At an East-West Rakugo Event, Mangetsu explains some of the rakugo tradition. As Yakumo slowly recovers he tells Shin about his grandfather Sukeroku. Eisuke Higuchi arrives with memorabilia of rakugo, including photos taken during the war. He also reveal that he has been secretly recording Yakumo's performances. That night, YotarÅ and Konatsu find Yakumo on a bridge, and he tells them how terrible it is to not be able to perform at his best. On the pretext of a night out, Matsuda drives Yakumo to Yanashima Theater where a group of 20 of Yakumo's closest friends await him and YotarÅ pleads with him to perform. First, YotarÅ performs an emotional rakugo that he learned from a recording of Sukeroku. Then, just when Yakumo is about to start, the police burst in and arrest his old friend, the head of the Yoshikiri gang.