Chapter Summaries

Su Yang brought Mai to the supermarket, where she unexpectedly encountered her mother, Sakurajima Yayoi. He told Mai that he believed their rift came from their difficulty expressing themselves and that her mother still loved her, but Mai struggled to accept it.

• Mai acted unusually affectionate toward Su Yang, who checked that she remembered who he was.
• Su Yang took Mai to Rokutenma Supermarket to buy ingredients.
• Mai noticed her mother, Sakurajima Yayoi, waiting outside the supermarket and followed Su Yang toward her.
• Mai asked Su Yang why her mother was there and whether he had arranged the meeting.
• Su Yang explained that he thought Mai had misunderstood her mother and that both of them were clumsy at expressing themselves.
• Mai recalled how her mother had pressured her and chosen her swimsuit-model image without consulting her, and questioned whether that was love.

Su Yang persuaded Mai to give her mother ten minutes, using a supermarket trip to show Mai how much her mother valued her. Mai learned that her mother was deeply in debt and living frugally, and began to see that her mother’s circumstances had changed.

• Mai insisted that her mother did not love her, but Su Yang held her back and asked her to stay for ten minutes.
• Su Yang paid Sakurajima Yayoi three million yen for ten minutes and asked her to shop for dinner ingredients.
• Mai told Su Yang that her mother controlled the money Mai had earned as an actress and had seemed financially comfortable.
• Su Yang explained that Yayoi worked as a cosmetics company clerk, earned 380,000 yen monthly, and spent most of it repaying debt and maintaining her appearance.
• Mai noticed that her mother’s current shopping habits differed from how she used to shop when she was not short of money.

Su Yang explained to Mai why her mother, Sakurajima Yayoi, lived frugally despite having savings: she was repaying the penalty from Mai’s broken contract herself and still bought the popsicles Mai had loved as a child. Mai was moved by her mother’s memories, and Su Yang questioned Sakurajima Yayoi about her choices as a manager and her habit of buying popsicles.

• Su Yang told Mai that Sakurajima Yayoi had 120 million yen in savings but was paying Mai’s contract penalty in installments rather than using Mai’s money.
• Mai watched her mother choose cheap food and asked Su Yang to tell her that Mai’s money was hers to use.
• Su Yang explained that Sakurajima Yayoi spent part of her living allowance on popsicles but never ate them, and Mai realized her mother still remembered her childhood favorite.
• Su Yang brought Sakurajima Yayoi over and asked whether she would make an idol daughter do swimsuit gravure work; she said she probably would because it was the broadest path to survive in the industry.
• Su Yang asked Sakurajima Yayoi why she bought popsicles despite her bad stomach.

Su Yang helped Sakurajima Mai overcome her invisibility by arranging a reconciliation with her mother. After Mai was recognized again, Su Yang met Sakurajima Yayoi and asked her to keep their plan secret.

• Sakurajima Mai cried as she realized her mother still cared for her, and Sakurajima Yayoi took her away from the crowd.
• Two hours later, Su Yang received a message from Mai thanking him for helping her become visible again.
• Sakurajima Yayoi met Su Yang at Shangdao Café and admitted that he had arranged their apparent reconciliation.
• Su Yang refused payment and told Sakurajima Yayoi not to reveal their plan to Mai, warning that her illness could return.

Sakurajima Yayoi realized that Su Yang had understood her love for Mai and her hidden fortune, while Hayasaka Ai secretly climbed into Su Yang’s bed as he slept. The chapter ended with Hayasaka reflecting on her romantic feelings for her master and her long-standing jealousy of Fujiwara Chika.

• Su Yang told Sakurajima Yayoi that he had seen through her affection for Mai and her plan to leave her fortune to her daughter.
• Sakurajima Yayoi returned home and found the Popsicles she had bought for Mai untouched in the refrigerator.
• Hayasaka Ai came home after school, sensed that Su Yang was asleep, and quietly entered his room.
• Hayasaka slipped under Su Yang’s blanket to calm herself with his familiar scent.
• Hayasaka recalled learning from Doctor Tanuma Shozo that she was in love with Su Yang, and remembered that he had already been dating Fujiwara Chika.

Su Yang reassured his family that they did not need to flee Tokyo after the Giant of Light's attack, while Hayasaka secretly prepared to protect him with the nuclear-bomb controls she had obtained. The chapter left the family in place as property prices near the Giant of Light's Kyoto attack sites soared.

• Hayasaka wiped sweat from Su Yang's neck, resisted tasting it, and secretly kept the handkerchief she had used.
• Ishigami Yuu told Su Yang that Ootomo Kyoko had thanked him after learning the truth about Ogino, and that his classmates now treated him like a hero.
• Su Yang hid his knowledge that Ootomo Kyoko's gratitude came from his pressure on her family and let Ishigami Yuu enjoy his happiness.
• Su Yang's parents worried about the Giant of Light and asked whether the family should leave Tokyo, while Hayasaka prepared to protect Su Yang with nuclear-bomb controls.
• Su Yang said there was no need to move because the Giant of Light would not attack its own home, and wealthy people drove up property prices near the six Kyoto attack sites.

Su Yang chose to attend Shuchiin Academy despite having already mastered far more than its curriculum, because he wanted to experience youth and school life. He left for school by car with Hayasaka Ai, who acted as his cousin and hoped to ride with him, while students greeted Kaguya-sama and Sakurakouji Luna arrived.

• Su Yang explained that he attended Shuchiin Academy to experience high school, even though he had independently derived much of its knowledge and helped revise textbooks.
• Hayasaka Ai admired the contrast between Su Yang's immense wealth and his ordinary student uniform, and embraced his arm as his supposed cousin.
• Su Yang chose to take the car instead of his bicycle, which he had stopped riding after Fujiwara Chika fell while riding with him on a date.
• Hayasaka Ai felt jealous of Fujiwara Chika and hoped to get close to Su Yang again that night.
• At school, students greeted Kaguya-sama and noticed that Sakurakouji Luna had arrived.

Su Yang attended Shuchiin Academy with Hayasaka, drawing attention from students and Shinomiya Kaguya, while Sakurajima Mai messaged him about her return to school. Mai said her classmates had barely noticed her after she regained her physical form, leaving her feeling invisible again.

• Students at Shuchiin Academy admired Shinomiya Kaguya and Su Yang, who had consistently beaten her in academic competitions.
• Hayasaka smiled and acted warmly toward the students as she walked with Su Yang.
• Shinomiya Kaguya turned toward Su Yang after hearing students discuss him, recalling their shared mental calculation competition.
• Sakurajima Mai messaged Su Yang that her classmates had barely noticed her despite her return to school.
• Su Yang asked Mai whether she remembered his warning that unresolved psychological issues could cause problems.

Mai admitted she had fallen for Su Yang and asked about the scars he had mentioned. Su Yang showed her his all-girl class, and after Mai questioned whether it could cause psychological problems, he told her she would understand when she experienced it herself.

• Mai told Su Yang she had come to school hoping to see him and admitted she had fallen for him.
• Su Yang sent Mai a picture of his classmates, showing that every student and teacher in his class was a woman except him.
• Mai noticed An, who Su Yang explained was a girl serving Ryotsuki Kanade while dressing as a boy.
• Mai wondered how being the lone boy in a class full of girls could cause psychological problems and imagined the awkward situations he faced.
• Su Yang called Mai and told her she would understand once she experienced it herself.

Su Yang went to class and showed Mai that Suou Amane was secretly harassing him beneath the desk. He told Mai that his psychological barrier began after he caught Suou licking his desk, but the reason for her behavior remained unexplained.

• Su Yang entered the classroom and sat down, surprising Suou Amane.
• Suou Amane chatted with Su Yang and offered him pickled mackerel while touching his foot with hers beneath the desk.
• Su Yang sent Mai photos of Suou's footwork, prompting Mai to realize a girl was harassing him.
• Su Yang told Mai that he had once returned for his workbook and found Suou licking his desk.

Su Yang told Sakurajima Mai how he had overcome his fear of girls by finding a girlfriend, leaving Mai to wonder whether she still had a chance with him. Elsewhere, Kaguya told Fujiwara Chika that her boyfriend, Su Yang, had come to school.

• Su Yang showed Sakurajima Mai a photo of a desk drawer and opened the gifts inside, finding chocolates filled with body hair and cookies.
• Suou Amane confronted the class about the hair, then collapsed after tasting one of the cookies.
• Su Yang explained to Mai that he had developed a barrier toward girls and decided to find a girlfriend rather than hate them all.
• Mai learned that Su Yang already had a girlfriend and considered whether polygamy might still give her a chance.
• Kaguya told Fujiwara Chika that Su Yang had come to school, and Chika reacted with a startled cry.

Kaguya reflected on her friendship with Chika and learned about Chika’s ex-boyfriend, Su Yang, whose exceptional achievements had made him famous. Knowing Chika wanted to reconcile with him, Kaguya told her that Su Yang had come to school.

• Kaguya considered Chika her irreplaceable friend despite her usual habit of judging people by their usefulness.
• Kaguya recalled that Chika had dated Su Yang, then broken up with him while still struggling to let him go.
• Kaguya remembered losing to Su Yang in a mental calculation competition and learning of his academic and business achievements.
• After confirming Su Yang had come to school, Kaguya sought out Chika and told her that her ex-boyfriend was there.

Su Yang headed to the courtyard fountain for lunch after receiving messages from Hayasaka Ai and Sakurajima Mai. He found Mai waiting there and startled her as he greeted her.

• Kaguya noticed that Chika's textbook doodle resembled Su Yang and thought Chika still wanted to reunite with him.
• Su Yang declined Suou's offer of mackerel and left the classroom for lunch.
• Hayasaka Ai messaged Su Yang that his lunch was ready by the fountain, and Sakurajima Mai separately asked him to come there.
• Su Yang went to the courtyard fountain and found Mai waiting with their chat open on her phone.
• Su Yang greeted Mai, startling her so badly that she tossed her phone into the air before catching it.

Su Yang spoke with Sakurajima Mai, who fixed his tie, while Hayasaka watched from nearby and regretted losing the chance to do it herself. Su Yang realized Mai probably liked him but could not figure out why.

• Mai noticed Su Yang's loose tie and stepped over to tighten it.
• Hayasaka recognized Mai and watched her fix Su Yang's tie from beneath a tree.
• Hayasaka regretted that Mai had taken the chance she had planned to use to grow closer to Su Yang.
• Su Yang noticed Hayasaka watching and concluded that Mai probably liked him, though he could not understand why.

Su Yang ate lunch with Sakurajima Mai when Fujiwara Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya arrived. Chika learned that Mai was asking about her and that Su Yang still called her his ex-girlfriend, leaving the two girls exchanging a tense look.

• Su Yang thought about Fujiwara Chika and worried she would be upset to see him so close to Sakurajima Mai.
• Shinomiya Kaguya brought Chika to the fountain, intending to help her reconnect with Su Yang, but found him with Mai instead.
• Mai asked whether Kaguya was Su Yang’s girlfriend, and Su Yang identified Chika as his ex-girlfriend.
• Kaguya told Chika that Mai had asked about her and that Mai and Su Yang did not seem to be dating.
• Chika and Mai met each other’s gaze while Chika insisted she did not care.

Su Yang brought Mai-senpai to the courtyard and told her he was not planning to date anyone while he studied at the school. Chika and Kaguya followed to find out what was happening, and Chika learned that Su Yang would refuse even if she wanted to get back together with him.

• Su Yang took Mai-senpai by the hand and led her away, leaving Chika, Kaguya, and Hayasaka behind.
• Chika ran after them, and Kaguya followed with Chika's lunchbox while Hayasaka listened through a concealed device.
• Chika stopped to rest and told Kaguya that Su Yang and Mai-senpai had headed toward the cherry blossom grove, a popular confession spot.
• Kaguya helped Chika reach the grove, where they hid behind a tree and watched Su Yang speak with Mai-senpai.
• Su Yang told Mai-senpai that he was happy she liked him but would not date anyone during his remaining two years at school.
• Su Yang said that he wanted to focus on studying and would refuse even if Chika asked to get back together.

Su Yang rejected Sakurajima Mai, claiming he wanted to focus on studying, while Chika, Kaguya, and Hayasaka interpreted his explanation in different ways. As Mai’s feelings seemed to cool, she suddenly grabbed Su Yang’s tie and pulled him toward her, leaving him unsure what she intended.

• Su Yang told Sakurajima Mai that he wanted to focus on studying and would refuse to reunite with Chika as well.
• Chika wondered whether Su Yang had really ended their relationship because he wanted to study, while Kaguya worried he had blocked Chika’s chance to reconcile.
• Hayasaka concluded that Su Yang was using studying as an excuse to reject Mai, Kaguya, and Chika, and wondered whether he was interested in her.
• Mai responded coldly, and Su Yang thought her affection for him had fallen by half.
• Mai grabbed Su Yang’s tie and pulled him forward, nearly making him fall into her chest.

Sakurajima Mai kissed Su Yang beneath the Confession Sacred Cherry Blossom Grove, but he rejected a relationship and said he would not date during his student years. Mai promised to confess again in two years, and Su Yang then kissed Chika while Kaguya watched.

• Sakurajima Mai kissed Su Yang beneath the cherry blossom tree, and he reasoned that she intended to pursue him despite his rejection.
• Su Yang wiped his lips and told Mai that dating him would interfere with her studies and career.
• Mai said she would confess to Su Yang again in two years, then left the grove.
• Su Yang spotted Chika hiding nearby and pulled her against the tree, kissing her while Kaguya watched.
• Su Yang released Chika a few minutes later.

After kissing Chika, Su Yang avoided meeting her again and returned to class, where Suou Amane had saved him lunch. The chapter left him sharing her homemade meal as she mentioned that someone had already ordered from her grandfather.

• Su Yang told Chika he would not date anyone for the next two years and left, while Chika told Kaguya that she had struggled to resist his forceful kiss.
• Kaguya watched Chika act normally in class and became fascinated by the idea of using kissing as a honey trap.
• Su Yang skipped lunch with his maid to avoid running into Chika again and returned to the classroom.
• Suou Amane offered Su Yang a homemade lunch of mackerel, egg dumplings, and spinach.
• Suou Amane said she hoped to interest the wealthy students in mackerel and revealed that someone had already placed an order with her grandfather.

Su Yang learned that several classmates had vanished from school amid violent attacks and family disputes, while Suou Amane brought him lunch. The chapter ended as the first afternoon class began, with Su Yang wondering what sign-in mission the system would issue next.

• Su Yang reflected on the Suou Family’s rise and worried that Suou Amane’s clinginess might become overwhelming.
• Su Yang noticed that only a handful of students were in class and asked Suou Amane why it was so empty.
• Suou Amane explained that Miss Iriesu had suspended her studies after surviving a car explosion that fractured her leg.
• Suou Amane said Student Adachi might leave school after a dispute between the main and branch families reversed their statuses.
• Su Yang thanked Suou Amane for the bento, briefly considered inviting her home, and then dismissed the idea.
• The first class of the afternoon began as Su Yang wondered what mission the system would assign next.