About Bloom

Inspired by a conversation on Tumblr (posted by user confessions-haikyuu), a group of friends began messaging and creating characters in a fictional setting, based on the world of Haikyuu!! Slowly, more characters and full teams emerged, and from there came a story.

Bloom is a webcomic about volleyball set in the fictional country of Eastern Bourne, where it's celebrating the 25th year of co-ed leagues. The story follows 15 year old Cory Shires after he joins his school's volleyball team as a manager. When he accompanies the Lynxes to a training camp--the first one they've been invited back to in nearly ten years--he realizes just how much he has to learn about volleyball. Through making new friends and tying up loose ends with old ones, Cory begins to come around to a new way of thinking about life and love. Just when he thinks that's all there is to it, he's given the opportunity to be the change he's always wished to see in the world. Can he take that final step and be brave enough to follow through?

More information about the story, characters, and it's creators can be found on the blog bloom-comic and thirdgymbestgym.