Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Hara recognized a familiar school setting in Shizuku-chan’s new blog photo and planned to visit Class D to find out whether she attended Advanced Nurturing University. Before he could investigate, he provoked Morishita Ai into a playful paper-ball fight that ended with him fleeing down the hallway.

• Uesugi Hara recognized the background in Shizuku-chan’s photo as a path at Advanced Nurturing University and suspected she might be the red-haired girl from Class D.
• Uesugi Hara decided to visit Class D after class, using a visit to Ayanokoji as an excuse.
• Uesugi Hara asked Morishita Ai about her swimming, and she called him ignorant before turning away.
• Uesugi Hara used Kamuro Masumi’s hair tie to shoot a paper ball at Morishita Ai, who demanded the hair tie and remaining paper balls as tribute.
• Morishita Ai fired paper balls at Uesugi Hara as he ran from the classroom, while Kamuro Masumi and nearby students laughed.

Uesugi Hara visited Class D to identify the red-haired girl in a photo and learned from Ayanokoji that she was Sakura Airi, an introverted and timid student. He left realizing that his Shizuku-chan was socially anxious and might be difficult to approach.

• Uesugi Hara slipped into class and later went to Class D looking for Ayanokoji, while Kushida Kikyo worried he had come to expose her secret.
• Hirata Yosuke greeted Uesugi Hara and called Ayanokoji out to meet him.
• Uesugi Hara showed Ayanokoji a photo and asked whether the red-haired girl was in Class D.
• Ayanokoji identified the girl as Sakura Airi and described her as shy, introverted, and afraid of interacting with people.
• Uesugi Hara saw Sakura Airi curled up at her desk and left, thinking it might be difficult to approach her.

Sakayanagi Arisu visited Uesugi Hara to play chess for Points, but he beat her repeatedly and left her unable to pay. She left owing him Points, then discovered Kamuro Masumi had almost none of her own.

• Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi arrived at Uesugi Hara's dorm room to play chess, and Sakayanagi offered him Points for each game in exchange for his agreeing to work for her if he lost.
• Uesugi Hara defeated Sakayanagi Arisu twice by checkmate, winning 150,000 Points each time.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Kamuro Masumi to fetch drinks, and Uesugi Hara had Kamuro bring him orange juice at Sakayanagi's expense.
• After a third defeat left her unable to pay, Sakayanagi Arisu agreed to owe Uesugi Hara the Points and left before Kamuro returned.
• Uesugi Hara counted his balance and concluded that Sakayanagi owed him 150,000 Points.
• Kamuro Masumi returned to Sakayanagi Arisu's room, where Sakayanagi checked her balance and found that Kamuro had only 2,530 Points.

Kushida Kikyo recalled how her popularity and a scandal at her old school shaped her, then met Uesugi Hara to pay him to keep her high school secrets. She left the Palette Cafe after transferring him thirty thousand Points, while the terms for any future missed payment remained unresolved.

• Kushida Kikyo recalled how she built her popularity by helping classmates, then vented about them on her blog and exposed their secrets when they confronted her.
• Kushida remembered Uesugi Hara’s strange behavior in high school, his brutal fights, and how he had stayed apart from the class’s collapse.
• Kushida met Uesugi Hara at the Palette Cafe and asked him to keep her high school secrets private.
• Kushida offered Uesugi Hara thirty thousand Points a month, and he asked what would happen if she could not pay.
• Uesugi Hara agreed to discuss a missed payment later, so Kushida transferred him thirty thousand Points and left.

Uesugi Hara visited an arcade, rapidly mastered a fighting game, and won over 200,000 Points from Ishizaki Daichi and Ryuen. He left for dinner while Ryuen, furious and embarrassed, vowed to remember him.

• After Kushida Kikyo left, Uesugi Hara reflected on her secrets and decided to accept the money she planned to give him.
• Uesugi Hara entered an arcade, watched several King of Fighters matches, and challenged Ishizaki Daichi for Points.
• Uesugi Hara quickly adapted to the game, beat Ishizaki Daichi repeatedly, and won more than 100,000 Points.
• Ishizaki Daichi brought Ryuen to challenge Uesugi Hara, who defeated Ryuen across several rounds and reduced his Points to 73,520.
• Uesugi Hara stopped playing and left for dinner, while Ryuen blamed the loss on a setup and vowed to get even.

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.