Niiyama Girls' High

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Hi! It's been a long time, but I want to know the translation on this image. I will be very grateful!!

I know it's in Japanese, but there must be someone who can translate

So I was reading the manga and as I was reading chapter 48, I noticed this:

Apparently the boys' team from Wakunan beat a team from "Niiyama Tech." Is that the same Niiyama as the super strong girls' team? Are there two Niiyama high schools, one for boys and one for girls, or am I missing something here? Someone please clear up my confusion!

So you know how there's a "characters" page that has all the characters organized according to their teams? I was just wondering if we should add a Niiyama section, since we know the names of two (technically three, because Natsu ended up playing for them) of their players, or would we need to know more?

You might have to click on some of the images to see the full thing.

Anyway, today I'm going to talk about the Niiyama captain! She just radiates so much power and I love it. She barely ever shows up in the manga, and we never got to see her in the anime (which makes me very mad but I'll live), but whenever she is shown, she just has this amazingly commanding presence and she strikes me as the kind of person who you just feel like you have to respect or else. I love how she appears to be a natural leader and seems really dedicated to volleyball. I also really love how she was drawn. Female characters, especially female highschooler characters, are rarely drawn with a visible musculature and an intimidating silhouette, so the way she's drawn differentiates her from characters in other manga. I really want to know her name and see more of her because WE STAN STRONG QUEENS!!!

Niiyama's number 7 - unnamed player on Niiyama Girls' High Volleyball Team, even though we know nothing about her I think she seems cool because that's just how I am lol

I want to know all the Niiyama girls' names. I want to see their matches. But I know I never will and that makes me super sad.

The Wiki page for Maiko Yonezawa says she is Niiyama's libero and wears jersey number 12, but I think that's not true, and here's why:

Above is a panel from Haikyuu-bu!. Maiko is on the far left, with the Goshiki-esque haircut. The number-12 libero is right next to her, and I know it's her because of this panel from the manga:

On the far right, we can see the libero (number 12), with her very distinct hairstyle. This is, quite obviously, the same girl as was standing next to Maiko in the Haikyuu-bu! panel. Therefore, Maiko Yonezawa is not the same libero that we see in the manga panel, and she does not wear jersey number 12.

I don't know what the point of this post really is, but I guess it's just to call out a mistake so we can fix it? I really don't know lol

OK so I was looking at the list of female characters on the Wiki in preparation for my next "random female character of the day" post, and I found Kanoka's friend, and apparently her name is Maiko Yonezawa? I've been praying to find out her name for SO LONG and now we finally know it!!! I'm a bit skeptical, though, since I have no idea where this name was revealed and how sure we are that it's really her name. Does anybody know?

If you're still not sure who I'm talking about, it's this girl:

I LOVE HER SO MUCH AND NOW SHE HAS A NAME I'M SO HAPPY AAAHHHHHH

**SPOILER WARNING**

OK so I was looking for all the alternate covers of Haikyuu!! volume 45 (y'know, the ones where Furudate drew different characters all doing the same pose, the running kinda one?) and I found THIS one of Natsu Hinata and Miwa Kageyama:

So if Furudate drew all these covers himself, then that must mean they're canon, which must mean that NATSU HINATA ACTUALLY PLAYED FOR NIIYAMA SHJFHJGHJDHHASKKS I'M DEAD NOWWWW

We NEED a spinoff series about Natsu, okay??!!! And I need to draw her in this uniform NOW