Mai Kisaragi was initially timid and easily preyed upon by others. Her affection was reserved exclusively for Takumi Kai, her high school's revered basketball player. However, her story took an unexpected turn when enduring ceaseless ridicule at a basketball game provoked her to manifest extraordinary abilities. The emergence of a fox spirit named Ran followed, revealing that Kisaragi possessed innate part-fox spirit capabilities. Although initially doubtful, Kisaragi shed her disbelief when she underwent a transformative shift into a fox-like entity.