Episode Title:
Graduation with a Twist.
Episode Description:
Utaha graduates from high school and following the ceremony, she and Tomoya sit down to discuss the proposal for his next project. While Utaha expresses her desire to work with the circle again, she tells Tomoya that she refuses participate in a reduced capacity. She points out Tomoya's biggest shortcoming as a project manager putting too much emphasis on the well-being of his colleagues rather than the project. Utaha shows the proposal for the game Field Chronicles XIII she received from Akane a month ago and lets him know that Eriri was heavily recruited for the project. Then Utaha tells the story about the game as Akane was impressed by Utaha writing and Eriri's artwork after playing "Cherry Blossom" prompting her to aggressively recruit those two. Utaha and Eriri then met with Akane about the proposal with Eriri telling Akane that she is in a slump and unable to devote her time to the project for the next year. However, Akane responds with harsh criticism and insults her by showing sketches she made that imitate Eriri's artwork that she collected during her secret visit to her family's villa, causing Eriri to snap.
