Yawara overhears at work that Hagoromo is in trouble because he has neither come back to work nor called. When Hagoromo returns, he looks worse than usual, suffering from severe hangover. They are called to the Tsurukame president’s office, who congratulates him on securing not only the Kato Chu deal but also the Toyosan automobile account in Hokkaido, worth Forty billion yen in total. Later, Hagoromo points out that they have Matsuda to thank for taking Yawara to the All Japan Championship, and for “inspiring love” with his judo stories on Yawara. Hagoromo goes home to find things haven’t changed with his severe wife and unappreciative son. Yawara visits Matsuda at home to cook a meal for him. He inadvertently but figuratively takes down Yawara by falling on his bad leg; he’s able to hide the porno magazines and videos that Kamoda had brought but not the blown-up picture of Yawara’s panty-showing first takedown of the street thief 2 years, which is hanging on his wall as a poster still. Yawara cleans up his room and they have a good time talking about Yawara’s work. Yawara brings up the possibility of staying over, and they are interrupted by the ever annoying Kuniko, who pushes Yawara out. Fujiko can’t find Hanazono at night, who is out training still, and is thinking the worst because he might be “popular” with women with his fine qualities (which other women don’t see but she does).
鶴亀トラベルが接待旅行として組んだ柔たちの試合は大いに盛り上がり、結果大きな契約を取り付けた。それには、日刊エヴリースポーツ・松田による感動的な記事も貢献。柔はお礼のため、松田の家を訪ねることに。
