Chapter Summaries

Shintō joined the study group and prepared an extravagant supply request for his new club, then secretly followed Horikita Manabu and witnessed him attacking Horikita Suzune. Ayanokōji intervened, and Shintō left the scene with incriminating footage and an opportunity to confront Manabu.

• Shintō agreed to join Kushida Kikyo's study group after Karuizawa asked him to, while he and Karuizawa gave conflicting answers about whether they were dating.
• Shintō obtained four signatures for the Advanced Nurturing Yorozuya application and added an extensive list of supplies he wanted the school to provide.
• Shintō followed Horikita Manabu at night and saw him beat Horikita Suzune while ordering her to withdraw from school.
• Ayanokōji stopped Manabu from striking Suzune and avoided or blocked Manabu's attacks before Manabu gave up.
• Manabu left after telling Suzune to struggle at school, and Shintō prepared to use his secret video against him.

Shintō used evidence of Horikita Manabu hitting a junior and Horikita Suzune’s feelings for her brother to pressure Manabu into supporting the Yorozuya. Manabu agreed to promote and fund the club in exchange for Shintō completing one request each week, with several exceptions.

• Shintō revealed that he had photographed Horikita Manabu hitting him and demanded household equipment and publicity for the Yorozuya.
• Shintō threatened to expose Manabu and suggested that Horikita Suzune might sacrifice herself to protect her brother.
• Manabu tested Shintō by stopping a punch just short of his face, then offered to support the Yorozuya in exchange for one weekly request.
• Shintō listed four kinds of requests he would refuse, and Manabu insisted that he accept the arrangement or risk losing the club’s funding.
• Shintō agreed to make an exception for Manabu and pretended he had merely come out to buy a drink.

Horikita Manabu publicized the Yorozuya, and Shinjo Katsuya introduced its rules and lavish clubroom to the three girls who had joined. The club began preparing to handle requests, while Matsushita recognized Katsuya’s family connection to an agency owner.

• Horikita Manabu announced the Yorozuya to students, school staff, and shopping-street workers, making it a topic of conversation.
• Horikita Suzune wondered if joining the Yorozuya would earn her brother’s acknowledgment, while Ryuen and others reacted to the announcement.
• Shinjo Katsuya showed Satō, Karuizawa, and Matsushita the clubroom, which was stocked with entertainment equipment, appliances, drinks, and snacks.
• Shinjo Katsuya explained how the Yorozuya would collect requests, follow its four principles, negotiate fees, and split pay among participants.
• Matsushita recognized that Shinjo Katsuya’s family ran an agency after recalling her father speaking with Katsuya’s father.

Shinjo tutored Karuizawa during Class D’s failed study session, which ended after Sudō and Horikita argued over his basketball dream. Shinjo rushed off to Brunch Cake, leaving Karuizawa annoyed but in the company of Satō and Matsushita.

• Hirata worried that Karuizawa and Shinjo would struggle, while Matsushita and Satō told him that the two were dating.
• Shinjo patiently reassured Karuizawa as she struggled with her studies and promised to explain the material more slowly.
• Sudō and Horikita clashed over his poor grades and basketball ambitions, and the librarian stopped their argument before it escalated further.
• After the study session ended, Karuizawa asked Shinjo to tutor her longer, but he hurried off to Brunch Cake and promised to teach her the next day.
• Satō and Matsushita found Karuizawa sulking, teased her about being Shinjo’s girlfriend, and ran as she chased them.

Shinjo helped Karuizawa improve her studying and then met Shiina Hiyori in the library, where they bonded over their love of books. He reassured her that her Class 1-C background did not change his willingness to get to know her.

• Ayanokōji urged Horikita to consider the consequences of a student dropping out and told her she had gone too far with Sudō.
• After studying late for half a month with Shinjo’s help, Karuizawa thanked him for helping her improve.
• Shinjo went to the library and helped Shiina Hiyori reach a copy of The Moonstone.
• Shinjo and Shiina discovered that they both liked Higashino Keigo and introduced themselves.
• After learning Shiina was in Class 1-C, Shinjo reassured her that he thought readers could not be bad people, which deeply moved her.

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.