USeriu Ichiro ubelokhu esethunzini likadadewabo omdala, uRei, owenza izinto ezinhle njengomongameli wenhlangano yabafundi esikoleni sakhe esiphakeme. Nakuba ayengumongameli wenhlangano yabafundi esikoleni sakhe esiphakathi, wayegula ngomthwalo wemfanelo futhi efuna ukuphila ngokukhululeka. Yilapho u-Ichiro enquma ukuya e-Yashio Academy, okuyisikole esisha sha, lapho ikilasi lakhe lizoba ikilasi lokuqala lesikole okusho isiqalo esisha se-Ichiro. Uhlangana nozakwabo esikoleni, u-Hatsuse Sakuno, endleleni eya e-Yashio futhi ngokushesha nje lapho laba ababili bengena esangweni lesikole, kumenyezelwa ukuthi ungumongameli omusha wenhlangano yabafundi. Njengoba ezama ukulwa nesiphetho, ngokushesha usemukela isikhundla sikamongameli wenhlangano yabafundi esimweni esisodwa: ukuthi uSakuno abambe njengomongameli obambisane.
