Yoshino and her friends decide that the best way to prevent the absorption is to continue with the Mizuchi Festival and convince people that Manoyama is still worth preserving. Amamiya then arrives and warns them that his boss Kume will offer to broadcast the Mizuchi Festival on national TV on the conditions that Ririko's role as the dragon in the Dragon Song play be recast for one of the network's idols. Not wanting a repeat of the Founding Festival, Kadota flatly refuses Kume's offer and chases him off...