Ka kammala wannan magana: Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, sojojin ruwan Amurka suka kai hari a Doolittle Raid. Bayan wannan, umarnin Yamamoto
wani babban hari na jirgin ruwa a tsibirin Midway da ke hannun Amurka, amma dakarun Amurka sun hadu da dakarun Amurka kuma sun nutse. Watanni da yawa daga baya, bayan yakin Guadalcanal, an kashe Yamamoto yayin da matukan jirgin Amurka suka tsallake kuma suka harbe jirginsa. Eiichi ya koma gida zuwa Japan kuma ya auri budurwarsa, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka tuna da shi don shiga cikin Yaƙin Leyte Gulf. A gefen Cape Engaño, "Zuikaku" ya nutse, kuma Eiichi yana cikin wadanda suka mutu yayin da ya ba da jaket din ceton rai ga Shinji, ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Masato, wanda aka sanya shi a jirgin a matsayin mai kewayawa. A wani wuri, "Yamato", yanzu yana aiki a matsayin babban jirgin ruwa na Takeo Kurita's Center Force, ya janye daga Leyte ba tare da ya shiga yaƙi ba.