Chapter Summaries

After waking up late from a drunken night with Ryuen Shoko, Hoya rushed with her to class, where they arrived just as the bell rang. At the homeroom meeting, Hoya outlined plans for Class C, including a supervised class fund.

• Hoya remembered that he and Ryuen Shoko had slept together, woke her, and hurried to get ready for school.
• Hoya cleaned their trashed apartment while Ryuen Shoko showered and dressed, then they ran to class and arrived as the bell rang.
• Kazuma Sakagami praised Class C for improving its conduct and asked Ryuen Shoko and Hoya to speak.
• Hoya announced that the class would pool ten percent of its monthly income starting next month and give it to Kazuma Sakagami to supervise.

Hoya organized Class C’s funds, study groups, and strategy toward the other classes, then borrowed a camcorder and began filming students’ everyday lives. After Ryuen Shoko punished him for teasing her, Shiina Hiyori’s concern made Ryuen suspect she might have feelings for him.

• Hoya explained how Class C would manage its funds, form groups, cooperate with Class B, and prepare for conflict with Classes A and D.
• Kazuma Sakagami warned the class about an upcoming test and the risk of expulsion, and Hoya planned a surprise for Class A.
• Hoya borrowed a camcorder from the school and interviewed Sotomura Hideo from Class D about student life.
• Hoya gave the camcorder to Minami Shiroha and other photography enthusiasts, asking them to film students and return it by Wednesday.
• Ryuen Shoko pinned Hoya down after he teased her, and Shiina Hiyori intervened, prompting Ryuen to ask whether she liked him.

Hoya organized Class C's study sessions, arranging help from Class B and adjusting the schedule around club activities. The chapter ended with Hoya watching the club recruitment fair and asking Shiina why she was still standing in the nearly empty classroom.

• Shiina asked Hoya to tutor Ryuen, whose grades were poor, and Hoya insisted that Ryuen study with him instead of cheating on the exams.
• Hoya told Shiina to seek Class B's help with the study sessions and appointed Albert as their diplomat.
• Hoya and Ryuen agreed that he would buy alcohol for her, while she would study with him afterward.
• Hoya advised Shiina to schedule study sessions around club activities, rotate attendance, and ask Class B or other students for help.
• Hoya watched the club recruitment fair, reminisced about his past, and asked Shiina why she was still in the classroom.

Chukai-kun worried that Shiina was overworked and warned her against joining the Student Council during its coming reforms. He and Ryuen Shoko bought a case of condoms, returned to the dorm, and settled down to study after teasing each other.

• Chukai-kun told Shiina to take more time for reading, offered to have Ibuki take over her work, and advised her not to join the Student Council.
• Chukai-kun discussed using Kaneda Satoru’s intelligence and eventually removing Asakawa Takane and Managi Akira from Ryuen Shoko’s circle.
• Chukai-kun and Ryuen Shoko bought a case containing three hundred boxes of condoms and carried it back to his dorm.
• Chukai-kun and Ryuen Shoko agreed to study before dinner, changed into comfortable clothes, and he gave her test papers from Sakagami-sensei.

Hoya tutored Ryuen Shoko for her upcoming exams, then the two spent the evening together and talked in bed. The chapter ended with Ryuen reminding Hoya that, no matter who else he dated, he belonged to her.

• Hoya graded Ryuen Shoko’s practice test and decided to help her study English and modern Japanese while saving science for the weekend.
• Ryuen Shoko memorized ten English words and completed three modern Japanese questions before Hoya served dinner.
• After dinner, Hoya and Ryuen Shoko bathed together and had sex, leaving her exhausted and watching videos in bed.
• Hoya and Ryuen Shoko talked about his past and what he should call her, and he told her he liked her.
• Ryuen Shoko told Hoya that he was her dog regardless of how many other women he found, and he agreed.

The male dorm manager and Ryuen Shoko prepared a secret plan to create a major stir at school, and he secured Hoshinomiya's help with a forged certificate. He then recruited Kushida for an unpaid job with Ayanokoji, warning her that her class was likely to receive no points next month.

• Ryuen Shoko pinned and teased the male dorm manager in class before sending Shiina and Ichinose away so they could discuss Plan A.
• The male dorm manager told Ryuen that the plan was nearly ready and that its final step would happen before tomorrow's planned event.
• After class, the male dorm manager asked Hoshinomiya to forge a certificate, and she agreed to do it for 2,000 points.
• The male dorm manager met Kushida on the rooftop and asked her to work with Ayanokoji without pay.
• He warned Kushida that her class had an 80 percent chance of receiving zero points next month, and she grew alarmed.

Hoya listened as Kushida vented about her Class D classmates, then continued tutoring Ryuen Shoko before meeting Kanzaki Ryuji and Ichinose to discuss cooperation between Classes B and C. He argued that their alliance should focus on major interclass competitions, especially the upcoming Uninhabited Island event, rather than small benefits like study support.

• Kushida told Hoya she had only forty thousand points left, then spent an hour unloading her frustrations about nearly all her Class D classmates.
• Hoya assured Kushida she could come to him whenever she wanted to vent and returned with her to class.
• Hoya tutored Ryuen Shoko after school, checked that she had passed, and left for dinner with Kanzaki Ryuji and Ichinose.
• Kanzaki asked whether Class C truly intended to treat Class B as an ally, since Class B had been doing favors without receiving much in return.
• Hoya said the alliance should last for three years and urged Kanzaki to consider working with Class C against Class A in the Uninhabited Island competition.

Hoya discussed a possible alliance with Kanzaki Ryuji and Ichinose, explaining his plans to challenge Class A and raise points so he could transfer there. After leaving them to consider the alliance, Hoya headed back to the dorm, where Ryuen was waiting for help.

• Kanzaki Ryuji questioned whether Class C could contribute to an alliance, and Hoya suggested they wait and see what Class C could do.
• Hoya told Kanzaki Ryuji and Ichinose that Ryuen was studying and predicted Class D would have zero points next month.
• Hoya explained that Class A’s arrogance and his need to raise twenty million points were why he planned to target Class A and later Class D.
• Kanzaki Ryuji agreed to investigate the situation with the upperclassmen and said he would keep an eye on Hoya.
• Hoya left the meeting and walked back to the dorm.

Hoya and Ayanokoji rescued Kei Karuizawa from girls who were extorting her, and Hoya later recovered from a baseball-bat blow while Ryuen treated his bruises. The chapter ended with Ryuen testing Ayanokoji in a sparring match and discovering that she could block her attack.

• Hoya spotted Sakura taking selfies and considered arranging for her and Kushida to witness a future incident.
• Hoya found several girls demanding points from Kei Karuizawa and called Ayanokoji for help after they dragged him into the passageway.
• Hoya and Ayanokoji fought the girls, and Hoya stopped one from threatening Karuizawa with a butterfly knife by striking her with a baseball bat.
• Hoya checked on Karuizawa, exchanged contact information with her, and left without demanding points from the girls.
• Ryuen applied ointment to Hoya's bruised back while Ayanokoji watched, and Ryuen challenged Ayanokoji to spar.
• Ryuen attacked Ayanokoji and was surprised when Ayanokoji blocked her.

After Ayanokoji effortlessly beat Ryuen, the housing agent and Ryuen tried to explain social etiquette, relationships, and sex to Ayanokoji, who misunderstood their lessons in increasingly blunt ways. The evening ended with Ayanokoji understanding people a little better while the housing agent planned to finish Plan A the next day and settle the score with his attackers later.

• Ayanokoji countered Ryuen’s attacks and drove her back until Ryuen called a stop.
• Ayanokoji volunteered to do the dishes and agreed marriage would be fine, prompting the housing agent and Ryuen to question her understanding of social etiquette.
• Ryuen asked Ayanokoji about sex, and the housing agent tried to teach her about desire, consent, and romantic feelings.
• Ayanokoji concluded that she felt only familial love for the housing agent, and he corrected her explanations of different kinds of affection.
• The housing agent spent the rest of the evening educating Ayanokoji, then said he expected to finish Plan A tomorrow and deal with the men who had beaten him afterward.
• The housing agent and Ryuen joked about whether he could move, and he and Ryuen had sex again.