Kageyama and Hinata begin to get in sync. As Kageyama's sets start hitting Hinata's hands every time, Tsukishima is forced to change his tactics at blocking. This frees Ryu up on the other side, and the team of Kageyama, Hinata, and Ryu is able to rally and win the 3-on-3 first-years match. Submitting to the deal, Kageyama and Hinata are accepted as official team members. Just then, the volleyball team's new teacher-in-charge Ittetsu Takeda arrives and announces he has been able to arrange a practice match with Aoba Johsai, one of the schools with a top volleyball team in the prefecture. However Aoba Johsai agrees to play on one condition: Kageyama must act as the setter for the entire match. Upon the news, Karasuno begins to practice harder for the match, but Hinata is submitting badly to pressure.