When Daigo plays catch with Hikaru, he once again gets a feeling that they could form a battery.
However, at practice the next weekend, he's shocked to find out that Hikaru has suddenly moved to his mother's hometown in Gunma.
Disappointed in Hikaru for not even saying a word before leaving the Dolphins and transferring schools, Daigo lashes out at Mutsuko when she tries to talk to him.
Daigo refuses Toshiya's special catcher training and holes up in his room.
There, he gets a visitor....
Having Hikaru-kun around reignited 
Daigo's passion for baseball.
.أشعل وجود هيكارو-كن نار شغفه بكرة القاعدة من جديد
Hikaru hatte wirklich großen Einfluss
auf Daigos Beziehung zum Baseball.
Tener a Hikaru-kun cerca
había reavivado su amor por el béisbol.
Tener a Hikaru-kun cerca había
encendido su pasión por el béisbol.
La présence de Hikaru
Il tempo passato con Hikaru gli aveva 
riacceso la passione per il baseball.
Com o Hikaru-kun por aqui, reacendeu
a paixão do Daigo pelo basebol.
Благодаря Хикару Дайго
вновь загорелся бейсболом.