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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

It wasn't often for such a cheerful boy to do that. However, right now, he couldn't help but curse.

He should've expected something like this to happen. Hell, he even invited it before. The last provocation he threw was exactly for this moment. However, when it happened, when Yuki pushed the ball gently even without the blocker interfering with his attack, when he saw how slowly the ball fell straight in front of his face, he felt like he was being slapped in the face. This was like the universe's way of telling him that no matter how he prepared for something, he still wouldn't be able to do anything when that thing happened.

Things got worse when he heard the mocking insults and boos exploding from the crowd, and he didn't have to turn around to see that it was directed at him.

"Hahaha! Look, he doesn't even know what happened!"

"Just as I said, go home! Better cry to your Mama before you get embarrassed more!"

Kikugawa High's Awakening!