After a disappointing outing at the qualifiers and dashed Koshien hopes, Yamato is brooding. But he perks up once the team's former captain entrusts Yamato with his own high school baseball aspirations, motivating the first-year to carry the team to Koshien one day.

Yet as one storm fades, another comes crashing in When a tempestuous typhoon lashes the apartment complex, Shuko reveals one of her culinary secrets