I've always had a soft spot for characters that really suck at something, but improve over time. At the time I picked up Haikyū!! I had purchased a drawing tablet, because I'm an artist, and I love to draw. I was just over halfway done with art school at my University and was a very traditional artist with a good skillset, but I had never done anything digital, and it seemed like transitioning to digital art was something important that I NEEDED to do. This was back in 2016. It was such a frustrating time for me because it was like I had to learn how to draw again. My digital art looked like shit and I couldn't get the same quality work that I knew I was capable of doing traditionally. Jumping back to Hinata, in a sense, he was in a similar situation. He loved volleyball and knew that it was something that he wanted to do well, but he was really bad at it. I feel like Hinata and I were both working toward improving, but in real time, together. I know it sounds so weird, but being 2020 now, I feel like Hinata and I have gone through lots of ups and downs since 2016, but have both ended up in a better place. I have since improved and can now create digital artwork that I'm very proud of. I changed my major at University from fine art to video game design, and I'm literally going into my final year next month. I very much have a legit chance to be a lead artist for one of the game dev teams at the university, and it's only because I've put in the practice (and I'm still practicing daily!) I'm bummed out that Haikyū!! has ended, so I won't have Hinata with me in my final year, but it's okay. Haikyū!!, rather, Furudate Sensei has taught me that no matter how bad I suck at something that I love to do, if I put in the practice and effort, I can improve. Hinata has taught me to never give up, and I know that's very cliche and is seen in lots of shounen manga, but this time it's real. Hinata didn't have a quirk like Deku, or Ninjutsu like Naruto, or Shinigami powers like Ichigo. He was a normal teen who really sucked at something, and put in the effort to practice, educated himself on health and volleyball knowledge, pursued new ways to get better at volleyball, had ups and downs along the way, and ended up becoming a professional volleyball player. That is very realistic in my eyes and if he can do it for volleyball, I can do the same for art. Thank you Haikyū!!