Chapter Summaries

Class B secretly watched as Shiranami Chihiro approached Ichinose to confess, but Shibata Hayate’s sneeze exposed them. The class came out of hiding, leaving Shiranami embarrassed and convinced Uesugi Gen was responsible.

• Uesugi Gen realized Shiranami Chihiro was the approaching figure and learned from Amikura Mako that she had planned to do something important that afternoon.
• Uesugi Gen told Class B to cover their ears so they would not hear Shiranami Chihiro’s conversation with Ichinose.
• Shibata Hayate sneezed loudly, interrupting the conversation and drawing Ichinose and Shiranami toward the hidden group.
• Uesugi Gen sent Shibata Hayate out to distract Ichinose, but Ichinose asked where Uesugi Gen was and suspected he was nearby.
• Uesugi Gen led the rest of Class B out of hiding, and Shiranami Chihiro reacted in despair before glaring at him in blame.

After Ichinose confronted B Class for following her, Uesugi admitted he had organized it, and the group reconciled over a meal. As a Special Exam approached, Uesugi assessed the other classes and concluded that B Class’s main challenge would be Class A and its divided leadership.

• Ichinose asked B Class who had organized the activity, and the students pointed to Uesugi Gen.
• Uesugi claimed he had followed Ichinose out of concern over the love letter, and Kanzaki Ryuji explained that they had suspected a scheme.
• Ichinose forgave the class, cautioned them against prying into private matters, thanked them, and invited Uesugi and Shiranami Chihiro to eat with everyone.
• Ichinose told B Class she suspected the announced southern-island vacation would involve a Special Exam and affect Class Points.
• Uesugi reasoned that Ryuen Kakeru was preparing Class C, considered the likely leaders of the other classes, and identified divided Class A as B Class’s main rival.
• Uesugi recognized that Sakayanagi Arisu’s apparent effort to undermine Katsuragi Kohei could serve his own goal of defeating Class A.

Uesugi Gen revealed that Class B’s summer Special Exam would involve surviving on a deserted island, claiming he had bought an outline with class funds. Class B began planning for the exam, and Ichinose concluded that it would test how well the first-year classes had united.

• Uesugi Gen added Kamuro Masumi on LINE and considered how to get his hands on Class B’s personal points.
• Uesugi Gen told Class B that a source could sell them a Special Exam outline for three million personal points, and the class approved the purchase.
• Uesugi Gen announced that the exam’s theme was surviving on a deserted island, while privately planning to pocket the points.
• Ichinose asked classmates to share relevant skills and experience, while Amikura Mako and others helped compile preparations.
• Kanzaki Ryuji proposed assigning tasks according to classmates’ strengths, and Uesugi Gen suggested the exam would test how well the class had come together.
• Ichinose agreed that teamwork, planning, adaptability, and choosing a capable leader would determine how well each class had united.

Uesugi Gen predicted that Class B would win the uninhabited-island exam, then boarded a luxury cruise ship with his classmates and suspected the cruise week would hold another Special Exam. He later asked Ichinose about the other classes and the year's standout students.

• Uesugi Gen argued that the school would provide survival supplies and judge classes by how much they used, then confidently declared Class B would win.
• At the shore, Uesugi Gen made a scene, and Horikita Suzune used his reputation to make the Heaven-Defying Trio hurry up and prepare to board.
• The students boarded a luxury cruise ship, where Uesugi Gen joked that it was too small and offered to help the Sakayanagi Family get a bigger one.
• Uesugi Gen, Kanzaki Ryuji, Hamaguchi Tetsuya, and Shibata Hayate suspected the cruise-ship week would bring another Special Exam and planned to gather information.
• Uesugi Gen asked Ichinose about the classes and their heroes, but Ichinose modestly said she could not recognize any.

Uesugi Gen insulted the leaders of every class before declaring himself and Ichinose heroes, provoking a confrontation that ended with Class B dragging him away. Later, he refused to tell Horikita about the upcoming Special Exam and persuaded her to see a doctor instead of confronting him while sick.

• Ichinose asked Uesugi Gen to judge prominent students, and he criticized Katsuragi Kohei, Sakayanagi Arisu, Ryuen Kakeru, Hirata Yosuke, Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, Koenji Rokusuke, and Kanzaki Ryuji.
• Uesugi Gen declared that he and Ichinose were the world's heroes, prompting Ryuen Kakeru to confront him and the students from Classes A and D to make threats.
• Katsuragi Kohei and Horikita Suzune vowed to defeat their rivals in the coming Special Exams, while Ryuen Kakeru threatened them all.
• Uesugi Gen teased Horikita Suzune over messages and ignored her repeated requests for details about the Special Exam.
• When Horikita called him, Uesugi Gen threatened to tell her brother if she did not seek medical care, then admitted he had no exam information to share and ended the call.

Uesugi Gen prepared Class B for the uninhabited-island Special Exam, monitored the sick Horikita Suzune, and used a detailed island map to assess the terrain. After the rules were announced, Ryuen Kakeru confronted him in front of the students and demanded to know how he had learned about the exam in advance.

• Uesugi Gen called Horikita Manabu about Suzune's illness, and Manabu sent him 500,000 points and asked him to keep her safe.
• Uesugi Gen gathered Class B on deck before the announcement, leading Ryuen and Katsuragi to suspect he knew the exam details ahead of time.
• Hamaguchi Tetsuya found an online map of Seki Island, and Uesugi Gen concluded that the island would pose little danger to the students.
• Mashima announced the weeklong island-survival exam and explained its rules to the first-years.
• Uesugi Gen silenced the complaining Class D students so Mashima could continue, and Ryuen then asked how Gen had learned about the exam in advance.
• Uesugi Gen told Ryuen that he still had not learned his lesson.

Uesugi Gen rebuffed Ryuen Kakeru and Katsuragi Kohei’s accusation that he had used Student Council information, then heard the rules for the uninhabited-island Special Exam. As Class B prepared for the exam, he took the leader key card and chose Kanzaki as the class leader for a task only Kanzaki could handle.

• Ryuen Kakeru and Katsuragi Kohei questioned whether Uesugi Gen had used his Student Council position to learn the exam details, and Mashima Tomoya asked him to explain.
• Uesugi Gen said an upperclassman had told him that uninhabited-island survival exams were common, and he mocked the other students for not asking seniors.
• Class B realized Uesugi Gen had claimed the class’s exam currency as his own, and its students glared at him.
• Mashima Tomoya explained the exam’s 300-point supply budget, leader-guessing penalties and rewards, and rules for occupying bases.
• While the classes set up camp, Uesugi Gen asked Hoshinomiya-sensei for the key card and chose Kanzaki as Class B’s leader.

Uesugi Gen forced Class D to honor its contract and surrender 150 points' worth of supplies, while Horikita Suzune accepted the deal to preserve her word. He later explained that he had intervened because a stronger Class D would make the Special Exam more interesting, and Horikita vowed to compete against him.

• Uesugi Gen learned that Class D was still arguing over whether to buy a portable toilet and went to confront them.
• Uesugi Gen showed Class D the contract requiring them to give Class B 150 points' worth of supplies, and Horikita Suzune agreed to fulfill it.
• Uesugi Gen warned that Horikita and Hirata would be expelled if the supplies were not delivered within two hours, then left with Class B.
• Horikita Suzune asked Uesugi Gen why he had spoken up for her, and he said he wanted Class D to become a more challenging opponent.
• Horikita Suzune refused to thank Uesugi Gen and warned that Class D would compete to identify the other classes' leaders.

Uesugi Gen made Kanzaki Ryuji Class B’s leader, then struggled with insomnia and spoke privately with Ichinose. He promised to protect the class from expulsions, and Ichinose fell asleep in his arms.

• Uesugi Gen checked Horikita Suzune’s recovery and teased her until she told him to drop dead.
• Uesugi Gen gave Kanzaki Ryuji a key card naming him Class B’s leader, and Kanzaki suspected it was a trap.
• Unable to sleep, Uesugi Gen left the tent and found Ichinose sitting outside by the waterfall.
• Uesugi Gen refused to explain his plan, then urged Ichinose to accept that winning could require sacrifices.
• When Ichinose said she could not bear sacrificing him, Uesugi Gen promised to minimize Class B’s losses and prevent any expulsions.
• Ichinose asked Uesugi Gen to stop refusing her invitations to eat, then fell asleep in his arms.

Uesugi Gen stayed awake with the sleeping Ichinose, convinced she would wake before Class B and spare him an embarrassing scene. He fell asleep anyway, and the chapter ended with Class B finding them together and Ichinose letting them misunderstand what had happened.

• Uesugi Gen decided to let the exhausted Ichinose sleep and waited beside her, planning to leave before Class B woke up.
• Uesugi Gen passed the night reading and thinking, then fell asleep while holding Ichinose.
• Ichinose woke Uesugi Gen as Class B watched, and he sprang up when he realized what the scene looked like.
• Shiranami Chihiro, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Himeno Yuki teased Uesugi Gen, while Ichinose claimed he had only thanked her for not waking him.
• Uesugi Gen ran back to his tent crying, "I'm done being human!!!"