The chapter opens with a discussion of the disbandment of the ouendean, a group of people who attend concerts, baseball games, and other public events. The group's leader, a man named kuma, tells the group that he has decided to disband the group because it is too hard for him to be a part of. He asks the other members of the group to cheer him at the games. The men agree, and kuma gives the group a reward for their efforts. He tells the others that they will have to deal with the problems that come with being part of the disbanded group, and that it is better to have only one person cheer them at games than to have many people cheer them