Monster Generation Special Interview (Japanese:
It was published in the 32nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump’s 2020 series along with Volume 45 Chapter 401, and was republished in Haikyū!! Final Guidebook Volleyball Climax!.
Character Revelations[]
- Hinata seems to be decent at speaking in the Kansai dialect and is capable of impersonating Atsumu Miya.
- Atsumu asked Hinata prior to the interview to imitate him at the start to express his displeasure at not being chosen for the interview. Hinata follows through.
- Atsumu says Bokuto sucks at the Kansai dialect and forbids the latter from impersonating him.
- Hinata met Hitoka Yachi a while back. Yachi is working hard but is said to be sleep deprived. Hinata offered her a book on how to get more sleep.
- Ushijima has ridden the horses in Shiratorizawa before and did a posting trot.
- According to him, the horses are of the Selle Français breed.
- Kei Tsukishima remains with Sendai Frogs. It is said that the Frogs are rising in ranks and might possibly be promoted to Division 1 if the trend continues.
- Ushijima mentions that he will defeat Tsukishima if they face off once again.
- It is revealed that Ushijima and Bokuto's teams have played against each other in middle school with Bokuto losing.
- Kageyama's serves have become renowned and feared worldwide.
- However, he is still behind Atsumu results-wise.
- Kageyama credits Tōru Oikawa as an inspiration.
- Oikawa is still playing for CA San Juan in Argentina.
- Ushijima thinks "Tactician" is a nickname that suits Oikawa better than "Great King".
- Hinata says both Kageyama and Oikawa are nicknamed "King" because they gave off an impression of beings kings leading an evil organization.
- Kageyama's autograph was thought up by Kōshi Sugawara.
- Kageyama is unaware that there is a heart shape in his signature.
- He revealed that he traced Sugawara's signature suggestion without knowing fully what's being written.
- Bokuto's autograph is the one he used in elementary school.
- Ushijima's autograph consists of writing out the Kanji characters of his name in a straight line.
- Hinata, Bokuto, and Atsumu are confirmed to have remained in MSBY Black Jackals.
- Kageyama is now playing overseas for Ali Roma, a team presumably in Italy.
- Ushjima has also gone overseas. He plays for Orzeł Warszawa, a team presumably in Poland.
- All four members see a gold medal at the Olympics as their goal.
Trivia[]
- "Ali" translates to "wings" in Italian.
- "Orzel" translates to "eagle" in Polish.
- This means all three of Ushijima's teams have an eagle symbolism.