 He is temporarily removed from the regulars after losing to Ryoma and Kaidoh, and he becomes the team manager.He uses his data to create exercise programs for the team and creates a series of disgusting "Inui Juice" health drinks that are able to knock a person out or send them running to the restrooms, which motivates the team to train harder as the drinks are used as punishments.The negative effects of the drinks are resisted by a few, namely Fuji.