Recaps

Kijima Tsukur sent Morishita Ai to summon the other classes’ leaders to a rooftop meeting, while his classmates tried to guess his motives. Morishita delivered the message to Class D, where she discovered that the class had not even considered choosing a leader.

• Kijima Tsukur ordered Morishita Ai to invite each class’s leader or representative to meet him on the rooftop at four thirty.
• Morishita Ai notified Class B and Class C, then went to Class D and found it unusually noisy and disorganized.
• Yamauchi Haruki tried to charm Morishita Ai, but Hirata Yosuke stepped in to ask why she had come.
• Morishita Ai announced Kijima Tsukur’s invitation, and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji recognized the name while Horikita Suzune asked whether he had sent Morishita to find her.
• Hirata Yosuke questioned who counted as Class D’s leader, and Morishita Ai realized the class had not chosen one.

Morishita Ai invited Class D representatives to meet Kijima Tsukur, and Hirata Yosuke organized a group to attend. After school, Kijima confirmed he would share information equally among the classes and chose Yamamura Miki to accompany him.

• Morishita Ai told Hirata Yosuke that Class D could send up to three representatives to meet Kijima Tsukur on the rooftop at four thirty.
• Class D students criticized Morishita Ai, but Hirata urged them to take the invitation seriously.
• Karuizawa volunteered to represent Class D, and Hirata asked Kikyo Kushida to take the final spot; Kushida agreed after checking with Wang Meiyu.
• After the final class, Katsuragi asked Kijima Tsukur whether he would go through with sharing information equally among the classes.
• Kijima Tsukur confirmed his plan and named Yamamura Miki as the person he would take.

Kijima Tsukur led a group from Class A to the rooftop for negotiations, insisting he truly planned to reveal the information to the other classes. The group arrived at the rooftop, where Yamamura Miki set down her folding chair.

• Katsuragi agreed to accompany Kijima Tsukur, and Sakayanagi Arisu sent Kamuro Masumi and Kito Hayato as her representatives.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi joined the group, while Yamamura Miki followed behind carrying a folding chair.
• Kijima Tsukur led the group through the school as other students whispered about Class A's intimidating appearance.
• Kamuro Masumi asked whether Kijima Tsukur really intended to share the information, and he confirmed that everything he had said that morning was true.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi pressed Kijima Tsukur to confirm his plan as the group reached the rooftop, where Yamamura Miki set down her folding chair.

Kijima Tsukur waited for representatives from the other classes while testing Kamuro Masumi with an abrupt confession and explaining why he had arranged the meeting. As Ichinose Honami, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Shibata Sou approached, Ichinose warned them that Kijima felt dangerous.

• Kamuro Masumi questioned whether the other classes would attend, and Kijima Tsukur blocked her kick at his chair.
• Kijima Tsukur suddenly asked Kamuro Masumi to be his woman, but she rejected him and accused him of trying to make her betray Sakayanagi.
• Kijima Tsukur explained that the invitation would let him assess the other classes by observing who came and how they acted.
• Kijima Tsukur noticed that someone had arrived, while Ichinose Honami, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Shibata Sou headed toward the meeting.
• Ichinose Honami told Kanzaki Ryuji and Shibata Sou that Kijima Tsukur gave her a dangerous feeling.

Ichinose Honami, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Shibata Sou met Kijima Tsukur on the rooftop, where they learned he had invited representatives from all four first-year classes to discuss the school. As the Class D students arrived, Karuizawa Kei felt frightened by Kijima Tsukur, and the gathering remained underway.

• Ichinose Honami, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Shibata Sou arrived on the rooftop and introduced themselves to Kijima Tsukur's group.
• Ichinose asked whether Kijima had called them to discuss the school, and he confirmed that he had also invited Classes C and D.
• Ichinose observed divisions within Kijima's group and approached Kamuro Masumi and her companions.
• Hirata Yosuke, Karuizawa Kei, and Kushida Kikyo arrived, and Karuizawa became frightened when she saw Kijima Tsukur.
• Hirata introduced himself and Karuizawa and Kushida to the gathered students.

Kijima Tsukur and the other class representatives met with Class 1-C, whose members Kaneda Satoru, Albert Yamada, and Ryuen Kakeru arrived together. The meeting ended in confusion after Ryuen kicked Kaneda to the ground, prompting Katsuragi to ask whether Ryuen needed help.

• Kikyo Kushida reluctantly agreed to deal with Kijima Tsukur, who learned that she and the others represented Class D.
• Kaneda Satoru, Albert Yamada, and the injured Ryuen Kakeru arrived as Class 1-C's representatives.
• The classes introduced themselves, and Kaneda criticized Kijima Tsukur for remaining seated and failing to introduce himself.
• Ryuen kicked Kaneda in the thigh, knocking him to one knee.
• Katsuragi, Ichinose Honami, and Hirata Yosuke stepped between the two, and Katsuragi offered to stand up for Ryuen if Kaneda had been bullying him.

Ryuen provoked Kaneda and Kijima Tsukur to observe how the other students reacted to violence and the rooftop gathering. Kijima remained unmoved and questioned whether Class C had understood the school’s rules, leaving Ryuen intrigued by his composure.

• Kaneda charged at Ryuen after Ryuen humiliated him, but Hirata and Ichinose restrained him and urged him to focus on the bigger picture.
• Ryuen mocked Kaneda for trying to assert himself verbally, then walked up to Kijima Tsukur and taunted him in front of Class A.
• Kito Hayato, Kamuro Masumi, and Hashimoto Masayoshi moved to protect Kijima as tensions rose, while Kaneda and the others hurried over to stop Ryuen.
• Kijima gestured for Kito and the others to step back, then noted that Kaneda had not reported Ryuen and inferred that Class C was still speculating about the school’s rules.
• Kijima questioned Ryuen about whether his attack on Kaneda had been a test of everyone’s reactions, and Ryuen reflected on how the students had responded while Kijima remained completely composed.

Kijima Tsukur summoned leaders from the other classes, explained the school system and his plans, and asked them to save points and share contact information. The others doubted his claim that he wanted every first-year student to reach Class A, and Ryuen suspected Kijima was trying to gain their trust before betraying them.

• Ryuen declared that he intended to dominate the school and make Kijima Tsukur his target.
• Kijima explained Class Points, personal points, Class A’s career privileges, Special Exams, and the costs of canceling expulsion or transferring classes.
• Kijima said the first-years were likely taking a Special Exam, announced his goal of helping everyone reach Class A, and demanded that they save points and exchange contact information.
• Ichinose and the others questioned how Kijima could make his goal possible when it would require 2.4 billion personal points, but Kijima said they owed him nothing.
• Ryuen accused Kijima of posing as a benefactor to gain control of the first year, and Ichinose, Hirata, and the others accepted his theory.

Kijima shared Class A’s information with students from the other classes and asked them only to deposit their money and exchange contact details, while insisting that they would eventually work under him. After the students left, Hashimoto and Katsuragi questioned Kijima’s approach, and Hashimoto considered turning against him.

• Ryuuen said he would not follow Kijima, even if Kijima’s intentions were genuine.
• Kijima showed the students his friend code and asked them to exchange contact information and have their classmates deposit their money.
• Ichinose, Hirata, Katsuragi, Yamamura, Ryuuen, and the others exchanged contact details, though Ryuuen remained suspicious of Kijima.
• Kijima declared that everyone would eventually work under him, prompting Ryuuen and Kaneda to leave the rooftop.
• After the students from Classes B and D departed, Yamamura explained that Kijima had achieved his stated goal of getting the other classes to deposit money and exchange contacts.
• Hashimoto decided to approach Sakayanagi about forcing Kijima out and considered speaking with Ryuuen.

Ichinose Honami and her classmates returned to pay Kijima Tsukur 800,000 Personal Points for the information he had shared, so Class B could face Class A without feeling indebted. After accepting the payment, Kijima considered how to fulfill Tenmei, while Katsuragi judged Ichinose a formidable opponent.

• Ichinose Honami returned with Kanzaki Ryuji and Shibata Sou and told Kijima Tsukur that Class B would still compete against Class A and would not follow his plan for everyone to graduate in Class A.
• Ichinose offered Kijima 800,000 Personal Points, explaining that her class wanted to settle their debt and fight Class A fairly.
• Kijima accepted the points and said the unexpected windfall gave him an idea for fulfilling Tenmei.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi and Kamuro Masumi questioned Ichinose's honesty and mocked Kijima's generosity.
• Katsuragi Kohei said Ichinose had earned his respect by gathering 800,000 points from Class B, and warned the others to be wary of her.

Kijima Tsukur distributed 800,000 personal points evenly among Class A, then Horikita Manabu visited Horikita Suzune to reconnect with her. He began questioning why she thought he hated her.

• Kijima Tsukur gave Yamamura Miki his phone and told her to distribute 20,000 points to each Class A student.
• Kijima Tsukur left with Yamamura Miki, telling her to make him dinner before they handled work.
• Horikita Manabu went to Horikita Suzune's dorm room after deciding he should stop keeping his distance from her.
• Horikita Suzune was startled to hear her brother at the door, then welcomed him inside and made coffee.
• Horikita Manabu asked Horikita Suzune why she had thought he hated her.

Horikita Manabu explained why he had distanced himself from Horikita Suzune and told her that Kijima Tsukur was the strongest person he had ever encountered. The siblings reconciled, but Suzune remained unconvinced by her brother’s assessment of Kijima.

• Horikita Manabu told Horikita Suzune that he had distanced himself because she had lost her own brilliance by imitating him, not because he hated her.
• Horikita Manabu said he had changed his mind about visiting Suzune after meeting Kijima Tsukur and deciding she could not reach Class A while Kijima was around.
• Horikita Suzune described the information Kijima had revealed to the first-year class, and Horikita Manabu said Kijima had no intention of hiding anything.
• Horikita Manabu congratulated Suzune, saying she could graduate from Class A without making an enemy of Kijima.
• Horikita Manabu called Kijima the strongest person he had ever seen and said he would forfeit rather than face him, while Suzune doubted his judgment.
• Horikita Manabu assured Suzune that he had grown more confident after years of success and that Kijima was simply different.

Horikita Suzune resolved to prove Kijima Tsukur was not stronger than her brother, while Morishita Ai encouraged Yamamura Miki to be more honest about wanting friends. The chapter ended with Miki spotting Kijima sitting with Sakayanagi Arisu and wondering whether they had made up after she criticized his sale of information.

• Horikita Manabu and Horikita Suzune talked through their misunderstanding, and Suzune thanked Kijima Tsukur while vowing to defeat him and reach Class A.
• During swimming class, Yamamura Miki worried that nobody had contacted her and admitted to Morishita Ai that she feared being ignored if she reached out first.
• Morishita Ai asked why Miki stayed by Kijima Tsukur's side, and Miki admitted she struggled to refuse him and complained about the errands he gave her.
• Morishita Ai noticed that Miki smiled while complaining about Kijima, then asked whether Kijima had visited her lately.
• Miki and Morishita spotted Kijima Tsukur sitting with Sakayanagi Arisu, and Miki wondered whether they were on good terms after Sakayanagi criticized his sale of information for 800,000 personal points.

Sakayanagi Arisu tried to discover Kijima Tsukur’s weaknesses by questioning him about his martial arts, money, and leadership, but he remained unmoved and dismissed her criticisms. She left furious after he challenged her to keep testing him.

• Morishita Ai and Yamamura Miki sneaked into the passage to spy on Kijima Tsukur and Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Sakayanagi Arisu offered Kijima Tsukur personal points to enter the swimming competition, but he refused.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked whether the criticism she had encouraged bothered Kijima Tsukur, and he said it did not.
• Kijima Tsukur described himself as headstrong and a womanizer, then claimed his shortcomings were beyond his opponents’ reach.
• Sakayanagi Arisu criticized Kijima Tsukur for arrogance and for failing to use Yamamura Miki’s talents, but he defended his choices.
• Sakayanagi Arisu left seething and resolved to defeat Kijima Tsukur.

Kijima Tsukur’s Class A learned that it had retained 980 Class Points after the first month, but Mashima’s announcement showed that Class B was close behind. As Class A’s factions continued to form, the chapter left the class shaken by the risk of losing its lead.

• Morishita Ai teased Yamamura Miki about praising Kijima Tsukur, then agreed to call her Komatsu Kyo, prompting Yamamura to protest.
• Class A had divided into the Sakayanagi, Katsuragi, and Kijima Factions, while Hashimoto Masayoshi remained independent.
• Kijima Tsukur checked his Personal Points and saw that the school had awarded him another 98,000, confirming that his shared information was accurate.
• Mashima reviewed the school rules, and Sakayanagi Arisu asked about the next Special Exam and other ways to gain Class Points.
• Mashima displayed the class standings: Class A had 980 points, Class B had 930, Class C had 690, and Class D had 0.
• Class A’s students lost their smiles when they realized Class B had nearly caught up and might soon take their Class A position.

After Class A’s quiz results and the midterm expulsion threshold were announced, Kijima Tsukur’s classmates blamed him for sharing exam information. Kijima asked why Class D still had zero points despite receiving the rules, and Totsuka Yahiko suggested they were simply bad.

• Mashima-sensei announced that students scoring below forty-three on the midterm in three weeks would be expelled.
• Class A students confronted Kijima Tsukur, accusing him of helping Class B overtake them, while Katsuragi said his support would not change before the first Special Exam.
• Kijima asked Katsuragi why Class D had received zero Class Points despite Hirata and the others sharing the exam information with their class.
• Katsuragi confirmed that Hirata and the others had passed the information on, leaving Kijima and the other Class A students bewildered.
• Totsuka Yahiko said Class D students were simply bad and dismissed the significance of their lost points.

Kijima Tsukur proposed using Class A students’ personal points to fund Class D in exchange for control over its future school points, provoking strong opposition from his classmates. The chapter ended with Sakayanagi Arisu and Morishige Takuro challenging his plan as unnecessary.

• Kijima Tsukur told Class A that Sakayanagi would lead midterm study sessions and tasked Katsuragi with buying last year’s exam papers for up to five thousand personal points.
• Kijima Tsukur invited Class A students to commit monthly personal-point payments in multiples of thirty thousand so he could lend them to students in Class D under a repayment contract.
• Sakayanagi Arisu objected to Kijima Tsukur’s plan, and Morishige Takuro joined her in questioning its value.
• Katsuragi argued that controlling Class D’s points could prevent the class from uniting against the upper classes.
• Morishige Takuro insisted that supporting Class D was unnecessary, and the students remained unconvinced that they would recover their points.

Kijima Tsukur defended his proposal to pool Class A’s Personal Points by arguing that students should be judged by their contributions to the class, not just their abilities. He left the class stunned and angry after saying that getting closer to him would create more chances to contribute.

• Morishige Takuro rejected Kijima Tsukur’s proposal, insisting that Class A had no reason to give its Personal Points to Class D.
• Kijima explained that future expulsions should be decided by each student’s contribution to the class rather than by ability alone.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Morishige argued that the weakest students should be expelled, while Kijima said ability and contribution were different measures.
• Kijima declared that Yamamura Miki currently contributed the most by taking care of him, and said even prominent classmates could be expelled before her.
• Kijima told Morishige and the others to seek proximity to the center of power and earn opportunities to work for him, prompting Morishige to condemn his arrogance.

Kijima Tsukur asked for personal points to support Class D, prompting several students to contribute despite Morishige Takuro’s objections. Morishige attacked Kijima, who subdued him instantly and left him frightened.

• Yamamura Miki and Morishita Ai each offered sixty thousand personal points, while Katsuragi and members of his faction pledged thirty thousand each.
• Kijima Tsukur told the contributors to send their points to Yamamura Miki, and Sakayanagi Arisu voiced opposition to using Class A’s resources for Class D.
• Morishige Takuro grew furious over Kijima’s actions and threatened to teach him a lesson with violence.
• Morishige punched at Kijima, who caught his fist and forced him to his knees by squeezing his hand.
• Kijima released Morishige and said he lacked the strength to defy him, leaving Morishige shaken and afraid.

After Kijima Tsukur defeated Morishige Takuro, he invited Yamamura Miki, Katsuragi Kohei, and Kamuro Masumi to Class D. On the way, he explained that he was not angry with Morishige and believed his choices were best for the entire first year, though he knew others did not yet trust him.

• Kijima Tsukur crushed Morishige Takuro’s hand and told the students they could oppose him however they chose, then asked Yamamura Miki, Katsuragi Kohei, and Kamuro Masumi to visit Class D after school.
• Sakayanagi Arisu agreed to let Kamuro Masumi accompany Kijima so she could receive firsthand information.
• During lunch, Morishige Takuro told Sakayanagi Arisu and Hashimoto Masayoshi that Kijima was far stronger than Kito Hayato and might be impossible for the whole class to defeat.
• Yamamura Miki reminded Kijima Tsukur that she had supported him first, and Kijima said he had chosen her because he knew she would be on his side.
• On the way to Class D, Katsuragi Kohei asked Kijima not to hold a grudge against Morishige, and Kijima said Morishige was free to act as he wished.

Kijima Tsukur brought Class A students to Class D and offered to make a deal with its students after learning their Class Points had fallen to zero. He left the classroom with the conversation underway, having won the attention of even its most difficult students.

• Katsuragi and Kamuro Masumi doubted that Kijima Tsukur could get every first-year class to graduate from Class A, while Yamamura Miki followed him to Class D.
• Hirata Yosuke gathered Class D in the classroom, though Koenji left before Kijima arrived.
• Sudo, Yamauchi Haruki, and Ike Kanji complained about Kijima and his chair, and Sudo angrily objected when Kijima mentioned Class D's zero Class Points.
• Kijima reassured Sudo, then guessed that Yamauchi and the others had spent their personal points and offered Class D a deal.
• Katsuragi and Kamuro Masumi noticed that Kijima had deliberately used a friendly, respectful manner to draw the Class D students into the conversation.

Kijima Tsukur offered Class D students monthly Personal Points in exchange for their school-issued points, claiming the payments would continue while the class had fewer than three hundred Class Points. Horikita Suzune recognized the offer as a plan to sap Class D’s motivation and prevent it from reaching Class A.

• Kijima Tsukur offered Class D students ten thousand to thirty thousand Personal Points each month if they signed a contract transferring their school-issued points to him for redistribution.
• Kijima assured the students they would receive the maximum amount as long as they attended school and took exams, prompting Sato Maya, Yamauchi Haruki, and others to consider signing.
• Kiyotaka Ayanokoji noticed that even one student accepting the contract could undermine Class D’s chances of reaching Class A, and he saw that Horikita Suzune had recognized the danger.
• Horikita Suzune warned the students that Kijima’s offer was designed to make them lose motivation once Class D surpassed three hundred Class Points.
• Yamauchi Haruki realized Kijima’s real goal and asked whether Horikita had exposed his plan.

Kijima Tsukur offered Class D students Personal Points in exchange for their future points, and Yamauchi Haruki, Kanji Ike, and others moved to sign despite Horikita Suzune’s objections. As Hirata Yosuke reviewed the contract for classmates who were also short on points, its terms promised monthly payments while giving Kijima control of their school-issued points.

• Kijima Tsukur challenged Horikita Suzune to consider lending Personal Points to classmates who were struggling, then offered contracts to the first eighteen students who accepted.
• Horikita Suzune insisted she would reach Class A through her own efforts and urged Yamauchi Haruki and the others to reject Kijima’s offer.
• Yamauchi Haruki, Kanji Ike, and others chose to review and sign the contract, while Horikita Suzune failed to persuade them to accept loans from her.
• Sudo stopped Horikita Suzune from interfering, and Kijima Tsukur watched as the students favored his offer over her appeal.
• Sato Maya and other girls asked Hirata Yosuke to check the contract, and he examined its clauses after Yamauchi Haruki handed it to him.

Kijima Tsukur secured eighteen Class D students’ signatures on a contract that gave him resource-allocation proposal rights in exchange for monthly personal points, weakening their drive to reach Class A. As Kijima left with Katsuragi Kohei and Kamuro Masumi, they discussed Hirata Yosuke’s decision and Kijima’s strictness toward his own classmates.

• Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune reviewed Kijima Tsukur’s contract, and Hirata agreed that the students could sign it.
• Yamauchi Haruki, Sudo Ken, Kanji Ike, Sato Maya, Sakura Airi, Shinohara Satsuki, Inogashira Kokoro, Maezono, Sotomura Hideo, and other Class D students signed, bringing the total to eighteen.
• Kiyotaka Ayanokoji realized Class D had been badly undermined, while Horikita decided to rely on herself and consider gathering twenty million personal points to transfer classes.
• Kijima explained that he wanted control over Class D’s resource allocation and questioned why Hirata had accepted a deal that hurt the class’s chances of reaching Class A.
• Katsuragi Kohei wondered why the leaders of several classes seemed to betray their own classmates, and Kijima dismissed Hirata’s motives as beneficial to them.
• Kamuro Masumi challenged Kijima about acting friendly to outsiders but arrogantly toward Class A, and Kijima said he was stricter with his own people because they were his foundation.

Kijima Tsukur used the previous day’s test papers to confirm that the upcoming midterm questions would likely match them, then arranged to share copies with the other classes. At the Palette Cafe, Ryuen Kakeru surrounded the meeting with Class C students, and Horikita Suzune challenged his display of force.

• Kamuro Masumi mocked Kijima Tsukur while inadvertently warning him about Sakayanagi Arisu, and Katsuragi agreed to buy test papers from the upperclassmen.
• Kijima Tsukur gave the papers to Yamamura Miki to request more copies and monitor Mashima’s reaction, then sent Morishita Ai to invite the other class leaders to meet him.
• Sakayanagi Arisu objected to Kijima Tsukur sharing the papers, but he overruled her, while she considered building opposition to him.
• At the Palette Cafe, Horikita Suzune, Ryuen Kakeru, and the leaders of the other classes met with Kijima Tsukur.
• Ryuen Kakeru brought a large group of Class C boys to surround the gathering, and Horikita Suzune called his show of force foolish.