High school was rough for most kids. Whether it was the pressure of classes. Parents and their obsession with grades. Or maybe it was the other kids. Bullies. Friends. Relationships.

Ukai wanted out.

Out of this school. This city. He yearned for something more than all this. The only thing keeping him here at Karasuno was the volleyball team. That was his escape.

His parents own a convenience store, where they live in a small apartment above the shop. For some strange reason, the other boys at the school picked on him for that.

Shoved into lockers. Pushed down stairwells. Punched in the locker room. Muttered words in the hall.

Ukai was a victim. But he was too prideful to ask for help.