S1, E8: Yusuke, Naomi, and other students in the special class take their first mock exam at the University of Tokyo. Yusuke closes his eyes and reminisces what Sakuragi said, but Ichiro and Hideki are restless. Maki is distracted by the sniffling of a student next to her. Seeing this, Yusuke loudly mutters that an exam is a dialogue with the self, reminding others of Sakuragi's words. After the exam, they go back to school and find Sakuragi and other teachers waiting for them in the classroom. They cross-check the students' answers for each subject to estimate their exam scores. The results show the students have less than a five-percent chance of passing the entrance exam. The students are discouraged and leave the classroom, leaving only Yuuske and Yoshino behind.