Short volleyball enthusiast Shoyo Hinata enters Karasuno High after being inspired by its “Little Giant”. There he must learn to work with Tobio Kageyama, the talented player who defeated his makeshift middle-school team. Their rivalry becomes a problem that the same school team has to solve.
Hinata brings speed and jumping ability rather than the height expected of a front-line attacker. Kageyama is a setter, the player who places the ball for a teammate to hit. Their combined attack depends on using those different strengths together, not simply on either boy winning an argument.
The gym is still a school space, with people outside the team able to interrupt its battles. An early ball lands in the vice-principal’s face while captain Daichi stands nearby. Hinata and Kageyama’s enthusiasm has consequences for the club around them; before they can face another school, they have to earn their place in this one.
