Recaps

Kazehara Tetsu defeats Ryuen Kakeru in a brutal confrontation but persuades him to stay at school, then spends Winter Break navigating his relationship with Sakayanagi Arisu and reconnecting with Ibuki Mio. The arc leaves Tetsu poised to oppose or assist Nagumo Miyabi while Horikita Manabu learns that Tetsu wants Horikita Suzune.

• Ibuki Mio warned Kazehara Tetsu that Ryuen Kakeru was targeting him, and Tetsu let Ryuen confront him in a remote restroom, where he outmaneuvered and defeated Ryuen, Ishizaki Daichi, and Albert.
• Kazehara Tetsu showed Ryuen Kakeru a recording of their fight and warned him not to pursue him again, then convinced him to stay at school rather than drop out.
• During Winter Break, Sakayanagi Arisu took Kazehara Tetsu to meet her father, Sakayanagi Narimori, who learned about Tetsu’s relationships and questioned him about the White Room and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu discussed their future together, and Tetsu invited her to see him on Christmas.
• Kazehara Tetsu accompanied Ibuki Mio to a movie, learned that Ryuen Kakeru was recovering and still scheming, then accepted Ibuki’s challenge to fight again.
• Kazehara Tetsu defeated Ibuki Mio in the snow, and after she asked him to teach her, he agreed to train her in exchange for two favors.
• Horikita Manabu asked Kazehara Tetsu to help restrain Nagumo Miyabi and shared information about Nagumo’s Student Council power base, while Tetsu agreed to remain a possible ally.
• Horikita Manabu said Horikita Suzune still needed the courage to face him on her own convictions, then asked whether Tetsu wanted her, and Tetsu admitted that he did.

Kazehara Tetsu spent Christmas sharing gifts and intimate moments with several girls, then received Kiriyama Ikuto’s account of Nagumo’s control over the Second Year. The story left Tetsu heading into an eight-day Mixed Training Camp Special Exam whose group rules offered huge rewards but carried substantial risks.

• Kamuro Masumi claimed Christmas morning with Kazehara Tetsu as their first date, then accepted his gift of a silver cat bracelet before he left to meet Shiina Hiyori.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Shiina Hiyori visited a hidden bookstore, shared a Christmas meal, and encountered Miyabi Nagumo’s group, where Tetsu overpowered Nagumo and warned him to stay away from Ichinose Honami.
• Kazehara Tetsu exchanged gifts with Karuizawa Kei, then found Morishita Ai ill from the cold, cared for her, and received a kiss before walking her back to the dormitory.
• Kazehara Tetsu spent the evening with Sakayanagi Arisu, sharing dinner and a walk before giving her blue Forget-Me-Nots that she took as a token of affection.
• Kazehara Tetsu opened his Christmas gifts from Shiina Hiyori, Karuizawa Kei, Yamamura Miki, and Sakayanagi Arisu, then answered Kiriyama Ikuto’s late-night call and agreed to meet him.
• Kiriyama Ikuto explained how Miyabi Nagumo controlled the Second Year and warned that Nagumo would target first-years, while Kazehara Tetsu refused to join a resistance but agreed to consider useful information.
• Majima Tomoya announced that the students were traveling to a Forest School for an eight-day Mixed Training Camp Special Exam.
• Majima Tomoya explained the exam’s cross-class Small Groups, combined Large Groups, final test, and point rewards, and Kazehara Tetsu recognized both the potential gains and the difficulty of organizing a large group.

Kazehara Tetsu organized first-year groups and maneuvered the year groups into a Large Group with Horikita Manabu and Miyabi Nagumo. During the Forest School, he secured a first-year advantage in breakfast duties through a memory game, while new daily speeches became part of the students’ assessment.

• Majima Tomoya explained the exam’s group-leader expulsion rules, rewards, and penalties, and Kazehara Tetsu took charge of Class A’s boys while Sakayanagi Arisu led the girls.
• Kazehara Tetsu recruited Kanzaki Ryuji, Ryuen Kakeru, and Yukimura Teruhiko into his first-year groups, then helped organize the remaining boys into six teams.
• Kazehara Tetsu arranged for his Large Group to include Horikita Manabu’s third-years and Miyabi Nagumo’s second-years, and Nagumo warned that he might cause trouble if the group bored him.
• During the Forest School routine, Kazehara Tetsu managed his group’s cooking plans and kept a measured pace through the endurance run, prompting Nagumo to question his speed and abilities.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told Kazehara Tetsu that Shiina and Kushida had joined her group, while Ichinose Honami had stayed with her classmates, and Arisu recruited Kobashi Yume from Class B.
• Kazehara Tetsu challenged Miyabi Nagumo to a memory game using fragments of a torn deck, then remained undefeated as Nagumo and Ishikura lost rounds and the third-years took on breakfast duties.
• Kazehara Tetsu secured six days without cooking duties for the first-years and asked Nagumo to make Horikita Manabu honor the wager.
• A teacher announced daily speeches as part of the assessment, and Kazehara Tetsu considered how the requirement could favor confident students like Ichinose Honami.

Kazehara Tetsu guided his group through the Forest School assessment while confronting Ichinose Honami about her past and helping her face her classmates. After the exam, he shared Valentine’s Day with several girls and promised Karuizawa Kei protection from the threats tied to her past.

• Kazehara Tetsu advised Ichinose Honami’s nervous classmates to perform confident roles during speeches, then confronted Ichinose about stealing a hairpin and reassured her that her kindness was genuine.
• Kazehara Tetsu led his group through the mountain relay, staying back to watch for struggling students as Katsuragi Kouhei and Kanzaki Ryuji supported Tozuka Yahiko and Yukimura Teruhiko.
• Kazehara Tetsu won his relay leg by thirty seconds, helped his group win the race, and delivered a brief speech before the exam concluded with no expulsions.
• Horikita Manabu told Kazehara Tetsu that his warning had helped avert Nagumo Miyabi’s move, then gave him one million Personal Points as thanks.
• Ichinose Honami told Kazehara Tetsu that her classmates accepted her confession, then shared a meal with him and called it a date.
• Kazehara Tetsu received Valentine’s chocolates from several girls, including Sakayanagi Arisu, Kamuro Masumi, Morishita Ai, Yamamura Miki, and Sakura Airi.
• Karuizawa Kei gave Kazehara Tetsu chocolate and explained that she had ended things with Hirata because she no longer needed him as a shield.
• Kazehara Tetsu promised to destroy the threats from Kei’s past if she stayed in his shadow, and Kei warned him not to betray her trust.