The Olympics final between Yawara and Jody is the match the TV series was always building toward, but the special knows what actually matters is what happens after she wins. Kazamatsuri's confession cuts deeper than any throw because by now you've watched him chase her for 124 episodes. This is a sports anime that remembered the romance was never the subplot.

Yawara Inokuma represents Japan at the Atlanta Olympic Games, and over the course of the tournament she crosses paths with a number of people she already knows. The one-episode special picks up where the TV series left off and adapts the closing volumes of the manga, with the Games moved from Barcelona to Atlanta. Sports action sits alongside comedy, drama and slice-of-life moments.