Chapter Summaries

Kazehara Tetsu joined Shiina Hiyori at the pool, where their book discussion was drowned out by a swimming race. After Ryuen Kakeru provoked him, Kazehara challenged him to compete, and Ryuen agreed to race.

• Shiina Hiyori and Kazehara Tetsu discussed a book in a quiet corner of the pool.
• Shiina Hiyori suggested they check out the noisy swimming race, and they went to watch Ishizaki Daichi race Tokito Yuya.
• Ishizaki Daichi won and invited Kazehara Tetsu to join a race.
• Ryuen Kakeru called Kazehara a deserter for standing aside, and Kazehara mocked Ryuen for provoking a contest without competing himself.
• Ishizaki Daichi urged Ryuen Kakeru to race Kazehara, and Ryuen accepted the challenge.

Kazehara Tetsu and Ryuen Kakeru raced in the pool, then discussed Ryuen’s changing approach to leading his class and Kazehara’s attack on Yagami Takuya during the island exam. Ryuen recognized how little Kazehara cared about the consequences Yagami faced, while Kazehara said Yagami had to bear them himself.

• Kazehara Tetsu and Ryuen Kakeru raced fifty meters, with Kazehara finishing slightly ahead while appearing to hold back.
• Kazehara questioned Ryuen about letting Ishizaki add his name to the private booking list, and Ryuen said he was no longer interested in controlling every small decision.
• Ryuen told Kazehara that he had planned to confront Yagami Takuya during the exam but Kazehara had already attacked him on the island.
• Ryuen said Yagami had been taken directly to the Medical Room and remained under the School Authority’s observation.
• Kazehara said he had acted at someone else’s request and that Yagami was responsible for bearing the consequences of what happened.

Kazehara Tetsu sat out the pool session and traded barbs with Ibuki Mio when she arrived late and chose to sit beside him rather than swim. Their argument softened after Ibuki apologized and denied it, and they continued bickering at the bar.

• Ryuen Kakeru returned to the pool after speaking with Kazehara Tetsu, who noticed Shiina Hiyori surrounded by girls from Ryuen Class.
• Ibuki Mio arrived at the bar late, said she had been held up, and snapped at Kazehara Tetsu when he questioned why she had come so late.
• Ibuki Mio took a can of cola and sat on a stool near Kazehara Tetsu instead of joining the swimmers.
• Kazehara Tetsu teased Ibuki Mio for wasting her Points and swimsuit by staying out of the water, and she angrily defended her choice.
• Ibuki Mio insulted Kazehara Tetsu, then quietly apologized before denying that she had done so.
• Ibuki Mio moved back to her own seat, and she and Kazehara Tetsu continued their less hostile argument at the bar.

Kazehara Tetsu entered the Student Council’s temporary office and provoked Kushida Kikyo by bringing up her plans to expel Horikita Suzune and their past deal. The exchange left Horikita suspecting that Kazehara and Kushida had been involved in a secret transaction.

• Kazehara Tetsu sat beside Horikita Suzune in the temporary office, and Horikita asked why he had come.
• Kushida Kikyo said she had invited Horikita to dinner to build their class relationship, but Kazehara accused her of still wanting to expel Horikita.
• Kushida confronted Kazehara privately, denying that his past help with her revenge gave him grounds to criticize her.
• Kazehara alluded to the price Kushida had paid for his help, and Kushida dug her nails into his hand until he agreed that nothing had happened.
• Horikita watched their tense, familiar interaction and suspected that Kazehara and Kushida had made a secret deal.

Horikita Suzune finished organizing Student Council materials while discussing her ambitions and Kazehara Tetsu’s influence on her with him. She planned to pursue the Student Council presidency next semester, then left to meet Kushida Kikyo for a meal.

• Kushida Kikyo left the temporary office after inviting Horikita Suzune to meet her in the cafeteria once the checks were done.
• Horikita Suzune finished sorting the records while Kazehara Tetsu sat beside her, and they discussed his interest in her and his lack of definite plans for next semester.
• Horikita Suzune revealed she intended to gain Student Council experience, become secretary, and compete for the next Student Council president position.
• Horikita Suzune credited Kazehara Tetsu with changing her outlook but warned that Ichinose Honami was a formidable rival and accused him of being able to influence the Student Council indirectly.
• A third-year student took over the materials, and Horikita Suzune completed the handover before leaving to meet Kushida Kikyo for a meal.

Karuizawa Kei invited Kazehara Tetsu to a movie on the ship, hoping to spend time with him. As they watched, she held his hand, but his blunt comments about the film left her annoyed.

• Karuizawa Kei met Kazehara Tetsu on the ship and admitted she had wanted to see him because it had been a long time.
• Karuizawa Kei complained about how he treated her, then invited him to a movie and dinner; Kazehara Tetsu agreed to go.
• Karuizawa Kei and Kazehara Tetsu watched a romance film in the ship's cinema, where she bought popcorn and juice.
• During a scene in the movie, Karuizawa Kei tentatively touched Kazehara Tetsu's hand and then clasped it.
• Kazehara Tetsu called the film ordinary and said the tickets were a waste, prompting Karuizawa Kei to ask whether he had any sense of how to play along with the mood.

Karuizawa Kei and Kazehara Tetsu watched a romance movie together, and she asked him to be more affectionate; afterward, she voiced concern about how his relationships might affect his future. Kazehara dismissed her worries, and Kei gave up on persuading him for now as they continued toward the restaurant.

• Karuizawa Kei complained that Kazehara Tetsu was not acting like a normal date, and he kissed her during the movie's climactic scene.
• After the movie, Karuizawa Kei asked Kazehara Tetsu what he planned to do after leaving This School.
• Karuizawa Kei warned that his relationships with other girls could damage his reputation and future prospects.
• Kazehara Tetsu said he was well-off and refused to rein in his behavior after leaving This School.
• Karuizawa Kei gave up arguing and hurried after Kazehara Tetsu as they headed to the restaurant.

On the ship’s open-air deck, Kazehara Tetsu spoke with Nanase Tsubasa before Amasawa Ichika playfully asked him to take her in. Amasawa reported that Tsukishiro had been dismissed, then left with Nanase to play games.

• Kazehara Tetsu went to the top deck and chatted with Nanase Tsubasa at the bar.
• Amasawa Ichika sneaked up behind Kazehara Tetsu, covered his eyes, and jokingly asked him to take her in.
• Kazehara Tetsu agreed but said they would draw up an agreement, prompting Amasawa to pretend he had hurt her feelings.
• Amasawa Ichika told Kazehara Tetsu that Tsukishiro had been dismissed and would be gone when they returned to school.
• Amasawa Ichika pulled Nanase Tsubasa toward the arcade, and Nanase said goodbye to Kazehara Tetsu before leaving.

At a bar, Hoshinomiya Chie confronted Chabashira Sae over her unresolved past and the choice that ruined their chance to graduate as Class A. After Chabashira left, Hoshinomiya and Majima Tomoya recalled the rift the Experiment caused, then noticed Chabashira speaking with someone outside.

• Chabashira Sae tried to leave the bar, but Hoshinomiya Chie stopped her and accused her of clinging to an old romance and projecting her past onto her students.
• Hoshinomiya Chie said Chabashira’s conflicted choice during the Experiment had cost their group its chance to graduate as Class A.
• Hoshinomiya Chie recalled that she and Chabashira became roommates after the Experiment and said Majima Tomoya had helped keep their relationship from turning violent.
• After Chabashira left, Hoshinomiya Chie and Majima noticed her shadow still outside and realized she was speaking with someone in the corridor.

Chabashira Sae questioned Kazehara Tetsu about waiting outside the bar, then left after he denied hearing the discussion inside. Hoshinomiya Chie emerged drunk with Majima Tomoya and collapsed beside Kazehara, grabbing his sleeve as she insisted she was clear-headed.

• Chabashira Sae found Kazehara Tetsu sitting outside the bar and demanded to know why he was there.
• Kazehara denied hearing the adults inside, but Chabashira caught a flaw in his explanation before leaving.
• Majima Tomoya brought the drunken Hoshinomiya Chie out of the bar and caught her when she nearly fell.
• Hoshinomiya recognized Kazehara, shook off Majima's support, and collapsed onto the bench beside him.
• Hoshinomiya teased Kazehara about wanting her to tutor him, then grabbed his sleeve as he told her she was not clear-headed.

Drunk Hoshinomiya Chie accused Kazehara Tetsu of obstructing her class and blamed her past failures on decisions she regretted. After Kazehara challenged her fixation on the past and spoke of a world where no one was hurt, he turned to Majima Tomoya to discuss his proposed class transfer, and Majima admitted Kazehara might be able to achieve it.

• Hoshinomiya Chie, drunk and agitated, accused Kazehara Tetsu of taking Class B's Free Ride Cards and blocking her class and Ichinose Honami from rising.
• Majima Tomoya tried to get Hoshinomiya to stand, but let her continue after Kazehara did not object.
• Hoshinomiya asked whether Kazehara would allow students to be expelled, and he said he would do everything he could to preserve everything if his class listened to him.
• Kazehara identified Hoshinomiya's deep resentment toward Chabashira Sae and told her she was as trapped in past failures as Chabashira.
• Kazehara argued that Hoshinomiya had lacked the ability to solve her class's crisis, then said he hoped for a world where no one got hurt.
• Kazehara asked Majima to discuss his class-transfer proposal, and Majima said Kazehara was the person most likely to make the absurd plan work.

Class A began its second semester with a reshuffled seating plan and formally welcomed five students transferred into the class. Ryuen Kakeru admitted he had joined because he lost the last match and had to follow the winner’s orders.

• Kazehara Tetsu took his new seat, separated from Morishita Ai, while Hashimoto Masayoshi remarked that he would finally have some peace.
• Majima Tomoya announced that a special class matter would be explained before the morning meeting and called the newcomers inside.
• Ibuki Mio, Yamada Albert, Ishizaki Daichi, and Shiina Hiyori introduced themselves to Class A.
• Ryuen Kakeru said he had lost the last match and joined Class A to follow the winner’s orders.

Majima Tomoya welcomed five transfer students into Class A, then outlined the second semester’s major events and the Cultural Festival rules. The class was left to begin discussing what to prepare for the festival while also facing preparations for the October Sports Festival.

• Majima Tomoya directed five transfer students to take their new seats at the back of the classroom, and the class accepted their arrival without objection.
• Majima Tomoya announced that the October Sports Festival and November Cultural Festival would be followed by the usual midterm and final exams.
• Chabashira explained that the Cultural Festival would be judged by sales revenue, with classes earning Class Points according to their rankings.
• Chabashira described the festival’s limited budgets, optional storefront rentals, and bidding process for locations desired by multiple classes.
• Chabashira told the students to begin discussing their Cultural Festival plans, though specific preparations would start after the Sports Festival.

Kazehara Tetsu handed Ryuen Kakeru full responsibility for leading Class A’s November cultural festival, with Katsuragi Kouhei assigned to assist. Ryuen reluctantly accepted after the class unanimously backed the decision, leaving him to begin coordinating the event.

• Kazehara Tetsu admitted he had no plan for the cultural festival and gave Ryuen Kakeru command of its preparations.
• Ryuen questioned whether the class would trust him and warned that he could lead them astray, while Sakayanagi Arisu endorsed his abilities.
• Kazehara called for a vote, and no one objected to Ryuen leading the festival with Katsuragi assisting.
• Katsuragi offered Ryuen his cooperation, explaining that he had changed his views and trusted Kazehara to intervene if necessary.
• Ryuen observed that the class accepted him without protest and agreed to lead the preparations.

Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu visited a secluded cafe to meet Sakayanagi Narimori, who had reclaimed his position as chairman. After exchanging greetings, Tetsu prepared coffee from Narimori’s Blue Mountain beans as their reunion began.

• Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu discussed Ryuen taking charge of the Cultural Festival preparations while walking away from school.
• The two arrived at a secluded cafe on a quiet commercial street to meet Sakayanagi Narimori.
• Sakayanagi Narimori greeted Kazehara Tetsu and thanked him for looking after Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Narimori brought out Blue Mountain coffee beans, and Tetsu offered to prepare them.
• Kazehara Tetsu began grinding the beans using the cafe’s pour-over equipment.

Kazehara Tetsu met with Sakayanagi Narimori and Sakayanagi Arisu, discussing Tetsu’s plan to reshape the second-year competition and whether the school would accept it. Narimori endorsed the plan and promised to keep matters peaceful as Tetsu moved forward.

• Kazehara Tetsu brewed coffee for Sakayanagi Narimori and Sakayanagi Arisu, impressing Narimori with his skill.
• Sakayanagi Narimori noted Class A’s unprecedented Class Points and asked about Tetsu’s plan to raise the costs of competition across the year.
• Sakayanagi Arisu said she trusted Tetsu completely and expected his plan to succeed.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked whether Narimori would stop the plan because it might disrupt the school’s competitive balance.
• Sakayanagi Narimori said the plan upheld the principle of “Might Makes Right,” assured Tetsu that the school’s upper management would not obstruct it, and offered to keep the situation peaceful.

Sakayanagi Narimori asked Kazehara Tetsu about his relationship with Sakayanagi Arisu and his plans after school, then offered support for his plans. After Narimori left, Arisu promised to help Tetsu whenever he faced problems, and the two left the cafe together.

• Sakayanagi Narimori teased Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu about their relationship, and Arisu complained about Tetsu's womanizing.
• Sakayanagi Narimori asked Kazehara Tetsu whether he planned to attend university or take on other work after school, and Tetsu said he was open to arrangements that did not bind him to a boring office job.
• Sakayanagi Narimori noted that Arisu still needed to rebuild her physical strength and said he would arrange support for their plans at the school authority level.
• Sakayanagi Narimori ended the meeting and left the cafe, after which Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu packed up the coffee set and departed.
• Sakayanagi Arisu urged Kazehara Tetsu to pursue his game and offered to help with difficult problems, and Tetsu said he would take her up on the offer.

After parting from Sakayanagi Arisu, Kazehara Tetsu ran into Horikita Suzune at a Convenience Store, where they discussed her debt, his plan to merge the classes, and her role in helping him. Horikita confessed that her feelings for him went beyond benefits and gratitude, and said she would wait for him until everything was over.

• Kazehara Tetsu parted from Sakayanagi Arisu and went to a Convenience Store to buy daily necessities.
• Horikita Suzune reminded Kazehara Tetsu of their first-year Valentine’s Day encounter and offered to repay her debt by helping with his plans for the upcoming class changes.
• Horikita Suzune said she would help her class accumulate Personal Points and would work toward the top of the Student Council.
• Kazehara Tetsu confirmed that he had arranged things partly because he wanted Horikita Suzune for himself.
• Horikita Suzune confessed that she had developed feelings for Kazehara Tetsu and said she would wait for him until everything reached its conclusion.

Kazehara Tetsu told Horikita Suzune he would leave the Cultural Festival planning to Ryuen, then suggested a maid cafe as a possible class attraction. Horikita considered the idea but left its adoption for the class to discuss later.

• Horikita Suzune asked Kazehara Tetsu about his plans for the November Cultural Festival, and he said he would delegate the event to Ryuen.
• Horikita explained that ordinary festival activities would likely earn only a middling ranking and that the class needed a distinctive attraction.
• Kazehara Tetsu suggested a maid cafe, and Horikita acknowledged it could work despite suspecting his motives.
• Kazehara Tetsu proposed that Horikita wear a maid uniform and serve him privately, but she refused.
• Horikita said she would bring the maid cafe idea to the class for discussion before deciding whether to use it.

Majima Tomoya announced the Unanimous Special Exam, which would begin the next day and require all forty-five students to agree on five tasks. He demonstrated the voting process with a simulated question and explained what would happen if the class approved a task that benefited an unnamed student.

• Majima Tomoya told Class A that the Unanimous Special Exam would take place the next day and outlined its rules and penalties.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi asked whether the students could use the discussion periods to coordinate their votes, and Majima Tomoya confirmed that they could.
• Majima Tomoya sent a simulated question asking whether the class should sacrifice 50 Class Points so Kazehara Tetsu could receive one million Personal Points.
• All forty-five students, including Kazehara Tetsu, voted to oppose the simulated proposal.
• Majima Tomoya explained that if the class approved a similar proposal, it would have to choose a beneficiary through discussion, nomination, or a random selection.