After his defeat against Tsuji, the masters decided to have Kenichi live with them, allowing for daily training. At first they are unusually nice to Kenichi who quickly becomes suspicious. After announcing their plan to have him live in the dojo Kenichi immediately tries to escape until Kensei persuades him with the idea that he would essentially be living with Miu. Kenichi moves into the dojo and is immediately put through hellish training that almost kills him several times. He decides to escape again but is convinced to stay by an encouraging letter from his father. Kensei later gives Kenichi "special training" by helping him peek on Miu and Shigure in the outdoor bath, only to end up sharing the bath with Elder instead.