Chapter Summaries

Kushida Kikyo confronted Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about meeting Gojo Satoru, then vented her anger by cursing her classmates and wrecking his small table. She left with her usual smile, and Ayanokoji wrapped up the broken table and wondered what was so good about girls.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka found Kushida Kikyo lying on his bed and asked why she had come.
• Kushida dropped her cheerful act and demanded to know what Ayanokoji had said to Gojo Satoru on the rooftop.
• Ayanokoji explained that he and Satoru were old friends who wanted to talk privately, and Kushida called their meeting disgusting.
• Kushida kicked over and repeatedly damaged Ayanokoji's small table while ranting about Horikita, Gojo, Ayanokoji, and their classmates.
• Kushida regained her usual smile, said goodbye to Ayanokoji, and left; he wrapped the broken table in the blanket she had used.

Gojo Satoru returned to the library and spent a quiet afternoon reading and walking with Shiina Hiyori. He confidently predicted that Class B would reach Class A before the next semester, leaving Hiyori looking forward to his performance in the next exam.

• Gojo Satoru found Shiina Hiyori in a secluded library corner and startled her, but she did not scream.
• Gojo Satoru and Shiina Hiyori sat side by side to read, and she noticed several different scents on him.
• Gojo Satoru claimed he had mixed several perfumes, and Shiina Hiyori advised him to use just one next time.
• Shiina Hiyori examined Gojo Satoru's arm and remarked that he looked slim in clothes but muscular in short sleeves.
• Gojo Satoru and Shiina Hiyori walked around the track, where he predicted Class B would take Class A's place before the next semester.

Sudo Ken was ambushed by Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi, while Gojo Satoru watched and prepared a plan. The next morning, Class D discovered it had received no points, and Chabashira Sae hinted that Sudo was responsible.

• Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi tried to provoke Sudo Ken into quitting the Basketball Club, then attacked him when he refused to take the bait.
• Sudo Ken fought back and drove the three attackers away, while Gojo Satoru watched the recorded footage and told someone in the shadows to stand down.
• On July 1st, Class D students worried when they received no points, and Kushida Kikyo and Hirata Yosuke suggested the school system might be delayed again.
• Chabashira Sae arrived angry and, when Hirata Yosuke asked about the missing points, implied that Sudo Ken was responsible.

Gojo Satoru spent lunch with Hasebe Haruka, Amikura Mako, Sakura Airi, and Kobashi Yume before meeting Ayanokoji Kiyotaka on the rooftop after school. Ayanokoji asked whether Gojo wanted Sudo Ken expelled over the assault allegations, but Gojo had not yet answered.

• Hasebe Haruka complained about Class D’s latest trouble, and Gojo Satoru asked whether she wanted to transfer to his class; she declined because she was happy to see him after school and during breaks.
• Amikura Mako tried to defend Haruka from Gojo’s teasing, while Sakura Airi and Kobashi Yume reacted with embarrassment and alarm.
• After school, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka met Gojo on the rooftop and asked what he thought about Sudo Ken’s alleged assault on Komiya and two other students.
• Ayanokoji explained that the three students had accused Sudo of attacking them, but he suspected they had framed him and asked Gojo whether he wanted Sudo expelled or protected.

Gojo Satoru set a plan in motion to save Sudo Ken and get a Class C student expelled, assigning Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to delay the verdict. Afterward, Gojo arranged for Kushida Kikyo to rally Class B students to search for evidence, and Sudo left believing he was safe from expulsion.

• Gojo Satoru told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to bring Sudo Ken to the incident site the next day and explained that he wanted to save Sudo while getting someone from Class C expelled.
• Ayanokoji brought Sudo to Gojo, who instructed Ayanokoji to delay the verdict and took Sudo with him to the school infirmary.
• Kushida Kikyo asked Class B students to help find evidence that Sudo had been falsely accused.
• Gojo told Sudo to return to the dorm and message Ayanokoji to meet him in a classroom after school the next day.
• Sudo thanked Gojo and left, while Gojo looked over the information in his hand with a slight smile.

Gojo Satoru taught Ayanokoji Kiyotaka how to use evidence and acting to protect Sudo Ken and pursue further gains against Class C. After reviewing the reports and surveillance footage, Ayanokoji understood the plan but struggled to perform the emotional reaction Gojo wanted.

• Gojo Satoru summoned Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to an empty classroom and insisted that Ayanokoji call him teacher.
• Gojo Satoru announced that Ayanokoji would learn acting and gave him documents about Komiya and the other two's injuries and Sudo Ken's examination.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka noticed the injury reports could weaken the accusations against Sudo Ken but could not prove he had not started the fight.
• Gojo Satoru showed Ayanokoji surveillance footage of Komiya and the other two fleeing, prompting Ayanokoji to spot a contradiction in their account.
• Gojo Satoru said the evidence could protect Sudo Ken and help get someone from Class C expelled, then asked Ayanokoji to act out an emotional response.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka imitated Gojo Satoru's performance, but Gojo criticized his flat expression and unnatural table slap.

Gojo Satoru coached Ayanokoji Kiyotaka on how to perform during a class speech and gave him a USB drive as a backup for the Sudo Ken incident. As Class D struggled to defend Sudo, Ayanokoji kept his plan secret from Horikita Suzune, while Ichinose Honami summoned Gojo and addressed him with unusual formality.

• Gojo Satoru taught Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to maintain a sharp gaze and slap the desk during a speech, then gave him a USB drive containing material that could guarantee victory.
• On Friday, July 5th, Class D students blamed Sudo Ken for taking leave and refusing to respond while they searched for witnesses and evidence.
• Horikita Suzune asked Ayanokoji Kiyotaka what they should do, and he told her to stall while keeping his solution secret.
• After school, Ichinose Honami called Gojo Satoru behind the school building and calmly asked him to stop addressing her formally and call her Satoru.

Ichinose Honami embraced Gojo Satoru and wondered whether he despised her for approaching him despite his girlfriend. She recalled how he had once helped her when she stole a hair clip for her sister, and her memories ended with his reappearance in her life.

• Ichinose Honami hugged Gojo Satoru and asked whether someone like her disgusted him.
• Ichinose remembered her family’s poverty and how her mother fell ill after taking extra jobs to buy her younger sister a birthday hair clip.
• Ichinose stole the hair clip, but Gojo accidentally broke it and gave her 10,000 won to buy a replacement, explaining that he owned the convenience store.
• Ichinose bought the replacement hair clip, but her mother accused her of obtaining it through wrongdoing and confined her for a week.
• Ichinose stayed out of school for the rest of her second year, returned for third year, and then saw Gojo appear in her life again.

Ichinose Honami learned that her younger sister Xiaofeng was dating Gojo Satoru, the boy who had once paid Honami compensation. As Honami spent more time with them, she fell for Satoru and tried to kiss him, but Xiaofeng caught her in the act.

• Xiaofeng told Honami that her boyfriend, Satoru-kun, was coming over and asked her to keep the relationship secret from their mother.
• Honami recognized Gojo Satoru when he visited Xiaofeng, and learned he had saved her sister and become her boyfriend.
• Their mother initially objected to the relationship but eventually gave Satoru her tacit approval.
• Over the next two months, Honami often spent time with Xiaofeng and Satoru and gradually realized she had fallen for him.
• Honami hugged Satoru from behind, confessed that he had made her feel this way, and leaned in to kiss him.
• Xiaofeng kicked open the bedroom door and angrily confronted Honami.

After reuniting with Gojo Satoru, Ichinose Honami was interrupted by Shiranami Chihiro, who had come to confess her feelings. Gojo declared his relationship with Honami through a kiss, and the chapter ended with Chihiro pleading for him to be gentler as Honami struggled to keep up.

• Ichinose Honami embraced Gojo Satoru and asked him to hold her tightly after their three-year separation.
• Shiranami Chihiro arrived with a confession letter and found Honami in Gojo's arms, then began to leave in tears.
• Gojo told Shiranami that he and Honami were not in a relationship, and Honami confirmed it.
• Gojo kissed Honami and asked whether she would reject him; Honami kissed him back and accepted his feelings.
• Gojo deepened the kiss until Honami grew weak, and Shiranami urged him to be gentler.

Gojo Satoru teased Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro after Chihiro accepted their relationship but asked them to keep it private for now. At Honami's dorm, he found a box containing a rose and a growing collection of candid photographs of himself, just as Honami came up behind him.

• Ichinose Honami comforted Shiranami Chihiro until Chihiro accepted that Honami and Gojo Satoru would be together, while asking them to keep their relationship private for now.
• Gojo Satoru teased Ichinose Honami about keeping their relationship secret, and Shiranami Chihiro defended Honami and insisted that Satoru treat her well.
• Gojo Satoru threatened to bully Ichinose Honami if Shiranami Chihiro kept following them, prompting Chihiro to hurry away.
• Gojo Satoru accompanied Ichinose Honami to her dorm, where he discovered a black box containing a withered rose he had given her and photos of himself in various everyday situations.
• Ichinose Honami came up behind Gojo Satoru as he examined the photographs and told him she was ready.

After an intimate night, Ichinose Honami asked Gojo Satoru to stay with her forever, but her younger sister Ichinose Fuka walked in and accused her of trying to seduce her boyfriend. Their confrontation exposed the sisters’ hurt and resentment, and Honami challenged Fuka to see whether Gojo would kiss her.

• During the night, Gojo Satoru answered a call from An Teng Shadai while Ichinose Honami asked him to hang up.
• The next morning, Ichinose Honami held Gojo Satoru and asked to stay with him for the rest of their lives, then listened to his heartbeat for over an hour.
• When Shiranami Chihiro knocked and called for Honami, Gojo Satoru went to the door while Honami stopped herself from trying to hold him back.
• Ichinose Fuka burst into the bedroom, accused Ichinose Honami of trying to kiss Gojo Satoru, and called her a slut.
• Ichinose Honami slapped Ichinose Fuka twice, reminded her of the sacrifices she had made for her, and challenged her to see whether Gojo would kiss her.

Ichinose Fuka angrily sent Gojo Satoru away after catching him with Ichinose Honami, while Honami secretly felt pleased. The next day, Ichinose Chihide blamed Gojo for the sisters’ conflict and begged him to leave them alone, and he agreed.

• Ichinose Fuka confronted Gojo Satoru after seeing him with Ichinose Honami, rejected his explanation, and ordered him out.
• Gojo Satoru left, while Ichinose Fuka watched in confusion and Ichinose Honami smiled behind her.
• The next afternoon, Ichinose Chihide met Gojo Satoru before her daughters returned home and told him about the sisters’ fight.
• Ichinose Chihide accused Gojo Satoru of disrupting her family and begged him to stop interfering with the sisters.
• Gojo Satoru caught Ichinose Chihide as she tried to kneel, agreed to her request, and apologized.

Shiranami Chihiro visited Ichinose Honami and found her transformed by her new relationship with Gojo Satoru, while Honami reassured her that they were still close friends. The chapter then moved to the final Student Council arbitration over the Class D and Class C incident, where Sudo Ken was absent.

• Shiranami Chihiro arrived at Ichinose Honami's room and found Gojo Satoru there, who stopped her from rushing inside and reminded her to change her shoes.
• Gojo Satoru caught Chihiro before she could hug Honami, then left them alone after Honami said it was fine.
• Chihiro questioned why Honami was still in bed, and Honami explained that she had been absorbed in Satoru's embrace and described their night together.
• Ichinose Honami asked whether Chihiro liked Satoru, and Chihiro said she hated him; Honami hugged her and said this proved they were good friends.
• At the final Student Council arbitration on July 8, Class D and Class C representatives and their teachers gathered before Horikita Manabu and Tachibana Akane, but Sudo Ken was absent.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka questioned Class C’s account of Sudo’s alleged assault and accused Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi of framing him. He presented injury reports, Sudo’s physical examination, and surveillance footage as evidence, leaving Class C unsettled as he prepared to explain his case.

• Horikita Manabu confirmed that Sudo would be expelled if he lost the arbitration, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka asked Komiya to repeat Class C’s testimony.
• After Komiya repeated the claim that Sudo had attacked them, Ayanokoji accused the three students of falsely framing Sudo and causing him severe psychological trauma.
• Horikita Manabu asked Ayanokoji to provide evidence, and Ayanokoji submitted documents that Manabu accepted.
• Ayanokoji explained that the evidence included the students’ injury reports, Sudo’s physical examination report, and surveillance footage tracking them after the incident.
• Ayanokoji said he had obtained the private records using points, leaving Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi silent.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka used surveillance footage and injury reports to accuse Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki of staging an attack to frame Sudo. Sakagami Kazuma requested a postponement, while Ayanokoji showed that his real objective extended beyond getting Class C students expelled.

• Ayanokoji pointed out that most of Komiya and the others’ injuries did not match Sudo’s fists and used the footage to question their account of the incident.
• Ayanokoji argued that the three had not fought back because they were trying to make Sudo look guilty, then laid out how they had allegedly provoked and framed him.
• Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki fell silent, and Sakagami Kazuma realized their silence could be taken as admitting Ayanokoji’s claims.
• Sakagami asked Horikita Manabu to postpone the arbitration because his students were in poor condition.
• Ayanokoji challenged Sakagami’s request, while his thoughts revealed that he cared little about how many Class C students were expelled.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka pressed Class C to answer for framing Sudo Ken, and Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi turned on one another to avoid the worst punishment. Horikita Manabu issued the verdict, expelling Komiya, suspending Kondo and Ishizaki, and deducting 300 class points from Class C, before someone objected.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka argued that the evidence supported the charge against Komiya and the others, and Sakagami Kazuma demanded that they explain themselves.
• Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi realized they had been abandoned, but Ishizaki punched Komiya and accused him of masterminding the frame-up.
• Kondo backed Ishizaki's accusation, and Komiya confessed to framing Sudo Ken.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka stopped Horikita Suzune from speaking, and she sat back down.
• Horikita Manabu expelled Komiya, suspended Kondo and Ishizaki for three months, extended Ishizaki's suspension by a month for injuring Komiya, and deducted 300 class points from Class C.
• After Horikita Manabu asked whether anyone objected, an unidentified person said they did.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka challenged the school over Sudo’s depression and the harm done to Class D after Sudo was framed. Horikita Manabu apologized and promised to seek compensation, then asked Ayanokoji to stay behind.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka said he objected to the incident’s outcome and gave Horikita Manabu Sudo’s psychological evaluation report.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka argued that Sudo had been left isolated and depressed while the school ignored evidence that could have cleared him.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka condemned the school for making him pay over 600,000 Private Points to obtain the evidence and for failing to protect Sudo.
• Horikita Manabu apologized to Sudo and Class D on the school’s behalf and promised to report their compensation claims to his superiors.
• After the meeting’s follow-up procedures were arranged, Horikita Manabu called Ayanokoji Kiyotaka back as he was leaving.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka returned Horikita Manabu’s fountain pen to Gojo Satoru and warned Horikita Suzune not to pry into him. The school then cleared Sudo Ken and awarded Class D 100 Class Points, while Sudo revealed that Gojo had helped resolve the incident.

• Horikita Manabu gave Ayanokoji Kiyotaka a fountain pen to return to Gojo Satoru and criticized his performance.
• Horikita Suzune confronted Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who told her to stop trying to pry into him if she wanted to rise to Class A.
• Gojo Satoru watched Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s performance with Kamuro Masumi in his dorm room.
• The school announced that Komiya and two others had masterminded the Sudo Ken incident, awarded Sudo 500,000 Private Points, and gave Class D 100 Class Points.
• Sudo Ken thanked Gojo Satoru in class and explained how Gojo had helped him prepare a plan and obtain medical evidence.

Sudo Ken revealed that Gojo Satoru had used his own Private Points to help him, leaving Class D puzzled about Gojo’s motives. When Gojo visited, he teased Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, then had Ayanokoji stop Horikita from attacking him after she realized she had been tricked.

• Sudo Ken told Class D that Gojo Satoru had helped him because they had once been classmates, deepening Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s suspicions.
• Gojo Satoru visited Class D, where Hasebe Haruka hugged him and he whispered something that made her blush.
• Gojo Satoru called Ayanokoji Kiyotaka into the hallway, and Horikita Suzune followed them to demand an explanation for his help to Class D.
• Gojo Satoru offered to answer a reasonable question if Horikita Suzune smiled, then claimed he had already answered two questions.
• Horikita Suzune realized Gojo Satoru had tricked her and tried to stab him with a compass, but Ayanokoji Kiyotaka caught her wrist and stopped her.