if the only sports anime you think is talked about is Haikyu, you don& #39;t talk to people who talk about sports anime. https://twitter.com/UncleJaylean/status/1264022893740134407">https://twitter.com/UncleJayl...

anyway, its not remotely surprising the previous tentpole sports manga in Jump isn& #39;t as much discussed. Slam Dunk went for YEARS being unappreciated in the West, and Kuroko& #39;s slapstick humor, female characters, and melodrama perhaps don& #39;t suit some modern tastes in sports stories

Run with the Wind literally just had a fanweek hosted here on twitter, Stars Align and Tsurune both have dedicated followings, Chihayafuru just had a new season and, not to be kind of dick, but pretending Free! and YOI don& #39;t exist is silly at this point.

In a lot of ways Kuroko was a transitional series for how people perceived sports as a genre, but also was simultaneously the first one a lot of American kids were familiar with. I& #39;m still fond of it, but dissing HQ will alienate people & make the differences harder to swallow.

The comedy is distinctly gag-heavy compared to Haikyu& #39;s comedy bits, and the Generation of Miracles are characters made with a very different intent in mind. Basketball and volleyball are both tactics-heavy games, but they don& #39;t exercise them the same way.

Anyway, I return to my main point: throwing shade at the series that followed it in Jump as a tentpole sports comic is not going to make the generation for whom -Haikyu- was their first sports series like. Want to read it because they& #39;ll feel like you& #39;re dumping on their taste.