As the summer cleansing ceremony approaches, Tatsuo tells Satoru to invite some friends, which leaves him flustered. He continues to practice hard as a member of the kendo club, but he hasn't managed to break the ice with the other members. One day, he gets in a fight with Kosugi, another member, and ends up in a kendo match against Kinugawa, the captain.
everything that's accumulated 
the past six months.
alles, was sich in den letzten sechs 
Monaten angesammelt hat, zu reinigen.
para espantar todo lo malo 
de cada mitad de año.
para espantar todo lo malo 
de cada mitad de año.
On fait une grande purification 
tous les six mois.
dalle impurità accumulate
nei sei mesi precedenti.
tudo o que se acumulou
 nos últimos seis meses.