Shiori Hanamura emerges in the second episode, "Joshikō Nama wa Chō Etchi" ("Skydiving in Love"), during a fateful encounter in a park where protagonist Koban intervenes to save her from an assailant. Koban forms an instant romantic attachment to Shiori but grapples with paralyzing shyness, stifling his ability to voice his affections. His dynamic with acquaintance Sameo involves an unorthodox pact: Koban bankrolls Sameo’s romantic ventures in exchange for symbolic remnants from the latter’s dates. Seizing Koban’s infatuation, Sameo engineers a skydiving excursion for the pair, leveraging the high-stakes scenario to catalyze emotional exposure and shifting power dynamics between them. The episode frames their aerial plunge as a metaphor for interpersonal risk-taking and fragile human connections.