Minato begins high school and immediately faces pressure to join the archery club, but the specter of failure leads him to resist the call until the club's instructor prods him into demonstrating his skill.

Minato escapes into a forest and unexpectedly runs into an archer named Masa, who gives the boy much-needed advice.

Minato joins the archery club, irritating Kaito.

Coach Masa holds a training camp as the team's new coach. He begins instructing the young archers and stages a mock tournament.

The boys must perform servant duties after their failure at training camp.

Rival high school Kirisaki, known for its kyudo club, enters the formidable first-year student Fujiwara Shu into the preliminaries.