Beyond the Known Boundary

All Tobio wanted for his first year of high school was a new start: a chance to begin anew with teammates who didn't hate him yet, to play volleyball against the best high school teams in Japan, maybe even to make a friend to combat the crippling loneliness that otherwise permeated his life. What he hadn't planned was to discover an alien fugitive in the park. Assuming the name Hinata Shōyō, Tobio's new extraterrestrial BFF blasts his way into every aspect of Tobio's life. Volleyball, school, home- none of it can defend against Shōyō's blinding smile and undeniable charisma, not even Tobio. Of course, behind the indomitable grin lies a recent past that threatens to unravel the lives of Tobio and everyone else on planet Earth...