Welcome to the United Systems Sports Academy (USSA), where the elite from around the solar system come to hone their athletic prowess with the technologically enhanced training facilities and the renowned coaching staff. For many, the grueling, full-contact competition against humanity's strongest and most ambitious athletes is the beginning of a dream to become the next Tomoe Midou, the first Battles Athletes Competition winner, and the most famous of all sports champions. However, for Akari Kanzaki, Tomoe Midou's daughter, the trials of the academy and its scheming students provide a path of self discovery and a chance to step out from her mother's shadow.