A new year is starting at Kitauji Kyoto Prefectural High School.

Taki decides to let the band executives choose their competition piece.

The concert band starts taking itself seriously.

The day of the Sunrise Festival finally arrives and it's time for the concert band to have their first performance of the year; proximity to other schools and bands brings some of Motomu's family issues to light.

Kumiko is facing pressure from teachers and parents to choose what she's doing after high school.

The Prefecturals are coming up and that means the first of many auditions for the members of the concert band; Mayu is still hesitant to audition despite reassurance from the others; some of Taki's choices for the competition confuse members.