Haneul Kazama

Ha-chan (By Yamaguchi)

Unlucky 13 (By Kuroo and Bokuto)

Jagiya (By Tsukishima)

22 (Nov 2018)

Father (Deceased)

Choi Hyunjin (Aunt)

Choi Hyunjoon (Uncle)

Onigiri

Chicken

V.League Division 2 Player

Karasuno High (Former)

Sendai Frogs (Current)

Wind Spiker (Sendai City Frogs)

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**Haneul Kazama** (Japanese: 風間ハヌル *Kazama Hanuru*) was previously a first year at Karasuno High School, playing as a Libero on the volleyball team and was referred to as "Karasuno's Angel" by her team mates for her skill. She is currently a college student as well as a Wind Spiker for the Sendai Frogs, a Division 2 team in the V League, and will start work at Sendai's Performing Arts High School after graduating college. She is the girlfriend of Kei Tsukishima.

## Appearance

Haneul is very short and has an incredibly slim build for a volleyball player, with a very thin waist and big hips. Despite being a first-year, she is the shortest player in Karasuno High, standing at 4'11 ft. She has long, wavy brown hair, pale skin, thin eyebrows, and green eyes. She's often seen with a small smile on her face or a small blush. After an incident with her drunk uncle Shinji, her hair was cut up to her chin.

After joining the Karasuno Volleyball Team, Haneul wears the inverted color uniform (orange, black, and white uniform with the number 13 on the back) during matches. She also wears knee pads and purple volleyball shoes with black details. She is the only female player in the team.

Outside the matches and practice, Haneul wears a catholic styled outfit, the Karasuno female uniform. She's usually seen with white earphones. For practice, she wears black and orange sports shorts with a white t-shirt. She pairs that with her volleyball shoes and black socks, with her Karasuno Volleyball Team jacket.

Outside of school and club activities, she often wears Korean-style clothes and fashion. Haneul isn't afraid to show skin, since she has worn crop tops and crop sweatshirts around her team members and others. Kei gave her some of his sweatshirts even before they started officially dating, and would often wear them to sleep.

## Personality

Haneul is a
pretty shy person who often relies on others. She's very timid, but doesn't let
that get in the way of helping others. She is very kind towards her teammates,
often offering to help them practice after hours.

Haneul
doesn't like it when the other members try to help her, and claims that it's
her job as manager to do certain tasks, like carrying their equipment.

At first,
Haneul is very quiet towards the boys and coaches, often only speaking to Kei,
Yamaguchi and Kiyoko respectively. When she starts to help Hinata and Kageyama
practice, she starts to open up to everyone.

Despite
having an often cheerful attitude, Haneul has low self-esteem and doesn't like
to bother others with "little things", like her bullying problem.
This is first noted when Daichi, Sugawara and Asahi witness her being bullied
on her way home and chasing away her bullies, only for her to bow to them and
apologizing for troubling them.

Haneul
maintains the persona of the mother of the team, checking in everyone is properly
tucked in and sleeping during the training camps and Tokyo Nationals before
going to sleep herself.

According to
Ukai, *"Haneul is worth whatever chaos she brings to the table."*

## Background

Haneul was a
lot more extroverted when she was younger and has a very close relationship
with her parents. As a young child, Haneul seemed to really like singing and
dancing, arguably due to her father being a music producer. However, Haneul's
attitude changed when her parents died in a car accident, and became more
reserved of her goals.

She lived in
L.A. with her aunt Hyunjin when her parents died, and lived there throughout
primary school and her first year of middle school. Afterwards, her aunt got
married and had a child. Not being able to take care of her, she was sent to be
fostered by her uncle, Hyunjoon, in South Korea. Since her father was a
naturalized Korean citizen, and their marriage and her birth were registered in
Korea, she had a dual citizenship and was able to move.

When her
uncle was promoted in his work, he no longer had the time to take care of her,
so she was sent to be fostered by another Korean family so she could finish
middle school before sending her to her paternal uncle's home in Japan. Due to
her not having the Japanese nationality, Haneul had to take the Japanese
Proficiency Test, and passed. Since she graduated middle school, she lived with
her uncle, Kazama Shinji.

## Plot

### Karasuno High Team Formation Arc

Haneul
joins the team soon after coming to the high school, and meets Kei and
Yamaguchi first. They had taken her to the infirmary when she was bullied and
beaten up by three second-year students. Kei and Yamaguchi were tasked with
seeing her home after the bullies took her buss card, so she stayed to watch
them practice. Takeda asked her to take some notes, since Kiyoko couldn't make
it to the practice due to a group project she was assigned. Haneul impressed
Kiyoko with her ability to take clear notes and technical knowledge of
volleyball, asking Takeda to bring her and make her join the club.

The next
day, she makes Kei and Yamaguchi lunch as thanks for walking her home, and is
called to the faculty room by Takeda after class, whom gives her an update that
the girls who bullied her were already in suspension, but that the
investigation would continue after they were back. He made her help him carry a
box to the gymnasium, so Kiyoko could speak with her. Said manager asked if she
was the one who took the notes on the boys, to which Haneul nodded. Kiyoko
talked her into becoming a manager of the club with her, and Haneul agreed,
since she didn't belong to any club.

Haneul goes
to change into the uniform Kiyoko supplied for her, and comes back to being
introduced to the team. She's intimidated by their heights at first, but then
calms down and greets everyone. She gives Hinata pointers on how to properly
jump to spike, and throws Kageyama balls for his sets. Daichi asks for her
number so they can include her in their group chat. Takeda and Ukai fill her in
on the training camp they have and their match with Nekoma.

The next
practice, Ukai sees her really involved into the practice and asks her about
her volleyball knowledge. Haneul tells him she used to play in the boy's team
in elementary school, since her school didn't have a girl's team. She tells him
she was a Libero and a Wind Spiker. Ukai, wanting to make the best of the
practice and wanting to see her play, rapidly arranges a 3 on 3 of a maximum of
10 points. She plays in the Libero position against Nishinoya. Her team
consisted of Kei and Sugawara, versus Nishinoya, Kageyama and Hinata. Her team
lost by two points. She managed to receive one of Hinata's spikes after the
third try.

Ukai asked
Takeda if a girl was allowed to be in the team, to which he responds he doesn't
know. He asks the team if they'd let Haneul join them for practice while they
find out, to which they all agree. Nishinoya was most excited to teach her
everything he knows. Ukai tells her to practice with the boys at the training
camp whenever she and Kiyoko aren't busy. While everyone straight up compliment
her, Kei puts a hand to her shoulder and says *"You need to work on your*
speed," *which is a compliment coming from him, and she smiles at him.*

The day
after, she encountered Hinata as she walked to school. He asked what type of
music she listened to, and she gave him an earphone with Alone by Sistar
blaring through it. In exchange for giving her a ride, she takes his clothing
bag and goes to put it in the Boys' Volleyball Club's changing room, along with
hers. She meets the girls that bullied her on her way back, who demand to see
her after her practice, before they leave for their training camp's quarters.
Haneul gets intimidated and doesn't tell anyone.

She meets
Hinata and Kageyama during lunch, and they ask if she wants to join them. They
eat at the school's roof, where Hinata asks why she eats just a jelly sandwich
without peanut butter, to which she replies that she's extremely allergic to
peanuts. After eating, they walk Haneul back to her classroom, where everyone
looks at her when Kageyama says he'll see her later.

At practice,
Haneul takes the pointers and notes for Kiyoko, who is at the quarters
preparing the rooms. She gets there before everyone else and sets up the net, and
when Kei sees her, he discreetly starts to help her by taking out the balls
from the supply closet. Haneul tells him to go change before everyone gets
there, to which he nods and tells her not to mess up the place while he's gone.
She sits on the gym's stairs to wait for the others when the bullies walk
towards her and remind her of their "appointment" later. However,
Tanaka and Nishinoya heard everything from the other side of the hall, and went
back to the changing rooms to tell the others.

During
practice, she notices Sugawara is acting strangely and appears to be bothered
by something, and she writes it in the journal. Afterwards, they all help
cleaning up, and Haneul mops the floor, only to show them how clumsy she is by
slipping and falling. She goes on ahead of them to the quarters, but only to
find the bullies in the entrance of the school, waiting for her. They
forcefully take her wallet, to find that she only had a dollar. One of them
slaps her while the other one pushed her back to the ground and kicked her, and
she starts to cry. The bullies run away in fear soon after, and Haneul turns
around to find Asahi, Kei and Daichi standing behind her. She thanks them and
apologized for troubling them. Daichi tells her that her hands are bleeding,
since she scrapped them when falling. Haneul goes to the boys' changing rooms.

She isn't
troubled by them changing, since her clothes bag was there anyways. She puts on
a gauze on her bad hand and wraps them both in bandages, thanks to Sugawara. Nishinoya
and Tanaka tell her that they would've jumped her bullies, but couldn't because
they were girls. She thanks them anyways and walks with them to the quarters.
Haneul helps Kiyoko cook their meal, and they all ask her why she eats with a
fork. Nishinoya asks if she's staying at Kiyoko's house, to which she responds
that she's staying with them because she doesn't want to trouble anyone. After
diner, she waits for everyone to shower, getting to talk with the team a lot.

Ukai
announces that Haneul will be sleeping with them, and to not try anything
funny. She cries in the shower, releasing her frustration, and exits to find
that she ran out of band-aids, and that she had another bruise on her abdomen.
Haneul went to look for Takeda to ask for band-aids but finds Ukai instead, who
was smoking in the hall aside an open window. He assists her, putting a parch
on her abdomen and cleaning her cuts. She thanks him and goes back to the room,
finding everyone asleep, and Daichi trying to fall asleep. Haneul properly
tucks in Hinata, Nishinoya and Yamaguchi, telling Daichi to get to sleep
instead of staying up on his phone.

The next
day, the players head out for a run after practicing more on receives. Hinata
and Kageyama end up racing each other, and Hinata keeps going, so Haneul tells
Sugawara that she'll go get him. She follows him and finds him talking with
another boy. She compliments the boy on his bleached hair ombre, and he thanks
her with a blush. Suddenly, Hinata notices Kenma Kozume's (the boy's) volleyball
shoes and introduces himself as another volleyball player. He asks the latter
if he likes volleyball and Kenma responds that he doesn’t care; he only plays
it because of his friends. The first year then reveals that he’s a middle
blocker and that Haneul is a Libero and on the team too.

To his
surprise, Kenma sympathizes on his height and remarks that he’s in the same
position. People would wonder why he’s the setter when he’s not talented or
athletic. Hinata asks if his team is strong and Kenma responds that he thinks
so. The confident look in his eyes shocks Hinata, who proceeds to question him
on his school. Before Kenma can answer, he’s called away by a teammate. He
leaves and tells the first years that he’ll see them later, confusing them.
Haneul waves at him, and tells Hinata to head back with her.

That night,
everyone is still awake when Haneul comes back from her bath, and they talk for
a while. Hinata puts his head on her lap, to which Daichi scolds him, but
Haneul tells her that she's fine with it and isn't used to the conservative
ways of Japanese culture, and that she often misses being hugged. Nishinoya
says that if she feels that way, then that they will be more affectionate
towards her, and places his head on her lap as well. Haneul resumes her
conversation with Ennoshita, passing her hands through Nishinoya's and Hinata's
hair. They fall asleep like that.

The next
day, Ukai announces the starting order for the match against Nekoma with
Kageyama as the setter and Nishinoya as the Libero. Afterwards, Nishinoya goes
to Asahi and mentions Ennoshita and Sugawara not having a place in the lineup.
Ennoshita quickly responds that he is not upset about not being a regular
anymore and that he did quit once, surprising Hinata and Kageyama. Later
that night, Hinata asks Ennoshita about what he meant when he said he had 'run
away'. He, Narita, and Kinoshita reveal that they had been playing volleyball
for fun and when the former Ukai returned last year, there were many, including
them, who couldn’t handle the training and had quit because now the goal was
all about winning matches. However, they realized that they wanted to keep
playing and returned to the team but Ukai had already left by then
because of his health. Despite that, they want to do their best in order to
stand with everyone else on the court.

The next
day, Haneul goes with Kiyoko in the morning to pick up the uniforms. Hinata
receives the number ten, but gets annoyed when he realizes Kageyama’s number,
nine, is one number higher than his. Daichi then reminds him about the Small
Giant wearing the number ten as well, causing Hinata to believe this is a sign
that he is meant to become like the Small Giant despite Kageyama
saying it's just a coincidence. Haneul hands Kei and Yamaguchi their
uniforms. She tells them they look cool and professional when they try them on,
and says she handed them all. Ukai says that not all of them, and Kiyoko hands
her a uniform with the number 13 on the back.

Takeda tells
her that she's allowed to be in the boys' volleyball team and that he even
checked with the Japanese Association of Volleyball. She smiles and puts it on
over her current clothes. Nishinoya is happy because she's a libero too. Later,
she makes them dinner instead of Kiyoko, who had to go home early. She
apologized for the lack of Japanese dishes, because she made Korean dishes
instead. Haneul tells Hinata to go to sleep when she returns from her bath.

Earlier the
next morning, they ate the breakfast she made them while Ukai went over their
strategy once again. They head out to the gym, where they meet Nekoma. Haneul
stands to the back with Kiyoko, watching the chaos from afar until she noticed
Hinata talking with Kenma. She approached them and greeted him, who greeted him
back. Taketora asked how they knew each other, and Kenma answered they met when
he got lost. Kuroo greets her after talking with Daichi, and she smiles at
them, causing them to blush. Haneul calls on Hinata and Kageyama, who stayed
behind, to hurry inside.

Haneul sits
on the bench with Kiyoko, Ukai and Takeda, watching the match intently. Kenma
serves first and Asahi receives the ball sloppily, which Nishinoya yells at him
about. Kageyama and Hinata perform their quick before Nekoma even has a chance
to react. The Nekoma team is in total shock at seeing how fast the attack
had been and Nekomata questions how Hinata was able to do it with his eyes
closed; causing Takeda and Ukai to grin in pleasure at seeing how their opponents
were taken by surprise. Kenma compliments Hinata on the attack.

Thrown off
by Hinata’s spike, the Nekoma players being to focus more on him
now; allowing other players to spike unguarded. Karasuno easily dominates,
scoring point after point, and forces Nekomata to call a time-out. Haneul gives
them some pointers as she gives Daichi his drink. *"H-hey, um, try to*
loosen up guys. You're all r-really tense..." *They all thank her and*
go back to the game. The match continues but Haneul notices that Inuoka’s
starting to touch Hinata’s spikes. She says that the Nekoma blockers moved to
the side, which isn't designed to keep the ace marked. Ukai interrupts her by
saying that they're attempting to lead Hinata, and apologizes to Haneul. Kiyoko
praises her for her keen sense and knowledge, causing Haneul to blush.

She writes
on the journal that Kei is smart and thinks calmly, observing his surroundings.
Kenma briefly glances at Haneul, who smiles at him. He turned around and
pretended to wipe away sweat while hiding a small blush. Once Nekoma took hold
of the first set, she told them not to get discouraged and to keep at it.
Takeda smiles during her pep-talk because she's slowly getting out of her
shy-shell. She watches as Hinata keeps on getting blocked by Inuoka, and
quickly calls a time out once she sees Hinata tried to spike with his eyes
open, but failed. Everyone is slightly freaking out over the time out she
called, but Ukai thanks her and explains to the team what just happened.

Ukai gets
interrupted by Haneul as she tells Kageyama to try an indirect delivery, and
rapidly apologizes. Ukai smiles and laughs it off, saying it's no problem and
that it's great that she's excited. The first few times fail and he doesn’t
know what to do on his own and apologizes to his teammates for losing so many
points. Tanaka and Asahi cheer him up and remind him that they can still regain
those points. Daichi adds that Hinata’s alone when he jumps but everyone
else will always be behind him.

Takeda notes
that Hinata’s still having trouble and wonders what to do. Ukai recounts a
story his grandfather told him about the Small Giant and how he built his style
on getting around a blocker rather than past him. Just as he says this, Hinata
finds a way to get the ball past Inuoka by changing the direction of the spike.
It goes out but Hinata and Kageyama are determined to try again. She
watches the next set intently, and Ukai says that they probably can't beat
Nekoma because their starting line up is new and consists of mostly first years.
When Ukai tells them to focus on sheer speed ans strength, Haneul yells at
them, *"Hit them! And hit them hard!"* , motivating them. Even
so, Nekoma wins the match. Hinata calls for another match, and they play
another three games.

The match
officially ends and the players are gathered in their individual teams. Ukai,
Takeda, Kiyoko and Haneul speak to Nekoma about their match. Haneul tells them
that success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep going, which
comes out weirdly, because her accent showed by cause of her nervousness. She
took Nekoma's water bottles and cleaned them, since they didn't have a manager.
When she goes to hand them back, Kuroo asks for her name and if she's a
foreigner. Haneul answers him with a blush. They talk for a while, and one by
one, the other Nekoma team members joined and circled her. She ended up being
intimidated by them and Kuroo asked for her number to make a group chat, and
show her around Tokyo if she ever got to visit.

Kei, who was
passing by, tells them to stop intimidating their Libero, and everyone is
amazed that she plays for the boys' team. Haneul ends up giving them her number
anyways before they leave, and Kenma tells her to take care before leaving,
surprising his team mates when he showed feelings.

That night,
back at the quarters, Takeda proposed they play a game to get to know each
other better before going to bed. One person would choose a number, and Takeda
would read a question, then they would answer. The first questions was
"What was the best year of your life so far?", and Haneul tells them
that the best year of her life was when she was seven years old. When Hinata
asks her why so young, she replies that it's the last year she got to spend
with her parents, revealing that they were deceased, but not to worry about it
because she came to terms with it a long time ago. They find out her favorite
color is pastel purple, that she can speak four languages, and that her
favorite artist is a singer named Hyolyn.

### Interhigh Arc

The next day
after morning practice, Tanaka shows a magazine to Nishinoya, Asahi and
Sugawara, so she goes to see what the commotion is about, since Kageyama and
Hinata joined too. She sees an article on Ushijima, one of the country’s top
three players and the number-one ace of Miyagi Prefecture. Daichi comes over
and remarks that he certainly looks like an ace before turning to Asahi, with
the rest copying him. Unnerved, Asahi backs away to a corner of the gym, and
Haneul hugs him. Kageyama says he tried to get into Shiratorizawa, but couldn't
pass the entrance exam. Haneul reveals she did pass the entrance exam for
Shiratorizawa, but since Karasuno was closer from where she lived, she chose to
study there.

Ukai comes
over and reminds them that Ushijima isn’t the only threat. He lists the top
four schools to look out for this year: Wakutani South, Date Tech, Aobajohsai,
and Shiratorizawa. As she sees the players’ incensed gazes, she asked what was
Aoba Johsai like, since she didn't get to see them play before. Kageyama tells
her that they have a genius setter, which Hinata says he's the king. Just then,
Takeda runs in and presents the match-ups for the Interhigh. If Karasuno and
Date Tech both win their matches, they may end up competing against each other,
but that’s not the only problem. Aobajohsai is also in Karasuno’s block so they
might end up facing off. Haneul tells them that at the end of hardship comes
happiness, and to keep looking forward and doing their best.

In school,
during class, Haneul is called by the dean to go to the faculty room with him.
Hinata, Kageyama, Yamaguchi and Kei see as she walks by her classrooms. She's
directed to the vice principal's office, where she sees the girls that bullied
her, as well as Daichi, sitting there. The vice principal asks her to say
everything that the girls did, which she slowly does. He asks if she has any
evidence, which she doesn't, but Daichi interrupts and says that he's a
witness, as well as Asahi Azumane and Kei Tsukishima. Haneul says that one of them most
likely has her wallet in their bag, since they took it from her last time she
was bullied. The dean checks their bags and find it, ending the investigation.
The vice principal says he'll talk to the principal to see what they'll do, and
tells them to go back to their classes.

Daichi asks
her how she ended up being bullied by them in the first place, and recounts the
story of the first time she was on cleaning duty and saw that the tool shed had
smoke coming out of it. She threw a bucket of water and called for the dean,
who came running, to find the three girls and two other boys were smoking
inside, and she caused them to get suspended. Daichi tells her that she did the
right thing and that she's a strong girl. He leaves her at her classroom and
leaves.

At evening
practice, Haneul shows Asahi how to do a back attack, but then is called by
Kiyoko and leaves. She returns before practice ends and goes to change with the
boys, walking home with them. Daichi buys everyone pork buns, wanting to make
Haneul feel better because she looked down. Afterwards, she walks with Kei and
makes small talk, since Yamaguchi isn't there to do it for her. They end up
listening to music together until they have to go their separate ways.

Before the
pep rally, Daichi asks how to properly pronounce her name, to which she shows
him. Everyone is surprised when Haneul is introduced along with Kiyoko, and in
his speech, Daichi mentions how they are the only team in the prefecture that
has a girl as one of their team players. Haneul also surprises everyone when
she is called to the stage with the other students that had gotten scholarships
to attend Karasuno and had to demonstrate their talent. She was there for a
music scholarship, and played the piano.

The day
before the Interhigh, the players finishing up practice. Suddenly, Takeda
announces that Kiyoko and Haneul have something for the team. The two climb up
to the top of the gym and show off a Karasuno banner Kiyoko’d found. Shyly,
they tell the players to do their best before running off. The shocked third
and second years burst into tears and vow to win the first round.

The first
day of the Interhigh finally arrives, and Haneul arrived late to the bus, with
a bandage on her arm. She rapidly apologized to the whole team, and Ukai asked
what happened to her. She tells them she fell down a flight of stairs. Ukai
crosses his arms and sighs, telling her that she will be seated with them at
the managing bench. Haneul nods and says that it's the least she could do after
she screwed up. She sits aside Kiyoko during the bus ride, and Takeda tells her
it's okay and that things happen.

When they
make it to the gym, they all attract attention from other teams: Asahi for the
rumors around him based on his appearance, Kiyoko and Haneul for their beauty,
Nishinoya for his libero abilities, and Kageyama for his status as a genius
setter. As the team enters the gym, Haneul leads them with a smile, until she
accidentally bumps into Aone from date Tech and some of the members. She is
quickly intimidated and frozen in place, so Asahi moves her behind him. Aone
points at him, so Date Tech’s captain runs over and stops Aone with help from
Futakuchi. Futakuchi apologizes and notes that Aone tends to target their
opponents’ ace. They leave, but warn Asahi to be ready.

They soon
enter the court and start warming up. Haneul helps them warm up by throwing the
balls. Asahi's hair tie break unexpectedly, so she gives him one of hers. Kei
got hit in the face by a stray, causing his glasses to fall apart. Haneul told
him she got a kit to fix them, and does so for him. Oikawa and Aoba Johsai walk
in and he sets his eyes on her immediately. Soon, Karasuno’s match against
Tokonami begins. The ball goes to Kageyama, who sends it to Tanaka, scoring the
first point. Asahi then scores the second point, but his excitement is ruined
when he hears the spectators talking about the rumors surrounding him. Ukai is
happy about the skill the players are showing off, but remarks that Asahi and
Tanaka aren’t the only weapons Karasuno has. The ball soon gets sent to
Kageyama and Hinata, who perform a normal quick strike.

Hinata flies
over the net and slams the ball down before anyone can react, shocking everyone
in the gym. Ikejiri runs after the ball, but fails to save it and Karasuno
scores its third point. The team keeps at it, and Haneul cheers as Kei takes
the set by blocking a ball from Ikijeri. Haneul tells the team that they're
doing great, and to shake off the nerves. Despite winning the first set, the
team gives it their all and win the match. Haneul hugs the first person close
to her when they reunite, which happens to be Sugawara. He mumbles something,
and Haneul immediately lets go and apologizes, but he tells her it's fine and
hugs her back.

They head out
to the waiting hall, where Haneul hands them sandwiches she made, and Kiyoko
gives them juice boxes. Karasuno begins its warm-ups after, and Nishinoya
performs his signature rolling thunder. Tanaka teases him as Hinata begs him to
teach the move to him. This helps everyone relax and Nishinoya announces loudly
that there is nothing to worry about. He tells everyone to keep looking forward
because he’s there, watching everyone’s backs. Haneul thinks Nishinoya is
cool and vows to help them in any way she can from the technical bench. She
tosses over at the spikers so they can practice, but drops the ball after
flinching over her arm. Kiyoko tells her to go sit and rest her arm, that she
will help the others. Haneul sits with a sigh. The players line up to bow and
the match begins.

As the match
begins, Karasuno lines up in its best receiving formation with Nishinoya, Asahi
and Daichi in the back row. Right away, Kageyama sends the ball to Hinata, but
Aone reacts quicker than they’d expected and almost blocks Hinata but the
middle blocker uses a weak spike to hit the ball against Aone's arm and score.
Aone continues blocking Karasuno’s next few moves but Karasuno’s defense
holds strong and it stays two points ahead. Haneul sees Kageyama talking to
Hinata and knows what will happen. She cheers on Kei when he goes onto the
court. Karasuno continues shocking with the quick strikes, with one toss from
the back of the court. Oiwake realizes that it’s not a fluke and finally calls
a timeout.

Aone blocks
Hinata's quick, but Karasuno refuses to give in and prepares its next move.
Hinata, Daichi, and Tanaka rush forward while Kageyama starts to toss. Date
Tech’s confused by the three attackers moving all at once and don’t know who to
block. Hinata calls out for the ball and, from previous plays, Aone assumes
it’s Hinata and runs in front of him to block. Hinata swings and drops as
Asahi appears behind him to Aone's surprise. The ace jumps down the path
Kageyama created for him and spikes, pushing past Date Tech’s defense.

Haneul
celebrates with the others, and gives them their things when they finish the
first set. She watches silently as they continue the next set, rubbing her
bandaged arm. She looks attentively at the players, specifically Kei, Hinata,
Asahi and Nishinoya. When they get to match point, she watches unsteadily. Once
they win, she jumps out of her seat. She goes to lineup with the team to thank
everyone for coming. Kei teases Hinata and Kageyama and asks how they came up
with their signals, when Hinata says that Sugawara and Haneul came up with them
instead.

While
leaving, Karasuno hears a chorus of cheers from girls and turn to see the
commotion. Oikawa’s just getting ready to serve as Karasuno sees the
scoreboard. Aobajōsai’s only in its first match and is already overwhelming its
opponent. Oikawa picks the ball up and serves, and Haneul says that they look
scary. Hinata, Nishinoya and Haneul get called elementary students. On their
way back to the school, Haneul takes a picture of them sleeping, making Takeda
laugh. When they get to the school, a teacher tells them that they're in the
local news. Haneul tells them to remember that the paparazzi is always biased.

After the
team meeting, Haneul goes home, since she can't practice and Kiyoko told her to
go get some rest so she can play the next day. She goes home, to see her uncle
is sleeping in his room with a bottle in hand, and that the house is a mess.
She takes it upon herself to clean everything up, and when she's done, she goes
inside her room and cries herself to sleep.

The next
day, she makes it in time to the bus, wearing her signature black shorts. She
happily says that she's fine and climbs aboard. Yamaguchi sits with Ennoshita,
since they were having a conversation, so Haneul sits with Kei, who shares an
earbud with her. They get to the gym and go inside to warm up for their match
with Aonajohsai. The boys enter the court first as Kiyoko makes Haneul's hair
into a braid. The girls that were cheering for Oikawa as he practiced stopped
as Haneul walked into the court with her Libero uniform on. They all smile as
she sheepishly walks in and starts to practice with them.

The game
starts, and she stands aside Yamaguchi and Sugawara in the bench. The match
begins and Oikawa spikes out of nowhere, shocking Karasuno and the spectators.
Oikawa challenges Karasuno and states that he’s going to do the same thing
again so the players should pay more attention. While the third years are calm,
Hinata and Tanaka are annoyed. Haneul murmurs under her breath to keep it
together. Kageyama then tosses to Hinata and the ball’s received by Watari. It
gets sent to Oikawa, who prepares to spike it. This fools Hinata and Tanaka as
Oikawa changes to a tossing position at the last minute. Iwaizumi gets the ball
and scores.

The ball
soon goes to Kageyama again. Hinata goes right up to the net and calls for a
toss at the same time as Tanaka is preparing to spike. However, Asahi is
getting ready as well in the back. With Aobajohsai’s attention on the three
attackers, Kageyama throws the ball over for a dump, shocking everyone,
including his own teammates. Haneul and Sugawara clap as he looked at them.
It’s Kageyama’s turn to serve, but his ball ends up going out and it becomes
Oikawa’s turn to serve. The ball seems to head towards Nishinoya, but it goes
to his right instead. Despite that, Nishinoya still receives it. Haneul takes
note of the way Oikawa serves and watches intently. Kageyama gets the ball and
Hinata calls for it. The two perform their infamous quick strike and
scores.

When
Aobajohsai calls for the time out, Haneul rushes to get them their towels and
water bottles. She looks at the opposing team and says that they probably
already figured out their signal, but no one seems to have heard her.
Aobajohsai starts focusing its blockers up front and Haneul notices the
pressure. With Hinata in the back, she sees Kageyama panic and moves to do a setter
dump, but this is seen through by the opponents and he gets blocked. Hinata
soon moves up front again and calls for the ball with “send it here”. Iwaizumi
and Kindaichi notice and wait to see where the toss goes before jumping, almost
blocking Hinata. Haneul swears in Korean under her breath.

Kageyama
goes to serve again but due to his loss of composure, he messes up and only
barely manages to turn it into a soft serve at the last second. The ball is
received and sent back to their side, but Kageyama ends up receiving it. Tanaka
goes to spike and gets blocked completely. Things seem bad on their side as it
becomes Oikawa’s turn to serve again. Ukai quickly calls a timeout. He warns
Kageyama not to lose his cool and be careful with his tactics, like the dump.
The match resumes and this time, Tanaka receives the ball. However, it goes
straight to Kindaichi, who slams it down. Tanaka then tries spiking, but gets
blocked. Ukai calls another timeout, using up the two timeouts of the
set.

After the
timeout ends, the players go back into position. Oikawa aims his serve at
Tanaka again and Tanaka receives it barely with his stomach. Hinata saves it
and Kageyama sends it back over towards Oikawa. However, Watari’s able to set
the ball, surprising Haneul. Despite this, Nishinoya receives the ball
perfectly and Kageyama gets ready to toss it. Tanaka loudly calls for it and
jumps, slamming the ball past Kunimi and scoring, effectively stopping Oikawa’s
momentum.

With a seven
point gap, Haneul sees that Kageyama is sending sharper tosses, meaning that he
is agitated. The ball soon goes right over the net and the two setters jump
simultaneously to push it over. In his panic, Kageyama loses control to Oikawa,
worsening his agitation. Haneul looks at Ukai and Takeda once that happened,
and he nods. Kageyama ends up making a mistake with his toss, but Asahi saves
it. Then, Karasuno makes a player change: Sugawara steps up.

Kageyama is
switched out by Sugawara. Sugawara boosts the other's morale with their
greetings, and high-tens Haneul. He whispers a strategy to Kei and Haneul, who
nod at him. The match resumes and Iwaizumi goes to spike right in front of
Sugawara. At the last second, Sugawara and Kei switch places, enabling Kei to
block Iwaizumi. Hinata soon gets switched back in and Sugawara whispers to him
another strategy. Issei goes to spike and after delaying his jump for a second,
Hinata goes up and effectively blocks the former.

The next
move, Hinata goes to spike and scores. With this, Karasuno’s able to steadily
catch up. Soon, Karasuno’s able to lower the point gap to only six points, but
it’s still not enough and it becomes Oikawa’s turn to serve. Oikawa aims
cleverly in between the players and scores easily with this. The whistle is blown
and everyone is surprised to see Haneul standing to the side for a player
change with Nishinoya. He runs to her and tells her to take it easy, and she
nods in nervousness. Sugawara gives her a high-five when she enters and she
tells them she'll do her best, her accent showing due to her nervousness. The
others think it's cute. Oikawa serves, and Haneul manages to receive it on the
first try, amazing the audience.

Hinata and
Tanaka then go forward, but Aobajohsai sees through the ruse and knows it’s a
back attack with Asahi attacking. Asahi’s attack is received and the ball goes
to Hinata, who barely manages to hit it over the net. As Aobajohsai returns the
attack, Hinata remembers some things Sugawara noticed about Aobajohsai and uses
them to figure out the timing for his block, enabling him to stop Kindaichi.
The ball flies to the back of the court, but Haneul isn't fast enough and it
goes out. Aobajohsai wins this set.

During the
break, Ukai and Takeda praise Haneul for receiving Oikawa's serve on the first
try, and ask her to keep at it. Ukai tells them to prioritize their defense.
Nishinoya approaches Haneul and hugs her, saying she's very skilled and is
proud that her training is paying off. Oikawa goes to serve, and everyone
notices right away that only Haneul and Daichi are in the back to receive it.
As expected, Haneul's able to receive Oikawa’s serve and Karasuno prepares for
a counterattack. Sugawara gives the ball to Tanaka, who blasts through the
blockers. Karasuno pulls ahead soon.

Ukai switches
Sugawara with Kageyama, who is greeted by Haneul. Takeda noticed that even
though Haneul doesn't speak much inside the court, that they all manage to
understand her and brings a sense of ease over them. Kageyama then gets ready
to serve. Kageyama holds the ball and goes into full concentration,
intimidating Oikawa, who quickly tells his teammates to stop the first year.
Kageyama serves right at Aobajohsai’s libero, but still scores. He then gives
Tanaka a high five, shocking Kindaichi and Kunimi.

The match
continues and Aobajohsai doesn’t appear to be affected by Kageyama’s comeback.
Irihata watches and notices that Kageyama has regained his momentum and while
he only cared about the opposing blockers before, he seems to show more concern
about his own teammates now. In addition, with Sugawara’s secret signals,
Kageyama and Hinata are unstoppable.

Suddenly, Kei’s
switched in. Aobajohsai calls a quick timeout, and Kiyoko asks Haneul if her
arm is fine, to which she nods. Kageyama calls Kei and asks him for the type of
toss he wants. Kei insults Kei initially, but Haneul tells him not to be so
rude, so he replies that he wants consistent tosses. To his surprise, Kageyama
agrees calmly. The match resumes and Kageyama gets into position. He sends Kei
a softer toss, which Kei pulls a feint off of. Haneul cheers from the bench
area.

Kageyama
sends Kei a toss and Watari is tricked into thinking that it’s another feint.
At the last second, Kei turns it into a spike and scores. Karasuno soon reaches
twenty-four points, but it becomes Oikawa’s turn to serve. Ukai notices Haneul
meddling with her arm and calls Nishinoya and switches them. Before Haneul can
go back to the bench with the others, Kiyoko tells her that her phone has six
missed calls from her uncle, and hands it to her. Haneul thanks her and goes
outside the court to make the phone call, and is insulted by her uncle for
playing on the boys' team without his permission. He calls her names and what
not, threatening her with beating her when she comes home.

Haneul takes
it all, without saying anything, until her uncle hangs up. She goes back to see
they finished a time out, and hands Kiyoko her phone back, thanking her. Haneul
goes back to the bench, and Hinata wonders why she's so silent. She looked at
the game, but wasn't processing anything that was happening. Sugawara asked her
if something was bothering her, she she told him not to worry and smiled,
beginning to pay attention to the game to take her mind over what was going to
happen.

She yells at
them once it's match point to not be intimidated. She goes back to being
silent, and Hinata spikes with all his power, and gets blocked. The ball
ricochets off the blockers’ hands and flies to the back. Kageyama, Nishinoya,
and Asahi run for it, but don’t make it on time. The ball lands and
Aobajohsai wins the game. Without a word, she goes to line up with the boys,
trying her best to hold her tears, which spill once they thank the audience.

Haneul tries
her best not to be seen my the other members, feeling too vulnerable when like
that, so she goes to gather the water bottles and towels that were on the side
while the others took their stuff and headed outside the gym. Oikawa sees her
crying from afar, and gets sad. Haneul puts the things in their stuff pile in
the waiting hall and rapidly goes to the bathroom. She cries for a while, until
she hears Nishinoya and Asahi in the hall saying that their bus is waiting for
them to load everything, so she washes her face and heads out to help Kiyoko.

She holds
her tears in the bus, but once they go to the restaurant Ukai took them to,
she's the first one to start crying, and the least to eat. Haneul is the first
one to leave, and excuses herself for it. Takeda helps her take her things from
the bus and hurries home.

### Re-location Arc

Haneul
misses the following school days, and is M.I.A. by the faculty. Takeda tries
calling her, but she doesn't pick up her phone. He asks the others to try and
call her, but are all sent directly to voice mail. As a last resort, Takeda
tells Kei to give her the classwork and see if she's alright, since he lived
the closest to her. Takeda gave him her address and the blonde goes. Kei is
skeptical about the neighborhood she lives in, since it's pretty far from
Karasuno if she doesn't take the bus route, which she doesn't. He arrives in
front of a small corner store, which looks more like a bar at night, which has
a house on the second floor. He hears a man yelling from inside the house, and
the store is closed.

Kei
approaches cautiously, going up the stairs. The yelling had already stopped, so
he knocked on the door, but no one answered. He listened closely, and heard
someone crying inside. Kei stayed silent for a while, and heard a bottle being
smashed, then some yelling and crying. He kicked down the door, finding Haneul
on the kitchen floor with her hair cut a mess, and gashes on her body and face,
bleeding. There was a man standing over her, with black hair and a bad shave,
with a broken bottle in hand. The man looked at him and passed out, drunk.

Kei turned
Haneul around, to see she was barely conscious. Haneul whispered to him that
her bags were aside the door, and to take her out of there. Kei took her bags
over his shoulder and picked her up. He carried her to his house, which was the
closest place he could think of. He makes it and places her on the couch, and
calls Ukai in a rush, knowing his mom wouldn't be home until late, and he was
the closest adult he could trust. While he gets there, Kei takes out some glass
pieces that were stuck inside her injuries. When Ukai got there, they properly
patched her up and got her to the hospital.

Once there, Kei’s
mother appears and the latter asks her what she's doing there. She responds
that she's Haneul's assigned social worker. Haneul was still unconscious due to
the I.V. fluids they were giving her, and Ukai tells Hiyori, Kei’s mom, that
she was starved for three days and got a small concussion. Hiyori tells them
that she'll have to take their testimonies of what happened for the official
paperwork, and that she'll ask for her temporary custody while they find a
possible foster family.

Hiyori tells
them to go home, and tells Kei that they'll be home by morning, since Haneul
happened to be okay. Once she regained consciousness, Hiyori told her
everything, and explained what was going to happen from then on. Haneul begins
to cry and Hiyori hugs her, letting her be relieved. The doctors tell Hiyori
that Haneul will have to be in the hospital for over night vigilance, and could
be discharged tomorrow afternoon. She tells Kei and Ukai, telling them she
won't be able to leave until tomorrow.

The next
day, when she is discharged, the doctors tell Haneul and Hiyori that she will
have symptoms for the recovery period, which are mild headaches, difficulty
concentrating and sensitivity to light and noise. He also tells Haneul that she
needs to avoid doing sports for three days, and to get lots of rest. Hiyori
tells her that she'll be stopping by the school first to speak with the
faculty, and Haneul goes to the gym while she does so. Everyone is surprised to
see her there, and she flinches a little at their yells when they see her. Ukai
tells them not to speak loudly because she had a concussion, which he had
previously explained them.

Surprisingly
for the others, Kei asked how she was feeling, to which she was going to
respond, when Sugawara told her to answer truthfully. Haneul looked down and
said she was exhausted, scared and hopeless. Ukai sends them to practice while
he speaks with her. Haneul tells him she can't do sports for three days, and he
says that he wasn't planning on letting her practice either way. Haneul tells
him and Kiyoko that she will happily help from the sidelines. When practice is
over, Hiyori comes into the gym and calls for Haneul and Kei to take them home.
She stays in Akiteru's room for the mean time, and does her school work with Kei.

The next
day, Haneul makes Kei breakfast and lunch, since his mom leaves early for work
and comes home late. He tells her that she should be resting, but she says that
she feels useless just laying around doing nothing. She gets dressed and walks
with Kei to the school as they always do. Yamaguchi asked how she was doing,
and she replied she was doing better. He compliments her on her haircut, which
Hiyori had fixed the night before. Haneul feels insecure about her scars and
bandages on her arms. After morning practice, Kiyoko asked Haneul if she could
help her find another manager, for when she leaves Karasuno. She happily
obliged, but it was too late to back down when she realized that she had to
talk to people.

### Tokyo Expedition Arc

Kei walked
her to her class, causing everyone to see them. She says she won't be able to
join them for lunch because Kiyoko asked her to do something, and he nods and
leaves. When Takeda enters the classroom, he smiles when he sees her there.
During lunch, Hinata hears commotion from the hallway, and goes to see Kiyoko
and Haneul. Hinata's classmates are stunned to learn that Hinata knows then
when they walks over and greet him. He is then taken by surprise when Kiyoko
asks if he knows of any first years who have not joined a club. Hinata
says he'll help in any way he can, and Haneul smiles at him and hugs him,
saying he's the best. Hinata blushes and Kiyoko chuckled.

At practice,
Ukai informs Haneul of their Tokyo trip, and she stays behind at the gym when
the others go to Heartbreak Hill for running practice. They talk for a while
and really click, when the others come back with Takeda. The sensei announces
the details for their trip, and that the school has granted permission for the
team to attend but soon, to the horror of several players, school exams will be
taking place. He informs them that if any of them fail in even a single
subject, they will have to take tutoring lessons and the trip to Tokyo will not
be possible to attend. Haneul laughs silently as some of them freak out over
their grades.

In the club
room, Haneul tells them the rules they have to follow to get good grades, which
include not falling asleep in class, and not pulling all-nighters. Sugawara
adds that they should be fine since they had passed their high school entrance
exam, but proceeds to tell them that if any of them fall asleep in class there
would be consequences. Whilst walking back home, Yamaguchi chats with Kei and
Haneul about Kageyama's and Hinata's school grades, stating that he didn't
expect Kageyama's to be that bad. Kei replies that all that's in the starter
setter's head is volleyball, so he wasn't very surprised. The three are
startled by Hinata, whom asks Kei to help them study. Kei initially refuses,
but agrees later on when Kageyama reluctantly asks (or rather shouts) for help
as well. The five are scolded by Coach Ukai for their volume, which would certainly
disturb the neighbours, and Haneul apologizes.

The next
day, Hinata gives her the list he worked on with the first years and thanks
him. Haneul makes a copy and goes to give it to Kiyoko, but is scared when she
sees the two other boys she accidentally got suspended for smoking in her
classroom. Reluctantly, Haneul walks in and gives her the papers with a shy
smile, and bumps into Ennoshita and Nishinoya in the hallway. Nishinoya asks
her to tutor them in English, since she's from America and from a college prep
class. She says she will, and she goes to have lunch with Kei and Yamaguchi.

Kei and
Yamaguchi help Kageyama and Hinata in the club room, as Sugawara teaches
Nishinoya. They look at one of Hinata's answers to a question, and Kei mocks
him for being a simpleton to answer in that particular way. He then goes on to
lecture Kageyama to learn the English words, with the latter stating somewhat
aggressively that Japanese people can't understand English. Daichi shows up
behind the first-years, and gets Kageyama to state out the names of the hand
gestures he strikes. Astounded by how quick he could recite them, the captain
asks how long it took him to memorise. Kageyama replies with less than a day,
which Daichi then states that he was not going to let him say that he couldn't
memorise those words. Hinata finds the need to not lose to him or the
second-years in terms of studying.

On Saturday,
Haneul goes to Tanaka's house to help the second years study, witnessing how
Ennoshita teaches and reprimands Tanaka. She calmly explains to them how to
easily answer the literary questions, which is to read the questions first and
then read the passage. Tanaka's sister, Saeko, shows up, surprised to find them
studying. She offers to help, but Tanaka states that she is probably just as
dumb as he is. Kinoshita mentions rapidly how Haneul still has a sensibility to
light and noise, and to please not argue. Haneul says it's fine, and Saeko
grins and mentions how Haneul is the first girl to have entered Tanaka's room.
While they argue, Haneul sends a message to the Nekoma group chat, wishing them
luck on their pre-lims. Kuroo is the first to respond, saying that they'll win
for her and Karasuno.

At the next
practice, Kiyoko and Haneul present Yachi, whom is a possible candidate for the
managing position. Yachi is nervous on meeting the volleyball team, and Haneul
tells her not to worry, because even if they look tough, their team mates are
big softies. The team later expresses their admiration for Kiyoko and Haneul's
hard work. She finally trains with them after her medical break, and finds
herself still fit. When she gets home, Hiyori is there, and tells her how the
nearest foster family is in Fukishima, which is the next prefecture over.
Haneul is thinking to coming to terms with her having to leave, but then Hiyori
mentions that Ukai asked to adopt her, which is possible. Haneul calls Ukai and
he tells her that he's more than happy to take in a smart and caring girl like
herself. Hiyori starts the process to get Ukai licensed.

The next
day, Hinata and Kageyama are denied assistance in English by Kei, and Yamaguchi
tells them that Yachi and Haneul are their best bets, since both of them are in
college prep classes, and Haneul is fluent in English. Hinata goes to get help
from Yachi, but Kageyama finds Haneul better, since he already knows her. She
is happy to teach him, and she finds funny that he grins excitedly when he
actually understands something.

At practice,
Haneul tells Yachi that she'll be there to explain anything she needs, while
Kiyoko tells her to be careful of stray shots. Yachi and Haneul hear Takeda
talking to Ukai speaking of how the team may not have a bus available for the
upcoming Tokyo trip, leaving them with the possibility of having to rent a bus
which is also a problem as the club is low on funds. Hinata then runs up to
Yachi and asks if she has decided if she will become the new team manager.
Before she is able to respond, Tanaka and Nishinoya step forward and tell her
that she has no choice but to join the team solely for the reason that Kiyoko
is talking to them more and Haneul smiles more now that there is another girl
present. Daichi promptly silences them and Sugawara apologizes for the
two's behavior.

Before leaving,
Haneul receives a text from Nekoma and announces that they made it through the
first round of the preliminaries. Kiyoko, Yachi and Haneul come up with a bake
sale to get funds for the club, and Kei helps her make cookies. The next day,
she sets up and handles the bake sale on her own, instructing Yachi to go set
up the gym with Kiyoko while she finishes cleaning up. Haneul greets the
opposing team at the school's entrance and introduces herself as one of the
managers, leading the way to the gym. The team's members are amazed by her
looks that she's a member of the team.

Haneul lines
up with them and Yachi, and when the boys are warming up, she helps them.
Haneul adjusts properly Asahi's headband and tightens the screws on Kei’s
glasses. Yachi watches and notices that Haneul manages the most physical
problems within the team, while Kiyoko manages the more tactical ones. Haneul
helps Tanaka untangle his shoelaces and tells Yachi not to worry much, because
she'll be fine. She then leaves to clean up everything in the bake sale. She
comes back once the match is over, and gives everyone the cookies that weren't
sold during the sale.

On Saturday,
Haneul goes to Kageyama's house to help him study. She gets a call from
Nishinoya, asking if she can help them study, to which she said she was helping
Kageyama for the moment. After an hour, the second years arrive at Kageyama's
house, and end up having a study party, and Haneul apologizes to him, to which
he says it wasn't her fault. Haneul helps Yachi put up posters around town the
next morning.

The day of
the test results finally came by, and Daichi made the boys sit in the club room
to reveal their scores to Haneul and Yachi, in front of everyone. They claimed
hey hadn't seen each other's scores because they were anxious. Hinata goes
first, revealing he had a 21 and didn't pass by one simple mistake on the whole
test. Nishinoya got a 45, while Tanaka got a 42, barely passing, but passing
nonetheless. However, Kageyama apologized to Haneul for getting a 38 in modern
Japanese. Haneul smiled at him and said that at least he learned that he could
accomplish anything if he puts his mind to it.

The team
arrives at Nekoma High, and Haneul is greeted by Kuroo with a smile and a high
five. Yamamoto says to Tanaka that Kiyoko is the sexy type and Yachi and Haneul
are the cute types. She goes to change with the team, and Yachi says she has
big confidence for changing at the same time with the boys, and Haneul says
that the only confidence she has is in her body. Now ready, the team enters the
gym and spot all the teams that have already arrived and are practicing. Haneul
feels small compared to everyone, but when she sees Kenma warming up, she
smiles and calls after him, calling him Kenma-chan.

After losing
a game against Fukurōdani and doing the penalty lap, the entire Karasuno
team observes the teams around them; noting their strengths and plays. Haneul
says Ubugawa High has powerful serves, the Shinzen team are masters of combo
plays, Nekoma High specialize in receives and Fukurōdani is a national
level powerhouse team with their captain being one of the top five ace's in the
nation. The teams give Haneul the nickname of "unlucky 13" because
most if not all the stray balls would often end up hitting her.

Hinata and
Kageyama finally arrive after the team loses a game against Ubugawa. Now
together, the team soon plays against Shinzen. Hinata and Kageyama do not
hesitate to use their special quick attack; both impressing and intimidating
several players that are watching. Hinata scores the winning point for the team
and they are finally able to avoid the penalty laps. Hinata asks Haneul about
Lev, to which she replies she thinks he's Russian. Kei glares at Lev when he
hears him ask is Haneul is even in high school.

The next
day, Haneul wakes up with a headache, probably caused by her sensitivity to
noise. She tells Ukai, who gives her painkillers and urges her to sit out the
morning practice and games. When she feels better, she's put up to play against
Nekoma. She could feel the other teams looking as she entered the court, and
felt like everyone expects her to fail because she's a girl. Hinata tried the
quick attack for a second point, but Lev blocks him. Haneul manages to save the
ball, but due to the shock, no one could get it. Kenma gives her a thumbs up.
As well, she saves the ball left by Hinata and Asahi's collision, which ends up
a point for Nekoma in the end.

She's
switched out after the game with Nekoma, because she accidentally re-opened one
of her leg cuts. Kiyoko disinfects it for her. When the team gathers around for
a briefing, Takeda bluntly claims them to be the weakest of the present teams.
This does not sit well with the players at first but then Takeda questions if
they see the other teams just as rivals or sources for them to learn from. This
seems to change the team's mind when Takeda points out that they have room to
grow.

The next
day, Haneul prepares their things to leave, taking them to the bus. Before
leaving, the teams call on her to take a picture, and she takes a selfie with
all of them. She falls asleep on Kei’s shoulder on the ride back to the school.
When they arrive, Kiyoko, Haneul and Kiyoko put everything back at the gym. Kei
tells her to wait for him while he goes to look for something he left in his
classroom, and watches Yachi throw tosses at Kageyama and Hinata. After missing
every set, Hinata asks for another set but Kageyama heatedly points out that
they should work on improving in other areas instead of an attack that may not
work.

They start
to fight, and Haneul and Yachi get scared. Haneul orders her to go get Tanaka
or Daichi, while she tries to break them up. She gets hurt and pushed by one of
them, but then Tanaka intervened, and Kei helped her up. Enraged, he began to
yell at the duo, but stopped once Haneul winced, noticing she had hurt her
ankle. the boys go to apologize, but Kei picks her up and carries her home. The
next day, Ukai texted her and told her that the process was in it's final
stages and she could move in with him soon.

After
school, Kageyama goes to apologize to Haneul for hurting her on accident, and
she says it's fine, and that it wasn't anything serious. He asks if she can
accompany her somewhere, and she agrees, saying that Kei had to clean up his
classroom and wasn't going to be able to walk home with her. They go to the
Lil' Tykes Volleyball class, and run into Oikawa and his nephew, Takeru.
Kageyama asks Oikawa for help, but the latter mocks him. While Oikawa speaks
with Kageyama, Haneul plays with Takeru, giving him tips on how to serve. The
little boy is amazed that she plays for the boys' team, and is a libero. When
the setters finish talking, Takeru whines that he wanted more time to talk to
Haneul, so Oikawa takes it as an opportunity and asks for her number. Kageyama
then w=thanks her and walks her back to Kei’s house.

Haneul
develops feelings for Kei over the passing week, due to them walking home alone
without Yamaguchi, since he goes to practice elsewhere. She writes a poem for
an Open Mic competition in front of the whole school, which said she wanted to
hold his hand, but scared of rejection doesn't. She wins first place.

Haneul shows
up running and smiling wildly to the bus to Nekoma with a paper in hand, Kei
smiling. She jumps and hugs Ukai, who receives her with open arms. Everyone is
confused, but she tells everyone that she finally will be moving in with Ukai
soon, because he adopted her, and are just waiting for the official papers to
get stamped. She falls asleep in the bus with her head on Kei’s shoulder,
listening to music. the first year holds her hand and falls asleep as well.

When the
team arrives at Shinzen High School, they are greeted by Kuroo and Kenma, whom
Haneul greets happily. Kuroo hugs her, and Kenma gives her a high-five. While
Haneul, Hinata and Kenma are talking, they are approached by Lev who greets
Hinata and asking if he had grown at all. Hinata replies this is rude and it
wasn't possible for him to grow much in two weeks before Lev informs him
that he himself had grown 2mm; shocking Hinata. Haneul says she didn't grow at
all, but that Lev does look a little taller, making the tall one smile.

Later the
team is ready to start their practice matches and are first paired to go
against Fukurōdani. As the game progresses, Karasuno begins to try their
new weapons but each one fails. Fukurōdani eventually wins, resulting in
Karasuno having to do the penalty of running up a steep hill behind the school.
Haneul runs with them. After the matches are done, Yamaguchi invites Kei to
practice serves but Kei turns down the offer claiming they already practice too
much and leaves with Haneul to check where they'll be sleeping. On their way,
they pass the third gym, where Kuroo asks Kei to block for him and Bokuto.

Kei replies
that he is done with practicing for the day and asks why no one else
from Fukurōdani will offer to block for Bokuto. Akaashi explains that no
one on their team will block claiming that Bokuto's spiking practices never
seem to end and Kuroo cannot as he has been training Lev to receive better. The
Nekoma captain says that Bokuto will be good practice for Kei as he is one of
the top five ace's in the nation and makes a jab at Kei to practice his
blocking. Kei quickly falls for the taunt and follows them into the gym. As
they enter, Haneul whispered to Kuroo a thanks for the taunt.

During the
spiking practice, Bokuto continues to ask for more sets with Kei blocking. Kei
tries to block a straight but Bokuto is able to get by and score. Kuroo then
offers to block as well and advised Kei to try to keep the straight shot in
check. When Bokuto attempts to spike, Kuroo is able to easily block and
seems to impress Kei in the process. Bokuto then states that, despite
being good, Kei’s blocks feel 'weak'. This angers Kei who replies that he still
has room to develop and grow, annoying Bokuto by pointing out their height
difference.

Kuroo then
advises Kei that unless he starts getting serious he will be surpassed by
Hinata. Haneul tried to stop Kuroo from saying anything else, but what he had
said stroke a nerve with Kei who grows quiet at the jab before stating that
there is a large difference between himself and Hinata when it comes to
potential. The conversation is halted when some of the Nekoma players arrive
and Kei takes the chance to leave quickly, leaving Haneul behind.

Akaashi and
Bokuto make fun of Kuroo for upsetting Kei. Kuroo admits he did not mean
to and was unaware of how Kei would react. When Bokuto asks what he means,
Haneul explains that Hinata is considered to be a threat despite his height and
lack of knowledge, and that Kei, despite being taller and smarter, has very low
self-esteem and considers himself inferior to Hinata. She tells them she feels
like that as well, compared to anyone, because most people see her as just a
fragile girl. Haneul then bids farewell and leaves, running into Kei, who was
going back to retrieve his knee pads. He apologizes in his own way, and tells
her to head off first to eat. Since the girls are the last to shower, Haneul
goes to check in on her team.

They were
all separated by years in different rooms, so she went to the first years
first. Haneul properly tucked in Yamaguchi, and moved Hinata's pillow to under
his head. Kei had fallen asleep with his glasses and headphones on, so she
gently took everything off him and placed them on a nearby table. Then, she
went to the third years. They looked fine, so she went to the second years, and
tucked in Nishinoya, who had somehow kicked away his blanket. She surprised
Kenma by taking away his video game to make him go to sleep, or she would give
it to Kuroo.

The next
day, Karasuno repeatedly loses matches and runs numerous penalties. After one
run, the teams take a break when the team managers announce that
watermelon had been donated by several Shinzen parents. During the break, Kuroo
finds Daichi and Haneul and apologizes for upsetting Kei the previous night.
Daichi questions what happened and Kuroo explains that he warned Kei of being
outdone by Hinata unless he began to work harder. Haneul tells them that
he has probably felt like that for a long time now, and leaves to give some
watermelons to Kei. He tells her he doesn't want any, but she holds one out for
him, and he takes a bite of it reluctantly as she smiles.

While she's
cleaning up, Nishinoya and Tanaka ask her what happened with her bullies, to
which she responds that they were suspended, but the faculty couldn't do much,
because their parents sponsored the school.

That night,
Haneul notices that she forgot to pack an extra t-shirt to sleep with while the
others are still dirty, so she goes to do her laundry while the other girls
shower. Kei bumps into her and asks what she's doing, and after she explained,
he gave her his sweatshirt to sleep with, saying it is unhealthy to shower
late. Haneul smiles and nods, going to shower with the girls. Yukie and Kaori
tease her about sleeping with Kei’s sweatshirt, to which Haneul says it's not a
big deal, but smiles while exiting the room to check on the others. She went
into the first years room, seeing that some of them were still awake. She told
them it was late already, and that they had to get to sleep. Kei took off his
glasses and turned around, trying his best to hide his blush.

The next
day, Ukai tells Haneul that he noticed how Kei is not putting in as much effort
as everyone else and says that, despite Kei being the tallest player, he is
unsure he can keep him as a regular if he continues to be outplayed by others.
He asks Haneul to help him push him to his limit, and she says she'll do
anything she can. As the game continues, Daichi and Nishinoya accidentally run
into each other when trying to receive a ball though no harm is done. Yachi
notices how the boys are more into the game than they ever have been before.
Kiyoko agrees and adds that when they become too focused it can sometimes be
frightening as it could sometimes lead to accidents such as when Hinata and
Asahi collided.

Karasuno
eventually loses. During the penalty lap, Kei stops midway to catch his breath.
Yamaguchi asks if he is alright and Kei answers that he is and for Yamaguchi to
go on ahead. Haneul stands in front of him and dumps cold water on his neck to
cool him down, and gave him a towel. After the lap, the teams are now free to
practice and Kei is approached by Bokuto and asked if he would be willing to
block for him again. Kei turns down the offer and walks off, followed and
questioned by Hinata who had overheard the conversation. After Kei refuses
to answer Hinata's question of turning down the chance to practice with Bokuto,
Hinata complains to Yamaguchi that Kei is wasting a valuable chance.

Bokuto asks
Haneul if she can jump as high as Hinata to see if she can block for him, and
she says she doesn't know. Bokuto tells her that if she doesn't try, she'll
never know, and obligates her to block for him. She manages to lock a few of
his spikes, amazing Kuroo and Akaashi.

After
practice the next day, Kei announces to Daichi that he is leaving practice but
Tanaka interrupts saying that they still need Kei in order to work on
the synchronized attack. Ennoshita appears and says he would like to
participate in the practice and Kei leaves during the commotion Tanaka causes
when he believes Ennoshita is challenging him for his spot. Haneul leaves to
practice with Bokuto and Kuroo, but is surprised when Kei enters the gym and
approaches Bokuto and Kuroo; saying he'd like to ask them a
personal question. Though Bokuto and Kuroo become irritated when Kei points out
their teams are 'moderately' good and how it's near impossible to win every
game, the two listen as he asks them what pushes them to try so hard when
volleyball is just a club.

Bokuto
especially becomes annoyed when Kei says volleyball is 'just a club' and asks
if Kei finds volleyball fun. When Kei answers that he doesn't, Bokuto questions
if it's because he sucks at volleyball. Haneul laughs while Bokuto tells
him that he himself only recently began to feel volleyball was fun. Promptly
after answering his question, Bokuto and Kuroo drag Kei to block for them as a
fair trade.

The next
day, she goes with Kei to practice with Kuroo, Bokuto and Akaashi again, when
Hinata then asks if he can join their practice at the same time Lev appears and
makes the same request. Kuroo questions Lev about why he is there and not
practicing with Yaku. After Lev claims Yaku let him leave early (in truth Lev
actually ran away), Kuroo offers the group the chance for a 3-on-3 game. Haneul
referees their match and coaches on both sides. The game begins but does not
last long when the Fukurōdani managers appear and inform the boys that if
they want to get dinner before it's too late they need to wrap up their
practice. At the fear of not being able to eat, the game is halted and the
players begin to leave.

The next
day, Haneul is put to play as libero, and Ukai notices that she too has been
practicing, and is faster and more confident in her receives. However, when
they loose the match and have to run up hill before lunch, she gets fatigued
and stumbles, unable to make it to the top of the hill. Due to this, Kei
doesn't allow Haneul to practice with them later at night.

In the next
morning, Bokuto offers everyone cookies that his mother made during breakfast,
in which Haneul eats. Kageyama takes a bite, and notices it has peanuts,
deliberately shouting across the table at Haneul not to eat it, when it's too
late. Her face turns red, as well as her hand, and her throat begins to feel
like it's closing. Haneul races to the bathroom to throw up, trailed by Kei,
who holds up her hair. Hinata runs off to find Takeda and Ukai, who carried her
emergency epipen. Hinata led them to the girl's bathroom, where Haneul was
laying on the floor, wheezing and crying. Kei was, too, on the verge of tears
when Ukai gave her the epinephrine injection.

Daichi,
Kuroo, Bokuto and Sugawara were at the door, watching as the swollen girl's
lips and hives disappeared slowly. Ukai carried Haneul to the infirmary, where
he carefully looked her over and waited for her anaphylaxis symptoms to be
over. Ukai asks how she's feeling, and she responds that she already feels
better, but Ukai knows she isn't fully recovered, since her accent is showing
while she speaks, and has visible tremors. They go to the gym, seeing how their
next match is against Fukurodani. The team gathers around Ukai who asks that
the team be able to make some of their new attacks work and to try to keep
Bokuto in check. Haneul reminds them of all the work they have done during
the course of the training camp before Ukai dismisses them with the
promise of a meal after the game. Bokuto rapidly runs to her and hugs her,
asking if she's okay and apologizing. Haneul smiles and says she's okay.

She stands
to the side with Yachi and Kiyoko, teaching Yachi how some of their strategies
work. After they loose the match, Asahi apologizes for his serve, claiming it
was a serve that was begging for the team to be attacked. Ukai instead informs
them that realizing ones own mistake will determine if they have what it takes
to fight back and stay on top and that no one on the team will blame one single
person for hitting a serve that is meant to take the win. Haneul praises that,
even though the team had lost nearly every game during the week, their new
attack methods had been able to get by a national level team.

She watches
as they do their last penalty lap, sad that she couldn't be able to join them.
Takeda tells her of the barbecue, so she can help the coaches set up while he
keeps the teams busy. Afterwards, Kei approaches her and asks her if she's
okay. Haneul nods and thanks him for being there for her, and hands him his
water bottle and towel. Kiyoko then calls her over to start helping with the
barbecue. She hands everyone their plates and chopsticks, and soon realizes
that there are no forks for her to eat with. She shakes it off, and goes to
stand with the coaches, who each praise the teams in all the effort they put
through this week.

Haneul sees
that the table Kei is at is too full, so she goes looking for the emptiest one,
which happened to be the ones the captains were on. Daiki greets her as
"Unlucky 13", and she asks to join them. Kuroo tells her to help
herself, but the food she tries to pick up falls from her chopsticks. Daichi
gives her the food, complaining about how they needed to give her a fork. She
thanked them and Goora says that she's really nice. Bokuto says that he'll be
her older brother whenever she needs him to and hugs her. Haneul blushes and
complies with him. She sees that Kenma isn't eating yet, and Kuroo makes him a
plate. Haneul goes with Kuroo to Kenma and Kei, and Haneul takes away his
videogame while Kuroo gives him his plate.

Kei tells
her that she needs to eat more, hence what happened in the morning. She tells
him that she's full, but Ukai brings her onigiri and she eats it happily. Later
on, she gives out watermelons as dessert, and gives Ukai the biggest piece
because he loves them. She goes back to the team, becoming quick friends with
Daiki and Goora and exchanging phone numbers. After a while, it was time to
leave, so she hugged everyone before getting in the bus. Once again, she fell
asleep on the ride on Kei’s shoulder, holding his hand.

Now at
Karasuno, Takeda goes over the upcoming tournament and how the team will be in
the first round. Yachi begins to get nervous and Kiyoko realizes this will be
her first tournament. She then notes that for herself and the third year
players it will be the last to which Yachi becomes tearful and tries to pass it
off as a bug in her eye. The team begins practicing their serves, including
Yamaguchi who is practicing his jump float. Though he tries not to aim at
Nishinoya the ball goes directly to the libero, to Yamaguchi's disappointment
even though Nishinoya says it was difficult for him to reach. Haneul gives him
certain pointers to help him out.

### Spring High Preliminary Arc

When they
get home, Haneul and Kei are surprised to see Akiteru has returned from
college. Haneul introduces herself and blushes, since she's wearing Kei's
sweatshirt. They get inside and Haneul makes them dinner, against Kei's wishes
for her to go rest. Akiteru teases them of dating, but Kei brushes off the
idea. While Haneul moves her things out of Akiteru's room, the boys go to talk
outside. Haneul sleeps in Kei's room with him, and he often would wake up in fear of squishing her.

They arrive at the tournament's gym, and they accommodate themselves off to the side. Yachi questions Hinata if he is feeling alright and though he answers he does due to having thrown up earlier on the way to the tournament, Haneul offers him something to ease his stomach. She hears people whispering about how they think that Haneul being their extra libero is a myth, since she looks too sweet and harmless.

The match before them ends, so the teams head onto the court to begin their warm-ups. Ohgiminami laughs a little as they see Haneul in her uniform, pushing the cart with their things. Yachi told her not to worry, because they're underestimating one of their greatest weapons. She goes for a kill, set by Sugawara, and even Hinata is impressed by her jumping height. With the spike, she manages to impress not only Ohgiminami, but the crowd as well. Moments later, the teams line up and thank each other for the game before getting pep-talks from their coaches. Ukai warns the team that, even though the Ohgiminami team's only third year has retired, the second years have been the driving force of the team and they had won their previous match in straight sets. Takeda also reminds the team that, while they had lost nearly all of their matches during the summer training camp, their new weapons are starting to be more successful and it's time for them to show everyone how strong they've become.

Soon enough, they thank each other for the game and start. Asahi serves first, and Haneul sees him glancing at her briefly before going to serve. The game begins, and Karasuno is off to a great start. On their first time out, Haneul tells the team that if they can win without using their special attacks, to do so and reserve their energy for the next matches. She notices that whenever someone is up to serve, they tend to glance at Haneul. She thinks that they're just looking at everyone in the bench, specifically Ukai, so she shrugs it off. Eventually, they win the match.

While waiting for their next match, several of the Karasuno players watch the current game and many are overwhelmed at the size of the tallest player on the team and watch as he is able to land the winning point with no problem. While Daichi tries to encourage the team, Yachi reflects how a single loss will mean the end for the team. At that moment, Yūdai Hyakuzawa of the Kakugaga High Volleyball team walks past them and his height of 6'7" terrifies Yachi, Haneul and Hinata. Yamaguchi and Kei instantly compare Hyakuzawa's height to Hinata's, angering the middle blocker when they point out the sixteen inch difference and how he would need something like a blackbelly lantern shark in order to make up the height difference. However, then Kageyama says that Hyakuzawa has a twenty inch difference with Haneul, whom is still terrified of the latter's height.

Keishin Ukai calls her over, and introduces her to his grandfather, and former Karasuno coach, Ikkei Ukai. Haneul bows to him and introduces herself, while Ikkei says that she's too sweet for her grandson to be adopting her. She laughs slightly, and the former coach says that if he gives her a hard time, to call him. Haneul says it probably won't be necessary, and runs off after Yachi asks where the extra hair ties are.

On the court, Haneul pulls Yamaguchi closer to the side, barely missing being hit by a spike from Hyakuzawa. He thanks her and she urges him to go line up with the rest. The game soon starts with Kei serving, who deas the same thing and glances over at Haneul before serving. The ball is received and set to Hyakuzawa who approaches to spike. Kageyama, Hinata and Tanaka attempt to block the shot but, due to his height, Hyakuzawa is able to hit the spike clear above the block and score.

In the next rally, Tanaka sends the last hit to Hinata. Seeing that he would be blocked if he tried to spike, Hinata attempts to use the feint shot but is easily blocked by Hyakuzawa who sends the ball back to the Karasuno side and scores yet again. Ukai then calls for a time out. Haneul gives them the advice to go after the other players and to focus. Soon enough, the team pulls through and wins the match thanks to Hinata.

After the match, Haneul and Kiyoko go check if they left something. Kiyoko finds Hinata's lunch box, while Haneul has her bag on her, but they get cornered by some guys from the Johzenji team. Haneul tries to politely tell him to back off, but both her and Kiyoko are soon cornered by the captain, until Hinata arrives and jumps between the three. They talk with Hinata and soon leave, and Haneul and Kiyoko thank Hinata for rescuing them. They then return to the bus and go home.

Kei and Haneul get home, and Akiteru greets them, asking how the match was. Haneul replies that they won with a smile. Akiteru then asks what his opponents were like, with Haneul replying, "Two meters." Leaving Akiteru shocked, Kei tells him that apparently the two meter guy has not been playing for very long, but despite the player's lack of experience their blocks were completely useless against him. Akiteru then asks Kei if he thinks it's obvious he is going to lose, and Kei agrees stating again that the player was two metres tall after all. Akiteru then asks them if they want to come over and join his team's practices.

In the Karasuno gym, Keishin is telling everybody to start their individual practices and reminding them that qualifiers are less than two months away, with Hinata and Nishinoya running behind him, both carrying volleyballs yelling enthusiastically. Nishinoya challenges Haneul to a competition to see which of them can retrieve the most of Yamaguchi's serves, with Nishinoya winning by one point. later on, Kei calls Haneul over and tells her he's going to check out Akiteru's team, and she goes with him.

They arrive and the members ask Akiteru if she's actually good enough to be in a boys' team, and he replies that he's never seen her play. While practicing, she notices that Akaizawa is trying to rile up Kai, so she motions Akiteru to them. Afterwards, they play anpther match, and Haneul gets every single ball that Kei can't block from Akaizawa, making it slightly impossible for the opposing team to score. When one of the team members says that she's amazing, Haneul shyly responds that she just has Kei's back.

Back at Karasuno, Takeda is talking to all of the players, saying that they will only be able to go to Kanto two more times, including the trip they are going on now. Then proceeding to say that they should make the best of this chance. They soon arrive at Nekoma High, and Bokuto greets Haneul by picking her up and spinning her. Later that night, Bokuto asks Kei to practice blocking his spikes. Kei looks at Haneul, whom he was heading to eat with, and she nods, taking his bottle and towel from him, telling him to go have fun. Kuroo asks her to practice with them, but she declines her offer politely, saying that her legs won't take any more training for the day.

During the course of the months, Kei grows closer and more affectionate to Haneul, smiling at her and holding her hand as they walk together. In late September, she starts living with Keishin, and helping him in the store on weekends. Keishin told her that if she's ever being bullied again, and there's no one to help her, to punch the person in the nose. Haneul tells him that she probably doesn't have the confidence to do that, but he tells her that if he gets a call from the school because she punched a bully in the face, that he'll be happy for her.

Now early October, Karasuno is at a training camp in Tokyo in a practice match with Nekoma, in their second set, they go into a deuce with Nekoma at 25 and Karasuno at 24. Hinata is then shown to be spiking the ball out of bounds, resulting Nekoma to win. She gives everyone invitations to a recital she has in two days at Torono Theater, where she has to perform with the school's band. Daichi and Sugawara ask her how she manages both the volleyball club and practicing for that event, and she confesses that she has a free period like the third years, and uses that time to practice with the band, which are all third years.

They all show up to her recital, covering almost the entirety of the second floor seats. Soon it was her turn, and everyone notices that the band she mentioned was the rock band type, which they didn't expect. Haneul starts to sing Forever...(is a long time) by Halsey, wearing a dream-like dress and expression, which leaves everyone in awe. She sits on the piano for the solo, and surprises everyone in the last verse of the song, *"Talk to your man. Tell him he's got bad news coming"*. She proceeds to play the piano as the band's lead singer follows the song with Dominic's Interlude. She ends the performance singing I HATE EVERYBODY. Yamaguchi asks Kei if this is the type of music the both of them usually listen to, with the blond nodding, murmuring a "more or less". After the show, Keishin hands her a bouquet of roses, and she smiles shyly as everyone compliments her.

Now being late October, back in Akiteru's team's gym, Kei is shown reading Akaizawa's spike and completely blocking it. Nishinoya and Tanaka start calling Haneul Karasuno's Angel, saying she's beautiful and picks up both the balls and their spirits. Haneul blushes and thanks them.

Arriving at Sendai City Gymnasium, Hinata says that this is where they are going to get their revenge, quickly after he starts running to get into the building, Kageyama yells that it was a false start and chases after him. Haneul yells after them not to run, but before Hinata is able to get inside the gymnasium, he runs into the captain of Johzenji High, Terushima, who disregards Hinata and starts yelling out to Kiyoko and Haneul, calling them Glasses-chan and Cute-chan. Kei glares at him, and before Daichi can stop them, Nishinoya and Tanaka jump out at Terushima with red eyes and sharp teeth while yelling, Misaki quickly shoves Terushima out of the way and apologizes. Tanaka and Nishinoya freeze in midair, which Kei and Yamaguchi comment on. Terushima then tells Hinata that he will see him in the next match and follows the rest of his team. Kei helps Haneul with the things she has to carry.

Soon folowing, Hinata is standing outside of the bathroom, reflecting on how the bathroom is where he meets dangerous people, and carefully tries to enter. Only to be startled by Oikawa who asks what he is doing, Hinata turns around and sees Oikawa and Iwaizumi standing behind him which freaks him out. Soon folowing, Haneul goes to the bathroom, finding Hinata with Oikawa and Iwaizumi. She calls for Hinata and greets the other two with a bow. Hinata asks how she knows them, and Haneul says she has only met Oikawa once. The brunette thanks her for giving his nephew tips on how to serve, and that he's in the audience, finding it a little annoying how he looks forward to seeing her play more than him. She chuckles, and Hinata says they better leave, only for her to bump into Ushijima, who tells them that they are third years so he wishes them a good tournament, due to the fact that it is their last.

Haneul is paralyzed and shaking, clearly scared at how their facial expressions quickly changed. In an attemp to get her out of there, Hinata proceeds to say that Karasuno is going to win, in which he receives glares from all three of them. Scaring Hinata he starts to slowly back away, only running into Aone from Date Tech. This startles Hinata even more and Ushijima finally says, that it doesn't matter who it is, Shiratorizawa will gladly accept their challenge, and that they will not be beaten by a girl, and then walks away. Oikawa apologizes for scaring her and pats her head, promising to see her later, and leaves. Haneul greets Aone by bowing to him, and wishes him a good match.

In the gymnasium, they see Terushima's team get riled up and recalls them as the party team, and then realizes they are Johzenji. Kei glares at Terushima and some of his team mates, who seem to be checking out Haneul as she stretches. Tanaka and Nishinoya join in, trying to always stay within the field of vision of Terushima.

The game begins with Asahi making the first serve, and does as before, taking a glance at Haneul before striking. She asks Sugawara what the deal is, and he chuckles, saying that it's an omen of good luck for them. He explains that it all started when Yamaguchi first landed his jump float in practice after glancing at her. The freckled boy laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head and nodding. Haneul blushed, watching as Johzenji barely received the ball and almost sent it out of bounds until Terushima performed an incredible aerial turn to spike the ball over from the back end of the court. The amazing spike earns Johzenji the first point while leaving Karasuno in shock of Terushima's unconventional play style.

In the next rally, Johzenji receives Tanaka's spike but accidentally drives it into the net. Futamata, unable to reach with his arms, instantly switches to using his foot to send a toss high enough for Īzaka to spike and score from. On the sidelines, Sugawara and Ennoshita note that Johzenji feels like a 'super star baseball team' with unpredictability as their greatest weapon. Haneul laughs a little at their comparison, but crosses her arms and watches the game intently.

Hinata executes another quick attack after being rotated in. When Kageyama attempts to block Futamata from spiking, the ball collides directly with his face. Although the blocking attempt is successful, Kageyama ends with a nosebleed. Takeda calls for a time-out. Haneul rushes up to him, carrying the first aid kit. Daichi and Keishin tell him that he needs to sit it out, but he gets annoyed. Haneul frowns and tells him he needs to get out quickly to come back quickly. Kageyama looks at her intensely and nods. Yamaguchi volunteers to escort Kageyama to the medical office while Hinata declares that he will keep things under control until Kageyama's return.

Haneul watches the game, and hands everyone their towels when they change sides. Kei notices that she's a little too quiet, and they all turn when she says that Johzenji's playing style is making her annoyed. Keishin tells her that it's normal, and everyone silently watches as she walks towards the bench area. Ennoshita says to Sugawara that she's slightly scary when she's quiet.

The game resumes, and Haneul watches intently with a straight face. The match soon ends, and Haeul gets all excited, jumping up and down with Hinata and Nishinoya. She lines up with the boys, and the game officially ends. Out in the hall, Yachi high fives everyone on winning, and hugs Haneul. Sugawara rapidly takes a picture of the two, saying it's the team's new good luck charm, making them both blush. Aone soon appears, nodding to Haneul. She waved at him with a smile, and he went to speak with Hinata.

Back at Karasuno, the team is having a meeting with Ukai warning them that the Wakutani team is the one they must be wary of; as the team still has their third years and have receives that are on par with Nekoma. Haneul advises them not to become frustrated if their attacks do not make it through, especially Tanaka and Hinata. Daichi assures them that the rest of the team will be right there to back them up if needed; boosting the mood of the team and earning Ukai's envy at how he made it sound 'so much better'.

The next day, Karasuno start warming up for their next match. Haneul and Nishinoya wave at Saeko and Shimada, who were up in the stands with Yachi. She watches the game intently and anxiously, biting her thumb nail as she watched. Kei slapped her hand out of her mouth when he was in the bench, and told her not to do that. Haneul pouted, but he smiled at her before switching with Nishinoya again.

Haneul watches as Takeru is sent the last hit and hits the ball against Kei's hand, sending it out but Daichi chases after it. He manages to save it with Nishinoya doing the same. The ball is sent closer to the court and Daichi follows to get the last hit. He is so focused that he does not notice he is heading right for Tanaka until it's too late. The ball barely manages to go over the net and lands on the opposite side as Takeru just misses saving it. A round of cheers is cut short when everyone realizes that Daichi has been rendered unconscious.

Haneul rushes to him with the first aid kit in hand, ignoring the whistles from the referee. He regains consciousness when Haneul gently moves his head and calls after him. She shouts to give him space as Keishin and Takeda arrive and kneel before him. When Daichi answers that his face is hurting, Takeda hurries over and questions Daichi on their location and the team they are playing against. Despite answering both questions correctly and insisting he is alright, Takeda insists that Daichi go to the infirmary to be checked for any possibility of a concussion. Haneul makes him follow her finger with his eyes, and says that he possibly doesn't have one, but cleans the blood from his mouth with gauze once he stands, and Daichi spits out his tooth. Haneul says he has a cut on his lip, and tells him to go to the infirmary and get properly checked.

Daichi argues that he's fine and can keep playing, with Keishin yelling at him. Haneul tells him once again to go get checked, but he refuses. Before Sugawara says anything, Haneul takes him by his shirt collar and lowers him to her height, yelling at him to be a responsible captain to his team and to go get checked, all with her Korean accent showing. He nods and Yachi takes him with Keishin to the infirmary. The team comes to terms that Haneul is scarier than Daichi and Sugawara, and all make a mental note to never get her mad.

Takeda switches in Ennoshita for Daichi, and Nishinoya with Haneul. On the court, Ennoshita becomes surprised at how the players seem to right away accept him as the new captain; such as Kageyama asking permission to set up quick attacks and Asahi warning him of Nakashima's spikes. Haneul pats him in the back, and tells him he's not alone. Tanaka approaches Ennoshita and Haneul and tries to apologize for the situation. At this, Ennoshita suddenly becomes bolder and questions why Tanaka would be apologizing. He says that either one of them could have been knocked out from the collision and it just happened to be Daichi that took the brunt of it. Ennoshita brings Asahi over to further prove his point by having him tell Tanaka they are all relieved that he was not hurt as well and try to get him back into action. Haneul nods and tells them that they're winning the game.

Sugawara reveals that the reason Haneul was switched in as well is to give everyone a sense of hope and ease, because everyone trusts her. Haneul receives the first serve with ease, but the point is lost either way. She smiles, knowing the other team is slowly loosing confidence in the way she receives. Right after Tanaka lands a spike through a double block, a substitution is announced. To everyone's surprise, Yamaguchi will be going in for Kei on the next serve as per Ukai's instructions before having left with Daichi. As they switch, Tsukishima warns Yamaguchi that he's too nervous. Seeing this, Ennoshita asks Yamaguchi if he feels nauseous. When Yamaguchi answers that he feels fine he sees that Ennoshita looks just as bad as he does. Tanaka easily sees that this is Ennoshita's plan of helping Yamaguchi feel better; as Yamaguchi instantly becomes better when he sees someone else more nervous or scared than him. Haneul hypes him up by yelling at him encouraging words, and like always, he looks at her before serving.

He flinches when the whistle sounds and gets ready to serve. As he tosses the ball, he realizes he tossed it too low. The ball hits the top of the net and Yamaguchi fears this is a repeat of his previous failed serve only for the ball to just make it over and land before any of the Wakutani players can get to it. The team cheers for Yamaguchi's serve and Karasuno is now at set point. Haneul smiles at him and gives him a thumbs up. Wakutani is able to pick up the serve and when Yamaguchi sees the attack is coming he tries to get ready but finds himself froze in place. Shiroishi attempts to spike but Hinata is able to block and get a one touch. The ball heads right for Yamaguchi but he is unable to move. Instead, Haneul jumps in and receives. Kageyama sets to Asahi who successfully spikes through a double block and wins the set for Karasuno.

As the teams switch sides, Haneul spots Keishin returning and looking furious. Ukai marches right for Yamaguchi but Haneul steps in and defends him; saying that Yamaguchi knows better than any of them of his mistake. The team gathers around Ukai and Tanaka asks of Daichi's condition. Ukai explains that Daichi is alright and does not have signs of a concussion although the bleeding and pain in his mouth is more severe than they thought. Tanaka instantly begins to feel guilty again until Asahi and Ennoshita reassure him otherwise.

The match continues, and Nishinoya yells at Haneul to stay focused and continue fighting. Ennoshita picks up the ball, and Haneul connects it. Once they catch up, she's switched out with Nishinoya. Kiyoko gives her a towel and thanks her for playing hard, and Haneul blushes, saying it was no problem. She stands aside Yamaguchi and watches the game, which soon enough, ends with them winning. Seeing the game is over, everyone rush over to Ennoshita, even Haneul, and hug.

As Karasuno is leaving the court, Tanaka spots Daichi standing at the entry doors. Sugawara, Haneul and Nishinoya rush over to greet the captain and Tanaka asks how he's feeling. Daichi answers that he's doing well and managed to get some rest before he states that he's ready to get back onto the court with them. Haneul apologizes for yelling at him earlier, but he thanks her instead. He urges the team to rest, and Haneul congratulates Ennoshita before leaving him to speak with Daichi.

She goes with the team to watch the Seijou vs. Date Tech game, and is greeted by Takeru, Oikawa's nephew. Kei is slightly jealous at Oikawa, since Haneul is cheering for him, but soon knocks it off when he sees her slightly intimidated by his serve. Afterwards, Haneul goes to the bathroom, only to find the girls that bullied her had followed her inside and locked the door. They had a bag full of stuff with them, opening it to reveal expired milk boxes from stores and a jar of peanut butter. They tell her that what they're doing has been planned for a long time, and that it's revenge for getting them suspended once again. Two of them hold her down, while the third one pours the expired milk over her. Haneul tried to doing as Keishin had said, and tried to punch one of them, only to get slapped and kicked the air out of her.

Haneul tried to struggle free, but they took her by her arms and pinned her to the bathroom wall. Then, one of them took out the peanut butter, saying that they found out she was deadly allergic to it, and applied it on her hands, arms, face and legs. While she got rid of the evidence, one of the others punched her in the face and threw her into one of the cubicles, unlocking the door and running away. She took a while to stand up, but managed to by hoisting herself up with the sink. She tried to wash off the peanut butter off her hands, but it got painful after the hives showed up, so Haneul stumbled her way out of the bathroom. She didn't know where Keishin was, so she made her way to where her team was, bumping into Kei and Yachi on her way up the stairs, whom were going to look for her.

Yachi yelled as she looked at Haneul, catching the attention of Karasuno and the Date Tech third years. Kei took her hand and rushed for her to sit, giving her a napkin because her nose was bleeding. Kiyoko opened the first aid kit and ordered Yachi to get napkins, and told Daichi to get Keishin or Takeda. Haneul started crying, looking down at her arms as Kei yelled at her, asking her what happened. Yamaguchi told him to calm down, as he was making Haneul cry more. She had a bruise similar to Daichi's on her cheek as well. When Keishin got there with Yachi, he told the girls to get her to shower in the second floor's bathroom and he'd wait outside.

After washing up, she came out, and Keishin had to hold back his tears. Half of Haneul's face was red with hives, as well as some spots on her neck, arms and the inside of her hands, not to mention her legs. She was still crying, and had a napkin up her nose to stop the blood. He sits with Haneul and she tells him everything while he applies ointment on her hives. She hugged him, and Keishin told her that he was proud of her for trying to fight back, but now that it happened outside of school, they could later go and report the incident to the police as assault. Haneul nodded and walked with him to where the group was in the corridor, waiting for their queue to enter the gym.

Everyone surrounded Haneul to ask how she was feeling, with Nishinoya and Tanaka threatening to hurt whoever hurt her in return. Kageyama gives her his pair of gloves, which Kei holds for her. Haneul apologizes for not being able to play in the next game, but Daichi tells her not to apologize because it wasn't her fault. The others went to warm up while Kei gently helped her put on the gloves. He gave her his sweatshirt because she was shivering from the cold and kissed her forehead before heading to practice. When she got to the bench, Keishin was finishing telling Takeda what happened, when she spotted the girls sitting on the other side of the stadium and told him.

As the teams are warming-up, a stray ball stops in front of Tōru Oikawa. He leans down to grab the ball and at the same time so does Kageyama. The two right away fight for the ball while Oikawa taunts Kageyama of how he beat him during their last game. haneul walks towards them to stop them from fighting when Oikawa suddenly releases the ball and sends Kageyama flying back while saying that the only person fit to face off against him is Wakatoshi Ushijima. Haneul walks back to where Yachi is to instruct her where the stuff is, when Yahaba attempts to speak with Yachi and Haneul as he tosses a ball in her direction and calls out asking for their assistance. Suddenly, Takahiro Hanamaki misses a receive and the ball is sent flying right to Yachi. Though Yahaba attempts to save her, Haneul is the one to block the ball before it reaches Yachi and flinches. Yahaba and Kindaichi find this appealing but Tanaka stops them as he returns the ball to Yahaba with a glare of intimidation, then proceeds to check on Haneul, who tells him she's fine.

Soon enough, the game starts, and Haneul smiles when Nishinoya manages to set for Asahi, who does a back row attack. She tries her best not to clap or scratch her hands because of the hives when the team wins the set. Kiyoko handed her a cold water bottle for her hands. Keishin asks her to signal Sugawara for him, and she calls him over to speak to Keishin, and soon replaces Kei. When he's in the bench, Kei checks up on Haneul to see how she's doing. He tells her that the hives on her face were slowly getting better, and she thanks him and urges him to get to the bench area. Haneul laughs afterwards, telling Keishin that he's being watched by Yamaguchi.

She smiles at Yamaguchi when the team attempts to cheer him up, and tells him to give it his all when he glances at her before serving. She then silently watches the whole game up until the third set, when everyone piles around her to see how she's doing. Kiyoko claims she's not dying with a smile, causing Haneul to blush a little, telling them she's getting better. Haneul gives them a pep talk, telling them that even if they're in desperate times, not to take desperate measures. Afterwards, they resume the match in the third set.

Takeda silently points at Haneul, and Keishin sees she's pouting while glaring at Mad Dog, and he takes a picture of her secretly. After fighting tirelessly, Karasuno took the set, and therefore, the match. She jumps of joy, and the team calls her over to lineup with them. She walks over to them and bows with them happily. Haneul then goes off to speak with Aoba Johsai, and tells them how an amazing team they are, and that she looks forward to competing against them one day. They all bow to her, catching her by surprise, and thank her.

The team waits for Haneul to come back for their team huddle, which they all end up falling down thanks to Hinata and Nishinoya, and Haneul is at the top. She goes to return Kei's hoodie, but he tells her to keep it on. On the bus, she falls asleep on Kei's shoulder again, listening to music. When they get to the school, she drowsily takes the bags and walks to the gym, only to stop when the students started to cheer for them from the school. She looked up to see her class mates with #13 painted on their faces, making her tear up.

Michimiya then remembers that the sports new channel will be on soon. The team gathers together to watch the broadcast that announces Karasuno had defeated Seijoh who had been heavily favored to win. Tanaka and Nishinoya become annoyed that Oikawa and Seijoh are being shown more than they are but quickly disregard that when the news mentions Shiratorizawa's victory and making it to the final round after beating their opponent in straight sets.

Later that evening, the team is in the gym and listen at how Ukai goes over how they will be facing Shiratorizawa. He points out how strong the team is when he states that in the entire time that Oikawa has been at Aobajohsai they have never won against Shiratorizawa, thus making Shiratorizawa the absolute champions. The members of the team are top level players with Ushijima just being the beginning. Haneul heads with Ukai to the police station later, filling the assault with her. They take her statement and later leave. At the house, Keishin applies more ointment after Haneul showered, and makes her onigiri. Haneul tells him she doesn't want to fall asleep alone, but if he minds, then to forget she ever mentioned it. Keishin smiles and tucks her in, calling her a baby and telling her that he'll be awake for a few more minutes.

Keishin wakes up hugging Haneul, who's hair was a complete mess. He wakes her up gently, and she goes to shower. Looking at herself in the mirror, she notices the hives on her face have almost disappeared, but that the ones on her hands and arms haven't. She gets dressed in her signature black shorts and white t-shirt, and soon heads out with Keishin, being joined by Kei and Yamaguchi, walking to the school.

Later, the team arrives at the Sendai City Gymnasium. Moments after arriving, Daichi hears someone call to him and spots Yui Michimiya running over with Mao Aihara and Chizuru Sasaki. Daichi is surprised to see them there and Michimiya is so overcome with excitement that she stumbles over her words. After being reminded by Sasaki, Michimiya hands Daichi a charm to grant certain victory to the team. As she once again stumbles over her words, Daichi takes the charm and thanks her for giving it to him. Haneul gives her a thumbs up from behind Daichi, when Tanaka and Nishinoya request giving it to Haneul, claiming that they'll be twice as lucky if they do so.

As the Karasuno team makes their way to the gym, Tanaka is overwhelmed by how many people have come to see the finals. Nishinoya tries to advise Tanaka not to be nervous by telling him that by playing in front of a large crowd they are sure to gain the attention of many female admirers, possibly even gaining the attention of Kiyoko. Nishinoya and Tanaka become totally focused on this goal and begin chanting that they will do their best to gain the most female attention as Haneul tries to quiet them down.

The group begins to move again when Hinata is called by someone in the crowd. He turns and is surprised to see his friends Yukitaka Izumi and Kōji Sekimukai. Tanaka questions who the two are and Hinata explains the two to be friends of his who participated in the volleyball tournament he played in while in middle school. Izumi and Kōji introduce themselves and that they play soccer and basketball, earning admiration from Tanaka when he realizes this was why some of the players from Hinata's team had excellent footwork.

Haneul goes to tell Hinata that they're moving when his friends ask who she is, and she blushes and bows, with Hinata introducing her as one of the team's managers and a player. Izumi asks if she's the infamous number 13, who is claimed to be unlucky. Hinata gets riled up, exclaiming that she's unlucky for the opposing team. Kageyama calls out to Hinata that the team is leaving. Hinata thanks Izumi and Kōji for attending before hurrying off to catch up with the team.

They place their things up the stairs, and she sees Yamaguchi struggling with his hair, since it was long now and got in his face. Haneul called him over and reached into her own bag, pulling out a pack of bobby pins. She gently secured his stray hairs with bobby pins, and told him that soon, he'd need to wear a hair tie like Asahi. Later, Haneul goes to look for some extra bandages in their bags where the school is. She watches as Saeko drags a guy whom she believes is a spy from Shiratorizawa, but ends up being Akiteru. Takinoue says that it can't be possible that he's Kei's brother, until Haneul interrupts them. She tells them he's Kei's actual brother, and he hugs Haneul, wishing her luck.

They start to warm up, and start with running and jumping once in front of the net. She manages to surprise even Ukai as she jumps as high as Nishinoya. She smiles as Kageyama and Hinata perform their new touch spike. When the warm-ups ended, everyone huddled around their coaches. Ukai announces that they were correct in guessing Shiratorizawa's starting line-up. Ukai advises the team to not let Ushijima determine the course of the game and that the opposing players will make mistakes during the game that the Karasuno team should capitalize on.

The teams are soon introduced to the public, with Haneul being the last one of the Karasuno team. She was the one to get the most cheers from Karasuno, while the people from Shiratorizawa just stared. Ushijima and Daichi shake hands hoping for a good game. Each sides starting line-up is soon introduced and the players take their starting positions. The game soon begins and Daichi delivers the first serve. Haneul watches intently as Asahi, Kei and Kageyama jump in an attempt to block but Ushijima easily spikes past and the ball is sent directly to Nishinoya. Nishinoya positions himself to receive but is surprised when the ball ricochets off his arms and flies out of bounds, giving the first point to Shiratorizawa. Nishinoya looks over to Ushijima and grins while greeting the left-handed spiker.

Haneul is quietly analyzing the best ways to receive Ushijima's spikes by watching Nishinoya's movements, which is her special ability. Yamaguchi comments to Sugawara how scary Haneul looks while analyzing the game, claiming her eyes get brighter when she does so. Sugawara laughs and says it's because she's concentrating. After Shiratorizawa takes their eight point, a technical time-out is called. Haneul tells Nishinoya not to get worked up, and to move his arms a little to the left.

Haneul smiles as Kei manages to get the timing right, but still isn't able to block Ushijima's spikes. Another technical time-out is called, and Haneul tells Kei how close he is. She tapes his finger, asking if he's okay. She tells him to be confident in his blocks, smiling up at him. He ruffles her hair and nods, going back into the court. Haneul watches as Daichi tries to receive the serve, failing, but smiles when Nishinoya has the second one up in the air. At the next rally, Sugawara is subbed in for Kei as Hinata rotates in; his height and position catching the attention of Tendō. However, Tendo gets the point by landing spike. Haneul tells Sugawara that he was great, and to cheer up, since there's still lots of sets.

As the team switches sides for losing the first set, Haneul sees Ushijima looking at her, and she glares back at him. Ukai is advising the team not to panic despite that Ushijima alone scored nearly half of the winning points for his team. He then points out that because Ushijima is being sent the ball so much, the remaining players on the Shiratorizawa team are becoming frustrated. He reminds them that Ushijima will eventually reach the end of his stamina and will begin to make mistakes.

As Hinata rotates in he claims he will show Ushijima who the stronger team is and causing Sugawara to question Hinata's behavior. Tadashi reveals that Hinata had run into Ushijima not too long ago and the two had a 'scuffle', sending Sugawara into a panic from thinking Hinata is picking fights with other schools. Haneul laughs and tells him what happened last time she saw Ushijima, and Sugawara laughs.

Haneul glares at Tendo for blocking Hinata's spike. She notices that they're tied. Soon afterwards, Ukai calls for a time-out. After Ukai advises to cut Shiratorizawa off at the next serve, Tanaka and Haneul notice Kageyama looking very upset. Though he denies he is, Kageyama admits to himself that he cannot stand it when a spike from his set is blocked. Haneul advices Kei to keep on doing one-touches, that it will make the others annoyed. The time-out ends and the set continues with Reon serving once more. The ball hits the top of the net and Daichi is quick enough to receive. Despite the ball being short, Kageyama quickly positions himself to set. He is so wrapped in his thoughts that he does not react in time when Hinata spikes the ball right over his head.

Haneul smiles as Kei stops Tendo's time lag attack. When the players change positions, Shirabu noticed Kei had been staring at him. In the waiting area, Tadashi is certain that Karasuno will get their chance and begins to silently plead to Ukai to be put into the game, with Haneul telling him to stop that, because his time will come soon. The game continues and Kei continues to get one touches on many of the spikes. Shirabu is becoming frustrated with Kei being able to constantly do this.

Haneul adjusts her gloves as she watches Sugawara and Kageyama perform a synchronized attack. After the next time out, after Yamaguchi served, Haneul instructs the blockers to let Kei take control of the timing for the blocks. As Ushijima is preparing to spike, Kei sets the timing and signals when to jump. Faced with the triple block, Ushijima spikes a straight that directly leads to Nishinoya. The Karasuno libero receives and surprises many with his accomplishment of getting the ball back up. As Kageyama prepares to set, Tendō guesses where the ball with go and heads toward Karasuno's left only to be caught off guard when Kageyama sends the ball to Kei who spikes past Reon and scores; bringing the score to a tie.

Haneul screams in excitement as they managed to get the point with her strategy. Washijo takes notice that, even though the setter is the control tower of the team, and their captain is in the court, that the real mastermind isn't in the court yet, referring to Haneul. The game goes on, and soon Karasuno takes the set. While switching sides again, Haneul tells Kei to remember to wait for that mistake, to completely shut down Ushijima's spikes. He nods, saying he knows that, and takes her hands in his, adjusting properly her gloves.

Afterwards, the game starts again. It seems almost impossible to get a two point lead, until they make it to a deuce just in time. Haneul watches intently, knowing that Shirabu was getting frustrated, and it caused him to send a low toss close to the net. That was the moment Haneul and Kei had been waiting for. Kei and Asahi jump to block as Ushijima spots a clear path for him to spike through. He spikes the ball only for Kei to move his arms in time to ultimately block Ushijima and score the set winning point for Karasuno. Everyone in the gymnasium, including Ushijima, is utterly surprised that Kei had done what no one thought was possible. Haneul jumped in excitement, hugging Yamaguchi, who was closest to her.

Haneul hugs Kei as they switch for the next set. She tells him now she's excited to play, and tells Nishinoya all that she's learned just by analzing. The game soon resumes, and she watches intently as Daichi serves. She watches as Shirabu sets another toss to Ushijima whose spike knocks over Nishinoya when he attempted to receive and wins the third set for Shiratorizawa. Haneul sees as Nishinoya is becoming frustrated. The teams switch sides in preparation for the fourth set. Ushijima stops to speak to Hinata, stating that when he had seen Hinata's jump when they met he had believed Hinata would be talented in receives and blocks but now sees he was wrong. He points out that Hinata cannot fight with height and calls his playing style clumsy, shocking Hinata greatly. Haneul hears and goes to defend Hinata, but Ushijima calls her weak as well, claiming that she makes her team weak.

Hinata pulls Haneul away, and she holds back her tears in anger. The players soon take their positions on the court to start the fourth set and Kei takes the chance to tell Asahi of a plan he has. Haneul is silently angry during the course of the game, but turns around when she hears Ikkei Ukai yelling her name. She smiles and waves at him slightly, making him wonder what's wrong with her. Sugawara recalls that Ushijima had spoken to Hinata and Haneul earlier and questions Tadashi if he knew what it was about. Tadashi repeats Hinata's claim of Ushijima stating "A shrimp that sucks like you has no reason to live." Sugawara is surprised by this but questions if Hinata didn't just imagine what Ushijima said. Tadashi says Hinata was certain in his claim and Sugawara wonders what Hinata will do at having been told something like that. Haneul tells him what Ushijima said, and both boys get riled up, saying that no one talks like that to Karasuno's Angel and gets away with it.

She witnesses how Hinata is able to jump high enough to block Reon's spike and the ball lands on Shiratorizawa's side before Yamagata can save it. She watches the fourth set intently, and sees Kageyama is fatigued. At match point for Karasuno, Kageyama undershoots and Hinata manages to nudge the ball with his left hand, winning the set. While switching, Keishin calls Sugawara and Haneul over, and tells them they'll be playing to let Kageyama and Nishinoya rest. Kei smiles at her as she nods. Haneul notices Sugawara is nervous, and Kiyoko is trying to calm him down when he mentions something about marriage. Haneul approaches him and smiles, saying she has his back, and calling him Suga-senpai, making him blush.

The fifth set, which only goes up to 15 points, was easily controlled by Haneul who gained the first point of the set. They were able to widen the point gap with Sugawara scoring with Haneul as the setter, surprising everyone. She noticed that Tendō was noticeably maddened, and Washijo confirmed his theory. Ushijima successfully scores consecutive points, and Shiratorizawa leads the game with 5-4. Shiratorizawa continues to attack and score, with Karasuno barely catching up if it weren't for Kei who continuously blocks Ushijima's attacks. Haneul noticed something was wrong with Tsuki since he was holding his hand, so she went to see what was wrong. She yelled at Kiyoko to bring a towel, and gives it to Kei. Meanwhile, Tendo comments about her nickname, Unlcky 13, and says that it's because she brings bad luck to her team.

Haneul ignores the comment, with Kei telling her and Hinata to buy him time as he leaves with Kiyoko. Narita substitues him, and with Tsukishima gone, the Karasuno players tried to counter with Haneul as setter and Suguwara as spiker but was blocked by Tendō. Haneul knows that Kei must have been in a lot of pain, and stands her ground, remembering all the times he was there for her.

Haneul and Hinata switch, to assure a sure win. She laughs at Hinata's tactic of receiving with his face. Kageyama is switched back from Sugawara after the successful synchronized attacks, and the power duo pull off a straight-down hit immediately. Hinata also manages to block Ushijima's spike and score again, but Hinata is switched out, replaced by Yamaguchi, and Shiratorizawa's future ace Goshiki touched the net, so Karasuno gets the point. Narita also works with Kageyama to score, and pull off a successful attempt, and it's a tie against the two schools. Goshiki panicks, and lets Karasuno take the lead in the meantime, and Hinata is switched back in. However, despite all Karasuno's efforts, Shiratorizawa is at match point.

When Daichi turns it into a deuce at 14-14 however, tensions begin to rise. As Shiratorizawa scores again, Karasuno begins to deflate, but Coach Ukai encourages them with his powerful words. Things get better as Haneul sees Kei coming back from the infirmary, and ready to play with them again. As predicted, Yunohama delivers a jump float. As Daichi receives, Reon realizes that Karasuno's defense would be much weaker without the captain. Tanaka jumps to attack but Tendō sees Kageyama's attempt for a setter dump. Despite Tendō's correct guess, Kageyama successfully pulls it off and scores. With the score at a deuce, Kageyama realizes Tendō read what he was going to do and believes that attempting another setter dump may not work.

At this point, Kei is subbed in and Narita comes out. As Kei takes his place on the court, Ushijima shows signs of remorse for the injury to Kei's hand. Though he is greatly welcomed back, Kei right away tells the team of a plan he has devised involving the three person block. Haneul helps fix his plan a little, and they head to execute it. The game proceeds and Asahi serves. Reon receives and though Tendō looks to be getting the set, Shirabu tosses to Ushijima. Kei positions himself next to Tanaka and they jump to block with Kei getting a one touch on his injured hand. Haneul asks him rapidly if he's okay, and he replies he is, although she knows he's lying.

She plays and saves most of the balls, but then she's subbed out with Hinata. Haneul realizes that they're in their ultimate attack formation, and watches intently, analyzing every possible outcome. She smiles when Hinata joins in on the synchronized attack, and he scores, winning the set, and therefor, the match. Haneul is the first one to begin screaming when they get the point, running towards Kei as the third years start crying together. In the rush, Kei picks her up and twirls her around, giving her a kiss on the cheek, making the audience cheer more. Then, they were tackled to the floor by Nishinoya and Tanaka. Haneul lines up with the rest of the team, and slowly wishes the ceremony would be over soon, since her legs had already started trembling.

The next day, back at Karasuno, after morning practice, she's surrounded by all her classmates, and boys from other classes. They all ask her how she plays like that, while others asked how she managed a group of twelve boys. They were all silenced by Takeda, but after class, her classmates surrounded her again. She tried to politely tell them that she had to leave, but everyone stopped when she heard someone call "Jagiya". She stood to see Kei and Yamaguchi at the door, and she happily walked towards them with her stuff, saying goodbye to her classmates, whom were slightly irritated. Haneul thanks them for saving her, and addresses Kei about where he learned the word jagiya, but he smiled it off.

They got changed in the club room and went to the infirmary to get weighted and measured for the Spring National's brochure. Haneul was the last one to go in, after Kei bragged about being 190.1 cm and weighing 68.4 kg. The nurse took her weight while Kiyoko took her height. She was now 130.5 cm of her 125.3, and weighted 40.8 kg of her 43.1 kg. The nurse told Kiyoko she had to speak with Haneul alone, so she left the room. The nurse told Haneul that she had only gained one kilogram since she was starved by her uncle, and that if she weights less than that by Spring Nationals, she won't be allowed to compete. The nurse said she'd be calling Keishin, and Haneul nodded and left.

Outside, the others asked her what had happened, and Haneul told them she has to maintain her weight so she'd be allowed to compete at Nationals, but Nishinoya happily stated that she'll make it. They moved to the gym to see who had the largest reach, and Haneul got 321 cm, being the shortest and the one with the most decent reach. Daichi then called everyone to huddle around Takeda, who had news. Kageyama and Haneul had been accepted into the All-Japan Youth Training Camp that was to take part the first week of December, and Kei chosen for a mock camp. Haneul froze and blushed, stuttering if he meant the actual representatives for Japan under 19, which Takeda affirmed. While Kageyama bursts that he'll go and Daichi mandatory says both of them will go, Haneul says she'll have to think about it because December is a bit of a sacred month for her, but Nishinoya convinces her to go.

She goes with Kei and Yamaguchi to break the news to Keishin, who excitedly hugs her and tells her to order food from the Korean restaurant she likes, and even invites Yamaguchi and Kei for dinner. The rest of the time, she spends it planning what to bring with Kageyama, and Takeda gives them the instructions on how to get to the gym. Haneul plays a game with another school as well, and makes the plans Keishin made for tactical purposes work. She gives Yachi a recap of what she has to do while she's gone before they leave. Walking out of the club room, Haneul yells at Hinata and Kageyama to go get changed before it starts snowing, and they rapidly clean up and leave.

Once in Tokyo Station, Kageyama has trouble reading the paper Takeda gave him, when Haneul takes him by the hand and drags him off, saying he's lucky they're together and she knows her way around Tokyo. He asks her why she has a face mask on, and he says that the pollen levels are high, and she uses it to not get allergies. Once there, she calls Keishin and tells him that they arrived safely, and that they'll call him later. A boy approaches them, who Kageyama says is Sakusa Kyoomi from Itachiyama Institute, one of the top spikers in the country and the only second year. They introduce themselves to him, and go inside to process their things.

Inside, Haneul sticks with Kageyama while looking around. They get called to gather around, and coach Hitaki welcomes the coach of the Olympic Men's team, Hibarida Fuki. He gives a small speech, and at the end, welcomes Haneul as the only woman to have been chosen to participate for the training camp, and possibly, for the team. They clap at her, and tries to not be flustered around all the tall players. They first started with passing drills, so everyone could get acquainted. She's paired up with Chigaya from Shinzen.

The next day, they have a match to see how compatible they are with each other's abilities, and haneul is in Kageyama's team for the first match. Even if she's a libero, the coaches asked her to play as a middle blocker due to her reach and speed. When Kageyama sets out of force of habit, Haneul goes for it, but it barely brushes her finger tips. He apologizes, but everyone was more shocked that Haneul could almost reach it. After training, they went for their dinner. Kageyama served her some dishes since she couldn't use the chopsticks. Chigaya tells them of the weird schedule for training, which is some days in the mornings and some days in the afternoon, because of the Olympic competitors, when Sakusa approaches them.

He asks Haneul and Kageyama why did Shiratorizawa loose. He sarcastically asked if someone stopped his spikes, and Haneul responded that they did, and begins to ask who it is. Motoya stops him and apologizes to them, saying that he's a little negative, and Haneul says she doesn't mind to answer his questions. She scolds Kageyama for calling Sakusa normal. Chigaya asks who she's rooming with, since she's a girl and asks if they gave her a separate dorm, to which Haneul replies she's staying with Kageyama. Chigaya gets the wrong idea and insinuates that they're dating, to which Kageyama chokes on his rice. Haneul gives him her glass of water, and explains that she's dating Kei Tsukishima, much to his surprise.

Since the following day's practice was in the morning, she messaged the Nekoma team and they arranged to take them around Tokyo. Kenma, Kuro, Yaku and Lev met them outside the gym, along with Bokuto and Akaashi. Haneul greeted everyone cheerily, and then set on their way. They went out to eat, to karaoke and to a digital art museum. Kuro and Bokuto took pictures with Haneul on purpose and sent them to Kei, trying to make him jealous, but were stunned when he sent back a text saying, 'Take care of Haneul'. They then went to an arcade, where she played mostly with Kenma.