Unable to face Ritsuko after kissing her, Kaoru stops practicing jazz at the record store. Kaoru's father returns, and gives him a letter containing his mother's address in Tokyo. He travels to visit her, and is joined unexpectedly on the trip by SentarÅ. They visit Junichi's dormitory while in the city, but are told that he has not been seen for over a month. Kaoru gifts his mother a copy of "Lullaby of Birdland" by Chris Connor before departing for Kyushu; upon returning, he begins playing jazz at the record store again.