2011. That was when earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, changing thousands of lives. 

And Kobayashi Yuki is just one of them.

A month ago, he was just a normal boy, graduating from a small middle school in Fukushima and was excited to go to the high school. However, the disaster changed his life. He lost both parents, not because they died, but because they were still missing until now. 

He lost his home. He lost his friends. He lost his school. He lost everything.

Having no choice, he moved to Tokyo, to a small, new orphanage to accommodate victims of the disaster who didn't have any home or wanted to change their lives in the biggest city in Japan. In his mind, all he wanted to do was enter a normal high school, do a part-time job, make some money to help the orphanage, and maybe if he were lucky enough he could be admitted into a good university with a scholarship.

However, one challenge from the volleyball team and one half-Italian blonde boy turned everything upside down. Now, he was trapped inside the crazy team, being dragged into the mess.

Inter-High.

National Tournament.

Volleyball.

Those three words kept spinning around his life as he entered a crazy high school life. Can he strive in the place where he was unfamiliar with? Would he be a good volleyball player? And what does the future hold for him?

"COME ON, TSUNEMORI! ONE MORE SET, WE CAN DO THIS!"


"Yuki, give them hell again! Don't let them get up from their slump!"


"Oi, Hirano! You did a good job before! Keep it up!"


As all the Tsunemori players walked back to the court for the final set, Hirano was probably the happiest and the most excited player out of everyone. He could still hear people talking about his amazing block that ended the second set before, and even though his stoic face prevented him from showing his feelings, he could feel his chest rising in pride.


Chapter 439 - Intermission - Hirano's Thought