Episode 3

**I Want to Camp!** (合宿したい！*Gasshuku Shitai!*) is the third episode of the Bakuten!! anime series.

## Overview

Ao High School Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Club prepares to hold a joint training camp with rival school Shiro High School. Before the training camp, a mysterious boy appears in front of Shotaro Futaba while practicing in the park.

## Synopsis

Asawo shows the choreography for six gymnasts to the team, amazing them with the technical CG program. When Futaba questions if the choreography can be whatever they want, Misato reminds him of the rules for rhythmic gymnastics. Afterward, everyone gets excited to perform together and to make it to Inter-High.

At Sekiou University’s gymnasium, the team rehearse the performance. However, they mess up multiple times and struggle to adapt. After reflecting, they practise again.

Back at their clubroom, Shida announces that they'll be having a joint training camp with Hakumei High School, also known as Shiro High. The training camp will be held at Sekiou University and Shiro High will be sending six of their members.

Futaba becomes determined and practises his handstands outside. In the morning, Onogawa, Watari, Tsukidate and Shichigahama greet him before heading out to buy things for tomorrow's training camp.

The scene changes to a white-haired boy running away from some children. Futaba continues to practise his handstands outside in a park, until he is interrupted by the same white-haired boy, who's sitting on the top of the climbing frame. After he calls Futaba "lousy" for his handstand, the children shout to surround the boy as they're playing tag. But with many gymnastic flips and his agility, the children are unable to catch him. As they are upset, the boy suggests that himself and Futaba will be it, but three-legged. At first, they're unable to catch anyone, but after some time, they become in sync and start to have lots of fun.

At the shopping mall, Misato looks at some sports shoes, before meeting up with a woman. As they walk around, Misato notices the rest of the team, and quickly tells her to go back. Despite trying to avoid the team, they notice Misato and question why is he going into a woman's shop. Once he realises, he becomes extremely flustered.

Misato and Shichigahama sit on a bench while the rest get distracted instead of shopping for the training camp. When they’re all together, they run into Takase and Mutsu from Shiro High. After Takase and Shichigahama have a go at each other, Mutsu points out Misato and is surprised that he went to Ao High instead of Shiro High.

After saying bye to the children, Futaba asks the boy how he can improve his handstand. As the boy doesn’t know how to, he does a handstand as says that everything turns into a white canvas and he can hear everyone's heartbeat. Using this, Futaba does a perfect handstand, receiving praise from the boy. Just when Futaba is about to say something, a phone rings and the boy panics as he's supposed to meet up with his senpais. As he doesn’t know where he is, Futaba asks the former where he's meeting them.

After showing the place on his phone, the two go to Sekiou University, where they see Shiro High and Ao High together. As Futaba mentions Misato, the white-haired boy runs up him, calling him "Misa-pon." The boy later realises what Futaba was with them during last year's prefectural tournament.

As the coaches and Asawo join the schools, Asawo talks about the white-haired boy, Mashiro Tsukiyuki. He is a form member of the same junior high as Misato, as well as only starting rhythmic gymnastics in his third year and winning the national tournament, where Misato placed 2nd.

Later, Shiro High formally introduces themselves and when everyone heads inside, they start to show Ao High their performance.

## Characters in order of appearance

* Shotaro Futaba
* Asawo Kurikoma
* Ryoya Misato
* Nagayoshi Onagawa
* Keisuke Tsukidate
* Masamune Shichigahama
* Kotaro Watari
* Shusaku Shida
* Mashiro Tsukiyuki
* Toru Takase
* Yojiro Mutsu
* Sakiko Hirose
* Shuji Mabuchi
* Hideo Ominato
* Kyoichi Ryugamori
* Shunsuke Azuma