Recaps

Kazehara Tetsu negotiated with Ryuen Kakeru, offering to reveal the Class C traitor in exchange for one million Personal Points and an end to the conflict. Ryuen accepted and insisted they put the deal in writing, leaving Kushida Kikyo uneasy about the hunt for the traitor.

• Kazehara Tetsu confronted Ryuen Kakeru over his threats and demanded one million Personal Points, while dismissing the demand that anyone kneel.
• Ryuen Kakeru said he did not fear expulsion and would accept being expelled if he could take Kinoshita and a Class D student down with him.
• Kazehara Tetsu offered to identify the person who had betrayed Ryuen, persuading him that staying would let him punish the traitor.
• Ryuen Kakeru agreed to pay one million Points in exchange for the traitor’s name and destruction of the recording.
• Ryuen Kakeru demanded a written contract, and Kazehara Tetsu agreed to sign one.
• Kushida Kikyo watched their agreement and felt chilled by the coming hunt for the traitor.

After Ryuen Kakeru left with evidence against Manabe Shiho, Kazehara Tetsu confronted Kushida Kikyo about interfering with his plans and used the evidence to coerce her. He returned to the dormitory pleased with the day, while his unresolved troubles remained for tomorrow.

• Ryuen Kakeru took the document that sealed Manabe Shiho’s fate and left, while Horikita Suzune thanked Kazehara Tetsu and headed for the dormitory.
• Kushida Kikyo accused Kazehara Tetsu of protecting Horikita Suzune, and he reminded her that he could expose her secrets.
• Kazehara Tetsu told Kushida Kikyo that Horikita Suzune was like her, prompting Kushida to react with disgust.
• Kazehara Tetsu took Kushida Kikyo to a Storage Room and coerced her by threatening to reveal her secrets.
• Kushida Kikyo left the Teaching Building in shame, and Kazehara Tetsu returned to the dormitory satisfied with his day.

At Horikita Manabu’s handover ceremony, Miyabi Nagumo announced plans to move up the Student Council election and extend members’ terms, presenting himself as a reformer held back by old traditions. After the assembly, several girls from other classes approached Kazehara Tetsu to ask for his contact information.

• Horikita Manabu formally stepped down as Student Council President, ending the Horikita Regime.
• Miyabi Nagumo took office and announced that the Student Council election would be moved from December to October and that members’ terms would last until graduation.
• Miyabi Nagumo said students of any class could join Student Council activities and blamed old traditions for delaying his reforms.
• Second-year students cheered for Miyabi Nagumo, while Kazehara Tetsu described him as a clever demagogue to Hashimoto Masayoshi.
• After the assembly, three girls approached Kazehara Tetsu and asked to exchange contact information, praising his performance at the Sports Festival.

Kazehara Tetsu accepted friendship requests from several girls, then exchanged jealous messages with Karuizawa Kei. He checked whether Class C had approached her and reassured her that he would protect her from being bullied.

• Several Class B girls asked Kazehara Tetsu to add them as friends, and he agreed.
• Karuizawa Kei messaged Kazehara Tetsu jealously after seeing the girls approach him, and he teased her about their relationship.
• Karuizawa Kei thought about Kazehara Tetsu’s other romantic entanglements and wondered how many women were involved with him.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked Karuizawa Kei whether anyone from Class C had approached or watched her, and she said they had only glared at her in the Cafeteria.
• Kazehara Tetsu considered his agreement with Ryuen Kakeru and worried that Ryuen might target Karuizawa Kei if Manabe Shiho revealed her past.
• Kazehara Tetsu called Karuizawa Kei his parasite and said he did not want her bullied, leaving her reassured by his promise of protection.

Majima Tomoya explained that a one-week Quiz would determine Class A’s pairings for the second-semester Final Exam, where partners would face expulsion if they failed any subject or the combined total threshold. He hinted that the Final Exam would include an additional unusual challenge, but did not reveal what it was.

• Majima Tomoya announced that the Quiz would cover one hundred questions at ninth-grade difficulty and would not directly affect Personal Points or Class Points.
• Majima explained that Quiz rankings would determine two-person partnerships for the eight-subject Final Exam, with partners sharing their scores as a Communal Body.
• Majima stated that both partners had to meet a combined score of at least sixty in every subject and reach an overall total expected to be around seven hundred to avoid expulsion.
• The students speculated about how the Quiz rankings would determine pairings while Tetsu stayed quiet.
• Majima warned that the Final Exam would include another unusual challenge beyond the tests and partnerships.

Majima Tomoya explained that the final exam would pit classes against one another, with students writing questions for an assigned opponent and the winning class taking 50 Class Points. He outlined faculty review, easy backup papers for incomplete submissions, and rules for choosing targets, leaving the class to decide whom to attack and how to organize its work.

• Majima Tomoya announced that students would write 400 questions for another class, whose answers would be compared against the attackers’ total exam score.
• Katsuragi Kouhei and Tozuka Yahiko questioned whether classes could set unfair or impossible questions, and Majima Tomoya explained that teachers would review and revise them.
• Majima Tomoya warned that classes failing to submit all questions and standard answers would have their gaps filled with easy school-written papers, potentially giving their opponent 50 Class Points.
• Majima Tomoya explained that classes could name an opponent, with a lottery resolving conflicting choices and random assignment for the class that lost the draw.
• Majima Tomoya ended the briefing, leaving the students to prepare for their quiz, choose a target, and divide the question-setting work.

Katsuragi organized Class A to discuss how to prepare questions for the Final Exam, but struggled to recruit enough capable students. Kazehara Tetsu offered to write all Four Hundred Questions alone, leaving the class stunned.

• Katsuragi explained that Class A could handle the Pop Quiz Pairing and that the main challenge was creating difficult questions for the Final Exam.
• Katsuragi warned that writing Four Hundred Questions would be difficult for a small team, while dividing the work too widely could lower the questions’ quality.
• Katsuragi and Sanada Yasuo volunteered to help write questions, but Hashimoto Masayoshi and Shiraishi Asuka declined, while Sakayanagi Arisu stayed silent and Morishita Ai was absent.
• Katsuragi asked Kazehara Tetsu to join the question-setting team, and Kazehara agreed before clarifying that he could write all Four Hundred Questions by himself.

Kazehara Tetsu persuaded Katsuragi to let him write all Four Hundred Questions for Class A, with Katsuragi and Sanada preparing backups. He then asked the teachers how strictly they would enforce the exam rules, leaving reassured that in-scope questions would not be made easier.

• Kazehara Tetsu argued that writing all Four Hundred Questions would give Class A a consistent, secure exam, and offered Katsuragi and Sanada as a backup.
• Katsuragi accepted Kazehara Tetsu's proposal while agreeing that he and Sanada would still prepare questions as insurance.
• Kazehara Tetsu went to the teachers' office, where he encountered Ichinose Honami discussing draft questions with Hoshinomiya Chie.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked Majima Tomoya how teachers would correct questions that exceeded the curriculum or had no solution.
• Majima Tomoya explained that teachers would preserve a question's intent and keep it at the edge of the studied material, with multiple teachers and possibly the School Authority checking the exam.
• Majima Tomoya assured Kazehara Tetsu that compliant questions would not be made easier, even if only one student could solve them, and Kazehara said he was relieved.

Kazehara Tetsu questioned Majima Tomoya about the upcoming exam rules, then discussed possible opponents with Ichinose Honami. Ichinose left determined to work harder against Class A, while Kazehara remained unconcerned about who their class would face.

• Kazehara Tetsu asked Majima Tomoya for clarification about the exam rules, and Hoshinomiya Chie teased him for acting suspiciously.
• Hoshinomiya Chie joked that Kazehara might bully Ichinose Honami, embarrassing Ichinose before Majima stopped the teasing.
• Ichinose followed Kazehara into the hallway and asked which class Class A planned to target.
• Kazehara said Class A would probably choose Class C or Class D, while Ichinose worried that a lottery or random assignment could give them a difficult opponent.
• Kazehara reassured Ichinose that Class B's scores were competitive, and Ichinose left resolved not to lose to Class A.

Kazehara Tetsu worked late on a set of deliberately obscure exam questions while Kamuro Masumi let herself into his dorm room with a spare key. After he finished his quota, he turned his attention to the suggestive “fun” she had been waiting for.

• Kazehara Tetsu compiled difficult, curriculum-based questions designed to challenge students and complicate the teachers’ review.
• Kamuro Masumi unlocked Kazehara Tetsu’s room with a spare key and settled onto his bed despite his complaints.
• Kamuro Masumi asked why Kazehara Tetsu had taken on the question-writing task, and he said he wanted to cause people suffering through a legitimate excuse.
• Kamuro Masumi waited while Kazehara Tetsu finished a hundred questions, then teased him about making her wait.
• Kazehara Tetsu approached Kamuro Masumi and suggested they do something fun.

Class A learned that it would face Class B in the Final Exam’s Special Exam, and Kazehara Tetsu confirmed to Ichinose Honami that he had made the quiz questions as difficult as the rules allowed. The chapter ended with Honami bracing herself to lead her class against the challenge.

• Majima Tomoya announced that Class C had won the lottery to attack Class D, while Class A and Class B would face each other in the Special Exam.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu finished the easy quiz quickly as the test sorted students by score for pairings.
• After the quiz, Kazehara Tetsu found Ichinose Honami outside and noted that her feared matchup against Class A had come true.
• Ichinose Honami suspected Kazehara Tetsu had made the questions unusually difficult, and he confirmed it.
• Ichinose Honami insisted that Class B would fight hard, and Kazehara Tetsu told her to study for the exam.

Class A received its Mini Exam results, and Kazehara Tetsu was paired with Yamamura Miki. They studied together in the crowded Library, where Shiina Hiyori joined them, leaving Yamamura and Shiina introduced but barely acquainted.

• Majima Tomoya announced that most of Class A had earned Perfect Scores and said the remaining perfect scorers would be paired at random.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Yamamura Miki were assigned as partners, and Yamamura asked him to study together.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Yamamura Miki found a quiet corner in the crowded Library, where he answered her questions as she studied.
• Shiina Hiyori found Kazehara Tetsu in the Library and accepted his invitation to sit with him and Yamamura Miki.
• Kazehara Tetsu introduced Yamamura Miki to Shiina Hiyori, and the two girls exchanged a brief, awkward greeting.

Kazehara Tetsu, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki took a break from studying at the Pallet Cafe, where Tetsu encouraged Miki to value her quiet nature. Their conversation was interrupted when Ryuen Kakeru and Ishizaki Daichi arrived, and Tetsu challenged Ryuen to stop causing trouble.

• Kazehara Tetsu, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki left the Library and went to the Pallet Cafe for drinks and sweets.
• Shiina Hiyori and Yamamura Miki discussed a mystery novel, and Tetsu observed how well they got along.
• Tetsu told Miki that she was not unwilling to talk but simply lacked opportunities, and that her quiet presence could be an advantage.
• Ryuen Kakeru and Ishizaki Daichi approached the booth, and Ryuen mocked Tetsu for spending time with girls instead of studying.
• Tetsu dismissed Ryuen's taunts and challenged him to give up his tricks.

Kazehara Tetsu confronted Ryuen Kakeru in a café after Ishizaki Daichi grabbed him, and Ryuen questioned why he was spending time with Shiina Hiyori. Ryuen left after Kazehara challenged his suspicions, but warned him not to slip up.

• Ishizaki Daichi grabbed Kazehara Tetsu by the collar, but Ryuen Kakeru stopped him from starting a fight.
• Kazehara Tetsu taunted Ishizaki and told Ryuen to take his subordinate and leave.
• Ryuen questioned Kazehara's reasons for socializing with Shiina Hiyori and suspected he wanted information about Class C's exam.
• Ryuen suggested Kazehara might be helping Horikita Suzune, and Kazehara challenged him to do something about it.
• Ryuen dropped the confrontation, warned Kazehara not to slip up, and left the café with Ishizaki.

Kazehara Tetsu, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki took a break after studying when Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro joined them at the café. Ichinose asked to join their book and study gatherings, and Shiina welcomed her.

• Shiina Hiyori apologized to Kazehara Tetsu for Ryuen's outburst, and Ichinose Honami arrived with Shiranami Chihiro after seeing the confrontation.
• Ichinose explained that she and Shiranami had been studying together for the exam as members of the same Communal Body.
• Kazehara invited Ichinose and Shiranami to sit with him, Shiina, and Yamamura, and the two girls accepted.
• Ichinose admired the cross-class friendship among Kazehara, Shiina, and Yamamura, and Shiina described their shared love of books.
• Ichinose asked to join their book discussions and study sessions, and Shiina welcomed her.

Kazehara Tetsu agreed to Ichinose Honami’s proposal to form a cross-class Study Group after Shiranami Chihiro and Yamamura Miki joined them. The group was ready to exchange contact information and choose a name.

• Shiranami Chihiro agreed to join the study session because Ichinose Honami was joining.
• Kazehara Tetsu welcomed the larger group, and Ichinose Honami invited Yamamura Miki to participate.
• Yamamura Miki accepted after Ichinose Honami praised her diligence and academic ability.
• Ichinose Honami proposed making the gathering an official cross-class Study Group and exchanging contact information.
• Kazehara Tetsu warned that the classes’ rivalry could fuel rumors, but Ichinose Honami persuaded him to agree.
• Ichinose Honami announced that the group should come up with a catchy name.

Kazehara Tetsu and four girls debated what to call their informal study group, and Ichinose Honami persuaded the others to name it the “Kazehara Group.” Tetsu reluctantly accepted being its group leader as the gathering began to take on a life of its own.

• Kazehara Tetsu said the group did not need a special name, but Ichinose Honami insisted that a name would help everyone feel they belonged.
• Yamamura Miki, Shiina Hiyori, and Shiranami Chihiro suggested names, but none of their ideas gained enough support.
• Ichinose proposed calling the group the “Kazehara Group” because Tetsu connected the members and was its only boy.
• Shiranami, Shiina, and Yamamura supported Ichinose’s suggestion, giving it a four-to-one majority.
• Ichinose declared Tetsu the group leader, and he reluctantly accepted the name.

Kazehara Tetsu ran into Horikita Suzune during a morning walk, and she revealed that she had wagered her future at the school on beating Kushida Kikyo in math. Horikita explained that Kushida planned to trade Class D’s exam questions to Ryuen Kakeru for Class C’s answers, leaving Horikita unable to prevent Kushida from gaining an advantage.

• Kazehara Tetsu and Horikita Suzune met on a park path while she was out running.
• Horikita told Kazehara that she might be expelled despite being confident she could pass the Final Exam.
• Horikita explained that she and Kushida Kikyo had wagered on their Single Subject Math Scores, with Horikita facing expulsion if she scored lower.
• Horikita revealed that Kushida had likely made a deal with Ryuen Kakeru to leak Class D’s math questions in exchange for Class C’s answers.
• Horikita said she could change Class D’s questions to limit the leak’s damage but could not interfere with the questions set by Class C.

Horikita Suzune discussed her near-certain defeat to Kushida with Kazehara Tetsu and considered relying on a perfect score to survive. Kazehara denied having a direct way to defeat Kushida, but stopped Horikita as she turned to leave.

• Kazehara Tetsu warned Horikita Suzune that expulsion would erase the favors she owed him, and she joked that she would like to make him take a loss first.
• Horikita Suzune said she planned to get a perfect score to tie Kushida, since Kushida had obtained Class C's math answers.
• Kazehara Tetsu suggested Horikita beg Kushida to satisfy her vanity, but Horikita rejected the idea and said Kushida would never let her off.
• Kazehara Tetsu observed that Horikita had grown calmer under pressure, and Horikita agreed that panic would make finding a solution harder.
• Horikita Suzune recognized Kazehara Tetsu had approached for a reason and silently accepted that she might need his help.
• Kazehara Tetsu said he had no direct way to take Kushida down, and Horikita turned to leave before he called out, “But...”

Kazehara Tetsu proposed exploiting Ryuen Kakeru’s desire for excitement and his loyalty to Class C to make him change the math test questions Kushida had obtained. Horikita Suzune found the plan plausible, though it depended on persuading Ryuen to act in Class C’s interests.

• Kazehara Tetsu suggested that Ryuen could replace Class C’s math questions, making the answers Kushida received useless.
• Horikita Suzune objected that Ryuen would have no reason to betray Kushida and might make dangerous demands.
• Kazehara Tetsu argued that Ryuen might enjoy betraying Kushida for the thrill, but would ultimately protect Class C from losing points.
• Horikita Suzune confirmed she had arranged with Chabashira Teacher to submit her final test questions at the last moment.
• Kazehara Tetsu proposed warning Ryuen that Kushida’s deal was exposed and urging him to replace Class C’s test to protect its interests.
• Kazehara Tetsu claimed Ryuen no longer wanted Horikita expelled because he still wanted the amusement of seeing her beg for mercy.

On the first day of the Final Exam, Class A found Class B’s papers manageable, while Kazehara Tetsu encountered Kushida Kikyo after the tests. Kushida admitted she had likely scored in the eighties on Mathematics, leaving Horikita Suzune poised to win their bet with her predicted score of 98.

• Majima Tomoya announced that the partner exam’s total passing score was 692 points and urged Class A to focus on beating Class B.
• Kazehara Tetsu completed the day’s exams, including Mathematics, and left without joining his classmates’ answer comparisons.
• Kazehara Tetsu found Kushida Kikyo alone outside the classroom and noticed her bloodshot eyes and strained smile.
• Horikita Suzune confronted Kushida Kikyo about their Mathematics bet and said she expected to score 98.
• Kushida Kikyo said Ryuen had betrayed her and admitted that, without the answers she had memorized, she had panicked and probably scored in the eighties.
• Kushida Kikyo conceded that Horikita Suzune had won.

Kushida Kikyo confronted Horikita Suzune after losing their bet, but Kazehara Tetsu intervened and was accused of helping Horikita defeat her. Kushida agreed to stop obstructing Horikita, though she still hated both of them, and Horikita was left wondering what had happened between Kushida and Kazehara.

• Kushida told Horikita that she still hated her and clarified that their bet only meant she would stop obstructing her, not become her friend or help her.
• Kazehara touched Kushida's head, and Horikita noticed that Kushida endured the gesture despite saying she hated him.
• Kushida accused Kazehara of advising Horikita and causing Ryuen to abandon their deal, while Kazehara said Horikita had won through her own ability.
• Kushida said that true peace required removing everyone who knew about her past, and Kazehara challenged her by pointing out that he knew it too.
• Kushida honored the bet and promised not to openly obstruct Horikita, then left; Horikita asked Kazehara what had happened between them.

After the Final Exam, Ichinose Honami gathered the Kazehara Group at Keyaki Mall and proposed visiting a haunted house to celebrate. Inside, while Shiranami Chihiro was frightened, Shiina Hiyori quietly held Kazehara Tetsu’s hand, and he returned the gesture without exposing her.

• Ichinose Honami complained to Kazehara Tetsu that Class A’s exam questions were unfairly obscure, but refused his offer to go easy on her class in the future.
• Ichinose Honami invited the group to try the mall’s newly opened haunted house, and Kazehara Tetsu agreed to join them.
• Inside the abandoned-hospital attraction, Shiranami Chihiro clung to Ichinose Honami and panicked at the scares.
• Kazehara Tetsu noticed that Shiina Hiyori was calmly holding his hand and suspected she was using the haunted house as a pretext to get closer.
• Kazehara Tetsu squeezed Shiina Hiyori’s hand back without calling attention to her move.

At the haunted attraction, Ichinose Honami split the group, pairing Shiranami Chihiro with Kazehara Tetsu. As they explored the Operating Room, Chihiro questioned Tetsu about his relationships and then panicked at a hanging corpse, clinging to him for safety.

• Ichinose Honami sent Shiranami Chihiro with Kazehara Tetsu to the Operating Room while she, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki went to the Morgue.
• Shiranami Chihiro asked Kazehara Tetsu whether he still pursued Ichinose Honami, and he said he had accepted her rejection and remained her friend.
• Shiranami Chihiro asked about rumors linking Kazehara Tetsu to several girls, and he admitted that the rumors were true.
• A shrouded figure dropped from the ceiling near Shiranami Chihiro, who screamed and threw herself into Kazehara Tetsu's arms.

Kazehara Tetsu and the others finished exploring the haunted house and regrouped at the mall. After Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro left to meet classmates, Kazehara declined Shiina Hiyori’s invitation to a café because he had noticed someone waiting beneath a decorative money tree.

• Ichinose Honami teased Shiranami Chihiro about screaming in the haunted house, and Shiranami hurried everyone toward the exit.
• Kazehara Tetsu, Shiina Hiyori, Yamamura Miki, Ichinose Honami, and Shiranami Chihiro left the haunted house and discussed what to do next.
• Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro left to help classmates pick out clothes.
• Shiina Hiyori suggested visiting a quiet café with books, but Kazehara Tetsu said he had personal business to attend to.
• Shiina Hiyori and Yamamura Miki left together for dinner, while Kazehara watched them go amid the mall crowd.