One month before Geidai's admission exam, Ms Ooba, the teacher at the prepa d'Art, points out Yatora's weaknesses. A hard blow for the young boy who gives himself body and soul to succeed. A few weeks before facing the first test of the so dreaded contest, he loses his foot completely. Pain and fear paralyze him. But it is still time to learn the lessons from this empty passage and resist renunciation...