In this chapter, we learn that Kyudani lost his first-round match, and that the rest of his team lost as well. We learn that he has been friends with Nerissa since elementary school, and he is saddened by the loss of his friend. He also learns that the girl he picked to fight with, Suzaku, is in love with another girl, who he thinks is also his friend, Hioki. He is also saddened that the other girls in the team are also losing. He tells his friends that they should stop wasting their time on trash and focus on tomorrow's match. He says that he likes who he likes, and they put him on a pedestal and turn on him when he is not their ideal. But even if they don't like him, he says, he still has a great deal of value to them. He feels that he owes his friend Oishi a lot, because she makes him human again. He wonders if there is any counter-measure to the fact that they all look the same, but he doesn't know. He thinks that only Oishi's heel will save him from death if he encounters a Doppelganger. But he wonders if the same applies to the sumibino team, because they look just like him too.