Aoshima is made captain of the school's volley ball team, but his wife, Wagatsuma, tells him that he must find twelve new members before he can be fired. He finds nine new members, but when he hears that a freshman player is playing for the team, he decides that he will not join the team. He invites the player to join him in the men's locker room, but the player refuses. He asks why he has not joined the team in the past three years, and the player replies that he has given up something. He wonders why he was so stubborn, and asks if he is really regretful not joining the team