The next morning, there is a cold atmosphere at the dining room of the Amano home. Aki is aloofly avoiding her mother as they eat breakfast. Haruko tells her to quit acting up. "I already said sorry for striking you, didn't I?" Aki: "Then after you apologized, you hit me again." Haruko: "Only because you said something ridiculous." Natsu has had enough. "Stop it! Starting the day with an awkward mood... it's bad!" Haruko finishes up and goes to the kitchen. Aki mutters, "How childish... Shouldn't she just entrust her dream to her daughter?" Haruko overhears her and says, "What did you just say?... MY dream? Entrust it to YOU? Fool~! You're like a poor hunchbacked female monkey!" Natsu: "Haruko! (Aki starts crying) Don't cry!"
アキ（能年玲奈）とユイ（橋本愛）は、大物プロデューサー・太巻（古田新太）から、東京に出てくるように勧められる。アキは、春子（小泉今日子）との関係も険悪になり、ユイとともに家出して、東京へ行くことを決意する。それを察した町の人々は、町おこしのため、なんとか阻止しようと画策。一方、何も知らない夏（宮本信子）との何気ない会話に、アキの決心は…。
