Episode 23: Choice
Air date: September 21, 2006
Watanuki collapses at Yuko's house, and when he wakes up, he finds himself in Domeki's house. Domeki advises, "If you keep seeing Mayuko, you will die," Watanuki doesn't want to admit it. And when he starts feeling a little better the next day, he goes out to see Mayuko, but...
Script: Michiko Yokote
Storyboard: Tsutomu Mizushima
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Animation Directors: Junichiro Taniguchi, Hiroyo Izumi