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Haikyu!! S1E18 — Guarding Your Back
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Haikyu!!•Season 1•Episode 18

Guarding Your Back

9.1/10 · 1,459 votesAug 3, 201424 min

Ranked #3 of 25 in Season 1•+0.7 vs season avg

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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?

Directed byYumi Kamakura
Written byToshimitsu Takeuchi
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Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Shoyo Hinata (voice)

Kaito Ishikawa

Kaito Ishikawa

Tobio Kageyama (voice)

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Kazuki Yokoyama

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Kazumasa Orii

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Hisako Shimozuma

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Yuko Fuji

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Takahiro Chiba

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Toshiya Washida

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Hideki Takahashi

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Yusuke Shingu

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Yusuke Kamata

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Takenori Tsukuma

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Sachiko Miyamoto

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Tatsuya Urano

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Episode Summary

"Guarding Your Back" is episode 18 of Haikyu!! season 1. It scored 9.1/10 from 1,459 votes, ranking #3 of 25 episodes this season (season average 8.4). Directed by Yumi Kamakura and written by Toshimitsu Takeuchi, it aired on August 3, 2014.

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