Compilation of short stories.As a child Tanabe was always tagging behind Haruyama, but in high-school after he became a ping-pong (a.k.a. table tennis) ace, their relationship gradually got worse. Who is the one tagging along for real and why is Tanabe always so quiet? A touching and yet funny story with the table tennis world as it's background.This volume also contains a one-shot about one very interesting hairdresser, and a two-chapter story about a dentist and his fated client.