Ryuo continues to advance at Koshien. Akaishi gives Ko an introduction to kabuki theater to study up on it, saying that he set up Ko to take Akane to a performance because he wants to see Wakaba's smile. Outside of Aoba's hospital, Azuma meets Daimon, who says his new team will beat Ryuo. Aoba tells Azuma that Ko's date with Akane is his first, then assumes the glove maintenance kit Ko sent her is from Azuma. After the play, Ko and Akane visit the neighborhood where she grew up. Ko later gives Akaishi kabuki-themed snack food. At the start of the school year, when Ko becomes a third-year student and Momiji enters junior high school, Aoba is discharged. With Aoba out of the hospital, Azuma starts hitting hard again. In return for the kabuki tickets, Akane gives Akaishi a handmade mobile phone charm that she modeled after him, then later gives another to Ko.
甲子園春の大会で活躍する竜旺学院。及川、三島がチームの中心となり、竜旺学院史上最強チームと言い放つ寺田監督。そして赤石の取り計らいで、光とあかねは二人で歌舞伎を見に行くことに。あかねとのデートを終えた光は、赤石の家に向かう。赤石にデートの顛末を話した後、光は赤石にあかねからのプレゼントを渡す…。
봄철 코시엔에서 활약하는 류오학원. 테라다 감독은 오이카와와 미시마가 중심이 된 지금의 팀이 류오 학원 사상 최강 팀이라고 단언한다. 한편, 아카이시 때문에 함께 가부키 공연을 보러 가게 된 코우와 아카네. 코우와 함께 있을 때 나오는 와카바의 미소가 제일이었다고 말하는 아카이시를 복잡한 눈으로 바라보는 코우. 아카네와의 데이트를 마친 코우는 아카이시의 집으로 향하는데...
