Sawamura and Furuya are called to the bench. They are to incorporate the pitchers' training menu into their practice. Sawamura is excited by this addition, but unfortunately, Miyuki is partnered up with Furuya. While Sawamura is showing discontent that he isn't Miyuki's partner, a suspicious looking man there stands with a cold look. He is the other catcher, Chris. "Nice to meet you, poor pitcher," mutters Chris with a gloomy voice. Sawamura senses something eerie.

Sendou Takeshi, the "Naniwa Tiger," returns to the ring! But it's his sparring partner, Sawamura Ryuuhei, who knocks Ippo for a loop when he calls the Dempsey Roll a "clumsy technique" and declares he's gunning for the Featherweight Title!

The exhausting battle between Seirin and Shutoku ends in a tie, and Kuroko and Midorima promise to face each other again at the Winter Cup. Meanwhile, Kagami overhears a conversation between Hyuga and Kiyoshi after the game and is shocked.

At some point, Rin changed. Since she began to fear other people, she'll only smile around children or Riki. Even Kyousuke has changed, shutting himself in his room with the lights off and refusing to attend classes. As children, the Little Busters were always laughing and having fun together, led by Kyousuke. Is there no way to go back to those days? "If there were something I could do to bring back those days, what would it be?"

Mutta is now underwater participating in NEEMO training. He's happy to be assigned to the same team as Kenji, but it turns out that he shouldn't be celebrating.

In her excessive defense of Yukina, Sayaka launches an attack on Kojou, but he can't control his powers. Yukina's arrival prevents the situation from growing dire, but Yukina leaves them both on the school roof to think about what they've done.

The students devise a plan to rescue the JIORans held captive in Dorssiana, and Haruto finds that he will reunite with his somewhat estranged father. As the fateful meeting draws nearer, L-elf receives intel that prompts him to stage a reunion of his own.

After her desperate confession, Koko is taken in by the police for stealing a bicycle. She is released shortly afterward without serious consequences, but is scolded harshly by her father.

Hozuki and Kazuki sneak into a hospital with Anna to get medicine for Hazuki. There, they run into Cicinho and Roberto, who had shot each other down from the sky. As the blizzard rages outside, a blackout causes rising tensions between the people inside the hospital.

After defeating another group of clubs, Ryuko notices her opponents are becoming more and more absurd. Mako points out the reward for beating her is a Three-Star Goku Uniform and a higher quality of life, which prompts Ryuko to come up with a plan.

After school, the classmates get together in the woodshop room for the final stretch of getting the Ojoshi-sama done. After the students finish the Ojoshi-sama, even the teacher gets excited about the feat, and they wonder if it's possible to somehow do an actual Ofunehiki like they used to do with the surface and the sea working together.

Itachi activates the Visual Jutsu Izanami to trap Kabuto’s mind. Itachi then explains to Sasuke how Izanami was originally developed to keep the Uchiha from abusing the power of Izanagi.

Gammon is about to blow a gasket when he learns that he has the lowest bounty now. He’s desperate for a chance to boost his bounty, but he may have gotten more than he bargained for when Demolition Man challenges him to a puzzle battle.