Haikyuu!!: Fourth Playthrough

On her subway ride home, Toyama Chiharu encounters a conquest System.

System: We have excellent technical capabilities... Emotions provide sufficient motivation... You'll experience something entirely different...

Chiharu: I want to go home and eat.

System: ...We can even use your second year of high school as the setting and let you...

Chiharu: Play volleyball with my senpai again! I agree! Let's go!

System: ????

So, for the sake of playing volleyball, Chiharu pursues two people at once through two consecutive playthroughs, gets bad endings both times, and drags things out until the end of the semester.

System: ????

In the third playthrough, her target's affection is at 90, and she's on the verge of a happy ending, but Chiharu is getting ready to abandon the save and start a fourth playthrough.

System: ????

A story about a heroine who accepts a conquest mission so she can play volleyball. The romance and personal growth take up a huge part of the story, while volleyball matches are rare and not the focus. As I wrote, the story strayed a bit from what I had imagined. This is the first time I've discovered I have a talent for writing twisted characters...

1. Out-of-character warning. First person. Strong heroine.

2. One-on-one romance. The official partner is in the real world, and that's basically made explicit in the story. Lots of people have feelings for her.

3. If it's not for you, run.

Theme: Growing into someone who can greet the spring with a smile