Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki fed a stray cat for Fujiwara Chika and met Kashiwagi, Hayasaka Ai, and Fujiwara Moeha near the gazebo. Later, during swimming class, Kaguya Shinomiya insisted that Natsuki was not shallow, while Hayasaka Ai doubted her judgment.

• Amamiya Natsuki accepted cat food and milk from Fujiwara Chika and fed a stray cat near the gazebo while eating lunch.
• Kashiwagi and Hayasaka Ai arrived, and Amamiya Natsuki found Hayasaka's sweet citrus scent familiar but did not identify her.
• Fujiwara Moeha thanked Amamiya Natsuki for helping her and exchanged contact information with him.
• During afternoon swimming class, Kaguya Shinomiya said she could not understand why the students were excited, and Hayasaka Ai teased her about boys watching girls swim.
• Kaguya Shinomiya insisted Natsuki was not that kind of person, while Hayasaka Ai privately doubted her view of him.

Shinomiya Kaguya worried that Amamiya Natsuki would judge her figure during swimming class, while Amamiya and Fujiwara Chika dealt with a tentacled evil spirit in the pool. The chapter ended with Kashiwagi-kami questioning Chika about her strange remark.

• Hayasaka Ai teased Shinomiya Kaguya about her chest and offered her a padded bra, but Kaguya decided to attend swimming class.
• Amamiya Natsuki sighed after seeing Kaguya in her swimsuit, and Kaguya mistook his attention to Koyasu Tsubame as proof that boys only cared about breasts.
• During free swim, Fujiwara Chika alerted Amamiya to a tentacled evil spirit in the pool, and he destroyed it with Evil Spirit Repellent.
• Kashiwagi-kami questioned Fujiwara Chika about what she and Amamiya had discussed, and Chika claimed she had almost sullied the pool.

Amamiya Natsuki met with Koyasu Tsubame, who had asked him to meet behind the Old School Building, and learned she was a fellow player seeking help with the monsters. He added her to the players’ group and exchanged contact information, then noticed Hayasaka Ai hiding nearby.

• During swimming class, Koyasu Tsubame asked Amamiya Natsuki to meet her behind the Old School Building, and Kaguya Shinomiya suspected she planned to confess to him.
• Hayasaka Ai and Kaguya Shinomiya hid nearby to eavesdrop on Natsuki and Tsubame’s meeting.
• Tsubame asked Natsuki whether he was an Onmyoji and revealed that she had seen the Tentacle Monster in the pool.
• Natsuki learned Tsubame had cleared the game twice and invited her to join the players’ group.
• Tsubame exchanged contact information with Natsuki and left for gymnastics practice, while Natsuki turned toward the bushes where Hayasaka was hiding.

Amamiya Natsuki uncovered that Hayasaka Ai, Hanamori, and Hasaka were three identities of the same spy maid, but Hayasaka fled when he confronted her. He told Shinomiya Kaguya about Koyasu Tsubame’s invitation, then recorded Kaguya’s bad-luck period as they studied together.

• Hayasaka Ai emerged from the bushes, and a prompt revealed that she was also Hasaka and Hanamori.
• Amamiya Natsuki confronted Hayasaka Ai, but she accused him of making a sleazy advance and ran off.
• Amamiya Natsuki decided to challenge Hayasaka’s role-playing and went to meet Shinomiya Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Shinomiya Kaguya about Koyasu Tsubame’s invitation, and Kaguya accepted his account.
• Shinomiya Kaguya tossed the Coin of Fate, and she and Amamiya Natsuki studied in the private Activity Room through her half-hour of bad luck.

Amamiya Natsuki accepted Fujiwara Moeha’s thank-you gift, while Fujiwara Chika discovered that her little sister admired him and tried to discourage her. After school, Lord Zhuzhu contacted Natsuki about a frightening evil spirit at school and went to his house to meet him.

• Fujiwara Moeha gave Amamiya Natsuki two rare Yu-Gi-Oh! cards as thanks for helping her and Pes.
• Fujiwara Chika and the Game Club members mistook Moeha’s envelope for a love confession, so Chika went to question her.
• Moeha praised Natsuki’s grades, looks, bravery, and kindness, while Chika realized she had helped create the encounters that made Moeha admire him.
• Natsuki left school and learned from Lord Zhuzhu that a frightening evil spirit had watched her for two classes.
• Lord Zhuzhu went to Natsuki’s house, where he told her the spare key was under the orchid pot.

Lord Zhuzhu secretly read a doujinshi in Amamiya Natsuki’s room while he bathed, then tried to hide what she had been doing when he caught her inside. She insisted a wet patch on the floor came from melted ice cream and forced Natsuki to sit down so he could check it himself.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Lord Zhuzhu she could use the spare key when visiting and offered her a bath, but she refused.
• Lord Zhuzhu went upstairs to cool off by the fan, found the doujinshi she had read before, and resumed reading it alone in Natsuki’s room.
• After his bath, Amamiya Natsuki found the bedroom door locked and knocked; Lord Zhuzhu hurriedly opened it, flustered and disheveled.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed a wet patch on the floor, and Lord Zhuzhu claimed it came from a melted ice cream bar, though she could not explain where its stick had gone.
• Lord Zhuzhu pulled Natsuki into the room and insisted he smell the puddle to prove she was telling the truth, then ordered him to sit down and check it.

Amamiya Natsuki teased Zhuzhu, then met Hayasaka Ai when she visited for Evil Spirit Repellent. He offered to rent Hayasaka a room in his house, but she refused and suspected his intentions.

• Amamiya Natsuki nearly kissed Zhuzhu while trying to smell the watermelon-ice-cream scent, but she stopped him because she did not want to hurt Marin.
• Amamiya Natsuki declared that he would openly like several girls, then joked that he was only going to like Zhuzhu before she wriggled free and wiped the floor herself.
• After using Evil Spirit Repellent on Zhuzhu, Amamiya Natsuki watched her leave and later welcomed Hayasaka Ai to his home.
• Hayasaka Ai flirted with Amamiya Natsuki and asked him to use Evil Spirit Repellent on her, claiming spirits appeared in her apartment.
• Amamiya Natsuki offered to rent Hayasaka one of his spare rooms for 998 yen a month, but she refused and accused him of plotting to take advantage of her.
• Amamiya Natsuki raised the proposed rent to one hundred thousand yen a month, leaving Hayasaka speechless.

Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai discussed her moving in with him, but she refused and left after he suggested getting naughty. At school, the Game Club discussed the upcoming Student Council election, and Natsuki joined Fujiwara Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya in deciding to run for president.

• Amamiya Natsuki invited Hayasaka Ai to move in with him, but she declined and soon left.
• Miko sneaked over to sleep with Amamiya Natsuki, and the night passed without incident.
• Fujiwara Chika asked the Game Club members whether they planned to run for Student Council President; Yurikawa Hana, Miko, and Kitagawa Marin declined.
• Shinomiya Kaguya decided she was no longer interested in the position, and Fujiwara Chika announced her own candidacy and proposed roles for the others.
• Shinomiya Kaguya changed her mind and challenged Fujiwara Chika over the proposed Student Council lineup.
• Amamiya Natsuki announced that he would run for Student Council President too.

Natsuki entered the Student Council President race and helped Koyasu Tsubame destroy the evil spirits haunting her classroom. Tsubame offered to support his campaign in exchange for Evil Spirit Repellent, and Natsuki agreed to give her the skill after school.

• Chika challenged Kaguya to run against her for Student Council President, with the winner earning one request from the loser.
• Marin told Natsuki she was worried about her father becoming a player, and Natsuki promised to visit him with her that weekend.
• Natsuki submitted his election application and encountered Koyasu Tsubame, who asked him to exorcise the evil spirits in Class 2-A.
• Natsuki used Evil Spirit Repellent Aura to burn away the mother-and-child evil spirits in Tsubame's classroom.
• Tsubame volunteered to give Natsuki's campaign speech and asked him to paste Evil Spirit Repellent onto her, which he agreed to do after school.
• At lunch, Natsuki joined Chika on the rooftop and handed her the strawberry juice she wanted.

Amamiya Natsuki told Fujiwara Chika that Moeha's envelope contained Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, easing Chika's fears that her little sister had sent a love letter. Their teasing on the rooftop ended with Chika headbutting Natsuki after he jokingly used Moeha to pressure her for a chocolate stick.

• Fujiwara Chika and Amamiya Natsuki hid behind a water tower when Yamazaki and Kyoko came to the rooftop for lunch.
• Chika told Natsuki that Yamazaki and Kyoko each had a partner, and the pair later watched them kiss before leaving.
• Chika asked Natsuki what Moeha had put in the envelope she gave him, explaining that she feared Moeha might have fallen for him.
• Natsuki revealed the envelope contained two Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, and Chika was relieved that they were not a love letter.
• Natsuki put his arm around Chika and teased that he wanted a chocolate stick, then joked that she would not want Moeha to get hurt; Chika headbutted him.

Amamiya Natsuki met Koyasu Tsubame in the Gymnastics Club room so she could help with his campaign speech while he pasted a skill through hand contact. When someone entered, they hid in a changing-room stall, where Tsubame discovered that her hand passed through her hair.

• Koyasu Tsubame hurried to meet Amamiya Natsuki after school, and they went to the Gymnastics Club room to avoid rumors.
• Tsubame agreed to hold Natsuki’s hand so he could paste a skill, but first washed her sweaty hand.
• Tsubame offered to prepare Natsuki’s campaign speech, and he accepted after Marin said she was too busy with modeling work.
• When footsteps approached the room, Tsubame pulled Natsuki into a changing-room stall to hide.
• Tsubame recognized Reiko outside, then found that her finger passed through a strand of her hair.

Amamiya Natsuki and Koyasu Tsubame escaped the Gymnastics Club after he repelled an evil spirit, and Tsubame agreed to help with his Student Council President campaign speech. That evening, he asked Hayasaka Ai to prepare his campaign speech and flyers.

• An evil spirit startled Koyasu Tsubame in the Gymnastics Club, and Amamiya Natsuki repelled it before copying a skill to her.
• Koyasu Tsubame distracted another student so Amamiya Natsuki could leave the Gymnastics Club unnoticed.
• Amamiya Natsuki discovered Hayasaka Ai watching him near the club and later told Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika that Tsubame would help with his campaign speech.
• Hayasaka Ai visited Amamiya Natsuki that evening, and he asked her to prepare his Student Council President campaign speech and flyers.

After a rain-soaked evening leaves Miko’s futons unusable, she brings Amamiya Natsuki to her home to sleep, but Kyosuke unexpectedly joins them in bed. The next morning, Natsuki leaves Miko’s house, and Miko acts as though nothing happened.

• Hayasaka Ai left Amamiya Natsuki’s house after he helped her charge the coin and walked her to the tram station under his umbrella.
• Amamiya Natsuki discovered that rain had soaked Miko’s futon, and the other futons in his house smelled musty.
• Miko refused to share a futon with Natsuki and took him to her room, where he planned to sleep on the floor.
• Kyosuke came to Miko’s room after a nightmare and asked to sleep with her, so Miko let him join her and Natsuki in bed.
• Miko and Natsuki endured an awkward night beside the sleeping Kyosuke, and Natsuki left the next morning as Miko greeted him with a blush and a glare.

Amamiya Natsuki and Miko argued over the night before, while Shinomiya Kaguya arranged to share an umbrella with him after school. Hayasaka Ai tried to clear the way for Kaguya’s plan, but Koyasu Tsubame invited Natsuki out, and Hayasaka staged a fall to interrupt them.

• The Elementary School Student told Natsuki and Miko that Miko had talked about Natsuki in her sleep, embarrassing Miko.
• Natsuki and Miko argued about the previous night, and Miko refused his suggestion that he come over again that evening.
• Natsuki worked on his campaign speech while Shinomiya Kaguya messaged Hayasaka Ai about her plan to share an umbrella with him.
• After school, Hayasaka reported Natsuki’s movements to Kaguya, who waited by the entrance with no umbrella.
• Koyasu Tsubame invited Natsuki to stop by a dessert shop, so Hayasaka staged a fall to interrupt them.
• Tsubame crouched beside Hayasaka and asked whether she was okay.

Amamiya Natsuki carried Hayasaka Ai to the infirmary after she pretended to twist her ankle, disrupting her plan to leave him alone with Koyasu Tsubame. There, he confessed that he had fallen in love with Hayasaka at first sight, and she rejected him while wondering whether he meant it.

• Hayasaka Ai faked an ankle injury to draw Koyasu Tsubame away from Amamiya Natsuki, but Natsuki carried her downstairs instead.
• Shinomiya Kaguya joined Natsuki, Hayasaka, and Tsubame on their walk through the rain to the infirmary.
• At the infirmary, Hayasaka grabbed Natsuki and demanded to know why he had been so eager to help her.
• Natsuki told Hayasaka that he had fallen in love with her at first sight and asked her to exchange contact information.
• Hayasaka rejected Natsuki's confession, but wondered whether he was genuinely confessing.

Amamiya Natsuki spent time with Koyasu Tsubame, copied her hand-holding skill, and then asked Hayasaka Ai how to win over a cold girl. He described a blonde, side-ponytailed classmate who matched Hayasaka’s disguise, leaving her wondering whether he had truly fallen for her or discovered her identity.

• Hayasaka Ai promised Shinomiya Kaguya she could arrange an umbrella walk and a date with Amamiya Natsuki after their original plan was disrupted.
• Amamiya Natsuki showed Koyasu Tsubame the Coin of Fate and explained its rules, but she decided not to flip it and invited him to the Gymnastics Club.
• Koyasu Tsubame invited Amamiya Natsuki to a Cafe, where they held hands for five minutes and he copied her skill.
• Hayasaka Ai visited Amamiya Natsuki that evening, brought him an egg tart, and promised to finish her speech the next day.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked how to improve a cold girl's opinion of him, then described a blonde classmate with a side ponytail and a love of lollipops.
• Hayasaka Ai suspected Amamiya Natsuki might be talking about her and wondered whether his confession was sincere or a trick.

Amamiya Natsuki advised Hayasaka Ai about dating, arranged a trip to Kagoshima with Kitagawa Marin, and later helped Miko after an evil spirit followed her. The chapter ended with Miko staying at his place for the night, and Natsuki offering her the blanket.

• Hayasaka Ai suggested that Amamiya Natsuki invite Hanamori for dessert, then discovered his message inviting her to dessert and considered accepting the date.
• Amamiya Natsuki offered to visit Miko, but she told him to stay away because she planned to sleep alone.
• Kitagawa Marin told Amamiya Natsuki she was afraid of flying, so they agreed to take the Shinkansen to Kagoshima on Friday after school.
• Miko arrived at Amamiya Natsuki's door in the rain after a many-eyed evil spirit latched onto her, and he burned it away with Evil Spirit Repellent.
• Miko decided not to return to her room, and Amamiya Natsuki gave her the blanket while planning to sleep in extra pajamas.

Amamiya Natsuki and Miko shared a bed for the first time, waking up tangled together before Miko hurried home. At school, Koyasu Tsubame joined the Game Club and played with the others, while Shinomiya Kaguya grew self-conscious about her figure.

• Miko invited Amamiya Natsuki to share her bedding so he would not catch a cold before his trip to Kagoshima, and they fell asleep holding hands with a pillow between them.
• Amamiya Natsuki woke with Miko in his arms, accidentally squeezed her breast, and apologized when she woke; Miko realized she had crossed the pillow and left for home.
• Amamiya Natsuki met Koyasu Tsubame on his way to school, explained how Mrs. Kaguya became his Guardian Spirit, and invited Tsubame to the Game Club.
• Koyasu Tsubame stumbled into Amamiya Natsuki and grabbed his arm as they entered the Game Club, making Shinomiya Kaguya compare herself unfavorably with the other girls.
• Koyasu Tsubame introduced herself to the club, joined the free-for-all game, and enjoyed the gathering while Shinomiya Kaguya felt down.

Amamiya Natsuki met Hayasaka Ai for dessert after school, where she tried to investigate his sudden confession while concealing her own interest. Their conversation was interrupted when Hayasaka spotted something outside and pulled him under the table.

• Shinomiya Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai separately messaged Amamiya Natsuki about their after-school plans, leaving Kaguya suspicious that the messages were connected.
• Amamiya Natsuki arranged to meet Hayasaka at a dessert shop, then told Lord Zhuzhu to wait at his home while he handled something first.
• Hayasaka met Amamiya at the shop and insisted they were not close, while he teased her and asked about her life after school.
• Hayasaka explained that she worked to support herself and doubted Amamiya's claim of love at first sight, so he offered to confess publicly the next day as proof.
• Hayasaka blushed at Amamiya's sincerity but reminded herself that he had kissed Fujiwara before; then she spotted something outside, ducked under the table, and pulled Amamiya down.

Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai hid beneath a table when Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika entered the dessert shop, where an accidental kiss exposed them to a nearby child. After Hayasaka drove Kaguya and Chika away, Natsuki returned home and found a freshly bathed Zhuzhu slip and fall, leaving her teary-eyed.

• Hayasaka Ai hid beneath a table with Amamiya Natsuki to avoid being seen by Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika.
• As Natsuki reached for Hayasaka's schoolbag, a curious child spotted them, and Hayasaka accidentally kissed him while turning around.
• Hayasaka messaged Chika about a new ramen shop, and Kaguya and Chika left the dessert shop; Hayasaka then gathered her things and departed.
• Natsuki went home in the drizzle and found Zhuzhu coming out of the bathroom after a bath.
• Zhuzhu slipped on the wet bathroom floor and fell to her knees, looking at Natsuki with teary eyes.