Kirishima En is severely face-blind and has vision of around 800 degrees of myopia. Without his glasses, everything he sees is a blur of pixels. The only hobby he can enjoy without his glasses is gaming.
One day, he met a gaming buddy who was a perfect match for him.
After just a few days of playing together, the buddy inexplicably started sending him good-morning and good-night messages, as well as occasional photos without any clothes on, and kept pestering him to video chat. He also casually mentioned that he was Inarizaki’s genius setter.
When asked where he went to school, Kirishima En honestly replied, “I go to Inarizaki too. We’re at the same school.”
His gaming buddy said, “Then come watch me play! Come on, please!”
Kirishima En wasn’t good at turning people down, so he agreed and went to watch the match. He politely greeted his gaming buddy.
The gray-haired outside hitter: ?
The blond setter was so furious he nearly crushed the volleyball in his hands. He roared, “Kirishima En! Are you blind?! I’m right here!”
In short, Kirishima En met his gaming buddy in person.
The problem was, the guy seemed to think this was their online romance finally becoming real. He even confessed to him!
Kirishima En didn’t know how to turn him down, so he hesitated. “I think I’m straight.”
The blond setter, flustered and furious, snapped, “I’ve even shown you mine, and you’re telling me you’re straight?!”
Kirishima En had no idea what exactly he’d seen. But he truly didn’t know how to reject people and habitually avoided conflict, so he said, “Well... if you win the national championship, then we can be together.”
To everyone else, it sounded like the empty promise of a jerk, but the blond setter ate it up. He trained like mad and swore he’d win that championship!
Later, Kirishima En had a dream that Inarizaki, the Spring High favorite known as the strongest challenger, suffered a shocking upset against dark horse Karasuno and was eliminated in the round of 32.
Kirishima En put on his glasses. Never mind. He’d better do it himself.
He knew a thing or two about volleyball, after all.
P.S. The protagonist is a genius outside hitter whose career was derailed by an injury in middle school. His pairing is with Atsumu.
Theme: Keep moving forward
