Recaps

Shiina Hiyori and Ayanokoji Kiyona studied in Hoshino Kanade’s room, where Shiina’s brief touch left both her and Kanade flustered. Afterward, Kanade invited them to make his room their regular study spot and gave each of them a key card.

• Hoshino Kanade welcomed Shiina Hiyori and Ayanokoji Kiyona into his tidy dorm room and made them hot water.
• Shiina examined Kanade’s practical bookshelves before the three settled in to study.
• Shiina brushed a lock of hair from Kanade’s forehead, leaving them both embarrassed while Kiyona noticed their tension.
• After studying, the three discussed how crowded the library had become.
• Kanade offered his room as their regular study meeting place and gave Shiina and Kiyona key cards.

As Class D prepared for the Midterm Exam, Hoshino learned that the exam material had been changed without warning and chose not to sell her knowledge of the school’s reused past papers. The exams took place, leaving the students waiting for their results.

• Hoshino saw Ken Sudō, Yamauchi Haruki, and Kanji Ike struggling to study in the library.
• Class D students confronted Chabashira Sae, who admitted she had forgotten to tell them the Midterm Exam material had changed the previous Friday.
• Hoshino considered sharing information about past exam papers but decided the risks outweighed the possible reward.
• Hoshino watched Ken Sudō struggle with English and doubted he would pass.
• Hoshino and the other students sat the Midterm Exam, then waited for their report cards.

Chabashira Sae announced Class D’s Midterm Exam results and explained that Ken Sudō alone had fallen below the adjusted Passing Line. She confirmed that he would be expelled, leaving the class stunned and Horikita Suzune feeling helpless.

• Chabashira Sae posted the Midterm Exam results, prompting Yamauchi Haruki and other students to protest their scores and the late change to the exam scope.
• Chabashira Sae marked Ken Sudō’s name and explained that his English score was the only one below the adjusted Passing Line.
• Hirata Yosuke asked whether Ken Sudō could make up for his failing score, but Chabashira Sae confirmed that he would be expelled.
• Horikita Suzune considered speaking up but lowered her hand, unable to find a way to help Ken Sudō.
• Chabashira Sae told Ken Sudō to come to the teachers’ office after school and left the classroom, while some students felt secretly relieved at his coming expulsion.

Ken Sudō left school after confronting his uncertain future on the basketball court, while his classmates learned his expulsion had reduced Class D’s points to zero. The class turned its grief into resentment, and Hirata and Horikita were left facing the consequences of Sudō’s departure.

• Ken Sudō went to the basketball court, played alone, and tried to convince himself he could pursue basketball after leaving school.
• Hirata Yosuke, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune found Sudō but let him have time alone.
• The next morning, Class D found Sudō’s desk and chair gone and wondered who might leave next.
• Chabashira Sae announced that Sudō’s expulsion had deducted 100 class points, leaving Class D with zero points for the month.
• Kanji Ike and other classmates blamed Sudō, while Hirata tried to protest and Horikita gripped her book in silence.

Class D’s Class Points remained at zero, leaving many students unable to afford more than basic food and making them wary of lending or spending what little they had. Kiyona playfully asked Hoshino Kanade to support her, and Hoshino Kanade agreed while wondering if Kiyona might someday support her instead.

• Kiyona pointed out two Class D girls hesitating over bread before buying the cheapest items, and Hoshino Kanade explained that most of the class had spent all their points.
• Hoshino Kanade observed that only cautious students and misers still had points because poverty spread through the class as students borrowed from one another.
• Kiyona leaned against Hoshino Kanade and claimed she was nearly out of points, asking her to support her.
• Hoshino Kanade agreed to support Kiyona but asked what she would offer in return.
• Kiyona teased Hoshino Kanade about doing something in public, and Hoshino Kanade reminded her they were in a convenience store.
• Hoshino Kanade held Kiyona close and reflected that Kiyona might one day be the one supporting her.

Horikita Suzune watched D class sink into despair under insults and humiliating free meals, then realized their buried resentment could become the force that united them. At dusk, the latest Class Points still showed D class at zero, but Horikita was determined to find a way to act.

• Horikita Suzune saw B-class girls and a C-class boy mock D class as its students ate in silence.
• Horikita recognized that her classmates' apparent numbness concealed anger buried beneath despair and helplessness.
• Horikita decided that D class's resentment could be gathered and turned into motivation to change their situation.
• The bulletin board showed Class A at 1040 points, Class B at 1033, Class C at 838, and Class D at 0.
• Horikita watched D-class students hurry past the scores and resolved not to let them continue sinking into despair.

Hoshino Kanade arranged for Hoshinomiya Chie to confront the Electronics Store clerk he suspected of targeting Sakura Airi, hoping to expose him with undeniable evidence. When the clerk refused to show his phone, Kanade took it from his pocket, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Hoshino Kanade decided to prepare for threats to Kiyona and sought Hoshinomiya Chie's help against the clerk targeting Sakura Airi.
• Hoshinomiya deliberately broke an old camera and took it to the Electronics Store, where she accused the clerk of secretly photographing her.
• Hoshino Kanade joined the confrontation and urged the clerk to let them inspect his phone as students gathered to watch.
• When the clerk refused and tried to hide his phone, Hoshino Kanade pulled it from his pocket and dodged the clerk's attempt to grab it back.

Hoshino Kanade helped expose an electronics store employee’s secret photos and harassment of female students, while Class D endured three months with zero points. Horikita Suzune continued organizing support for struggling classmates and relied on Kushida Kikyo’s social skills as the class awaited a chance to improve its situation.

• Hoshino Kanade unlocked Hoshinomiya’s phone and found secretly taken photos of female students and evidence of sexual harassment and threats.
• Hoshino Kanade contacted the authorities, and Hoshinomiya cooperated with the police as Sakura Airi helped identify the victim; the employee was arrested.
• Class D continued to suffer with zero Class Points and no Personal Points for three months, leaving students unable to afford basic purchases.
• Horikita Suzune tutored Ike Kanji and other struggling students, warning them about the risk of expulsion.
• Horikita Suzune asked Kushida Kikyo to coordinate the next study session, recognizing that Kushida’s social network and organizational skills were useful to Class D.

During class, Hoshino Kanade and Ayanokoji Kina flirted and teased each other beneath their desks. After catching Kina’s foot and making her beg for mercy, Kanade stole her sock, leaving Kina’s reaction unresolved.

• Hoshino Kanade ignored the physics lesson to read a history book while Ayanokoji Kina secretly traced messages on her back.
• Kina teased Kanade by brushing her sock-covered foot against Kanade’s leg, and Kanade caught her ankle.
• Kanade found Kina’s sensitive spot on her arch and rubbed it until Kina silently pleaded for her to stop.
• Kina resumed teasing Kanade, who pretended not to notice before catching her ankle again and stealing her sock.

Hoshino Kanade discreetly kept Kiyona’s foot trapped beneath his desk after she gasped, fooling the class into looking away. Matsushita Chiaki witnessed the incident and was left stunned by what she had seen.

• Kiyona gasped when Hoshino Kanade held her ankle, drawing the attention of Kanji Ike, Onodera, and the physics teacher.
• Hoshino Kanade pinned Kiyona’s foot beneath the desk and concealed it from the class with his posture.
• Kanji Ike, Onodera, and the teacher assumed nothing was wrong and returned their attention to class.
• Kiyona slumped over her desk and vowed not to speak to Hoshino Kanade for the rest of the class period.
• Matsushita Chiaki watched the incident and was shocked by what Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona had done.

Matsushita Chiaki watched Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona’s strange classroom interaction, then realized Kanade had noticed her spying. He gave her his contact information and hinted that he knew about her concealed abilities, leaving her anxious as she entered his number into her terminal.

• Matsushita Chiaki was shocked by Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona’s intimate, unusual interaction in class and wondered whether they were ordinary students.
• Hoshino Kanade caught Matsushita watching him and asked whether she was interested in history.
• Class D’s students grew anxious when someone complained that they did not understand material likely to appear on the final.
• Hoshino Kanade gave Matsushita his contact information and proposed discussing her “mediocre” abilities.
• Matsushita feared Kanade might expose her secrets and entered his number into her terminal.

Matsushita Chiaki met Hoshino Kanade in the library after he summoned her, while struggling to hide her embarrassment over watching him touch Kiyona’s foot. Hoshino revealed that he had seen through Chiaki’s deliberate efforts to keep her grades and profile unremarkable, and she demanded to know why he had called her out.

• Matsushita Chiaki received Hoshino Kanade’s message telling her to meet him in the deepest part of the library’s Ancient Texts Area.
• On her way there, Matsushita Chiaki recalled Hoshino Kanade touching Kiyona’s foot and felt ashamed of her own fantasies about his hands.
• Matsushita Chiaki found Hoshino Kanade by the library window and sat opposite him at his instruction.
• Hoshino Kanade accused Matsushita Chiaki of deliberately adjusting her performance and fitting in with Karuizawa’s group to avoid attention.
• Matsushita Chiaki reacted with shock, then asked Hoshino Kanade why he had exposed her deception.

Hoshino Kanade confronted Matsushita Chiaki about hiding her abilities and offered her a deal: gather information in Class D in exchange for his protection and support. She questioned whether he was truly just a Class D student, and he reached into his pocket without answering.

• Hoshino Kanade told Matsushita Chiaki that staying unnoticed would not keep her safe when Class D faced a crisis.
• Hoshino Kanade identified Chiaki's observational, analytical, and disguising abilities and invited her to become his eyes and hands.
• Hoshino Kanade offered to keep her secret and provide support in exchange for information about classmates, factions, and teachers.
• Matsushita Chiaki questioned whether Hoshino Kanade was really just a Class D student.
• Hoshino Kanade pulled something from his pocket instead of answering.

Hoshino Kanade showed Matsushita Chiaki her balance of 3,021,300 points to prove she could support her and had no interest in Class A. Chiaki accepted Kanade’s proposed partnership and asked what she should do.

• Hoshino Kanade revealed her terminal’s 3,021,300-point balance, shocking Matsushita Chiaki.
• Kanade said her points proved she could support Chiaki and that she was staying in Class D for her own reasons.
• Chiaki weighed the risks of accepting Kanade’s offer against the dangers of refusing it.
• Matsushita Chiaki agreed to the arrangement and asked Kanade what she needed her to observe and do.
• Hoshino Kanade concluded that Chiaki would be a useful and reliable observer in Class D.

Hoshino Kanade assigned Matsushita Chiaki to remain on standby and gather information while keeping her cover intact. Later, Ichinose Honami confided that pressure from Ryuen Kakeru and Sakayanagi Arisu was weighing on her.

• Hoshino Kanade told Matsushita Chiaki to blend into Karuizawa's circle, monitor Hirata's side, and share information when she chose.
• Matsushita Chiaki refused regular points to avoid attracting Karuizawa's attention, but said she would contact Hoshino if she needed help.
• After class, Matsushita Chiaki told Hoshino that other classes seemed to have stopped treating Class D as a rival.
• Hoshino noticed that Ichinose Honami's messages seemed less cheerful and asked if something was bothering her.
• Ichinose told Hoshino that friction with other classes, including Ryuen Kakeru's threats and Sakayanagi Arisu's schemes, was causing her pressure.

Hoshino Kanade comforted Ichinose as she struggled with the pressure on Class A, then considered how their homeroom teacher might try to use someone in Class D to reach Class A. He saw Kiyona watching him and resolved that Chabashira Sae would regret targeting her.

• Hoshino Kanade recognized that Ichinose was under intense pressure but that Class A was growing more resilient.
• Hoshino advised Ichinose to look beyond Ryuen and Sakayanagi’s apparent conflicts and focus on their true objectives.
• Ichinose thanked Hoshino and said that talking with him made her feel better.
• Hoshino reflected that Class D’s peaceful position might not last because Chabashira Sae still wanted to reach Class A.
• Hoshino caught Kiyona staring at him and thought that Chabashira Sae would regret trying to use her.

Class D took its first-semester final exams after Chabashira Sae promised a Private Island trip if everyone passed both sets of exams. After the students finished the exams, they boarded a Luxury Cruise Ship and eagerly looked forward to their vacation, unaware of what awaited them.

• Chabashira Sae reminded Class D that everyone had to pass the exams to earn a summer trip to a Private Island, exciting the students.
• Hirata Yosuke, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune helped improve Class D's study habits, and the students finished their final exams confident they would pass.
• Hoshino Kanade packed her stationery and thought about the island as the exams ended.
• Class D boarded a Luxury Cruise Ship, and Shinohara Gatsumi, Karuizawa Kei, Hirata Yosuke, and Ike celebrated the luxurious start to their vacation.
• Kushida Kikyo joined the girls in discussing island activities, though her smile briefly faltered when she saw boys whispering about girls from other classes.

Shiina Hiyori invited Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona to vacation together on the island, and they agreed. As the island came into view, Kiyona and Hoshino recognized signs of artificial alteration and concluded that the supposed vacation would involve another exam.

• Shiina Hiyori invited Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona to spend their time on the island together, and both agreed.
• Yamauchi Haruki decided to move up his plan to confess to Kushida after growing jealous of Hoshino Kanade.
• A ship announcement drew the students to the deck to view the island ahead.
• The students saw a rugged, primitive-looking island instead of the vacation destination they had expected.
• Kiyona noticed artificial modifications to the island, and Hoshino Kanade agreed that the voyage's view was preparation for an exam.
• Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona moved away from the other students to discuss the island quietly.

Hoshino Kanade concluded that the island activity was likely a survival exam and planned to treat it as a vacation with Shiina, while Kiyona agreed. As the Luxury Cruise Ship reached the island, a B-Class student humiliated Yamauchi Haruki, who retaliated with a cutting insult that brought the students close to a fight.

• Hoshino Kanade told Kiyona that the island was probably the site of a survival exam and said they would stick to their plan to go on vacation with Shiina.
• Kiyona accepted the plan and grew curious about exploring the survival challenge with her friend.
• The Luxury Cruise Ship approached the island, and excited D-Class students gathered to watch from the deck.
• A spiky-haired B-Class student shoved Yamauchi Haruki and insulted D-Class as defective products.
• Yamauchi mocked the B-Class students for having fallen from A-Class and called them average, provoking them into a near confrontation.

A surprise announcement ended the confrontation between D class and B class and imposed strict rules for landing on the school’s uninhabited island. As students endured the heat and rigorous inspections, Hoshino Kanade held Kiyona’s hand in line, and Kiyona allowed it.

• A ship announcement ordered the students to change into tracksuits, pack only permitted items, and prepare to land on the uninhabited island.
• Hirata Yosuke rallied D class to follow the instructions, while Yamauchi Haruki left for his cabin with the others.
• Teachers ordered the classes to disembark in rank order, prohibited phones on the island, and subjected students to thorough inspections.
• Kanji Ike, Shinohara Ai, and Yamauchi Haruki complained about the heat and the slow-moving line.
• Hoshino Kanade took Kiyona’s hand to cool herself, and Kiyona protested but did not pull away.

While waiting in the sweltering line aboard the ship, Hoshino Kanade held Kiyona’s hand until Shiina Hiyori offered her cool hand to help him. Kiyona silently permitted him to take it too, and the three shared a moment of trust as the shoreline drew closer.

• Class D students noticed Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona holding hands and teased them about it.
• Shiina Hiyori noticed Hoshino Kanade was sweating and touched his wrist to show him that her hands were cool.
• Shiina Hiyori offered Hoshino Kanade her hand, and he looked to Kiyona for her reaction.
• Kiyona tapped his palm and nodded, so Hoshino Kanade clasped Shiina Hiyori’s hand with his left while continuing to hold Kiyona’s with his right.
• Shiina Hiyori thanked Kiyona with a grateful smile as the shoreline came closer.

Shiina Hiyori joined Class C after reminding Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona about their promise to vacation together. Kanade and Kiyona shared a quiet moment of mutual care before beginning the island exam.

• Shiina Hiyori left Kanade and Kiyona to join the Class C line, smiling as she reminded them of their promise to vacation together.
• Kiyona wiped sweat from Kanade's hand with a cool, mint-scented wipe and said she had brought it because she worried he might get heatstroke.
• Kanade took the wipe and gently cleaned Kiyona's face, while she blushed and let him continue.
• A teacher called for Class D to begin its island landing and inspection, and the line moved forward.
• Kanade and Kiyona stepped onto the hot sand holding hands, and Kanade said their vacation had begun.

D Class and the other classes arrived on the island expecting a vacation, but Hoshinomiya Chie announced that they would take a week-long wilderness survival Special Examination. The students learned they would have to live on the school’s uninhabited island until August 7, leaving their vacation hopes shattered.

• Chabashira Sae took attendance for D Class on the beach while the students looked forward to their free time.
• Hoshinomiya Chie took the stage and announced that a student had missed the trip because of health issues.
• Hoshinomiya revealed that the school year’s first major Special Examination was beginning immediately, shocking students from all four classes.
• Hoshinomiya explained that the examination would last one week and require the students to camp and survive together on the school’s uninhabited island.

Hoshinomiya Chie explained that the students would spend a week on an uninhabited island, using class Exam Points to buy supplies and choosing how to spend their time. She revealed that any points left over would become Class Points after summer vacation, while Class B began with a thirty-point penalty for one absent student.

• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that each class would receive only two tents, two flashlights, and matches, while the school supplied sunscreen, toothbrushes, and feminine hygiene products.
• Kanji Ike protested the survival conditions, and Chabashira Sae rebuked him before Hoshinomiya acknowledged the students' objections.
• Hoshinomiya described the examination as a week of freedom and presented a handbook for buying food, water, recreation, and other supplies with each class's 300 Exam Points.
• Hoshinomiya revealed that every Exam Point remaining at the end of the examination would be added to the class's Class Points after summer vacation.
• Hoshinomiya warned the students to protect their class's single handbook and said Class B had 270 Exam Points because an absent student forfeited 30 points.

Class D learned the rules for the island exam, including its survival demands, penalties, base-claiming system, and leader guessing game. After arguments over saving points and using the shared portable toilet, Hirata Yosuke urged the class to choose a campsite, while they still had to select a leader before the evening roll call.

• Hoshinomiya Chie finished her announcement, and Majima Tomoya resolved that Class D had to take Class A back from her.
• Teacher Chabashira Sae distributed sensor-equipped watches and explained that students had to manage their own food, water, shelter, and safety during the exam.
• Shinohara Gatsumi, Kanji Ike, Hirata Yosuke, and others argued over whether Class D should spend points for basic needs despite the penalties for illness, pollution, and missed roll calls.
• Teacher Chabashira demonstrated the class's shared portable toilet, prompting strong objections from Shinohara Gatsumi and the other girls.
• Teacher Chabashira explained the rules for claiming bases and choosing a leader, including the risks of having that leader identified during the final roll call.
• After Teacher Chabashira left, Hirata Yosuke proposed choosing a campsite first, while Class D's leader decision remained due by the eight o'clock roll call.