Synopsis

The festival loomed, and the Equestrian Club threw themselves into preparing the Ban'ei track with tireless energy. Hachiken, ever driven, shouldered an excessive workload, though he took on the initiative to ask Mikage out, his affections becoming the subject of whispered confirmations from her friends. But as the day of the festival dawned, a shadow fell upon their preparations; Hachiken collapsed on the very track they had worked so hard to create.