As Langa quickly improves, Miya the 7th grader and candidate for the Japanese national team challenges him to a beef. Reki’s worries aside, Langa accepts the beef. Miya’s high-level skating skills overwhelm the pair. Reki, who keeps Langa company during practice for his sake, notices something. And the time for the beef against Miya arrives. What Reki entrusts Langa with is…

Injuries healed, Reki enjoys skating as he did before, but realizes anew just how much difference there is in skill between himself and Langa. Gradually, Reki becomes tormented by an inferiority complex. They stop seeing eye-to-eye… And just then, Adam makes a certain announcement.

Langa makes it past the qualifiers and will now face Joe. Langa has a hard fight against Joe’s extraordinary power skating, and Langa feels the pressure. He feels bewildered by his emotional changes he feels there. And the race between Adam and Cherry blossom takes place. Cherry blossom had a certain conviction against Adam. Adam’s expression changes. The past between the two of them is revealed.