Kikuhiko befriends Konatsu who tells him about her rakugo father who refuses to perform, and her mother who abandoned them. Konatsu takes Kikuhiko to meet her father and Kikuhiko and Shin are reunited. Kikuhiko asks Shin to return to Tokyo with him and perform rakugo but he refuses. Kikuhiko stays in the village and tries to convince Shin perform again. He spends more time with Konatsu when he starts a rakugo, Shin joins in and they do the story as a duet. They agree to perform together and Miyokichi learns about it.