A boy named Rio comes to the shrine. His mother is afflicted by a mysterious disease that has turned her ears into pot stickers. His mother claims not to know what the cause is, but she is distraught because they are preventing her not only from hearing the voices of others, but Rio's voice as well. Ramune explains that there are voices she can hear and voices she can't, and that it's an emotional problem. He decides to wait and see how her condition changes.
Since it was on my route to school,
 I remember the crowd of reporters.
.بما أنّه كان في طريق مدرستي، ما زلتُ أذكر حشد المراسلين
C’est sur mon chemin pour l’école,
Era sulla strada di casa, 
ricordo la folla di giornalisti.
Como ficava entre minha casa e a escola,
lembro de ver um monte de repórteres.
Поскольку я проходил мимо по дороге
в школу, то помню там толпы репортёров.