Aya, Mio, Yuu, and Tamaki are all students at a prim-and-proper academy for young ladies, one where video games are outright banned. That hasn't stopped them from following their fighting game passions all the way to EX Japan, one of the biggest e-sports championships in the world! But to have a spot in the main event, you've got to prove your worth in the preliminary qualifiers. Each young lady will have to prevail in a do-or-die battle in the qualifying pools, against a whole set of oddball fighting game aficionados.

Aya, Mio, and their new friends Yuu and Tamaki are prim-and-proper young ladies by day, but when night falls, they turn to bloodthirsty hardcore gaming! They've set their sights on a huge fighting game tournament called EX Japan, where pros and amateurs alike gather for the ultimate test of skill. With so many experienced fighters out for blood, can the girls hope to get the results they want? From qualifying pools to grand finals, it's bound to be a wild ride!

Aya and "Shirayuri-sama" are a lot of things: Gamers, rivals...and now friends. They turn the school upside-down looking for the perfect place to game in secret, but just when they think they've found the solution, their cover is blown by two members of the Dormitory Affairs Committee. Video games are strictly prohibited at their prim-and-proper school, and being caught with a fight stick carries dire penalties. Threatened with expulsion, they propose a wild challenge that might just be crazy enough to work!!

Kuromi Girls' Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls' institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol, the so-called "Shirayuri-sama." But Shirayuri hides a terrible secret: she's a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?

Aya and Mio attend a prim-and-proper academy for young ladies, one where video games are outright banned. That hasn't stopped them from following their secret gaming passion all the way to Japan's biggest fighting game tournament! Now, both of them face a high-stakes battle against oddball pro gamers. Aya plays head-to-head against an intimidating biker hooligan, while Mio faces a cute, diminutive girl whose tiny frame hides a truly vicious spirit. Just how far will their love for gaming take them at an arena full of the world's strongest?

Aya, Mio, and friends attend a prim-and-proper academy where video games are banned and the punishment for playing them is severe. Now, they're duking it out at Japan's biggest fighting game tournament! After defeating a pro gamer in the losers bracket, Mio's scheduled for a grudge match against Arisa, the tiny spitfire. What follows is the culmination of their tempestuous tourney relationship and a no-holds-barred fight to the death! (And maybe, in the heat of battle, a little personal growth?)

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.