Most athletes live in fear of the fateful injury that derails their career, but when university freshman Haruki (Ryusei Yokohama) damages his shoulder during judo training, he seems relieved. Despite growing up in a family of judoka, he's never taken to the sport with the passion of his older sister, Haruko (Kurumi Shimizu), and sees this unexpected furlough as an opportunity to try something different.
Best pal Kazuma (Masaki Nakao) has an unorthodox suggestion: with a dramatic flourish designed to induce swoons in female viewers, he invites Haruki to start an all-male cheer team.
True to genre convention, their first recruits are misfits: the portly Koji (Daichi Kodaira) and nerdy Wataru (Kodai Asaka). After a successful demo performance on campus, they manage to lure tennis-club jocks Gen (Shogo Iwaya) and Soichiro (Ken Sugawara). They also attract the attention of Sho (Toshiki Seto), a star cheerleader with a checkered past, and though he rebuffs their initial advances, you just know he's going to be won over in the end.