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“Nekoma's tall but inexperienced new recruit Lev challenges setter Kenma in an upcoming practice match.”
Haikyu!!: Lev Appears!
ハイキュー!! リエーフ見参！
7.69
1,415 rank · 144,991 viewers · 207 favorites
Sports
Team Sports
Shounen
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Synopsis
Nekoma's tall but inexperienced new recruit Lev challenges setter Kenma in an upcoming practice match.
Nekoma High School's volleyball team recruits a new member: the half-Japanese, half-Russian Lev Haiba. Though the self-proclaimed ace is blessed with great height, he lacks basic volleyball techniques. This gives the team's setter, Kenma Kozume, a hard time when matching up with him. To everyone's surprise, Nekoma's coach suggests that Lev play in the Kunihira Senior High School's practice match, leaving Kenma no choice but to cooperate with the tall player. Will Kenma be able to overcome this new challenge?
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Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
8.4
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.32
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.32 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.38
Running avg · Jul 2016 → Feb 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The episode delivers solid character development between its lead pair and maintains the series' excellent visual quality, with the training sequences proving particularly enjoyable. While it...”
- 8 “This OVA delivers a genuinely enjoyable experience with the Nekoma boys' entertaining dynamics and Kenma learning to work with Lev through an inventive video game metaphor. The character...”
- 8 “Loved every minute of this OVA: Lev’s introduction promises a bright future for Nekoma, the art and character designs look great, and the whole episode is downright hilarious. No real...”
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Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Ova Production
Production I.G.- Format 1 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 24m all episodes
- Aired Mar 2015 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-9278 catalog