Master Sanpo, who has become bedridden, calls for Tora. He wants to eat wild eel kabayaki.
Tora manages to catch some and prepare it, but Sensei Sanpo passes away.
Seeing Fuyuko, heartbroken, being comforted by her lover Fujimura, Tora realizes his unrequited love. Still, he dutifully conducts Sensei Sanpo's funeral.
Tora realizes that there's no longer a place for him to return to in Shibamata...
