Fujisaka training has proven to be a major hurdle to Mizusawa thanks to the training regimen demanded by their coach, Sakurazawa.  Rion continues her lead over Chihaya thanks to her familiarity of the reader’s voice.  Doubts and injury plague Chihaya and her team as they fight to stay in the game.
While autumn leaves crunch 
under deer footsteps,
En las profundidades de la montaña pisando 
las hojas escarlatas, brama el ciervo errante.
En las profundidades de la montaña pisando 
las hojas escarlatas, brama el ciervo errante.
Enquanto as folhas do outono são 
trituradas sob os passos de um cervo,