Politix Culture, Haikyu Manga Series, Part 1 of 4. Host R. Anthony Arnold. Haikyu is a Japanese Shonen manga series about a high school volleyball team, written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. Our own Professor X (Alex Krohannon) talks about why this manga is one of the greatest and how it mirrors politics. “Politics comes from culture; and culture has roots in the stories that we tell,” Professor X.