Being Karasuno's Coach Is So Hard

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Coming soon: The Only Thing You Can't Forget Is My Secret Identity and After Being Summoned as a Hero, I Immediately Betrayed Them and Became the Demon King

Also, a friend's novel: Inarizaki, Conquering the Volleyball World!

Blurb

When Masuzawa Arashi took on his first job as a club coach, he ran into unprecedented difficulties.

His alma mater, Karasuno, had rapidly declined during the years he'd been away, and the volleyball club had become abnormally short on members.

He looked over the whole team.

The Little Giant had been left on the bench, sadly envying the other players. Kageyama had gone to an obscure school, where he continued to clash with his teammates, while the childhood-friend duo in their first year had vanished without a trace.

And inside Karasuno, with the third-years about to graduate, morale had all but collapsed. The ace couldn't take the pressure and was on the verge of quitting, taking the libero with him. Only Dadchi and Mom Suga were left, doing their best to keep the team going.

They didn't even have a proper coach to supervise them. All they had was an assistant teacher who cheered and clapped to keep up appearances.

Masuzawa Arashi: “...”

He couldn't stand being in this world where everyone got a bad ending for even one more second!

It took a lot of effort, but Masuzawa Arashi finally got the team back together. Then he realized his own players weren't the only ones in this situation.

After visiting powerhouse schools like Shiratorizawa, Aoba Johsai, and Itachiyama, he found even more club members struggling under the weight of their circumstances.

He couldn't bear to see promising players go to waste, so he gave them a hand along the way.

But could someone tell Masuzawa Arashi why he was getting all this inexplicable gratitude?!

As he watched a crowd of famous players surround him, he felt like life had lost all meaning.

Masuzawa Arashi just wanted to lead Karasuno to the national tournament!

A Haikyuu!! alternate-universe story

Bad ending from the start, happy ending at the end

Pairing: the Little Giant

Coming Soon: The Only Thing You Can't Forget Is My Secret Identity

Because some readers had built up a huge grudge after being put through the wringer by shipping wars, Takitsuki Rin had no choice but to travel between worlds on a mission to collect friendship emotion points.

This journey was called the “Wandering Friendship” Project.

Having just saved the 5-4=0 group, Takitsuki Rin hurried straight into a world where 3-1=0.

Takitsuki Rin: “...”

What's with you best friends?

*points accusingly.jpg*

He sighed wearily, then resigned himself to getting back to work.

But Takitsuki Rin never expected that this was far from over. He kept running into best friends who had been separated for all sorts of reasons, including a white-haired cat in sunglasses and a black-haired fox with tiny eyes, two feudal-era clan heads who called each other's names during battle, and teammates who couldn't stand each other but gave one another their eyes before dying.

Takitsuki Rin immediately put on his pained expression. Can't you make up with your best friends yourselves?!

Why do you keep making an outsider do it for you?!

With so many friendships on the verge of collapse to save, Takitsuki Rin had no choice but to create a new secret identity in every world to make his work easier.

For the sake of collecting emotion points perfectly, he endured all kinds of indignity and didn't mind even when his secret identities got ruined.

He'd planned to finish the mission and leave, but Takitsuki Rin never expected to get more and more entangled along the way.

The best friends are doing fine now, but why have they all turned their attention to me?

Wait, don't come any closer!!

Notes:

1. 5-4=0 refers to the police academy group, and 3-1=0 refers to the Dead Apple group.

2. A crossover involving Detective Conan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Bungo Stray Dogs, and Naruto.

3. A secret-identity story with no pairing. The best friends only take an interest in him because his secret identities get badly damaged, so be warned: angst ahead!!

P.S. Damn, this story originally had eight tags! Unfortunately, there were only four slots... You'll have to browse by luck, folks. Though I don't write that well anyway.

Theme: You can still fly, even if you stumble along the way