Nao's birth mom (Mrs. Forgetful) asks a reluctant Nao to have both of them stay at her barbershop as she would be able to take care of Tsugami when she is at work. Meanwhile Tsugmai's birth mom shows up in Tokyo looking for her and stays with the reporter. The reporter tries to disuade her from seakng Tsugami but to no avail. Meanwhile Nao spends a rare peaceful day with Tsugami at a amusement park while slowly forgiving her birth mom for abandoning her as a child many years ago.
무로란에서 도쿄로 상견한 히토미로부터 나오와 츠구미를 지키기위해 모치즈키는 '두사람을 반드시 지킨다'라고 결심하고 이발소 2층의 자택에 몰래 숨긴다. 레나가 나오와 함께 있는 것을 확신하고 두 사람의 거처를 찾아내려는 히토미에게 순스케는 이제와 만난다 하더라도 당신이 곤란할 거라고 말하는데..
葉菜不顧重病急忙離開醫院，她把奈緒和繼美帶回家照顧。俊輔暫時收留了仁美，仁美稱自己要在沖繩重新生活並打算把孩子送給奈緒。繼美做了手工項鏈送給葉菜並提議奈緒陪葉菜過生日，三人出游令奈緒和葉菜的關系有所緩和。奈緒追問葉菜拋棄自己的原因，葉菜說出十幾年前自己被判刑入獄一事。仁美在俊輔家中翻到了繼美與奈緒的照片，她順著照片中的建筑找到了葉菜的理發店要將繼美帶走。
怜南の行方を捜して、仁美（尾野真千子）は東京の藤吉（山本耕史）のアパートを訪ねる。一方、実家を出て葉菜（田中裕子）の元で暮らし始めた奈緒（松雪泰子）は、継美（芦田愛菜）の提案で葉菜の誕生日祝いに3人で遊園地へ行くことに。楽しそうな継美の様子に、葉菜と向き合うことを決めた奈緒は、自分を捨てた理由を尋ねる。
