Recaps

Uesugi Hara entered Class A and used his sharp instincts, teasing, and skill at games to earn Points while forming uneasy ties with classmates across the school. The stretch ended with Hara defeating Ryuen in the arcade and Ryuen vowing to get even.

• Uesugi Hara reunited with Ayanokoji, met Kushida and Sakayanagi, and learned he had been assigned to Class A.
• Uesugi Hara helped Class A buy the school rules from Mashima, then proposed that the Special Exam might reward good conduct and searched the campus for camera blind spots.
• Uesugi Hara negotiated chess games with Sakayanagi for Points, met Ichinose again, and began a teasing, secret-keeping relationship with Kamuro.
• Uesugi Hara dreamed of the White Room, where he had trained beside Yuki and Ayanokoji before being eliminated, then accepted Ichinose’s help buying clothes.
• Uesugi Hara teased Sakayanagi and Morishita at the pool, won the boys’ 50-meter race, and asked Ayanokoji to identify the red-haired girl from Shizuku-chan’s photo as Sakura Airi.
• Uesugi Hara beat Sakayanagi at chess for Points and agreed to keep Kushida’s high school secrets private in exchange for monthly payments.
• Uesugi Hara repeatedly defeated Ishizaki and Ryuen at an arcade, winning over 100,000 Points before Ryuen vowed to get even.

Uesugi Hara navigated Class A’s exams and rivalries while collecting information and protecting Sakura Airi. As Class D prepared to defend Ken Sudō over his fight with Class C, Airi became a possible witness and Uesugi left the choice of testifying to her.

• Uesugi Hara learned that Class D had zero Class Points and that students who scored below half the class average on the midterms would be expelled, then helped Sakayanagi Arisu win the class presidency over Katsuragi.
• Uesugi Hara discovered Kushida Kikyo’s hatred of Horikita Suzune and later helped Sakura Airi repair her camera after the shop clerk recognized her as Shizuku-chan.
• Uesugi Hara secretly sent Sakura Airi threatening messages through an alternate account while posing as someone who could help her, and he obtained last year’s exam paper and sold it to Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Class A passed the midterms, and Uesugi Hara learned that changing classes or buying the school’s promised benefits required 20 million Private Points.
• Uesugi Hara accompanied Sakura Airi on a photo shoot and secretly recorded Ken Sudō’s fight with three Class C students, who admitted they had acted on Ryuen Kakeru’s orders.
• Uesugi Hara told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune who had targeted Ken Sudō, then showed Mashima Tomoya the video and proposed using it to negotiate with Class C.
• Uesugi Hara learned that Horikita Suzune suspected Sakura Airi had witnessed the fight and worried that Kushida Kikyo might pressure her to testify.
• Uesugi Hara confronted Horikita Suzune when she questioned Sakura, and after Ayanokoji Kiyotaka asked Airi about the incident, Airi asked Uesugi whether she should testify and he said he would support her decision.

Uesugi Hara helped Class D prepare for Sudō’s hearing, protected Airi from a school employee, and spent time with Sakayanagi and the other students. On the island, he became Class A’s representative and negotiated with Ryuen while the Special Exam got underway.

• Ichinose Honami rejected Shiranami Chihiro’s confession, and Uesugi Hara supported her through their awkward reconciliation.
• Uesugi Hara helped Sakura Airi gain confidence to testify, and she told the student council that Class C had attacked Sudō first, though Horikita Manabu demanded more evidence.
• Uesugi Hara caught the school employee following Airi, gave Sakayanagi Narimori evidence of the attempted assault, and secured compensation that he shared with her.
• Uesugi Hara spent time with Sakayanagi Arisu, helped Ichinose Honami’s study group fend off Ryuen Kakeru, and agreed to look after Arisu during the trip.
• Mashima Tomoya announced the island Special Exam, and Sakayanagi Arisu named Uesugi Hara as Class A’s representative as he checked in at bases across the island.
• Uesugi Hara negotiated with Ryuen Kakeru on Sakayanagi Arisu’s behalf, securing an agreement for leader-identification information in exchange for supplies and payments.
• Uesugi Hara joined Class C’s feast and dance contest with Ryuen, then brought skewers back to Sakayanagi Arisu and Class A.
• Uesugi Hara found Ryuen Kakeru striking Ibuki Mio, then left the camp and accompanied Shiina Hiyori to look for coral by the rocks.

Uesugi Hara helped Class A through the Uninhabited Island exam, but Sakayanagi’s scheme forced him to withdraw before the final results. On the cruise ship, he formed a partnership with Ayanokoji and later uncovered the Zodiac exam’s VIP pattern, arranging for Class A to help Class D.

• Uesugi Hara visited the other classes’ camps, reported what he learned to Sakayanagi Arisu, and helped Class A secure supplies through Ryuen Kakeru.
• Uesugi Hara carried Kamuro Masumi through the forest, and he, Kamuro, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and Kushida Kikyo found and divided a patch of corn.
• Uesugi Hara searched for Ryuen with Morishita Ai, then visited Class D and heard that Karuizawa Kei’s belongings had been stolen.
• Sakayanagi Arisu arranged for Uesugi Hara to be drugged and forced to withdraw, then paid him compensation after Class A won the exam.
• Uesugi Hara accepted Sakayanagi’s offer to work for her, then demanded that she work for him as well, and he later questioned Kushida about her desire to expel Horikita Suzune.
• Uesugi Hara agreed to help Ayanokoji Kiyotaka in exchange for the jointly earned points and a fight, and the two fought before forming a partnership.
• Uesugi Hara guided Kushida Kikyo through the Zodiac exam after learning she was a VIP, and he deduced that VIP assignments followed Japanese syllabary order.
• Uesugi Hara advised Sakayanagi Arisu to cooperate with Class D, arranged to pass Class A’s findings to Ayanokoji, and watched Sakayanagi challenge Ichinose Honami during the group discussion.