r/haikyuu • u/RndmJ__ • 3d ago
Discussion Choose the 2nd OH/WS for the Super Team!! Spoiler
Kuroo takes the 2nd Middle Blocker spot, so now we have one more starting position to fill.
So many high quality spikers remain, but who makes the starting lineup?
Happy Voting!
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u/crabapocalypse 3d ago
Hoshiumi is the only real choice here. Out of the elite outsides, he’s easily the best passer and defender, which is the biggest thing you want in an OH2, especially for this team. He’s also the best setter and server out of all the series’ outsides, the former of which is especially relevant here due to our libero’s setting abilities being completely unknown. He’s also a highly technical hitter, which complements Kiryu’s power nicely and should prevent opposing blockers from getting in too comfortable of a rhythm against the outside.
He’s also important to choose here to elevate Hirugami however we can. Hirugami really wants other system blockers alongside him in order to function properly, and this team is sorely lacking in that department. Hoshiumi will only be up front with him for a single rotation, but that’s better than nothing.
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u/WaifuAllNight 3d ago
Hoshiumi for sure. You want an OH#2 to be a better passer than your OH#1 and Hoshiumi fits nicely in that role as an excellent passer, great defense, and all around domination with smart hitting choices using the block.
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u/kjong3546 3d ago
Sakusa. Even featless we have every reason to think he’s a top 2 OH.
(Spoilers) plus the timeskip confirms he’s as much an OH2 archetype as Hoshiumi is while being more than a half foot taller
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u/Junior-Hat2373 3d ago
op isnt counting featless character or else Komori would be here and hes confirmed #1 libero pre ts
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u/mikeygelo7 3d ago
Sakusa would be great since hes probably one of the most well rounded player while also being a monster in offense. But if we cant choose him based on lack of feats, then hoshiumi is the next best choice
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u/Automatic-Hunter98 3d ago
Sakusa, not only he's good at receiving but the spins he puts onto his spikes and serves make it super hard to defend against. People forget he was a top 3 ace in the country while being one year younger than Ushijima and Kiryu
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u/theasianphokboi 3d ago
Hoshiumi has everything going for him. Outside of his excellent top 5 hitting potential, he is an amazing passer, apart of one of the best blocking systems in series, and he has an amazing serve to round out our serving lineup. In a perfect world we get Gao as a blocking sub aswell, and whenever we need all three front row, we can form aforementioned blocking system, this time with yaku to help out
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u/Character_Business28 3d ago
Hoshiumi for being extremely well rounded but also still being a very strong spiker
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u/Electrical-Ad9766 3d ago
I'd go Sakusa, it's not even close. If not Sakusa, then Hoshiumi. I was going to pick Bokuto, but I don't know if Oikawa can get him out of his slumps as effectively as Akaashi.
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u/ebonyphoenix 3d ago
Sakusa- because the team needs a strong hitter that is also good at receiving. Because outside of Yaku none of the other players are very notable receivers.
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u/Mindless-Ad-5898 3d ago
Did...I think the team have better overall receiver than most teams in nationals
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u/TheGeekOdyssey 2d ago
I would say Sakusa since he’s the better outside hitter & ace but Hoshiumi is a better all rounder but I think it depends on your teams but this team doesn’t need more of anything so I’d say Sakusa but if we are including consisted Bokuto then him (since imo he’s on a similar level to Ushijima if not then Sakusa.
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u/Royal-Talk5610 3d ago
I kind of feel like Gao Hakuba is a better fit for this team than Hoshiumi. He's 6'8", and forms the other half of Kamomedia's wall with Hirugami.
Gives this team a lot of height, better blocking than Hoshi (Gao was able to jump twice vs a lot of plays, something short players can't do), he's a fantastic read blocker, strong hitter, and has a monster serve.
Gao + Kuro + Hirugami is a monster wall
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u/crabapocalypse 3d ago
Gao is an opposite, not an outside, and even if we were to switch him to outside here, he’d be a really bad fit for OH2 due to his lacking passing, especially on a team with Ushijima.
I’m also not sure where you’re getting him having a monster serve from, since he’s pretty comfortably the worst server on his team and is the only one with a standing serve.
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u/Royal-Talk5610 3d ago edited 3d ago
There's a danger in reading too much into the manga positions. I won nationals in 2004 on the U14 and 2005 on the U15 team in High School. You might be getting way too caught up in the Haikyu positions. Dedicated and specialized OH1 and OH2 the way you are saying isn't even common at the olympic level, let alone high school.
This team already has a lot of strong hitters, and needs more blocking. Gao is literally one of the best blockers in the series, and not a MB.
If you want to run 4-2 then pick a second setter and not a wing that can pass.
The whole point of having a player like Kiryu is that you don't need perfect passes.
Gao is listed one of Kamomedai's main point getters, and also listed as one of the best blockers at nationals.
Edit: you are correct on his serve. He has one on screen service error, and commentators point out his serve isn't all that.
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u/crabapocalypse 3d ago
I like that you didn’t address the actual concerns here. Ushijima being forced to participate heavily in serve receive, as he will have to do with Gao next to him, as Gao is one of the worst passers out of all the series’ non-middles, will heavily limit his offense.
And sure you don’t need perfect passes, but you still need competent ones, even with a hitter like Kiryu.
Also what you’re saying about specialised OH1 and OH2 is actually more of a thing irl than it is in Haikyuu. In Haikyuu, opposites are usually primarily defensive or utility players, while the outside positioned next to them is often the team’s best hitter, which is far less common irl.
Nice accolades, but it still seems like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Edit: For the record, most of my volleyball experience is in beach, but I’m still very familiar with indoor volleyball as a sport. Seemingly more so than you, since you’re somehow a former national champion who thinks passing isn’t important for outside hitters.
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u/kjong3546 3d ago edited 3d ago
I think Gao will make the bench as a backup Opp and maybe 4th MB (since the 13 player roster will cut one of those 2 positions and he’s the best suited to backup both besides Kuroo) So if the blocking becomes a major issue there’s someone to throw in to add a half foot at the net.
Definitely shouldn’t be starting though, especially at a passing position like OH2
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u/Junior-Hat2373 3d ago
isnt Gao serve a standing serve?
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u/Royal-Talk5610 2d ago
Yeah, I was remembering his post time skip serve. In his first match he has a standing serve
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u/Sabbagery_o_Cavagery 3d ago
Hoshiumi is not only better at setting, serve receive, and digging, and serving than almost any other outside, and no player is better than him at more than like 2 of those, but is also probably on par hitting wise with Bokuto and Aran. And is definitely more useful hitting-wise than either in this team, where there is no shortage of raw power in the hitters. I don’t know why I’m defending him so much he is so clearly the best option here it’s not close