After Handa submits his "Star" calligraphy despite some trepidation, he gets roped into helping to build a stone wall and then into taking the girls to the summer festival. Meanwhile, Kawafuji gets the exhibition hall director to agree to welcome Handa back to Tokyo. How will he bid farewell to the kind islanders who've taught him so much?
Ain't it always like this?
ألا يتكرّر ذ لك دوماً ؟
Ist es nicht immer so?
¿Acaso no llegan 
siempre más tarde?
C’est toujours pareil.