I Never Back Down from a Wave Fight

Determined to separate Tohru from Yuki, members of his fan club, led by Motoko Minagawa, plot against her and turn their attention to Saki. Their visit to the Hanajima household in search of weaknesses backfires badly, and the girls leave rattled rather than armed with any advantage.

The fan club trio, with Saki drawn into the scheme, gathers at her house after class hoping to uncover something they can use. Poking around Saki's room, they run into her younger brother Megumi, and Saki quickly defuses the tension once she reads their real intentions. To hurry the girls out the door, Megumi recites their names and warns that doing so is how he lays a curse, sending them fleeing.

Afterward Saki admits a pang of jealousy, since Tohru has been spending so much of her time among the Sohma family. Arisa and Tohru help lift her spirits and restore her good mood. By the next morning, Motoko is shaken by a nightmare featuring Saki and Megumi, and it is noted that the curse supposedly takes three days to work.

The title comes from a line of Saki's. This installment marks the anime debut of both Megumi Hanajima and Mio Yamagishi. Adapted from a single chapter, it expands and adds a good deal of material: Motoko's nightmare, Megumi peering from a window, and the fan club rummaging through Saki's room were all built out for the anime, including bits about the girls fearing her tea and discovering her all-black wardrobe and shoujo manga collection. The full list of fan club rules ran longer in the source.