Toshimasa Komatsu

Yoshihiko and the others are told by Buddha to get the "Dragon's Shield". They find out that Rudman has it. Rudman proposes one condition upon handing it over. The fellowship has to collect the rent from the inhabitants of the five-floored pagoda he owns.

Receiving a new assignment, TV director Rika Inaba visits the public affairs office of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and meets former pilot Sorai.

Oto and Ren meet by chance in Hokkaido, both seeking escape from their painful realities. Together, they head to Tokyo for a fresh start—but the city separates them before they can begin.

倉木 (西島秀俊) は “新谷 (池松壮亮) の妹” の存在を隠されていたと知り、全情報を教えるよう美希 (真木よう子) に迫る。一方、葵美 (有村架純) は新谷の素性を調査する。