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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

"Sir Driver, can you be a bit faster? Our boy's game should've started already!" A beautiful, blonde woman scowled unhappily as she kept checking the time on her watch.

"Ma'am, this is our fastest legal speed. A bit faster than that will land me in trouble, you know?" The taxi driver replied in perfect English, something rare to be found in a taxi driver in Japan.

The man in the front seat just snorted amusedly at his wife's antics. "Let him do his job, Maria. And it is not like we will miss Yuki's game a lot here. It has only been 45 minutes since it started. I am sure we will still be able to watch the second set."

"Yes, Mom. Yuki-nii will not go anywhere!" A teenage girl who sat next to her mother nodded.

Intermission - Silvestri Family