Evolution (Volume)

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Evolution
Japanese title	進化
Romanized title	Shinka
Volume Info
Volume	7
Release date (JP)	August 2, 2013 April 4, 2022 (color ebook)
Release date (US)	January 3, 2017
ISBN (JP)	978-4-08-870786-0
ISBN (US)	978-1-42-159062-2
Total pages	192
Volume Guide
← Previous Volume	Setter Battle!
Next Volume→	Former Lonely Tyrant

Evolution (Japanese: 進化 (しんか) , Shinka) is the seventh volume of the Haikyū!! series by Haruichi Furudate.

List of Chapters

• Chapter 054: Upperclassman's Strength (Japanese: "先輩"の実力, "Senpai" no Jitsuryoku)
• Chapter 055: My Best and Your Best (Japanese: "俺のベスト"と"お前のベスト", "Ore no Besuto" to "Omae no Besuto")
• Chapter 056: The Elite Few (Japanese: 少数精鋭, Shōsūseiei)
• Chapter 057: Break (Japanese: "ブレイク", "Bureiku")
• Chapter 058: Back to Normal: Part 2 (Japanese: 通常運転・２, Tsūjō Unten・2)
• Chapter 059: Direct Communication (Japanese: "真っ向コミュニケーション", "Makkō Komyunikēshon")
• Chapter 060: Evolution (Japanese: 進化, Shinka)
• Chapter 061: Base Talent and a Little Monster (Japanese: チームの地力と小さなケモノ, Chīmu no Jiriki to Chīsana Kemono)
• Chapter 062: The Whole Width of the Court (Japanese: コートの横幅めいっぱい, Kōto no Yokohaba Meippai)

Cover Characters

Front Cover

• Kōshi Sugawara
• Daichi Sawamura
• Asahi Azumane

Back Cover

• Tōru Oikawa
• Hajime Iwaizumi

Spine Cover

• Tadashi Yamaguchi

Author's Note

Thank you for picking up Haikyū!! volume 7. I have a bad habit of taking a pen (or other drawing implement) with me when I get up to go somewhere—like the foyer—then leaving that pen there and promptly forgetting about it. Then I wander around everywhere looking for it. I think I spend at least 100 hours a year looking for stuff I've lost that way.

Synopsis

The Inter-High match between Karasuno and Aoba Johsai continues. Star setter Tohru Oikawa has figured out the secret behind Kageyama and Hinata’s quick sets and has them on the ropes! When Kageyama loses his cool, he ends up getting benched and is subbed out by none other than third year Koushi Sugawara! Will Karasuno’s new approach be enough for them to seize control of the game and win?

Gallery

Back cover

Spine cover

Hinata in his focused mode

When Kageyama got subbed out of the game, Tsukishima was supposed to rile him up and Ennoshita warning Tsukishima not to do anything. However, the author realized that Tsukishima was supposed to be on the court serving. Thus, the scene was removed and Tsukishima was switched to Nishinoya.

With Tanaka and Nishinoya shouting "Hee-ya", Hinata begs them to stop it.

In the magazine version, the author mistakenly put Nishinoya to the right of Daichi when the latter was receiving Oikawa's serve. However, based on the current rotation, he should have been on the left. The author fixed this mistake and stated that in a real game, this would be a 'positional foul'.

Kageyama and Yamaguchi watching the game after the former was replaced.

Tobiuo means flying fish, hence the pun on Kageyama's name and his reaction on his face.

A sketch accompanying the author's explanation of izui. (Izui can mean "awkward", "sightly uncomfortable" or "not quite right" in English)

In Middle school, while Kageyama and Kindaichi are impressed by Iwaizumi's printed t-shirt, the rest of the team are not. The t-shirt says, "Never Say Die."

Nishinoya and Watari staring at each other across the net.

Issei Matsukawa's character profile

Takahiro Hanamaki's character profile

Shinji Watari's character profile

Akira Kunimi's character profile

The two unnamed Oikawa fans - end volume sketch

English Cover

English Back Cover

Trivia

• In 2014, Haikyū!! vol. 7 ranked 81st in Japan among top-selling manga. It sold about 519,740 copies.
• At the start of Chapter 57, the First Character Popularity Poll is included.