Recaps

Uesugi Hara takes a quiz with unexpectedly difficult questions, then bets Kamuro Masumi that he will score higher than her. That evening, he learns from Ayanokoji why Class D expects to receive zero Points and sends him 10,000 Points.

• Mashima Tomoya gives the class a quiz and says its results will be used as a reference, while Uesugi Hara skips several questions beyond the class's current studies.
• Uesugi Hara finishes the quiz quickly and trades teasing remarks with Kamuro Masumi as the papers are collected.
• Uesugi Hara bets Kamuro Masumi that whoever scores lower will buy the other lunch for a week.
• Uesugi Hara asks Ayanokoji why Class D expects to receive zero Points, and Ayanokoji says most of his classmates have ignored lessons or skipped class.
• Ayanokoji tells Uesugi Hara that he deliberately scored 50 in every subject on the entrance exam, while Uesugi Hara says he never knew there was one.
• Uesugi Hara jokes that Ayanokoji was placed in Class D because he looks gloomy, then transfers him 10,000 Points and says good night.

Mashima Tomoya explained the first-month Class Point results and warned Class A that students who failed the upcoming midterms would be expelled. After he left, the class discussed choosing a leader, with Katsuragi and Sakayanagi Arisu emerging as candidates while Uesugi Hara stayed neutral.

• Mashima Tomoya explained that conduct affected Class Points and announced the first-month totals: Class A had 964, Class B 650, Class C 490, and Class D 0.
• Mashima Tomoya revealed that the midterms would be the first formal Special Exam and that students scoring below half the class average would be expelled.
• Mashima Tomoya warned that Class Point rankings determined class status and that only students who remained in Class A would receive the school's promised graduation benefits.
• After Mashima Tomoya left, Katsuragi led a discussion about choosing a class leader, and classmates proposed Katsuragi and Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Morishita Ai asked Uesugi Hara which candidate he supported, and he said he was neutral before jokingly endorsing Morishita as leader.

Uesugi Hara proposed that Katsuragi and Sakayanagi share leadership of Class A, with rock-paper-scissors deciding who would be president. Sakayanagi won the match and became class president, while Katsuragi accepted the vice president role.

• Uesugi Hara avoided taking sides at first, then said he personally supported Katsuragi but suggested the two rivals work together as president and vice president.
• When Sakayanagi asked who should be president, Uesugi Hara proposed rock-paper-scissors so the class could settle the dispute quickly and focus on the upcoming midterms.
• Sakayanagi agreed to the match, and Uesugi Hara explained to Morishita Ai and Kamuro Masumi that she understood Katsuragi would accept a quick, conflict-free decision.
• Sakayanagi threw scissors and Katsuragi threw paper, making Sakayanagi the winner and class president while Katsuragi became vice president.
• Uesugi Hara told Morishita Ai and Kamuro Masumi that he had guessed Sakayanagi would choose scissors because it was the most aggressive move.

Uesugi Hara won his bet with Kamuro Masumi and spent extravagantly on lunch at her expense. Later, Kushida Kikyo told him that Ayanokoji might like Horikita, leaving Uesugi eager for her to investigate further.

• Uesugi Hara beat Kamuro Masumi on the results and collected on their bet by having her pay for his expensive cafeteria meal.
• Uesugi Hara offered to reduce Kushida Kikyo's 30,000-Point debt if she told him about Ayanokoji and Horikita.
• Kushida Kikyo suggested that Ayanokoji might like Horikita and cited their interactions as evidence.
• Uesugi Hara urged Kushida Kikyo to watch the pair and promised to forgive her debt, while Kushida resolved to look for leverage against them.

Uesugi Hara went to the library looking for his classmates and watched Horikita Suzune's study session with Ayanokoji and Kushida Kikyo. After the others left, he invited Ayanokoji to eat, but their exchange about who was paying left him puzzled.

• Uesugi Hara teased Kamuro Masumi about their academic abilities, and she left the classroom in a huff.
• Uesugi Hara failed to find his Class A classmates at the library and joined Ayanokoji, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune, who was preparing a study session for Class D students.
• Uesugi Hara watched from the second floor as one student stormed out, Kushida Kikyo ran away in tears, and Horikita Suzune jabbed Ayanokoji with a compass before they continued sitting together.
• Uesugi Hara wondered if Ayanokoji tolerated Horikita Suzune because he liked her, then went downstairs and invited Ayanokoji to get food.
• Ayanokoji asked if Uesugi Hara was treating him, but Uesugi Hara refused to pay and remained confused by the question as they left the library together.

Ayanokoji and Uesugi Hara caught Kushida Kikyo secretly insulting Horikita Suzune by the lakeside. Uesugi reassured Kushida that they would keep her secret, then left her alone.

• After lunch, Uesugi Hara led Ayanokoji toward the lakeside after they heard banging sounds.
• They found Kushida Kikyo cursing Horikita Suzune, but Uesugi Hara broke a branch and exposed their presence.
• Kushida confronted the two of them, and Uesugi Hara and Ayanokoji promised not to tell anyone what they had heard.
• Kushida tried to create compromising evidence by forcing Uesugi Hara's hand against her chest, then broke down crying and asked why he had found her again.
• Uesugi Hara explained that he had enrolled because the school offered free tuition and room and board, and Ayanokoji went back alone.
• Uesugi Hara told Kushida he would keep her secret, then warned her not to humiliate herself like that again and left.

After asking Ayanokoji whether he was a good person, Uesugi Hara ran into Sakura Airi and broke her camera. He persuaded her to let him take it for repairs, and her shy approval left him convinced she recognized his good nature.

• Uesugi Hara asked Ayanokoji if he was a good person, and Ayanokoji reluctantly agreed.
• Sakura Airi collided with Uesugi Hara near the dorms, and her camera stopped working after it fell.
• Uesugi Hara offered to pay for repairs, but Sakura Airi refused responsibility and tried to leave.
• Uesugi Hara persuaded Sakura Airi to accompany him to a repair shop by saying his conscience would bother him otherwise.
• Uesugi Hara introduced himself to Sakura Airi and asked if she thought he was a good person, and she shyly agreed.

Uesugi Hara took Sakura Airi to a quiet electronics shop to repair her camera, where he confronted a clerk who stared at her and recognized her as Shizuku-chan. He reassured Sakura Airi, exchanged Terminal contacts with her, and walked with her after arranging to collect the camera himself.

• Uesugi Hara brought Sakura Airi to a small electronics store and noticed the clerk staring at her instead of examining the camera.
• Uesugi Hara saw Shizuku-chan's photo on the clerk's computer and realized the clerk had recognized Sakura Airi.
• Uesugi Hara challenged the clerk's intrusive questions, signed the repair form as Sakura Airi's boyfriend, and arranged for the camera to be repaired.
• Uesugi Hara told Sakura Airi that the clerk had recognized her as Shizuku-chan and advised her to watch for unwanted messages.
• Sakura Airi added Uesugi Hara on her Terminal, and he promised to collect the camera so she would not have to face the clerk again.
• Uesugi Hara reassured Sakura Airi as they walked around the school, and she thought he seemed like a good person.

Uesugi Hara impersonated a blackmailer to make Sakura Airi seek his help, then guided her into sending photos while hiding that he was behind the threats. Sakura Airi went to bed somewhat reassured, while Uesugi Hara wondered whether she had noticed his deception.

• Uesugi Hara created an anonymous Blog account and threatened to expose Sakura Airi as Shizuku-chan unless she obeyed him.
• Sakura Airi panicked at the messages and asked Uesugi Hara for help, unaware that he had sent them.
• Uesugi Hara told Sakura Airi to ask the sender what he wanted, then instructed her to send him selected photos through the anonymous account.
• The sender demanded photos of Sakura Airi's legs the next day, and Uesugi Hara reassured her while telling her to send the photos to him first.
• Sakura Airi felt safer after Uesugi Hara's reassurance, while he privately wondered if she had realized he was pretending to be a creep.

Uesugi Hara traded a mystery novel recommendation with Shiina Hiyori, who warned him to be careful around Ryuen Kakeru. Later, he selected photos for Sakura Airi, whose secret account revealed her enthusiasm for collecting pictures of legs.

• Uesugi Hara met Shiina Hiyori in the library and traded the detective novel he had chosen for one she recommended.
• Uesugi Hara and Shiina Hiyori read and discussed the mystery novel before leaving the library.
• Shiina Hiyori warned Uesugi Hara to be careful around Ryuen Kakeru.
• Uesugi Hara chose several photos Sakura Airi had sent him, and Sakura trusted his selections.
• Sakura Airi used her alternate account to ask for more photos of Shizuku-chan's legs and planned to look at legs again the next day.

Uesugi Hara secretly watched Ayanokoji intervene in a tense confrontation between Horikita Manabu and Horikita Suzune, then sold Manabu a recording of the encounter. He returned to the dorms after wondering briefly whether he might someday compete against Ayanokoji.

• Uesugi Hara spotted Ayanokoji following Horikita Suzune and quietly followed them, discovering that Horikita Manabu was talking with his sister.
• Horikita Manabu pinned Horikita Suzune against a wall, and Ayanokoji stepped in before Manabu attacked him; Suzune told Ayanokoji to stop and said they were not friends.
• Uesugi Hara recorded the confrontation on his Terminal, then caught up with Horikita Manabu and showed him the video.
• Horikita Manabu agreed to pay Uesugi Hara one million Points for the recording, and Uesugi deleted it after the transfer.
• Uesugi Hara returned to the empty path, considered the possibility of competing against Ayanokoji, then dismissed the thought and headed back to the dorms.

Uesugi Hara attended Sakayanagi Arisu’s study session and ended up tutoring Kamuro Masumi while trading teasing remarks with Sakayanagi. After a dispute between Class C and Class D students downstairs was resolved by Ichinose Honami, Uesugi greeted her, prompting Sakayanagi to tease him about their closeness.

• Uesugi Hara claimed he held back his exam scores because a short white-haired girl might challenge him, and Sakayanagi Arisu quietly bristled at his description.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Uesugi Hara to tutor Kamuro Masumi, and he reluctantly agreed to help her study.
• Uesugi Hara and the others noticed a dispute between Class C and Class D students downstairs, but Ichinose Honami defused it before it escalated.
• Uesugi Hara called Sakayanagi Arisu beautiful but joked that she was lame, then apologized by massaging her shoulders.
• Ichinose Honami greeted Uesugi Hara, and Sakayanagi Arisu teased him about being closer to Ichinose than he had admitted.

Uesugi Hara learned from Kushida Kikyo that Ayanokoji had obtained old exam papers and discussed how they might be used in the upcoming exam. Kushida agreed to sell Uesugi a copy for twenty thousand Points, while revealing her plan to get Horikita Suzune expelled.

• Uesugi Hara asked Kushida Kikyo about Ayanokoji taking her to buy old exam papers from an upperclassman.
• Uesugi explained that the school might reuse last year's questions because Class D was nearly out of Points.
• Kushida said she wanted to stop Horikita Suzune from moving up a class and planned to get her expelled.
• Kushida offered Uesugi a copy of the exam papers and agreed to his offer of twenty thousand Points.

Uesugi Hara sold Sakayanagi Arisu a likely copy of last year’s midterm paper, and she shared the papers with Class A to help them prepare. As the exams approached, Uesugi stayed unconcerned and spent class teasing Morishita Ai and trying unsuccessfully to challenge Kamuro Masumi.

• Uesugi Hara called Sakayanagi Arisu and negotiated thirty thousand points for the likely exam paper he had obtained.
• Uesugi Hara sent Sakayanagi Arisu photos of the paper and received the agreed payment.
• Two days before the midterms, Sakayanagi Arisu distributed last year’s exam papers to Class A as revision material.
• Uesugi Hara declined a copy, then provoked Morishita Ai with a question about her stockings.
• Uesugi Hara proposed another score contest to Kamuro Masumi, who refused after realizing he had tricked her during their previous quiz.

Mashima Tomoya announced that Class A would earn a summer vacation if no one failed the midterm or July final, and the class completed its midterm exams. Afterward, Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi traded barbs while Sakayanagi Arisu watched.

• Mashima Tomoya promised Class A a summer vacation, including a cruise and an island stay, if everyone passed the midterm and July final.
• Uesugi Hara found that the social studies questions exactly matched the Archaeology Exam Paper and considered selling the papers to next year's first-years for Points.
• After the final midterm exam, Kamuro Masumi declared it easy, and Uesugi Hara teased her about relying on the Archaeology Exam Paper.
• Sakayanagi Arisu joined Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi as they bickered about studying, friendship, and Uesugi Hara's looks.

Mashima Tomoya announced Class A’s midterm results, revealing that no one had failed and more than half the class had earned perfect scores. Uesugi Hara stayed at his desk and traded teasing remarks with Morishita Ai and Kamuro Masumi, leaving Kamuro unimpressed by his attempts to be kind.

• Mashima Tomoya posted the scores and announced that everyone in Class A had passed, with more than half earning perfect scores.
• Kamuro Masumi went to check her score after Uesugi Hara teased her about copying answers, and Morishita Ai explained why the remark had annoyed her.
• Morishita Ai called Uesugi Hara gloomy, then repeatedly glanced back at him while pretending to check the scores.
• Uesugi Hara praised Kamuro Masumi for her studying and offered to help her, making her suspicious of his sudden kindness.
• Uesugi Hara made a nonsensical joke to Kamuro Masumi, who rolled her eyes and turned away.

Uesugi Hara, Kamuro Masumi, and Sakayanagi Arisu attended the club information session, where Kamuro considered the Art Club and Uesugi asked about clubs with money. Horikita Manabu’s forceful Student Council speech ended the introductions, and the three discussed how intimidating he seemed.

• Uesugi Hara invited Kamuro Masumi to the club information session, and she agreed after he suggested inviting Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Uesugi Hara invited Morishita Ai, who refused and left to explore campus on her own.
• At the First Gymnasium, Kamuro Masumi showed interest in the Art Club, and Sakayanagi Arisu encouraged her to consider joining.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told Uesugi Hara that she had lost interest in the Chess Club after defeating its members, and he proposed playing chess with her.
• Horikita Manabu delivered a forceful speech as Student Council President, after which Tachibana Akane announced that the session was over and club applications were open.
• Uesugi Hara, Kamuro Masumi, and Sakayanagi Arisu discussed the Student Council’s authority and Horikita Manabu’s intimidating presence.

Uesugi Hara questioned Mashima Tomoya about buying exam marks, school benefits, and transferring classes, then asked whether Class 3-A still had 40 students. The chapter ended with Hoshinomiya Chie drunkenly teasing Ichinose Honami about Uesugi, while Chabashira Sae left the office frustrated with Class D.

• Uesugi Hara guessed to Kushida Kikyo that Horikita had used Private Points to prevent Ken Sudō's expulsion, and Mashima Tomoya later confirmed that a passing mark on the first midterm cost 100,000 points.
• Uesugi Hara learned that transferring classes or buying the school's promised benefits cost 20 million Private Points.
• Uesugi Hara asked Mashima Tomoya whether Class 3-A still had 40 students, but Mashima did not answer.
• Ichinose Honami escorted a drunk Hoshinomiya Chie from the office, and Hoshinomiya called Uesugi “Little Uesugi” and urged him to date Ichinose.
• Sakagami Kazuma and Mashima Tomoya discussed their promising students, while Chabashira Sae left, privately resenting Class D's students.

Sakura Airi nervously asked Uesugi Hara to accompany her on a photo shoot, and the two spent a happy afternoon together as she photographed in a secluded spot at school. Uesugi promised to join her again, but just as they were about to leave, something unexpected happened.

• Sakura Airi overcame her hesitation and messaged Uesugi Hara, asking him to come with her to take pictures.
• Uesugi Hara happily accepted, and the next afternoon he accompanied Airi around school until she chose a secluded path behind the athletic field.
• Airi changed into her photo-shoot outfit while Uesugi Hara tried to look away, then confidently posed for pictures once the shoot began.
• Afterward, Uesugi Hara and Airi sat by a flower bed, reviewed the photos, and enjoyed talking together.
• When Uesugi Hara said it was time to go, he promised to accompany Airi on another photo shoot, and something unexpected happened as they prepared to leave.

Uesugi Hara and Sakura Airi witnessed Ken Sudō fight three boys from Class C, whom Uesugi secretly recorded. After the boys revealed they had picked the fight on Ryuen’s orders, Uesugi escorted a shaken Airi back and promised to protect her from anyone who bullied her.

• Three Class C boys, including Ishizaki Daichi, provoked Ken Sudō and shoved him until he fought back.
• Uesugi Hara hid with Sakura Airi, covered her eyes, and secretly recorded the brawl on his Terminal.
• Ken Sudō beat all three boys, who admitted afterward that they had followed Big Bro Ryuen’s orders.
• Uesugi Hara and Sakura Airi left together, and he noticed she seemed pale and nervous.
• Uesugi Hara promised to deal with anyone who bullied Airi, making her laugh and easing her nerves.

On July 1, Mashima Tomoya announced the new Class Points, and Uesugi Hara considered Class C’s harassment of Class B while keeping his knowledge of the school’s rules to himself. After lending Kushida Kikyo points, he learned Ken Sudō’s fight with Class C had cost their class points, then reviewed a video recording and wondered how to use it.

• Mashima Tomoya announced that Class A had 1064 points, Class B 660, Class C 600, and Class D 87.
• Uesugi Hara suspected Class C was exploiting the school’s rules to target Class B and wondered whether he might be targeted next.
• At lunch, Sakayanagi Arisu told Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi that no one had been selected for the Student Council.
• Kushida Kikyo asked Uesugi Hara for points, and he agreed to lend her 1,000 after warning her not to lend them to others.
• Kushida Kikyo blamed Ken Sudō’s fight with Class C for her class losing points and asked Uesugi Hara for clues.
• After the call, Uesugi Hara watched a video he had recorded and considered how to use it.

Uesugi Hara told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune that Ryuen had sent three students to target Ken Sudō, charging them Points for the information. He then decided to keep the video he had and sell it to Class C instead, leaving Ayanokoji without that evidence.

• Mashima Tomoya asked Class A for witnesses to the fight between Class D and Class C, but none came forward.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune approached Uesugi Hara for information about Ken Sudō, and Uesugi demanded payment.
• Uesugi told them that Ryuen had sent the three students who targeted Ken Sudō, and Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji each paid him ten thousand Points.
• Uesugi considered trading his video to Ayanokoji for a favor, then decided to offer it to Class C because he expected them to pay more.

Uesugi Hara gave Kushida Kikyo a lead on possible witnesses, then arranged with Mashima Tomoya to trade evidence about the Ken Sudō incident to Class C through its homeroom teacher. He later learned that Class D suspected Sakura Airi had been a witness and warned her to tell him if anyone bothered her.

• Kushida Kikyo confronted Uesugi Hara through the Terminal, and he suggested that people passing near the altercation might have seen something.
• Uesugi Hara showed Mashima Tomoya a video that explained the Ken Sudō incident and proposed using it to negotiate with Class C through Sakagami Kazuma.
• Mashima Tomoya agreed to handle the deal, with the video to be revealed shortly before the hearing began.
• Uesugi Hara read Kushida Kikyo's latest message saying Sakura Airi might have been a witness, and he asked Airi to tell him if anyone gave her trouble.
• Airi agreed, and Uesugi Hara asked Kushida Kikyo what had happened.

Uesugi Hara paid Kushida Kikyo for information about Sakura and learned that Horikita Suzune suspected Sakura was the witness. The next day, he explained to Kamuro Masumi why Class B was helping Class D, then drew Sakayanagi Arisu’s displeasure by discussing her too loudly.

• Uesugi Hara offered Kushida Kikyo 10,050 Points in total, and she told him that Horikita Suzune believed Sakura was the witness because her reaction had stood out.
• Kushida Kikyo said she would approach Sakura and was confident she could persuade her to help Class D, while Uesugi Hara worried about Sakura being pressured if she refused.
• Uesugi Hara decided to focus on helping Airi become more resilient and logged into his alternate account to visit Shizuku-chan’s backstage page.
• The next day, Uesugi Hara explained to Kamuro Masumi that Class B helped Class D because of its conflict with Class C and Ichinose’s unity-minded leadership.
• Uesugi Hara accidentally discussed Sakayanagi Arisu loudly enough for her to hear, then tried to cover it by telling the class to carry on.

Uesugi Hara stood by Sakura Airi when Horikita Suzune confronted her about the incident, and he fought Horikita before leaving with Airi. Airi later asked whether she should testify for Sudo, and Uesugi told her he would support whatever she chose.

• Uesugi Hara met Sakura Airi while she took pictures, then challenged Horikita Suzune when she questioned Airi.
• Uesugi Hara pinned Horikita Suzune during their fight, and Ayanokoji stopped Horikita from retaliating.
• Ayanokoji asked Sakura Airi about what she had witnessed, but she denied seeing anything and he offered to help if anyone pressured her.
• Uesugi Hara and Sakura Airi encountered Ichinose Honami, who said she was going to investigate the incident scene.
• Sakura Airi asked Uesugi Hara whether she should testify for Sudo, and he said he would support her decision.