Recaps

Skull recruited Keima Katsuragi to recover the creator god’s scattered power fragments by making their hosts fall in love, bringing him to a parallel world with demon civil servant Elsie. Keima accepted the mission reluctantly, then cheered up when he realized the world might contain games he had never played.

• The creator god told Skull that the Void threatened the multiverse and that its scattered power fragments would return if their hosts fell in love.
• Skull agreed to find someone suited to the task and chose the dating-sim expert Keima Katsuragi as the God of Conquest.
• Keima accepted a provocative email, and Elsie appeared, thanked him for taking the contract, and carried him away.
• On a bus in a parallel world, Elsie explained that Keima had to date girls to save the multiverse and could not return to his original world.
• Keima decided to stay after realizing the parallel world might have unfamiliar games, and Elsie gave him cards showing the mission’s targets.

Keima Katsuragi began assessing his new classmates as dating-game targets after arriving at Advanced Nurturing High School, but the school’s strict rules threatened his access to games. He left the bus encounter suspecting Kushida Kikyo’s friendly manner concealed something after her affection stayed at zero.

• Keima examined the affection cards for Kushida Kikyo and Suzune Horikita, whose affection for him fell to -3% after they made eye contact.
• Keima gave his bus seat to an elderly woman and chatted with Kushida, hoping to raise her affection.
• At the school, Kushida told Keima that students’ electronic devices would be confiscated and that they had to live on campus.
• Elsie used her Feather Haori to shrink Keima’s handheld console so it could evade the search.
• Keima checked Kushida’s card and found her affection remained at 0%, leading him to suspect her friendliness was only an outer shell.

Keima Katsuragi arrived at Advanced Nurturing High School and began meeting his classmates while trying to figure out how to keep playing games. He ended his self-introduction by describing his gaming achievements at length, leaving the class baffled.

• Suzune Horikita confronted Keima Katsuragi on the bus, and he told her he had looked at her because she was beautiful.
• Keima Katsuragi and Elsie attended the entrance ceremony, where Manabu Horikita spoke about the school’s meritocracy and high graduate success rate.
• Keima Katsuragi entered Class 1-D and found Airi Sakura seated beside him and Suzune Horikita on his other side.
• Kushida Kikyo greeted Keima Katsuragi, and Yosuke Hirata organized introductions for the class.
• Keima Katsuragi introduced himself as the God of Conquest and listed his gaming accomplishments, confusing his classmates and surprising Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

Katsuragi Keima interpreted the school’s points system as evidence that students’ points could change according to their abilities, then bought games and necessities while using an encounter with Suzune Horikita to draw her attention. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka suspected Keima was already setting something in motion, while Keima and Elsie continued shopping and totaled their purchases.

• Sae Chabashira explained that students received one hundred thousand points each month and could use them like cash, prompting Katsuragi Keima to suspect points were tied to ability.
• Katsuragi Keima bought games and noticed that free supplies suggested some students might lack enough points for daily necessities.
• Katsuragi Keima explained that he had deliberately waited for Suzune Horikita and made a remark to catch her attention, then ignored her and returned to shopping.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka watched Katsuragi Keima and wondered what he was planning.
• Katsuragi Keima calculated that his two carts of purchases cost 39,412 points and told Elsie that her share of the total included payment for his help retrieving power fragments.

Keima Katsuragi met the shy Airi Sakura at a camera shop and gave her space when he saw how nervous she was. Back at his dorm, he discussed the mission’s three-year limit with Elsie, while Sae Chabashira’s review of student records brought Keima to her attention alongside Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

• Keima Katsuragi and Elsie approached Airi Sakura at a camera shop, where Keima learned she liked photography.
• Keima noticed Airi’s nervousness and left with Elsie, allowing Airi to return her attention to the cameras.
• Keima and Elsie returned to their dorms, where Keima sent Elsie to her own room and learned she had prepared little for the mission.
• Elsie told Keima they had to complete their mission within three years, and Keima said he would start with people in their class.
• Sae Chabashira reviewed Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s student file and recalled her goal of promoting Class D to Class A.
• Sae noticed Keima Katsuragi’s file, which listed his academic ability and intelligence as A+.

Keima Katsuragi told Suzune Horikita that the school might monitor students and use their behavior to rate them, then openly played games through Sae Chabashira’s first lesson. Sae ended the lesson by announcing a pop quiz, leaving the class stunned.

• Sae Chabashira reviewed Keima Katsuragi’s unusual student file and wondered why he had been assigned to Class D.
• Keima Katsuragi greeted Airi Sakura and teased Suzune Horikita, then explained that cameras and school equipment suggested the school monitored students and rated their behavior.
• Suzune Horikita questioned Keima Katsuragi’s speculation, while Kushida Kikyo watched their conversation from across the classroom.
• Sae Chabashira began teaching, but Keima Katsuragi kept playing his handheld game and other students grew distracted or fell asleep.
• Sae Chabashira announced an unplanned test on the lesson, surprising the class.

Sae Chabashira gave Class D a difficult pop quiz to assess the students, especially Keima Katsuragi, who finished early despite playing games during class. Keima ranked first with a perfect score, while Elsie used her demonic powers to change her score from 8 points to 99.

• Sae Chabashira gave Class D a pop quiz and watched Keima Katsuragi and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka in particular.
• Keima Katsuragi finished the test early and left to play games, while Suzune Horikita struggled with the final question and Elsie also turned in her test early.
• Keima Katsuragi and Elsie checked the posted results in the cafeteria, where Keima ranked first with 100 points and Elsie ranked fortieth with 8 points.
• Elsie used her demonic powers to alter her Student Terminal score, changing her result to third place with 99 points.

Keima Katsuragi warned Elsie that poor grades could get them expelled and took her to the library, where Suzune Horikita asked how he had earned a perfect score. Sae Chabashira examined their papers and wondered whether Keima and Elsie had hidden abilities and might help change Class D.

• Keima Katsuragi told Elsie that failing future exams could lead to expulsion and urged her to learn the basics of the world at the library.
• Suzune Horikita confronted Keima Katsuragi about his perfect quiz score, and he explained that he had remembered Sae Chabashira's repeated lessons while playing games.
• Keima Katsuragi described a tsundere to Elsie, who suggested the description fit Suzune Horikita before Keima and Elsie left.
• Sae Chabashira reviewed Keima Katsuragi's nearly perfect paper and wondered whether he had mastered the material or retained it during class.
• Sae Chabashira suspected Elsie had deliberately submitted an illegible paper and considered Keima, Elsie, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka possible secret assets for Class D.

Keima Katsuragi and Elsie met Shiina Hiyori in the library, where her love of books caught Keima's interest despite his initial lack of motivation. They exchanged contact information before leaving, and Keima began explaining his approach to winning over bookish girls.

• Chie Hoshinomiya questioned Sae Chabashira about her pop quiz and interest in Class D, then identified Keima Katsuragi as the student with a high assessment score.
• Keima brought Elsie to the library and assigned her books on basic common sense to read.
• Elsie recognized Shiina Hiyori as a mission target while Hiyori struggled to reach a book, so Keima took it down for her.
• Shiina introduced herself as a Class C student and recommended Whose Corpse to Elsie, who eagerly accepted it.
• Hiyori said books felt more real and captivating than the world around her, and Keima told her games were better for him.
• Keima, Elsie, and Hiyori exchanged contact information, and afterward Keima told Elsie that bookish girls followed one ironclad rule.

Keima Katsuragi recognized that Kushida Kikyo had deliberately approached him to ask for help becoming friends with Horikita. He refused to get involved and returned to playing games.

• Keima Katsuragi explained his theories about literary girls to Elsie and considered Shiina Hiyori’s interest in reading.
• Keima Katsuragi tried to flee when Kushida Kikyo approached, but Kushida caught up with him and Elsie.
• Kushida Kikyo asked Keima Katsuragi to help her get closer to Horikita, whom she had not befriended.
• Keima Katsuragi refused, saying he had more important things to do and that Kushida should approach Horikita herself.

Keima Katsuragi rejected Kushida Kikyo’s attempt to get closer, deciding to expose her true motives despite her affection dropping. The next morning, he encouraged Airi Sakura to talk about photography and invited her to the electronics section, where he planned to buy another game console.

• Keima Katsuragi rejected Kushida Kikyo, causing her affection to fall to -20%, and told Elsie he wanted to uncover her real personality.
• Kushida Kikyo privately worried that Suzune Horikita knew about her past, then greeted Ichinose with her cheerful mask restored.
• Keima Katsuragi played a game in class while Airi Sakura watched and admired his lack of concern about others’ opinions.
• Keima Katsuragi asked Airi Sakura about buying a camera, learned she liked taking portraits, and invited her to the electronics section.
• Keima Katsuragi told Airi Sakura he was going to buy another game console.

Keima Katsuragi agreed to accompany Airi Sakura to buy a camera, while Suzune Horikita became distracted by his behavior and discovered he was writing game walkthroughs. Keima explained that he was sharing them online without replying to comments, arguing that one-way posts did not violate the school’s ban on outside communication.

• Airi Sakura quietly agreed to go with Keima Katsuragi to buy a camera.
• Suzune Horikita watched Keima Katsuragi, confronted him, and found him writing a complete game walkthrough on his Student Terminal.
• Keima Katsuragi explained that he posted walkthroughs on the school forum and received a thousand points as a tip.
• Keima Katsuragi showed Suzune Horikita a walkthrough posted on social media that had received over three hundred replies.
• Suzune Horikita warned Keima Katsuragi that contacting people outside school was forbidden, and he argued that one-way posts did not count as communication.

Keima Katsuragi reasoned that the school’s internet restrictions left loopholes, published a popular game guide, and recognized Airi Sakura as the influencer Shizuku. During class, he demonstrated that he knew the S-System affected points and asked Tomoya Mashima how many points it would cost to play games in class, leaving the cost at 20,000 points per month.

• Keima Katsuragi told Suzune Horikita that the school’s internet access suggested its rules had loopholes that students could exploit.
• Keima Katsuragi published a new game guide, watched its popularity rise, and found photos of Airi Sakura on the profile of the influencer Shizuku.
• Tomoya Mashima began teaching Class D and observed students openly ignoring the lesson while Keima Katsuragi played his game and correctly answered questions.
• Tomoya Mashima warned Keima Katsuragi to consider his choices, and Keima said games mattered more to him before bringing up the S-System.
• Keima Katsuragi asked whether he could spend points for the right to play games during class, and Tomoya Mashima named a price of 20,000 points per month.
• Keima Katsuragi concluded that student behavior affected their points and objected that paying that amount for every subject would be too expensive.

Keima Katsuragi explained his theory that students’ behavior affected their class points and monthly allowance, prompting Yosuke Hirata to question Sae Chabashira. Sae confirmed the S-System’s rules and revealed Class D had already lost 300 of its starting 1,000 points.

• During English class, Keima Katsuragi confirmed with Tomoya Mashima that students could discuss discounted tutoring with their homeroom teacher, while Ayanokoji Kiyotaka quietly observed him.
• Suzune Horikita challenged Keima Katsuragi about confirming his theory with the teacher, and Keima said he only wanted to play his game uninterrupted.
• Keima explained to Yosuke Hirata that student behavior might reduce both individual allowances and the class’s points; Yosuke urged classmates to improve their discipline.
• Yosuke Hirata asked Sae Chabashira whether students would receive 100,000 points every month and whether their behavior affected the amount, then told her Keima Katsuragi had worked out the system.
• Sae Chabashira confirmed the theory, explained that the S-System converted student performance into Class Points, and revealed that Class D had lost 300 of its 1,000 points in less than a week.

Keima Katsuragi negotiated with Sae Chabashira to buy permission to play games during every class, using his academic ability and her ambition to reach Class A as leverage. Sae offered a discounted deal with strict class-performance conditions, but Keima rejected the price and kept bargaining.

• After class, Keima asked Sae whether he could use points to buy permission to play games during every lesson without losing Class Points.
• Sae offered to sell him that permission for 80,000 points a month, but Keima called the price too high and argued that his academic ability could benefit Class D.
• Keima criticized Sae for failing to guide her students and suggested she wanted to move up to Class A, provoking a visible reaction from her.
• Sae reduced the price to 50,000 points a month on the condition that no student was expelled in formal exams and the class rose at least one rank each academic year.
• Keima refused the 50,000-point price and said he might consider paying less than 20,000 points, while Sae warned that their agreement would be binding.

Keima Katsuragi secured Sae Chabashira’s agreement to let him play games, then noticed Chie Hoshinomiya’s concealed hostility toward her. As the class reacted to the S-System rules, he went shopping with Airi Sakura, while Elsie panicked about future exams.

• Keima Katsuragi and Sae Chabashira finalized a deal for twenty thousand points a month, with the other conditions unchanged, and she agreed not to punish him for playing games.
• Chie Hoshinomiya approached Keima Katsuragi, offered to let him play games in Class B, and hid her anger toward Sae Chabashira after he noticed it.
• Yosuke Hirata let Keima Katsuragi keep playing games, while Kushida Kikyo shared the S-System rules with students from other classes to undermine Class D’s advantage and upset Suzune Horikita.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka watched Keima Katsuragi and wondered whether he had deliberately uncovered the school’s rules.
• Keima Katsuragi reassured Airi Sakura about buying a camera, then went with her to the school supermarket as Elsie panicked about upcoming exams and expulsion.

Keima Katsuragi helped Airi Sakura buy a camera after a pushy clerk made her uncomfortable, while Sakayanagi Arisu learned that Class D had discovered the school rules. Back at his dorm, Keima was surprised by Elsie, who urgently called for the God of Conquest.

• Keima Katsuragi bought a handheld console and stepped in when a clerk made Airi Sakura uncomfortable in the camera section.
• Keima Katsuragi paid for Airi Sakura’s camera, exchanged contact information with her, and reassured her that she did not need to change her quiet personality.
• Sakayanagi Arisu discussed Class D’s discovery of the school rules with Masumi Kamuro and wondered whether the class contained someone interesting.
• Keima Katsuragi returned to his dorm, where Elsie rushed out, collided with him, and called for the God of Conquest.

Elsie asked Keima Katsuragi to help her avoid failing her exams, and he agreed to tutor her after stopping her from considering murder as a solution. Meanwhile, Airi Sakura grew more comfortable around Keima after their shopping trip, while an anonymous blog comment hinted that someone had been following her.

• Elsie revealed she had used her Feather Haori to make a key and entered Keima Katsuragi's room to ask for help with her exams.
• Keima Katsuragi learned Elsie had spent class reading mystery novels and had scored only eight points on her last quiz, then agreed to tutor her seriously.
• Elsie considered getting rid of the people who wrote and graded the tests, but Keima Katsuragi took away her books and warned her not to confuse fiction with reality.
• Keima Katsuragi told Elsie that shopping with Airi Sakura had raised her affection to 34%, and it soon increased to 35%.
• Airi Sakura posted a selfie as her gravure-idol persona, Shizuku, and reflected on how Keima had made shopping easier and accepted her as she was.
• Airi Sakura saw an anonymous comment claiming the writer had seen her up close again and felt happy being by her side.

Airi Sakura discovered that Keima Katsuragi ran the popular AVG guide blog under the name God and followed him, while Keima identified her as Shizuku and noticed a suspicious commenter on her blog. The chapter ended with Airi spotting Keima's familiar ID in her visitor log and realizing her attention to him meant something.

• Airi Sakura read God's AVG guides, recognized details that connected the blogger to Keima Katsuragi, and followed his account as Shizuku.
• Keima Katsuragi saw Shizuku among his new followers and noticed her repeated visits to his blog.
• Keima Katsuragi confirmed that Airi Sakura was Shizuku after seeing her latest post and grew concerned about an obsessive commenter who seemed to have encountered her in person.
• Elsie recognized Sakura in the post and pointed out that her photo had drawn far more likes than Keima Katsuragi's guides, prompting him to lament the real world.
• Airi Sakura noticed Keima Katsuragi's ID in her visitor log and realized she was especially drawn to his name.

Airi Sakura worried that Keima Katsuragi had recognized her online, while Keima discovered Elsie’s messages had revealed his interests to Shiina Hiyori and raised her affection for him. The next morning, Airi greeted Keima for the first time, and he replied as usual.

• Airi Sakura panicked after Keima followed her online, then assumed he liked her Shizuku persona rather than recognizing her.
• Keima Katsuragi suspected that the account Miss Marple belonged to Shiina Hiyori and noticed her affection had risen to twenty percent.
• Keima read Elsie’s chat history and learned Elsie had told Shiina about his interests and encouraged their shared interest in games and stories.
• Keima gave Elsie a stack of textbooks to read after discovering her chats had helped increase Shiina’s affection.
• Airi Sakura quietly greeted Keima the next morning, and Keima returned her greeting before focusing on his game.

Airi Sakura realized Keima Katsuragi had recognized her as the blogger Shizuku, and his praise and kindness made her affection for him grow. She decided to repay his help by treating him to lunch, but when the break began, she couldn't bring herself to invite him.

• Keima told Airi he recognized her as Shizuku and promised to keep her identity secret.
• Airi blushed when Keima called her pretty, and her affection for him rose to 55%.
• Keima explained adventure games to Airi and recommended Tokimeki Memorial, sparking her interest in trying games and cosplay.
• Airi searched for ways to thank Keima and settled on treating him to a meal.
• When the dismissal bell rang, Airi tried to call out to Keima but lost her nerve as he prepared to ask Elsie to eat with him.

Horikita tried to recruit Keima to help improve Class D’s grades, but he agreed only after she offered to buy him games. The chapter ended with Horikita, Keima, Airi, and Elsie sitting together for lunch.

• Airi tried to ask Keima to lunch, but Horikita approached him first and offered to buy his meal.
• Keima said he had already agreed to lunch with Airi, and Horikita invited Airi to join them.
• Horikita explained that she wanted to discuss Class D’s future and asked Keima to help improve the class’s grades.
• Keima said his deal with Sae Chabashira meant his games no longer cost Class Points, so Horikita offered to buy him games instead.
• Keima accepted Horikita’s offer, and the four of them sat down together in the cafeteria.

Suzune Horikita asked Keima Katsuragi to help tutor Class D so its students could improve their grades and aim for Class A. Keima revealed he had already made a deal with Sae Chabashira to raise the class ranking and prevent expulsions, then agreed to join the study group.

• Suzune Horikita treated Keima Katsuragi, Elsie, and Airi Sakura to lunch and asked Keima to help tutor the class.
• Keima explained that he had already promised Sae Chabashira to prevent expulsions and improve Class D's ranking in exchange for permission to play games during class.
• Suzune Horikita realized Keima's plans were already underway, but kept her promise to buy him a game.
• Keima teased Suzune Horikita about her beauty, flustering her, before she returned to discussing the study group.
• Suzune Horikita asked Keima to invite low-scoring students such as Yamauchi and Sudo, and Keima questioned why Elsie was not included despite coming in last.

Keima Katsuragi rejected Suzune Horikita’s plan to recruit the lowest-scoring students and challenged her to a bet over competing study groups. After Horikita accepted and left, Keima turned his attention to Airi Sakura, who seemed ready to ask him something in private.

• Suzune Horikita accused Keima Katsuragi and Elise of deliberately placing first and last on the quiz, but Keima denied her request to help recruit students based on their low scores.
• Keima argued that Horikita’s approach would alienate classmates and said Class D students had personal flaws, including Horikita’s arrogance and tendency to view others as dead weight.
• Keima challenged Horikita to run a separate study group, with the end-of-month exam results deciding whether she or Keima would have authority over the other’s efforts to promote the class.
• Horikita accepted after Keima provoked her by mentioning her older brother, Student Council President Manabu Horikita.
• Keima told Elise he would let students sign up voluntarily, then sent her to buy drinks so Airi Sakura could speak to him more comfortably.

Airi Sakura joined Keima Katsuragi’s study group, while he recruited Kikyo Kushida and prepared to win his bet with Suzune Horikita. Horikita enlisted Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to find students for her group, but the low-scoring students rejected him.

• Airi Sakura asked to join Keima Katsuragi’s study group, agreed to meet at the library after school, and overcame her hesitation about studying with others.
• Keima Katsuragi explained to Elsie why he believed Suzune Horikita needed to change, then scolded Elsie for her disastrous quiz score.
• Keima Katsuragi asked Kikyo Kushida to join his study group in name, and she agreed without recruiting other students.
• Suzune Horikita asked Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to help with her study group, and he approached Ken Sudō, Haruki Yamauchi, and Kanji Ike.
• Ken Sudō, Haruki Yamauchi, and Kanji Ike all rejected Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s invitation, with Ken Sudō taking offense at it.