The chapter opens with a discussion of the subject matter of the final exam in the Modern Japanese language. The subject matter is divided into three sections: math, classics, and modern Japanese. The students discuss the importance of the exam, which is to be given at the end of the summer vacation. They discuss the possibility of having to write twenty poems as homework during the summer break. The wind instruments club, however, has only two members, so the students wonder if they will be able to play five players at the upcoming national tournament. The chapter ends with an argument about the meaning of the word "ara buru," which means "balance." The students argue that the word describes the power of gods, but that it also describes the unstable nature of the world.