"Beginnings and Happenings" (Japanese: 開幕とハプニング Kaimaku to Hapuningu) is the two hundred and thirty-first chapter of the Haikyū!! series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was published in the 51st issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump’s 2016 series.
Overview
The team reunites with their rivals such as Nekoma and Fukurōdani and some other familiar faces. The opening ceremony kicks off and the team is warming up for their first match at nationals. Just before they are about to step onto the court a problem occurs. Hinata seems to have grabbed the wrong bag and his shoes are missing!
Plot
Appearances
- Daichi Sawamura
- Tetsurō Kuroo
- Shōyō Hinata
- Yū Nishinoya
- Kanoka Amanai
- Ryūnosuke Tanaka
- Asahi Azumane
- Kōshi Sugawara
- Motoya Komori
- Tobio Kageyama
- Kiyoomi Sakusa
- Kōtarō Bokuto
- Keiji Akaashi
- Kenma Kozume
- Shōhei Fukunaga
- Ittetsu Takeda
- Keishin Ukai
- Tatsuki Washio
- Nobuyuki Kai
- Morisuke Yaku
- Kiyoko Shimizu
- Hitoka Yachi
- Makoto Shimada
- Tadashi Yamaguchi
- Kei Tsukishima
- Chikara Ennoshita
- Hisashi Kinoshita
- Kazuhito Narita