The final four teams are featured looking forward to the finals match. The Kiyosumi team returns home to town on a late night train, due to lack of funding for a hotel stay. Hisa reveals to Mako about motivation to retain the club between the two the previous year. Hisa had to participate in the prefectural tournament with a full team, rather than compete individually. Nodoka recounts to Saki about her online play, due to the lack of players; but after entering middle school she participated in the team and solo competition of the middle school tournament, though only Nodoka advanced...