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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

"HELL YEAH!" Yuki roared, spreading his arms widely as if he were the second Jesus incoming. Unexpectedly, the first one to jump onto him wasn't any other Tsunemori players, but one boy who rushed from the group of Tsunemori supporters and hugged Yuki fondly.

"Good job, Yuki! That last one is a nasty job!"

"Hell, yeah! Advancing through the 16th round! One more win and we will be able to reach the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium!"

"Bah! Don't get too technical! Just win the next game, and the opportunity will come!"

In the next couple of seconds, Yuki was swarmed by the crowd coming from Tsunemori, almost all of them held their phone and started taking a selfie photo which surprised Yuki a lot. After all, he had never been asked for a photo or two since he played volleyball, so to get a superstar treatment out of nowhere was a bit shocking.

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