How to Survive on Gull Island as a Weasel-Type

[Updates at 6 p.m. Other times are for proofreading.] [The author's other novels, 《Kira-kun's Volleyball》, 《How to Survive at Inarizaki as a Cat》, 《How to Survive at Itachiyama as a Dog》, and 《Energy-Saving, but at Fukurodani》, are all complete.] Blurb Mizutani Kirito was an ordinary high school student. Ordinary looks, an ordinary personality, and ordinary volleyball skills. He hoped his life would stay ordinary, peaceful, and calm. Even when, on his first day at the club, an irritable human shuttlecock pointed at his nose and asked why someone who was 188 centimeters tall would play setter, he calmly chose not to argue. An ordinary height playing an ordinary position. Nothing wrong with that. He just wanted to quietly and inconspicuously get through these three years. But the members of Kamomedai's volleyball team took an interest in their new setter. “He's so thoughtful. He even remembers what I like.” “Why are little animals so fond of him?” “If gloominess is a talent, Mizutani's a genius. Has something happened to him? Maybe I should ask.” And so Kirito, the “melancholy pretty boy,” kept finding his teammates showing him concern and affection. Kirito, who only wanted a calm, ordinary life: Something feels a little off. - Although life on the volleyball team wasn't quite as ordinary as he'd expected, his sets were still completely ordinary. After becoming an ordinary starting setter, Kirito kept making ordinary sets. Then he and his teammates smoothly made it to Nationals. Kirito: Nobody told me Kamomedai was this strong! What a blunder. My amazing teammates carried me. Teammates: Do you have any idea how good you are? Everyone at Kamomedai was delighted with Kirito's sets: accurate, efficient, and unbelievably easy to hit. They just felt like Kirito was really committed to his ordinary-guy act. Kirito: I'm just an ordinary setter. Everyone at Kamomedai: Take a look in the mirror! - Kirito was a setter with a calm temperament. That was true both in daily life and on the court. Until one match. “This setter's so weak. His sets are awful.” The opposing team started taunting him. Everyone at Kamomedai: Oh, you did not just pick on our setter! Crush them! Kirito, who should have taken it calmly as usual, suddenly twisted his face into a demonic snarl. Then he went right into full delinquent mode. “Huh?! Who are you calling useless, you loser? If you've got a problem, come at me!” Kamomedai's stunned teammates: Who are you? With his terrible temper and no fear of a fight, Kirito turned his sets into a typhoon. Teammates? If you can't kill it with a spike, hit it till it dies!! Opponents? Wipe them all out!! Kamomedai's potential fully unlocked, its players nearly exhausted: Help, help, help! Kirito, his aura flaring and his face twisted, snatched the ball: I'll spike it! Just watch me crush you all!! One spike sent the ball flying into the stands. In the end, Kamomedai won by a ridiculous margin. The team's dead-eyed stares: Wait, weren't you supposed to be the calm one? Who was that lunatic? Kirito, calm again: Oh, I'm pretty laid-back. I just don't like people talking about me. A certain little seagull (roaring furiously): You call that not liking it? You nearly smashed the other guy's head in!! Kirito: Yep! The honey badger's only rule: Don't fear death. If you don't like it, fight! - Once they figured out Kirito's quirks, the Kamomedai players put together a user manual for their little weasel. When they're losing “Kirito, he just said in his head that your skills suck.” Kirito, instantly going berserk: Get him! Kamomedai, suddenly speeding up and getting fired up: This is awesome!! When they're winning “Kirito, your sets are amazing! Give me another one, but with a special skill just for me, okay?” Kirito, gentle and adorable as soon as he's praised: Mm-hmm. Kamomedai, receiving perfectly tailored sets as gentle as a spring breeze: Hehe. The moment he received the Best Setter medal, Kirito looked a little bewildered. Wasn't he just an ordinary setter? Everyone at Kamomedai (thumbs up): This medal's pretty ordinary. Convinced, Kirito: It's all just so ordinary, peaceful, and calm. Everyone at Kamomedai, each with a championship medal: Our setter's so easy to fool, hehe. Couple: Suna. I want to write a little romance between adults. The relationship develops in the extras. Reader's guide: OOC, lots of original worldbuilding, single Haikyuu!! setting Mostly daily life and matches, starting in first year In this version, Suwa is a third-year, and Kamomedai doesn't play Karasuno Please don't give unsolicited writing advice. Lots of animal-based nicknames and descriptions Lots of match content, with some repeated dialogue and actions during matches Ensemble cast during matches, and there are both wins and losses (important) Growth and development, not an overpowered wish-fulfillment story Theme: Face everything with a calm heart