The coach of the Yokohama mariners, Hiroshi Hosokawa, has been fired after the team's disappointing performance in the second division. The club's general manager, Gotohsan, has also been dismissed. The coach, however, is not the only one to lose his job. He is replaced by Hiroshi, who has led the club to glory during the golden age of the club. The general manager tells the coach that he wants to be the ideal manager for the club, and that he has come back to the club as a coach because of the success of the current season. He asks the coach if he wants him to make the club win, and the coach replies that his job is to block attacks on the team. He also tells the general manager that the coach left a note at his desk, asking to see a list of new recruits.