And Towards Tomorrow

Short Summary
''Osamu, after realizing he is still not enough, decides to train to become better at fighting. After a practice match with Kitora, other Border agents step in to fight him as well, but is unable to win any match. However, his teammates assure him of his worth.''

Long Summary
A large trion soldier appears and pursues Osamu. Jin appears and quickly kills it before turning to Osamu. This is only a dream, as Osamu wakes up. He ponders his progress as a Border agent and laments that he hasn't been able to score at all without help. His mom reminds him that should he be suffering, he has somewhere to go back to. Later, he asks Chika if she is tired of fighting, and she turns the question back at him.

Yōtarō attempts to lead a squad meeting before Usami removes him from power. Konami and Usami explain the overall abilities of the top B-Rank squads and Tamakoma discusses the motives of going on the Away Mission. Konami and Kizaki voice their confidence in Chika and Yūma being able to make the expedition team, but it seems that none of them are really confident that Osamu will make the cut, and he leaves.

Osamu encounters a trion soldier and goes to fight it, but Kitora beats him to it and defeats it. She scolds Osamu for walking in on set. Meanwhile, Chika and Yūma talk about Osamu. Back at the filming site, Osamu talks to Kitora about ways they can do better in rank wars. Kitora suggests that they stop relying so much on Yūma. Other than that, she proves to be unhelpful and Osamu goes to leave but Tokieda tag-teams Kitora and tells him to stop thinking so much. Kitora follows up by suggesting he do some actual practice, and Osamu (with the help of Tokieda) convinces Kitora to do some mock fighting with him. Chika and Yūma continue talking about what Chika's brother. Chika tells him that she will pay him and Osamu back someday for helping her look for her brother, but Yūma turns her down, saying that the two are doing it of their own will.

Osamu is immediately struck down in his mock fight against Kitora, and asks for another round. After at least 35 rounds of losses, Kitora leaves saying she doesn't want to deal with his own self torture. Midorikawa takes her place and once Osamu loses for the 50th time against the two agents, Yoneya moves in to take Osamu on. He fights Arafune, Utagawa, Kumagai, Kuroe, and Sasamori, losing to all of them.

Later that night, Chika worries over Osamu who, after all of his mock battling, is now on defense duty with Yūma. Usami tells her not to worry for him, and the two decide to make breakfast for them. On duty, Osamu finds a child who snuck into the Forbidden Zone. He recognizes Osamu and happily says he wants to join Border to be like him. Two Marmods appear, and Osamu manages to defeat them but the victory is short lived because a Bamster appears, and Osamu runs out of trion. Yūma jumps in and kills it. They leave the kid with members of Yoshizato Squad, and Osamu dejectedly says he isn't up to par with Jin. Yūma reminds him that Osamu is Osamu, and not Jin.

The two return to Tamakoma, where they are greeted by first Chika, then the rest of the branch.

Characters in order of appearance
Characters in italics are seen only briefly, and have yet to make a proper appearance.
 * Osamu Mikumo (Dream Flashback then Present)
 * Yūichi Jin (Dream Flashback then Present)
 * Yūma Kuga (Flashback then Present)
 * Kō Murakami (Flashback)
 * Chika Amatori (Flashback then Present)
 * Kasumi Mikumo
 * Yōtarō Rindō
 * Kirie Konami
 * Kyōsuke Karasuma
 * Raijinmaru
 * Reiji Kizaki
 * Shiori Usami
 * Replica (Mentioned)
 * Ai Kitora
 * Jun Arashiyama
 * Mitsuru Tokieda
 * Ken Satori
 * Yūgo Kuga (Mentioned)
 * Kōtarō Suwa
 * Daichi Tsutsumi
 * Shun Midorikawa
 * Yōsuke Yoneya
 * Shūji Miwa
 * Tetsuji Arafune
 * Ryō Utagawa
 * Yūko Kumagai
 * Futaba Kuroe
 * Hisato Sasamori
 * Izuho Natsume
 * Sōya Kazama
 * Shirō Kikuchihara
 * Hanao Tsukimi
 * Hidetaka Kitazoe

Triggers in order of appearance

 * Scorpion (Yūichi Jin/Dream Flashback, Yūma Kuga/Flashback then Present, Ai Kitora, Shun Midorikawa, Ryō Utagawa)
 * Kogetsu (Kō Murakami/Flashback, Tetsuji Arafune, Yūko Kumagai, Futaba Kuroe, Hisato Sasamori)
 * Ibis (Chika Amatori/Flashback)
 * Bagworm (Chika Amatori/Flashback)
 * Raygust/Blade Mode (Osamu Mikumo)
 * Spider/Pistol (Ai Kitora)
 * Dual Egret (Ken Satori)
 * Asteroid (Osamu Mikumo)
 * Grasshopper (Shun Midorikawa)
 * Spear (Yōsuke Yoneya)

Translation note

 * Crunchyroll translates the title as "And Towards the Future"
 * When Yōtarō tries to write "Go for A-rank", he mispells Rank as Kiu (きう) which Crunchyroll translates it as, "A-Wrank" to keep the grammar mistake in English.

Errors

 * When Osamu is having his dream, Jin uses Scorpion instead of Fūjin.

Debatable Canon

 * When Osamu is lost in thought in front of his food, his mother says he is just like his father when it comes to that, as we do not know the personality of Osamu's father, it is unknown if that is true or not.
 * When a Bamster appears infront of Osamu, Kitora leaps and slashes its core and then claims he interrupted their filming for a PR video, but how the filming would be possible is debatable.