Recaps

Shintō Katsuya uncovered the school’s point system, built a relationship with Karuizawa, and founded the Yorozuya while Class D struggled with its poor standing. The arc left him tutoring Karuizawa and making a new connection with Shiina Hiyori.

• Shintō noticed the school’s free goods and dwindling student points, then realized Class D’s careless behavior had cost them their monthly allowance.
• Shintō concealed his knowledge of the point system and later explained that Class D had received zero points because of its poor conduct.
• Chabashira revealed Class D’s low ranking, failing students, and risk of expulsion, while Shintō refused Horikita’s demand to help the class.
• Shintō defended Karuizawa when Ryuen’s group confronted her, and she told him about her history of bullying before asking him to pose as her boyfriend.
• Shintō founded the Yorozuya, secured Horikita Manabu’s support through a weekly-request bargain, and opened a well-equipped clubroom.
• Hirata and Kushida organized study sessions, and Shintō helped Karuizawa improve while Horikita clashed with Sudō over his grades and ambitions.
• Shintō met Shiina Hiyori in the library, discovered their shared interest in Higashino Keigo, and reassured her that readers could not be bad people.

Shinjo used the Yorozuya to trade exam answers, help Class D survive its midterms, and investigate Sakura’s harassment. As Sudō’s conflict with Class 1-C remained unresolved, Horikita and Ayanokōji set a trap for the students who accused him.

• Shinjo negotiated with Kojima Hayato for the midterm answers, then sold copies to Shiina and Ryuen and distributed them to Class D through Karuizawa.
• When Sudo faced expulsion for missing the English cutoff, Shinjo revealed that points could buy the missing mark, and Class D raised the 100,000 points needed to keep him enrolled.
• After Class 1-C accused Sudō of attacking its students, Shinjo searched for a witness while Horikita, Ayanokōji, and the class tried to find evidence before the disciplinary hearing.
• Shinjo investigated an anonymous Yorozuya request about an electronics shop clerk and learned from Sakura that an employee had kept her camera and harassed her.
• Shinjo accompanied Sakura to recover her camera, stopped the fan when he attacked her, and helped Horikita Manabu bring the man into custody.
• Horikita, Ayanokōji, and Ichinose lured Ishizaki, Komiya, and another Class 1-C student to the stairwell, then offered to drop Sudō’s complaint if they withdrew their accusation and paid 300,000 private points.
• Ryuen arrived and called the three Class 1-C students pathetic for falling for the trap.