Ep. 4: Setsu mengadaptasi Shungyou untuk nenek Shuri, sementara Umeko mendaftarkannya ke Piala Matsugorou.

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)
Episode
- Ep. 1 · Setsu pindah ke Tokyo setelah kematian kakeknya dan kembali terhubung dengan musik melalui Yuna dan Taketo.
- Ep. 2 · Setsu tampil untuk tetangga dan mulai bersekolah sambil mempererat hubungan dengan kakaknya sebelum kakaknya berangkat ke Aomori.
- Ep. 3 · Shuri membentuk klub untuk memahami lagu Matsugoro sementara Setsu berjuang dengan tekanan pertunjukan.
- Ep. 4 · Setsu mengadaptasi Shungyou untuk nenek Shuri, sementara Umeko mendaftarkannya ke Piala Matsugorou.
- Ep. 5 · Rai bergabung dengan klub untuk Piala Matsugorou sementara Setsu mengundurkan diri sebagai guru setelah konflik dengan Umeko
- Ep. 6 · Klub Alat Musik Tradisional Berkunjung ke Aomori untuk Kem Musim Panas
- Ep. 7 · Kompetisi tim Piala Matsugorou menampilkan Mai Tanuma dan tim Osaka yang dipimpin oleh Kaji Takaomi.
- Ep. 8 · Yui Merencanakan untuk Mengundurkan Diri dari Shamisen Saat Tim Fukuoka dan Mai Beraksi