#ch.136

Oh, she's kinda scary 😳

A Fledgling Emerging From It’s Shell

((D’awwwww, Tsukki you’re more of a doll than you let on~♡))

Although they’d all thought Tsukki was going to be his usual aloof-self and say something rather cold after Yamaguchi’s important serve, he further explains that he wasn’t taken by surprise like everyone else because he already knew-probably more than anyone on the team-that Yamaguchi is one of the hardest workers who’s been practicing his serves endlessly these last few months so that he could stand with everyone as an equal.

And while this definitely touches his teammates ((particularly Yamaguchi))

it is also to be expected that he would say something like that about the person ‘he’ admires most.

After witnessing another fledgling finally emerge from his shell, Ukai can’t help but also note that this is a more than just a baby crow breaking out of it’s egg; it’s the sign of another counter-attack on the horizon that will surely bring about change in the atmosphere for Karasuno as they fight to even out their score again.

And considering how Yamaguchi has finally gotten pass that scarring moment from their last game, he’s only just started to warm up from “just that one point.”

Already a Different Person

((This personal relationship that he shares with Shimada is so DAMN precious. […Like almost everything else in this wonderful series.]))

Having to basically act as his personal coach ever since the day he’d approached him, Shimada goes on to give Yamaguchi counseling and advice after his last Pinch Serve attempt, giving him the assurance that his approaching Ukai and asking for another chance is already a good sign that he’s become a different person than he was before, and that he should go out there and do what he wants to do.

Shimada’s presence in Yamaguchi’s life is definitely an important influence on who he’s becoming on this team-even though he’d once stated that he wasn’t officially taking Yamaguchi on as a student, and was only occasionally practicing with him to get the hang of the Jump Float Serve.

I can’t help but laugh because it’s become so painfully obvious how much he’s grown fond of him, and practically sees this young fledgling as his pride that carries on his legacy from the past, which he probably thought would never be passed on to anyone.

Please Give Me Another Chance

Being burdened with the guilt of having wasted an opportunity to help his team, Yamaguchi thinks back to the end of the Wakunan match and how he’d approached Ukai personally to apologize for making such a cowardice choice as to purposely hold himself back when his fellow players needed him most.

Wanting to redeem himself for this past failure and live up to the words Ukai had once spoken to them, he assures him that he won’t lose to himself the next time, if he’s willing to give him another chance.

After seeing such a determined set of eyes on the seemingly weak-willed fledgling who failed to leave his nest like the others, how can he not take him up on his offer and let him back on the court to prove himself once more?

((D’aww, You’re really developing a soft spot for these baby crows, aren’t cha?))

me before reading ch.136: 

me after reading it: 

HE FREAKING DID IT!! MY BABY FREAKING DID IT!!! AAAAAAAAAAA 

HE SCORED WITH A PITCH SERVE!! I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD!!!