Dan-kun and Miya-Miya are jogging in P.E. and fooling around (No, not that kind of fooling around) when she notices a welt on his arm inflicted by Toyama. Dan-kun shrugs it off and continues on his way, but Miya-Miya thinks differently as we get the first glimpse of her evil side.

Kojiro-sensei orders the kendo team to come in the next day during lunch for additional practice with Miya being singled out as the member most in need of this training. He then takes the members to the kendo shop to order the equipment they need. The shop owner pressures Kojiro to let him come in once in a while to train the new members. As an aside to Nakata, Kojiro explains that the old man is a seasoned instructor that terrorized the club and its members when he was previously invited. The old man further attempts to persuade Kojiro for an opportunity to “train” his students until Tama interrupts him. He backs off because Tama actually superior to him in kendo (i.e. He’s whipped).

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We begin the episode with a little insight into Tamaki’s past as it is revealed that she is a fan of the long running hot-blooded sentai superhero show Blade Braver. Resuming from the last episode, Toyama challenges Tamaki to a kendo “duel”. Tamaki suits up in one of the club’s spare outfits, but the hakama is too long due to her unusual short stature. Kirino suggests that the duel be put off until Tamaki can suit up in her own gear, but the latter decides to proceed with the match. Miyako and Eika try to sneak away in the meantime only to to have an agitated Toyama threaten them to stay for the match.

In the teachers’ lounge, Nakata recounts a story from his childhood to Kojiro-sensei. The young Tamaki that fancied herself a hero of justice saved Nakata and his friends from a group of bullies during a fight that had gotten out of hand.

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