Recaps

Raku entered Advanced Nurturing High School, where he tried to remain unnoticed as he settled into Class B and learned how the school’s points and class rankings worked. After Sudo was accused of attacking Class C students, Raku joined Ichinose and others in investigating the incident, while his hidden abilities and past remained concealed.

• Raku met the man who interrupted his suicide attempt, and the man arranged for him to attend Advanced Nurturing High School.
• Raku arrived at the school, met Ichinose Honami, and settled into Class B, where Ichinose encouraged him to connect with his classmates.
• Raku learned that students’ monthly Private Points depended on their classes’ Class Points, and Ichinose organized Class B to pool money for shared needs.
• Teacher Hoshinomiya questioned Raku’s identical entrance exam scores and quiz result of sixty, but Raku claimed he had deliberately aimed for the minimum passing score.
• Ichinose tutored Raku, while he kept his abilities hidden and learned that the school’s exam rules could lead to expulsion.
• After Sudo was accused of attacking three Class C students, Raku told Kushida and Ayanokoji that he had arrived after the fight and described a possible eyewitness.
• Raku and Ichinose investigated the incident, found a witness girl near the scene, and joined Ayanokoji and Horikita in discussing how to establish what happened.
• Raku told Ayanokoji that Class B had formed investigation groups, then agreed to help Ichinose with a confession after school.

Raku became involved in the dispute over Sudo’s innocence and the mystery of the hidden Class D informant before joining Class B for its weeklong uninhabited-island exam. Class B established a camp and began exploring the rival classes, while Ichinose and Raku encountered Ryuen and later visited Katsuragi’s base.

• Raku rehearsed a confession to Ichinose, then urged her to reject Chihiro honestly and helped her face Chihiro’s feelings.
• Horikita’s plan to clear Sudo failed at first, but Ayanokoji presented security footage and Ryuen withdrew Class C’s complaint.
• Ryuen revealed that Class C had lost an embedded informant, while the student council president questioned Raku about his role and offered him a position he declined.
• During the lead-up to the island exam, Raku’s classmates discussed his relationship with Ichinose, and Chie Hoshinomiya dreamed of a man warning her before shooting her.
• Teacher Mashima announced the [Freedom] survival exam, and Class B chose Shiranami as its concealed leader before searching for a campsite.
• Ichinose’s class established a secluded camp, gathered food and supplies, and learned that Kaneda had been beaten and cast out by Ryuen.
• At night, Raku found Ichinose frightened near the temporary toilet and promised to keep her fear of ghosts secret.
• Ichinose stopped Class C students from provoking Class B, then visited Ryuen with Raku and later explored Class A’s base with him before returning to camp to meet Ayanokoji and Horikita.