With her entrance exams finally over, Urushi gets to enjoy some much-needed time off from studying as she thinks about her future. Meanwhile, Rin comes to grips with the fact that Ayumu's heart belongs to someone else.

Ayumu has made a solemn vow not to ask out his senpai in shogi club until he has beaten her fair and square in one match. However he is still no closer to his goal, and the school year continues to march on. Will he be able to uphold his promise to himself despite all the school activities, new club members, and conspiring friends, all while finding time to somehow get a leg up in shogi...?

The members of the shogi club head to the beach as they train for their upcoming competition, but with love in the air, shogi is the last thing on everyone's minds. On the heels of Sakurako and Takeshi's engagement (?!), will Urushi finally work up the nerve to tell Ayumu how she feels?

Urushi is still busy studying for her upcoming exams, leaving Rin to pursue Ayumu in earnest. Her efforts appear to be working when Ayumu ends up carrying her to the podium at the end of their school's Sports Festival after Rin accidentally injures herself. Meanwhile, Sakurako and Takeru continue to grow as a couple.

With Urushi mostly out of the picture due to cram school, Rin ends up blurting out her feelings for Ayumu, though seems undeterred when he tells her he has feelings for someone else. Afterward, Urushi and Ayumu find themselves trapped in an elevator during a typhoon, giving them some much needed alone time!

Urushi, the ever-studious club president and shogi mastermind. Ayumu, the shogi-challenged but self-assured (and only other) member. He has vowed not to ask out his seemingly interested senpai until he has beaten her in one game of shogi. Obstacles abound as new members and Ayumu's old haunt, the kendo club, come bounding back into their shared world.

Ayumu's resolve to wait to ask out his senpai and shogi club president, Urushi, is not all that will be tested, as the club continues to grow. Meanwhile, one of the club's new members finds out Urushi's secret...