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...
I couldn't believe someone 
could have such pure running form.
لم يخطر لي امتلاك أحدهم
هيئة عدو بتلك الصفاء
Ich wusste nicht, dass jemand
so eine reine Art zu laufen haben kann.
Era una manera de correr
tan pura que parecía irreal.
Era una manera de correr
tan pura que parecía irreal.
J’avais jamais vu un gars
à la course aussi épurée…
Non riuscivo a credere che
 qualcuno potesse correre in modo così puro.
Não podia acreditar que alguém poderia
ter uma forma tão pura para correr.
Ни разу не видел, чтобы
бег был таким чистым.