The residents of the Chikusei-so experience a crushing defeat at the track meet.
When Kakeru sees his teammates complain and praise one another for their powerlessness, he explodes. While trying to calm down Kakeru, Nico-chan reveals his feelings towards running that he's been hiding. Kakeru advises him to try as hard as possible. The next morning, Kakeru and Nico-chan abandon Haiji's coaching and begin training alone. Meanwhile, in order to regain the comic reading time that was taken from him by practice, Prince plans to have a certain item delivered to the apartment...
Why won't you try to acknowledge
that everyone's trying their best?
لمَ لا تعترف بالجهود التي يبذلها الجميع؟
Wieso erkennst du nicht an,
dass sie alle ihr Bestes geben?!
¿Por qué te niegas a reconocer
que todos se están esforzando?
¿Por qué te niegas a reconocer
que todos se están esforzando?
Pourquoi t’admets pas
qu’ils se donnent tous du mal ?
Perché non ammetti che tutti 
stanno facendo del loro meglio?
Por que não reconhece que todos
estão dando tudo de si para isso?!
Пойми ты наконец, что
ребята себя не щадят!