Former Lonely Tyrant (Volume)

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Former Lonely Tyrant
Japanese title	脱・“孤独の王様”
Romanized title	Datsu・"Kodoku no Ōsama"
Volume Info
Volume	8
Release date (JP)	October 4, 2013 April 4, 2022 (color ebook)
Release date (US)	February 7, 2017
ISBN (JP)	978-4-08-870820-1
ISBN (US)	978-1-42-159098-1
Total pages	192
Volume Guide
← Previous Volume	Evolution
Next Volume→	Desire

Former Lonely Tyrant (Japanese: 脱 (だつ) ・"孤独 (こどく) の王様 (おうさま) ", Datsu・"Kodoku no Ōsama") is the eighth volume of the Haikyū!! series by Haruichi Furudate.

List of Chapters

• Chapter 063: Momentum Swing (Japanese: 流れを変える一本, Nagare o Kaeru Ippon)
• Chapter 064: Momentum Swing: Part 2 (Japanese: 流れを変える一本・２, Nagare o Kaeru Ippon・2)
• Chapter 065: Catching Up (Japanese: 背中, Senaka)
• Chapter 066: Again (Japanese: "もう一回", "Mō Ikkai")
• Chapter 067: Smiles (Japanese: 笑顔, Egao)
• Chapter 068: Former Lonely Tyrant (Japanese: 脱・"孤独の王様", Datsu・"Kodoku no Ōsama")
• Chapter 069: The Losers (Japanese: 敗者, Haisha)
• Chapter 070: Day 3 (Japanese: "３日目", Mikkame)
• Chapter 071: Regrets and New Goals (Japanese: 後悔と目標, Kōkai to Mokuhyō)
• Special 1: Please Teach Me! Ennoshita Senpai! (Japanese: 教えて！縁下先輩！, Oshiete! Ennoshita-senpai!)
• Special 2: Class 1-3's Kageyama-kun (Japanese: ３組の影山君, San-kumi no Kageyama-kun)

Cover Characters

Front Cover

• Tobio Kageyama

Back Cover

• Tadashi Yamaguchi

Spine Cover

• Yū Nishinoya

Author's Note

Thank you for picking up Haikyū!! volume 8. It seems like rumors often become facts as they are spread around. Even if the actual facts are different, whatever is believed to be true by the most people is considered the truth. I can't help but think that, nowadays, things that seem to be true are more important than things that are actually true.

Synopsis

The Inter-High match between Karasuno and Aoba Johsai continues. Karasuno has dragged the game into a third set and struggles to keep up the momentum. In a desperate move, Coach Ukai decides to bring out Tadashi Yamaguchi as a pinch server! Could this be the push Karasuno needs to keep the team's hope alive and beat Aoba Johsai?

Gallery

Back cover

Spine cover

Oikawa with his back towards us

Shigeru Yahaba's character profile

The two Oikawa fans recognizes Hinata for his bad serving. All three of them start getting nervous.

A sketch of Tanaka's serious face

Hinata getting scared by a 'creepy' ringtone. ("When I was pulling an all-nighter working on Chapter 66, I put the horror flick One Missed Call on the background to help keep me awake. Now, whenever I look back over Chapter 66, I can’t help but remember scenes from that movie")

A sketch of Yachi's favorite food, fugashi candy.

Hinagarasu Hinata after losing the Aobajōsai match.

Hinagarasu Hinata upbeat, "I’m gonna fly now...".

Shimizu being startled when Hinata and Kageyama were letting out their anger.

Kiyoko Shimizu - end volume sketch

English Cover

English Back Cover

Trivia

• In 2014, Haikyū!! vol. 8 ranked 69th in Japan among top-selling manga. It sold about 550,401 copies.