At the beginning of the tournament, the club advisor of the akashi high school girls' volleyball team tells the group that the girls are having a good time. He says that the only girl who defended her "oku" card well was a girl from the other team, who defended the "o" card on the other side. This girl's team is stronger than the other girls', and they're playing four matches in four days. The advisor says that he's worried that senpai, one of the team's best players, has been taken advantage of by another player, who has also taken multiple cards from him in a row. The tournament is about experience, he says, not about winning.