Now that he's grown up, Jean is ready to take on the upper-class guys. He's determined to reclaim his youth. The first challenge at the shingeki is a "bun eating race," in which the competitors eat the same bean bun they've been eating all year. This is the same bun that Jean has been craving all year, and he wants to eat it for all the other members of the club. He tells the other club members that he doesn't want to be intimidated by the older guys, and that he won't let them try to force him to dance with them. He also tells them that they can't compete with the younger members if they don't have the courage to fight.