Oyakata Shibakiyama, master of the Shibakiyama Stable, is excited about Hinomaru after hearing Kirihito describe his skill, but becomes depressed after seeing Hinomaru's height. The other students don't take Hinomaru seriously and place him against Takuya Terahara to embarrass him, but Hinomaru easily defeats Takuya. Kirihito sent Hinomaru to Oyakata because Oyakata was once nicknamed Firecracker, and his Sumo style was very similar to Hinomaru’s. Hinomaru piques the interest of Norihiro Saenoyama, a 9th rank Sekitori Sumo, who agrees to a practise match. However, after defeating Hinomaru numerous times he insults his technique as sloppy and his desire to become Yokozuna an insult to Sumo...