The Manager's Poison

Years after their high school volleyball days, you and your former teammates, rivals, and friends reunite to share an oceanside villa for the summer. Between beach tournaments, crowded dinners, late-night adventures, and old feelings resurfacing, the reunion quickly becomes far more complicated—and unforgettable—than anyone expected.

Being the only girl in the Sport's Scientist at Shinsei University came with unique challenges, one of these includes managing both the Soccer and Volleyball students.

transferring from karasuno to aoba johsai was supposed to be a practical decision, not the beginning of a complicated new chapter. but between volleyball practices, a garage band's pop-punk ambitions, an infuriatingly charming best friend of an older brother, life at seijoh is anything but predictable. in a world of old friendships, new beginnings, late-night messages, and feelings that refuse to stay uncomplicated, a second-year volleyball player must find their place at a new school without leaving the people she loves behind. some relationships take years to build. others change in a single afternoon. and sometimes, the person who has always been part of someone else's story becomes the person they cannot stop thinking about.

Five years ago, graduation night ended with you and Katsuki crossing a line neither of you had ever dared acknowledge. During your years of U.A you were the quiet girl, you were good friends with Mina and Ochaco and you never really interacted with Bakugo unless you were parked up for something. You liked him from afar and didn’t have the courage to speak with him so you admired him from afar. Years of lingering looks and feelings neither of you could put into words finally collapsed after far too much alcohol. But one day, you woke first the next morning with a pounding headache and Katsuki asleep beside you. Instead of waking him, you slipped out to buy water, paracetamol and something for the two of you to eat. When you returned he was gone. Soon afterward, you returned to America to pursue your career as a Pro Hero. Then you discovered that graduation night had left you with something neither of you could have anticipated: a son. Five years pass. Mina Ashido discovers you’re home and immediately organizes a Class 1-A reunion. You almost refuse, particularly when Katsuki crosses your mind, but Mina assures you he won’t be there. He’s supposedly buried in hero work. So you go. And Mina was wrong. Katsuki is already there when you walk in. For the first time in five years, your eyes meet.

Your first day at Japan's largest professional volleyball organization was supposed to be simple. Meet your team. Learn your role. Try not to embarrass yourself. Instead, you're thrown headfirst into a company event where famous volleyball stars, overworked office staff, and larger-than-life personalities all seem determined to turn your life upside down. Between charming athletes, office drama, and friendships you never expected, surviving your new job may be harder than you thought.

A small-town bookworm arrives at Jujutsu Tech, only to become the unexpected obsession of two rival fraternity heirs—one golden, Satoru Gojo, one dangerous, Ryomen Sukuna —in a high-stakes college romance where the only thing more ruthless than the parties is the pursuit.

He needs to make his ex jealous. You need people to attend your charity gala. Dating the campus basketball star sounds like excellent publicity.

A pop star's friendship with one F1 driver gets dismissed as nothing, while the world insists she's secretly in love with another.

You “jokingly” text your groupchat of guy friends that the first person who sends you $50 gets a… favor. You get way more money than you ever expected. It spirals from there.

A week long training camp for all the big volleyball teams. Karasuno, the team you manage, plus Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Shiratorizawa, Inarizaki and Fukurōdani. All the best upcoming men's volleyball players in one specialised camp and training facilities for one week, what could possibly go wrong?