Flowing Feathers: Dancing Through the Golden Years in Prince of Tennis

Su Yang, the youngest principal dancer in the National Ballet, is known onstage as the “Moonlight Sprite.” But during the curtain call of an international tour, a spotlight rig accidentally crashes into her. When she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated into the world of Prince of Tennis, becoming a first-year at Seigaku, a girl also named “Su Yang.”

The original girl was timid and introverted. She loved dancing but lacked talent, leaving her insecure and ostracized by her classmates. Blessed with world-class dancing talent, Su Yang turns the “good-for-nothing” girl’s life around overnight. At the school festival, her “Wings of the Wind,” blending ballet and modern dance, dazzles the crowd. Her cool, graceful movements catch the eyes of Seigaku’s princes. On the tennis court, she uses a dancer’s precise sense of rhythm to help Echizen adjust his timing, and her flexible body saves a crucial ball just before it hits the ground. At training camp, she improvises choreography to help the exhausted princes unwind, her dancing mingling with the sunset to create a breathtaking scene.

She is the “Rhythm Sprite” on the court, using the cadence of dance to unlock new possibilities in tennis. She is the “Moonlight Dancer” at school, breaking through prejudice with her perseverance and passion. From Seigaku’s tree-lined paths to the national tournament courts, from their first curious exchanges to the understanding they find standing side by side, she and the cool-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside Echizen, the gentle yet cunning Fuji, the disciplined and restrained Tezuka, the passionate and flamboyant Atobe, and the others share a story of passion, growth, and young love.

When the melody of dance collides with the rhythm of tennis, and a genius girl from another time meets a group of dazzling young men, this journey through the bloom of youth is destined to shine. She must not only reclaim her dancing dream in this new world, but also find a place to call her own.