It will soon be a year since Koichi Asakura joined his boss Yusuke Kamiya's team. After a consolation party for the completion of the new commercial, Kamiya and Koichi were reminiscing about the time they once won a competition over a 300 million yen budget. It seems that the reason Koichi was able to participate in this project was because of Kamiya's strong desire to take on the challenge as a team as it is now. Meanwhile, Akari Kishi suddenly appears in front of Eren Yamagishi and Sayuri Kato in New York.
朝倉浩一が上司である神谷裕介のチームに合流して間もなく1年。新CMの完成慰労会の後、神谷と光一はかつて予算3億円のコンペで優勝した時のことを思い出していた。光一がこの企画に参加できたのは、神谷の「今のままチームで挑戦したい」という強い思いがあったかららしい。一方、ニューヨークで山岸エレンと加藤小百合の前に突如現れた岸あかり。
