Haikyu!! Vol. 9 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

This volume leans heavily comedic. Scrambling to dodge failing grades, Hinata and the others study desperately with help from their seniors and Tsukishima, barely clearing make-up sessions to earn their ticket to Tokyo. Once the stage shifts to Tokyo, the mood changes entirely as Karasuno dives into a joint training camp with powerhouses like Nekoma. There, Hinata and Kageyama feel firsthand just how far their quick and skills hold up against national-caliber opponents. Notably, Tsukishima begins facing his own gap in passion - "why get that desperate?" - planting the seed for his later growth. It's a pivot volume where Karasuno's horizon expands from the prefecture to the whole nation.