No Wonder You're Single!

No Wonder You're Single! is the fifth episode of Survivor: Japan - Civil War.

Previously on Survivor...
At Ashikaga, Bryce questioned the wisdom in voting out Lawrence and giving Patton more power in the tribe. Landon assured him that Patton would be the next to go.

At Kamakura, John approached Lisa and Emma about splitting votes between Dave and Chuck to flush out their idol, which the women both considered. Kamakura then came from behind to win the reward challenge, but an argument ensued between Katie and Emma over the tribe's addition of fish to their diet. This led Reyna and Lisa to question whether or not the women's alliance would work.

At Ashikaga, a storm ruined the shelter, leaving the downtrodden tribe even more impoverished than before. Landon got Bryce to stick a rock in his pocket to make Patton think he had the idol, which worked. Feeling threatened, Patton tried to convince the tribe to split votes at their next tribal council in order to flush it out. However, he was unaware of the fact that the tribe was plotting against him.

After Kamakura won immunity, the tribe, minus Patton, agreed to make Kyle the new daimyo after Patton was voted out. At tribal council, Landon's ejection from the immunity challenge for tripping John was the main topic of discussion, but he received no votes as Patton was blindsided in a 6-2 vote.

Fifteen are left. Who will be voted out next?

Challenges
Reward Challenge: One player lies on a "cradle" suspended by bungee ropes. The rest of the tribe use these ropes to spin the player on the cradle around a boxlike structure to pick up fifteen numbered flags, one at a time, and place them in the corresponding holders.

Reward: First place wins steaks, vegetables, spices, and a bottle of wine. Second place wins a bottle of wine.

Immunity Challenge: Two members of each tribe will run out into the jungle to collect paddles. Once all of them have been collected, they will return and give the paddles to three other members of the tribe, who will then row to a small island and race to their tribe's flag.

Ashikaga
Ashikaga, now whittled down to six people, returns to camp. It is raining lightly, meaning that the torches are barely lit and the fire outside the shelter has been extinguished.

"Kyle: Well, at least things are starting to look up for us. Those last two challenges were really close. I think we have a good chance of winning now."

"black"

- Kyle is now the third daimyo this tribe has had since this game began. Now that we're rid of most of our weaker challenge performers, It's possible that we'll finally start winning challenges. Even if that's not the case, Kyle's got two votes now, so my alliance has a majority. We can get rid of Phoebe and Shannon next if necessary.

Shannon quickly pulls Phoebe aside so they can talk away from the others.

Shannon: We're at a disadvantage right now. Kyle's got a second vote, which gives his alliance four total. Now that Bryce no longer has Patton to vote for, I have no idea what he's going to do.

Phoebe: Don't worry about that; we've got the idol, remember? All we need to do is play the idol. They don't have enough votes to split and ensure that one of us goes home.

Shannon: But what if we play the idol for the wrong person? We can easily end up playing the idol incorrectly. What if they target you next, but I end up playing it instead?

Phoebe: That's the only hard part to this. But if we play the idol right, we can get Kyle out, one of us will become the daimyo, and we'll have an advantage.

"black"

- I think all the losing has gotten to Shannon. She was really pessimistic after tribal council tonight even though Kyle's alliance is playing right into our hands.

Meanwhile, Bryce is pleased to be rid of Patton.

Bryce: Man, I am so glad we finally voted out Patton.

Landon: I'm with you on that. Maybe now with another new leader we can actually win some challenges.

"black"

- I'm glad Kyle, Landon, and Hannah finally helped to get rid of Patton, but if we keep losing challenges, Kyle should be the next to go. The problem is that now he's in the majority thanks to that second vote. I'll have to convince Landon or Hannah to jump ship.

Kamakura
In the morning, while the rest of the tribe is doing chores around camp, Katie and Lisa go collect tree mail.

Lisa: Are you sure the women's alliance is going to work?

Katie: I have faith in it. A women's alliance can dominate a game when done right.

Lisa: Who do you think should be the next to go?

Katie: Probably Chuck. The merge probably isn't that far off, and when it comes he'll be a physical threat. We can probably get rid of Dave, John, and Patrick whenever we want since they're good in challenges, but not great.

Lisa: This is something we'll have to take up with Donna.

Katie and Lisa return with tree mail, which they read to the tribe upon returning to the shelter. The Kamakura tribe then heads out for the reward challenge.

Reward Challenge
"Jeff Probst: Come on in, guys!"

The Ashikaga tribe enters the jungle clearing, and looks visibly perplexed by the third set of challenge equipment.

Jeff Probst: Kamakura, get your first look at the new Ashikaga tribe. Patton was voted out at last night's tribal council.

John: If you guys can't settle on a daimyo, I'd be happy to volunteer.

Landon flips him off in reply without even bothering to look at him.

Kyle: I'm the new daimyo of this tribe.

Jeff Probst: We'll see how long that lasts. Before we get to today's challenge, each of you pick an egg.

Jeff passes around a crate of eggs and lets the castaways each pick one. The castaways who have followed the show for a while exchange knowing looks, while the others frown in confusion. They crush their selected eggs on Jeff's command once they've all picked one, and find that they are each filled with paint of a certain color. Chuck, Dave, John, Phoebe, and Shannon all picked eggs filled with black paint. Bryce, Hannah, Kyle, Lisa, and Patrick all picked eggs filled with teal paint. Donna, Emma, Katie, Landon, and Reyna all picked eggs full of purple paint.

"Jeff Probst: Go to the mat of the color of the paint your egg was filed with if you're not there already."

The castaways all do as they're told, with Hannah giving Landon a worried look.

"Jeff Probst: Now drop your buffs, because the tribes are now switched."

The castaways do as they are told as Jeff passes around new buffs for the castaways.

"Jeff Probst: Chuck, you are the new daimyo of the Ashikaga tribe. Kyle, you are the new daimyo of the Kamakura tribe. And Donna, you are the daimyo of the Tokugawa tribe."

Jeff explains the rules of the challenge to the new tribes, then reveals that they are playing for steaks, vegetables, spices, and a bottle of wine. Whichever tribe finishes second gets a smaller bottle of wine as a consolation prize.

After a minute of strategizing, Ashikaga chooses Shannon to pick up the flags. Kamakura chooses Kyle for that task, while Reyna is assigned to the job for Tokugawa.

"Jeff Probst: For reward! Survivors ready...go!"

Ashikaga gets off to a quick start, with Shannon being the first to collect a flag. At the same time she places the first flag in its specified holder, Reyna picks up the first flag for Tokugawa. As Shannon picks up Ashikaga's second flag, Kyle picks up Kamakura's first.

The early part of the challenge unfolds in a similar fashion, with Ashikaga having collected six flags, Tokugawa five, and Kamakura four within the first few minutes. However, Tokugawa soon picks up steam, beating Ashikaga to ten. Kamakura all but falls out of the challenge when Kyle falls from the "cradle", and are three flags behind Tokugawa by the time the new tribe reaches ten.

Not giving up without a fight, Ashikaga picks up the pace and takes a 13-12 lead while Kamakura lags behind with just nine. A few minutes later, Ashikaga and Tokugawa are again tied at fourteen flags. On the next go-around, Shannon and Reyna both grab the final flags for their respective tribes at the same time, but Shannon places it in its specified holder a few seconds before Reyna does.

"Jeff Probst: Ashikaga wins reward! Tokugawa comes in second, and wins a smaller reward!"

The new Ashikaga celebrates, none louder than Phoebe and Shannon, who had never won a challenge before. The Tokugawa tribe just shrugs while the new Kamakura, especially Kyle, Bryce, and Hannah, look on dejectedly.

"Kyle (to self): The losing never ends."

Jeff congratulates Ashikaga on its victory in the challenge, giving them their large reward and some flint in addition, as this is the first challenge the tribe has won. He also gives a bottle of wine and some flint to Tokugawa. He gives nothing to Kamakura and sends the three tribes on their way.

Ashikaga
Upon returning to camp, Chuck and Dave immediately get to work starting a fire with the tribe's newly-acquired flint while Phoebe and Shannon start seasoning the steaks. Once the fire starts and the steaks are seasoned, John starts to cook them.

John: Another day, another challenge won. Good work, guys.

Shannon: I'm just glad this tribe is finally winning something.

"black"

- What better way to celebrate your tribe's first challenge win than with steak and wine? These guys are great, but they shouldn't get comfortable. They don't know Phoebe and I have an idol.

"black"

- The transition from one tribe to another has been seamless so far. It'll be a while before we have to go to tribal council, but if and when that happens, The girls are going to be the first to go. Even if they somehow get John on their side, Chuck and I have an idol.

The tribe bonds over the steak and wine, saving the vegetables for later. After the meal is finished, Chuck and Dave go to collect firewood. As soon as they're gone, John takes the opportunity to strategize with the women.

John: Listen, Chuck and Dave are going to want you two gone if and when we ever go to tribal council. And they've got an idol.

Phoebe: You're sure?

John: Positive. I saw them find it just before we left for tribal council a few days ago. If we ever lose an immunity challenge, I'm on board with the two of you. Chuck and Dave are very dangerous players. Chuck's going to win a lot of individual challenges, and Dave's really smart.

Shannon: Who do you think we should vote out first?

Phoebe: I think it should be Dave. Dave will probably think we'll vote for Chuck since he's a physical threat. See, it's always important to be one step ahead of your opponent.

"black"

- Dave may be smart, but Phoebe's even smarter. She's a genius! Hopefully she and Shannon will let me join a final three alliance.

Author's Notes
The title of this episode was spoken by Reyna.

The reward challenge was used in Survivor: Panama and Survivor: Samoa.

The immunity challenge was used in Survivor: Marquesas, Survivor: Vanuatu, Survivor: Gabon, and Survivor: Philippines.