8.1/101,015 votes#1 - The End & The Beginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2014
Shouyou Hinata is enamored with volleyball; he is in the 3rd year of middle-school, and will not be discouraged by the fact that he has no teammates to play with. He finally scrapes together a team to enter his first and last official tournament.
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.7/10854 votes#2 - Karasuno High School Volleyball Club
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2014
Before starting high school, Hinata had sworn revenge against Kageyama of Kitagawa Daiichi. But strangely enough he encounters the "king of the court" again, but this time in the gym of Karasuno High School. Their head-butting is unrelenting and they start their own match, but the third-year captain Sawamura disallows them from participating in the volleyball club until they learn to show team spirit. What now?
Director: Koichi Kikuta
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10816 votes#3 - The Formidable Ally
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2014
Hinata and Kageyama are challenged to a match against fellow first-years, with the aid of second-year Tanaka. While they practice for the match early one morning, Hinata demands Kageyama to give him a toss, to which Kageyama responds: “I don't think you're essential in winning,” and refuses to toss him the ball.
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.5/10833 votes#4 - The View from the Summit
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2014
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.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10742 votes#5 - A Coward's Anxiety
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2014
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.
Director: Yasuo Ejima
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.2/10722 votes#6 - An Interesting Team
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2014
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.
Director: Tomohiro Hirata
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.5/10744 votes#7 - Versus the Great King
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2014
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?
Director: Rokou Ogiwara
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.3/10714 votes#8 - He Who is Called "Ace"
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2014
His term of suspension having been served, second-year Nishinoya, the "guardian god" of Karasuno Volleyball Club shows up to among club-members during practice. On the other hand, Takeda is acutely aware of the need of a coach after the Seijoh match. He tenaciously requests Ukai Keishin, grandson of the illustrious coach Ukai, to coach the team. However...
Director: Yoshihide Ibata
Writer: Takuya Sato
8.6/10788 votes#9 - A Toss to the Ace
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2014
On occasion of the practice-match against Nekoma, Sawamura tries to convince Azumane Asahi to return to the volleyball club. But Asahi refuses because he says he's lost face with Sugawara and Nishinoya. Meanwhile, Keishin, who has deep connections to Nekoma, is told by Takeda about the upcoming practice-match.
Director: Mariko Ishikawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10685 votes#10 - Yearning
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2014
Asahi proves his imposing presence as ace in the Karasu versus Neighborhood Association team practice-match. Hinata gazes in a awe at Asahi who possesses both power and height that Hinata doesn't have. But Kageyama, seeing him being so enamored, takes unexpected action to make Hinata focus on the game instead.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10673 votes#11 - Decision
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2014
The Karasuno Volleyball Club is at training camp, getting ready for the practice-match against Nekoma and for the Interhigh preliminaries. Even while the team's intense training is showing promising results, Keishin is in a quandary: Who will he choose as setter against Nekoma, Kageyama or Sugawara?
Director: Hirotaka Endo
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.4/10660 votes#12 - The Neko-Karasu Reunion
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2014
The practice match against Nekoma has finally begun. Karasuno, with their ace and libero back in play, battles their opponent with the Hinata-Kageyama duo's fast attacks. But Nekoma finds an unexpected tactic to stop them...
Director: Yasuo Ejima
Writer: Toshimitsu Takeuchi
8.8/10760 votes#13 - Rival
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2014
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.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Toshimitsu Takeuchi
7.9/10664 votes#14 - Formidable Opponents
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2014
Interhigh is coming up next month. The Karasuno volleyball club is pensive, tension rises. They endeavor in training individually and with clearer vision as a team, as they get more inspired. In the meantime, pairings of the preliminaries get announced...
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.5/10702 votes#15 - Revival
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2014
The much awaited day of Interhigh preliminaries has come. Karasuno's first match is against Tokonami High School. Sawamura battles against a former teammate in junior high, Ikejiri. The tournament is now official; one loss and you're out of the running. It's time for Karasuno's revival. Onward to the battle!
Director: Kiyoshi Murayama
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.6/10715 votes#16 - Winners and Losers
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2014
Karasuno is winning the first round of Interhigh against Tokonami. But though Tokonami knows they're outclassed, they don't give up, they keep the ball in play. On another court, in spite of Michimiya's encouragement, the Karasuno girls' team is having a rough battle. Everyone is immersed in thought, but there can only be one winner!
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
9.2/10933 votes#17 - The Iron Wall
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/27/2014
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?
Director: Takashi Otsuka
Writer: Toshimitsu Takeuchi
9.2/10812 votes#18 - Guarding Your Back
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/3/2014
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?
Director: Yumi Kamakura
Writer: Toshimitsu Takeuchi
8.4/10657 votes#19 - Conductors
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/10/2014
Karasuno's volleyball team makes it to the third round and they'll be facing off with Aoba Johsai. Seijoh, led by Oikawa, shows even more combination plays than they did in their practice match together. Meanwhile, the coach comes up with a formation to stop Oikawa's powerful serve. And before their match, Kageyama, who is Oikawa's junior from junior high, decides to...
Director: Hirotaka Endo
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.8/10702 votes#20 - Oikawa Toru Is Not a Genius
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/17/2014
The 3rd round Interhigh match against Aoba Johsai has begun. Without wasting any time, Kageyama and Oikawa start a setter battle. Well-experienced as a team, Aoba Johsai scores point after point against Karasuno with Oikawa's serves. Kageyama starts to panic. It's then that Karasuno's mood-maker, Tanak gets riled up. After seeing that, Oikawa...
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.6/10665 votes#21 - Senpai's True Abilities
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/24/2014
Because Karasuno's plays become messy and the match's rhythm gets thrown off, they change setters. Sugawara goes onto the court in place of Kageyama and because he's always seen things from outside the court, he says he knows what's going on, and Karasuno starts their counterattack. Meanwhile, after seeing the match from the outside, there's a change in Kageyama as well.
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki, Tetsuaki Watanabe
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.8/10687 votes#22 - Evolution
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/31/2014
After being subbed back in Kageyama begins to try to communicate with each of his teammates. He begins to learn where the best setting point is for each of them, and Tsukishima comes up with a new attack that proves Karasuno can be a threat from all fronts.
Director: Toshiaki Kanbara
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
9.2/10754 votes#23 - The Point that Changes the Momentum
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/7/2014
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.
Director: Koichi Kikuta
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
9.3/101,011 votes#24 - Removing The Solitary King
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/14/2014
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.
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.5/10678 votes#25 - The Third Day
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/21/2014
After suffering a heartbreaking loss to Aoba Johsai, the third years must decide if they will retire or participate in the spring tournament. Kageyama and Hinata vent their frustration on the court after their practice has been cancelled. The winner of the fall tournament is revealed, and Karasuno begins their first real practice to get ready for the spring tournament.
Director: Jouji Furuta
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
The Best Episodes of Haikyu!! Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The End & The Beginning" is the best rated episode of "Haikyu!!" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 1015 votes. Directed by Susumu Mitsunaka and written by Taku Kishimoto, it aired on 4/6/2014. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Karasuno High School Volleyball Club".