It's summer break, and the narrator muses about the high expectations that people place on students. He compares this to the expectation that one of his school's best players had when he broke down in a rumble. He felt responsible for the team's defeat, and he's sad about it ever since. The narrator says that he doesn't have any expectations for the summer. He's not the only person who's disappointed. His grandpa bought a pot of gold that's worth 5 million yen, and it's appraised at an antique shop. He says that his grandpa is the only one who disappointed him. He also says that everyone in the class has failed to perform to their parents' expectations. Everyone is disappointed, he says, because they're expecting something from them. He goes on to say that he'll go and make sure they don't expect anything from him.