Chapter Summaries

Sakayanagi Arisu brought Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi to Keyaki Mall to visit a fortune teller, teasing Uesugi about romance along the way. At the shop, Uesugi realized Sakayanagi had arranged for consultations to require pairs, leaving the three of them to decide how to split up.

• Kamuro Masumi woke Uesugi Hara early and brought him to meet Sakayanagi Arisu, who invited him to try fortune-telling.
• Uesugi teased Sakayanagi by offering a deliberately obvious fortune, then agreed to get ready and go with them.
• On the way to Keyaki Mall, Sakayanagi asked Uesugi what he wanted to learn and suggested he might ask about romance.
• Sakayanagi told Kamuro that the fortune teller only accepted pairs, and Uesugi realized she had planned the outing to create that problem.
• The group arrived at the fortune-telling shop, where a queue had formed, as Uesugi considered calling someone else to join them.

Uesugi Hara persuaded Yamamura Miki to join him, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kamuro Masumi for a fortune-telling session. Rock-paper-scissors paired Uesugi Hara with Kamuro Masumi and Sakayanagi Arisu with Yamamura Miki, and their group moved close to the front of the line.

• Uesugi Hara agreed to stay in line for the fortune-telling booth after Sakayanagi Arisu insisted, then went to buy drinks.
• Uesugi Hara invited Yamamura Miki to join them, bought her juice, and led her back to the line.
• Uesugi Hara suggested rock-paper-scissors to decide the teams, and the four students agreed.
• Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi both threw paper, while Sakayanagi Arisu threw scissors and Yamamura Miki threw rock.
• Sakayanagi Arisu paired with Yamamura Miki, while Kamuro Masumi felt unexpectedly excited to be teamed with Uesugi Hara and then awkwardly glared at him.
• The group moved a few steps closer to the fortune-telling booth as their turn approached.

Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi visited a fortune-teller, whose reading left Kamuro troubled and gave Uesugi an ominous riddle about romance. They left the booth with both of them still thinking over what they had heard.

• Uesugi Hara told Kamuro Masumi he planned to ask about romance, and she questioned his interest in it.
• Kamuro Masumi chose the basic fortune-telling package and grew flustered when the fortune-teller suggested she was avoiding her true feelings and needed to be more forceful.
• Uesugi Hara gave the fortune-teller his hand, and she cut apart a paper character before warning him that mishandled matters would end that way.
• Uesugi Hara told Kamuro Masumi it was time to leave, and she followed him in silence, still lost in thought.

After the fortune-telling, Uesugi Hara, Kamuro Masumi, and Sakayanagi Arisu had lunch and discussed Katsuragi’s plan to send a gift to his younger sister. Uesugi explained how he used a school staff member to arrange the purchase, then talked with Sakayanagi about Morishita Ai’s unpredictable behavior.

• Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi left the fortune-telling room and met Sakayanagi Arisu waiting beneath a tree.
• Sakayanagi Arisu invited Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi to have lunch with her, and they agreed.
• Uesugi Hara told Sakayanagi Arisu that Katsuragi wanted to send a doll to his younger sister.
• Sakayanagi Arisu guessed that Uesugi had arranged the gift through a school staff member who contacted the supplier.
• Uesugi Hara and Sakayanagi Arisu discussed Morishita Ai’s unusual ideas and how Uesugi got along with her.

Uesugi Hara joined Sakayanagi Arisu and her group on the way to the pool, where teasing and a confrontation with Ryuen Kakeru disrupted the visit. After Horikita Manabu ended the standoff, Uesugi spoke with Ichinose Honami before leaving to answer a message on his Terminal.

• Uesugi Hara complimented Sakayanagi Arisu and whispered that Kamuro Masumi looked cute, flustering her.
• Sakayanagi Arisu insulted Ryuen Kakeru, and the two traded barbs until Horikita Manabu intervened and reminded them of the school rules.
• Uesugi Hara noticed Ichinose Honami at the pool, and she came over to chat with him about the end of summer vacation.
• Uesugi Hara left after receiving a message on his Terminal.

Uesugi Hara uncovered a hidden camera in the girls' changing room and confronted Ayanokoji about his role in the scheme. He handed the storage card to Horikita Manabu, who arranged an investigation and promised the matter would be handled under school rules.

• Kushida Kikyo gave Uesugi Hara the storage card containing the footage from a camera hidden in the girls' changing room and told him Ayanokoji had asked her to dispose of it.
• Uesugi Hara sent Ayanokoji a picture of the card and questioned him, learning that Ayanokoji knew about the spying plan and had helped cover for the perpetrators.
• Uesugi Hara told Ayanokoji that Chabashira Sae's threat about expulsion had been a lie, then asked Kushida how to handle Yamauchi and the others.
• Uesugi Hara showed the storage card to Horikita Manabu and explained that a camera was still hidden in the changing room.
• Horikita Manabu confirmed that a miniature camera had been found in a vent, arranged an investigation, and said the case would be handled according to school rules.

Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudo Ken discovered that the hidden camera had been torn from their remote-controlled car, making them fear their scheme had been exposed. They fled toward the dormitories and decided to seek help from Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji.

• Ike Kanji retrieved the remote-controlled car from the ventilation hood and found the miniature camera missing, with its tape torn away.
• Yamauchi Haruki and Sudo Ken saw the empty car and realized someone might have discovered their plan.
• Yamauchi Haruki urged the others to leave before anyone caught them, while secretly considering how to shift the blame.
• Sudo Ken insisted Horikita Suzune would help him, and Yamauchi Haruki suggested involving Ayanokoji as well.
• Ike Kanji threw the remote-controlled car into a trash can, and the three headed toward the dormitories through the back door.

Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, and Yamauchi Haruki fabricated a story blaming Ayanokoji for their attempted filming scheme and rehearsed their testimony. They did not know Horikita Manabu had the memory card and an investigation report naming all three of them.

• Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, and Yamauchi Haruki waited anxiously for Ayanokoji in his room, then decided to blame him for their scheme.
• Yamauchi Haruki persuaded Sudo Ken and Ike Kanji that a shared story could shift the blame and help them avoid expulsion.
• Yamauchi Haruki assigned each of them a false account portraying Ayanokoji as the mastermind who had coerced them.
• The three returned to Sudo Ken's room and rehearsed their fabricated testimony, agreeing to make Ayanokoji take the blame.
• Horikita Manabu read an investigation report naming Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and Sudo Ken while holding the memory card.

Ayanokoji was accused by Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and Sudo Ken of masterminding the attempt to film the girls' changing room. He played a recording that exposed their lie, leaving the Student Council to judge the three boys.

• Ayanokoji returned to his room and found it ransacked, unaware that Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and Sudo Ken had conspired to frame him.
• Chabashira Sae brought Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and Sudo Ken to a Student Council meeting about the hidden camera in the girls' changing room.
• Horikita Manabu presented the remote-control equipment, memory card, and miniature camera as evidence against the three boys.
• Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and Sudo Ken accused Ayanokoji of forcing them to carry out the voyeurism plan.
• Ayanokoji played a recording of their conversation, revealing that the three had planned the act and that he had warned them against it.

Horikita Manabu sentenced Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, Sudo Ken, and Sotomura Hideo to expulsion for conspiring to install cameras in the girls' changing room. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka avoided punishment after Uesugi Hara confirmed he had reported the scheme, and the group left the office as the matter was closed.

• Horikita Manabu questioned Yamauchi Haruki and the others after the recording exposed their scheme, and Chabashira Sae went to bring Sotomura Hideo to the office.
• Horikita Manabu initially gave Ayanokoji Kiyotaka a two-week suspension, but Uesugi Hara confirmed Ayanokoji had helped him obtain the memory card and reported the matter, so Horikita Manabu withdrew the punishment.
• Chabashira Sae brought Sotomura Hideo to the office, where Horikita Manabu announced that Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, Sudo Ken, and Sotomura Hideo were expelled.
• The four students were taken away to complete the withdrawal procedures, and Horikita Manabu told everyone to keep the incident confidential.
• On the way back, Horikita Suzune asked Ayanokoji why he had helped the others, and Uesugi Hara jokingly suggested it was because of friendship.

Class A learned the sports festival’s cross-grade team rules and point penalties, while Class D reacted to four expulsions and the loss of all its Class Points. Hirata Yosuke left Class D in anger and despair as the class faced the festival with Sudo Ken gone.

• Kamuro Masumi asked Uesugi Hara whether four students from Class D had been expelled, and he confirmed he had seen it happen.
• Mashima Tomoya announced that the sports festival would be a cross-grade exam, with Classes A and D on the Red Team and Classes B and C on the White Team.
• Mashima Tomoya explained that the losing team would cost each class 100 Class Points and that class rankings would also bring gains or deductions, while individual results could earn rewards or penalties.
• Chabashira Sae told Class D that Yamauchi Haruki and three others had been expelled and that the class’s Class Points had fallen to zero.
• Hirata Yosuke challenged Chabashira Sae, kicked over a desk, and left the classroom as Class D struggled with the news and Sudo Ken’s absence.
• Koenji Rokusuke dismissed the class’s distress, praised his own appearance, and left.

Mashima Tomoya explained the sports festival rules, and students discussed possible events before gathering in the Gymnasium to plan cooperation between the Red Team classes. Sakayanagi Arisu and Katsuragi Kohei found Class D too discouraged to engage, so Sakayanagi left, and the class remained without a plan.

• Mashima Tomoya explained that event entries had to be submitted by the day before the festival, participants could not later be changed, and replacements cost one hundred thousand Private Points.
• Uesugi Hara teased Kamuro Masumi about being forced into events, and Morishita Ai volunteered to ride on Kamuro in a cavalry battle, but Kamuro refused.
• More than four hundred students gathered in the Gymnasium to discuss strategy for the Red and White Teams.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Katsuragi Kohei approached Class D to discuss cooperation, but the class remained apathetic after Sudo Ken's expulsion and the loss of its Class Points.
• Sakayanagi Arisu said they could discuss cooperation later and led the Class A students away.

Uesugi Hara and Sakayanagi Arisu watched Ryuen Kakeru reject Ichinose Honami’s offer to coordinate the White Group. Their banter about the sports festival ended with Uesugi describing absurd ways Sakayanagi could compete, leaving her and her classmates stunned.

• Sakayanagi Arisu joined Uesugi Hara as he watched Ichinose Honami ask Ryuen Kakeru to cooperate, but Ryuen refused and led Class C away.
• Class B students and students from other classes surrounded Ichinose Honami to comfort her, and she quickly regained her composure.
• Uesugi Hara teased Sakayanagi Arisu that her approach to Class D had been for amusement, and she said Class A would win every event if they cooperated.
• Uesugi Hara pinched Sakayanagi Arisu’s cheek, and Kamuro Masumi laughed at Hashimoto Masayoshi’s ready-for-action stance.
• Uesugi Hara listed ridiculous ways Sakayanagi Arisu could compete in the sports festival, stunning Sakayanagi, Hashimoto, and Kamuro.

After escaping Sakayanagi Arisu’s anger, Uesugi Hara wandered the quiet campus and encountered Fuka Kiryuin resting on a bench. Kiryuin noticed him staring at her legs and challenged him for boldly looking at an upperclassman.

• Sakayanagi Arisu threatened Uesugi Hara after he made a remark about her, and he fled the gymnasium.
• Uesugi Hara stopped outside, relieved that Sakayanagi had not chased him, then wandered toward the athletic field.
• Uesugi Hara spotted Fuka Kiryuin resting on a bench and openly stared at her legs.
• Fuka Kiryuin woke, met Uesugi Hara’s gaze, and shifted her crossed legs in a teasing manner.
• Fuka Kiryuin stood and called Uesugi Hara a bold first-year for staring at an upperclassman.

Uesugi Hara and Fuka Kiryuin struck a wager: they would compete in the 100-meter sprint at the upcoming sports festival, with the loser paying 200,000 Points. Both expected to win, and they left the challenge set without choosing a witness.

• Fuka Kiryuin noticed Uesugi Hara openly admiring her and offered to let him touch her stockings if he accepted a condition.
• Fuka Kiryuin proposed a sports festival challenge, promising a reward if Uesugi Hara won and demanding 200,000 Points if he lost.
• Uesugi Hara accepted the challenge fee and told Fuka Kiryuin to consider what she would do after losing.
• Uesugi Hara chose the 100-meter sprint, and Fuka Kiryuin agreed to the event.
• Fuka Kiryuin joked about finding a teacher to witness the wager, while Uesugi Hara denied that he would renege.

Uesugi Hara and Fuka Kiryuin raced 100 meters, with Uesugi narrowly winning their bet. Fuka tried to postpone the promised reward, then boasted about her beauty, strength, and lack of a boyfriend.

• Uesugi Hara and Fuka Kiryuin agreed to race on the track, using a falling pack of tissues as the start signal.
• Both runners gave their all, and Uesugi Hara edged ahead of Fuka Kiryuin near the finish line.
• Fuka Kiryuin demanded a rematch, but Uesugi Hara reminded her that she had lost their bet.
• Fuka Kiryuin tried to delay keeping her promise, and Uesugi Hara teased her about admiring her charms.
• Fuka Kiryuin hooked an arm around Uesugi Hara and bragged that many people pursued her, then said she had never met a man worthy of her interest.

Uesugi Hara declined Fuka Kiryuin’s offer for another match and left the Gymnasium with her. When he met Sakayanagi Arisu, his regretful expression prompted her to add another mark to her notebook.

• Uesugi Hara refused Fuka Kiryuin’s invitation to another match and headed back toward the Gymnasium.
• Fuka Kiryuin followed Uesugi Hara in silence, then parted from him at the Gymnasium entrance.
• Sakayanagi Arisu teased Uesugi Hara about Fuka Kiryuin, and he responded with a regretful look before leaving.
• Sakayanagi Arisu clenched her fist and added another mark to Uesugi Hara’s little notebook.

Uesugi Hara returned to class as Sakayanagi Arisu assigned him every sports festival event, and Kamuro Masumi was assigned the same full slate. After Kamuro attacked him for teasing her, the two stopped their scuffle with sore, reddened cheeks.

• Uesugi Hara returned to the classroom and accepted Sakayanagi Arisu's assignment to participate in every sports festival event.
• Sakayanagi Arisu assigned Kamuro Masumi to every event as well, and Uesugi Hara gave her a sympathetic look.
• Kamuro Masumi pounced on Uesugi Hara and pinched his cheeks, so he retaliated by tugging hers and poking her nostrils.
• Uesugi Hara and Kamuro Masumi stopped fighting when their faces hurt, while Morishita Ai watched and asked why they had stopped.
• Uesugi Hara yielded to Kamuro Masumi and went to the restroom to check his face, while Kamuro asked Morishita Ai for a mirror.

Uesugi Hara supervised Class D’s training after Sakayanagi Arisu sent him away from Class A’s gymnasium. When Airi grew self-conscious about resting, he encouraged her to try the school gym and offered to go with her, leaving her considering the invitation.

• Sakayanagi Arisu sent Uesugi Hara to supervise Class D because they had missed a repayment on their debt to Class A.
• Uesugi Hara watched Hirata Yosuke lead the boys and Horikita Suzune lead the girls, while Ayanokoji asked why he was not training.
• Hirata Yosuke let exhausted students rest, and Uesugi Hara gave Airi water.
• Uesugi Hara noticed Airi felt inferior for resting and suggested she try the school gym, with Kushida or him accompanying her.
• Airi seemed to accept Uesugi Hara’s invitation, though she gave no definite answer.

Horikita Suzune served Uesugi Hara in a cat-eared maid outfit, cooking dinner and giving him a shoulder massage while he teased her. Kushida Kikyo joined them for dinner, and Horikita left with her humiliation and anger still simmering.

• After training, Horikita followed Uesugi to his room with groceries and changed into a maid outfit with cat ears.
• Uesugi teased Horikita about her outfit and told her to cook while he reported to Sakayanagi Arisu about Class D's training.
• Kushida visited, praised Horikita's look, and joined Uesugi for dinner while Horikita refused to eat.
• After Kushida washed the dishes, Horikita massaged Uesugi's shoulders under protest, then left his room with him.