Komano loses his match to the Fujisaki ace. While Chihaya endures the pain of her injury, she notices Shinobu watching and gives her teammates encouragement. As Shinobu begins to feel ill, she recalls Ise isolating her from the other children at the Myoji Society when she was small to make her strong. Listening outside, Arata reflects that it is teams that recruit and teach new players. Tsukuba loses his match.