Coach Kido goes to the Oden bar and shows Ryo a tape of a baseball player with a famous batting technique called the Wave Motion Swing. The player is revealed to be Hotta Koharu, a girl who was barred from playing after her gender was discovered. Ryo and the coach book a flight to see her, but his hangover causes him to miss the flight. This leaves Ryo to convince Hotta to join the school's team. Hotta is determined to care for her father and continue his fishing business and refuses to leave. Ryo challenges Hotta and throws three strikes in a row, but Hotta makes excuses for her inability to hit them. Finally, her father tells her to stop denying the truth and to follow her love for baseball. Hotta then agrees to join the team.