I catch my supporter and I intoHaikyu!!properly earlier this year , and immediately became enrapture by its approachable yet brilliant premiss , of the lovable teamwork of Karasuno High School ’s volleyball game team . While the serial prominently focus on Shōyō Hinata , an gumptious and short middle blocker for Karasuno with aspirations to play like his idol , the Little Giant . While the series is phenomenal and bingeworthy , as its adaptation will reason after the final picture show , I could n’t aid but mean of my honest favorite sports manga - change state anime now streaming , Blue Box , and what it volunteer .
Blue Box , much likeHaikyu!!follows its athlete protagonist as he reach for vastness among his school ’s best athletes , and in Taiki Inomata ’s case , it ’s with his badminton team , the world ’s fastest racket sport . While Taiki and the Eimei Academy badminton squad push for their best players and doubles teams to reach the nationals , another crucial sports - themed element go forth to spice up the pattern : Taiki ’s lovemaking sake and ace of the girls ' hoops team . Despite both series being fun and coming - of - old age anime , Blue Boximproves its human drama with genuine romance rather of bait for fan shipper .
Blue Box Defines Its Characters Through Sports Like Haikyu!!
Similar Yet Crucially Different
High school sport Zanzibar copal and manga are horde , withclassics likeSlam DunkorEyeshield 21being authoritative examples of how democratic they are , generating tens to hundred of million of unit in sale . Haikyu!!is an exceptional late grammatical case of this , sell 60 million written matter by Fall 2023 , whileBlue Box , with a mark - new gum anime after start its manga in 2021 , has sell 5 million copies as of September 2024.These serial are emotionally resonant , using sports to not just delimit its character basically but also to take them together .
Anime such as Haikyu ! ! cheer us to join the characters in their sideline of a particular attainment or dream .
InBlue Box , Taiki ’s motivations to grow as a badminton player are somewhat always there , but the chance of diddle at the nationals alongside his in high spirits school crunch , Chinatsu Kano , is what largely get him . Blue Box’sother support characters have their lives similarly regulate and influenced by sports , such as Chinatsu staying home while her parents are abroad to play her team to the nationals and Hina Chono living up to her father ’s Olympic bequest . Meanwhile , Hinata quest for volleyball game inHaikyu!!as his passion after assure the Little Giant of Karasuno inspire him to whelm his shortcomings .
This is a large part of what endear me to both serial ; neither has overly convoluted premiss , andboth entail the highs and lows distinctive of a dandy come - of - age story . WhileBlue Boxuses sport to bring its main eccentric together , its character backstories make an tempting experience , enabling witness to figure out their favorite . But perhaps thanks to Taiki ’s blisteringly fast sport of selection , the experience ofBlue Boxentices me more thanHaikyu!!not just with its additional amatory spin but also due to its inherently strong use of pacing .
The Pacing of Blue Box Is Refreshing Compared to Haikyu!!
Taiki’s Matches End Freakishly Quickly
As theBlue Boxanime is still brand - new and several episode off from its first cour ending , one may greet my take with a grain of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks , but I savor the pacing of this serial a bit more when it comes to handling its match . Badminton is meant to be degraded , with birdie considered the quickest missile in sports , so the series ' execution of these matches is appropriately quick and sometimes ruthlessly so . The matches can be over in the blink of an eye , perhaps most meaningfully so when they end in a crushing defeat for its main characters , as it from time to time does .
My reason for bringing up the pacing largely emerges from my issue withHaikyu!!It is largely related to how it renders its volleyball matches , where significant fiber development happens . While I take account the exercising weight of the moments , Asahi Azumane pondering his case - and - effect kinship with volleyball game as his team ’s whizz in the centre of the compeer in episode # 9 is a lot to watch . It occasionally feels more likeHaikyu!!‘sway to slog out the runtime while maintaining the anime condition quo ofglacial tempo in favor of dramatic interior monologue , stopping time in its office .
Episode # 8 arguably used this to painfully full core , with Taiki ’s match over before anyone , include Hina and the viewer , could see how badly he drop off .
Taiki Inomata, a junior high student at Eimei Academy, is a dedicated badminton player with a crush on Chinatsu Kano, a star basketball player. Their paths intertwine in unexpected ways when Chinatsu moves in with Taiki’s family. Balancing sports, school, and budding feelings, Taiki aims to prove himself worthy of her admiration while striving for Nationals.
However , I could see mass lead issue withBlue Boxoften presenting the diametric option to this ; Chinatsu ’s basketball game scenes are few and far between , while Taiki ’s matches are never shown anywhere close to full length . One can easily hand - wave this as the serial remind its viewing audience that fun are one mere component of the story ; I ’m impressed by the detail , reality , and geometrically satisfying moments withBlue Box’sthrilling badminton interpreting . Blue BoxEpisode # 8arguably used this to painfully full effect , with Taiki ’s match over before anyone , admit Hina and the viewer , could see how naughtily he drop off .
Blue Box’s Romance Angle Fixes a Classic Haikyu!! Complaint
Kouji Miura Has an Armada of Sailing Ships Compared to Haruichi Furudate
break thatBlue Boxis explicitly classified as a romance on top of being a sports and coming - of - age anime , it ’s unsurprising that it handles its romantic pairings , offer gratification for lover cargo ships . It ’s a looter to outright say whether Taiki and Chinatsu get together . Still , it ’s not a freebooter to say that viewers will be introduced to other character pairings that are adorable , possible , andhave genuine potency of becoming real . With the beloved Triangulum forming between Taiki , Chinatsu , and Hina , and Kengo Haryu ’s splendid human relationship with Karen Moriya , Romance language move in touching and even painful directions in Blue Box .
In a fandom setting , fan shipping refer to readers or viewers want particular romantic mating , regardless of sexuality , due to perceived compatibility onscreen or on the page .
While it ’s great to see predictable mating such as its manlike and distaff lead , part of the fun of fan shipping is , by its nature , promise how other characters will pair off up . Kyo Kasahara is one particular character onto whom I latched , specially forhis surprising matureness as aBlue Boxsupporting character , and the current devotee shipping regression in the on-going manga . But with real progress inBlue Box’sships , there ’s more than can be say aboutHaikyu ! ! , especially consider the prison term skip .
Taiki Inomata, a junior high student at Eimei Academy, is a dedicated badminton player with a crush on Chinatsu Kano, a star basketball player. Their paths intertwine in unexpected ways when Chinatsu moves in with Taiki’s family. Balancing sports, school, and budding feelings, Taiki aims to prove himself worthy of her admiration while striving for Nationals.
I had n’t realized it and was perhaps naive in being surprised , but even a glance at the most popular ship inHaikyu!!show BL pairing onRankerso irresistibly that heterosexual or canonic ships do n’t die the top ten . Haikyu!!is not a romance anime , but this fervent appreciation for how well its lineament work off each other will always go ungratified , with only one reassert marriage in the end . It makesBlue Boxan entice palate cleanser whileHaikyu!!releases its terminal photographic film afterthe excellentThe Dumpster Battlemovie ; it ’s not a replacement but a wholesome , gorgeous alternative .
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Taiki Inomata , a junior high student at Eimei Academy , is a consecrate badminton player with a crush on Chinatsu Kano , a star hoops role player . Their way intertwine in unexpected ways when Chinatsu move in with Taiki ’s kinsperson . Balancing sports , schooling , and bud feeling , Taiki aims to try out himself suitable of her admiration while striving for Nationals.
