Aki is so flabbergasted to see her supposedly dead Ojii-chan, looking alive and well that all she can say is "Jejejejeh." He gets off at a station and Aki tails him. He is apparently heading straight to the Amano house where Haruko is currently questioning her mother. "Me and the Co-op president are having an affair?" Natsu just laughs at the insinuation. She tries to leave saying she has made a promise to someone. Haruko is demanding who it was when the man arrives. "Welcome home!" Natsu greets him joyfully. It was indeed her husband, deep-sea fisherman, Amano Chuubei. "You've gotten old!" Chuubei greets his stunned daughter, Haruko. After she recovers from her shock, she accuses her mother of deceiving her. "You placed his picture on the altar. Of course I would think he's dead!" "You thought of that on your own but I didn't say he was dead," Natsu just says, matter-of-factly. Friends come to the house to welcome back Chuubei. They've decided to close the bar for the night and celebrate and drink to Chuubei's homecoming at the Amano home. They talk and laugh about his "death" and Natsu's "affair" (She was just asking Rokuro at the Co-op, whether he received any radio message about the arrival of Chuubei's ship). Aki asks, "But why did Natsu-bappa say you died last year?" Natsu says that's how she prepares herself every year when she sends him off. Chuubei: "Every time I board the ship, I'd tell Natsu to 'Think of me as dead.' " But Haruko was not having any of it. She also tried telling her father about her separation from her husband but only got a nonchalant "Oh, I see" from him. Haruko: "Aren't you supposed to comfort me?!" But her complaints only got drowned in the merry noise of the guests. Aki and Yui (who has arrived for a visit) are told to go upstairs by Haruko. Yui sees the 80s room and flips out. "This room is awesome!" She is so impressed by it that she decides to sleep over. Back at the party, Haruko has had too much to drink, and rambles on and
北鉄の車内でウニ丼を売っていたアキ（能年玲奈）は、亡くなったはずの祖父・天野忠兵衛（蟹江敬三）と出くわす。忠兵衛は、遠洋漁業の漁師で、１年に１０日間ほどしか家に帰らず、祖母・夏（宮本信子）が、航海に出る忠兵衛を送り出す際、万が一のことを覚悟するつもりで仏壇に写真を飾っておいたのだ。再会を喜ぶ夏と忠兵衛だが、春子（小泉今日子）は怒りだして…。
北鉄の車内でウニ丼を売っていたアキ（能年玲奈）は、意外な人物に出会う。それは亡くなったはずの祖父・天野忠兵衛（蟹江敬三）だった。実は忠兵衛は遠洋漁業の漁師で、１年のうち１０日間ほどしか家に帰らない。そのため、夏（宮本信子）が航海に出る夫を送り出す際、万が一のことを覚悟するつもりで仏壇に写真を飾っておいたことから、誤解が生じたのだった。再会を喜ぶ夏と忠兵衛は、つかの間の休暇を満喫する。一方、春子（小泉今日子）と正宗（尾美としのり）は離婚問題でもめていた。その頃、観光協会に地元ローカルテレビ局のディレクター・池田（野間口徹）がアキとユイ（橋本愛）を訪ねてくる。二人を情報番組に出演させたいという申し出に、大吉（杉本哲太）ら町おこしに燃える大人たちは大喜び、さっそく取材や撮影が始まって、町は大騒ぎになる。一方、１７歳の誕生日を目前にしたアキは、憧れの先輩・種市（福士蒼汰）からミサンガをプレゼントされ、胸をときめかせる。そして潜水士の試験に受かったらデートをしてほしいと、種市に言う。誕生日の当日、アキを祝うサプライズパーティが行われるが、その席で忠兵衛が春子について爆弾発言をしてしまう。
