Ep. 4: Setsu passt Shungyou für Shuris Großmutter an, während Umeko ihn für den Matsugorou-Cup anmeldet.

Having accepted Shuri's request to perform Shungyou, Setsu scrambles to learn how to play that song, but comes to realize that he is incapable of playing it. However, Wakana tells Setsu that because Shuri and her grandmother do not realize the song's difficulty that he should focus on performing his own version. As he practices his song, he realizes the skill gap between himself and Matsugoro, but understands the importance of making the song his own. At the performance, he plays his modified version of Shungyou for Shuri's grandmother, and she reflects on the time when she first met Matsugoro when she evacuated to the countryside at age six. Despite being able to easily tell that this version is not the same version she remembers, she expresses her appreciation and explains the qualities that she remembers from meeting Matsugoro and how it was crafted into his performance, while Setsu responds by explaining why that is a difficult song to master. This performance inspires Shuri to keep the club going. Meanwhile, Umeko arranges to have Setsu enter the Matsugorou Cup, a high school shamisen competition. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episoden
- Ep. 1 · Setsu zieht nach dem Tod seines Großvaters nach Tokio und findet durch Yuna und Taketo wieder zur Musik.
- Ep. 2 · Setsu tritt vor den Nachbarn auf und beginnt die Schule, während er mit seinem Bruder bindet, bevor er nach Aomori abreist.
- Ep. 3 · Shuri gründet einen Club, um Matsugoros Lied zu verstehen, während Setsu mit dem Leistungsdruck kämpft.
- Ep. 4 · Setsu passt Shungyou für Shuris Großmutter an, während Umeko ihn für den Matsugorou-Cup anmeldet.
- Ep. 5 · Rai tritt dem Club für den Matsugorou Cup bei, während Setsu nach einem Konflikt mit Umeko als Lehrerin zurücktritt
- Ep. 6 · Traditionelle Instrumenten-Club besucht Aomori für Sommertrainingslager
- Ep. 7 · Beim Teamwettbewerb der Matsugorou Cup treten Mai Tanuma und das von Kaji Takaomi angeführte Osaka-Team an.
- Ep. 8 · Yui plant, Shamisen aufzugeben, während Fukuoka und Mai ihre Teams aufführen