Recaps

Nagumo and Kiriyama discovered that Oreki had earned so few points by repeatedly skipping exam activities that he had fallen to 102nd place, while Kōenji led the rankings. At D6, Oreki, Sakayanagi, Shiina, and Chabashira settled into dinner, as the chapter left Nagumo and Kiriyama confronting the consequences of their bet on Oreki.

• Nagumo concluded that Oreki had skipped activities and told Kiriyama to investigate him at the D6 supply base.
• Kiriyama confirmed that Oreki spent the day at D6 with Class C students and missed the afternoon’s Basic Movement and tasks.
• Nagumo learned that Oreki visited one designated area on the fifth day but earned no points, then scored 11 points on the sixth day.
• Nagumo and Kiriyama checked the rankings and found Oreki at 102nd with 11 points, while Kōenji ranked first with 535 points.
• At D6, Sakayanagi and Shiina ate dinner with the other students, and Chabashira helped prepare the meal.

Shiina, Oreki, and Yanagi learned that Kōenji had earned the maximum possible score since Oreki stopped competing, while Shiina anticipated a large payout from her bet. After Oreki tracked Kōenji to their camp, Kōenji confronted him for secretly slacking off, but his accusation had only just begun.

• Shiina helped prepare food, and Chabashira told Hiyori she planned to resign and pursue her own life after teaching the class.
• Yanagi used Points and information from Katsuragi's group to confirm that Kōenji had earned 535 Points, the maximum possible score since the first day.
• Shiina calculated that her bet on Kōenji could earn her 13.4 million Points, while Chabashira warned that Kōenji was unpredictable.
• Oreki accepted Kōenji's request and used GPS tracking to locate him as he traveled toward the camp.
• Kōenji arrived and accused Oreki of tricking him into competing for Points while Oreki had been slacking off.

Rokosuke Kōenji withdrew after discovering Houtarou Oreki had fooled him into earning a huge score, but their newly formed team kept Oreki in the exam and split their Points. Oreki remained third and suspected the first-years at the top had hidden their real group arrangements.

• Rokosuke Kōenji discovered Oreki had been slacking, formed a large group with him, and then swam back to the cruise ship to withdraw.
• Hiyori worried that Kōenji's withdrawal would ruin their bet, while Principal Tsukishiro initially believed the wager would be voided.
• Teacher Majima explained that Oreki and Kōenji had shared their Points, so Oreki's continued participation meant the wager still stood.
• Oreki told Hiyori that he had tricked Kōenji into earning 535 Points quickly, which should keep the others from catching up despite Kōenji's withdrawal.
• Oreki checked the rankings and saw himself in third place with 273 Points, behind two first-year groups whose withdrawn members no longer blocked their bonus conditions.
• Oreki recalled Nanase asking about group withdrawals and suspected the first-years had pretended to be in the same group.

Oreki planned to secure first place in the Uninhabited Island exam after Kōenji forfeited, while Sakayanagi and Kamuro prepared to support him. Nagumo confronted Oreki over the eleven-million-point IOU, and Oreki insisted it remained valid regardless of the exam’s results.

• Oreki decided to compete himself after Kōenji chose to slack off, allowing Kōenji to remain his teammate and share the reward if Oreki placed first.
• Sakayanagi told Kamuro to pack light luggage for Oreki, and Kamuro prepared to help him on the island.
• Oreki reviewed the exam rules and planned to earn every Basic Movement point and participate in every task to build a lead.
• Shiina alerted Oreki and Sakayanagi when Nagumo and Kiriyama arrived, and Nagumo accused Oreki of deceiving him after being paid eleven million points to arrange the exam.
• Oreki said Nagumo’s IOU was still valid because it did not require the points to come from this exam, and Nagumo offered him one million points for ten minutes of his time.

Nagumo discovered that he had bet on Oreki instead of Kōenji, putting his Hitchhike wager and eleven-million IOU at risk. Kiriyama proposed that Oreki team up with Kōenji to share his score, but Oreki had not agreed by the end of their negotiation.

• Oreki met Nagumo and Kiriyama in the forest and learned that Nagumo had bet on Oreki, despite Oreki recommending Kōenji.
• Kiriyama urged Oreki to place first and explained that he hoped to use Nagumo's money to transfer to Class A.
• Kiriyama proposed that Oreki form a large group with Kōenji so they could tie for first and satisfy both sides' bets.
• Nagumo offered Oreki another two million to negotiate a team with Kōenji, then warned that he might not repay the eleven-million IOU if he earned no Points.
• Oreki rejected Nagumo's argument, pointing out that the IOU required repayment regardless of the exam's outcome.

Oreki negotiated with Nagumo for the Milk Tea Shop in exchange for his IOU and a promise to take first place in the exam. After learning how much Nagumo stood to earn, Oreki began the seventh day by pursuing the exam’s basic movement Points.

• Oreki offered Nagumo a deal for one of his shops and agreed to aim for first place in the exam.
• Nagumo accepted Oreki’s IOU and payment for ten minutes of his time in exchange for the Milk Tea Shop, then drew up a contract.
• Oreki revealed that he had formed a team with Rokosuke Kōenji, and Yanagi reacted with surprise when Oreki told him he had gotten a shop for free.
• Oreki told Sakayanagi that Nagumo could earn around thirty-eight million Points from the Hitchhiker Cards and had likely promised Kiriyama around ten million.
• At six the next morning, Oreki went to the first designated area for basic movement Points, where Hoshinomiya Chie scanned his tablet.

Oreki accompanied Kanji Ike as Ike earned points and revealed his determination to confess to Shinohara, while Ayanokouji noticed Tsubasa Nanase and suspected she had come to expel him. That evening, Oreki left camp to meet Kikyou Kushida at G1, but encountered Kei Karuizawa before Kushida arrived.

• Kanji Ike told Oreki that Yukimura had withdrawn, then asked to travel with him and said he planned to confess to Shinohara.
• Ike followed Oreki to a task and then to a designated area, earning points and a second-place group arrival bonus.
• Ayanokouji told Oreki that he had no memory of Tsubasa Nanase, and Oreki inferred that Nanase had been sent to expel Ayanokouji.
• At J3, Ike prepared dinner while Oreki left camp and headed to G1 for a meeting he believed Kikyou Kushida had arranged.
• Oreki arrived at G1 and unexpectedly met Kei Karuizawa before Kikyou Kushida showed up.

Oreki helped Karuizawa gather firewood, then took a stressed Kikyou to the caretaker’s cabin so she could vent. He discovered that Ichika Amasawa’s score was still active despite her missing GPS signal and left the possibility of a wristband malfunction—and her hidden plans—unresolved.

• Oreki hugged Karuizawa when she asked, then helped her gather firewood before she told him to stay away.
• Kikyou confronted Oreki for being late, and he brought her to the caretaker’s cabin to vent her stress.
• Kikyou said she could not find Horikita or Ichika Amasawa, but Oreki’s score check showed Amasawa still ranked second and had not withdrawn.
• Oreki considered whether Amasawa’s missing GPS signal came from a faulty wristband and recalled the possibility of someone operating in secret around Ayanokouji.
• After Kikyou showered, she told Oreki that Ike liked Shinohara, while Shinohara was wavering between Ike and Komiya and had teamed up with Komiya and Kinoshita.

Oreki noticed Nanase’s hatred toward Ayanokouji and suspected the missing GPS signals of Amasawa and Yagami were connected. When multiple wristband alarms sounded nearby, he and the others rushed out to investigate.

• Kushida explained that listening to people’s secrets gave her satisfaction but made relationships troublesome, and Oreki urged her to seek a genuine friend.
• Oreki returned to camp with Nanase and shared his jerky and water with the group.
• Nanase asked whether the students were happy at school, then directed the question to Ayanokouji, whose answer brought out her hatred.
• Oreki recalled that Amasawa’s and Yagami’s GPS signals had disappeared and suspected Yagami might be involved in a scheme.
• Oreki identified multiple wristband alarms, and Nanase, Ike, and Ayanokouji set off to find the students in trouble.

Oreki, Ayanokouji, and Nanase found Komiyama and Kinoshita unconscious in the dark, while Shinohara revealed she had been with them when they were attacked. Oreki failed to track Takuya Yagami and Ichika Amasawa, then spent supply points to check the score rankings.

• Ike discovered that his companions had vanished into the darkness as they hurried to search for people.
• Oreki found Komiyama and Kinoshita unconscious, and Nanase rushed off after noticing someone nearby.
• Ayanokouji found Komiyama’s damaged tablet, and Oreki deduced that Shinohara was hiding nearby.
• Shinohara emerged and explained that Komiyama and Kinoshita had been keeping watch while she picked flowers when an attacker struck.
• Oreki tried to use GPS to locate Takuya Yagami and Ichika Amasawa, but both searches failed.
• Oreki paid supply points to check the score rankings.

After Komiyama and Kinoshita were assaulted on the island, Oreki watched Tsubasa calm Shinohara while the teachers investigated the attack. Tsukishiro ruled out several suspects but concluded that the White Room Student, Sumakiden, remained a possibility.

• Tsubasa returned after losing sight of someone who had been watching them, then comforted the panicked Shinohara.
• Ike arrived and found Komiyama injured, but Shinohara recoiled from him after Tsubasa had already calmed her.
• Teacher Bando and the rescue team arrived about an hour and a half after the alert; Komiyama woke but could not identify his attacker.
• Teacher Bando warned that the assault might cause the school to end the exam early, while the Class A homeroom teachers scrutinized Tsukishiro.
• Tsukishiro showed the teachers the rankings and argued that ending the exam would cost him heavily, clearing himself of suspicion.
• Tsukishiro considered Oreki, Kōenji, and Ayanokouji but dismissed them, leaving Sumakiden among the remaining suspects.

Mr. Tsukishiro concluded that Takuya Yagami had attacked Komiyama and Kinoshita, and he expected Houtarou Oreki to expose him. Oreki and Tsubasa Nanase traveled toward a task together, where he confronted her about why she was targeting Ayanokouji.

• Mr. Tsukishiro suspected that the White Room Chief had provoked Ayanokouji and decided Yagami would take the blame for the attack.
• Oreki's group returned to camp, where Komiyama and Kinoshita were sent for treatment and Shinohara stayed behind, feeling guilty and unable to face them.
• The group chose to continue the exam, and Ike volunteered to help Nanase keep watch at night.
• The next day, Oreki noticed Nanase was still following Ayanokouji and found that Yagami's GPS had recovered near supply base D6.
• Oreki suggested Nanase give a task to Shinohara, then led Nanase along a difficult mountain route and asked why she was targeting Ayanokouji.
• Nanase hesitated when Oreki warned that he would obstruct her unless she convinced him.

Oreki drew out Tsubasa Nanase’s secret: she sought to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokouji because his escape had led to the Matsuo family’s tragedy. He challenged her to consider whether Ayanokouji’s father was the true target, then left her confused and reached a girls’ beach volleyball assignment.

• Oreki baited Tsubasa into revealing that she had trained to confront Ayanokouji and blamed him for Eiichiro Matsuo’s death and his father’s suicide.
• Tsubasa said she wanted Ayanokouji expelled because she believed he did not deserve his freedom.
• Oreki argued that Ayanokouji’s father had caused the Matsuo family’s suffering and that expelling Ayanokouji would serve his father’s goal.
• Tsubasa was left questioning whether she hated Ayanokouji or his father as Oreki continued to the assignment site.
• Hoshinomiya Chie told Oreki he could not participate because the assignment was a girls’ swimsuit beach volleyball match.

Oreki watched Ichinose, Tsubasa, and the other girls compete in a beach volleyball assignment, while Tsubasa reconsidered her opposition to Ayanokouji. Afterward, Tsubasa caught up with Oreki to deliver water Ichinose had left for him.

• Oreki greeted Ichinose at the volleyball area, and Hoshinomiya Chie persuaded the girls to proceed once Tsubasa arrived as the sixth participant.
• Tsubasa told Oreki she wanted to oppose Ayanokouji's father but was unsure whether Ayanokouji deserved blame or whether she should stay at the school.
• Ichinose and Tsubasa's team won the girls' beach volleyball assignment, and all participants received points and canned water.
• Sakayanagi discussed the tea stems and the restrictions on contact between boys and girls with Kamuro and Yanagi.
• Oreki left to look for another assignment, and Tsubasa followed him with a bottle of water Ichinose had left behind.

Oreki learned that Tsubasa had been recruited to help frame Ayanokouji but encouraged her to choose her own ambitions instead. After checking the exam rankings and finding Rei Ibuki’s tent, he confronted the dehydrated Ibuki, who was angry that he had entered it.

• Honami’s reward supplies reminded Oreki that students could freely give assignment rewards to others.
• Tsubasa revealed the plan for her, Sakurako Haru, Utsunomiya, and Ichika Amasawa to use a staged fight and evidence to force Ayanokouji’s expulsion.
• Oreki urged Tsubasa to find her own purpose and resist becoming a pawn of Ayanokouji’s father, and she decided not to give up.
• Oreki completed four assignments, bringing his score to 64 points, then spent 10 resource points to check the rankings and saw himself in first place.
• Oreki found a tent with fourteen books and empty water bottles, then lit a fire nearby and waited.
• Rei Ibuki arrived dehydrated and accused Oreki of entering her tent.

Oreki spoke with Ibuki during the deserted-island exam and suggested she consider becoming a police officer, prompting him to realize he had changed her ambitions. After learning that Ibuki knew nothing about Shiina’s future plans, Oreki left and used the tablet GPS to head toward Horikita, who was setting up camp nearby.

• Oreki offered Ibuki water, and she took the half bottle he had already drunk from in exchange for jerky.
• Ibuki asked whether Oreki liked Horikita, and he told her he was dating Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Ibuki explained that she had wanted to become an astronomer but doubted her ability to understand the subject.
• Oreki suggested that Ibuki become a police officer because she had a strong sense of justice and was physically capable; Ibuki said the idea sounded good.
• Oreki asked Ibuki about Shiina’s future plans, but Ibuki said their relationship was only average and she knew nothing.
• Oreki noticed Horikita was about a ten-minute walk away and headed toward her while she set up camp.

Houtarou Oreki found Horikita Suzune working at camp and noticed that she was acting unusually distant after they had been apart for a week. When he tried to check on her health, she closed her eyes as though expecting a kiss, then seemed conflicted when she realized what he intended.

• Houtarou Oreki helped Horikita Suzune drive a tent peg into the ground and told her he had teamed up with Rokosuke Kōenji again.
• Horikita Suzune recalled her uncertain feelings for Oreki and stepped away, saying she wanted to shower before bed.
• Oreki offered to stand watch while Horikita showered, but she refused.
• After Horikita returned, Oreki asked to shake hands, and she hesitated before refusing.
• Oreki leaned in to check Horikita's temperature, and she closed her eyes until she realized he was not trying to kiss her.

Oreki stayed with Horikita, and the two held hands before Tsubasa Nanase unexpectedly arrived. Tsubasa reported seeing her teacher, Sumakiden, fight and injure Ichika Amasawa, leaving Oreki to consider reporting the teacher as a suspect in the other student attacks.

• Oreki stayed with Horikita and shared fire-cooked food with her while they talked about his time near the supply points.
• Oreki called Horikita his friend and interlaced his fingers with hers when she reached to shake his hand.
• Tsubasa Nanase tracked Oreki down and interrupted them, leaving Horikita distracted after Oreki let go of her hand.
• Tsubasa told Oreki she had seen Sumakiden fighting Ichika Amasawa and that Amasawa fled with her left arm hanging limply.
• Oreki suggested reporting Sumakiden to the faculty and connected the teacher to the attacks on Komiyama and Kinoshita, though he knew Yagami was responsible for those attacks.

After Tsubasa Nanase reported that Sumakiden had attacked Ichika Amasawa, Oreki found the injured Amasawa and persuaded her to return to the D6 area as a witness. Amasawa also revealed that Takuya Yagami had attacked Komiyama and Kinoshita, while Oreki already knew their White Room connection.

• Tsubasa Nanase told Oreki that she had seen Sumakiden attack Amasawa, then lost track of Amasawa and came to find him.
• Oreki sent Tsubasa to stay with Horikita and left to alert the teachers and search for Amasawa.
• Oreki deduced that Amasawa was nearby, and she emerged from the woods with an injured arm.
• Oreki asked Amasawa to cooperate in getting Sumakiden expelled, and she agreed to return with him so her injuries and testimony could be documented.
• On the way to D6, Amasawa admitted that Takuya Yagami had attacked Komiyama and Kinoshita, and explained that she had followed him and tried to cover up his actions.

Oreki uncovered Amasawa’s connection to the White Room and learned that Sumakiden had planned to use her to lure Ayanokouji into an attack. After bringing Amasawa to the D6 supply point, he found that Teacher Bando was seeking to end the exam, while Sakayanagi stayed by his side.

• Amasawa told Oreki that Sumakiden, a White Room instructor, had wanted her to lure Ayanokouji to a designated area so he could force his expulsion, but she had refused.
• Oreki explained that Yagami’s attempt to frame Kushida exposed him, and that Tsukishiro had already told him White Room Students would be enrolled.
• Amasawa stopped resisting and followed Oreki to D6, reflecting that she wanted to understand the freedom Ayanokouji had chosen over the White Room.
• Amasawa revealed that Tsukishiro had recruited other first-years to target Ayanokouji, though most were mainly pursuing a high score and class advantage.
• At D6, Teacher Bando learned that Sumakiden had attacked students and said he would ask Tsukishiro to terminate the exam.
• Sakayanagi brought Oreki a towel after his return, then remained beside him.

Oreki and Sakayanagi organized a mass student forfeit to end the Deserted Island exam despite Tsukishiro’s refusal, leaving only three students in the rankings. Tsukishiro learned the next morning that the exam had ended and was stunned by the students’ tactic.

• Tsukishiro rejected a request to end the exam and ordered the suspected Teacher Sumakiden returned while prohibiting further discussion of the attack.
• Ichika Amasawa reported that the plan had failed, and Oreki suggested ending the exam by having the students forfeit.
• Oreki and Sakayanagi arranged for students to be notified and offered fifty thousand points to each student who forfeited.
• Tsukishiro prepared to support Sumakiden in a final attempt to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, believing the mission was nearing completion.
• The next morning, Suma Bando informed Tsukishiro that every student except the top three had forfeited, forcing the exam to end, and sent him the remaining rankings.

After the special exam ended early, Tsukishiro met with Oreki and asked what had happened, paying him for the explanation. Oreki revealed how the students had thwarted Sumakiden and Yagami’s plans, then began to describe some complications they faced.

• Tsukishiro reviewed the exam results as the Class A homeroom teachers reported that the exam and withdrawals were over.
• The students returned to the cruise ship, while Ryuuen’s class counted its earnings from selling supplies.
• Oreki received one million Private Points from Tsukishiro in exchange for ten minutes of his time and met him at Esther's Stocking Hotel.
• Oreki explained that Yagami had approached Ayanokouji, partly revealed Tsukishiro’s offer, and later attacked Komiyama and the others.
• Oreki said Sumakiden had pursued a decoy wearing Ayanokouji’s wristband through the night, while Ayanokouji had already withdrawn and the decoy had returned to the ship.
• Tsukishiro understood that the students had ended the exam to prevent the adults’ planned violence, and Oreki began describing complications they had encountered.

Oreki secured the Points Tsukishiro owed for the exam and arranged to distribute the rewards and compensation among the students. As the gathering began dividing the money, Nagumo challenged the withdrawal compensation plan, leaving the students to negotiate how the funds would be allocated.

• Oreki made Tsukishiro pay the 50,000 Points used to buy off students who withdrew, in addition to the other amounts owed.
• Kōenji met Ayanokouji on the deck, and the two realized they were both waiting for someone.
• Chairman Sakayanagi arrived by helicopter to deal with the violent assault and the failed attempt to expel Ayanokouji.
• Oreki gathered class representatives in the theater and distributed the exam’s rankings, Class Points, Private Points, and withdrawal compensation.
• Nagumo objected to the first-years receiving 50,000 Points each and proposed reducing their compensation to make up for the third-years’ lost early-withdrawal rewards.

The first-year results made Class 1-B the new Class A, while Oreki and the other grade leaders divided the enormous betting profits from the Uninhabited Island exam. Sakayanagi confronted Nagumo about his money, and Oreki reflected on the brutal White Room upbringing that shaped Takuya Yagami and his fixation on Ayanokouji.

• Utsunomiya's class earned third place and 100 class evaluation points, bringing Class 1-B to 850 points and making it the new Class A.
• Oreki divided the exam betting profits among the grade leaders, while Nagumo arranged to pay Kiriyama the promised 10 million Points.
• Sakayanagi arrived with Hashimoto, Kito, and Kamuro and asked Nagumo how many Points he had available, making him uneasy.
• Oreki met Kōenji, who praised his result but said he hoped to compete against him again.
• Oreki considered his growing wealth and recalled the White Room's harsh training, which had shaped Takuya Yagami's drive to surpass Ayanokouji.

Oreki learned that Sakayanagi was arranging a low-cost special exam for the second- and third-years after the school canceled its original plans. Sakayanagi revealed that she was saving up to leave school early, while Oreki avoided Kei’s invitation to visit her room.

• Oreki learned that the first-years’ cruise ship exam had begun and that his class had reached a record 3,568.5 Class Points after the Uninhabited Island exam.
• Kei told Oreki that Sakayanagi had gone with Katsuragi and Kiriyama to discuss a replacement exam, then invited him to her room; Oreki declined.
• Sakayanagi and the teachers agreed on a lower-cost Student Council exam that excluded its members from participation and compensated them with 50,000 Points each.
• Sakayanagi told Kamuro that she wanted to leave school early and was saving for 100 million in cash, with 83 million Private Points already in her account.