Recaps

Kikyou Kushida met with Houtarou Oreki for their usual session, asked why he had excluded her from Class D’s exam plan, and learned he might marry Horikita Suzune in the future. Kushida, seeing Oreki’s interest in Horikita as a challenge, decided to make a move on him and shared some information.

• After showering, Kikyou Kushida sat on Houtarou Oreki’s lap to begin their session.
• Kushida asked why Oreki had left her out of the exam plan, and he said he wanted to protect her reputation as Class D’s little angel.
• Kushida asked whether Oreki liked or was dating Horikita Suzune, and he said he might marry her in five or ten years.
• Kushida interpreted Oreki’s answer as interest in Horikita and decided to make the first move, then contributed information before they left the cabin.

Oreki and Kushida returned to Class D’s camp, where students were guarding their base after Kōenji had seized Class B’s vegetable garden. The chapter also left the teachers wondering why Oreki and a Class A student had spent an hour together at the newly discovered base, while Class D’s deal with Class A promised continued living expenses.

• The teachers waited on the beach and wondered why nobody had returned to claim the newly discovered 41st Base.
• The teachers speculated that Oreki and the Class A student might have used the cabin as a secret place to meet.
• Oreki and Kushida arrived at Class D’s cave camp, where three students guarded the entrance against possible retaliation.
• Kushida explained that Kōenji had seized Class B’s base overnight, forcing its students to relocate and leaving them exhausted.
• The Class D students’ agreement with Class A guaranteed Class D monthly living expenses through graduation, even if its class evaluation Points fell to zero.

Oreki visited Class D’s base and spoke with Ayanokouji and the students who had stayed behind, while considering why Kushida had followed him. Ishizaki asked about Class C’s missing students, and Oreki explained how Ibuki ended up with Class B.

• Oreki told Ayanokouji that Class B and Class C’s alliance let Class B preserve its base Points until the exam ended.
• Yukimura told Oreki that the boys had gone searching for undiscovered bases while the girls gathered fruit and corn.
• Oreki noticed Kushida’s mood worsen and suspected she had left the camp to avoid the boys’ attention.
• Ishizaki told Oreki he was worried that other students who opposed Ryuuen might be stranded on the island.
• Oreki explained that Class B had taken Class C’s supplies and then taken in Ibuki after his classmates found her alone beneath a tree.

Oreki explained to Daichi Ishizaki that he was still honoring his loan agreement with Class B, making Ishizaki question Ryuuen’s claims about him. He then spoke with Horikita Suzune about the Deserted Island exam’s reward Points and Daichi’s presence in Class D, leaving her wondering why he had sought her out.

• Oreki told Daichi Ishizaki that Nagumo’s five-million-Point requirement had stopped the shop plan, but he was still honoring his agreement to pay Class B interest.
• Oreki left Class D’s cave with Kikyou Kushida, who said she was disgusted by the boys who wanted to confess to her and would reject Oreki too.
• At the girls’ cornfield, Oreki spoke briefly to Airi Sakura, then called Horikita Suzune away to spare Sakura the other girls’ attention.
• Horikita questioned Oreki’s decision to give Kōenji two hundred reward Points, and Oreki said Class D needed someone to keep its students from breaking their agreement.
• Horikita told Oreki that Daichi Ishizaki had entered Class D and seemed unusually friendly toward Kōenji; Oreki said Ishizaki was a Class C spy and Kōenji would handle him.

Oreki restored Horikita Suzune’s health by holding her hand, while Horikita wondered whether her reactions to him meant anything and questioned him about Kikyou Kushida. After Oreki sent Horikita back to the cornfield, he spoke with Airi Sakura about her past as a model and her trouble with unwanted attention.

• Oreki asked Horikita to shake his hand again, and she agreed after deciding he needed help resisting Kikyou Kushida’s beauty attacks.
• Oreki used his Restoration Ability to return Horikita’s physical condition to before she fell ill.
• Horikita kept holding Oreki’s hand and questioned him about his feelings, his body temperature, and what had happened with Kikyou Kushida.
• Oreki took Horikita back to the cornfield and then asked Sakura if he could touch her head.
• Oreki offered to help Sakura with people who had confessed to her, and Sakura revealed that she used to be a model but feared being pestered because she was introverted.

Oreki’s interactions with Sakura, Kushida, and Horikita drew attention on the island, while Sakayanagi Arisu received a message about her upcoming exam. Over the next few days the island exam continued, and Kushida reported that Class B and Class D had been taken down.

• Yamauchi and Ike discussed using failed confessions to improve their chances with girls, but saw Oreki patting Sakura’s head and lost their nerve.
• Kamuro noticed a girl’s scent on Oreki’s clothes, and Oreki teased her about sniffing them.
• Sakayanagi Arisu visited her father at school, received a message from a third-year student, and realized her exam had arrived.
• Horikita Suzune continued shaking hands with Oreki each day, while Oreki later accompanied Kushida to the manager’s cabin.
• On the sixth day, Kushida told Oreki that Class B and Class D had been taken down.

Class A prepared for the deserted-island exam results as Oreki explained their expected score to Kamuro, while Ryuuen unexpectedly appeared with Class C at the final announcement. Ryuuen learned that all three other classes had guessed his identity as Class C’s leader, leaving him with zero points and a further class-point deduction.

• Oreki and Kamuro cleaned Class A’s campsite while Kamuro asked how the class had done; Oreki estimated that Class A would finish with about 470 points.
• Oreki noted that Class B had lost its leader’s secrecy after Ibuki and Kaneda were exposed as spies, leaving Ichinose’s class in a difficult position.
• Ryuuen appeared with the students at the results announcement despite Class C having been declared withdrawn, revealing that he had survived on the island.
• Katsuragi, Ichinose, and Meiyu Wang told Ryuuen that their classes had all named him during the leader-guessing phase.
• Majima informed Ryuuen that he had earned zero points and that Class C would lose another 100 class evaluation points.

Kakeru Ryuuen discovered that his leader identity had been guessed by every class, while Class D’s leader had changed from Rokosuke Kōenji to Meiyu Wang. As the island exam results were announced, Ryuuen realized his week of hardship had earned him nothing.

• Ryuuen learned that Houtarou Oreki had taken Ibuki from Class A and delivered her to Class B, leaving him with only two leader-guessing rewards to pursue.
• Ryuuen confirmed that Rokosuke Kōenji’s Leader Card had been genuine and expected Class D’s base rewards to be invalidated if Kōenji’s identity was guessed correctly.
• Ryuuen found Katsuragi, Totsuka Yahiko, the Class B representative, and Meiyu Wang waiting at the beach, and learned they had all written down his name as Class C’s leader.
• Ryuuen realized he had guessed Chihiro Shiroha correctly but Kōenji incorrectly, while every other class had correctly identified him, leaving him with zero points.
• Teacher Majima began announcing the exam results at ten o’clock, with the teachers and Ryuuen’s class representatives gathered to hear them.

Class D won the Deserted Island exam with 650 points, moving above Class C in the class rankings, while Ryuuen’s Class C scored zero. After Ryuuen demanded to know how the other classes identified him as their Leader, Ichinose explained how Ibuki had stolen and photographed Class B’s Leader Card.

• Teacher Majima announced that Class C had scored zero, Class B 300 points, Class A 471 points, and Class D 650 points.
• The new evaluation scores placed Class D above Class C, prompting Airi to note that their class had risen to Class C.
• Ryuuen rejected the result and went to Ichinose to ask how his identity as Leader had been exposed.
• Ichinose recounted that Ibuki had stolen Chihiro Shiroha’s Leader Card and photographed it while Shiroha was bathing.
• Shiraha realized Ibuki had escaped with the camera and tearfully told Ichinose what had happened.

Class B learned that Ibuki had exposed Chihiro Shiroha as their leader, putting their points at risk, while Ryuuen demanded that Ichinose explain why Class B had named him as a leader. On the sixth day, Oreki decoded a message asking whether he and Sakayanagi’s little princess were dating, as Kamuro attended to him and their classmates watched.

• Class B realized Ibuki was a spy and feared that Class C could expose their leader and cost them up to 167 Points.
• Shiraha blamed herself for losing the Leader Card while her exhausted classmates comforted her.
• Ryuuen interrupted Ichinose, demanded to hear what happened next, and complained that Class B had named him as a leader.
• On the rainy sixth day, bored Class A students in a cave played with Morse Code, and Oreki decoded a question about whether he and Sakayanagi’s little princess were dating.
• Kamuro brought Oreki a peeled apple, and he realized his classmates were speculating about his relationship with Sakayanagi Arisu.

Oreki considered how to secure cooperation from another class for his plan to turn Class D into a cash machine, then learned that Ichinose was devastated after Ibuki photographed Class B’s Leader Card and fled. He borrowed an umbrella and went to offer Ichinose help, seeing her as the useful ally he had been looking for.

• Oreki reviewed his side quest’s progress and wondered how Nagumo and Manabu Horikita had earned so many points in earlier exams.
• Oreki concluded he needed control or cooperation from another class to make his plan work thoroughly.
• Kamuro reported that Ibuki had photographed Class B’s Leader Card, withdrawn, and thrown her camera into the sea.
• Oreki realized Ichinose was punishing herself in the rain after trusting Ibuki and seeing Class B’s position worsen.
• Oreki borrowed an umbrella from a Katsuragi Faction student and headed out to approach Ichinose.

Houtarou Oreki found Honami Ichinose punishing herself in the rain after Class B’s repeated failures and the leak of its leader information. He tried to comfort her, then stood in the downpour beside her as she continued to deny that he was to blame.

• Masumi Kamuro led Oreki through the rain to Ichinose, who was walking alone with a distant look in her eyes.
• Oreki offered Ichinose his umbrella and asked whether her despair came from her past mistakes as Class B’s representative; Ichinose did not answer.
• Oreki reminded Ichinose of how she had preserved her friendship with Shiraha and urged her not to give up on leading Class B.
• Oreki put away his umbrella and said he would share her punishment, but Ichinose insisted that the class’s failure was not his fault.
• Kamuro watched from a distance and considered what she had learned about Ichinose, Ibuki, and the leaked leader information.

Oreki comforted Ichinose after she blamed herself and stood in the rain, then explained how Class C had planted spies in other classes and offered Ichinose a way to protect Class B’s points. He outlined a strategy based on Kōenji’s behavior and the exam rules, leaving Ichinose to consider how her class could use it.

• Oreki urged Ichinose to get warm and rest, and Kamuro helped her shower and change into dry clothes.
• Kushida brought Ichinose ginger brown sugar tea after Oreki fetched her from Class D’s camp.
• Oreki told Ichinose that Class C had planted Daichi Ishizaki as a spy in Class D and offered Class B a friendly alliance to limit its losses.
• Kushida revealed that Kōenji had been soaking in a pond since midnight, and Oreki explained that he was exploiting the leader-change rule to protect the base points he had claimed.

Oreki advised Ichinose to change Class B’s leader by claiming illness, but she weighed the health risk against accepting the likely Points loss. The next day, all three classes guessed Kakeru Ryuuen as Class C’s leader, and Ryuuen suspected Oreki had anticipated his moves from the start.

• Oreki explained that Ichinose could replace Class B’s leader if the current leader became sick, making Ibuki’s information useless.
• Ichinose considered the plan but worried that deliberately making a classmate ill would be unfair and could cause lasting harm.
• Oreki offered an alternative: Class B could accept a 50-Point leader-guessing loss and a small base-related loss, while still guessing Ryuuen as Class C’s leader.
• Oreki argued that Ryuuen had not abandoned the exam because his spies remained on the island and Class C’s leader could still be guessed.
• The next day, Class A, Class B, and Class D all wrote down Ryuuen’s name, correctly identifying him and leaving him with zero Points.
• Ryuuen rejected Oreki’s explanation and suspected Oreki had foreseen his actions, from his staged withdrawal to his use of Ibuki as a spy.

After the Deserted Island exam, Ryuuen realized his staged violence had left him vulnerable to another penalty and further restrictions. Class D celebrated its increased score, while Horikita questioned why Kushida had received a larger reward and felt her strange illness returning; Oreki returned to his private room aboard the cruise ship.

• Suma Bando told Ryuuen that Class B students planned to report him for bullying, which could cost his class 100 Points.
• Ryuuen suspected Oreki had maneuvered him into a recorded repeat offense that would prevent him from using violence.
• Kōenji welcomed the returning students aboard the cruise ship and announced a victors' feast.
• Class D students celebrated earning 650 Points, including 50 bonus Points for correctly guessing Ryuuen as Class C’s leader on Kushida’s suggestion.
• Horikita compared her 30-Point reward with Kushida’s 50 Points, declined Kushida’s invitation, and felt her earlier sickness returning.
• Oreki returned to his private room on the luxury cruise liner and lay down on the bed.

Oreki completed his Deserted Island exam side quest and received an enhancement to his Restoration Ability, which could now return people or objects to any state from the previous week. After learning Horikita had skipped the class celebration, he realized her cold had returned and went to check on her.

• Oreki’s side quest reached completion, and he received an enhanced Restoration Ability that could restore someone to a state from within the past week.
• Oreki considered the future he had seen in a Precognitive Dream, including Sakayanagi’s illness and possible pregnancy, and wondered whether his choices could change what happened.
• Oreki read Kōenji’s invitation to a spoils celebration and Sakura’s message thanking him for making the exam safer for her.
• Oreki learned from Sakura that Horikita had skipped the celebration and might be resting in her room.
• Oreki concluded Horikita’s cold had returned because he had not used his Restoration Ability on her that day, told Kōenji to postpone the banquet, and went to check on Horikita.

Oreki went to check on Horikita after realizing she was ill, accidentally interrupted her while she was changing, and later explained why he had broken into her room. On the deck, Horikita refused to keep holding his hand and questioned the fairness of his plan, while Oreki suggested the school’s exam might not be over.

• Oreki called Sakura to get Horikita’s room number, then went to the room Horikita shared with Sakura and Kushida.
• When Horikita did not answer his call, Oreki kicked open the door and found her changing; he apologized, waited outside, and had the lock repaired.
• Oreki invited Horikita to the deck and learned that she had felt unwell and gone back to the room to sleep.
• Horikita refused Oreki’s request to hold hands, saying their routine had not helped him resist Kushida and that she had received fewer Points than Kushida.
• Oreki explained that he had placated Kushida and suggested the school might hold more than one special exam in a month.

Oreki explained that he supported Class B and raised Kushida’s popularity to prepare for a likely exam aboard the cruise ship. After Oreki restored Horikita Suzune’s health by shaking her hand, she wondered if she had feelings for him, while Ryuuen arrived and revealed he had only 50,000 Points on his phone.

• Oreki told Horikita Suzune that another exam was likely to take place aboard the cruise ship, so he had built support among students and boosted Kushida’s popularity.
• Oreki shook Horikita’s hand and used his Restoration Ability to return her body to how it had been before she fell ill.
• Horikita recognized the familiar sensation of her symptoms disappearing and wondered whether she liked Oreki.
• Ryuuen interrupted them, and Oreki mocked him for earning zero points in the exam.
• Ryuuen said he had 50,000 Points on his phone, while Oreki and Horikita remained unimpressed.

Oreki told Ryuuen about an upcoming second special exam, then reflected on his attraction to Horikita after seeing her change. He met Kikyou outside Class D’s dinner and hugged her, leaving her wondering whether their relationship had begun to feel different.

• Oreki told Ryuuen that a second special exam would take place that night or the next day, and Ryuuen paid him 50,000 points.
• Oreki explained that his connections with Class A, Class B, and Class D made Ryuuen’s preparations futile, since those classes would have an open-book exam.
• Oreki realized that seeing Horikita in her underwear had stirred both attraction and a desire to touch her, though he dismissed it as lust rather than romance.
• Oreki arranged to contact Horikita when the exam came and obtained Class D’s dinner location through Sakura.
• Oreki hugged Kikyou from behind outside the restaurant, and Kikyou accepted their embrace as a substitute for their weekly arrangement.
• Kikyou reflected that she relied on Oreki to vent her feelings and use him to socialize, though she neither liked nor completely hated him.

After the deserted island exam, Oreki spoke with Sakayanagi Arisu about the results and the possibility of another exam before they returned to school. He discovered Kamuro had been nearby and told her she would serve under him until their return, leaving her startled by the news of another exam.

• Oreki hugged Kushida to test whether his agitation over seeing Horikita meant he had feelings for her, then ended the embrace and answered Sakayanagi Arisu's call.
• Kushida left in disgust after hearing Sakayanagi's voice, while Oreki avoided her question about what he had been doing by discussing the exam results.
• Sakayanagi told Oreki that the updated class scores matched her information, and Oreki predicted another exam would take place before the students returned to school.
• Oreki received messages from Sakayanagi's faction members but noticed Kamuro had not replied.
• Oreki found Kamuro waiting behind the corner and told her to follow his orders until they returned to school; Kamuro was surprised when he mentioned another exam.

Oreki explained that the cruise ship’s next exam would be an opportunity to earn Private Points, while assuring Kamuro that Class A’s lead was secure. Kamuro realized he might have acted cautiously in the island exam because she had asked him to protect Class A, then closed her eyes as he removed a loose thread from her shoulder.

• Oreki told Kamuro the school would hold another exam and said he wanted to earn a large amount of Private Points.
• Oreki explained that Class A had 1,801 Points and enough of a lead over Class B to remain secure this year.
• Kamuro realized Oreki’s cautious strategy in the island exam might have been meant to honor her wish to keep Class A safe.
• Kamuro told Oreki that Sakayanagi had ordered her to follow him and report on his relationships.
• Oreki removed a loose thread from Kamuro’s shoulder, and she closed her eyes, mistaking his approach for a possible kiss.

Oreki reassured Kamuro that he had only removed a loose thread from her clothes before a school announcement signaled the start of another exam. Ryuuen reviewed Class C’s losses and, after learning how much Oreki and Kōenji had taken from Class D’s rewards, realized their rivals were even more ruthless than he expected.

• Oreki showed Kamuro the loose thread he had removed from her clothes, while Kamuro hid her embarrassment and Oreki wondered whether he was truly interested in Horikita.
• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that all students had received an important email, and Oreki and Kamuro recognized that another exam had begun.
• Ryuuen reviewed Class C’s 100-point penalty for its self-inflicted injury scheme and the further drop in its class ranking with Kaneda, Ishizaki, and Shiina.
• Shiina reported that the cruise ship had been circling the deserted island, supporting Oreki’s warning that another exam might happen that night or the next day.
• Ryuuen said Class C had recruited a Class D spy for 20,000 points a month and reasoned that Oreki had taken much of Class D’s reward.
• Shiina revealed that Kōenji had pledged to take 200 points and give Horikita 300 out of Class D’s 600-point target, leaving only 100 for the class, shocking Ryuuen.

After the school announced a new cruise ship exam, Oreki organized students to compare their individually assigned meeting details. Ichinose and Kanzaki agreed to cooperate with him, leaving the classes to prepare for the exam.

• Ryuuen realized Oreki had secured Horikita's 300 Points and abandoned his plan to take a share of the class's points because Class C was in a desperate position.
• The school announced that the special exam had begun and sent students messages assigning different rooms and meeting times.
• Oreki noticed the messages differed, asked Kamuro to collect Class A's information, and passed the same instruction to Classes B and D.
• Ichinose received Oreki's request to cooperate and agreed with Kanzaki, citing their debt to Oreki and concern that Ryuuen might make a move.
• Kanzaki reviewed Class B's evaluation score of 970 Points and noted that fifteen students still owed monthly payments for Oreki's failed shop plan.

Kushida gathered Class D’s exam notifications for Oreki, while he and Kamuro used records from several classes to analyze how students were assigned to rooms and time slots. Oreki joined two Class A students in Room 204, where Teacher Majima began explaining the special exam, which had divided the first-years into twelve groups.

• Kushida sent Oreki 29 Class D records showing students’ assigned rooms and times.
• Kamuro compiled the participants scheduled for Room 204, including Ichinose from Class B and Karuizawa from Class D.
• Oreki arrived at Room 204 with Shigeru Takemoto and Koji Machida shortly before their six-thirty exam slot.
• Teacher Majima asked the three students to silence their phones and prohibited photography.
• Teacher Majima distributed exam documents and explained that the school had split all first-year students into twelve groups.

Oreki studied the rules for a three-day group exam in which students had to identify a secretly assigned VIP, with early guesses affecting personal Points and class standings. As the exam approached, Teacher Majima wondered whether Oreki would prioritize widening Class A’s lead or earning Points.

• Teacher Majima distributed the group assignments and rules for the VIP exam, placing Oreki with Shigeru Takemoto and Koji Machida in the Rabbit Group.
• Oreki reviewed the rules: each group would have a hidden VIP, and students could submit guesses early or wait until the final answer period for different rewards and penalties.
• Takemoto and Machida hurried to memorize the rules, while Oreki quickly processed the exam and returned the sheet to Teacher Majima.
• Teacher Majima reflected on Class A’s exam results, Kōenji’s performance on the Deserted Island exam, and the possibility that Class D could not realistically reach Class A.
• Teacher Majima considered Oreki’s mix of boldness and steadiness and wondered whether he would seek more Points or extend Class A’s lead.