Kentarou Tachibana là huấn luyện viên cầu lông tại đội tuyển cầu lông thuộc trường cao trung Kitakomachi. Tuy vậy, anh luôn có một nỗi lo lắng lớn vì đội của mình có quá ít thành viên, đến nỗi không thể đi thi đấu được. Thế nhưng vào một ngày đẹp trời nọ, anh đã phát hiện ra Ayano Hanesaki - một cô bé có khả năng leo trèo vô cùng điệu nghệ và cơ thể linh hoạt trong mọi tình huống. Tachibana đã cố gắng thuyết phục Ayano tham gia vào đội cầu lông, nhưng khổ nỗi, Ayano lại có "thù" với môn thể thao này.
Một đứa trẻ thành phố theo bố về nông thôn cho hợp đồng huấn luyện mới của ông: hồi sinh đội cầu lông đủ thành phần nhưng sắp tan rã của một trường cấp 2.
In junior high, Ryou Mizushima and his friends join the badminton club on a whim. As he grows fond of the sport, Ryou works tirelessly to improve his badminton skills until he qualifies in the prefectural tournament. Lacking a coach who can bring out his full potential, he does not consider entering a high school with a strong badminton team. Instead, he plans on attending a local high school where he can play badminton for fun.
However, Ryou's perspective changes when Yokohama Minato High School's badminton coach scouts him. Not only does the institution have one of the strongest badminton teams in the region, but it also has Kento Yusa, a player Ryou admires. Though hesitant at first, Ryou decides to enroll with the support of his sister. Possessing a firm ambition, he begins to gain experience with the proper guidance of a coach—all in hopes of surpassing Yusa one day.
Shiratori Mikoto utilizes his keen observation skills as a badminton player. However, a traumatic incident at the Interhigh leaves him unable to play the way he wants. He's cut from Mitsuboshi Bank's powerhouse amateur team. In an attempt to make a comeback, he takes a job at Sunlight Beverages, where he finds waiting for him work with unfamiliar coworkers and a weak unaccomplished badminton team...
Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn... And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports and youth!
Ping An is an autistic teenager who gains recognition for being a badminton prodigy. Zihao is his younger brother and a fellow badminton player. Xiao Na is a bright and cheery young woman who helps out at her grandpa's badminton court for the summer. She gets close to both brothers and becomes attracted to Zihao. However, their journey is not as smooth-sailing as they'd hope and the two brothers are pushed to a difficult crossroad.
Annbritt, a once-promising badminton player, has been going downhill ever since 1983, attributing her defeat in the Swedish championship final to an erroneous referee call. Almost 40 years later, Annbritt has hit rock bottom and can only look upwards. Determined to gain what was unjustly stolen from her, she sets out to achieve an unthinkable comeback. A tragicomic story of rebirth that applauds a troubled soul’s struggle to regain self-respect.
