The Kansei University track team runs into Tokyo Sport University at Lake Shirakaba, where they're holding their training camp.
Sakaki insistently provokes Kakeru over his past actions.
Pushes to his limit, Kakeru grabs ahold of him, but his friends come between them before anything can happen.
Later they begin their grueling practice, but Kakeru can't stop recalling heavy memories from his high school days: 
a cruel past that pushed a group of elite runners to their breaking point.
Recalling how he chose his own destruction, Kakeru agonizes over his past.
That night, the sky is full of stars. Haiji appears next to Kakeru as he's hanging around by himself...
what happened to that first-year
was just an opportunity for me
ما حصل لطالب السنة الأولى ذاك
كان مجرد فرصة لي
dass die Sache mit dem Jungen im ersten Jahr
nur der Auslöser für mich war,
solo utilicé lo que le pasó
al chico de primer año
solo utilicé lo que le pasó
al chico de primero
ce qui est arrivé à ce seconde
n’était que l’occasion
ciò che accadde a quello studente del primo
 anno, non fu altro che un'occasione per me
o que aconteceu naquele primeiro
ano foi só uma oportunidade para mim,
всё, что было в десятом
классе, случилось из-за того,