Under Japanese rule| an underdog high school baseball team from southern Taiwan defeats the heretofore superior northern teams and wins a rare opportunity torepresent the colony in the 1931 empire-wide tournament. Comprised of Taiwanese| Taiwanese aboriginals and Japanese players| "Kanô|" the Kagi Nourin School team|must integrate the ethnically mixed roster and make the best of its unique strengths to not just survive but thrive in the elite league.