Battle Lines (Volume)

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Battle Lines
Japanese title	戦線
Romanized title	Sensen
Volume Info
Volume	26
Release date (JP)	May 2, 2017
Release date (US)	August 7, 2018
ISBN (JP)	978-4-08-881071-3
ISBN (US)	978-1-42-159817-8
Total pages	192
Volume Guide
← Previous Volume	Return of the King
Next Volume→	An Opportunity Accepted

Battle Lines (Japanese: 戦線 (せんせん) Sensen, Battle Lines) is the twenty-sixth volume of the Haikyū!! series by Haruichi Furudate.

List of Chapters

• Chapter 225: Awkward (Japanese: ぎくしゃく, Gikushaku)
• Chapter 226: Lost in the Crowd (Japanese: まぎれる, Magireru)
• Chapter 227: Challenger (Japanese: チャレンジャー, Charenjā)
• Chapter 228: Transformation (Japanese: 変化, Henka)
• Chapter 229: The Day Before (Japanese: 前日, Zenjitsu)
• Chapter 230: The Night Before (Japanese: それぞれの夜, Sorezore no Yoru)
• Chapter 231: Opening Ceremonies and Mishaps (Japanese: 開幕とハプニング, Kaimaku to Hapuningu)
• Chapter 232: Battle Lines (Japanese: 戦線, Sensen)
• Chapter 233: First Opponent (Japanese: 最初の敵, Saisho no Teki)

Cover Characters

Front Cover

• Kiyoko Shimizu

Back Cover

• Shōyō Hinata
• Natsu Hinata

Spine Cover

• Nobuteru Irihata

Author's Note

Thank you for picking up Haikyu!! volume 26! So I've really been enjoying watching the long-running TV drama Gegege no Nyobo (Gegege's Wife). I'm on episode 100 or so! It's so good and I want to keep watching, but at the same time I don't want to reach the end...

Synopsis

The practice game with Date Tech continues, and Karasuno clumsily dances around their new techniques in an attempt to break through the Iron Wall. But will any of these techniques work when even the Freak Quick can’t? Then, time passes, the new year rolls around and the Spring Tournament begins!

Gallery

Back cover

Spine cover

Inner cover featuring Shōyō Hinata and Natsu Hinata

Futakuchi being knocked down after doing a chest bump with Aone.

The 'Top 3 players with small appetites': #1 is Kenma Kozume from Nekoma, #2 is Satori Tendō from Shiratorizawa and #3 is Kei Tsukishima from Karasuno. Kenma says he eats a "standard" amount while everyone else eats too much. Tsukishima agrees, while Tendō says that everybody will get fat once they stop playing volleyball.

Koganegawa (wolf) eyeing Hinata as a big piece of meat.

Tanaka and Futakuchi having an intimidating standoff.

Asahi is worrying over if he should tie his fortune slip (omikuji) at the shrine or if he should take it home with him. Asahi pulled "Curse" for his omikuji.

Tsukishima's sleeping mask during the journey to Tokyo.

"The smile Noya-san had on his face right then was so radiant and content it somehow gave me a really bad feeling" (by Shōyō) when Hinata bumped Nishinoya into Kanoka.

A worried Kiyoko thinking back to the past.

The joke movie poster for Godzilla vs. Haikyuu!! featuring Kageyama controlling a gigantic Hinata as they face off against Godzilla.

A sketch of Nishinoya holding a hagoita used for the game Hanetsuki - end volume sketch

A sketch of Wataru Onaga - end volume sketch

A sketch of Takeyuki Yamiji - end volume sketch

English cover

English back cover