Deep in Cape Muroto, at Ryuhou High School, the bells of an ancient shrine mingle with the roar of the Pacific. Surrounded by thousand-year-old cedar trees, this century-old school is witnessing the most absurd comeback in the history of its volleyball club: a club on the verge of disbanding, with only three members left, actually dreams of bribing teachers with wasabi energy bars and recruiting new students with a team flag embroidered with misspelled words.
Led by naturally curly-haired captain Kurokawa Masaki, the sharp-tongued opposite Matsuyama Toshifumi, and the human weapon Tachikawa Shiro, the club brings together a tsundere outside hitter forced to join, conjoined-twin siblings, and a rampaging libero in the intervals between agriculture class and naginata training, forming the "Freak Alliance." When the sound of serves in the morning mist sends the shrine's white herons flying, these youths in Showa-style uniforms are using citrus-grove drills and bonito-festival dances to set the echoes of their youth ringing along 108 moss-covered stone steps.
Slice of Life, Episode 1
"So, the training plan is..." Coach Yamashita says, laying open his notebook with an energy bar between his teeth. "Monday, frog jumps in the citrus grove; Tuesday, sprints up the shrine steps; Wednesday..."
"Wait!" Sakai raises a bandage-wrapped hand. "Why are we training in a citrus grove?"
Kurokawa points mysteriously out the window. "See those terraces at different heights? They're perfect for simulating the angles of a block jump! I discovered the golden ratio while doing farm work last week!"
"Actually, he got caught stealing oranges and was punished with weeding." Matsuyama lowers his head to mend a kneepad, his needle deftly stitching through the tally marks embroidered on it.
The twins suddenly hang upside down from the ceiling fan, their hair almost brushing the coach's folding bed. "What about Thursday? Are we going to Ryuen River to practice diving saves?"
"Denied." Fujii takes off his headphones and sneers. "Last month, someone jumped into the river to catch eels and ended up being offered at the shrine as a sacrifice."
Shiina suddenly bursts through the door, shrine camellia blossoms scattered across his shoulders. "Breaking news! The badminton club stole our stall at the bonito festival!"
The gym erupts into chaos. Tachikawa silently wipes down his sneakers, then suddenly lays the wooden sword from naginata class across the doorway. Kurokawa gets the message and blows his whistle. "Gentlemen! It's time to show those guys a real Bonito Offering Style spike!"
Outside the window, the taillights of the last bus vanish along the mountain road. The shrine's stone lanterns light up one after another, casting the running figures of the youths onto the old walls of the Showa era.
Theme: For the sake of volleyball
Do you want to write an OC group portrait? If this is the case, the writing is still too young. There were so many names introduced at the beginning that I couldn't even remember them. Forcibly introducing yourself to readers will only be counterproductive. It is recommended that you focus on shaping one to three people in the first chapter to leave a deep first impression on readers before writing about other characters. Otherwise, just give the character some characteristics, such as tsundere, social fear, poor guy, etc., So that it can leave a deep impression. If an OC group portrait labeled as a fan does not have a good beginning, it will be difficult to retain readers. This is a bit of advice from a reader. I don't like to be lightly criticized.