Recaps

Kojima Hayato offered Shinjo Katsuya advance copies of the midterm answers for twenty thousand points, but Shinjo rejected the deal and tried to bargain for five thousand. After Kojima agreed, Shinjo revealed he had never intended to buy them, leaving Kojima furious.

• Kojima Hayato visited the Yorozuya and offered Shinjo Katsuya the midterm answers for twenty thousand points.
• Shinjo rejected the offer, explaining that the answers had little value to him because he had no suitable customers.
• Kojima lowered the price to fifteen thousand points, but Shinjo countered with five thousand and promised Yorozuya friendship and priority service.
• Kojima checked a message on his phone, then accepted Shinjo's proposed deal.
• Shinjo said he had never agreed to buy the answers, and Kojima slammed his hands on the desk in anger.

Shinjo charged Kojima Hayato a commission fee to buy exam answers and discovered something suspicious in the papers he received. He asked Karuizawa to distribute the answers, and their awkward misunderstanding ended with them arranging a dinner date.

• Shinjo persuaded Kojima Hayato to sign a commission form and pay a fee for priority access to the Yorozuya's line.
• Shinjo examined the exam papers and called Karuizawa to the Yorozuya after noticing something interesting in them.
• Karuizawa arrived expecting Shinjo to confess, but he gave her the midterm answers and asked her to distribute them to their class.
• Shinjo complimented Karuizawa's appearance, and she invited him to dinner; they agreed it was a date.

Shinjo approached Shiina and Ibuki to sell them the upcoming exam answers, claiming he had obtained genuine copies through his Yorozuya. The chapter ended with Shiina questioning his proposed price of twenty thousand points.

• Shinjo went to Class 1-C seeking Ryuen, but Ibuki told him Ryuen was absent.
• Shinjo asked Shiina to speak with him, and Ibuki followed to make sure he did nothing to her.
• On the rooftop, Shinjo offered to sell Shiina and Ibuki the upcoming exam answers.
• Ibuki doubted Shinjo had the real answers, while Shiina asked how much he wanted for them.
• Shinjo proposed twenty thousand points, and Shiina challenged the price.

Shiina bought exam answers from Shinjo for twelve thousand points and reported the deal to Ryuen, who ordered Ishizaki to provoke Class D without using violence. At the library, Shinjo admitted he was dating Karuizawa, and the study session dissolved into questions about romance until Horikita shut them down.

• Shiina bargained Shinjo down to twelve thousand points for the answers, then asked how much he had spent obtaining them.
• Shiina showed Ryuen the answers, and Ryuen confirmed they were correct before ordering Ishizaki to provoke Class D without laying hands on anyone.
• At Class D's library study session, Horikita apologized to Sudō after Ayanokōji persuaded her.
• Shinjo confirmed that he and Karuizawa had been dating for a while, surprising Ayanokōji, Ike, and Yamauchi.
• The students questioned Shinjo about his relationship and Kushida's romantic interests until Horikita stopped the gossip.

Ayanokōji learned that Shinjo had access to answers from a senior, while Kushida helped Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudō study. The study session turned into a confrontation with Yamawaki from Class 1-C, and Shinjo stopped Sudō from attacking him.

• Ayanokōji questioned Shinjo about the school admitting students who might be expelled, and Shinjo revealed he had the first midterm answers from a senior.
• Kushida encouraged the struggling students to learn by teaching one another, and Ike correctly recalled that Francis Bacon developed the inductive method.
• Yamawaki from Class 1-C mocked Class D and provoked Sudō and Horikita in the library.
• Sudō prepared to hit Yamawaki, but Shinjo grabbed him and pulled him back.

Shinjo stopped a confrontation in the library and revealed that he had bought the midterm answers, while the class learned their teacher had given them a false exam scope. He left Ayanokōji with a dubious explanation for why Class 1-C students resented him.

• Shinjo restrained Sudō as Yamawaki and his Class 1-C classmates confronted the group, and Ichinose intervened to make them leave the library.
• Shinjo told the group he had bought the exam answers from a second-year student for twenty thousand points and said Kei could send them to everyone the next day.
• Shinjo admitted that Chabashira-sensei had given the class a false exam scope, prompting Horikita Suzune to leave and confront her.
• Shinjo claimed Ayanokōji ranked sixth among the handsome boys and fifth among the gloomy boys, which he said explained the resentment from Class 1-C.

Shinjo advised Ayanokōji on how to become popular, then met Ichinose and sold her information for ten thousand points. He left pleased with the deal, though Class D still had zero Class Points and no living expenses.

• Ayanokōji asked Shinjo how to become popular, and Shinjo told him to spend time with popular people and make popular friends.
• Shinjo sent Ayanokōji ahead to the dormitory and called Ichinose out from behind a tree.
• Shinjo introduced himself as the president of the Yorozuya and offered Ichinose information for ten thousand points.
• Ichinose accepted the price and agreed to meet Shinjo in his class the next day to complete the exchange.
• Shinjo celebrated the deal but lamented that Class D still had zero Class Points and could not receive living expenses.

Karuizawa shared the midterm exam questions and answers with Class D, and the students confronted Chabashira about teaching them the wrong topics. Chabashira revealed her interest in Shinjo’s Yorozuya, leaving her considering how to use it to help her pursuit of Class A.

• Karuizawa revealed that she and Shinjo had bought the midterm questions and answers, and Class D thanked them.
• Horikita led students to demand an explanation from Chabashira, who claimed she had forgotten to tell them that the exam topics had changed.
• Shinjo asked Chabashira whether she had given the class the wrong topics to see if they could obtain the exam answers, and she said the class’s zero Class Points made it a chance to weed out students.
• Chabashira acknowledged that she had tested Class D and asked Shinjo about his Yorozuya, while he said the effort he gave clients depended on their ability to pay.
• Chabashira realized she could use the Yorozuya to bypass restrictions on teachers spending personal points on students and resolved to put it to use against Class A.

As Class D took the midterms, Chabashira promised them a summer vacation if no one failed the exams, while Shinjo suspected the offer hid a catch. Sudo struggled through English despite his classmates’ efforts to lower their scores, and Horikita apologized for dismissing his basketball ambitions, leaving him smitten with her.

• Chabashira promised Class D an island vacation if everyone passed the midterms and July finals, making the class eager to succeed.
• Shinjo recognized that the exam matched the practice questions and noticed Ayanokōji watching the other students.
• Kushida found Sudo panicking because he had failed to memorize the English answers, so Horikita and Hirata asked the class to keep their English scores low.
• Sudo blanked during the English exam, and his friends tried to comfort him afterward.
• Horikita praised Sudo’s effort, apologized for disrespecting his basketball dream, and encouraged him to pursue it; Sudo realized he had fallen in love with her.

Nagumo explained that he was helping Horikita-senpai by building a connection with Yorozuya, while rejecting Horikita-senpai’s rigid approach. In Class 1-D, Sudo fell 0.8 points short of the exam cutoff and faced expulsion, leaving Chabashira watching Shinjo for a response.

• Nagumo told Kojima Hayato that helping Yorozuya could benefit Horikita-senpai and that he wanted to shape the school’s future.
• Chabashira announced that many Class 1-D students had earned perfect scores, while Sudo had scored 39 in English.
• Chabashira explained that Sudo’s score was below the cutoff of 39.8 and declared that he would be expelled.
• Hirata asked Chabashira to give Sudo another chance, then checked Sudo’s exam paper but found no grading errors.
• Chabashira ended homeroom and called on Shinjo, who had remained silent throughout the announcement.

Shinjo proposed using class points to save Sudo from expulsion, and the class pooled 100,000 points to buy back his missing mark. Afterward, the group celebrated in Ayanokōji’s dorm room.

• Shinjo told Chabashira that an upperclassman had offered to sell him the exam questions for 50,000 points.
• Shinjo suggested that the class could use personal points to buy Sudo’s missing mark, and Chabashira confirmed it would cost 100,000 points.
• Hirata and Kushida rallied the class to contribute, while Horikita and Ayanokōji each gave 30,000 points.
• The class raised 100,000 points, allowing Sudo to stay in Class D, and Sudo thanked his classmates.
• Kushida, Ike, Yamauchi, Sudo, and others held a celebration in Ayanokōji’s dorm room.

After celebrating their midterm results, Horikita urged the class to study harder and explained her plan with Kushida and Ayanokoji to climb to Class A. Shinjo declined to join for now, though he offered to help the class and left open the possibility of reconsidering.

• Horikita warned everyone that they still needed to study for finals if they wanted to earn Class Points and avoid expulsion.
• Kushida praised Shinjo for finding a way to use points, then invited him and the others to join her, Horikita, and Ayanokoji in aiming for Class A.
• Ike and Yamauchi doubted they could reach Class A, while Horikita told them they would need to study hard and not hold the class back.
• Sudo tried to impress Horikita with his athletic ability, then pinned Yamauchi in a wrestling hold.
• Horikita asked Shinjo to join because she valued his abilities, but he declined for now and said he would still help the class.

Class D received 87 Class Points after passing the midterm exams, though the first-years' personal points were delayed. Shinjo agreed to look for paid requests for Karuizawa, then got an urgent call from Sudō asking him to come to their secret base.

• Chabashira announced that Class D had earned 87 Class Points, while Class A, Class B, and Class 1-C had also gained points.
• Chabashira told the class that the first-years' personal points would be issued late because of a problem, prompting students to demand compensation.
• Karuizawa asked Shinjo for paid requests because she was short on points, and he said he would pass along any suitable work.
• Sudō called Shinjo in a fluster and asked him to come to their secret base, so Shinjo agreed.

Sudō told Shinjo and the others that he might be suspended for fighting students from Class 1-C, which could also cost Class D points and his place on the basketball team. He explained that the students had attacked him first, but the school gave him until next Tuesday to find evidence proving it.

• Karuizawa insisted on accompanying Shinjo to Ayanokōji's dorm room, which Ike and the others had made their secret base.
• Sudō revealed that Chabashira-sensei had warned him he might be suspended, and he feared his situation had delayed the class's Personal Points.
• Sudō explained that Komiya and Kondo had lured him to the administration building, where Ishizaki and the others threatened him for becoming a regular on the basketball team and attacked him.
• Sudō told the group that the school required him to prove the Class 1-C students attacked first by next Tuesday, or he could be suspended, cost Class D points, and lose his team position.

After Sudo was accused of assaulting students from Class 1-C, Class D learned that both classes’ personal points would be suspended until the school reached a verdict. Shinjo left Sudo’s fate uncertain and met Chabashira at Yorozuya, where they discussed whether he would take on the case for a fee.

• On the way back, Karuizawa asked Shinjo if he had a plan, but he admitted he had no solution yet.
• Chabashira told Class D that Sudo’s conflict with Class 1-C had caused both classes’ personal points to be suspended pending a final ruling.
• Sudo insisted he had acted in self-defense, while classmates argued over whether to trust him; Hirata and Kushida urged them to help find evidence.
• Hirata called for witnesses, and Horikita argued with Sudo before Shinjo told him he believed him but had no solution.
• At Yorozuya, Chabashira accused Shinjo of profiting from Sudo’s predicament, and Shinjo replied that he charged people to handle their business rather than forcing them to buy services.

Kushida and the others searched for witnesses who could clarify Sudo’s fight, but found only Sakura Airi, whose social anxiety made her difficult to approach. The school then began a public hearing with Horikita Manabu presiding, leaving Class D and Class C seated opposite each other.

• Kushida asked Ichinose and other students for information, but their search produced no leads on Sudo’s case.
• Kushida learned that Sakura Airi might have witnessed the incident, but Horikita and Kushida both failed to question her, and Sakura’s camera broke during the encounter.
• Sudo became frustrated, and Chabashira called Sudo, Horikita, Ayanokōji, and Shinjo to the school’s public hearing.
• At the meeting room, Sakagami and the Class C students mocked Sudo while Chabashira objected that the investigation was unfinished.
• Horikita Manabu arrived with Tachibana Akane and arranged for Class D and Class C to sit opposite each other as he presided over the hearing.

Class 1-C presented evidence accusing Sudō of assault, leaving Class D unable to defend him at the student council meeting. After the meeting, Horikita Suzune learned that Shinjo had founded Yorozuya and decided to seek more information.

• Shinjo challenged Class 1-C to prove Sudō had attacked their students, but they showed an incriminating photograph and medical certificates.
• Sudō claimed he had acted in self-defense but could not provide evidence, and Horikita Manabu postponed disciplinary action until Tuesday.
• Shinjo invited Horikita Manabu and Tachibana Akane for tea, while Sudō left to clear his head.
• Chabashira Sae told Horikita Suzune that Shinjo had founded Yorozuya and directed her to ask him about it at the Activity Building.

Shinjo met with Horikita Manabu, then explained to Horikita Suzune and Ayanokōji what the Yorozuya would and would not do to help Sudō. He agreed to look for a witness but made clear he would offer no more than ordinary help to a classmate.

• Tachibana Akane complained about Shinjo’s meager refreshments, while Horikita Manabu approved the Yorozuya’s next budget and warned that the school was monitoring it.
• Horikita Suzune and Ayanokōji visited Shinjo’s Yorozuya and asked whether he had a lead that could help Sudō.
• Shinjo told Horikita Suzune that he had only learned from Kushida that Sakura might have witnessed what happened.
• Shinjo clarified that he considered Sudō a friend but would only help find the witness, not take responsibility for him or go beyond an ordinary classmate’s effort.

Horikita Suzune learned that Shinjo helped people for profit and left without hiring him to help Sudō escape punishment. Two days later, the Yorozuya received an anonymous request about a suspicious electronics shop clerk, which Horikita Manabu made an official investigation.

• Ayanokōji revealed that Shinjo had bought exam questions and proposed buying points because someone had paid him, and Shinjo admitted it.
• Horikita Suzune asked whether Shinjo would help Sudō escape punishment for a fee, then left with Ayanokōji without making a request.
• Two days later, Shinjo and Karuizawa found an unsigned request asking them to investigate an electronics shop clerk who gave girls unsettling looks.
• Shinjo reported the request to Horikita Manabu, who classified it as official and ordered the Yorozuya to uncover the truth within a day.
• Karuizawa offered Shinjo pudding to motivate him, and he set off while joking about changing her foot bathwater.

Shinjo investigated a suspicious employee at the school shopping arcade’s electronics store but found no useful clues. The next day, he planned to ask Sakura for help, just as she returned to Class D.

• Tachibana Akane reluctantly helped Shinjo search employee records, and he collected information on the male camera-shop workers.
• Shinjo watched the electronics-store employees but noticed nothing suspicious and left without identifying a suspect.
• The next morning, Shinjo told Karuizawa he would return to the store at lunchtime and ask Sakura whether she had any leads.
• Sudō nearly attacked Kōenji after Kōenji insulted him, but Hirata intervened and scolded both of them.
• Kōenji argued that expelling Sudō later could cost the class more points, then left, and Shinjo spotted Sakura returning.

Shinjo approached Sakura under the pretense of asking about cameras and gradually earned her trust through written notes. Sakura revealed her secret identity as the online idol Shizuku and asked Shinjo to save her from an electronics shop employee who had obtained her personal information and was leaving disturbing fan messages in her shoe locker.

• Shinjo asked Sakura about her camera and warned her to bring a friend to the electronics shop because someone there seemed suspicious.
• After lunch, Shinjo encouraged Sakura to communicate by writing notes, and she asked what he meant about the strange employee.
• Sakura hesitated to tell Shinjo what she knew, but he promised to keep her secret and did not pressure her.
• Sakura revealed that she feared speaking to people and dreamed of becoming an idol, performing online as Shizuku.
• Sakura explained that an electronics shop employee had kept her broken camera, obtained her personal information, and left creepy declarations and pictures in her shoe locker.

Shinjo helped Sakura identify the man who had taken her camera and accompanied her to retrieve it from the electronics store. After the man reluctantly returned it, Shinjo was left wondering how the original client had learned about Sakura’s situation.

• Sakura identified the perverted fan from Shinjo’s list of suspects and asked him to accompany her to collect her camera.
• Shinjo treated Karuizawa to lunch, then questioned how the client had learned about Sakura’s situation.
• After school, Shinjo and Sakura went to the electronics store, where the clerk mistook them for a couple.
• Shinjo blocked the perverted fan from approaching Sakura and demanded that he return her camera.
• The man handed over the camera, and Shinjo passed it to Sakura before they left the store.

Shinjo rescued Sakura from a fan who tried to kidnap and molest her, then helped bring the man to the Student Council and disciplinary staff. The store employee who had filed the anonymous request revealed how Sakura’s encouragement had once helped him survive his despair.

• A fan grabbed Sakura after Shinjo left and tried to silence and molest her.
• Shinjo kicked the man away and confronted him, while the fan threatened to report Shinjo for using violence.
• The electronics store’s top salesperson struck the fan, and Shinjo sent Horikita Manabu a photo and details of the assault.
• Horikita Manabu brought the Disciplinary Committee, teachers, and security guards, who handcuffed the fan and asked Sakura to give a statement the next day.
• The top salesperson confirmed that he had submitted the Yorozuya request to protect Sakura and explained that her encouragement had helped him through thoughts of suicide.

Shinjo reported his investigation into the anonymous request to Horikita Manabu, then tried to recruit Ichinose from the Student Council into the Yorozuya. Horikita rejected the poaching attempt while acknowledging that Shinjo’s talents suited his own organization better.

• Shinjo told Sakura there was no need for her to testify yet and advised her to rest, then reported the investigation to Horikita Manabu without revealing her secret.
• Horikita Manabu praised Shinjo and discussed inspecting the school’s custodians, while Shinjo refused to let the Student Council outsource more work to the Yorozuya.
• Ichinose arrived with the Student Council’s financial report, and Shinjo teased her about handling miscellaneous duties.
• Shinjo invited Ichinose to leave the Student Council and join the Yorozuya, claiming the Student Council had outsourced most of its work to his group.
• Horikita Manabu explained that Ichinose’s role had been decided internally and dismissed Shinjo’s attempt to recruit her, while reflecting that Shinjo was better suited to the Yorozuya.

Horikita and Ayanokōji tricked the three boys from Class 1-C into believing a surveillance camera had recorded their attempt to frame Sudō. Just as Horikita pressured them to withdraw their complaint and pay compensation, Ryuen arrived and berated them.

• Ayanokōji pointed out the classroom surveillance cameras, inspiring Horikita to set a trap at the stairwell where Sudō’s alleged attack took place.
• Horikita, Ayanokōji, and Ichinose prepared the scene, while Ichinose explained she hoped to form an alliance between Class B and Class D.
• Ichinose lured Ishizaki, Komiya, and their companion to the stairwell by claiming they had found incriminating evidence.
• Horikita and Ayanokōji implied that a camera had captured the boys plotting to frame Sudō, making them panic.
• Horikita offered to drop the matter if the boys withdrew their complaint and paid three hundred thousand private points.
• Ryuen appeared and called the three boys pathetic for falling for the scheme.