Yoichi believes that ramen soup should not only be made with meat and shellfish, and makes a milky white soup using the bones of the fish "ishimochi." However, he learns that Komine will use the "eel" he caught in the countryside as an ingredient. As Yoichi worries about what ingredient he should use, Ajio shows him the "Tiger in the Bamboo Forest."
ラーメンのスープは肉や貝ばかりではないと、魚のイシモチの骨から取ったスープを作った陽一だが、虎峰が田園地帯で捕まえた田ウナギを具にすることを知る。自分の具は何を使えばいいかと悩む陽一だが…。