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The Best Episodes of Haikyu!!

Every episode of Haikyu!! ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Haikyu!!!

The Best Episodes of Haikyu!!

Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Shouyou Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched...

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  1. Background image for The Chemical Change of Encounters
    10.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The Chemical Change of Encounters

    S3:E6

    Karasuno finds themselves against a wall as Shiratorizawa wins their second set easily. Needing a push, Hinata ups his defense and the two teams battle it out..

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  2. Background image for The Battle of Concepts
    10.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - The Battle of Concepts

    S3:E10

    The battle goes well beyond 15, as the fifth set for both teams enters the 20's. Shiratorizawa shows off individual strengths, and Karasuno continues to show the strength as a team. In a battle of volleyball philosophy, Karasuno and Shiratorizawa fight for who moves on to Nationals.

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  3. Background image for The Halo Around the Moon
    9.8/10(4 votes)

    #3 - The Halo Around the Moon

    S3:E4

    Thanks to Tsukki and Nishinoya's blocking, Karasuno comes back at the end of the second set. It is a heated battle in the end, resulting in multiple deuces... Who will score the final point?

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    9.8/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Individual vs. Numbers

    S3:E5

    As the third set starts, the bout is tied at 1-1. Attempting to seize momentum after stopping Ushijima, Karasuno tries to stay aggressive. However, Shiratorizawa's setter, Shirabu, seems unfazed by the loss of the second set and swings momentum back to the undefeated champions.

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  5. Background image for Guess-Monster
    9.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Guess-Monster

    S3:E3

    Underway into the second match, Karasuno tries to attack, but Shiratorizawa's middle blocker is a Guess Monster. Using fast intuition, he keeps blocking all of their attempts. As he blocked Karasuno's spikes one after another, Tsukki calmly assesses the situation for a counter-attack.

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  6. Background image for The Volleyball Idiots
    9.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - The Volleyball Idiots

    S3:E9

    Just as Shiratorizawa gets to match point, Karasuno regains spirit as Tsukki returns to the court.. Players on both teams are at the end of their ropes, but they continue to give their all to the last part of the match!

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  8. Background image for Monsters' Ball
    9.5/10(2.5k votes)

    #7 - Monsters' Ball

    S4:E24

    The game is now in a deuce with both teams are pushed to their limits to try to get that one final point. This match against Inarizaki brings out everything that both teams have to the very end!

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  9. Background image for The Iron Wall
    9.4/10(5 votes)

    #8 - The Iron Wall

    S1:E17

    The second match of Interhigh preliminaries has begun. Azumane has a history with Date Tech, but he is determined to rise to the occasion. Date Tech's tactic is to throw their opponent off kilter with their serves - but Karasuno focuses on receives. The wall of Date Tech looms high; what will Karasuno do?

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  10. Background image for Pitons
    9.4/10(1.5k votes)

    #9 - Pitons

    S4:E22

    Inarizaki starts to turn things around with Miya Atsumu's serves. Suddenly, there is a play that changes the flow of the game.

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  11. Background image for The View from the Summit
    9.3/10(6 votes)

    #10 - The View from the Summit

    S1:E4

    Hinata and Kageyama have second-year Tanaka on their side of the three-on-three match against first-years Tsukishima and Yamaguchi and third-year team-captain Sawamura. Tsukishima keeps razzing Kageyama, but is a high wall of defense to overcome.

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  12. Background image for The Destroyer
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Destroyer

    S2:E21

    Karasuno is facing a completely different Seijoh now that they've called in Kyotani. Karasuno can't seem to gt their rhythm together, meanwhile, Seijoh seems to pick themselves back up. When the flow of the game seems like it's going to change drastically, Karasuno...

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    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Obsession

    S3:E7

    Karasuno manages to win the fourth set. The fifth set begins, but has a different set of rules: whoever gets 15 points first wins. Keishin sees that Kageyama is exhausted, and switches him out with Sugawara. Determined to hold up his end, Sugawara shows how he has improved.

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  14. Background image for Versus the Great King
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Versus the Great King

    S1:E7

    The Hinata-Kageyama combo is back in form again, they won the next set, Karasuno has cornered Seijoh, and they're one step closer to victory. But at that time, Seijoh's captain Oikawa who was out on hiatus visits the court. How does Karasuno respond to super-offensive setter Oikawa's powerful serves?

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  15. Background image for The Point that Changes the Momentum
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Point that Changes the Momentum

    S1:E23

    Aoba Johsai begins to pull away in set 3, forcing Coach Ukai to make some drastic decisions. Yamaguchi is subbed in as an ace server, but the pressure proves to be too much to overcome. A service error occurs, but the error allows Karasuno to calm down and climb back within two.

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  16. Background image for The Former Coward's Fight
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Former Coward's Fight

    S2:E22

    As Seijoh takes the flow of the game, Keishin sends Yamaguchi out as a pinch server. Yamaguchi ran away from the Wakunan match, but now is he able to turn around this match?

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  17. Background image for Broken Heart
    9.2/10(1.2k votes)

    #16 - Broken Heart

    S4:E16

    Because of Yamaguchi's service ace at the end of the first set, Karasuno is able to get set point first. However, Inarizaki then starts targeting Tanaka, who seems a bit off his game. How will Tanaka deal with this pressure?

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  18. Background image for Let's Go To Tokyo!!
    9.1/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Let's Go To Tokyo!!

    S2:E1

    After losing to Aoba Johsai at the Interhigh, the Karasuno High Volleyball Team is working their hardest toward the Spring Tournament. In the meantime, it's decided that they'll be heading to Tokyo for a training camp with Nekoma High and a handful of other powerful schools. They team is practicing hard, and not day during their run, Hinata and Kageyama get too excited and end up lost, and end up meeting someone rather unexpected...

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  19. Background image for The Birth of the Serene King
    9.1/10(1.0k votes)

    #18 - The Birth of the Serene King

    S4:E23

    The third set is reaching its end. Karasuno is able to take back the flow of the game with Hinata's receive and even though they show great offense and defense, Inarizaki gets a match point. With the game so down to the wire, the setter Kageyama decides to do a certain play...

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  20. Background image for An Interesting Team
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - An Interesting Team

    S1:E6

    Karasuno High School Volleyball Club has challenged Aoba Johsai High School to a practice match. But even before the match begins, Hinata's anxiety level reaches maximum. And Kageyama has a "reunion" with his ex-teammate Kindaichi, who now attends Aoba Johsai.

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  21. Background image for Guarding Your Back
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Guarding Your Back

    S1:E18

    Thanks to Hinata and Kageyama's cornerstone "freak quicks," Karasuno is in the lead against Date Tech. But with Aone blocking, Date Tech starts catching up to Karasuno. This is when the ace Azumane must prove his worth. Will Azumane blast through Date's iron wall?

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  22. Background image for Removing The Solitary King
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Removing The Solitary King

    S1:E24

    Kageyama begins to match Toru point for point. The teams become dead even at 25 a piece. Long sets begin to drain both teams, and Toru acknowledges that Kageyama has realized what teamwork is all about and is no longer the solitary king. The game winning points are shown.

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  23. Background image for Greetings
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Greetings

    S3:E1

    The Miyagi Prefecture Qualifier finals of the Spring High School Volleyball Tournament. The ones to stand before Karasuno High School are the undefeated champions, Shiratorizawa Academy. Do they have a chance to win against the ultimate spiker, Ushijima? Their battle towards the nationals finally begins...

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  24. Background image for The Threat of the Left
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - The Threat of the Left

    S3:E2

    From the very beginning of the match, Ushijima attacks with his powerful spikes. Because he's not used to left-handed attacks, their Guardian Deity, Nishinoya, has a hard time receiving them. What is Karasuno's plan to deal with the mounting point difference?

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  25. Background image for A Coward's Anxiety
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - A Coward's Anxiety

    S1:E5

    Kageyama is improving his natural skills as setter, and Hinata has natural speed and spring. When the two of them get synched, their combination brings them victory in the three-on-three match. So they are officially accepted as members of the Karasuno High School Volleyball Club.

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    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Rival

    S1:E13

    Hinata's momentum got thwarted by Nekoma's high-level defense and powers of observations, but he powers through to try quicks without closing his eyes. But his attacks don't go too well. Aided by their teammates, however, Inuoaka and Hinata are a close matchup.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Chemical Change of Encounters" is the best rated episode of "Haikyu!!". It scored 10/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Shintaro Itoga and written by Susumu Mitsunaka, it aired on 11/12/2016. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Battle of Concepts".