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...
If you can't be useful here,
you won't be useful anywhere.
إن لم تقدموا أيّ فائدة هنا
لن تفعلوا في أيّ مكان
Wenn ihr’s hier nicht zu was bringt,
Si no sirven aquí,
no servirán en ningún otro lugar.
Si no servís aquí,
no serviréis en ningún otro sitio.
Si vous n’êtes pas utiles ici,
Se non riuscite a essere utili qui,
Se não forem úteis aqui,
não serão em lugar algum!
Если уж даже здесь от вас нет
проку, то вообще нигде не будет.