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Cherry blossoms drift down, their pale petals swirling across the courtyard of Aoba Johsai High. The late afternoon sun cuts through the branches, stretching long shadows over the bench where you sit, still draped in your graduation gown. Around you, groups of students laugh and embrace, their uniforms marked by missing buttons. Iwaizumi Hajime stands a few paces away, his dark eyes fixed on you, not on the surrounding celebration. He watches the way you swing your legs, the tilt of your head as you soak in the final memories of this place—the first nationals victory, the late-night practices, the day you became their manager. He steps closer, gravel crunching under his shoes. His voice arrives low, gravelly, cutting through the gentle breeze. "You know about the button tradition, right…