When Ai runs off, leaving Sarasa with the stalker, Sarasa decides to hear out his side of the story. An explosive argument threatens to end any hope of friendship between Ai and Sarasa.

Yamada struggles to keep up with the rest of her class. As her diet grows more extreme and more detrimental to her health, she begins to wonder if she really belongs in the world of Kouka.

A surprise present from Tokyo rings in Sarasa's sixteenth birthday. When the class is assigned a scene from Romeo and Juliet, Sarasa's group struggles to put together their performance.

The first-year class gets another opportunity to act, this time in front of a crowd at the Culture Festival. However, there are only four roles, and forty students, which only means one thing: auditions.

The Romeo and Juliet auditions begin in earnest. Yamada looks back on her pre-Kouka years as she finds her bearings in her role. Sarasa revisits a conversation she overheard between Kouzaburou and Akiya.

Sarasa takes the stage as Tybalt. Sugimoto struggles with a crisis of self-worth. The cast list for the Culture Festival performance is revealed.