As the media buildup over Yawara's debut continues, Matsuda is instead trying to find out more about Yawara's mysterious father, Kojiro, who won the 1974 Japan Judo Championship but then inexplicably disappeared afterwards. Yawara works extra her in her "final" practice with Jigoro, throwing him several times, with the guilty knowledge that she will lose the match and also quit judo afterwards. Yawara tells Matsuda that her mother has been looking for her father after he disappeared, and only returns home a few times a year. Despite the losing scheme, Matsuda is still having dreams of fans cheering for Yawara. Jigoro and Yuki Tohdoh, who talks, eats, and looks like sumo wrestler, have a udon eating contest as they boast by turn how few seconds it would take for the contestants to defeat each other. Yawara's friends are concerned that she will be hurt or killed in the match (not knowing true abilities), and urge that she just needs to "cry to stop the match." They also try to make her more fashionable by tying a yellow ribbon to her head. The match begins and Yawara is quickly thrown for a yuko (5 points) on her way to intentionally lose the match.
柔のデビュー戦の相手は20キロ以上も重い藤堂由貴だった。柔の実力を知らない女友達は心配するが、風祭は柔の勝利を断言する。一方、柔のワケあり家族のことを調べ始めた松田は柔にも尋ねる。
야와라의 데뷔전의 상대는 20kg 이상이나 무거운 토우도 유키였다. 야와라의 실력을 모르는 친구들은 걱정하지만 카자마츠리는 야와라의 승리를 장담한다. 한편, 마츠다는 야와라 가족의 사연을 조사하기 시작한다.
