ST✰R: Strike it Rich

At 27, Tenma Nozomi finds herself adrift. After retiring from public fighting and then being let go from the underground scene as well, the drive that once defined her has slowly drained away. Now she and her two closest friends are stuck at rock bottom with nowhere to turn, and the weight of that stagnation presses on all of them. Then an idea takes hold. Nozomi sees an opening no one else has considered: they could build an underground fighting circuit of their own, one created for women and serving a market that remains largely untapped. It sounds like the answer to everything—a single venture that might finally pull all three of them out of their circumstances. But the plan carries one wildcard: Nozomi insists on bringing in Hongou Hina. Hina is an unknown quantity, and no one can say what her involvement might set in motion. For all the promise the venture holds, this one decision could carry consequences far beyond anything Nozomi imagined.