Still unable to get permission to perform in Opening Ceremony and now facing the prospect that they will be excluded from the Ayanagi Festival all together, Hoshitani and the others try to at least get their class performance time slot back. However, through their exchanges with Irinatsu and Kasugano, positive feelings for wanting to be acknowledged by the Kao Council have begun to emerge in the group. Though others, such as Nanjo, voice their doubts and a past relationship between him and Fuyusawa lead the others to wonder where Nanjo's loyalties really lie.
Did you think I was just working for free?
Habt ihr gedacht,
dass ich umsonst gearbeitet habe?
¿Pensaron que trabajaba por nada?
¿Pensasteis que trabajaba por nada?
Pensi che mi sarei accontentato
 di lavorare per la gloria?
Você achou que eu estava
trabalhando de graça?