The Prince of Tennis: Tezuka's Scorekeeper

[The sunny recorder and the icy captain's right-hand man]

Twenty-six-year-old Kazama Shizuki suddenly fell back into the summer of her sixteenth year.

A brand-new ledger lay open. There was still hope for Sister Rei's illness...

It seemed fate had given her the chance to rewrite her life.

But who could have guessed that the figures she had only glimpsed in the news in her previous life, and the tennis club she had heard was so far beyond her reach, would one by one step into reality?

"Kazama, run ten laps around the court." That was the coldness of their first meeting.

"I'll leave Seigaku's future in your hands to record." That was the trust of their parting.

"This moment of glory should be shared with you." That was the warmth she felt when he fastened the gold medal around her neck at the national tournament.

She thought the paths that had veered off course would eventually converge in another way, just as their promise would one day blossom in the sunset.

But the secrets left unspoken and the letters never sent were all sealed away in that summer that never ended.

"President Tezuka, would you like to go to the fireworks festival with me?"

"..."

The silence of the missed chance faded away in that unfinished summer, amid the incessant chirping of cicadas.

Years later, when they met again, it turned out his answer had been written ten years earlier.

He said, "It would be my honor."

[Reading Notes]

1. The timeline continues through high school and follows the Seigaku match timeline.

2. The male lead's bonus chapters branch into Atobe and Yukimura routes.

Theme: Don't give up on becoming a better version of yourself.