Shoyo Hinata began playing volleyball after seeing the “small giants” who played the sport when he was in elementary school. He suffers a crushing defeat in his first and last tournament in middle school at the hands of his rival Tobio Kageyama. So, Shoyo joins Kurasuno High School’s volleyball team, vowing revenge against Tobio. However, Tobio is also on Kurasuno’s team. The former rivals form a legendary combo with Shoyo’s mobility and Tobio’s precision ball-handling. During the joint training camp between Karasuno High School and Nekoma High School from Tokyo, Shoyo encountered his future arch-nemesis, Kenma Kozume. While Karasuno relied on an aggressive attacking style, Nekoma excelled in their defensive play, embodying the motto of “Connect.”