Following their defeat to Aobajohsai in the Inter-High Preliminaries, Karasuno is hard at work with practicing. Ittetsu Takeda, faculty advisor of Karasuno's volleyball club, arrives with encouraging news: Karasuno has been invited by Nekoma to take part in their training camp along with Fukurōdani Academy, Shinzen and Ubugawa High's teams. Kageyama and Hinata unknowingly separate from the team during a run and run into Ushijima, captain of Shiratorizawa Academy's team. Avowing that the only good player in the Miyagi prefecture is Oikawa, Ushijima is challenged by Hinata.