The longest stage of the three day race begins on the second day of the Inter-High. With his order to climb the pass and catch up to Kinjou and Imaizumi with the whole team in two in his heart, Sakamichi begins riding. However, having fallen ill the previous day, Tadokoro stands alone at the starting line unable to move...!

When μ’s has trouble agreeing on a song for the final preliminaries, Nozomi suggests writing a love song. The members are shaken by the idea of performing and unfamiliar genre, but Eli is suprisingly supportive.

Summer vacation. Yuki continues seeing Kaori and is delighted when she invites him to the beach. However, he is disappointed when she also wants to invite Shogo and Saki... On the day of their trip, Yuki pulls himself together and heads to Enoshima, but...

Murakami learns how reckless it is to act alone as he investigates the map. Meanwhile sex-obsessed Kazumi causes all kinds of awkward situations.

Eiichiro has become known as the player who takes notes during matches as he spends every day playing tennis. However, he continues to struggle to win matches as his rivals are clearly well above him. After some deliberation, Eiichiro increases the time he spends running and weight building. Time passes and Eiichiro is now a second-year. It will soon be time for the Kanagawa Junior Circuit again.

His term of suspension having been served, second-year Nishinoya, the "guardian god" of Karasuno Volleyball Club shows up to among club-members during practice. On the other hand, Takeda is acutely aware of the need of a coach after the Seijoh match. He tenaciously requests Ukai Keishin, grandson of the illustrious coach Ukai, to coach the team. However...

Usa is hired to work at a student houseboy cafe after his Freakshow Ringmaster abilities are put on full display. He is handed a nametag that says Anekouji and introduced to his co-workers who can be described as being a few billion light-years removed from normal. While he's on the job, he runs into his classmate Tagami who's on a group date. One of the members is Ghost Whisperer Hayashi, who's made a dramatic high school debut.

Ren definitely knows more than he's telling about Aichi and the Quatre Knights, but the only way Kai can get any information is by beating Ren in a Cardfight. Will Ren shut down Kai and his mates or will they get their first valuable clue to Aichi's whereabouts?