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The anime subtitles go like this

while the manga goes like this

I did a little research and found out that there wasn’t anything changed in the anime — originally, what Hinata says is this: 初めて 友達 じゃなく 相棒 が 出来た気がしてたんだ  

I’ve consulted my Japanese teacher, just did some thinking and came to conclusion that what he says is a mix of phrases from the subtitles and the manga translation. 

If you translate it literally, it’s gonna be along the lines of “It’s not like he was the first friend I’d made, but I had a feeling that we could be partners.” 

If you get the gist out of Hinata’s words, it pretty much goes: “It was the first time I felt like I had a partner (teammate), not a friend.” So “could” from the first phrase transfers into “like” here, because after the fight Hinata is shocked that Kageyama, of all people, refuses to give him a chance to grow and get better — most likely, he even feels betrayed. He doesn’t know what happens next between them yet, hence this uncertainty. 

Also, I’d like to turn your attention to this:

Hinata didn’t have a proper team through his entire junior high — much less an actual setter to toss to him. Suga’s mentioned it, too — everybody takes the setter’s toss for granted, but for Hinata it’s something special. He only got to feel what it’s like — to be a part of the team with the same goals like him, to have a rival/partner, whom he learnt to trust at 100%, with the same burning passion like him to motivate him all the time — in high school, which is why he treasures it so much. And also why he suffers and cries after the fight on his way home — because that feeling, his partner was ripped away from him by their disagreements. Remember, he said before: “I don’t like it when we don’t get along.” And he owns his presence on the court to Kageyama, and his amazing toss, too, his brightness as a decoy — and now it was him to question, or rather dismiss his potential to grow further and get better. Sucks to be you, Hinata.  

calm when facing kageyama, the person that caused a lot of his insecurities

when iwa-chan was blaming himself

when thanking their crowd

and then having the person he hates most rub it in some more

and the worst part.. was him finally letting it all go when he spoke to his team as captain for the last time

but what got me really emotional was the end!!!!!! oikawa’s panels!!! ignore ukai’s it’s just expository drivel!!!!

“Talent can be nurtured/cultivated to bloom”

“Inspiration can be polished and carved!!!”

like it’s such a strong!!! metaphor!!! oikawa isn’t a genius but he sculpts himself into one… he takes what he thinks are his limitations and he carves something new out of them and he sands himself down into what his teammates need him to be… he plants the seed that is his talent and he grows… he’s just waiting to bloom…

This might be just me seeing things, really, but I’m just one hell of a masochist and I hOPE I’m not the only one seeing this.

So, for the 2d ED of the 1st season (”Leo”) we had this special cover:

Kageyama throws the King’s Cloak away, and it disappears in a flock of birds (welp, ravens). The metaphor is pretty clear — Kageyama’s no longer the Solitary King, his times as the King of the Court in Kitagawa Daichi are over, and his new stage with Karasuno is starting, with Hinata leading the way. Basically, the disappearing cloak is the end of Kageyama’s past and him becoming a new player and person. 

!BEWARE people who haven’t read the manga because there’re some heavy spoilers down there!

And now we have this for the 2d ED of the 2d season (”Fever”/”Hatsunetsu”):

At first I was just struck with how freaking gorgeous it looks, but then I compared the two covers and just. Fuck my life people. Oikawa’s holding Aobsajousai’s banner (”Rule the Court”), which is disappearing behind him in a flock of green leaves (青葉, “aoba” in the name of the school means “green leaves”). It’s almost like Oikawa’s time with his team is coming to an end… right… He runs and only looks forward, just like he’s said, and he doesn’t know just yet, but it’ll be over way faster than he could’ve anticipated. He probably won’t notice up until there’ll be barely anything left in his hands, up until the ball will bounce off his arms with no one to cover that far behind him. 

also aaron tveit: can’t spell the word “pink,” eats craft glitter because he thought it would be funny, considers ‘clapping with one hand’ to be his special talent, doesn’t know how to react when people try to fist bump him, gives hand-embroidery as gifts, once almost knocked someone over trying to hug them too fast because he finally found out “who in the heck” had sent him a bobblehead of himself, dances like: