Recaps

Yuan Yuyuan accompanied Kushida and Sakura to get Sakura’s camera repaired, where he confronted a lecherous clerk who had frightened Sakura. Back at Kushida’s dorm, Kushida confided that she sometimes wished Yuan had never seen her vulnerable side, leaving him unsure what she meant.

• Yuan Yuyuan waited with Kushida while she got ready, then the two met Sakura at the shopping center.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida accompanied Sakura to a digital goods store to have her camera repaired.
• Yuan Yuyuan confronted the clerk after learning he had made Kushida uncomfortable and had unnerved Sakura, then filled out the repair form and pressured him to fix the camera.
• Sakura thanked Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida for helping her, and the three returned to the dorm.
• Kushida complained to Yuan Yuyuan about the clerk, then said she sometimes wished he had never seen her vulnerable side.

Yuan Yuyuan explained to Kushida why he had agreed to pretend to date Ichinose, then admitted he cared for Kushida and kissed her. The chapter ended with Kushida asking whether he would always like her, and Yuan assuring her that he would.

• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Kushida that he would not judge her and redirected their conversation toward Ayanokoji's suspected attempt to divide them.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Kushida that he had agreed to pretend to date Ichinose because their relationship helped him gain influence in Class B.
• Kushida asked whether Yuan Yuyuan liked Ichinose, and he admitted he liked her but said it was not that kind of affection.
• Yuan Yuyuan drew Kushida into his arms and kissed her, and Kushida accepted the kiss because she trusted his kindness toward her.
• After they parted, Yuan Yuyuan told Kushida he would always like her, and she rested against his chest.

Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida investigated Sakura’s online activity and suspected that a clerk from the electronics store was stalking her. Kushida went to approach Sakura while Yuan Yuyuan planned to deal with the stalker, and the chapter ended with Ichinose watching him searchingly in class.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida went out to eat together, and he promised that Nagumo’s influence would protect her from blame in future exams.
• Kushida called Yuan Yuyuan to her room and showed him a gravure model whose face resembled Sakura’s.
• Kushida and Yuan Yuyuan read obsessive comments on the model’s blog and concluded that Sakura was likely being stalked by the electronics store clerk.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Kushida to approach Sakura gently while he handled the stalker, and Kushida went to find Sakura.
• Yuan Yuyuan entered class the next day and noticed Ichinose looking at him searchingly.

Yuan Yuyuan comforted Himeno Yuki after she confronted him about his feelings for other girls, and he admitted that he liked her while refusing to give up on her or Kushida. He then reassured Ichinose by denying anything was happening with Kushida and resumed acting like her boyfriend, leaving Ichinose uncertain about their relationship.

• Yuan Yuyuan left Ichinose waiting and went to Palette Café, where he found Himeno Yuki upset and drinking bitter coffee.
• Yuan Yuyuan gave Himeno Yuki eleven peonies, apologized, and confessed that he liked her, but Himeno Yuki challenged him over his relationship with Kushida.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Himeno Yuki that he would not give up on her and admitted he was keeping his relationship with Kushida from Ichinose.
• Yuan Yuyuan returned to class with Himeno Yuki, then met Ichinose, who asked whether she was interfering with his relationship with Kushida.
• Yuan Yuyuan denied that anything was happening with Kushida, put an arm around Ichinose, and claimed they needed to act more intimate as a fake couple.

Yuan Yuyuan dealt with Himeno Yuki’s jealousy, visited Kushida Kikyo, and encouraged Horikita Suzune and Ichinose as Class D’s hearing approached. The chapter left Ichinose determined to grow while Yuan Yuyuan worried that she was shaping herself around him.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Himeno Yuki that his relationship with Honami was pretend, but she remained irritated with him.
• Kushida Kikyo called Yuan Yuyuan, who later visited her dorm room and spent the afternoon with her.
• Yuan Yuyuan encountered Horikita Suzune in the elevator and challenged her to surprise him at the hearing to prove she had grown.
• On Tuesday, Horikita Suzune privately worried that she had played no part in preparing for the hearing, while Kushida Kikyo had gained Sakura’s trust.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Ichinose what was troubling her, and she insisted she would grow so she could truly help him.

Yuan Yuyuan challenged Ichinose’s idealistic approach to class leadership, then presided over a Student Council hearing about Sudo’s fight with three Class C students. The hearing remained inconclusive until Horikita called Sakura Airi as a witness, leaving her to begin her testimony.

• Yuan Yuyuan argued that Ichinose could not protect everyone by treating her classmates as equals, but Ichinose insisted she could not treat them like subordinates.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose went to the Student Council Office, where Class C’s students and teacher Sakagami and Class D’s Sudo, Horikita, Ayanokoji, and Chabashira joined the hearing.
• Ichinose questioned Sudo and the Class C students about who had arranged the confrontation and whether Sudo had assaulted them, but their accounts conflicted.
• Horikita challenged the Class C students’ story and argued that they had started the fight, then named Sakura Airi as a witness to the incident.
• Sakura entered the hearing, and Horikita asked her to testify, but she began speaking hesitantly.

Yuan Yuyuan heard Sakura Airi testify that Class C attacked Sudo first and present a photograph of the fight, but the evidence did not establish who struck first. When Horikita Suzune rejected the proposed suspensions and demanded Sudo's full acquittal, Yuan postponed the case until the next day and handed it to President Horikita.

• Sakura Airi testified that a Class C student hit Sudo first, and Sakagami tried to undermine her testimony by questioning why she had waited to come forward.
• Sakura showed Yuan Yuyuan photographs from the Special Building, and he presented one that clearly showed Sudo fighting Komiya and the other two Class C students.
• Sakagami proposed suspending the Class C students for one week and Sudo for two, and Chabashira accepted the compromise.
• Horikita Suzune declared that Sudo was innocent and had been deliberately framed, and she refused to accept any suspension for him.
• Yuan stopped the students from arguing, postponed the proceedings until the next day, and said President Horikita would handle the case after he stepped aside from Student Council affairs.
• Yuan told Manabu Horikita that Suzune's class had Ayanokoji and said he was confident Ayanokoji could deal with Ryuen's three underlings.

Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose discussed Sakura’s unusual behavior, and Ichinose decided they should help her despite Yuan’s reluctance. The chapter ended with them planning to keep Sakura after school and ask her directly what was wrong.

• Yuan Yuyuan watched Ichinose warn Sakura that he was devious, then teased Ichinose after she was caught speaking about him.
• Himeno Yuki confronted Yuan Yuyuan about neglecting her, and he apologized and explained that the Sudo retrial had kept him busy.
• Ichinose told Yuan she thought Sakura seemed as if she wanted to say something but could not bring herself to speak.
• Yuan tried to dissuade Ichinose from questioning Sakura, but she insisted they should help their friend.
• Yuan proposed keeping Sakura after school so they could ask her privately if anything was troubling her, and Ichinose agreed.

Yuan Yuyuan agreed to help Sakura confront a stalker, lent Horikita Suzune points for her plan to help Sudo, and tried to explain his secrets to Ichinose. The chapter ended with Ichinose apologizing for pressing him after he claimed that learning about Ayanokoji could put her in danger.

• Ichinose stopped Yuan Yuyuan from leaving and took him to meet Sakura, while Horikita Suzune called to borrow one million points; Yuan first refused, then agreed to lend them.
• Sakura told Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose that an electronics store employee had been stalking her, and Yuan agreed to accompany her to confront him after school.
• Yuan Yuyuan met Horikita Suzune in the teachers' office, drew up a loan contract, and inferred that she planned to use the points to buy a fake surveillance camera to help Sudo.
• Ichinose followed Yuan Yuyuan to his dorm and questioned him about Ayanokoji and the secrets he kept from her.
• Yuan Yuyuan claimed that knowing Ayanokoji's background could endanger Ichinose, and she apologized for asking him to share more.

Yuan Yuyuan helped Sakura confront and report a stalker, while Ichinose supported her and learned about Sakura’s past as a model. The stalker was expelled, and Sakura and Ichinose grew closer as friends.

• Yuan Yuyuan noticed Ichinose acting strangely and gently reminded her to share anything troubling her.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose advised Sakura to confront the man who had been stalking her, and Sakura went to meet him near the Electronics Store.
• Sakura told the stalker to stop contacting her, and Yuan Yuyuan intervened when the man tried to grab her.
• Yuan Yuyuan called Manabu Horikita, handed over the evidence, and left with Sakura and Ichinose after knocking the stalker unconscious.
• Sakura let Yuan Yuyuan explain her modeling past to Ichinose, who accepted her warmly and became her friend.
• Yuan Yuyuan reported that the stalker had been expelled and exposed for his actions without revealing Sakura’s identity.

Yuan Yuyuan boarded the cruise ship with Ichinose, Himeno Yuki, and Kanzaki before the first Special Exam, then confronted Ryuen when he publicly declared war on Class B. After Ryuen left, Yuyuan questioned his motives, and an announcement called students to the deck to view an island.

• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Class C had withdrawn its complaint after Ayanokoji intervened, then recalled the month’s developments before the exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan traveled to Tokyo Bay with Ichinose, Himeno Yuki, and Kanzaki and suspected the luxurious cruise ship had a hidden purpose.
• Yuan Yuyuan met Kushida Kikyo at the ship’s café, where Ryuen arrived and declared that he would target Class B.
• Yuan Yuyuan stopped Ryuen from striking Ibuki Mio and mocked him, prompting Ryuen to leave with Ishizaki and Albert.
• Yuan Yuyuan doubted Ryuen’s public challenge was genuine, then went to the deck after an announcement said students would soon see an island.

Yuan Yuyuan and the other first-year students arrived at the uninhabited island, where they learned that their first Special Exam was about to begin. Before disembarking, Yuan Yuyuan revealed more about his harsh upbringing and his father’s plans for him, while the chapter left the exam’s rules and tasks unexplained.

• Yuan Yuyuan challenged Totsuka Yahiko and Katsuragi after they insulted Class D, then joined Ryuen in taunting Katsuragi over Sakayanagi Arisu’s absence.
• Yuan Yuyuan, Ichinose, and Himeno Yuki speculated about the island exam while teasing one another on the way to their rooms.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Kanzaki that his father had subjected him to brutal training to shape him into an heir, and that Yuye had helped prevent him from becoming like Ayanokoji from the White Room.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Kanzaki joined the first-year students on the island, where Mashima Tomonari announced that the first Special Exam was beginning.

Yuan Yuyuan and the other students learned the rules of a weeklong uninhabited-island exam, where each class could spend points on supplies and earn Class Points by saving them or occupying bases. He led Class B to a campsite behind a waterfall and chose Kanzaki Ryuji as captain, telling him to attract attention for a plan he kept secret.

• Mashima announced that the students would live on the island for a week, receive 300 points per class, and add any unspent points to their Class Points after the exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Koenji challenged Mashima's claim that the exam was based on real corporate training, while Mashima insisted the students could enjoy a week of freedom by spending points.
• Hoshinomiya explained the watch, roll-call, safety, and base-occupancy rules; Yuan Yuyuan agreed to buy a temporary toilet for the class.
• Yuan Yuyuan noticed that only the class captain could use a base key card and considered how changing or using the captain could mislead other classes.
• Yuan Yuyuan led Class B to camp behind a waterfall and named Kanzaki Ryuji captain, instructing him to get noticed.

Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose searched for Class D so he could offer to exchange their special-exam points for help escaping their monthly tribute. He persuaded Hirata to accept the deal despite Horikita Suzune’s objections.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Kanzaki captured four bases, then returned to camp and realized they had left Shibata Sou wandering in the forest with supplies.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose found Shibata Sou and brought him back before setting out to negotiate with Class D.
• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Ichinose that his schemes served their class, and they shared an embrace before Asako Amikura interrupted them.
• Yuan Yuyuan offered Class D a way to stop paying tribute in exchange for all three hundred of their special-exam points, but Horikita Suzune refused.
• Yuan Yuyuan warned that Class D could lose points and fall into conflict, then convinced Hirata to accept the offer.

Yuan Yuyuan negotiated a deal to exchange Class D’s special exam points for personal points, then learned that Ryuen had expelled Kaneda Satoru and Ibuki after a dispute over abandoning the exam. He and Ichinose went to meet Kaneda, while Yuan planned to make Class C believe they trusted him.

• Horikita Suzune and Hirata debated Yuan Yuyuan’s offer, and Class D eventually agreed to exchange its special exam points under his terms.
• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Kaneda Satoru and Ibuki had been expelled from Class C after opposing Ryuen’s plan to spend points and abandon the exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Ichinose to take in Kaneda and proposed pretending to oppose the decision before acting as though they trusted him.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose went to meet Kaneda, who recognized them and remarked that they seemed like a perfect couple.

Yuan Yuyuan let Kaneda join Class B despite his suspicions, then tried to turn Amikura’s criticism into an opportunity to appear selfless to Ichinose. Ichinose reassured him that she would stand by him, and the chapter ended with Yuan arranging a barbecue for Class B before vowing to crush Class A in the exam.

• Ichinose persuaded Yuan Yuyuan to let Kaneda stay with Class B, and Kaneda offered to accept being watched.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose overheard Amikura saying he seemed unwilling to be friends with their classmates, but Ichinose followed him when he walked away.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Ichinose she should distance herself from him if he ever became a burden, but Ichinose refused and said she would face anything with him.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Ichinose about her dreams, and she said she wanted to graduate from Class A with him and everyone in Class B.
• Yuan Yuyuan invited Sakura to dinner and used Class D's exam points to arrange a barbecue for Class B.
• Yuan Yuyuan told the group he would crush Class A in the exam and left the logistical work to them.

Yuan Yuyuan settled into the island camp, learned that Horikita Suzune led Class D, and discussed his strategy with Ichinose and Himeno Yuki. Himeno warned him that Amikura was displeased with him, then left after he reassured her.

• Yuan Yuyuan volunteered to sleep in a hammock after Kanzaki revealed the class tent could not fit all the boys.
• Yuan Yuyuan read Kushida’s note identifying Horikita Suzune as Class D’s leader and planned to deal with Class C later.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Ichinose he had made Kanzaki the leader so he could quietly knock Ryuji unconscious and change leaders.
• Ichinose asked to help, and Yuan Yuyuan told her to stay with him and accompany him when he needed to go somewhere.
• Himeno Yuki confronted Yuan Yuyuan about spending time with Ichinose, and he reassured her that they were equally important to him.
• Himeno Yuki told Yuan Yuyuan that Amikura seemed displeased with him, then returned to her tent.

Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose investigated Class C and concluded that Ryuen was pretending to abandon the exam while pursuing points through a spy and a hidden leader. Back at their campsite, they discussed the other classes, and Yuan Yuyuan ended the chapter planning a beach outing with Ichinose as Himeno Yuki demanded to join them.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose visited Class C, where Ryuen claimed he had spent the class’s points and was giving up on the exam, but Yuan Yuyuan noticed the walkie-talkie and refused to be drawn into changing their contract.
• Yuan Yuyuan explained to Ichinose that Ryuen had likely sold points to Class A and planned to hide on the island while using a spy to identify the class leaders.
• Yuan Yuyuan said Class D’s leader was already accounted for and warned that he would use the contract to pressure Class C if Sakayanagi Arisu broke her word again.
• Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji arrived seeking information about Class A’s campsite, and Yuan Yuyuan had Kanzaki give them directions.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose discussed how little Class B had to do during the exam, and Yuan Yuyuan suggested taking her to Class A another day to gather information.
• Yuan Yuyuan proposed a beach outing with Ichinose, but Himeno Yuki appeared and insisted that he take her along.

Yuan Yuyuan took Ichinose and their classmates to the beach, where Himeno Yuki helped Ichinose learn to surf while Yuan attracted attention from the girls. Ichinose encouraged Himeno to compete for Yuan despite her own feelings, and the chapter ended with the two watching Amikura approach him.

• Yuan Yuyuan persuaded Ichinose to leave Amikura and Minamikata's dispute alone and led their classmates to the beach.
• Yuan demonstrated surfing while Himeno taught Ichinose, and Amikura and Kobashi Yume became distracted by Yuan's appearance.
• Himeno admitted to herself that she liked Yuan, and Ichinose urged her to compete for him instead of suppressing her feelings.
• Yuan returned and questioned Ichinose and Himeno about their conversation, but Himeno sent him away to the beach.
• Amikura approached Yuan while Ichinose and Himeno watched, and Himeno asked whether Ichinose felt jealous.

Yuan Yuyuan obtained walkie-talkies for his plans involving Class D and heard Hoshinomiya explain why she hated Chabashira Sae. Hoshinomiya guessed that he intended to give one to Kushida Kikyo, while Yuan reflected on how Class D failed to recognize Kushida’s true nature.

• Yuan Yuyuan asked Hoshinomiya to get walkie-talkies with enough range to reach Class D’s campsite and said he planned to take all the points from Classes C and D.
• Hoshinomiya told Yuan that she and Chabashira Sae had been classmates in Class D, and blamed Chabashira for giving up during an exam after their class had nearly reached Class A, costing them 300 Class Points.
• Yuan reassured Hoshinomiya and promised to keep Class D in its place, then received the walkie-talkies from a staff member.
• Hoshinomiya guessed that Yuan planned to give a walkie-talkie to Kushida Kikyo rather than Horikita Suzune, and said Kushida reminded her of herself.
• Hoshinomiya said that Kushida’s apparent perfection should seem suspicious to anyone who understood the class-assignment rules, while Yuan mocked Class D for failing to notice how rotten some classmates were.

Yuyuan chatted with Hoshinomiya, spent the evening with Ichinose, and then visited Class D with a supposed offer to lend them water sports equipment. He secretly met Kushida and gave her a walkie-talkie so she could watch Ayanokoji and Ibuki for signs of a plot.

• Yuyuan told Hoshinomiya that Ayanokoji resembled his useless father, then left her hideout and decided to eat dinner later.
• Ichinose woke Yuyuan, and the two teased each other before sharing dinner.
• Yuyuan visited Class D and offered to let them use his class’s jet skis and water dragons in exchange for food or firewood.
• Yuyuan met Kushida privately and gave her a walkie-talkie, warning that Ayanokoji’s movements seemed suspicious.
• Yuyuan asked Kushida to watch Ibuki, suspecting Ayanokoji might target his undercover agent if he was planning something.

Yuan Yuyuan comforted Kushida Kikyo over her jealousy of Ichinose Honami, then returned to camp and faced Himeno Yuki’s unusually gentle attention. The chapter ended with Himeno asking him to compare her femininity with Honami’s, leaving him wary of giving the wrong answer.

• Kushida Kikyo admitted that she felt insecure beside Ichinose Honami and resented the many girls around Yuan Yuyuan.
• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Kushida Kikyo, kissed her, and told her he loved her before they returned to their camps.
• On August 3, Yuan Yuyuan considered spending points to return to the ship but stayed at the camp.
• Himeno Yuki brought Yuan Yuyuan breakfast and questioned whether Ichinose Honami had ever cooked for him.
• Himeno Yuki asked Yuan Yuyuan how her femininity compared with Honami’s, and he struggled to answer safely.

Yuan Yuyuan tried to soothe Himeno Yuki after she argued with Ichinose Honami over their feelings for him, then Ichinose invited them to spend time with Class B. The chapter ended as the three joined their classmates’ gathering, where Kanzaki Ryuji and several others were present.

• Yuan Yuyuan teased Himeno Yuki about being more feminine, and she stormed off after Ichinose Honami admitted she had proposed they compete for him.
• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Ichinose that he did not blame her, then went to comfort Himeno and kissed her when she insisted she wanted to prove herself.
• Himeno called Yuan Yuyuan a pervert after he left, while Ichinose said she thought Himeno was right and Yuan jokingly threatened to take her to get electrocuted.
• Yuan Yuyuan persuaded Ichinose not to apologize to Himeno, and Ichinose invited him to join her and her younger sisters.
• Ichinose brought Yuan Yuyuan to Himeno, convinced her to come along, and the three joined Class B’s gathering, where Kanzaki Ryuji and other classmates were present.

Yuan Yuyuan joined Ichinose Honami and her classmates as they discussed Kanzaki Ryuji’s suspicion that another exam was coming, then traded teasing remarks with Himeno Yuki. After the classmates mistook the three’s closeness for a love triangle, Ichinose encouraged Himeno to stop hiding her feelings, and Yuan joined them in the tent, leaving Himeno flustered by his embrace.

• Yuan Yuyuan agreed with Kanzaki Ryuji that the school was unlikely to let students spend a full week relaxing on the cruise ship, convincing the others that an exam might be coming.
• Yuan Yuyuan, Himeno Yuki, and Ichinose Honami teased one another until they drew the attention of everyone around them and left the group.
• Asako Amikura and the other classmates concluded that Yuan Yuyuan, Ichinose Honami, and Himeno Yuki were in a love triangle, while Chihiro Shiranami looked increasingly grim.
• Ichinose Honami followed Himeno Yuki to the tent and urged her to face Yuan Yuyuan naturally, despite their rivalry over him.
• Yuan Yuyuan entered the tent, joked that Ichinose Honami was pretending to be Himeno Yuki, and hugged both girls, leaving Himeno annoyed and flustered.

Yuan Yuyuan went to Class A under the pretense of courting Kamuro Masumi and revealed to Katsuragi Kohei that Sakayanagi Arisu was maneuvering to gain control of the class without Yuan’s support. Katsuragi recognized the deception, and Yuan secured his permission to take Kamuro out.

• At lunch, Ichinose Honami worried that she might lose Yuan Yuyuan to Himeno Yuki, and Yuan quietly took her hand and reassured her.
• Yuan reviewed his plans for the island exam and decided to visit Class A to gather information about its leader.
• Yuan pretended to pursue Kamuro Masumi and tried to take her outside, but Katsuragi Kohei stopped them.
• Yuan offered to help Katsuragi deal with Sakayanagi Arisu and suggested that her faction was not telling the whole story.
• Katsuragi realized Sakayanagi had spread rumors to strengthen her support and that Yuan was not on her side; Yuan then won permission to take Kamuro out.