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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?

The Birth of A Volleyball Legend

"Congratulations on the first win, Akira-sensei!" The headmaster congratulated Akira excitedly the next day. "I heard it was a tough and dramatic game that lasted for about one and a half hours! You deserve the win!"

"Thank you, Headmaster." Akira nodded, hiding his pleasant expression. "It is all because of the students we won yesterday's game."

By the day after the game, the news that the volleyball team advanced through the second round had already spread in the school, and once again since the game between the senior against the freshman, the team became the trending topic of the day. Almost all the residents here talked about them, from whispers to the excited shootout to the players from the students they didn't even know existed in the first place.

Aftermath (II)