At the Palace Hotel, site of this year's Ooza-sen (tournament).
Page 18. Frame 3. Balloon 1. Master Zama: Ten minutes until the start of the match...
18.4.1. F/X: Ding.
18.4.2. F/X: sound of elevator doors rattling open.
19.3.1. Master Touya: Good morning, Master Zama.
19.4.1. Zama: Good morning.
19.4.2. F/X: Snap (fan closes).
20.1.1. F/X: Rumble (elevator motion).
20.4.1. F/X: Roar (elevator motion).
21.1.1. Zama: Oh, I haven't yet congratulated you on your sixth consecutive title defence.
21.1.2. Zama: Congratulations, Master Zama.
21.2.1. Touya: Thank you.
21.3.1. Zama: And yet you didn't make the Kisei-sen challenge. You must have been tired from playing too many matches.
21.3.2. Touya: It may be so. I might have lost out in the Kisei-sen challenger playoffs because I was still a little fatigued.
21.4.1. Touya: But I'm feeling 100% today thanks, body and mind.
21.4.2. Zama: Hm.
21.4.3. F/X: Rumble (elevator).
21.4.4. F/X: Snap (fan).
21.4.5. Zama: I thought it was your son who was playing at 100%: isn't he still undefeated?
22.1.1. Touya: He's up to twenty straight wins now.
22.1.2. Zama: Wow.
22.2.1. Touya: The last time he lost was right before he turned pro, at the New Professionals' Series, and that was only the one game against you, Master Zama.
22.3.1. Zama: So today you're out for revenge for your sweet little boy, right! Hahaha!
22.4.1. Touya: Ha, ha.
22.5.1. Zama: ....
22.5.2. F/X: Rattle (elevator doors).
23.1.1. Sign: Admittance restricted to players and tournament staff.
23.2.1. Touya: After you, Master Zama.
23.3.1. Tournament Director: Good morning.
23.4.1. Caption: Ooza-sen Game 1.
In the lobby of the Nihon Kiin Kaikan
24.1.1. Kuwabara Hon'inbou: Hmm...
24.2.1. Teacher?: What is it, Master Kuwabara?
24.2.2. Teacher: An interesting article?
24.3.1. Kuwabara: They've got the results of the Pro Qualifier.
24.3.2. Teacher: The Pro Qualifier?
25.1.1. Kuwabara: That brat made it.
25.1.2. Kuwabara: So, his name is Shindou.
25.2.1. Teacher: Shindou? Who?
25.3.1. Kuwabara: Oh, just a brat I ran into once.
25.3.2. Teacher: Oh?
25.4.1. Kuwabara: It was just over there.
25.4.2. Kuwabara: Half a year ago, maybe.
25.5.1. Kuwabara: I got off the elevator, and there was a crowd of these little youngsters, probably insei.
Flashback to six months earlier.
26.1.1. F/X: Rattle (elevator doors).
26.1.2. Insei(s): Huh?
26.2.1. Insei(s): Master Kuwabara!
26.5.1. Kuwabara: Hm?
26.6.1. Hikaru: What?
Back to present day.
27.2.1. Kuwabara: That day I felt there was something special about that brat.
27.2.2. Teacher: Hahaha. Something special? I'll look forward to finding out what!
27.3.1. Kuwabara: Yes, it's something to look forward to.
27.4.1. Kuwabara: This might be that new wave Ogata was talking about.
Hikaru's room, that evening.
28.1.1. Hikaru: I'm really looking forward to it.
28.2.1. Hikaru: Spring.
28.2.2. Hikaru: Starting in spring.
28.3.1. Hikaru: Right, Sai?
28.4.1. Hikaru: Sai?
28.5.1. Hikaru: What's the matter?
28.5.2. Hikaru: Hey, let's play a game.
29.2.1. Sai (aside): Just like Hikaru's waiting to play the other experts, the other experts are waiting to play him.
29.3.1. F/X: click (Go stone).
29.4.1. Sai (aside): They're not waiting for me, but for Hikaru.
End of episode page: results of the draw-a-character-and-write-an-accompanying-haiku contest.