December. When Kyouko comes over to pick up a forgotten item, she tells Rei about Manabu Yasui, his opponent for a match on the 24th. She says that when Yasui loses, he becomes violently drunk and that he’s getting a divorce after Christmas. Will he come home and spend Christmas with his family after winning or losing? As Rei prepares for the match against Yasui, he reminisces about a Christmas day he spent with the Kouda family when he was still a child.