A conflict between gang leader Takuan and Turtle ensues concluding with Nanbu's usurpation of OSMS leadership.

Turtle speaks to the school administration on Nanbu's behalf resulting in both students fleeing Okayama, leaving Michiko behind.

Now living in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima with his aunt and uncle, Nanbu reenlists in school but is repulsed by his classmates' weakness.

Distraught to new heights, Nanbu spots a poster for radical political activist Ikki Kita, whom he had met briefly in a tea house, and, reinvigorated, marches on to join in the February 26 Incident.

During filming, Suzuki took many liberties with Shindō's script, adding scenes such as Nanbu's meeting with Ikki Kita and the violation of Michiko.