Episode 26: Over the rainbow

Jeffrey asks Mario to come to the Army Camp, where a professional boxing trainer sees that his damaged right hand prevents him from boxing. A doctor offers surgery with a 30% chance of success and warns that failure will cost Mario the use of his hand, but remembering Sakuragi's words about risk, Mario agrees, and the operation succeeds. After recovering, Mario visits Sakuragi's mother, receives Sakuragi's boxing boots, and wins his match with his restored hand. At the tree where their dreams are carved, Mario speaks to Sakuragi; when rain begins, Sakuragi's image asks about his dream, and Mario says he wants to help his friends achieve theirs.

Aired Sep 28, 2010