Back in Japan, Jo is getting back on her feet after her ex-boyfriend dumped her a year ago. She asks Amemiya to join her for lunch, but he hasn't yet. He's been working on a big project, and she's not sure how to do it. Jo thanks him for all his hard work, and says she'll pay him back someday. She's glad that they're going to have a night out, because she'd rather not have to hear about it through the gossip mill. Jo says she hopes that she can get a chance to tell Buchou about the show before it's over, so that he'll know what's going on with her. She says that Buchou was discharged from the hospital yesterday, and that everyone was hoping he'd come to see her the next day, but that he didn't. Jo is tired of pretending to be something she isn't, and wants to know how things are going in preparation for her return to work next week.