Don't know what I'm doin'

Okay, let's have a little Aone/Shoyo appreciation moment here. First of all, I love how he acknowledges Shoyo as a rival and as a talented player, and how despite being shy and not very talkative at all he's always ready to defend him in front of the others. It's clear that his game against Shoyo has had a huge impact on him, changing a bit the way he thinks about the game and other players. At the same time, when Aone makes a point to go to shake Hinata's hand at the end of their game, I think it's one of the first times Shoyo himself has been publicly acknowledged by a rival. Secondly, of course, their super cute, polite friendship, the way Furudate always shows how they respect each other, with Hinata matching his more quiet energy, and Aone always bowing to him despite being older... like, that's so wholesome I can't. All of that is perfectly summarised during the Karasuno vs Kamomedai game, where Aone is impressed by Hinata's game, but at the same time he knows how strong of an opponent he is. Besides, can we talk about the fact that Aone's current concern is that "whenever he sits down on the train, nobody will sit on either side of him"?! 💔 Honestly, he deserves more love!

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Can we please talk about how much Noya is so supportive of all of his teammates? I'm not talking just about the most obvious ones (i.e. Asahi). I feel like this is particularly true in the manga, because Furudate sensei always makes sure to add even a teeny weeny little frame where Noya says something to his karasuno's mates (honestly, the attention to details of this author *chefs kiss*) ...he's ALWAYS encouraging everyone, being real proud for his friends, and if you pay attention to it you'll see how he has always something nice to say to Shoyo and to everyone. Speaking of which, one of my favourite moments happens during Karasuno vs Inarizaki, when Kinoshita feels like he's being left behind by the other second-years because everyone has their things etc, but then he actually helps Noya overcome his fear of Atsumu's jump floats and Yu recognise it, and makes him feel like he's actually on the same level of the others second years I mean SHFNCOASKSAJDHSAL the feelssss