What, Karasuno lost to Kamomedai?!?
I thought they were gonna at least make the semi-finals
If not for plot and Kageyama playing like a god of Volleyball the shouldn't be able to go past Inarizaki in the first place :D
But I didn't like this loss too.
Kamomedai is basically a buffed version of Date Tech with no offensive prowess besides Hoshiumi.
+ Karasuno played a match before this one.
I think Furudate did that because he felt bad for the win over Inarizaki because Inarizaki were the runner-ups from Inter-High ( they lost to Itachiyama in the final ) and they lost to Karasuno which was built mostly around first years.
I think the use of "Hell day" ( It's a day in long HS tournaments where teams can play up to two games while advancing ) was done in a good way.
We as a readers can argue "What if Karasuno wasn't tired?", "What if Hinata never got flu because of exhaustion?" and all of that stuff.
I personally don't think that Kamomedai would win against fully recharged Karasuno ( + Hinata without a flu ).
If Hinata didn't crumble in the most important moments of the match Hoshiumi would slowly watch how Hinata blooms and blooms from point to point.
My personal opinion is that the team to finally eliminate Karasuno should be Fukurodani or Itachiyama if they somehow got past Fukurodani.
I never expected Karasuno to go this far because I know from my real-life experience how fucking hard HS tournaments are and Furudate was writing his manga as realistic as he could.
Was Karausno loss vs Kamomedai real? Yes.
Was Karasuno loss vs Kamomedai fair? No, as well as the other teams who got tired in game 1 and couldn't compete in the top shape in the second game but this is a infamous magic of a "Hell day"
Should they lose before the semifinals? In my opinion, No.
Should they lose in the finals? Yes.
Also.
Fuck Jump for making Furudate finish the manga quicker.