of ruling the volleyball court despite every physical disadvantage. He ends up on the same team as Kageyama — a genius setter who plays like he's fighting a war. Together they're unstoppable. Getting there nearly destroys them both.