How to follow a chapter in which Kageyama acknowledges the influences that Karasuno has on him?

By establishing that he’s NOT the only player who carries with him the spirit of his high school team.

And this is a role particularly suited for Miya Atsumu, since this has been his and Inarizaki’s theme from the very beginning: to be the proof that Kageyama and Karasuno are not unique.

Kageyama is not the only great high school setter; Atsumu is also one.

Karasuno is not the only challenger; Inarizaki is one too.

(In Japanese the two teams are given different terms for “challenger”. Karasuno is given the term チャレンジャー , which is a newer loanword from English, ー

ーwhile Inarizaki (and Oikawa in a later chapter) is given the term 挑戦者 - an older Sino-Japanese word which matches Inarizaki’s Japanese Inari shrines images. Kudos to Viz for the foresight to translate these terms into “challenger” and “contender” respectively.)

Karasuno is not the only team in black; Inarizaki also wears black.

And Kageyama and Hinata are not the only pairs that can execute a freak quick; the Miya twins can too.

The fact that Atsumu is not the only Miya really really pushes this “nothing is unique” theme here.

In short, there is consistency, and there is Furudate-style consistency.