Recaps

Hoshino Kanade hosted Shiina Hiyori and Ayanokoji Kiyona for a study session in his room, where Shiina’s brief touch unsettled them both. When they complained about crowded study spaces, Kanade offered his room as their regular meeting place and gave each of them a spare key.

• Hoshino Kanade welcomed Shiina Hiyori and Ayanokoji Kiyona into his room and served them hot water before they studied together.
• Shiina Hiyori brushed a stray lock of hair from Kanade’s forehead, leaving him flustered while Kiyona noticed their changed demeanor.
• Kiyona quietly accepted the moment and returned to her reading without confronting either of them.
• As they packed up, Shiina and Kiyona mentioned that the library had become crowded.
• Kanade offered his room as their regular study spot and gave Shiina and Kiyona spare keys, which both accepted.

Hoshino Kanade watched Class D learn that the midterm exam material had changed without warning, while deciding not to share his knowledge of past exam papers. The midterms then took place, and Hoshino finished his exams easily as everyone awaited their results.

• Class D students learned from Chabashira Sae that the midterm material for all five subjects had changed the previous Friday.
• Hoshino Kanade chose not to sell or share information about past exam questions because the risks outweighed the rewards.
• Hoshino watched Ken Sudō struggle with English and doubted that he would pass.
• The midterm exams began, and Hoshino Kanade answered his questions with ease.
• The exams ended, leaving the students waiting for their report cards.

Chabashira Sae announced the midterm results and revealed that Ken Sudō alone had failed the adjusted English passing mark. She confirmed his expulsion, leaving Class D stunned and Horikita Suzune feeling helpless.

• Chabashira Sae posted the students’ midterm scores, prompting Yamauchi Haruki and other students to protest the exam’s changed scope.
• Hirata Yosuke asked Chabashira Sae whether the students could make up for the results, and she marked only Ken Sudō’s name for expulsion.
• Chabashira Sae explained that Ken Sudō’s English score fell below the adjusted passing mark because the subject average was lower than before.
• Hirata Yosuke pleaded for another chance, but Chabashira Sae confirmed Ken Sudō would be expelled and told him to report to the teachers’ office after school.
• Horikita Suzune watched Chabashira Sae leave, feeling unable to help, while some Class D students privately felt relieved that Ken Sudō would be expelled.

After Ken Sudō learned he would be expelled, he played basketball alone while Hirata Yosuke, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune watched from a distance. The next morning, Chabashira Sae announced that Sudō’s expulsion had deducted 100 Class Points, leaving Class D with zero and turning his classmates’ sadness into anger.

• Ken Sudō left the classroom and went to the basketball court, where he played and shouted that he could transfer and continue pursuing his dream.
• Hirata Yosuke, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune found Sudō playing, then quietly left him alone to face his final farewell.
• The next morning, Class D found Sudō’s desk and chair removed, and his classmates reacted with unease and sadness.
• Chabashira Sae announced that Class D had scored 73 on the midterm but lost 100 Class Points because of Sudō’s expulsion, reducing the month’s points to zero.
• Class D’s students protested and blamed Sudō, while Hirata Yosuke slumped in his seat and Horikita Suzune gripped her book in silence.

Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona observed how Class D’s lack of points had made students wary of one another, then teased and cuddled in the convenience store. The chapter ended with Hoshino choosing to indulge Kiyona while leaving the class’s points crisis unresolved.

• Kiyona pointed out two Class D girls hesitating over cheap food, and Hoshino explained that the class’s empty coffers had spread fear and distrust.
• Kiyona leaned against Hoshino and claimed she was nearly out of points, asking him to support her despite having forty thousand points.
• Hoshino joked that keeping her would be a risky investment and asked how he could collect interest.
• Kiyona offered to pay interest in advance, but Hoshino kissed her forehead and said they would settle the rest when they got back.
• Hoshino reflected that Kiyona could earn points herself and murmured that she had won as he held her close.

Horikita Suzune watched D Class endure mockery and humiliation over its zero points, then recognized the students’ buried resentment as a possible source of strength. By evening, she was still searching for a way to turn that resentment into resistance.

• At lunch, Horikita saw B Class girls and a C Class boy ridicule D Class students for their poor standing and free meals.
• Horikita noticed her classmates’ humiliation and suppressed anger beneath their despair, and considered using their resentment to unite them.
• Horikita resolved not to let herself and D Class rot away, though she still lacked a clear path to fight back.
• That evening, Horikita watched D Class students avoid the bulletin board’s zero-point ranking and waited for a chance to fan their resentment into action.

Hoshino Kanade planned to protect Sakura Airi from the electronics store clerk by using his arrangement with Hoshinomiya Chie to expose the man. When Hoshinomiya accused the clerk of photographing her, Kanade intervened and took the clerk’s phone.

• Hoshino Kanade decided that his changed relationship with Kiyona meant he needed to prepare defenses for her and others, and he accepted Hoshinomiya Chie’s friend request.
• Hoshino Kanade recognized that the clerk who targeted Sakura Airi remained a threat even though the events that would have led her to the store had changed.
• Hoshinomiya Chie staged a visit to the electronics store with a broken camera and accused the clerk of secretly photographing her.
• Hoshino Kanade joined the confrontation and asked the clerk to show his phone, then swiftly took it from the clerk’s pocket.

Hoshino Kanade exposed a store employee’s hidden photos and harassment of female students, leading to his arrest. In Class D, Horikita Suzune organized study groups and increasingly relied on Kushida Kikyo’s social skills as the class endured months with zero points.

• Hoshino Kanade unlocked Hoshinomiya-sensei’s phone and found hundreds of covert photos of female students and evidence of threats and harassment.
• Hoshino Kanade called for help, and Hoshinomiya-sensei, the police, and Sakura Airi helped identify and arrest the store employee.
• Class D’s students struggled with three months of zero points and the hardships of having no personal spending money.
• Horikita Suzune gave Kanji Ike practice problems and warned him that failing the next exam could get him expelled.
• Horikita Suzune asked Kushida Kikyo to confirm the study-group schedule and help persuade reluctant students to attend.
• Horikita Suzune accepted that Kushida Kikyo’s social network was a useful resource for keeping Class D functioning.

Hoshino Kanade and Ayanokoji Kiyona secretly tease each other during class, until Kanade catches her foot and discovers her ticklish spot. He later steals one of her socks, leaving their playful exchange unresolved.

• Hoshino Kanade reads a history book during class while Ayanokoji Kiyona secretly writes affectionate messages on his back and teases his leg with her socked foot.
• Hoshino Kanade catches Kiyona's ankle and tickles a sensitive spot on her sole until she silently begs him to stop.
• Kiyona resumes teasing Kanade, and he catches her ankle again before slipping off her sock and hiding it in his pocket.

Hoshino Kanade secretly tickled Kiyona’s bare foot during class, leaving her embarrassed and exhausted when the bell rang. Matsushita Chiaki witnessed the entire incident and was left stunned by what she had seen.

• When Kiyona gasped, Hoshino Kanade concealed her trapped foot beneath the desk and the class turned back to the lesson.
• Hoshino Kanade repeatedly tickled Kiyona’s exposed sole while she struggled to stay quiet and avoid drawing attention.
• After the bell rang, Hoshino Kanade returned Kiyona’s sock and released her.
• Kiyona lay on her desk, resolved not to speak to Hoshino Kanade for the rest of the break.
• Matsushita Chiaki, who had been observing them, realized she had witnessed their secret mischief during class.

Matsushita Chiaki was unsettled by Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona’s intimate classroom behavior, then realized Hoshino had noticed her watching and might know about her concealed academic ability. Fearing he could expose her secrets, she contacted him after class, leaving their next conversation pending.

• Matsushita Chiaki watched Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona’s unusual classroom interaction and wondered how far their relationship had gone.
• Hoshino Kanade caught Matsushita Chiaki spying and questioned her about his extracurricular reading.
• After a classmate’s outburst about the final exam disrupted their exchange, Hoshino Kanade gave Matsushita Chiaki his contact information and suggested discussing her real academic ability.
• Matsushita Chiaki worried Hoshino Kanade had uncovered her deliberately low scores and other secrets, and feared being ostracized if he exposed her.
• Matsushita Chiaki entered Hoshino Kanade’s contact information into her terminal and sent him a message.

Matsushita Chiaki met Hoshino Kanade in the library after he summoned her, still flustered by remembering his foot massage of Kiyona. Kanade exposed how she had been disguising her academic ability and social role, and Chiaki asked why he had figured her out.

• Matsushita Chiaki received Hoshino Kanade's message summoning her to the library's antiquities section.
• As Chiaki walked to meet him, she recalled Kanade massaging Kiyona's foot and felt embarrassed by her own thoughts about his hands.
• Chiaki sat across from Kanade, who confronted her about deliberately adjusting her grades and playing a role in Karuizawa's group.
• Chiaki reacted with shock and panic, then asked Kanade why he had seen through her disguise.

Hoshino Kanade analyzed Matsushita Chiaki’s hidden abilities and offered her a deal: gather information for him in exchange for keeping her disguise safe and receiving his support. Matsushita questioned whether he was truly a Class D student, and Kanade reached into his pocket without answering.

• Hoshino Kanade told Matsushita Chiaki that staying unnoticed had left her vulnerable when Class D faced a crisis.
• Hoshino Kanade identified Matsushita’s observational, analytical, and disguising skills and invited her to become his eyes and hands in Class D.
• Hoshino Kanade offered to protect Matsushita’s secret and provide support in exchange for information about classmates, factions, and teachers.
• Matsushita considered the deal but asked how she could trust his abilities and whether he was really a Class D student.
• Hoshino Kanade did not answer and took something out of his pocket.

Hoshino Kanade showed Matsushita Chiaki that he had 3,021,300 points and used his resources to secure her agreement to a mutually beneficial arrangement. Chiaki accepted the role of observing Class D for him while keeping her disguise intact.

• Hoshino Kanade revealed his terminal balance of 3,021,300 points, leaving Matsushita Chiaki stunned.
• Hoshino Kanade said his points proved he could support Chiaki and that his reasons for staying in Class D had nothing to do with her.
• Matsushita Chiaki weighed the risks of refusing against the protection he offered and decided the arrangement was her best option.
• Matsushita Chiaki accepted the deal and asked Hoshino Kanade what she needed to observe and where she should act.
• Hoshino Kanade concluded that Chiaki's observation and analysis would make her a useful ally in Class D.

Hoshino Kanade arranged for Matsushita Chiaki to observe Karuizawa's circle while staying inconspicuous, and the two later noted that other classes had stopped treating Class D as a rival. Meanwhile, Ichinose Honami confided that friction with other classes was troubling her, including pressure from Ryuen Kakeru and schemes by Sakayanagi Arisu.

• Hoshino Kanade told Matsushita Chiaki to blend into Karuizawa's circle and share important information when she judged it worthwhile.
• Matsushita Chiaki refused regular point transfers because they could attract suspicion, but said she would contact Hoshino Kanade if she needed help.
• Hoshino Kanade accepted Matsushita Chiaki's plan and told her to remain unseen and act as usual.
• Hoshino Kanade and Matsushita Chiaki observed that the other classes were doing little and no longer seemed to view Class D as a rival.
• Hoshino Kanade noticed a subdued tone in Ichinose Honami's messages and gently asked what was bothering her.
• Ichinose Honami told Hoshino Kanade that friction with other classes was weighing on her, citing Ryuen Kakeru's threats and Sakayanagi Arisu's schemes.

Hoshino comforted Ichinose as she struggled with the pressure on Class A, then reflected on Class D’s relative peace and resolved to protect Kiyona and remain alert to Chabashira’s intentions.

• Hoshino advised Ichinose to look past Ryuen and Sakayanagi’s apparent conflicts and identify their real objectives.
• Ichinose thanked Hoshino for listening and said their conversations made her feel better.
• Hoshino considered how Class A’s struggles kept pressure away from Class D and wondered whether Chabashira still intended to raise the class to Class A.
• Hoshino saw Kiyona’s trusting smile and resolved to protect her and Class D’s peace.
• Hoshino observed Class D’s slow, scattered efforts to study and decided to stay vigilant for possible threats.

Class D celebrated passing its final exams and boarded a luxurious cruise ship for the school’s promised island vacation. As the ship headed toward the island, the students looked forward to enjoying their break, though the coming trip remained uncertain.

• Chabashira Sae reminded Class D that passing the exams would earn them a summer trip to a private island, then started the final exam.
• After the exam, Kanji Ike and the other students celebrated their confidence that Class D had passed.
• Class D arrived aboard a luxurious cruise ship, where Shinohara Koto, Karuizawa Kei, Hirata Yosuke, and Kanji Ike expressed their excitement.
• Kushida Kikyo enjoyed the island plans with the other girls, but her smile briefly faltered when she saw boys whispering about girls from other classes.
• The cruise ship carried Class D toward the island as the students explored the ship and anticipated their vacation.

As the ship approached a rugged island, Shiina Hiyori invited Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona to spend the upcoming vacation together, while Yamauchi Haruki decided to confess to Kushida. Hoshino and Kiyona recognized that the island was likely the site of another exam and began quietly discussing its terrain.

• Shiina Hiyori invited Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona to spend their vacation together, and they accepted.
• Yamauchi Haruki, jealous of Hoshino, decided to move up his plan to confess to Kushida on the island.
• A ship announcement called the students to the deck to see a supposedly meaningful sight.
• The students saw a wild, rugged island instead of a typical vacation destination.
• Kiyona identified signs of human alterations to the island and concluded it was probably an exam site.
• Hoshino Kanade agreed and began privately discussing the island's geography with Kiyona.

Hoshino Kanade concluded that the island was likely a survival exam and planned to proceed with the vacation alongside Shiina, while Kiyona agreed. As the cruise ship reached the island, Yamauchi Haruki’s taunt at B Class sparked a confrontation that threatened to turn violent.

• Hoshino Kanade told Kiyona that the island was probably a survival exam and proposed sticking to their plan to go on vacation with Shiina.
• Kiyona accepted the idea of treating the exam as a survival vacation with a friend, and she and Hoshino Kanade turned their attention back to the island.
• The Luxury Cruise Ship reached the island, and D Class students crowded onto the deck to admire the scenery.
• A hedgehog-haired B Class student shoved Yamauchi Haruki into the railing and insulted D Class as inferior rejects.
• Yamauchi mocked B Class for losing its points and falling from A Class, provoking the hedgehog-haired student and his classmates to threaten him.

After a school announcement revealed that students would face strict restrictions on an upcoming island stay, the first-years disembarked in class order and endured detailed inspections under the scorching sun. While they waited at the back of the line, Hoshino Kanade quietly held Kiyona’s hand, and she let him.

• An alarm interrupted the confrontation between B Class and Yamauchi, as students were told to change into athletic wear and bring only permitted items before arriving at the uninhabited island.
• Hirata Yosuke urged D Class to follow the instructions and prepare to assemble, while the students worried that the trip was no ordinary vacation.
• After the ship reached the island, teachers ordered students to surrender their phones and disembark by class, with Class A first and D Class last.
• Students waited in the heat while instructors inspected them and their designated backpacks for concealed belongings.
• At the end of the line, Hoshino Kanade took Kiyona’s hand, and she objected that it would make him hotter but did not pull away.

While Class D waited in the heat to reach the island, Hoshino Kanade held hands with Kiyona and accepted Shiina Hiyori’s offer to hold his other hand to cool him down. The three shared a quiet moment of mutual trust as they approached the shoreline and the island’s trials.

• Class D students noticed Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona holding hands and teased them as they waited in the crowded line.
• Shiina Hiyori noticed Kanade was sweating and offered her cool hand to help him feel better.
• Kanade looked to Kiyona, who silently signaled that she was comfortable with him taking Shiina’s hand.
• Kanade held Shiina’s left hand while keeping Kiyona’s hand in his right, and thanked Shiina for helping him cool down.
• Shiina moved closer to Kanade and smiled gratefully at Kiyona as the line advanced toward the island.

Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona waited with Class D to disembark for the island survival trial, while Shiina Hiyori reminded them of their promised group vacation. After reaching the sand, Hoshino looked toward the forest and declared their vacation had begun.

• Shiina Hiyori left with Class C after reminding Hoshino Kanade and Kiyona of their promise to vacation together.
• Kiyona interlaced her fingers with Hoshino Kanade’s and later used a cool wet wipe to clean his hand in the heat.
• Class D waited in the sun while Class B received water in the shade, prompting complaints from students and a warning from Chabashira Sae.
• Class D began disembarking, and Hoshino stepped onto the hot sand while the cruise ship remained anchored nearby.
• Hoshino tightened his hold on Kiyona’s hand, looked toward the forest, and said their vacation had begun.

The students arrived on a private island expecting a vacation, but Hoshinomiya Chie announced that they would take part in a week-long wilderness survival Special Exam. The students were left shocked as their island stay began to look nothing like the promised luxury cruise trip.

• Chabashira Sae took attendance for Class D on the beach.
• Hoshinomiya Chie addressed the students and mentioned that one student had missed the trip due to poor health.
• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that the school’s first Special Exam would begin immediately and last until noon on August 7.
• Hoshinomiya Chie explained that all four classes would live together on the uninhabited island and handle wilderness survival tasks themselves.
• The students reacted with disbelief as they realized they would not be staying on a luxury cruise ship.

Hoshinomiya-sensei explained the uninhabited-island exam, revealing that classes could spend points on supplies and activities during a week of freedom. She announced that leftover points would become Class Points, while Class B began with a thirty-point penalty for an absent student.

• Hoshinomiya-sensei told the students they could not return to the ship and would receive only basic equipment, prompting Kanji Ike to protest.
• Chabashira Sae silenced Ike, and another student questioned whether the school had deceived them about the exam.
• Hoshinomiya-sensei described the exam as a week of freedom and explained that each class could spend three hundred points on supplies and leisure activities using a shared guidebook.
• Hoshinomiya-sensei announced that each class's remaining points would be added to its Class Points after summer vacation, exciting Ike and the other students.
• Hoshinomiya-sensei warned the students to protect their class's guidebook and said Class B had only two hundred and seventy points because an absent student incurred a thirty-point withdrawal penalty.

Class D learned the rules and hardships of the Uninhabited Island exam, including survival requirements, penalties, and the leader-based base system. With students divided over spending points and struggling with the lack of privacy, they ended the chapter without choosing a campsite or leader.

• Hoshinomiya Chie's announcement ended, and Mashima Satoshi resolved to reclaim Class A for his class.
• Chabashira Sae distributed watches and explained their sensors, emergency function, and the school's refusal to provide survival assistance.
• Shinohara Satsuki questioned whether Class D could avoid spending points, while Kanji Ike insisted they should endure the hardships and Hirata Yosuke urged caution.
• Chabashira demonstrated the class's makeshift toilet, prompting strong objections from Shinohara Satsuki and the other girls.
• Chabashira explained the base-claiming rules, leader privileges, penalties, and final-day leader guessing game, setting an eight o'clock deadline to choose a leader.
• Hirata Yosuke suggested deciding on a campsite first, but Class D remained divided and had chosen neither a campsite nor a leader.