if haikyuu was centered on aoba johsai it would be extremely heart wrenching.

we'd have a captain who overworks himself because of his insecurity but manages to improve every single member of his team,

ace iwaizumi who's also insecure of his title because they werent able to beat shiratorizawa in the longest time,

kundaichi who struggles with his relationship with tobio and is probably also insecure when he sees hinata who can keep up with tobio when he cant

there's also kunimi and the other members who must've felt guilty when the third years graduated without even making it to nationals.

imagine how they felt when karasuno who weren't in the same "level" as them went to nationals even before them.