Makoto continues to worry about what she should do in the future. Tatsuo tells her to do what she wants, but Makoto doesn't know what she wants to do and turns to Gintaro. And on the day before the summer cleansing, Tatsuo's friend Takami Yoshitomo and many other people gather inside Saeki Shrine to prepare.
why did you stop being a priest?
warum hast du aufgehört, 
Priester zu sein?
pourquoi tu as arrêté 
d’être prêtre ?
perché hai smesso di essere un sacerdote?
por que você deixou de ser um sacerdote?