Chapter Summaries

Su Yang learned why Hyakka had stopped teaching after students accused her of seducing a classmate’s boyfriend and boycotted her lessons. When she came to school hoping to find Sojiro to frame Su Yang’s painting, Su Yang brought her art supplies and urged her to paint again so he could create a place for her at the school.

• Hyakka explained that a student’s false accusation and the other girls’ hostility had made her afraid to enter the school, so she began skipping work.
• Hyakka admitted that she had come to school hoping to find Sojiro and ask him to frame the painting Su Yang had given her.
• Su Yang hurried to his classroom, took the art supplies Sojiro had prepared, and returned to Hyakka on the sports field.
• Su Yang told Hyakka to paint another picture and promised to create a place for her at the school.

Su Yang recognized that Hyakka’s isolation and poor reputation made her feel unable to remain at school, and he decided to help her change how others saw her. He began painting while drawing Hyakka into the moment, leaving her captivated by his work.

• Su Yang told Hyakka that her reputation could be changed and decided to address her troubles by helping her rather than asking her to change herself.
• Su Yang listed Hyakka’s insecurities and noticed that she had a taste disorder, explaining that her withdrawn state might cause sensory impairment.
• Hyakka said she liked books, especially the Manyoshu, and recited a poem about hoping rain would keep someone there.
• Su Yang began painting and told Hyakka that a true painting conveyed longing, drawing her attention into his movements.

Su Yang painted a portrait of Hyakka and explained how presenting it as a gift from her boyfriend would protect her reputation. He planned to make more paintings for an exhibition.

• Su Yang told Hyakka that painting could heal people and began painting her beneath a cherry blossom tree.
• Hyakka watched as Su Yang quickly completed a lifelike portrait of her catching falling petals.
• Su Yang asked Hyakka to take the painting to Sojiro-sensei for appraisal and say it was a gift from her boyfriend.
• Su Yang explained that the claim would discourage people from thinking Hyakka was pursuing an ordinary boy from the countryside.
• Su Yang set up another canvas and began painting more works for the planned exhibition.

Su Yang helped Hyakka build confidence by painting seven remarkable portraits of her and then accompanied her to show them to Teacher Sojiro. The chapter ended with Hyakka overcoming her anxiety enough to enter the crowded staff office on her own.

• Su Yang told Hyakka that his paintings could change people's opinions of her and painted six pictures at once in the art room.
• After class, Hyakka gave Su Yang a handkerchief while he washed paint from his hands.
• Su Yang accompanied Hyakka as they carried all seven paintings to Teacher Sojiro's office.
• Hyakka overcame her unease and walked into the staff office ahead of Su Yang, despite the teachers watching her.

Su Yang helped Hyakka present seven paintings of herself to Teacher Sojiro, who was overwhelmed by their artistry. Hyakka said her boyfriend had painted them, and Sojiro fiercely warned the teachers not to touch the canvases.

• Hyakka fell silent when she entered the office, and Su Yang drew Teacher Sojiro’s attention to the paintings she had brought.
• Sojiro spread out the seven paintings and praised their brushwork, lines, color, and lighting.
• The teachers noticed that every painting featured Hyakka and conveyed the painter’s feelings for her.
• Su Yang asked who had painted them, and Hyakka claimed her boyfriend had left them behind while visiting town.
• A teacher reached toward a damp spot on a canvas, and Sojiro shouted that anyone who damaged the paintings could never afford to repay their value.

Sojiro praised the seven paintings Yukino had received from her boyfriend, estimating that each was worth hundreds of millions of yen. He asked to exhibit them to help develop Itomori Town, and Yukino agreed hesitantly.

• Sojiro declared that each painting Yukino received was worth hundreds of millions of yen.
• Teacher Ito learned that Yukino had a boyfriend and joined the other teachers in reacting to the paintings.
• Su Yang suggested bringing in Mitsuha and the town mayor to see the paintings.
• Sojiro asked Yukino to lend the paintings for an exhibition to help develop Itomori Town.
• Yukino agreed hesitantly, Sojiro went to make a phone call, and Hyakka told Su Yang she was amazed.

Su Yang’s paintings made Itomori Town famous, ended the bullying of Yukino Hyakka, and helped Mitsuha’s father win reelection. By the lake, Su Yang told Hyakka to give his latest painting to Miyamizu Mitsuha, even though Mitsuha was standing beside him.

• Sojiro and Mayor Miyamizu arranged an exhibition of Su Yang’s paintings, and the news brought experts and attention to Itomori Town.
• Mitsuha’s father promoted the paintings and won reelection, while Hyakka returned to town without facing further insults.
• Aizawa and her boyfriend were mocked by their peers after Aizawa had accused Hyakka of seducing him.
• Su Yang finished a painting by the lake and reassured Hyakka that she would no longer need to fear returning to school.
• Su Yang asked Hyakka to give the painting to Miyamizu Mitsuha, prompting Hyakka to stare at him because Mitsuha was already there.

Su Yang revealed to Yukino that he was a painter from four years in the future who had exchanged souls with Mitsuha, then said goodbye and returned to his own time. Yukino found Mitsuha back in her place and realized Su Yang was gone.

• Su Yang explained the Miyamizu Family’s soul-exchange tradition and told Yukino he had come from four years in the future.
• Su Yang said Yukino would later have a close friend named Murasame Reion and hinted that she would face a setback.
• Su Yang released Yukino’s hand, returned his consciousness to the virtual space, and ended the puppet control.
• Yukino found Su Yang gone but kept the oil painting he had left behind.
• Yukino ran to the Miyamizu Family home, where Mitsuha did not recognize her.
• Su Yang woke up in his own room.

Su Yang confirmed that his actions in Mitsuha’s body had changed the past, then learned that a student at the Forest School had suddenly collapsed under mysterious circumstances. He headed there after ordering an emergency response, but the person in charge revealed the incident was not an avalanche.

• Su Yang checked the GPS tracker and confirmed that Yukino Hyakka was alive and Miyamizu Mitsuha was known as a genius young painter in Itomori Town.
• Su Yang arranged to meet Rei'in that afternoon, but her calm response gave him no new information.
• Yukino Yukinoshita and Ichinose Honami called Su Yang about a student who had reportedly been caught in an avalanche at the Forest School.
• Su Yang told them to contact search and rescue, protect the other students, and organize a rescue if possible.
• Su Yang called the person in charge, who said a student had collapsed as if their soul had been emptied out rather than been caught in an avalanche.

Su Yang investigated a student who had collapsed while her body still showed vital signs and discovered that Chitanda Aru was floating as a soul above the search party. After confirming the body resembled hers, he confronted her about being a wandering soul.

• Su Yang learned that someone had collapsed despite still showing vital signs, and Shinomiya Kaguya called to check that everyone was safe.
• Su Yang confirmed that his family, Mai, and Miss Yayoi were unharmed, then used Instant Movement Technique to reach the snowy mountain where the students were searching.
• Su Yang spotted Chitanda Aru floating above the students and told her she was dead.
• Chitanda followed Su Yang to an open area, where he took a call confirming that the discovered body had black hair and straight bangs.
• Su Yang told Chitanda that her state resembled that of a wandering soul.

Airu Chitanda told Su Yang how she began floating outside her body while skiing, and he concluded that her condition was probably Adolescent Syndrome. He gave her Koga Tomoe’s contact information and refused to take charge of her case himself.

• Airu realized her soul had separated from her body and that someone had moved her body away.
• Su Yang offered to take Airu to her body or leave her to handle the situation herself, then asked her to explain what happened.
• Airu said she had been skiing with others when skiing suddenly felt too heavy and she wished it were easier, after which she began floating.
• Su Yang noted that Airu’s symptoms were likely Adolescent Syndrome and gave her Koga Tomoe’s contact information.
• Airu floated toward Su Yang, but an invisible barrier stopped her, and she pointed out that he was the only person who could see and speak to her.

Su Yang explained Chitanda’s Soul Outing and arranged for Koga Tomoe to treat her. He revealed that he could also leave his body, astonishing Chitanda as he prepared to take her soul and body to Koga.

• Su Yang told Chitanda that her Soul Outing likely had psychological causes and said Koga Tomoe would handle her treatment.
• Su Yang asked Chitanda to follow his instructions and help anyone else who experienced the same problem.
• Su Yang led Chitanda’s soul to her unconscious body and told her he would take both of them to Koga Tomoe.
• When Chitanda’s soul could not grab his hand, Su Yang left his body and showed her his own soul form.
• Chitanda clapped in astonishment at Su Yang’s soul form.

Su Yang brought Chitanda Aru’s soul to Koga Tomoe, startling Koga into thinking he and Chitanda were dead. After Su Yang restored his soul to his body, he explained that Chitanda had developed Adolescent Syndrome, like Koga, and the two girls began talking.

• Su Yang grabbed a girl’s hand and teleported away with her body and soul.
• During lunch at Forest School, Koga returned to her room alone after her classmates went elsewhere.
• Su Yang appeared with Chitanda Aru’s soul floating outside her body, and Koga mistook the sight for proof that they were dead.
• Su Yang ended his Soul Outing state and explained that Chitanda had developed Adolescent Syndrome after something went wrong in her heart.
• Chitanda greeted Koga and asked why Koga had never spoken to her at school.

Su Yang explained that Chitanda Aru’s soul had separated from her body after she wished skiing would be easier. Koga and Shinomiya Kaguya agreed to help with her situation, and Chitanda clarified that Maeda’s confession had not upset her because she had rejected him outright.

• Koga understood Chitanda Aru’s situation, and Su Yang left her to handle it as part of her one-billion reward.
• Shinomiya Kaguya arrived and was startled to see Chitanda, whom she had been told died in an avalanche.
• Su Yang explained that Chitanda’s wish to feel lighter while skiing had separated her soul from her body.
• Koga and Kaguya shared how their own Adolescent Syndrome had manifested, and Chitanda said Maeda had confessed to her too.
• Chitanda explained that she had rejected Maeda outright and that his confession had not emotionally hurt her.

Su Yang left the Forest School for Lake Itomori, where he discovered Mitsuha and pretended to drown to get her attention. Mitsuha jumped into the lake to save him, and Su Yang announced that his supposed leg cramp had passed.

• Su Yang asked Kaguya and Koga to look after Chitanda and returned to his room at the Forest School.
• Su Yang called Yukino, explained that the avalanche victims had been affected by Adolescent Syndrome, and told her to handle Maeda’s misconduct and expulsion without confusing him with his twin.
• Su Yang used Instant Movement to travel to Itomori Town but appeared in Lake Itomori instead.
• Mitsuha called out to Su Yang when she saw him in the lake, and he pretended to struggle with a leg cramp.
• Mitsuha jumped into the lake to rescue Su Yang, who then said his leg cramp was gone.

Su Yang met Miyamizu Mitsuha after she rescued someone from Lake Itomori, then accompanied her toward home to ask about the local god. Mitsuha was puzzled by Su Yang’s familiarity with her life and learned he was a high school student from Kyoto.

• Su Yang swam to Mitsuha and warned her that her waterlogged coat could have dragged her under.
• Mitsuha told Su Yang that Lake Itomori had become a tourist attraction and that she had been picking up visitors’ trash.
• Su Yang said he had come to find out whether a god lived there, and Mitsuha offered to take him to ask her grandmother.
• Su Yang recognized that Mitsuha’s paintings had helped promote tourism, surprising her with his knowledge.
• Su Yang introduced himself as a second-year high school student from Kyoto, and Mitsuha said she was a third-year student in town.

Su Yang returned to the Miyamizu Family home with Mitsuha and met her grandmother, who recognized him and invited him to visit the divine body with them the next day. He learned that Mitsuha’s father had left the mayoral race and that the shrine had become a tourist attraction.

• Su Yang and Mitsuha climbed the stairs to the Miyamizu Family home, which had stayed much the same despite nearby businesses developing for tourists.
• Miyamizu Hitoha recognized Su Yang and recalled that he had asked her whether gods existed.
• Mitsuha said Yotsuba had gone to deliver something to a teacher and would return soon.
• Miyamizu Hitoha invited Su Yang to accompany her and Mitsuha to the mountain the next day to pay respects to the divine body.
• Mitsuha gave Su Yang her father's clothes and told him her father had given up on the election and gone to the shrine.
• Mitsuha said the shrine had become a tourist attraction.

Su Yang learned how Mitsuha’s father had supported Miyamizu Shrine as mayor before returning to the family, then asked Mitsuha about Teacher Yukino and a valuable painting. The chapter left Su Yang asking whether the family still had oil-painting materials.

• Su Yang learned that Mitsuha’s father had promoted Itomori and supported Miyamizu Shrine before resigning as mayor and returning to his family.
• Mitsuha said she was not familiar with Yotsuba’s teacher, Yukino, while Grandma watched them silently.
• Su Yang admired a painting of Lake Itomori, which he had painted using Mitsuha’s appearance and left behind for the family to sell.
• Mitsuha said Grandma considered the painting a keepsake and that she did not know who had painted it.
• Su Yang argued that selling the painting could help with Mitsuha and Yotsuba’s future education costs, and Mitsuha asked why he cared so much about her family.
• Su Yang asked whether the house still had oil-painting materials, and Mitsuha said they probably did.

Su Yang taught Mitsuha to paint, guiding her to complete a sky painting that he said could sell for two to three million. He borrowed her painting supplies and left to find a scene to paint.

• Su Yang asked Mitsuha for her painting materials and taught her how to mix colors and paint.
• Mitsuha completed a painting of the sky under Su Yang's guidance.
• Su Yang estimated that Mitsuha's painting could sell for two to three million, and she was delighted.
• Su Yang borrowed the easel and oil paints, while Mitsuha went to show her painting to Grandma.
• Su Yang left carrying the supplies and felt as though he were returning home.

Su Yang went to the park where he had first met Yukino Hyakka, hoping to find her, but she was not there. He encountered a beautiful woman reading Tagore’s poetry and began drawing her.

• Su Yang ordered a cappuccino from Sayaka, who revealed she had been rejected by Kawahara.
• Su Yang headed toward the school to look for Yukino Hyakka and possibly see Yotsuba.
• Su Yang entered the park where he and Yukino Hyakka had once sheltered from the rain, but found only a couple taking pictures.
• A gorgeous woman carrying Tagore’s Poetry Collection arrived at the pavilion after the couple argued and left.
• Su Yang unfolded his drawing board and began sketching the woman, recalling a line from Tagore about life and death.