Haruka is excited to be finally playing her first official beach volleyball match and to make things more interesting it’s against the two girls that beat them to Haruka’s first choice bikinis. Now it’s a grudge match! What happened? Kanata has come up with a plan for the match and it focuses on the shorter of their two opponents, Mai. She’s also factored in that they are indoor players and that should help them, especially with Haruka being a complete rookie. Things start off well, but after a while, Kanata’s pokey starts to get a little too obvious and Mai…
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