Background Decoration (Haikyuu)

Sakasaki Okinu swore she was okay with existing as a ghost in the background. She pretended to flourish in the shadows of her sibling's successes, feigned insouciance at her parents' unintentional neglect, and trod upon the Earth like a dead man walking; leaving untraceable imprints washed away by the current.

But she wasn't.

Ennoshita Chikara promised he was satisfied with his position as a benchwarmer on the ever-deepening pool of talent on the Karasuno volleyball team, dwelling about the edge of the court as if a barrier prevented him from approaching the net.

But he wasn't.

So when Sakasaki Okinu's drab and dreary road of meaningless mundanity leads her to the metal doors of Karasuno's volleyball team, a new crossroad appears, one that winds and twists longer and faster than any interstate highway. Through luck and circumstance, the two ne'er-do-wells' diverging pathways intertwine and form a singular route: a quest to step out of the background and into the spotlight.