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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

"Hey, Coach Kawaki put in a new pinch server!"

"Really? Do we have someone good on the bench?"

"I don't know, he looks a bit young, though. Same as our new setter."

"Really? Isn't it a bit risky to put a rookie into the game in this situation?"

"I don't know; I'm not the coach here."

Amidst Yuki's presence, doubt suddenly blossomed in the stands about how young he was. It wasn't that the supporters disliked a rookie, but after watching Riku perform poorly in the opening and considering this was a big game against a rival, they were reluctant to take a risk by putting someone inexperienced on the court. Still, as one of them pointed out, they were not the coaches, so all they could do was support the players.

There was one section of the stands that suddenly got excited at Yuki's presence, though; it was where the orphanage's residents and their chaperones sat.

Yuki on the Court!