Recaps

As Class A students planned their Sports Festival events, Kazehara Tetsu waited until the classrooms emptied to meet Sakura Airi. Sakura worried about meeting the five-event requirement, then invited Kazehara to eat with her before they began.

• Class A students discussed choosing Sports Festival events that suited their abilities and avoided unnecessary strain.
• After classes ended, Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi spoke with Kazehara Tetsu, who said he was waiting for a private appointment with a girl.
• Kazehara left the empty Class A classroom and met Sakura Airi outside Class C, surprising her classmates as she walked away with him.
• Sakura told Kazehara she feared her poor stamina would make her a burden and planned to choose events that required little energy.
• Sakura invited Kazehara to eat together before they started, and he agreed.

Sakura Airi asked to spend the evening in Kazehara Tetsu’s dorm room, then changed into a maid outfit and asked what he thought of it. The chapter left Kazehara Tetsu facing her question as she stood blushing beside the coffee table.

• Sakura Airi asked Kazehara Tetsu if she could stay in his dorm to avoid crowds and interruptions.
• Kazehara Tetsu brought Sakura Airi to his room and offered her water.
• Sakura Airi asked to use the shower room and carried her bag inside.
• Sakura Airi emerged wearing a maid outfit without her glasses.
• Sakura Airi asked Kazehara Tetsu how the outfit looked.

Sakura Airi visited Kazehara Tetsu in a maid outfit to build confidence for her class’s Cultural Festival maid café. After explaining how to grind coffee by hand, Kazehara left her eager to try it herself.

• Sakura Airi told Kazehara Tetsu she had chosen to join the maid café project and had come to practice wearing her uniform somewhere safe.
• Kazehara Tetsu praised her for taking a step toward overcoming her timidity and asked what she wanted to practice.
• Sakura Airi asked to learn the basics of making coffee, explaining she wanted to understand the process even if the café used automatic machines.
• Kazehara Tetsu demonstrated how to dampen the beans to reduce static, adjust a manual grinder, and grind coffee to a pour-over consistency.
• Sakura Airi watched the beans become fragrant grounds and grew eager to try grinding them herself.

Kazehara Tetsu taught Sakura Airi how to grind coffee by guiding her hands, and she successfully ground beans on her own. He then began explaining how to brew the coffee, leaving her ready to learn the next step.

• Kazehara Tetsu handed Sakura Airi the grinder and showed her how to steady it and turn the crank.
• Sakura Airi followed his guidance and ground a second batch of beans by herself.
• Kazehara Tetsu praised her result and explained that her grounds were finer because she had worked slowly.
• Kazehara Tetsu filled the Water Bottle and told Sakura Airi to let boiled water cool to around ninety degrees and use a grounds-to-water ratio of one to fifteen.

Sakura Airi learned to prepare coffee and served it to Kazehara Tetsu, who encouraged her to keep practicing. She reclaimed the USB Drive containing her secret online identity as Shizuku and hinted that she might return it to him after a few days.

• Kazehara Tetsu taught Sakura Airi how to brew coffee, and she successfully made and served him a cup.
• Kazehara Tetsu praised Sakura Airi's coffee and suggested she call him “young master” while practicing for the cafe.
• Sakura Airi gained confidence and thanked Kazehara Tetsu for agreeing to keep helping her practice.
• Kazehara Tetsu returned Sakura Airi's USB Drive containing her Shizuku identity.
• Sakura Airi said she might give the USB Drive back to Kazehara Tetsu after a few days.

Sakura Airi waited in Kazehara Tetsu’s dormitory for event registration to open while he showered. As she sat alone, she secretly sipped his coffee, then someone opened the entrance door.

• Sakura Airi told Kazehara Tetsu she planned to wait until ten o’clock so she could register for Sports Festival events.
• Kazehara Tetsu explained that he planned to focus on team events, and Sakura Airi resolved to train and do her best.
• Kazehara Tetsu went to shower and moved Sakura Airi’s shoulder bag out of the shower room.
• While Kazehara Tetsu showered, Sakura Airi secretly took a sip of the coffee she had brought him.
• Sakura Airi heard the entrance door open and saw it being pushed inward while Kazehara Tetsu was still in the shower.

Kamuro Masumi entered Kazehara Tetsu’s room and found Sakura Airi wearing a maid uniform for Class C’s Cultural Festival preparations. As Sakura wondered about Kamuro’s relationship with Kazehara, Kamuro said she had come to accompany him in some “training.”

• Kamuro Masumi entered Kazehara Tetsu’s room with a key and found Sakura Airi dressed in a maid uniform.
• Kamuro reassured Sakura that she would keep the outfit secret, then relaxed on Kazehara’s bed.
• Sakura explained that Class C planned to run a maid cafe and that she was practicing in front of someone she trusted.
• Kamuro teased Sakura about her timid nature and wondered why she had chosen Kazehara as her practice partner.
• Sakura asked why Kamuro had come, and Kamuro said she was there to accompany Kazehara in some necessary “training.”

Sakura Airi visited Kazehara Tetsu to practice choosing Cultural Festival events, and he approved her cautious selections. After she left, Kamuro Masumi turned her attention to Kazehara Tetsu and suggested they begin their own business.

• Kamuro Masumi arrived at Kazehara Tetsu's room after parting from Sakayanagi and stayed while Sakura Airi practiced.
• Kazehara Tetsu discussed the Cultural Festival with Sakura Airi while Kamuro Masumi listened nearby.
• Sakura Airi confirmed five low-risk events, and Kazehara Tetsu approved her choices.
• Sakura Airi thanked Kazehara Tetsu, changed back into her school uniform, and left the dormitory.
• Kamuro Masumi teased Kazehara Tetsu about his reaction to Sakura Airi's maid outfit and invited him to experience more with her.

Ibuki Mio trained for the 100-meter dash with Kazehara Tetsu and insisted on becoming strong enough to beat Horikita Suzune at the Sports Festival. Ichinose Honami joined them at the field, and Kazehara resumed timing Ibuki’s practice.

• Kazehara Tetsu timed Ibuki Mio at 12.91 seconds and praised her progress as she asked whether she could reach Level Two before the Sports Festival.
• Ibuki Mio vowed to defeat Horikita Suzune and demanded that Kazehara devise a plan that guaranteed her victory.
• Ichinose Honami arrived and explained that her class’s Physical Education lesson had been rescheduled, then said she planned to focus on events that could earn points for her class.
• Ibuki Mio returned to the starting line, and Kazehara Tetsu signaled for her to run again.

Ibuki Mio trained for the 100-meter event while Kazehara Tetsu warned that she was neglecting her other events. Ichinose Honami invited Kazehara to join her after school for an unspecified brain-focused activity, and he agreed.

• Ibuki Mio finished a sprint, and Ichinose Honami praised her speed.
• Ibuki Mio said Kazehara Tetsu's speed made her own seem insignificant and told Ichinose to watch his 100-meter race.
• Kazehara Tetsu timed Ibuki Mio at 12.98 seconds and warned that she was overtraining for one event while neglecting the other two.
• Ibuki Mio rejected his advice and went to practice movement drills on the other side of the field.
• Ichinose Honami invited Kazehara Tetsu to go somewhere crowded with her after school for an activity that used his brain, and he agreed.

Ichinose Honami brought Kazehara Tetsu to her dorm room, where Shiranami Chihiro, Himeno Yuki, and Kobashi Yume were waiting. Kobashi introduced a Three Kingdoms card game and began explaining the hidden identities, leaving the group ready to draw their roles.

• Ichinose Honami led Kazehara Tetsu to the girls' dormitory and invited him into her room.
• Kazehara Tetsu found Shiranami Chihiro and Himeno Yuki waiting inside, and Kobashi Yume soon arrived with snacks and a game.
• Kobashi Yume revealed a Three Kingdoms card game she had bought and urged everyone to play.
• Kobashi Yume explained the five-player rules and laid out the identity cards for everyone to draw.

Kobashi Yume led the first round of the identity-card game as Lord, while Kazehara Tetsu used Huang Yueying’s card-drawing skill to overwhelm her with attacks. Himeno Yuki saved Yume twice, but with no Peach left to stop Kazehara’s final Slash, the Lord died and the Rebels won.

• Kobashi Yume drew the Lord card, while Kazehara Tetsu secretly drew Rebel, and everyone chose generals for the game.
• Kobashi Yume attacked Himeno Yuki, then Ichinose Honami used Zhao Yun and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade to Slash Yume twice.
• Kazehara Tetsu used Huang Yueying’s skill to draw cards from his Tactics, stripped Yume of her Peach, and reduced Liu Bei to one health.
• Kazehara Tetsu used a crossbow and repeated Slashes to put Yume into the dying state, but Himeno Yuki played two Peaches to save her.
• Kazehara Tetsu played one final Slash, and Shiranami Chihiro could not use her Wine to save Yume, so the Lord died and the Rebels won.
• Kobashi Yume accused Kazehara Tetsu of playing too smoothly, then asked Ichinose Honami to let her try Huang Yueying in the next game.

After several rounds of a card game, Kobashi Yume accepted her losses and the group began preparing dinner. Kazehara Tetsu cleared the air with Shiranami Chihiro and encouraged Himeno Yuki to join the others in the kitchen, leaving her the option of retrieving her pen from his dormitory.

• Over three rounds, Kazehara Tetsu helped the Lord win as a Loyalist, then was eliminated early as a traitor, while Shiranami Chihiro, Himeno Yuki, and Ichinose Honami each won at least once.
• Kobashi Yume lamented her losses, but Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro reassured her before the group put away the cards and prepared to cook dinner.
• Shiranami Chihiro told Kazehara Tetsu that she did not hate him and that his intervention had helped her move past her fixation on becoming closer to Honami.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked Himeno Yuki to help in the kitchen rather than remain alone, and she questioned his feelings for Honami after he said he preferred to help someone he liked.
• Before joining the others, Kazehara Tetsu told Himeno Yuki that she could retrieve her black ballpoint pen from his dormitory if she wanted it.

Kazehara Tetsu joined Ichinose Honami, Kobashi Yume, and Shiranami Chihiro in the kitchen to help prepare dinner. As they cooked home-style dishes together, Yume struggled with basic tasks while Kazehara handled the meat and chicken.

• Kazehara Tetsu entered the kitchen and offered to help Ichinose Honami and Kobashi Yume prepare dinner.
• Ichinose Honami described her planned menu of meat and potato stew, teriyaki chicken, komatsuna, and pork Miso Soup, and Kazehara began chopping ingredients.
• Kobashi Yume admitted she was incapable at cooking, then nearly let the sink overflow while washing vegetables.
• Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro organized the work, and Kazehara cut the meat and began cooking the teriyaki chicken.
• Kobashi Yume slowly cut onions under Shiranami Chihiro's watch, producing uneven slices without injuring herself.

Kazehara Tetsu, Ichinose Honami, Shiranami Chihiro, and Kobashi Yume prepared dinner together. They finished cooking and served the meal, leaving everyone gathered around the table ready to eat.

• Ichinose Honami cooked teriyaki chicken while Kazehara Tetsu prepared braised pork and potatoes.
• Kobashi Yume idled at the sink before carrying the finished main dishes to the table.
• Kazehara Tetsu blanched komatsuna and praised Ichinose Honami's cooking skills.
• Ichinose Honami finished the miso soup, and she and Kazehara Tetsu carried the bowls into the living room.
• Ichinose Honami handed Kazehara Tetsu the last pair of chopsticks as Kobashi Yume admired the meal.

Kobashi Yume, Shiranami Chihiro, Himeno Yuki, Ichinose Honami, and Kazehara Tetsu shared a meal and discussed plans for the Cultural Festival. The chapter ended with Kazehara assuring them that Ryuen Kakeru was coordinating Class A’s project, while Ichinose urged her classmates to focus on their own class.

• Kobashi Yume, Shiranami Chihiro, and Himeno Yuki praised the meal prepared by Ichinose Honami and Kazehara Tetsu.
• Ichinose Honami served Kazehara Tetsu chicken and playfully fed Kobashi Yume, while Shiranami Chihiro asked Kazehara about Ichinose’s qualities.
• After the meal, Ichinose Honami described Class D’s tentative plan for a dessert-focused Cultural Festival project with interactive games and prizes.
• Kobashi Yume asked what Class A was planning, and Kazehara Tetsu said Ryuen Kakeru had been given full authority to coordinate it.
• Kazehara Tetsu reassured Kobashi Yume and Shiranami Chihiro that Ryuen Kakeru had become capable of settling down and getting things done, while Ichinose Honami told them to focus on Class D.

While helping Himeno Yuki wash dishes, Kazehara Tetsu challenged her half-hearted efforts to fit in and hinted at a way to break her social deadlock. He publicly confronted Ichinose Honami and the others about treating Himeno as a pity guest, then left the Dormitory before anyone could respond.

• Himeno Yuki explained that she attended the gathering because she feared being pushed to the margins, while Kazehara Tetsu criticized her superficial attempts to socialize.
• Kazehara Tetsu warned Himeno that his proposed way to change things might make her angry, and she agreed to forgive his approach if he explained it beforehand.
• Back in the living room, Kazehara Tetsu asked Ichinose Honami, Shiranami Chihiro, and Kobashi Yume what they thought a friend was.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked how they viewed Himeno and declared that she genuinely wanted to belong, rather than accept invitations out of pity.
• Kazehara Tetsu told Ichinose to recognize what their supposed friendship really was, thanked everyone for their hospitality, and left the Dormitory.

Himeno Yuki visited Kazehara Tetsu to confront him about his blunt intervention in her relationship with Honami and the others. Though she thanked him after explaining that things had worked out, she left with his contact information and refused his chocolate.

• Kazehara Tetsu ate dark chocolate and answered a few messages before Himeno Yuki arrived at his room.
• Himeno Yuki confronted Kazehara Tetsu for leaving her to deal with the fallout from his harsh words, then admitted Honami and the others had listened to her explanation without blaming her.
• Himeno Yuki said she did not resent Kazehara Tetsu but asked him to warn her before making another extreme move.
• Himeno Yuki left her black ballpoint pen with Kazehara Tetsu in exchange for his contact information.
• Himeno Yuki declined Kazehara Tetsu's Valentine's Day chocolate, criticized his treatment of the gifts, and thanked him before leaving.

Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu discussed their Sports Festival events and her return to running after rehabilitation. Arisu planned to race the 100 meters despite her disappointing practice time, and they headed to the cafeteria for dinner before the festival.

• Ishizaki Daichi asked Kazehara Tetsu about his events, and Kazehara listed the 100 meters, tug of war, and basketball.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu left Class A and agreed to eat dinner at the school cafeteria.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told Kazehara Tetsu she had entered the 100-meter sprint and had already tested herself on the track with Kamuro Masumi watching over her.
• Sakayanagi Arisu said she had run 100 meters in eighteen seconds and felt frustrated by her limits despite six months of rehabilitation.
• Kazehara Tetsu reassured Sakayanagi Arisu, and they continued toward dinner, hoping to be ready for the Sports Festival.

Kazehara Tetsu ate with Sakayanagi Arisu when Nagumo Miyabi challenged him to compete at the next day’s Sports Festival. Tetsu accepted verbally but planned to treat the festival as fun rather than take their contest seriously.

• Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu joked over lunch about his simple meal and her becoming his patron.
• Nagumo Miyabi arrived with Asahina Nazuna, who said she had not accepted any of his advances.
• Nagumo challenged Kazehara to a proper contest at the Sports Festival, and Kazehara accepted after Nagumo pressed for a definite answer.
• Nagumo and Asahina left, and Sakayanagi observed that Kazehara did not seem to intend to take the agreement seriously.
• Kazehara told Sakayanagi he planned to enjoy trying the festival events rather than focus on competing with Nagumo.

Nagumo Miyabi opened Kouyoku High School’s Sports Festival as Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu discussed his 100-meter race. Tetsu took his place at the starting blocks after promising Arisu he could run the distance in under ten seconds, and the chapter ended at the starting pistol.

• Nagumo Miyabi declared the Sports Festival open, and Kazehara Tetsu observed the invited parents and other adult guests in the stands.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu walked toward the check-in area and talked about her cane, what they liked about each other, and his upcoming race.
• Sakayanagi Arisu challenged Kazehara Tetsu to run the 100 meters in under ten seconds, and he confidently agreed.
• Kazehara Tetsu found that he had been assigned to the Second Group, Lane Two, while Shibata Hayato won the First Group’s race.
• Kazehara Tetsu got into the starting blocks, and the starting pistol fired.

Kazehara Tetsu stunned the Sports Festival with a 9.91-second 100-meter sprint, then watched as Sakayanagi Arisu prepared to run her first race without physical support. Sakayanagi told Onodera Kayano that her congenital heart disease had been cured and openly encouraged her to pursue Kazehara if she had feelings for him.

• Kazehara Tetsu won the boys' 100-meter race with a time of 9.91 seconds, leaving the crowd in shock.
• As the girls' race approached, Sakayanagi Arisu searched the crowd and met Kazehara Tetsu's gaze, drawing strength from his presence.
• Onodera Kayano asked Sakayanagi Arisu whether she planned to race despite her physical condition, and Sakayanagi said her cane and congenital heart disease had both been cured.
• Sakayanagi Arisu credited Kazehara Tetsu with giving her hope and confirmed that he was the person she meant when Onodera asked about him.
• Sakayanagi Arisu described Kazehara Tetsu as unpleasant and self-indulgent but trustworthy, and told Onodera Kayano she would not mind if Onodera tried pursuing him.
• Flustered by Sakayanagi Arisu's response, Onodera Kayano fled to prepare for her race.

After finishing last in the girls’ 100-meter sprint, Sakayanagi Arisu reunited with Kazehara Tetsu, who urged Onodera Kayano to pursue first place and use the Class Transfer Ticket to join Class A. Onodera remained conflicted as Kazehara and Sakayanagi left, with the decision and the ticket’s uncertain promise still before her.

• Onodera Kayano helped exhausted Sakayanagi Arisu leave the track and brought her to Kazehara Tetsu, who gave Arisu water.
• Onodera praised Kazehara’s 9.91-second 100-meter result, but he brushed off questions about it and wished her luck in the long jump.
• Kazehara explained that first place in the girls’ division could earn Onodera a Class Transfer Ticket, then urged her to transfer to his Class A.
• Onodera questioned whether she should leave her classmates, and Kazehara argued that pursuing Class A would better serve her future and his plans.
• Kazehara and Sakayanagi departed after Sakayanagi told Onodera that the ticket could offer a faster, though uncertain, path to graduating from Class A.

Kazehara Tetsu’s team advanced through the tug-of-war tournament and defeated Nagumo Miyabi’s Third Year Class A in the final. With forty minutes before his basketball event, Kazehara headed to inspect the other event venues.

• Sakayanagi Arisu watched from the stands as Kazehara Tetsu’s team faced First Year Class C and won in under twenty seconds.
• Kazehara’s team quickly defeated Class 2-B, then advanced directly to the final after drawing a bye in the semifinal.
• Nagumo Miyabi challenged Kazehara before the final, while Ishizaki Daichi learned that the two had made an agreement under Nagumo’s demands.
• Third Year Class A’s coordinated pulling initially pushed Kazehara’s team back, but Kazehara unleashed overwhelming strength and won the match.
• Katsuragi Kouhei left to prepare for another event, and Kazehara headed toward the exhibition venues while waiting for basketball.

Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio left Horikita Suzune after she beat Ibuki by seven centimeters in the long jump, then headed to the indoor basketball event. At Court Number Three, Kazehara made a clean long-range shot as Class A prepared to face First Year Class D.

• Horikita Suzune watched Ibuki Mio's long jump and learned she had beaten Ibuki by seven centimeters.
• Ibuki Mio complained that fatigue had weakened her jump and vowed to defeat Horikita Suzune that afternoon.
• Kazehara Tetsu urged Ibuki Mio to leave for the basketball event, and she followed him toward the gymnasium.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi told Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio that Class A would face First Year Class D in the first round.
• Kazehara Tetsu made a clean shot from beyond the three-point line, impressing Hashimoto Masayoshi.