Recaps

Jingu Byakuya used his system-mandated relationships to draw closer to Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyou, Wang Meiyu, and Hasebe Haruka while pursuing information and influence at school. The arc left Hasebe and Ichinose Honami both showing interest in him, as Shironami Chihiro prepared to confess to Ichinose.

• Jingu Byakuya broke up with Wang Meiyu, accepted his admission to Advanced Nurturing High School, and received Horikita Suzune as his next breakup target.
• Byakuya befriended Horikita Suzune, helped her investigate the school’s point system, and recruited Kushida Kikyou as a prospective partner after confronting her about her hidden past.
• Byakuya gathered information from second-year girls, while Horikita Manabu warned him to take responsibility if he hurt Suzune.
• Kushida shared the class-point information with Class D, and Byakuya formed an official partnership with her while refusing her proposal to film him and Horikita for leverage.
• Byakuya confronted Yamauchi Haruki and Sudo Ken, then humiliated Yamauchi after Sakayanagi Narimori arranged for the fight to be treated as self-defense.
• Byakuya reaffirmed his bond with Wang Meiyu as her big brother and began pursuing Hasebe Haruka after his system offered master-level Jeet Kune Do as a reward.
• Hasebe and Byakuya grew closer, and she asked him to take responsibility for becoming her friend while he encouraged her to befriend Sakura Airi.
• Horikita clashed with Hasebe over Byakuya, while Ichinose Honami felt disappointed seeing him with Hasebe and Shironami Chihiro decided to confess to Ichinose.

Bai Ye began dating Horikita while deepening his ties with Hasebe, Kushida, Sato, Ichinose, and Karuizawa. As he joined the Student Council and helped Class D rise to Class C, Horikita grew closer to him and began imagining a future together.

• Bai Ye stopped a clerk from destroying secretly filmed footage at an electronics store, and he and Hasebe accepted one million points from the Student Council president to keep the incident quiet.
• Hasebe admitted she might accept Bai Ye's confession, while Bai Ye decided to let their feelings grow before pursuing a relationship with her.
• Horikita agreed to date Bai Ye, and the two began spending time together as a couple despite her complicated motives and her brother Manabu's expectations.
• Horikita Manabu recruited Bai Ye for the Student Council and considered him a possible future president, while Bai Ye's popularity drew attention from Kushida, Karuizawa, and others.
• Bai Ye defeated Nagumo in a two-thousand-meter race, and Nagumo paid three million points rather than apologize after Ayanokouji played him a recording of his promise.
• Horikita encouraged Class D after it moved up to Class C, and Bai Ye helped her make friends while tutoring Sato and introducing her to Wang Meiyu.
• Bai Ye offered Karuizawa friendship after learning about her past, and she sought his protection while Horikita made clear she trusted him.
• Horikita waited for Bai Ye after his Student Council work, talked about traveling together, and left with him after suggesting she wanted to try new things.