April. A morning with a few cherry blossoms still lingering. "...So this is it." Private Horyo Academy, infamous throughout the prefecture for its delinquency. In front of the school gates, students in disheveled uniforms gathered, a mix of laughter and shouting filling the air. What stood out most among them was the overwhelming number of female students compared to males. "I heard there aren't many new male students this year." "Guys have it tough at this school." "If you defy a girl here, you're finished." Such rumors reach my ears. This high school has a male-to-female ratio of one to nine. The girls' voices are overwhelmingly powerful, to the point it's called a "school where women dominate men." It was the kind of atmosphere that would normally be intimidating. But I just quietly look up at the school gate. (I'm not the person I used to be.) In middle school, in a faraway district, I was called the "strongest in the district." Back then, I never knew defeat. But from the day I lost my father, I stopped using my fists. Because I'd never once studied properly, this was the only high school I could get into. No one in this town knows my past or my name. That's exactly why I made up my mind. "I'll never fight again." With that vow in my heart, I head to the entrance ceremony. The entrance ceremony ends, and I move to the classroom.