Episode Title:
Hey, Sea Slug.
Episode Description:
Still depressed with what happened, Chisaki does not join her friends on their way to school and when she finally leaves, she meets Tsumugu. Chisaki confesses to Tsumugu that she likes Hikari unaware that Manaka, who returned to pick her up, was close enough to hear her confession. Meanwhile, Akari breaks up with Itaru, claiming that Miuna would never accept her. After Akari apologizes for causing her so much trouble and assuring her that she will not trouble her any longer, Miuna disappears. Learning of Miuna's disappearance on the phone, Hikari reprimands Akari and tells her that her rightful place is to be with Miuna as her mother. Hikari and his friends manage to find Miuna. After Hikari's friends depart, Hikari tells Miuna that Akari is a good person, but Miuna refuses to like her and claims that she has no one to love. In despair, she runs away and jumps into the sea, revealing her mother was also from the sea. Hikari rescues her, after which Miuna admits that she's always liked Akari, but that she's afraid Akari might die the same way her mother did. Hikari sympathizes and wonders if perhaps it would be better to avoid the pain of rejection by not loving Manaka, but instead encourages Miuna in her true feelings. The following morning, Akari finds Hikari and Miuna asleep next to the wall outside the shop. She scolds Miuna and tells her that she will never leave her. On the wall is the now finished message in gum "Don't go away".
