This week's "Shounen Hollywood" touches on some philosophical issues on the role of idols, their everyday identity as idols, and their attitudes towards performances (a pretty deep episode in some sense). While everyone is excited about the upcoming live performance, the President talks about his thoughts on the "hand-shaking event" that they had last week. He is skeptical of the existence and necessity of "hand-shaking events," which somehow turns idols into cheap commodities. "Isn't it more exciting to bump into your favorite idol in the streets than lining up to wait for a hand-shake?" The President questions the authenticity of the hand-shake experience in "hand-shaking events" and thinks that these events are bringing idols too close to earth. Idols should be existences that are extremely far away and incredibly close at the same time. Far in a sense that one will never be able to truly reach them; close in a sense that they are always with fans through intense imagination. "Hand-shaking events" somehow blur the boundary between imagination and reality and break the beauty of imagination. Kakeru is also reflecting on the meaning and significance of "hand-shaking events." To him, hand-shakes become obligatory in these events, which makes him rather uncomfortable. He tells the President his concerns and the President decides to hold a unconventional hand-shaking adventure: "Surprise! Everywhere hand-shake event in Harajuku." Members of Shounen Hollywood could wander around freely in Harajuku, waiting for searching fans to approach them for a hand-shake. The President hopes that the team, especially Kakeru, would be able to experience an "authentic" hand-shake throughout the process. However, since idols are still idols, they have to keep the facade. For example, even if Kira hates sweets, he still has to pretend to like them in front of the fans to maintain his image. And Maki has to retain the image of a caring big brother to feed and satisfy the fans' imagination. On the other hand, some of the members also experience inner conflicts during the event. Mii sees some pictures of idols sold in stores and finds no dreams in them. Shun notices that he hasn't touched his guitar for a really long while. Kakeru thinks about his future, the path he is on right now, and where he wants to be in the future. The search of self is never an easy journey, nor a clear one. Kakeru ponders on the thought and returns to the theater. Just when he thinks that the experiment today has failed to let him experience an "authentic hand-shake," a girl approaches him and asks to shake his hand. She says, "please become an idol famous enough to stand on an enormous stage with hundreds and thousands of audiences, so that this hand-shake today would become even more precious than it already is." Kakeru rushes back to the "Hollywood Tokyo Theater" main office and tells the President that he already knows what a true hand-shake is. The President smiles and says, "now, you will be able to become the 'real thing.' I am looking forward to the day when you will be able to create tens and thousands of these precious moments." And this might be the start where Shounen Hollywood becomes "authentic" idols.