Chapter Summaries

Sakayanagi formed a new Student Council filled with students from rival classes while leaving Oreki off the roster, and Kamuro suspected she had gathered his love rivals to keep them close and interfere with their dates. The chapter ended as Kushida’s group stopped at a bulletin board and spotted Horikita reading a notice.

• Sakayanagi appointed Kiriyama and Katsuragi as vice presidents and selected students from across the classes for the Student Council, including Kushida, Ibuki, Hiyori, and Horikita.
• Sakayanagi publicly announced that she was dating Oreki, while leaving his name off the Student Council roster.
• Kamuro concluded that Sakayanagi had recruited Oreki’s love rivals so she could keep them occupied while she went on dates with him.
• Sakayanagi dismissed the women who liked Oreki as defeated dogs when Kamuro warned that they could cause trouble.
• Kushida walked to class with Wang, Haruka, Sakura, and Matsushita, and they stopped at the bulletin board after seeing students gathered there.
• Haruka pointed out Horikita among the students reading the notice.

Kikyou Kushida and her classmates discovered that Sakayanagi Arisu had overhauled the Student Council roster, appointing several students from their class. Haruka Hasebe noticed that the new appointees matched the group Oreki had assembled during an earlier exam, leaving her to suspect he had arranged the roster.

• Kikyou learned that her Student Council position had been retained and that Haruka Hasebe and Airi Sakura had also been appointed.
• Kikyou, Hasebe, and Sakura went to the bulletin board to inspect the revised Student Council roster.
• The roster named Sakayanagi Arisu as president, Horikita Suzune as an accountant supervisor, Kushida as a public morals committee leader, and Hasebe, Sakura, and other students from their class in new roles.
• Sakura was distressed to be listed as a Student Council mascot, while Hasebe wondered why the roster included students connected to Oreki.
• Hasebe noticed that several appointees matched the students in Oreki's group chat and called everyone's attention to it.

Students reacted to Sakayanagi’s public announcement that she was dating Oreki, while Kushida and several girls planned to ask him about it at lunch. Kamuro reported their plan to Sakayanagi, and Oreki received a flood of messages.

• Hasebe found Sakayanagi’s announcement that she and Oreki were dating above the Student Council roster, and Karuizawa and Sato reacted with shock and tears.
• Kushida connected the Student Council appointments to Sakayanagi’s possible romantic rivals and suggested that the girls ask Oreki about the announcement at lunch.
• Hasebe noticed Kushida was pretending to be distant from Oreki, though she considered that Kushida might simply be respecting his new relationship.
• Karuizawa and Sato agreed to seek Oreki out at lunch, with Karuizawa wanting to understand why he had started dating someone after previously saying he would focus on studying.
• Kamuro reported the girls’ plan to Sakayanagi, and Oreki received numerous messages on his phone.

After Arisu Sakayanagi announced her relationship with Houtarou Oreki and the new Student Council lineup, students reacted to the news and Horikita Suzune explained why she was not upset. As lunch break began, Class D students hurried toward the cafeteria, apparently eager to see what would happen around Oreki and Sakayanagi.

• Masumi Kamuro asked Horikita Suzune how she felt about Oreki dating Sakayanagi, and Horikita said she regretted that Oreki had started dating instead of studying as promised.
• Horikita told Kamuro she believed Sakayanagi had won votes through a deal with Manabu Horikita and had offered her a Student Council position as payment.
• Kamuro recalled that Sakayanagi had chosen girls from Class C, including Hiyori and Ibuki, because she worried Oreki might dislike having boys from other classes on the Council.
• Classmates congratulated Oreki after reading the bulletin board announcement, while he anticipated that Class D students might confront him over his earlier rejection of Sato.
• After Class D's math lesson ran ten minutes over, several girls hurried toward the cafeteria, and Ike followed them as they discussed Sakayanagi's public announcement that she was dating Oreki.

Kushida realized Ike had followed the girls because he was anxious about Shinohara’s interest in Oreki, but she chose not to interfere. Oreki met Sakayanagi at the cafeteria, where she brought him a large homemade bento, just as Shinohara and the others arrived.

• Ike followed Shinohara and her friends toward the cafeteria, and Shinohara told him he was getting in the way.
• Kushida inferred that Ike had a crush on Shinohara and suspected Shinohara was interested in Oreki, but she pretended not to notice.
• Oreki arrived at the cafeteria and found Sakayanagi with Kamuro; Sakayanagi sent Kamuro to get food so she could speak with Oreki alone.
• Sakayanagi brought out a large homemade bento, and Oreki suspected she wanted to fatten him up so other women would not be attracted to him.
• Shinohara and the other girls arrived at the cafeteria, and Oreki and Sakayanagi noticed the group.

Class 1-D’s girls gathered to watch Oreki and Sakayanagi, and they concluded that Sakayanagi might be the wealthy senior who had supported him. The group decided to question Sakayanagi about treating Sakura as a mascot, and Kushida was asked to approach her.

• Sakura suggested that Sakayanagi might have been the person supporting Oreki, after seeing the pair act like a couple.
• The girls speculated that Sakayanagi’s Class A status could explain the monthly million-Point support Oreki received.
• Karuizawa argued that Sakayanagi was unlikely to be the wealthy senior, while Sato regained hope that she might still have a chance with Oreki.
• Haruka proposed asking Sakayanagi why she treated Sakura like a mascot, and the group looked to Kushida to do it.
• Kushida hesitated and said she had thought of someone more suitable.

Kushida redirected the girls’ questions about Oreki and Sakayanagi toward Mio Ibuki, hoping to stir up trouble between them. Ibuki confronted Oreki and Sakayanagi over his rejection of Class C’s offer and Ryuuen’s removal from the Student Council, then said she would bring Ryuuen and Ishizaki over.

• Kushida noticed the girls expected her to ask Oreki about his relationship with Sakayanagi, so she singled out Ibuki as someone who could approach him instead.
• Kushida told Ibuki that Oreki was dating Sakayanagi, who supposedly paid him one million points each month, and mentioned that Ryuuen and Ishizaki had been removed from the Student Council.
• Angered by Oreki’s refusal of Class C’s offer and confused by Sakayanagi’s decision about the council, Ibuki confronted Oreki and Sakayanagi at lunch.
• Ibuki challenged Oreki over accepting Sakayanagi’s one-million-point offer instead of Class C’s proposed ten million and protested Ryuuen’s removal.
• Ibuki said she would call Ryuuen and Ishizaki and bring them over.

Sakayanagi told Ibuki that Oreki dated her because he liked her, while Kushida learned the truth and the school began gossiping about Oreki’s preferences. After Sakayanagi publicly announced their relationship, Oreki went to meet Manabu Horikita to address the fallout.

• Fuka revealed that the lower-ranked classes planned to pool twenty million points to recruit Oreki, and Ibuki told Sakayanagi that Kushida had claimed Sakayanagi paid him one million points monthly.
• Kushida asked Ibuki what had happened, and Ibuki clarified that Sakayanagi was not Oreki’s sponsor and that he dated her because he liked her.
• Oreki received teasing messages from classmates after word spread that he and Sakayanagi were together, and he headed to meet Manabu Horikita after receiving his messages.
• The girls who had confronted Oreki and defended Sato retreated to the cafeteria and sat down together for lunch.

Sakayanagi arrived and ordered the new Student Council members to report for work the next morning. Meanwhile, Manabu Horikita told Oreki that he planned to leave the school after graduation and asked him to contact him through a private phone number if he ever got out.

• Sato said she no longer wanted to join the Student Council, but backed down when Sakayanagi confronted her.
• Sakayanagi instructed Sato, Kikyou Kushida, Karuizawa, Hasebe, and Airi to report to the Student Council at seven the next morning.
• Oreki tracked down Manabu Horikita in the Special Building, where Akane Tachibana was also present.
• Manabu told Oreki that he planned to leave the school on the thirty-first of the following month, after the third-years graduated.
• Manabu gave Oreki a private phone number and asked him to contact him if he ever got out of the school.

Manabu Horikita told Oreki that Suzune had romantic feelings for him and urged him to protect her from romance while focusing on school. After Manabu left, Akane Tachibana discussed Arisu Sakayanagi’s changes to the Student Council and her public relationship with Oreki, while students began preparing for the final exam.

• Manabu Horikita admitted that he had failed as Suzune’s older brother and said he believed Oreki had changed her, while acknowledging he had done the same in the past.
• Manabu told Oreki that Suzune’s feelings for him included romantic love, based on her reaction to Oreki being named and then removed as a Student Council candidate.
• Manabu said he had used Points to stop the school from supplying contraceptives and asked Oreki to keep Suzune away from romantic troubles and focus on studying.
• After Manabu left with Akane Tachibana, Akane told him Arisu Sakayanagi had removed Nagumo, reorganized the Student Council, and announced that she was dating Oreki.
• Manabu suspected Oreki was using the public relationship to borrow the Student Council President’s influence and gain Points, but warned that Arisu might not follow his plans.
• At the end of February, students began serious revision for the final written exam, and the library became crowded.

Class 1-D organized study groups and prepared for the final exam while Kōenji remained focused on reaching Class A. After the exam, Manabu Horikita represented the graduating students at the graduation ceremony.

• Majima announced that the final exam would be a written test on March 17, with the school setting its value at fifty Points.
• Class 1-D formed seven study groups, with Hirata leading two and Sakura joining the organizers, while Kōenji refused to tutor his classmates.
• Karuizawa studied with Houtarou in his room, questioned him about Sakayanagi, and then returned to her workbook.
• The first-years took their final exam on March 17, and the school held the third-years' graduation ceremony.
• Manabu Horikita, the former Student Council President, spoke as the representative of the graduating students.

After the graduation ceremony, the first- and second-year Student Council members finished cleanup and gathered at a family restaurant, where they discussed Sakayanagi and Oreki’s relationship. Their conversation ended when Chiaki Matsushita left after someone invited her out.

• Manabu Horikita addressed the graduates and urged Class 1-A to carry on Class A’s legacy.
• The Student Council members stayed behind to clean up the ceremony venue and sort supplies, then went to Keyaki Mall for food.
• Sato complained that Sakayanagi had given everyone work and speculated that she had gone on a date with Oreki.
• Karuizawa suggested Sakayanagi’s poor health made frequent dates unlikely, prompting the girls to discuss her relationship with Oreki and Horikita’s feelings.
• Chiaki Matsushita received an invitation and left the restaurant, while the others wondered if she was going on a date.

Chiaki Matsushita reflected on hiding her abilities and regretting that she had not joined the Student Council, then followed Houtarou Oreki at the shopping center. She saw an injured middle-aged man meet Oreki at a restaurant and hand him the promised Private Points Card.

• Chiaki Matsushita recalled deliberately keeping her abilities hidden and regretted missing her chance to enter Class A and join the Student Council.
• Matsushita suspected Arisu Sakayanagi had recruited girls connected to Oreki and wondered about the Student Council's motives.
• Matsushita spotted Oreki outside and followed him into a restaurant after a middle-aged man in a cast greeted her.
• The injured man sat across from Oreki and pushed an anonymous Private Points Card toward him as payment.
• Oreki scanned the Private Points Card with his phone.

Matsushita overheard Oreki negotiating with Principal Tsukishiro about Ayanokouji, the White Room, and a wager to identify its top student. She followed Oreki after the meeting, but he vanished and confronted her in the alley.

• Matsushita mistook Tsukishiro for Oreki’s mysterious Sugar Senior after hearing that one million points had been paid for Oreki’s time.
• Tsukishiro said he wanted Ayanokouji expelled and proposed a wager in which Oreki could earn 20 million points by identifying the White Room’s top student among the incoming students.
• Oreki argued that Tsukishiro’s proposed student would be meaningless and ended their ten-minute meeting without touching his food.
• Matsushita followed Oreki out of the restaurant, lost sight of him in an alley, and heard him ask why she was following him.

Oreki confronted Matsushita for following him and learned that she had been hiding her abilities to make friends. He warned her not to judge Horikita and suggested that Kōenji might suit her standards for a partner, leaving Matsushita stunned when she returned to the girls.

• Oreki caught Matsushita following him and explained how he had noticed her, while Matsushita admitted she had been curious about him after hearing Sato and the others talk.
• Oreki took a photo with Matsushita and exposed her attempt to read his expression, making her fear the consequences if the girls learned she had met him alone.
• Matsushita told Oreki she had concealed her abilities because she wanted to make friends and avoid being excluded for standing out.
• Oreki said Kōenji met her criteria for a partner, and Matsushita reacted with disbelief at the suggestion.
• Oreki warned Matsushita not to follow people out of passing curiosity or casually belittle Horikita, then left her alone in the alley.
• Matsushita returned to the girls at the family restaurant, where someone noticed she looked pale.

The girls discussed dating preferences during spring break, while Matsushita reflected on Oreki’s feelings for Horikita and Kei noticed Matsushita’s familiar scent. Kei changed the subject to the Student Council’s demanding work schedule, leaving the group reacting to being ordered to work through their holiday.

• Matsushita confirmed that the boys had stood her up, and the girls comforted her before discussing their preferences in boys.
• Matsushita appraised Horikita and concluded that Oreki’s defense of her showed how important she was to him.
• Kushida claimed she wanted an ordinary life, while privately worrying about Oreki’s influence and imagining a future gift for Horikita.
• Kei noticed Oreki’s scent on Matsushita and suspected that Matsushita had gone to see him.
• Kei told the girls they were expected to work for the Student Council every morning for a week, prompting them to question the holiday assignment.

As spring break ended, Manabu Horikita entrusted Houtarou Oreki with a Private Points Card worth 20 million for Horikita Suzune, asking him to give it to her when he judged the time was right. Oreki accepted the card and began transferring its points, while Manabu left school with Akane Tachibana after telling Suzune to show him how much she had grown in two years.

• Karuizawa, Sato, and Kikyou Kushida agreed to slack off to frustrate Sakayanagi, but they were threatened with spring-break cleaning duty and went back to work.
• Horikita Suzune refused to join the others’ plan to mess with Sakayanagi and continued studying.
• Manabu Horikita met Houtarou Oreki before leaving school and gave him a Private Points Card to pass to Suzune when the time was right.
• Manabu told Suzune to grow stronger before he returned in two years, then left with Akane Tachibana.
• Oreki checked the card, found it held 20 million points, and confirmed that he wanted to transfer them to a Private Points Card.

Oreki gave Horikita Suzune 60 million points, explaining that he and her brother expected her to need chances to recover before meeting Class A’s standards. On the new school year’s entrance ceremony day, Sakayanagi Arisu gave a brief speech, while Ichinose and Shiina discussed her quick departure to meet Oreki; Oreki later arrived at the Student Council office, where Katsuragi and Hashimoto told him Sakayanagi had already left.

• Oreki transferred points to Horikita Suzune, leaving her with 60 million, and said he and her brother would cover the cost if she stumbled on her way to Class A.
• Sakayanagi Arisu welcomed the new students with a short speech about the school’s meritocracy and ended the entrance ceremony.
• Ichinose and Shiina noted that Sakayanagi had left to meet Oreki at the Student Council office.
• Oreki arrived at the Student Council office and spoke with Katsuragi and Hashimoto, who told him Sakayanagi had already returned.

Oreki visited the Student Council, where Yanagi showed him the OAA database while keeping him seated on her lap. He discovered that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji had received the maximum score, suggesting Principal Tsukishiro was deliberately drawing attention to him.

• Oreki found that most of the Student Council members were away helping with the entrance ceremony or patrolling, and Hashimoto summoned him to Yanagi's office.
• Yanagi moved the visitor's chair out and had Oreki hold her on his lap before showing him the OAA program.
• Oreki explored the database, which rated students across academic ability, intelligence, class contribution, and athletic talent.
• Yanagi explained that Principal Tsukishiro had sponsored the school's equipment upgrades and created the database using student records.
• Oreki opened Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's profile and saw that it gave him the maximum overall score of 100.

Oreki and Sakayanagi anticipated that Tsukishiro would use the new OAA system and an incoming cross-grade exam to target Ayanokouji, so Sakayanagi gave Oreki access to the first-years' files. Tsukishiro equipped the White Room Chief with student records, but the Chief refused to follow his plan and insisted on challenging Ayanokouji on his own terms.

• Oreki, President Sakayanagi, and Little Sakayanagi discussed how Tsukishiro could alter the OAA data and use his authority to target Ayanokouji with a joint first- and second-year expulsion exam.
• Oreki suspected that the new first-years included White Room Students and examined their school files after Sakayanagi offered him access to them.
• Tsukishiro obtained the second-years' files for the White Room Students, reasoning that the Chief would need help to oppose Ayanokouji.
• Tsukishiro judged that the Chief's education was less advanced than Ayanokouji's and believed the Chief would likely lose.
• The White Room Chief rejected Tsukishiro's plan to help expel Ayanokouji and said he would challenge Ayanokouji in his own way and in the areas where Ayanokouji excelled.