Chapter Summaries

Oreki returned to Itomori and taught Mitsuha to paint, encouraging her to create paintings she could sell to support herself. He then left with the painting materials and ran into Sayaka at her café.

• Oreki asked Mitsuha and her grandmother about Ms. Yukino, but Mitsuha said she barely knew her.
• Oreki admired the painting of Itomori Lake and persuaded Mitsuha to try painting her own work rather than sell the family heirloom.
• Oreki guided Mitsuha through painting a sky, and she finished a work he estimated could sell for two to three million.
• Oreki borrowed the painting supplies and left, while Mitsuha went to show her painting to her grandmother.
• Oreki stopped at Sayaka's café, learned she had confessed to Kawahara and been rejected, and ordered a cappuccino.

Oreki went to the park where he had first met Yukino Takari, hoping to find her, and instead met a beautiful woman reading poetry. They discussed poems and the person she missed, and Oreki left her with a suggestion to show that person her natural beauty.

• Oreki headed to school to confirm Yukino Takari was alive, but stopped at the park where they had first met.
• Oreki entered the pavilion and saw a beautiful woman carrying Tagore's Poetry Collection.
• The woman recited a Man'yoshu poem, and Oreki completed its final line before they discussed poetry together.
• The woman told Oreki that someone had once saved her at the park and that she could no longer see him.
• Oreki suggested she might see the person again if she washed off her makeup and showed her most beautiful side, and she thanked him.

Houtarou Oreki reunited with Takari, helped her remember how he had saved her four years earlier, and learned that Reine Murasame was tied to her past. After returning to the inn and finding Sakayanagi Arisu there, he began the next morning in a good mood, while Sakayanagi hinted that a wish of hers had come true.

• Houtarou Oreki reminded Takari of their meeting four years earlier, prompting her to recall how Mitsuha Miyamizu had helped her through a crisis at school.
• Houtarou Oreki asked Takari about Reine Murasame, and Takari explained that they had become friends after she helped an injured girl on Shikoku Island.
• Reine Murasame appeared before Houtarou Oreki and said he had overturned Takari's fate because he was an outsider who was not bound by the world's rules.
• Houtarou Oreki returned to the inn at three in the morning and found Sakayanagi Arisu sleeping there.
• At breakfast, Masumi Kamuro noticed Sakayanagi Arisu was in a good mood, and Sakayanagi said one of her wishes had come true.

As the students enjoyed breakfast and prepared to shop during their trip, Oreki met Karuizawa, who gave him a hard-to-find Oregairu after-story novel. Accepting the gift triggered a hidden quest to fulfill Shizuka Hiratsuka’s wish within a month, leaving Oreki wary of books and the new task.

• Kamuro accepted the prospect of leaving school and working for Sakayanagi Arisu in exchange for financial security, while Hasebe noticed Sato seemed unusually happy.
• A Class C girl thanked Ichinose for helping her the previous day, and Ichinose shared that she remembered a vivid dream in which Oreki had helped her at Shuchiin Academy.
• Oreki told Ryuuen he was going to the souvenir shop, and Ryuuen correctly guessed that Oreki was meeting a girl there.
• Karuizawa met Oreki at the shop and gave him a shrink-wrapped copy of My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected: After Story, which she had obtained through barter.
• After Oreki accepted Karuizawa’s gift, his system announced a hidden quest to fulfill Shizuka Hiratsuka’s wish within one month.

Houtarou Oreki accepted a mission that gave him the identity of Iroha Isshiki’s foster brother and transported him to the Isshiki household. After dinner, he asked Iroha to help him get Shizuka Hiratsuka’s phone number, but learned she did not have it.

• Oreki accepted the mission for a Loli Card and appeared in Iroha Isshiki’s bedroom as her sworn older brother.
• Iroha teased Oreki about a girl confessing to him, then called him downstairs for dinner and tried to make him wash the dishes.
• Oreki offered to wash the dishes himself because Iroha had cram school, asking her to do him a favor in return.
• After dinner, Oreki asked Iroha for Shizuka Hiratsuka’s phone number, but Iroha said she did not have it.

Oreki decided to propose to Shizuka Hiratsuka after Iroha Isshiki revealed that Hiratsuka had confiscated her PSP. Iroha doubted his intentions but eventually gave him Hiratsuka’s phone number.

• Iroha explained that Hiratsuka had confiscated her PSP and refused to return it, despite her attempts to act cute.
• Oreki suggested he could get the PSP back by proposing to Hiratsuka, and Iroha was stunned to learn he was serious.
• Iroha reminded Oreki of a childhood promise that they would marry, then admitted she had made that up and said Hayama made her heart race more.
• Oreki warned Iroha not to get close to Hayama and asked what she thought of Hikigaya Hachiman, whom she did not know.
• Oreki said he liked Hiratsuka because she was pretty and rich, and Iroha gave him Hiratsuka’s phone number.

Oreki planned to make Shizuka Hiratsuka notice him by sending her earnest confession messages, but her silence left his new mission to fulfill her wish at zero progress. He turned to Iroha for advice about a pink app and downloaded it, leaving her shocked by what appeared on his screen.

• Oreki found Hiratsuka's number in his sparse contacts, and Iroha teased him about his chances of winning her over.
• Oreki explained that he needed to make Hiratsuka notice him, then wrote and sent her a lengthy confession filled with poetry.
• After five minutes passed without a reply, Oreki checked his mission to fulfill Hiratsuka's wish and saw that its progress remained at zero percent.
• Oreki asked Iroha about the pink app, learned it was now called Young Gaze, and downloaded it.
• Iroha saw the app's images on Oreki's phone and called him lewd, while he insisted he did not need it for himself.

Oreki pursued Shizuka Hiratsuka despite the teacher-student complications, and Isshiki's Father supported him after seeing his painting and sharing his own history of a teacher-student romance. The chapter ended with Iroha warning her father that Oreki had also sent Hiratsuka an explicit picture.

• Oreki sent Shizuka Hiratsuka a long love confession, and she replied that she thought it was a prank; the system showed that her wish quest had reached 10% progress.
• Oreki told Iroha Isshiki that Hiratsuka's hesitation was cute and that he was beginning to see her as his type.
• Isshiki's Father warned Oreki about the difficulties of pursuing a teacher, but Oreki said he would leave Sobhu High School and pursue her responsibly.
• Oreki showed his father a painting of Lake Itomori, and his father supported him, revealing that he had once left teaching because of gossip about his own teacher-student romance.
• Iroha returned from her bath and warned her father that Oreki had sent Hiratsuka an explicit picture along with his love letter.

Houtarou Oreki enlisted Iroha Isshiki’s parents to help him pursue Shizuka Hiratsuka, and learned about Hiratsuka’s difficult early days at Sobhu High School and her disastrous arranged dates. After Oreki contacted her, Hiratsuka summoned him to the guidance office, where their first in-person meeting began.

• Iroha’s father explained that becoming a teacher’s problem student could help Oreki grow close to Hiratsuka, and Iroha’s parents agreed to assist him.
• Mrs. Isshiki shared details of Hiratsuka’s past, including how she earned students’ trust and how her ramen messages ruined two arranged dates.
• Oreki introduced himself to Hiratsuka by message, and she told him to come to her guidance room the next day.
• Oreki arrived at Sobhu High School, went to the teachers’ office during lunch, and identified himself to Hiratsuka by sending her a message from the doorway.
• Hiratsuka took Oreki into the guidance office and lit her cigarette again.

Oreki proposed to Hiratsuka Shizuka, but she refused because she was his teacher and he was still a student. The chapter left Oreki leaving the Guidance Office after accepting her answer.

• Oreki followed Hiratsuka Shizuka to the Guidance Office and asked why she was helping teach natural science.
• Oreki told Hiratsuka that his actions were not harassment because he intended to propose to her, and he insisted that he was sincere.
• Hiratsuka rejected his proposal at first and urged him to stop teasing her about marriage.
• Oreki recited personal details about Hiratsuka's life and teaching career to prove that he had learned about her because he wanted to get close to her.
• Oreki held Hiratsuka's hands and called her a wonderful teacher, but she withdrew them and refused his feelings because she was his teacher and he was still a student.
• Oreki accepted Hiratsuka's answer and walked toward the door of the Guidance Office.

Oreki talked with Iroha Isshiki about her classmates ostracizing her and suggested she learn from Yukino Yukinoshita. Yukino overheard their conversation about Oreki proposing to Hiratsuka, while Iroha tried to stop him from dropping out; the chapter ended with Oreki noticing something felt strange since the previous night.

• Oreki left Hiratsuka and answered Iroha’s call, then met her at a campus pavilion for lunch.
• Iroha complained that her classmates had excluded her, and Oreki suggested she ask Yukino Yukinoshita how to handle being alone.
• Iroha agreed to approach Yukino, partly because she hoped to gain information about the popular student.
• Yukino overheard Oreki tell Iroha that he had proposed to Hiratsuka and planned to drop out so they could date.
• Iroha protested that Oreki’s plan was reckless and argued that she should not have to support him.

Houtarou Oreki told Iroha Isshiki that he planned to leave Sobhu High School, pursue Shizuka Hiratsuka, and support himself through his painting talent. Yukino Yukinoshita identified him and questioned his perfectly controlled grades, while Oreki’s quest to fulfill Hiratsuka’s wish now required marrying her within a month.

• Houtarou Oreki claimed he could skip grades and said Yukino Yukinoshita could not match him, while Iroha Isshiki struggled to accept his plans.
• Oreki revealed that he had painted the lake artwork in the living room and said his talent would let him earn money even if he left school.
• Yukino saw Oreki and Iroha in the pavilion, identified them, and discovered that Oreki had scored exactly 50 in every recorded subject and athletics.
• Oreki checked his quest and found that marrying Shizuka Hiratsuka within a month was now required, with progress at 35%.
• Oreki told Iroha that he had proposed to Hiratsuka and believed he could make her care about him; Yukino watched nearby as he insisted she would eventually like him.

Iroha Isshiki sought Yukino Yukinoshita’s help with being ostracized by her classmates, and Yukino agreed to listen. After school, Iroha noticed Shizuka Hiratsuka secretly photographing Oreki at the tennis court.

• Oreki sent Iroha to seek Yukino’s advice and warned her not to eat the octopus.
• Iroha caught up with Yukino and explained how jealousy and a false accusation had turned her classmates against her.
• Yukino listened to Iroha, who felt relieved that the influential senior might help resolve her predicament.
• Iroha followed Yukino to find Shizuka Hiratsuka, who stopped by the tennis court and photographed Oreki.
• Hiratsuka deleted the first photo, walked away, then returned and photographed Oreki again while Iroha watched.

After seeing Shizuka Hiratsuka secretly photograph Oreki and flee when he approached, Yukino Yukinoshita agreed not to interfere with their romance and took Iroha Isshiki to confront the classmates who had slandered her. Shizuka struggled with her feelings for Oreki and buried herself in work, while a new teacher prepared to leave the office.

• Iroha Isshiki realized Shizuka Hiratsuka had feelings for Oreki after watching her secretly take his photo and run away when he came over.
• Yukino Yukinoshita told Iroha that they should not interfere with Shizuka and Oreki’s romance, then urged Iroha to confront her middle-school classmates in person.
• Yukino planned to accompany Iroha to the neighboring city and offered to pay the travel costs, expecting the other side to reimburse them.
• Shizuka returned to the office, regretted being caught taking photos, and wrestled with doubts about accepting Oreki’s proposal.
• Shizuka tried to distract herself with grading and other work, but her thoughts about Oreki caused her to make mistakes.
• Mr. Honda told Shizuka he was leaving the office.

After Shizuka Hiratsuka spent hours hiding in the office to avoid Oreki, she discovered he had waited outside for her. Oreki confronted her about rejecting him and secretly photographing him, and the system’s mission progress rose to 99%.

• Shizuka Hiratsuka stayed at school until eight o’clock because she was embarrassed to leave after Oreki caught her trying to photograph him.
• Oreki revealed that he had waited outside the office for hours after noticing Shizuka run off, but could not call because she had blocked his number.
• Shizuka told Oreki she could not agree to date him, and Oreki pushed her against the wall and questioned her reasons for rejecting him.
• Oreki accused Shizuka of secretly taking his photos and pointed out that her body was reacting honestly to him.
• The system displayed mission progress at 99%, leaving Oreki confused about how close he was to fulfilling Shizuka’s wish.

Iroha Isshiki and Yukino Yukinoshita confronted Iroha’s former classmates over their accusation that she had stolen Reina’s boyfriend. After traveling to Ryo Nakamura’s school, Yukino prepared Iroha with leather gloves before they went to meet him.

• Yukino rebuked Iroha’s classmates for spreading rumors and insisted they confront Ryo directly.
• Yukino offered to cover the train fare, saying Reina would have to pay if her accusations proved false.
• Reina claimed she had seen Ryo receive a message from Iroha, while Iroha denied contacting him that way.
• The group traveled by Shinkansen, and Yukino bought everyone roasted sweet potatoes while they waited for their next train.
• Yukino told Iroha to buy thick leather gloves, then the group arrived at Ryo Nakamura’s school at 5:23 p.m.

Yukino confronted Ryo Kimura at his school, slapped him for spreading forged rumors about Iroha, and exposed his excuse for breaking up with Reina. Yukino and Iroha left the tearful Reina with money for a ride home, and Iroha found Yukino asleep on the train.

• Reina told Yukino and the others that Ryo had joined his school's basketball club and blamed Iroha for their breakup.
• Yukino and the group found Ryo at basketball practice, where Yukino slapped him in front of his teammates.
• Yukino accused Ryo of forging chat logs and using rumors about Iroha as an excuse to break up with Reina.
• A teammate confirmed that Ryo had a new girlfriend, and Ryo's silence convinced Reina that Yukino's account was true.
• Yukino gave money to one of Reina's friends and left with Iroha, who later noticed Yukino had fallen asleep on the train.

Iroha watched Oreki arrive with Hiratsuka to collect her and the sleeping Yukino, then learned that he planned to confront the student who spread rumors about her. Iroha tried to stop him from forcing a public apology at Sobhu High School’s assembly the next day.

• Iroha received messages from Reina and Oreki, who had tracked her location and offered to pick her up.
• Oreki arrived at the station, carried the sleeping Yukino to Hiratsuka’s Aston Martin, and arranged for Hiratsuka to drive Yukino away.
• Oreki refused to ride with Hiratsuka and told Iroha they still had something to do before going home.
• Oreki explained that Yukino had protected Iroha but had not resolved the harm caused by the rumors.
• Oreki planned to find Ryo Kimura and make him apologize to Iroha in front of the school at the next assembly.
• Iroha grabbed Oreki’s arm and asked him not to take things so far.

Oreki pressed Iroha Isshiki to confront the fallout from her social problems, and she agreed to help catch Ryo Kimura. Meanwhile, Yukino returned home with Hiratsuka-sensei, discussed Hiratsuka’s feelings for Oreki, and insisted she would focus on her own goals.

• Oreki warned Iroha that apologizing would not restore her old friendships or resolve her other social problems, and Iroha agreed to help catch Ryo Kimura.
• Hiratsuka-sensei woke Yukino after driving her back to her apartment in Makuhari.
• Yukino recalled her trip with Iroha and learned that Iroha had left with her brother before Hiratsuka came to pick her up.
• Yukino reasoned that Hiratsuka and Oreki could eventually be together if their teacher-student relationship ended, and Hiratsuka admitted she felt some anticipation about Oreki’s proposal.
• Yukino ended the conversation, denied having a boy she liked, and said she did not want romance to distract her from her goals.

Shizuka Hiratsuka encouraged Yukino Yukinoshita to start a club that would help her connect with others, and agreed to supervise it. Yukino accepted Oreki’s Mr. Pan plush as a thank-you gift, while Hiratsuka went home and began her morning routine.

• Shizuka Hiratsuka recalled Yukino’s ambition to inherit the family business and suggested a club to help her build relationships with others.
• Yukino said she had been considering establishing a club and asked Hiratsuka to supervise it; Hiratsuka agreed.
• Yukino explained that the club would help people in need and said she did not need a return gift from Oreki.
• Hiratsuka showed Yukino the limited-edition Mr. Pan plush Oreki had sent, and Yukino accepted it after Hiratsuka encouraged her to treat gifts as part of communication.
• Hiratsuka returned to her apartment, finished her Red Bull, and got up when her morning alarm rang.