You’re not a player. Not anymore. You’re a strategist — a notebook kid who spends more time diagramming plays than touching the ball.

You came to Karasuno to observe. To “study.” To maybe help.

But Hinata starts asking for your opinion. So does Suga. Kageyama starts picking up your play suggestions without knowing it.

And when Coach Ukai finds your notebook full of strategies tailored to every player… he looks at you and says: “How do you feel about standing courtside?”