Maki notices that Oji and Sunaga are not working as a team, with Oji doing the work while treating Sunaga as an accessory. Maki and Toma expose this weakness to win the next two sets and force a decisive fifth set. The final set is tightly contested, as Oji and Sunaga finally begin working together as a team. In the end, Maki and Toma lose their match, but despite the club's performance, the boys come away greatly encouraged. Some time later, Sakurai treats the club to a barbecue by the river and the team does a victory jump. However, the mother of one of the boys approaches the school's principal complaining about the amount of time her son spends practicing soft tennis and demands action be taken.