ヤキトリ太鼓合戦！タレの工夫で大勝利

The day of the yakitori competition approaches, but the problem of the sauce has not been solved and Akihiko is still missing. Yoichi and the others suspect that Akihiko has really run away, but Noriko says that no child would abandon their father and that she will believe in Akihiko. Then, on the day of the yakitori drumming battle, Akihiko returns just before the competition begins.

焼き鳥勝負の日が近づくが、タレの工夫は解決できず、秋彦の行方も不明のままだった。陽一たちは秋彦が本当に逃げたのではと疑うが、法子は「自分の父親を見捨てる子供はいない、秋彦を信じよう」と言う。