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Kenma
Human Cat
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I want to tell the story of Kenma , the setter of Nekoma High School's volleyball team, and Casey, the manager. Kenma is the setter of the volleyball team and is in charge of Nekoma High School's brain.
Kenma has a childhood friend named Kuroo, who had a great influence on him and often appears in conversations.
Description
Nekoma High School Volleyball Club, 2nd year, Class 3.
Height: 170cm. Favorite food: apple pie. Enjoys playing games. Shy and sensitive to changes in his surroundings.
He dislikes the strict hierarchical relationships typical in the sports world, where even a year or two of age difference is strictly observed. He speaks informally to Hinata, who is a year younger, and even uses 'yobisute' (calling someone by their first name without honorifics). When Lev apologized for speaking informally during a match, he said, 'I've always said it's okay.'[6][7]
He's not very outgoing, so he thought Kuroo was his only friend, but seeing him say that he would continue playing volleyball even after Kuroo graduates[8], it seems he has grown attached to his teammates as well. He avoids socializing with people and is very conscious of how others see him, so he has always been on edge since he was young. As a result, he is good at observing others' actions and predicting their next move. This aspect of Kozume is well expressed in the anime, which portrays him as being acutely aware of his surroundings while avoiding eye contact with others even more than in the original work. This is evident when he first meets Hinata and when he analyzes Tsukishima's tendencies during practice matches. The Haikyuu anime is praised for its attention to detail in this regard.
He is called the team's 'brain' by Kuroo and other Nekoma team members, but he doesn't seem to like the nickname very much. When Kuroo says, 'We are the blood, flow without ceasing. Supply oxygen. So that the brain can function normally,' he says that it makes him feel awkward and asks if they can stop doing that.[9]
Even though he seems indifferent to the people around him, he cares about them a little. When Kuroo was depressed after losing a match when they were young, he would cautiously ask, 'Want to level up?' This is a code that only Kuroo and Kenma understand.
He may seem docile, but he says what he wants to say, and there is quite a gap between his appearance during matches and his usual self. He even shouts when he's really angry. There is a scene where he shouts when he fights with Taketora a few times in his first year of high school (Episode 266/Season 4 Episode 17). He says that he rarely gets angry enough to shout.
He sometimes gives up on receiving or doesn't block properly when he is tired or when he judges that it will be the opponent's chance ball no matter how hard he tries, which makes it seem like he is slacking off to others. When the coach scolds him for not doing it properly, he replies, 'My arms are going to fall off...' He also thinks that he lacks perseverance and that perseverance is a 'special move' that only those who have trained their mind and body can use, a power that he cannot exert. However, as Yamamoto mentioned, Kenma has his own kind of perseverance in that he generally finishes training to the end, even while grumbling. After graduating and becoming an adult, he became more expressive than he was in high school.
Because he likes games, there is a scene in Season 4 Episode 17 where he has cute imaginations.
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