Receiving a new assignment, TV director Rika Inaba visits the public affairs office of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and meets former pilot Sorai.
As Inaba edits a food segment for TV, Akutsu warns her against being a hack. When Sorai visits the TV station, Inaba opens up to him about her past.
When Inaba needs a centerpiece for her SDF segment, Sorai mentions the upcoming wedding of a fighter pilot โ who happens to be his former colleague.
Hoping to interview a female officer, Inaba asks Yuzuki but is flatly refused. Later, Sorai invites Inaba to visit the National Defense Academy.
Inaba begins preparing to cover the mobile deployment training. Later, she and Sorai attempt to get the stubborn Yuzuki and Maki to reconcile.
As Katayama throws himself into a summer music festival project, Inaba learns that he and Higa once worked on a successful project together.
After the Public Affairs Office decides to make a promotional video featuring the JASDF's rescue team, Inaba observes the unit's intense training.
Sorai and the others are inspired to film a promo in a documentary style. They decide to focus on a young mechanic who happens to know Sorai.
After a Teito TV news commentator disparages the SDF's promo, the Public Affairs Office lodges a complaint, but the TV station refuses to apologize.
Six months have passed since Inaba was removed from the JASDF assignment. Sorai goes to discuss a project at a talent agency and reunites with Killy.
Two years after the earthquake, Akutsu asks Inaba to consider doing a story on the Matsushima Base. Later, Higa tells her that Sorai is still there.