Report 82

Plot
On the way to the tournament Rena realizes she forgot her hair ties, and Chizuru lends her hers to avoid her hair getting in the way as she plays. Also, Arata receives a situation update over LIME from Kazuomi, reporting that the Aoba team won the second set and the last of the three sets is about to begin.

As they reach the sports hall Rena is about to back down in embarrassment as Ms. Amatsu and the rest of the team notice her and call her name. However, Chizuru and Arata encouragingly push her back toward the court and Ms. Amatsu puts Rena in right away. Rena apologizes to the rest of the team for being late, but they are just happy to have her play.

On the stands Kazuomi notes to Arata and Chizuru that Rena's arrival completely changed Honoka's mood. At least equally happy to see the change, Nobunaga and even Akira thank Arata and Chizuru for their help.

While the Aoba team was losing by five points when Rena arrived they succeed in narrowing the gap. At the opposing team's serve the score stands at 23-24, so scoring one point will get them a deuce but conceding a point will lose the match. Despite a bad reception Rena manages to play the ball to the net where Honoka takes the game-deciding spike, feeling connected to the rest of the team and confident in their victory. Even so she hits the ball out of bounds, and the Aoba team's tournament is over.