Sentarō remains missing as Kaoru and Ritsuko graduate high school. Ritsuko rejects Kaoru after he comments that Sentarō's disappearance means they can be together; he apologizes, and reveals that he is moving to attend university in Tokyo. As he leaves Kyushu, he sees Ritsuko running alongside his departing train, and they exchange one last glance. Eight years later, Kaoru works as a resident physician. He encounters Yurika, now pregnant with Junichi's child, and she shows him a photograph of a friend's wedding that depicts Sentarō. Kaoru travels to the church in the photo, where he learns Sentarō works as a priest-in-training. He plays "Moanin'" on the church organ, and is joined by Sentarō on drums in a jazz session. Reunited, they run down the slope to the church together; near the bottom they reunite with Ritsuko, who is holding a letter from Yurika about Sentarō's whereabouts.