Recaps

Class 3-B struggled to reach unanimous agreement on expelling a student while requiring everyone to pay compensation. Oreki offered to withdraw from school without payment, leaving the class to focus on its next special examination.

• Oreki questioned the students who opposed paying more than five million points, and Hoshinomiya Chie admitted she thought one million would be a fairer cost.
• Oreki realized his mission required helping Class 3-B complete the unanimous-choice examination, regardless of how they did it.
• Class 3-B eventually voted unanimously to expel someone and agreed that each student would pay three million points, then began drawing lots to choose the student.
• When the lots reached him, Oreki volunteered to withdraw without compensation and urged his classmates to do their best in the next examination.
• Midori, Hoshinomiya Chie, and the other students reacted with shock to Oreki's offer.

Oreki completed his task in the Unanimous Exam and used Teleportation to visit young Sakayanagi Arisu, hoping to learn her birth date so he could travel back and heal her frail body. After she gave him the date, he left abruptly, and her father noticed a perfume scent in the room.

• Oreki completed his task after the four third-year classes each expelled a classmate, raising their class points.
• Oreki teleported to young Sakayanagi Arisu’s study to ask for her exact birth date so he could use his healing ability in the past.
• Young Sakayanagi corrected a mistake on her schoolwork and gave Oreki the date he needed.
• Oreki teleported away, and Sakayanagi’s father entered the study and asked why it smelled like perfume.

Oreki used his new Time Travel skill to visit Sakayanagi Arisu’s unborn past and restore her mother, then returned to the present and found Class D choosing a student to expel for 500 points. The chapter ended as Kei Karuizawa identified Kanji Ike as the class’s lowest-rated student.

• Sakayanagi Arisu asked her father to identify Oreki, and he recalled the boy as a delinquent who had touched her mother’s pregnant stomach.
• Oreki used Time Travel to reach Sakayanagi’s mother and repeatedly applied Restoration to her abdomen before fleeing from Sakayanagi’s father.
• Sakayanagi’s mother told her husband that Oreki’s touch had made her feel as if her body had been healed.
• Oreki returned to the present and arrived in a camera-free hallway outside Class D’s classroom.
• Kei Karuizawa announced that Kanji Ike had the lowest OAA evaluation as Class D moved toward expelling a student for 500 points.

Oreki encountered Chairman Sakayanagi and learned that Sakayanagi Arisu’s health problems had not been cured, while Class 2-D’s unanimous-vote exam ended with Ike Kanji chosen for expulsion. The teachers then recalled their own past exam and discussed how compensation might have eased the guilt of sacrificing a classmate.

• Oreki met Chairman Sakayanagi, who remembered a boy harassing his pregnant wife and blamed him for Sakayanagi Arisu’s poor health.
• Teacher Majima announced the exam results, with Class 2-D gaining 500 points and Ike Kanji facing expulsion.
• Ike Kanji accepted the decision and returned to the dormitory to pack his belongings before leaving school.
• Hoshinomiya Chie recalled that her class had once compensated a voluntarily expelled student by promising each classmate would pay him five million yen if they reached Class A.
• Teacher Majima considered the compensation proposal, but Suma Bando stopped him because he was still in debt.

Oreki rushed to help Sakayanagi Arisu after she suddenly fainted, and his Restoration Ability revealed that she was already in optimal condition. A doctor confirmed that Arisu’s heartbeat sounded normal, leaving Chairman Sakayanagi to agree that she needed a hospital examination.

• Kamuro told Oreki that Sakayanagi Arisu had suddenly fainted, and he hurried to Class A to check on her.
• Chabashira felt that her memories of the student who had dropped out were incomplete, while Hoshinomiya Chie recalled his dark green eyes.
• Kamuro caught Sakayanagi Arisu as she collapsed, and Oreki carried her from the classroom.
• Oreki tried to use his Restoration Ability on Sakayanagi Arisu, but the system said she was already in optimal condition.
• The Infirmary doctor reported that Sakayanagi Arisu’s heartbeat sounded normal, and Oreki recommended that she be examined at a hospital.

Oreki confirmed that Sakayanagi’s condition was improving, and she was taken by ambulance for a hospital examination while he stayed at school. Back in his room, Karuizawa told him she felt guilty about helping expel Ike for 500 Class Points, and Oreki began explaining how compensation could have made the choice safer.

• Chairman Sakayanagi questioned Oreki, then arranged an ambulance and accompanied Arisu to the hospital while Oreki stayed behind.
• Oreki returned to Class A and assured Kōenji, Katsuragi, Hashimoto, and Kito that Sakayanagi was improving.
• Katsuragi took responsibility for collecting the phones submitted by the expelled Class D students.
• Karuizawa visited Oreki and admitted that she felt burdened after leading the class’s decision to expel Ike for 500 Class Points.
• Oreki explained that the class could have compensated the expelled student so the sacrifice would not be a loss for them.

Oreki waited for Sakayanagi Arisu to return and discovered she had recovered from her heart condition; she visited his room, eager to make up for their missed chances. The next morning, Sakayanagi encountered Ichika Amasawa, whose presence stirred her instinctive hostility.

• Oreki agreed that Karuizawa's choice had been worthwhile but warned against paying a price whenever a student was expelled.
• Sakayanagi stayed away from school and sent word that she needed another week to recuperate, leaving Student Council duties to Katsuragi and the others.
• Katsuragi presented the class's combined Cultural Festival plans for fried noodles, coffee and desserts, and takoyaki.
• On the fourth evening of Sakayanagi's absence, Oreki found her hiding under his quilt; she said her heart condition had been cured and showed him a box of condoms.
• The next morning, Sakayanagi met Ichika Amasawa in the Shopping District, and Amasawa remarked that Sakayanagi looked weak.

Arisu Sakayanagi encouraged Ichika Amasawa to approach Oreki, believing it would solve several problems, then returned to Class A and discussed her recovery and plans for the Cultural Festival. The chapter ended with Sakayanagi offering to have her newly acquired shop supply drinks for the class’s food stall.

• Sakayanagi told Amasawa not to date like an ordinary girl at school, while deliberately encouraging her to approach Oreki and experience the difficulties of dating him.
• Sakayanagi reasoned that involving Amasawa would help manage Oreki’s energy and let her watch Sato suffer.
• On Monday, Sakayanagi officially returned to her classroom, where classmates asked about her improved health.
• Sakayanagi said her improved mood and being nourished by love might have helped her recover, and she hoped to participate in the Sports Festival.
• The class discussed its Cultural Festival food stall, and Sakayanagi offered to have her newly acquired shop cover the drinks.

Oreki visited Class 2-D’s Cultural Festival maid café, where the class planned to use Chabashira’s paid hour to have her serve in a maid outfit. He approached Sakura instead of Horikita and encouraged the shy girl to keep working on her confidence.

• Sakayanagi used the Milk Tea Shop that Nagumo had given her to subsidize Class A’s festival sales.
• Class 2-D planned a maid café and arranged to buy an hour of Chabashira’s time without telling her they intended to dress her as a maid.
• Oreki noticed that Horikita and Amasawa had been avoiding him and received a message consisting of a single period.
• Oreki approached the logistics workers, passed Horikita, and asked Sakura whether she would perform onstage.
• Sakura said she would manage the café and logistics, and Oreki offered to help her build her confidence.

Airi asked Oreki to help her become bolder, while Horikita received his private praise for her maid outfit. The Cultural Festival opened with Class A selling food and Oreki heading toward Class 2-D’s Maid Cafe, where Hasebe greeted Chabashira and Hoshinomiya.

• Airi asked Oreki to help her become more confident, and he agreed.
• Oreki messaged Horikita that she looked beautiful in her maid outfit and said he did not want others seeing her dressed that way.
• President Sakayanagi announced the Cultural Festival’s sales-based class rewards and opened the event to its specially selected guests.
• Class A began selling yakisoba and drinks, while Oreki noticed the third-years had chosen not to run stalls.
• Oreki accompanied Chabashira and Hoshinomiya to Class 2-D’s Maid Cafe, where Hasebe welcomed them and said bringing Hoshinomiya was perfect.

Oreki encountered Atsuomi Ayanokouji confronting Kiyotaka at the school festival and backed Kiyotaka’s refusal to withdraw. After Atsuomi left, Kiyotaka began to consider breaking free from his father’s control rather than returning to him after graduation.

• Karuizawa and Hasebe pressured Chabashira and Hoshinomiya to wear maid outfits after accepting class points.
• Oreki spotted Kiyotaka meeting Atsuomi and Chairman Sakayanagi at a first-year cafe.
• Atsuomi urged Kiyotaka to sign a withdrawal application, but Kiyotaka refused and said his school life was the freedom he had never had.
• Oreki opposed Kiyotaka’s withdrawal, cited their agreement about a future political proposal, and questioned Atsuomi about Matsuo.
• Atsuomi gave Kiyotaka half a day to reconsider and left, while Sakayanagi affirmed that the school would reject any withdrawal signed under pressure.
• Oreki told Kiyotaka that his father was the one restricting his freedom, prompting Kiyotaka to consider dealing with Atsuomi himself.

Oreki visited Class 2-C’s takoyaki stall, where Ryuuen’s students used threats of expulsion and sympathy to attract customers. He left after giving Shiina Hiyori a Private Points Card worth five million points, stunning her and Ibuki.

• Oreki saw Shiho Manabe and Daichi Ishizaki handing out flyers that warned the lowest-selling student could be expelled, and he paid Daichi to guide him to Class 2-C’s stall.
• Oreki found the Class 2-C students aggressively using sob stories to sell takoyaki, while Ibuki stood apart from the sales pitch.
• Oreki praised Ibuki’s appearance in her kimono and spoke with Shiina Hiyori when she returned to the stall.
• Oreki declined Hiyori’s takoyaki, gave her a Private Points Card, and left for Class 2-D.
• Hiyori scanned the card and discovered that it contained five million Private Points.

Oreki left Shiina 5 million points before heading to Class 2-D’s poorly located maid cafe, where he expected a plan involving Teacher Chabashira to attract customers. Horikita, Kushida, and Hasebe forced Chabashira and Hoshinomiya Chie into maid outfits, and the resulting publicity began drawing attention as Chabashira struggled to join the cafe.

• Shiina debated whether to share the 5 million points Oreki had given her, while Ibuki asked how many points he had provided.
• Oreki left Class C and went to Class 2-D’s maid cafe, which was hidden in the Special Building and had few customers or participating students.
• Horikita and Hasebe made Chabashira and Hoshinomiya Chie change into maid outfits, and Kushida prepared a message to publicize the teachers’ appearance.
• Kushida sent the notice to the class group chat, prompting students to discuss returning to help attract customers.
• Hoshinomiya served Amako Amigou and offered her a photo for 2,000 points, while Chabashira asked Sakura what she was supposed to do.

Sakura followed Oreki’s advice and had Chabashira join the Maid Cafe by simply standing in the classroom, where the teacher’s maid outfit drew the girls’ attention. Oreki arrived as a guest, leaving Chabashira and Horikita flustered while the students prepared to make Chabashira the cafe’s main attraction.

• Sakura told Chabashira that Oreki had advised her to enter the classroom and do nothing beyond the minimum.
• Chabashira recognized Oreki’s name and was ushered into the classroom, where she stood shyly in her maid outfit.
• Sakura asked to photograph Chabashira, and Sato tried to join her before noticing Karuizawa had disappeared.
• Oreki arrived, and Karuizawa greeted him as a master while Chabashira grew nervous and Horikita blushed.
• Oreki asked to take a picture with Chabashira, and Hasebe explained that photos with the teacher cost twice as much.

Oreki arranged a maid-outfit photo with Chabashira, whose nervousness grew as he comforted her by taking her hand. He then ended the class’s festival event, gave them two Private Points Cards, and predicted they would win the Cultural Festival by revenue.

• Oreki approached Chabashira and reassured her before Sakura began photographing them.
• Sakura struggled to get Chabashira to smile naturally, and Oreki took Chabashira’s hand to calm her.
• Sakura finished the photos, and Oreki acknowledged that the request had put too much pressure on Chabashira.
• Oreki told Karuizawa to close the event for the day and handed over two Private Points Cards as a tip.
• Oreki predicted that their class would take first place in the Cultural Festival by revenue, leaving Matsushita puzzled.

Oreki planned to end Class D’s Cultural Festival exam by giving a 20 million-point tip, but the Maid Cafe shut before the teachers who came to see Chabashira in a maid outfit could get a glimpse. Meanwhile, Ichika Amasawa pressured Kikyou Kushida into spending time with her, leaving Oreki concerned about what Amasawa might do.

• Oreki told Matsushita that his 20 million-point tip was genuine and would not be taken back, then learned that Ichika Amasawa had taken Kikyou Kushida away.
• After Oreki left, the news about Chabashira’s maid outfit drew teachers to Class D’s cafe, but Hasebe announced that it was closed and offered them free coffee.
• The teachers discovered that Chabashira and Hoshinomiya were in their usual work clothes, and realized they had been lured there under false pretenses.
• Amasawa walked through the festival with Kushida and demanded that she change clothes and spend thirty minutes with her, threatening to expose her dark past if she refused.
• Kushida resented Amasawa’s threat and feared that her carefully built relationships would collapse if her secret became known.

During the Cultural Festival, Ichika Amasawa drew Kushida into a shooting game and questioned her about her relationship with Houtarou Oreki. The chapter left Kushida filling out a detailed survey about Oreki, with Ichika correcting her answers.

• Ichika told Kushida she had read her file and asked Kushida to spend time with her, then brought her to Class 1-D’s shooting stall.
• Kushida paid for five rounds, but Ichika missed every balloon and won only two hair ties.
• Ichika said the plan to expel Ayanokouji had failed and that she might be expelled herself soon.
• At an outdoor cafe, Ichika revealed she had noticed Kushida’s visits to Oreki’s dorm and asked what they did there.
• Ichika gave Kushida a detailed questionnaire about Oreki, and Kushida began answering it before correcting an answer about his favorite body part.

During the Cultural Festival, Ichika Amasawa teased Kushida and then toured the festival with Oreki, drawing Sakayanagi’s attention. At a shooting stall, Nanase questioned why Amasawa was with Oreki, while Oreki kept Atsuomi Ayanokouji’s visit to the festival secret.

• Amasawa gave Kushida a sachet that contained a packaged condom, then left her behind.
• Oreki confronted Amasawa about following Kushida, and Amasawa accepted his invitation to tour the Cultural Festival together.
• Kamuro told Sakayanagi that Oreki had visited Class 2-D’s Maid Cafe, but Sakayanagi said not to mind him and resolved to note which maid outfits he liked.
• Amasawa tested Oreki by hugging his arm, then accompanied him to Class 1-D’s shooting stall.
• Nanase charged Amasawa 100 Private Points per shot and quietly asked Oreki why he was with her.
• Oreki told Nanase they had run into each other and concealed that Atsuomi Ayanokōji had visited the School Festival.

At the Cultural Festival, Amasawa taught Oreki to shoot and flirted with him while Sakayanagi watched without concern. Oreki wondered whether Amasawa was trying to win him over, and she suggested he might be interested in her.

• Amasawa demonstrated her excellent aim at Nanase's shooting stall and helped Oreki win prizes, which he left behind so the stall could keep operating.
• Sakayanagi and Kamuro spotted Amasawa holding Oreki's hand, but Sakayanagi dismissed her as bait and continued patrolling.
• Oreki recalled that Amasawa might leave school and raise their future child alone, and he considered offering her financial support.
• Amasawa told Oreki that walking around with him was a new experience, and Oreki asked whether she was trying to win him over.
• Amasawa asked whether Oreki had become aware of her or was interested in her.

Oreki and Amasawa visited Ichinose’s class haunted house, where Ichinose filled in as a ghost and was surprised to see them together. Afterward, Oreki gave Amasawa a Private Points Card as compensation for Sakayanagi’s apparent plan to bring her closer to him, then spotted Utsunomiya and Tsubaki approaching.

• Oreki and Amasawa went to Ichinose’s class haunted house, where Ichinose was temporarily playing the ghost.
• Ichinose saw Oreki arrive with Amasawa clinging to his arm and learned that Sakayanagi had approved Amasawa’s closeness to him.
• Oreki invited Ichinose to join them after she finished filling in, but she stayed with her classmates.
• Oreki asked Amasawa whether Sakayanagi had arranged for her to get close to him, and Amasawa said that was her conclusion.
• Oreki handed Amasawa a Private Points Card as compensation and offered to exchange it for cash if she ever chose to leave school early.
• Oreki noticed Utsunomiya and Tsubaki, now Class A students, approaching their table.

The Cultural Festival results were announced, with Class 2-D taking first place thanks to enormous customer tips and Class 2-A finishing second. As students discussed the prize money, Ichika Amasawa discovered Oreki’s card held 60 million Points, while Horikita’s class debated how to divide its festival earnings.

• Sakurako Tsubaki told Riku Utsunomiya she resented Ayanokouji for leaving without helping her sister, who had deteriorated after he visited.
• The festival ended, and staff tallied Class 2-D’s tips at 20 million Points, while Shiina kept Oreki’s Private Points Card for herself and gave Ibuki a portion.
• The Student Council posted the rankings, placing Class 2-D first, Class 2-A second, and Class 2-C fourth, with each of the top four receiving 100 Class Points.
• A former Class 1-A student asked Ichika Amasawa to become class representative, but she was distracted after scanning Oreki’s card and finding it contained 60 million Points.
• Horikita’s class debated how to divide its 20.013 million Points in Maid Cafe revenue, while Hasebe suggested distributing it by contribution and Teacher Chabashira denied that Oreki had come specifically for her.

After the Cultural Festival, Oreki and Arisu Sakayanagi went on a date, where they discussed his closeness with other girls and Sakayanagi’s role in arranging for Ichika Amasawa to approach him. Later, Sae Chabashira refused her share of the Maid Cafe’s points and asked Oreki to meet her by the lake railing.

• Oreki told the girls to divide the Private Points he had given them, leaving his account with around ten million points.
• During their Shopping District date, Sakayanagi questioned Oreki about spending the Cultural Festival with other girls, and he explained that he had been helping Kikyou Kushida after Ichika Amasawa called her away.
• Oreki asked Sakayanagi why she had arranged for Amasawa to approach him, and Sakayanagi said Amasawa’s stamina could make up for her own physical limitations.
• After Oreki walked Sakayanagi back to her dormitory, Chabashira messaged him that she could not accept ten million points and asked to meet by the lake railing.
• Oreki went to the railing and found Chabashira already there, standing with her back to him.

Oreki comforted Chabashira by holding her hand, stirring memories of a mysterious classmate from her school days. The chapter then shifted to the start of the new month, as the second-year classes gathered for a special exam announcement and Teacher Majima displayed the class scores.

• Oreki held Chabashira's hand and used his Restoration ability, while Chabashira sensed a connection to a long-forgotten classmate.
• Chabashira recalled a dream in which the classmate who had sacrificed himself for the class resembled Oreki, but she dismissed the resemblance as a result of thinking about him.
• Class 2-D gathered for homeroom, and Chabashira recovered from her distraction and turned on the electronic blackboard.
• Teacher Majima congratulated Class A on completing its Cultural Festival project and displayed the scores: Class 2-A had 3668.5 points and Class 2-B had 1751.5 points.

Teacher Majima explained the Sports Festival exam, where students would earn personal Points through events and classes would compete for class evaluation points. Individual winners could choose a temporary Class Transfer Ticket, and Sakayanagi noted that a ticket holder might later be chosen to leave if another exam required a student’s expulsion.

• Class 2-D returned to Class C after the class evaluation points changed.
• Teacher Majima announced the Sports Festival rules, event categories, and class-ranking rewards.
• The school offered individual winners Private Points or a Class Transfer Ticket that would move them to another class for one semester.
• Hashimoto asked whether incoming ticket holders would affect Class 2-A’s situation.
• Sakayanagi suggested that a transferred student could be selected to leave if a future exam required a classmate’s expulsion.

The Sports Festival offered first-place boys and girls 2 million Private Points or a Class Transfer Ticket, giving third-years a chance to reach Class A before graduating. Amasawa’s class saw the event as an opportunity to regain Class A and planned to persuade her to choose the Points if she won.

• Sakayanagi considered how third-years could use a Class Transfer Ticket to reach Class A, while warning Kōenji that he could become a target if he did not cooperate.
• Class 3-B’s teacher told her students that first place could offer a path to Class A, and Kiriyama recognized the opportunity to avoid spending Points to transfer.
• Nagumo weighed whether Kiriyama or Kiryuin might rise to Class A and worried about Kiryuin’s refusal to follow orders.
• Amasawa’s class noted that it was only 100 class evaluation Points behind Utsunomiya’s class and believed its strong athletes and Amasawa could help it win.
• Amasawa’s classmates decided to talk with her before the Sports Festival and urge her to choose 2 million Private Points rather than a Class Transfer Ticket if she took first place.