OGG Coach Never Gives Up

[Heartbroken and disillusioned after China failed to qualify directly for the Olympics at the Asian Championship, I’m too tired and numb to keep putting my heart into this. This story is on indefinite hiatus. (If we make the podium in Los Angeles, maybe I’ll come back, haha.) Thank you for reading all this time. If you sent me a tip, leave a comment and I’ll send the points back in a red envelope.]

[2016-2026. No regrets about loving volleyball and Haikyuu!!]

OGG, Olympic Games Gold, generally refers to athletes who have won Olympic gold medals.

After being reborn in the world of a manga, Asano Minoru, a former assistant coach for the national team, loses 40 centimeters in height and the use of her left hand.

If she can’t become an OGG, then she’ll be the woman behind an OGG!

Memorizing the opponents’ lineups before matches

Making flexible adjustments to substitutions and timeouts

Looking after the mental health of adolescent players

Helping the head coach supervise practice and record stats

From manager of the Karasuno Volleyball Club to coach of Amaterasu JAPAN, Asano Minoru will never give up until she reaches her championship goal!

But there’s one thing she needs to check.

Hinata, we agreed on “winning gold together,” not “being together for the rest of our lives,” right?

It wasn’t until they won the Spring High championship, when the male lead ran over, lifted her up, and kissed the tip of her nose, that Asano Minoru realized how serious the problem was.

-- “The woman behind him” has a double meaning. How did she forget that!

-- Also, why did he kiss her nose? Are you a puppy or something!

[Reader's Guide]

1. 10% romance + 60% volleyball + 30% other = a million-character epic.

2. Includes a faithful Hanamaki Matsukawa pairing. Many original characters and even more headcanons. Frequent POV changes. Not a female-lead power fantasy.

3. Hinata Shoyo is absolutely the male lead. Other characters' feelings are up to your interpretation. The female lead's love for volleyball is super, invincible, and the biggest in the world.

4. I don’t do research and don’t understand volleyball. All the match scenes are theoretical.

[Important Content Warnings]

At heart, this is the work of an introverted author whose love and hate for watching volleyball are all tangled up, and who couldn’t find a story to her taste, so she made one herself. I’ve tried to tone it down, but I can’t change the pickled-in-angst flavor. My preference is for a female lead who’s strong on offense and weak on defense, blushing and retreating in defeat. If you want a strong female lead power fantasy, don’t click! If you want the female lead to take charge romantically, don’t click! I only write the story I want to read. If this is your cup of tea, then you’re my real sister from another mother and father (blows a kiss).

Finally, volleyball is really fun. Come get put through the wringer by volleyball with me!

[Some Spoiler-Related Notes]

1. In this timeline, there’s no pandemic during the Tokyo Olympics, and the Chinese women’s volleyball team wins the Grand Slam.

2. Karasuno wins Spring High during their third year, and Amaterasu JAPAN wins in Paris.

3. Asano Minoru is an assistant coach when Amaterasu wins in Paris. I can’t write mature women, so there won’t be a storyline where she becomes head coach after turning 40. I’m very sorry.

4. Match chapters:

(1) Summer tournament vs. Niiyama Tech: 30-35

(2) Summer tournament vs. Shiratorizawa: 38-49

(3) Autumn tournament, Shiratorizawa vs. Date Tech: 60-61

(4) Kamomedai intrasquad scrimmage: 88-92

(5) Spring High vs. Kamomedai: 106-114

(6) Spring High, Fukurodani vs. Kamomedai: 117-126

(7) Dream match, Ocean vs. Wing: 144-?

Theme: FIVB, you’ve done nothing but evil!