Recaps

Oreki stopped Ryuuen from targeting Karuizawa and forced him to withdraw from the class competition, then navigated the consequences of his dates and kisses with Sato, Karuizawa, and Horikita. The new semester began with a high-stakes exam, while Oreki prepared Horikita for resentment and considered how Class C’s spies could be used against the threat to Ayanokouji.

• Oreki used Karuizawa’s phone to draw Ryuuen into a rooftop confrontation, defeated Ryuuen’s group, and made Ryuuen promise not to target Kei Karuizawa or the girls around him.
• Horikita, Karuizawa, and Sato reached the rooftop after Oreki’s fight, and Oreki persuaded Sato to keep what she had witnessed quiet in exchange for a date.
• Oreki went on a date with Sato while Karuizawa accompanied them, but he rejected Sato’s confession before she kissed him several times and revealed she knew Karuizawa was hiding nearby.
• Oreki kissed Karuizawa, then visited Horikita and kissed her as a test of his own nature, leaving her to forgive him the next morning while warning him to keep away from Kikyou Kushida.
• Oreki spoke with Hiyori about Ryuuen’s withdrawal and her plans to earn Points, while Ayanokouji decided to use information about his Pairing Exam partner to seek Oreki’s help.
• Ryuuen’s class transferred its remaining million Private Points to Oreki, and Teacher Majima announced a new five-subject exam with class rewards and expulsion for students who failed.
• As the classes arranged study sessions, Oreki asked Horikita and Kushida to build Horikita’s popularity and considered using seven Class C students with evidence of contact with other classes as possible sacrifices.
• Kushida worried that her Sports Festival betrayal might lead to her expulsion, while Oreki questioned whether anyone would target her.

Oreki managed the rumors surrounding Horikita, uncovered the roles of Manabu and Sakayanagi, and helped Horikita begin choosing her own path. As the story left off, a new rumor campaign accused Ichinose of possessing illegitimate points, forcing her to face the accusation publicly.

• Oreki warned Nagumo against manipulating exam scores, while Nagumo arranged tutoring and Hirata’s class struggled to agree on a strategy.
• After Horikita became the target of rumors about her brother, Oreki helped her regain her composure and arranged for Hirata and her classmates to defend her.
• Oreki confronted Hiyori, who admitted spreading the rumors for money, then discovered Manabu had orchestrated the scheme to prepare Suzune for hardship and help her move toward Class A.
• Horikita returned to class and began considering a future beyond following her brother, while Oreki questioned whether she had truly become independent.
• Sakayanagi revealed that she had treated the rumors as a trial of Horikita’s potential, and warned Ichinose that someone might target her with rumors.
• Oreki told Kamuro to watch over Ichinose, but a week later identical letters accused Ichinose of holding illegitimate points, and she faced the accusation in front of her classmates.

Oreki helped Ichinose face the rumors about her past, exposed Nagumo’s role in the attack, and persuaded Ichinose to remain at school. After gaining Mind Divination, Oreki struggled with his feelings around Ichinose before the students departed for a weeklong special-exam training camp.

• Oreki and Kushida tried to uncover Ichinose’s secret, while threatening notes and Class B’s suspicions drew Oreki into investigating the attack.
• Oreki found Nagumo had protected Ichinose’s file, then learned that Class B had pooled points to shield her and warned Kanzaki that the attacks would stop for now.
• Ichinose asked Oreki to protect Class B and revealed she knew he had used Kushida to approach her, so Oreki investigated her family and learned her secret from her younger sister.
• After Ichinose said she planned to withdraw, Oreki arranged for her to hear Kushida discuss unsettling Class B, prompting Ichinose to confess that she had stolen a hairclip for her sister.
• Sakayanagi showed Ichinose surveillance footage of students planting report letters, while Oreki and Kushida turned public opinion against Nagumo and helped force him from the Student Council.
• Sakayanagi pressured Nagumo to pay for the footage, and Ichinose later secured a partial payment from him while Oreki declined her offer to repay his help.
• Oreki completed the hidden quest and gained Mind Divination, then experienced a vision of an adult Ichinose and became unsettled by his feelings toward her.
• After seeking advice from Manabu and spending time in the library, Oreki joined the other students on buses to a weeklong training camp announced as the special examination.

Oreki organized cross-grade alliances for the Forest School exam, then helped expose Nagumo’s attempt to sabotage the girls’ groups. The exam ended with Class 1-A far ahead in the rankings, Oreki collecting 100 million Points from Class 3-A, and the students leaving the Forest School.

• Oreki arranged first-year alliances with the other classes and sent them into the Forest School exam, where phones were confiscated and the students formed cross-grade groups.
• Nagumo challenged Manabu Horikita to a contest between their groups, while Oreki worked to protect the first-years and watched for Nagumo’s plans for the girls’ groups.
• Oreki gathered information from Kei and Asahina, learned that Akane Tachibana was being bullied, and promised not to tell Manabu about her tears.
• Manabu’s group won the boys’ exam, but Nagumo’s interference threatened the girls’ results and could have caused Ichinose’s expulsion.
• Oreki and Sakayanagi explained how they had anticipated Nagumo’s move and arranged for Class B’s girls to join Asahina’s group, thwarting his plan.
• Oreki confronted Class 3-A about paying compensation and demanded 100 million Points, while Manabu acknowledged that he had overlooked Class 3-B’s strategy.
• The third-years transferred their Points to Manabu, and the updated rankings put Class 1-A about 1,200 Points ahead of the lower-ranked classes.
• Horikita Suzune accepted Oreki’s explanation for taking her brother’s Points, and the students departed the Forest School by bus.