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One month after Franchouchou's show at the Arpino, the group's success plummets when their performance at the Ekimae Fudosan Stadium disastrously bombs, leaving the group in massive debt. The girls spend the following months working at various jobs across Saga to cover expenses, while Koutarou abandons his efforts to save Saga and falls into a slump, despite the girls' repeated attempts to motivate him.

Franchouchou makes a live televised appearance to promote the Yutoku Inari Shrine alongside White Ryu, an aging radio talk show host whom Saki admires.

Koutarou schedules Franchouchou to perform at the new Saga Arena's inauguration as the opening act for Iron Frill, Ai's original idol group. He withholds Ai from the show to reduce the risk of her being recognized as a former member. Ai entrusts Junko with looking after the group while she focuses on a string of solo acts to help cover the group's debt. However, Junko harbors insecurities about repeating their previous failure, and struggles to advise the other girls as they brainstorm ways to impress the audience.

Sakura and Junko agree to hide Ai's conversation with Shiori from the other girls, but Junko remains distracted by her own fears that Ai will accept Shiori's offer.

Lily decides to mark Franchouchou's national television debut by competing in the reality talent show Japanese Got Performance.

Tae is sent to run errands while the rest of Franchouchou continues to work off their debt. Maria, who works at the supermarket where Tae arrives, invites her to watch Dorami perform at a dancing competition.

Maimai Yuzuriha, a fan of Franchouchou, seemingly dies when she blunders into the men's bath at the local public bathhouse and slips on a bar of soap dropped by Koutarou. Awakening after Koutarou brings her to the mansion to be resurrected, she is revealed to have simply been unconscious, and discovers the girls' undead status. Unfazed by her discovery and determined to emulate her idols' success, Maimai convinces Koutarou to let her join Franchouchou so she can help keep their secret.

In Meiji Era Japan, Yuugiri moves to the former location of Saga Castle, where its citizens idolize her but keep their distance due to her former occupation as a famous oiran. One day, she happens upon Kiichi Momozaki, a local young man who is determined to restore Saga's name following the prefecture's dissolution in the Meiji Restoration. Kiichi becomes smitten with Yuugiri and later visits her to offer a gift.

The recruited samurai begin planning an attack on Nagasaki against Kiichi's wishes. Learning of the upcoming insurrection from an informant, Ito requests Yuugiri to leave Saga with Kiichi for their own safety; having anticipated this, Yuugiri sends letters to her acquaintances in Nagasaki to grant protection to Kiichi.

Three weeks after the Arpino concert, Koutarou announces his plans for the concert at the Ekimae Fudosan Stadium. Despite the girls' cautious optimism, the low attendance and the girls' anxiety lead to the show's failure. Their confidence is restored when Tae successfully purchases food with Koutarou's savings using poorly self-applied makeup, inspiring them to become more self-reliant and strive towards a "revenge" concert. The following year, Koutarou schedules the concert to occur at the stadium on the anniversary of the previous one, taking precautions to prevent a repeat of the disaster. Okoba confronts Koutarou with evidence of the girls' secret, threatening to expose his exploitation of the dead to the public.

Franchouchou's mansion drifts out to the shore of Hamasaki before collapsing, destroying their supplies and makeup. The girls are found by a co-worker from Ai's part-time job, who takes them to a makeshift shelter for those who lost their homes and power in the storm. They are found by Okoba, who secretly observes them as they perform for the local children.

With Okoba's help, Koutarou convinces the governor of Saga to focus repair efforts around Tosu to enable public travel to Ekimae Fudosan Stadium, arguing that Franchouchou's charity concert will assist in unifying Saga. Meanwhile, Saki gathers Franchouchou to promote the concert over their radio show, encouraging anyone who hears it to attend.