A year has passed since Fū moved to Takehara, and Fū and Kaoru reminisce about their reunion at that time and all the things that have happened since. As Fū becomes determined to be more assertive this year, she receives an encouraging text from Chihiro. The next day, Fū states that she wants to start up a photography club when the new school year begins, receiving support from her friends, including Chihiro's classmate, Tomo.

As Fū worries about becoming a club president, Komachi brings in a magazine featuring a picture of Fū, submitted by a girl named Kanae Mitani. Dougou helps Fū get her photography club approved, assigning new teacher Mutsuko Shimokamiyama as the club's advisor. After eventually finding them a new club room, Mutsuko tells Fū that Kanae is a student at their school. Following a congratulatory party held by the others and an awkward meeting with the other club presidents, Fū hears from the photo shop owner about how her father entered a lot of photo contests in his high school days, encouraging Fū to try her hardest. The next day, Kanae herself briefly appears before Fū at her clubroom.

After Kanae hurriedly left the clubroom the other day, Fū's nervousness gets the better of her as she tries to promote the photography club to the freshmen. Meanwhile, Kaoru and the others encounter Kanae again, noticing that she has a camera. After receiving some encouragement from Sayomi and her mother, Fū decides she should try and convince Kanae to join the photography club. The next day, after Dougou asks Fū to help out with an upcoming cherry blossom festival, Fū chases after Kanae and invites her to the clubroom. Kanae explains that she had wanted to form her own photography club, but didn't have the confidence. Moved by Fū's confidence and pictures, Kanae decides to join the photography club as an official member.

Fū and Kanae are struggling to come up with a theme for their festival presentation; Dougou has plans to turn it into a musical performance. To give them some inspiration, the gang visit some cherry blossom trees that were planted for Kaori and Sayomi when they were little. As the festival gets underway, Fū searches for a tree from one of her father's photos. However, Dougou ends up injuring his hands, leaving him unable to perform for Fū's presentation. Despite this, Fū and Kanae work up the courage to perform by themselves. After the festival, Kou leads Fū to the trees planted in their names, having been led there by Momoneko, where Fū finds the exact spot her father took that photo from.

Following a suggestion from Mutsuko, Fū and Kanae decide to enter a cherry blossom photography contest, but struggle to find any cherry blossom trees they can photograph. Hearing this, Sayomi takes the group on yet another trip. Whilst stopping to eat, Kanae talks about how she got into photography which led to that photo of Fū she took. After they eventually come across a group of cherry blossom trees, Sayomi takes them even further to an even bigger cherry blossom tree. Despite Mutsuko inevitably forgetting to enter them into the contest, Fū and Kanae are proud with the photos they've managed to take.

Fū is visited by Riho, who brings along a travel planner named Harumi Kawai, an old acquaintance of Fū's father from before Fū was born. Wanting to learn more about her father, Fū goes with Harumi and Shihomi to Onmochi to help take pictures for a tour guide. Along the way, Harumi tells her how her father would always deviate from their plans and find fun things by going with the wind. They later stop at a bed & breakfast inn run by an old couple who tell Fū more about her father, who gave them advice about turning their house into a B&B. Later that night, as Harumi gives Fū a much belated congratulation for being born, Fū thanks her for helping her connect more with her father, inspiring Harumi that she should be more open and connected with her tours.

Fū and the others travel to her hometown of Shioiri, where they meet up with Chihiro and are introduced to Tomo, who is excited to finally meet Fū. Whilst taking a tour around Shioiri, Fū is filled with memories of her father. Later that night, the girls attend a summer festival where Fū recalls entering a sparkler contest when she was younger, prompting the group to enter themselves. As Fū makes it as far as the finals, she is reminded yet again of her father as Sayomi takes a picture of her.

Chihiro comes to Takehara so she can watch their fireworks festival, swinging by the Photography Club to meet Kanae and Mutsuko. Whilst thinking about what to do for the festival, Fū and Chihiro recall a secret place Fū's father told them about when they were younger. The next day, Riho offers Fū and Kanae to have their photos shown in an exhibit. After Fū takes various photos of the festival preparations, Sayomi leads everyone to an ideal viewing spot, which Chihiro believes to be the secret place Fū's father talked about.

As the town prepares for the bamboo festival, Fū meets Nozomu Natsume, who was one of her father's classmates. Upon hearing Nozomu's harsh criticism of Fū's photos, Kanae can't help but express her love for Fū's photos. Later that day, Fū and Kanae run into Riho, who advises them on how the technical skills of photography shouldn't affect what's most important to the photographer. Meeting Nozomu again at the okonomiyaki shop, the girls take him to see the bamboo lanterns, where he talks about how Fū's father always put showing love in photographs over any technical prowess. Before he leaves, Nozomu asks Fū to take a picture of him.

Whilst preparing photos for Riho's exhibit, Kanae comes to realise it may very well be the last big event she'll do with the photography club before she graduates. Wanting to make as many memories as possible, Kanae suggests they all go on a photography trip, which conveniently ties in with Kaori's plans to hold another exhibition like last year and Maon's parents inviting them to Mitarai to attend a concert. Whilst exploring Mitarai with Fū, Kanae meets a woman, becoming awed by her singing. Curious about what she should do after graduation, Kanae asks Fū and the others about what got them interested in their career paths, worrying that she doesn't have any inspiration of her own. Later at the concert, the woman Kanae saw before takes to the stage as part of a band that had inspired Maon to become an entertainer. This helps Kanae realise she has already had a turning point; the day she joined the photography club.

The girls prepare for their exhibition on New Year's Eve, which is also the last day Kanae can be part of the photography club before she has to study for her exams. After receiving a special collage made by Chihiro and Tomo, Fū decides to have the photo Kanae took of her as the first photo people see upon entering the exhibition. The exhibition soon draws in a large crowd, becoming a great success. After seeing the New Year in, Fū and Kanae emotionally reminisce about their time together in the photography club. Later, Sayomi takes everyone to the beach to watch the first sunrise of the new year, where Kanae lets out all of her feelings.

After celebrating her father's birthday with her family, Fū finds the shutter on her camera has stopped working and takes it in for repairs. Left without her camera for the day, Fū starts to worry that, someday, she will have to part ways with everyone. Noticing Fū feeling down, Tamae takes her for a motorcycle drive to where Fū's father proposed to her, telling her how her strength in coming to Takehara and taking up photography gave herself strength too. After getting her camera back, Fū and the others attend Kanae's graduation, where Fū gives her thanks to Kanae for a wonderful year spent with the photography club. Looking back over the past year, Fū gives her heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it possible.