Episode Title:
Inside Spring.
Episode Description:
When Kōsei and Kaori go to the café, they notice an upright piano, in which Kaori orders Kōsei to play "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". The sound soon resonates around the café as he begins to play a variation of the melody, but he abruptly stops and leaves in the middle of his performance. Kaori finds Kōsei at a park, where he reveals that he begins to lose his ability to hear the sound of the piano once he starts to concentrate, as if the flower petals are pulled upward and caught in the spring wind. Since Kaori was nominated by the audience to advance to the second round of the preliminaries, she tells him to get over his so-called curse and embrace his talent, appointing him as her new piano accompanist. Kōsei later tries to evade Tsubaki and Kaori, who post the chosen set piece all over school and home. Kaori eventually finds Kōsei on the school roof, and he continues to refuse her request. She reaches out to him after persistent begging, and he finally agrees.
