Play It Cool, Guys

Takayuki has to do the PR for a new horror game, so he ends up trying the demo with Souta and other colleagues. However, Takayuki doesn't really like gaming nor horror, so he is not too enthused. Deciding that he has to do this for work, he jumps in anyway, but then the graphics are too high fidelity and real, that he gets scared. Not wanting to be alone at home, he asks Hayate if he can stay the night. For some reason, Shun was already there, and then...

Souma goes out with Hayate and Shun to see the movie adapation of Igarashi Motoharu's book, the movie that Takayuki did the promo campaign for. Seeing Hayate being even more excited about the movie after seeing Takayuki's ad makes Souma want to create something that will move people in similar ways. After the movie, the group runs into Motoharu and end up going to the mawarimichi cafe together. On the way there, Souma asks Motoharu a certain question.

Takayuki has been put in charge for the promotinal campaign of the movie adaption of his childhood friend's novel. Wanting to create something great for his friend Motoharu, he get fired up about his assignment. However, unlike his motivation, the ideas are just not coming. In order to clear his head, he takes a break outside where he randomly runs into Motoharu, who reminds him of something very important.

Popular author Motoharu is not at all bothered when he makes a blunder. When he's at a meeting to discuss the promotion for the upcoming movie adaptation of one of his novels, he meets Takayuki, his friend from grade school. Later, this brings back old, pleasant memories... To Motoharu, who always had the dream of becoming an author, Takayuki is an unforgettable friend who unwittingly gave him a push he needed back then.

It's raining. Hayate forgot his newly purchased plastic umbrella at the bookstore. Luckily, Souma runs into him and they both go back to the bookstore to look for it. Once there, Hayate bumps into Takayuki and they realize that they both like the same author. But being too excited about the conversation, Hayate forgets his original mission and leaves without the umbrella. When he rushes back in from the outside, a certain person hands him his umbrella, but for some reason, he's also carrying a shoe horn...

Shun gets a letter from a younger girl at school. After opening it, he realizes that it's a love letter and is about to immediately reject her when his friends stop him. Instead, they convince him to write a letter back. But since he has never really written a letter, let alone a response to a love letter, he agonizes over what to write. So he asks Hayate, Takayuki, and Souma for advice, but none of them are particularly helpful...

Souma is really susceptible to cracking up, and even memories will put him into laughing fits. But being self-conscious about this, he always tries to hide it. When he does this again at a clothing store his friend works at, the friend asks him why he does that, especially when it's so easy to tell anyway. Later, Shun also repeats the same sentiment...

Takayuki has been picked to lead the project to promote a movie adaptation of a novel. In order to prepare for the meeting, he devours all the other works of the author, who curiously has the same name as a childhood friend of his, Igarashi Motoharu. On the day of the meeting, Takayuki's completely in awe because Motoharu keeps correctly guessing facts from his childhood...