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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

Kiyotake was never an explosive player. No, he was the one who took his time to think and strategize first inside his head before taking action. Hell, some people even said his playing style was too cowardly, what with how he always avoided any risk in front of him, and Kiyotake was okay with that. However, if there was one occasion when he would go all out without overthinking the situation in front of him, that was when he had to complement Reiki's erratic playing style.

'He is about to jump again, right? The first rebound has already caught everyone's attention, so now…'

As all the eyes were on Reiki, Kiyotake who was in the back row snuck from behind Neito, tapping his friend's back subtly to tell the setter that he was right behind him. Fortunately, the setter caught his movement, and as everyone had their eyes on the captain, he sent the ball straight toward Kiyotake who jumped from behind the line.

Intermission - Tsunemori's Change of Approach!