Emily and Claire’s mother has returned to Okinawa and is keen to start training Haruka and Kanata. As she’s known Kanata for years, she’s delighted to see that Haruka has rekindled her love of the sport. What happened? The beach volleyball season was over, but with the addition of Akari, they were able to make the beach volleyball club official. Also, with Marissa in town, they can start to prepare for next season… There’s still a lot of Haruka to learn and Kanata has been out of the game long enough that she needs some help too. Marissa runs some…
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