Kyoto Sister School Goodwill Event - Team Battle, Part 1

After Gojo abruptly hands the loudspeaker to an unready Utahime, both teams sprint into the woods. The Tokyo plan calls for Yuji to occupy Todo alone while the others hunt the grade 2 curse, and Yuji opens with a flying knee. Todo shrugs it off and pounds Yuji into the dirt, but the first-year keeps rising. The fight detours into Todo's favorite question about what sort of girls Yuji prefers, and when Yuji answers that he likes tall women with large rears, Todo is overjoyed and a fabricated memory of the two as lifelong best friends takes hold in his mind.

The rest of the Kyoto students ambush Yuji, and he realizes they truly mean to kill him. Irritated by the interference, Todo claps to trigger his technique and swaps everyone's positions, sparing Yuji, then orders Noritoshi to withdraw on the condition that Todo finish the vessel himself. Megumi's Nue knocks the airborne Momo from the sky, and Megumi and Maki intercept Noritoshi and Kasumi, having deduced from the team's movements that Yuji was the target. The two squads doubled back to protect him while Toge kept searching for the curse.

Todo and Yuji trade even blows, and the third-year is impressed but declares Yuji's Divergent Fist fundamentally wrong, bellowing it loud enough for the whole battlefield to hear. Kasumi, fighting to get noticed and promoted so she can support her struggling family, realizes Todo is the reason Yuji still stands. Todo presses Yuji on whether he is content to stay weak relying on that flawed technique, and when Yuji refuses to remain weak, Todo praises the answer as exactly right.

The Spirit Bash Race begins and Yuji squares off with Aoi Todo. The full Kyoto team reveals its plan to kill Yuji, who narrowly survives. Todo uses his technique to scatter the attackers and orders Noritoshi to retreat. Megumi and Maki confront Noritoshi and Kasumi, and Megumi accuses Kyoto of trying to kill Yuji. Todo declares Yuji his best friend and begins guiding him toward real strength.

The episode adapts Chapters 34 through 36 and showcases Todo's Boogie Woogie, Megumi's Divine Dogs and Nue, Momo's Tool Manipulation, and Kasumi's Simple Domain. A Juju Stroll short asks the female cast about their ideal type, with answers ranging from Maki wanting someone stronger than her to Momo naming Sebastian Stan.