Recaps

Kazehara Tetsu met Shiina Hiyori, Yamamura Miki, Shiranami Chihiro, and Ichinose Honami at Keyaki Mall for a spring-break get-together. After they settled into a café booth and ordered desserts, they began discussing their holiday plans.

• Kazehara Tetsu arrived early at Keyaki Mall and found Shiina Hiyori reading while she waited.
• Shiina Hiyori explained that she had borrowed several new books, and Yamamura Miki joined them.
• Shiranami Chihiro arrived and told the others that Ichinose Honami had gone ahead to reserve a café table.
• The four students joined Ichinose Honami at the last available booth, where she offered to pay for their desserts.
• The group ordered food and talked about their spring-break plans, then asked Kazehara Tetsu what he planned to do.

Kazehara Tetsu challenged Ichinose Honami’s plan to repay her massive loan alone, arguing that her classmates should have a say in sharing the burden. Ichinose was left speechless as Shiratori agreed with him.

• Ichinose Honami told Kazehara Tetsu she had sold personal belongings to afford the afternoon tea.
• Ichinose said she planned to repay Kazehara sixty thousand Personal Points each month, starting next month.
• Kazehara told her she could repay the loan at her own pace and questioned how she could live on the remaining Points.
• Kazehara argued that Ichinose was shutting out the classmates she had protected by planning to shoulder the debt alone.
• Ichinose fell silent, and Shiratori agreed that Kazehara was right.

Shiranami Chihiro persuaded Ichinose Honami to stop shouldering the class’s debt alone and discuss repayment with everyone. After Shiina Hiyori lightened the mood by sharing books, the group parted at sunset, leaving Kazehara Tetsu behind in the café.

• Shiranami Chihiro objected to Ichinose Honami paying the entire debt herself and proposed that Class B contribute together.
• Kazehara Tetsu urged Ichinose Honami to trust her classmates, and she apologized before agreeing to discuss the debt with everyone.
• Shiina Hiyori offered books to shift the conversation, and the group spent the afternoon reading and chatting.
• At sunset, Ichinose Honami, Shiranami Chihiro, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki left the café while Kazehara Tetsu stayed behind.
• Kazehara Tetsu watched the others go, then left the café into the busy shopping mall corridor.

Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio both got stranded at Keyaki Mall by a sudden downpour and searched for an umbrella together. On the way to another loan station, they discussed Class C’s prospects and Ryuen Kakeru’s risky strategy in the Commander Tower exam.

• Kazehara Tetsu failed to find the Micro Storage Disks he wanted, then discovered that the rain had left him without a way back to the dormitory.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio ran into each other after both failed to borrow an umbrella on the first floor.
• Kazehara Tetsu suggested they try the backup umbrella station on the third floor, and Ibuki Mio followed him.
• Kazehara Tetsu said Class C might still have a chance to catch up with Class A, but Ibuki Mio doubted it.
• Ibuki Mio called Ryuen Kakeru’s Commander Tower strategy a lunatic’s idea and admitted she could not argue with his confidence in it.

Ibuki Mio confronted Kazehara Tetsu about his forgotten promise to teach her Combat Techniques, and he renewed his commitment for spring break. She chose Mixed Martial Arts as the discipline she wanted to learn, while Tetsu secretly planned to buy techniques from the System Store.

• Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio found public umbrellas and headed for the entrance in the rain.
• Ibuki Mio reminded Kazehara Tetsu that he had promised to teach her Combat Techniques and accused him of putting it off for a semester.
• Kazehara Tetsu teased Ibuki Mio by suggesting she become his woman, and she tried to kick him before he dodged.
• Kazehara Tetsu promised to teach Ibuki Mio during spring break, and she warned him not to stand her up again.
• Ibuki Mio asked what she would learn, and she chose Mixed Martial Arts without hesitation.

Kazehara Tetsu arrived as Horikita Manabu and Horikita Suzune said goodbye at Kouyoku High School. Before boarding the bus, Manabu gave Kazehara his contact information, asked him to look out for Suzune, and urged his sister to live by her own wishes.

• Kazehara Tetsu watched Horikita Suzune embrace Horikita Manabu and cry before she noticed him.
• Horikita Manabu gave Kazehara his and Tachibana's private phone numbers and asked him to help Suzune if she encountered a problem at school.
• Kazehara agreed to look out for Suzune, and Horikita Manabu said he would welcome someone helping his sister relax.
• Horikita Manabu told Suzune not to live by other people's expectations and to follow her own heart.
• Horikita Manabu picked up his suitcase and walked toward the bus.

Horikita Suzune watched her brother Horikita Manabu leave and struggled with the regret that she had understood how to change only after he was gone. Kazehara Tetsu stayed with her, helped her let herself cry, and reminded her that she still had two years to show Horikita Manabu who she had become.

• Horikita Suzune and Kazehara Tetsu waved goodbye as Horikita Manabu boarded the bus and left.
• Kazehara Tetsu explained that he had deliberately arrived late so Horikita Suzune could spend time alone with her brother, and he complimented her haircut.
• Horikita Suzune asked Kazehara Tetsu to leave her to walk by herself, but he followed when she stopped on the path around the lake.
• Kazehara Tetsu encouraged Horikita Suzune to stop hiding her vulnerability, and she cried in his arms about realizing too late how she needed to change.
• Kazehara Tetsu reminded Horikita Suzune that she had two years to show her brother her growth, and she thanked him before they traded teasing remarks.

Kazehara Tetsu trained Ibuki Mio in the grove but remained distracted and evasive about how he had become so strong. He persuaded her to head to the cafeteria with him, leaving her still determined to learn his training routine.

• Kazehara Tetsu reflected on his more than thirty million Personal Points while Ibuki Mio waited for him to focus on their training.
• Kazehara Tetsu taught Ibuki Mio mixed martial arts moves and told her that fitness and combat experience mattered more than memorizing techniques.
• Ibuki Mio asked Kazehara Tetsu how he trained, but he joked about a manga routine and avoided giving her a real answer.
• Kazehara Tetsu suggested they eat, then agreed to treat Ibuki Mio after she refused to pay for his meal.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio headed toward the cafeteria as he continued dodging her questions about his training routine.

Kazehara Tetsu returned to school as a second-year student and learned that the school had introduced the OAA system to publicly display students’ ability scores. The chapter ended with him checking his first-year results and noting that his Physical Ability score was lower than he could have achieved.

• Kazehara Tetsu returned to his unchanged classroom, where students found new learning terminals on their desks.
• Majima Tomoya entered and instructed the class to download and set up the OAA app on their phones.
• Majima Tomoya explained that OAA would manage and display students’ comprehensive ability scores across the school.
• Kazehara Tetsu recognized the system’s categories and viewed his first-year results: Academic Ability A+ (100), Physical Ability A+ (95), Flexible Thinking A- (81), Social Contribution B+ (80), and Comprehensive Ability A (90).
• Kazehara Tetsu accepted his results but regretted that his Physical Ability score did not reflect his full potential.

Majima Tomoya introduced the OAA system and announced the second-years’ first Special Exam, a cooperative written test with first-year partners. The exam would begin in two weeks, and students faced expulsion for a combined score of 500 or less or for deliberately manipulating results.

• Kazehara Tetsu checked the grade’s OAA rankings and saw Ichinose Honami in second place, while Hirata Yosuke ranked fifth.
• Majima Tomoya warned that low Comprehensive Ability ratings could lead to punishment, possibly expulsion, and explained how students could improve their assessments.
• Majima Tomoya announced that second-years would take a cooperative written exam with first-year partners, whom they could choose and register through OAA.
• Majima Tomoya explained that pairs would take five 100-point subject tests in two weeks, with separate class and individual rankings and Personal Point rewards for top pairs.
• Majima Tomoya stated that a combined score of 500 or less would expel the second-year student, and that deliberate score manipulation or coercion would result in expulsion.

Majima Tomoya explained the cross-grade exam’s difficulty, score estimates, and first-year curriculum scope, reassuring students that studying over the next two weeks could help them avoid expulsion. The class began considering partners, while Hashimoto Masayoshi browsed first-year profiles and asked Kazehara Tetsu for his opinion.

• Katsuragi Kouhei asked Majima Tomoya how difficult the written exam would be, and Majima said high scores would be difficult but students could earn points by reviewing first-year material.
• Majima presented estimated score ranges by Academic Ability and warned students that the estimates were not guaranteed and that OAA ratings were only a reference.
• Majima singled out Kazehara Tetsu as the likely exception to the exam’s difficulty, and classmates joked about his perfect scores.
• Majima listed the five exam subjects and explained that the exam covered material from the students’ first year, prompting relief and renewed confidence in the class.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi browsed first-year girls’ OAA profiles while looking for a partner and asked Kazehara what he thought of one candidate.

Kagihara and Kamuro attended Ichinose’s meeting for second-years and first-years seeking exam partners, but Kagihara found no promising candidates and prepared to leave. Outside, Horikita and Ayanokoji invited them to investigate why no Class 1-D students had attended, and they agreed to go.

• Morishita worried about finding an exam partner, but declined Kagihara and Kamuro’s invitation to attend Ichinose’s exchange meeting, choosing to buy cake instead.
• Kagihara and Kamuro visited the Gymnasium, where Ichinose answered questions from a large crowd of first-years and Hashimoto went to approach students he considered promising.
• Kagihara said the gathered first-years lacked strong academic scores and left the Gymnasium with Kamuro.
• Kagihara and Kamuro met Horikita and Ayanokoji outside, and Horikita pointed out that no Class 1-D students had attended the meeting.
• Horikita and Ayanokoji planned to visit the Class 1-D classroom, and Kagihara and Kamuro agreed to join them.

Horikita Suzune, Kazehara Tetsu, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and Kamuro Masumi searched First Year Class D for potential partners but found the classroom empty. They returned to the Dormitory, where Kamuro went with Kazehara to his room.

• Ryuen Kakeru told Horikita Suzune and the others that he had found no first-years worth working with, and remarked that the new students seemed unusually composed.
• Kazehara Tetsu stopped Horikita Suzune from entering First Year Class D, saying Ryuen Kakeru had been telling the truth about finding no one.
• Horikita Suzune opened the classroom and found it completely empty, leaving the group unable to contact the students or choose partners.
• Kazehara Tetsu suggested they return and reconsider their options the next day, and the four left the first-year building.
• Horikita Suzune headed to the Dormitory, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka went his own way, and Kamuro Masumi accompanied Kazehara Tetsu to his room.

Kazehara Tetsu intervened when Hosen Kazuomi tried to attack Ibuki Mio during a confrontation with Ryuen Kakeru. Nanase Tsubasa stopped Hosen from escalating the fight, though he left with a threat and warned her not to betray his expectations.

• Second-year students gathered as Ryuen Kakeru and his Class C classmates confronted Hosen Kazuomi and Nanase Tsubasa.
• Hosen Kazuomi refused to back down after Ryuen Kakeru rejected his invitation to fight, then suddenly swung at Ibuki Mio.
• Kazehara Tetsu caught Hosen Kazuomi's wrist and held him still, while Ryuen Kakeru warned him to apologize.
• Kazehara Tetsu released Hosen Kazuomi, and Nanase Tsubasa showed him his OAA profile and warned that surveillance cameras could lead to punishment or expulsion.
• Nanase Tsubasa threatened to reveal “that matter” if Hosen Kazuomi continued, so he agreed to stop but warned her not to betray his expectations.

Hosen Kazuomi left after a teacher intervened, while Yagami Takuya revealed he knew Kushida Kikyo and asked her to partner with him for the Special Exam. Kushida asked for time to decide, and Kazehara Tetsu found the situation interesting.

• Hosen Kazuomi challenged a quiet first-year boy, but a teacher arrived and ordered everyone to disperse.
• Tsukishiro Takuya introduced himself as First Year Class D's manager and left with Hosen Kazuomi and Nanase Tsubasa.
• The boy introduced himself to Kushida Kikyo as Yagami Takuya, though Kushida did not recognize him.
• Kazehara Tetsu hinted to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about an “assassin,” but dismissed Horikita Suzune's questions.
• Yagami Takuya asked Kushida Kikyo to partner with him for the Special Exam, and she requested time to consider it.

Kazehara Tetsu joined Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka as they negotiated with first-years for exam partners, but Shiratori demanded 500,000 Personal Points and Horikita refused. The first-years left, and the group learned they feared Hosen Kazuomi’s control over their class before Horikita suggested moving upstairs.

• Morishita Ai insisted on accompanying Kazehara Tetsu to Horikita Suzune’s meeting at Keyaki Mall.
• Shiratori demanded 500,000 Personal Points to team up with Horikita Suzune’s class and dismissed her offer of future favors.
• Kazehara Tetsu arrived and explained that Class A had already entered negotiations, while Horikita refused to pay Shiratori’s price.
• Shiratori and his two companions left after Horikita declined, leaving her exhausted by the failed negotiation.
• Horikita told Kazehara Tetsu that the first-years feared Hosen Kazuomi and his rules for teaming up.
• Horikita stood and suggested that the group move upstairs, then noticed Morishita Ai.

Horikita Suzune sought high-achieving first-years to partner with her academically weak classmates so they could avoid expulsion. Amasawa Ichika, an A-level student, offered to consider partnering with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, but proposed discussing conditions upstairs.

• Horikita Suzune explained to Kazehara Tetsu that she was trying to find strong first-year partners for her classmates with low Academic Ability.
• Amasawa Ichika approached Horikita Suzune and revealed that she was a First Year Class A student with A-level Academic Ability.
• Horikita Suzune told Amasawa Ichika that Kazehara Tetsu had a Perfect Score of 100, then asked her to consider partnering with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, whose Academic Ability was C.
• Amasawa Ichika recognized that Horikita Suzune was seeking partners for her classmates and agreed to consider helping under certain conditions.
• Amasawa Ichika suggested they continue the discussion upstairs, and the group headed to the second floor.

Amasawa Ichika said she preferred strong people and tested Kazehara Tetsu by proposing a fighting tournament to decide who would team up with her for the Special Exam. Kazehara Tetsu revealed that he had been teasing her too, and Amasawa Ichika began considering another idea.

• Amasawa Ichika told Horikita Suzune that she wanted to team up with someone strong for the Special Exam, and made clear that she was interested in Kazehara Tetsu.
• Morishita Ai praised Kazehara Tetsu’s strength, prompting Amasawa Ichika to suggest a friendly sparring tournament among second-year fighters.
• Horikita Suzune objected to the idea, but Kazehara Tetsu said a consensual spar was acceptable and claimed he would take on Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
• Amasawa Ichika began preparing a message inviting fighters to sign up, but she and Kazehara Tetsu simultaneously decided not to proceed.
• Amasawa Ichika realized Kazehara Tetsu had been teasing her, and she started thinking of another idea.

Horikita Suzune tried to secure Amasawa Ichika as a teammate by claiming Ayanokoji Kiyotaka could cook, but Morishita Ai also vouched for Kazehara Tetsu, prompting Amasawa to arrange a cooking contest. Ayanokoji and Kazehara had to compete alone after school the next day, leaving Horikita scrambling to help Ayanokoji prepare.

• Horikita Suzune falsely claimed Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was good at cooking to persuade Amasawa Ichika to team up with him.
• Amasawa Ichika asked Ayanokoji to prove his cooking skills, while Morishita Ai unexpectedly claimed Kazehara Tetsu was an even better cook.
• Amasawa proposed a cooking contest between Ayanokoji and Kazehara and agreed to wait until after school the next day.
• Amasawa set the contest at Keyaki Mall, making ingredient shopping part of the test, and refused to let Horikita accompany them.
• After Amasawa left, Horikita apologized to Ayanokoji for dragging him into the contest, and he accepted that they would have to deal with it.

Kazehara Tetsu and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka discussed the growing number of exam pairs and the mystery of First Year Class D before meeting Amasawa Ichika at Keyaki Mall. Amasawa led them to shop for ingredients so they could cook for her, while Ayanokoji worried about his limited cooking experience.

• Kazehara Tetsu reported that 56 pairs had formed and noted Ichinose Honami's role in helping students find partners.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka wondered why no one in First Year Class D had formed a pair and discussed the difficulty of identifying the White Room student.
• Kazehara Tetsu told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka that Nanase Tsubasa hated him, but did not explain their history.
• Kazehara Tetsu teased Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about his cooking skills after Horikita Suzune had taught him basic dishes the night before.
• Amasawa Ichika met Kazehara Tetsu and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka at Keyaki Mall and led them inside to buy ingredients for a meal.

Amasawa Ichika persuaded Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to buy a costly set of kitchenware for her exclusive use, threatening to leave if he refused to cook for her. Kazehara Tetsu paid the full bill as a welcome gift, sparing Ayanokoji from draining his Personal Points.

• Amasawa Ichika filled a shopping basket with kitchenware despite Ayanokoji Kiyotaka telling her his Dormitory already had everything they needed.
• Amasawa Ichika added a chef's knife costing three thousand Points and said Ayanokoji should pay because he would cook for her.
• Amasawa Ichika teased Ayanokoji about backing out, then offered to split the cost while insisting the kitchenware would remain for her exclusive use.
• Kazehara Tetsu paid for all the kitchenware, calling it a welcome gift, and Amasawa Ichika thanked him.

Amasawa Ichika took Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Kazehara Tetsu to shop for ingredients, then brought them to Ayanokoji’s dorm for a cooking test. She revealed that they had to make Tom Yum Goong, a Thai soup neither Ayanokoji had cooked nor tasted.

• Amasawa Ichika selected unfamiliar ingredients and cooking utensils while Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Kazehara Tetsu followed her through the supermarket.
• The three went to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s dorm, where Amasawa Ichika inspected the tidy room and settled in to watch.
• Amasawa Ichika banned both Senpais from using their phones to look up recipes, and they left their phones in the bedroom.
• Amasawa Ichika revealed Tom Yum Goong as the test dish and described it as a spicy, sour Thai soup.

Kazehara Tetsu and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka competed to make Tom Yum Goong for Amasawa Ichika, while Kazehara let Ayanokoji secretly receive instructions from Horikita Suzune. As Amasawa prepared to judge their dishes, Kazehara confronted her about the White Room, and the chapter ended with Ayanokoji serving her peeled apple.

• Amasawa Ichika set a cooking contest in which Kazehara Tetsu and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka would each make Tom Yum Goong, with the winner earning a chance to team up with her.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka stalled in the kitchen, so Kazehara Tetsu allowed him to use a hidden earpiece and receive cooking instructions from Horikita Suzune.
• Kazehara Tetsu finished his dish first, distracted Amasawa Ichika, and asked her about the White Room and the differences between its Fifth Generation and Fourth Generation students.
• Amasawa Ichika realized Kazehara Tetsu knew about the White Room and guessed that he came from the Kagihara Zaibatsu, then teased him about becoming his wife.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka brought out his Tom Yum Goong, peeled an apple at Amasawa Ichika's request, and served it to her.

Amasawa Ichika judged Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Kazehara Tetsu’s Tom Yum Goong and chose Kazehara Tetsu as the better cook, then invited him to team up for the Special Exam. She and Kazehara confirmed their partnership and went into his dorm room to talk.

• Amasawa Ichika tasted both dishes and said that both passed, but Kazehara Tetsu’s was better.
• Amasawa Ichika sent Kazehara Tetsu a team-up invitation, then left Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Kazehara Tetsu alone.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked Ayanokoji Kiyotaka whether Horikita Suzune objected, and Ayanokoji relayed her warning that Kazehara had beaten her to the initiative.
• Amasawa Ichika waited in the hallway, and Kazehara Tetsu accepted her OAA System invitation, making them partners for the Special Exam.
• Amasawa Ichika asked to inspect Kazehara Tetsu’s dorm room, and he let her follow him inside.

Amasawa Ichika visited Kazehara Tetsu's Dormitory and questioned him about his bare living space, his efforts for the class, and his relationships with girls. The conversation ended with her doubting his claim that he had never had a physical relationship with any of them.

• Amasawa Ichika accompanied Kazehara Tetsu to his Dormitory and explored its sparse, spotless rooms.
• Amasawa Ichika asked why Kazehara Tetsu worked hard for his class despite being heir to the Kagihara Zaibatsu, and he said the class moved forward together.
• Kazehara Tetsu said his actions had initially been motivated by women, prompting Amasawa Ichika to ask how many girls he had become involved with.
• Amasawa Ichika named Morishita Senpai and Horikita Senpai among the girls she thought were involved with Kazehara Tetsu.
• Kazehara Tetsu denied having had a physical relationship with any of them, but Amasawa Ichika refused to believe him.