In this chapter, Tommo delivers a soliloquy about the state of affairs in the Japanese press. He complains about the fact that the country's leading newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun, has published an article about the dismissal of Tommo's coach. Tommo says that he's going to be a laughingstock if the Shimbun doesn't win the next day's match, and he vows to curse the newspaper's editor if the team loses. He also says that if Tommo loses the match, he'll curse him for life. He says that his style of play, which he calls "motor tim purpose," is so good that he chose not to spend any money on a new coach. He compares himself to the three "brazils" who have been fired from the team. He's glad that they're out of the way, because otherwise, he says, "we'd have been screwed" .