Sentarō apologizes to Ritsuko for not being aware of her feelings for him, though Ritsuko concedes that she is no longer attracted to him romantically. Junichi accepts an invitation from his comrades in Tokyo to start a publishing company together. As he boards a train to depart Kyushu, Yurika asks to join him, and he refuses. Yurika's parents arrive at the station, angry at her for abandoning a matchmaking meeting they arranged for her; Junichi pulls her aboard the departing train with him at the last moment. At the record shop, Kaoru opens the piano fallboard and finds a pair of gloves Ritsuko knitted for him.