As Haruo pulls off Guile's super combo moves on the newly added Super Street Fighter II X machine, a familiar face returns to the local arcade scene.

With high school entrance exams coming up next year, Haruo fears his time playing fighting games at the arcade with Akira will soon come to an end.

Stranded out late with Akira, Haruo asks his mother to help him find a place to stay. Hidaka visits Haruo's house to lend him her PlayStation console.

Hidaka finally confesses her feelings for Haruo. Meanwhile, Akira's private tutor orders Haruo to stay away, telling him he's a bad distraction.

Akira's big sister Makoto reaches out to Haruo, first giving him a dating simulation game, then asking him to create an RPG just for Akira.