The first semi-final gets underway! The opening game in the best-of-three showdown is between Noboru and the mysterious Purgatory Knight… but there’s something familiar about him, and our gang thinks they’ve figured out his true identity!

At the talent beauty contest, Tomoko's clumsiness makes her a long shot to win, but discovers that being herself is her special talent.

Miyabi's friends and teachers work to protect her from the corrupt teachers' union whose pressure on Mr. Saitou over his unprofessional relationship drove his student lover to suicide.

Miyabi confronts Noboru Saitou, the class's former teacher, about the incident that drove them to hate teachers.

The new school year gets off to a rocky start for Eikichi. He has to teach middle school instead of high school students, live in a storage area at school, and rescue a student, Noboru Yoshikawa, from suicide.

Eikichi orders his class to walk through a derelict hotel as a test of nerves.

On the day of the test, Eikichi witnesses the abduction of a Diet member's daughter and pursues the kidnappers to an abandoned warehouse.

Following her ordeal, Anko is conflicted over the new emotions that she feels for Noboru.

While preparing for parent-teacher meetings, Eikichi learns that one of his students, Kunio Murai, has a very young mother. He decides that "dates" are an excellent way to get to know the parents, much to Kunio's dismay.

Urumi's teacher admits that she was the cause of Urumi's mistrust towards teachers. When Urumi was younger, she accidentally revealed the secret about Urumi's father.

Azusa learns that her former school will be demolished. During the countdown, a former student of the school runs into the building to retrieve a precious heirloom.

Separated, Anko and Noboru are forced to find their way to safety together. Eikichi, however, believes their disappearance was a ruse to conceal their discovery of the treasure, and searches for them in hot pursuit.

Eikichi learns of a hidden treasure somewhere on one of Okinawa's islands and decides that a special class trip is in order.

Eikichi learns that Urumi went through a traumatic childhood experience and tries to help her cope with it using his own brand of teaching.

To make it a trip to remember, Eikichi assigns his students to co-ed rooms. Noboru is perplexed with Eikichi's decision to assign him with Anko and her friends.