Ep. 124: Yawara fights with an injured arm while Shinnosuke pursues her and Sayaka faces isolation.

124

With fifteen seconds remaining, Yawara executes an ippon zeoi using her injured arm. She apologizes to Sayaka for her false tooth, expressing enjoyment in their match, which Sayaka accepts. Shinnosuke rejoices, believing he can now court Yawara without jeopardizing his standing with the wealthy Honami family. Tamao informs Yawara that Kojiro departed for a coaching job in France, promising to share his address and declaring he is no longer hiding. At Sayaka’s banquet for two thousand guests, no attendees appear, yet she delusionally believes she won, maintaining her belief that she can obtain anything she desires. Only Shinnosuke witnesses her vulnerability, kissing her as she cries. Outside the Inokuma victory party, Matsuda begins confessing his feelings to Yawara but is interrupted by celebrating friends and family bursting through the door. The episode concludes with Yawara walking through the Barcelona stadium tunnel while Matsuda shouts, "Now Yawara-san, ippon zeoi!"