The narrator tells us that Mimura is still alive, and that he's going to try to cheer Mimura on at the kaboetsu minami national high school cheer team. Mimura tells him that the school used to be able to compete at the national level, but that it's been unable to do so for the past few years because of the high school's alumni. Now, Mimura says, the alumni are going to cheer for Mimura's sake, and Mimura asks if Mimura has written anything new in the last few years. He does, however, tell Mimura that he is working on a new book, which he says is a "true story" about a friend who died when Mimura was a teenager. He tells Mimura to introduce him to his wife, who is doing well after Mimura died. She's also been trying to cheer on Mimura, but Mimura thinks she's a "lifeless husk." Mimura and his wife have been married for a few years now, and they're finally getting married again, though Mimura isn't sure if he'd like it or not.