Review of Haikyu!! Movie: The Dumpster Battle

I dont remember the manga version of this match in detail but all i know is "this isnt what i felt when reading this match" and its glaringly obvious in the very lackluster feeling i got from hinatas desperate struggles at trying to be "interesting" to kenma again. Everything felt really rushed but also at some points really sluggish. The match felt like an OVA more than anything, and half the characters really talked about in this match in the manga were barely brought up in the movie. The movie was great as a standalone if not looking from the lens of the manga but itfelt a lot less like an actual haikyuu match and more like a real life volleyball match where you dont have any personal investment. Id say most should watch the movie cause the animation was beautiful but dont expect anything amazing out of it.

I had some hope for this movie cause Production IG has done an amazing job at adapting haikyuu over the years but this is absolute disappointment and while it isnt a bad movie all i want now is a real adaptation for the last chapters of the manga because it only gets better and more emotional after this match.