Following the previous episodes' events, people on all sides are having hard time coping with what has so far transpired. On a U.S. destroyer carrying the survivors of the battle against the Mirai, Commander Hutton is a drunken wreck, seized by the nightmares of the battle and melancholy over the many subordinates he lost. On the Mirai, the crew is also coping with the shock of the battle and loss of their comrades — to the point that Gunnery Officer Kikuchi had to be sedated. On Guadalcanal, where the Ichiki detachment has just been wiped out, Lt. Commander Okamura is tending to a group of tattered Japanese survivors. The survivors include a very dejected Lt. Colonel Tsuji. Okamura convinces Tsuji that he must report to the Imperial GHQ about the difficulties that the Japanese troops are facing on Guadalcanal and urge a prompt and total evacuation to save the lives of thousands. In Tokyo, General Ishiwara meets Admiral Yonai for a hot-pot lunch at the famous Dozeu Restaurant, near the Tokyo Train Station. Yonai, to surprise of Ishiwara, remarks that Mirai must be destroyed for the sake of Japan's future.
一木支隊第二悌団がガ島上陸を断念。岡村は、辻に“未来から来た男”に聞いたガ 島攻防戦の結末を語る。日本軍は大敗、将兵２万５千人が病気と飢えで死ぬ――自決 するという辻に岡村は!? 「みらい」による「ワスプ」撃沈は、双方の乗組員に衝撃 をもたらす。第六爆撃隊は壊滅し、親友の死に立ち会うハットン。「みらい」もまた「死者５名」という現実に直面。戦争の重さと向き合うことを覚悟した隊員 は……。
Después de los eventos sucedidos en los últimos días, los soldados de ambos bandos están teniendo dificultades para asumir la situación en la que se encuentran. En Guadalcanal, donde el destacamento japonés acaba de ser aniquilado, Okamura atiende a un grupo de supervivientes japoneses harapientos.
