Recaps

Keima Katsuragi led a library study session with Kushida Kikyo, Airi Sakura, and Elsie while Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Suzune Horikita struggled to recruit students. Manabu Horikita noticed that the first-year classes had slowed their point losses and suspected they had begun to understand the S-System.

• Kushida Kikyo declined Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's request to join Suzune Horikita's study session because she had already agreed to help Keima Katsuragi.
• Keima Katsuragi took Elsie and Airi Sakura to the library, where Kushida Kikyo joined them and he quickly summarized the day's lesson.
• Keima Katsuragi assigned Kushida Kikyo to tutor Elsie and personally helped Airi Sakura, who became distracted by his proximity.
• Manabu Horikita compared the first-year classes' point totals and observed that their daily point losses had recently slowed.
• Manabu Horikita concluded that the first-years had discovered something about the S-System, and Akane Tachibana suspected a standout Class A student was responsible.

Keima Katsuragi finished tutoring Airi Sakura and watched Kushida Kikyo become exhausted from trying to teach Elsie. After meeting Shiina Hiyori at the library, he invited her to join his study group, and she agreed.

• Keima Katsuragi reassured Airi Sakura that she had understood the lesson and told her to review it at home.
• Kushida Kikyo struggled to teach Elsie, who appeared not to know even basic material, and became worn out.
• Keima Katsuragi ended the study session and prepared to leave with the others.
• Shiina Hiyori met Keima Katsuragi and his classmates at the library and introduced herself.
• Keima Katsuragi invited Shiina Hiyori to join his study group, and she accepted, saying she enjoyed talking with Elsie and reading his stories.

Shiina Hiyori and Airi Sakura went to a game store, each drawn there by Keima Katsuragi’s interest in games. They found Suzune Horikita searching for the game Keima had demanded, and the chapter ended as a clerk asked her what she was looking for.

• Shiina Hiyori told Keima Katsuragi she wanted to try a game after reading his walkthroughs, and Airi Sakura listened as she wondered about their relationship.
• After the group left the library, Airi Sakura decided to buy Keima Katsuragi a game but hesitated to go shopping alone.
• Shiina Hiyori invited Airi Sakura to the supermarket, and they discovered they had both come to the game store.
• Suzune Horikita searched the store for My Youthful Romance: Thoroughly Taming My Tsundere Little Sister, Collector's Edition, which Keima Katsuragi had requested.
• A clerk offered to check the inventory, but Suzune Horikita stopped before naming the game.

Suzune Horikita bought Keima Katsuragi the game he had demanded, despite being embarrassed by its title, then met him after dark to hand it over. Keima explained that he had introduced Shiina Hiyori to games and revealed he had noticed Horikita’s reading habits, leaving her stunned by how much he knew.

• Suzune Horikita ran into Airi Sakura and Shiina Hiyori at the game store while trying to buy Keima Katsuragi’s requested game.
• The clerk announced the game’s full title, embarrassing Horikita, but she bought it rather than risk Katsuragi mocking her.
• Horikita waited until dark and gave Katsuragi the wrapped game, telling him they were even.
• Horikita asked Katsuragi why Shiina and Sakura had been with him, and he said he had helped Sakura study and introduced Shiina to games.
• Katsuragi explained that he knew Horikita read Crime and Punishment because he had noticed the library checkout records and the book in her bag.

Suzune Horikita sought Manabu Horikita’s approval, but he criticized her shortcomings and told her to leave the school. Keima Katsuragi intervened, challenged Manabu’s assessment of Suzune’s growth, and revealed the game cartridge she had given him, leaving Manabu stunned.

• Suzune Horikita warned Keima Katsuragi not to tell anyone about the game cartridge and then went to meet Manabu Horikita.
• Manabu Horikita told Suzune Horikita she lacked the ability to reach the top and urged her to leave the school.
• Keima Katsuragi appeared, said Manabu had not truly intended to hit Suzune, and agreed that she could not reach Class A while treating others as burdens.
• Manabu Horikita noted that Keima Katsuragi had scored perfectly on every entrance-exam subject, and Keima listed Suzune’s flaws in front of her brother.
• Keima Katsuragi argued that Suzune had grown because she had given him something, then displayed the game cartridge titled <Youthful Romance: My Tsundere Little Sister's Punishment Edition>, shocking Manabu and embarrassing Suzune.

Keima Katsuragi defended Suzune Horikita during her confrontation with her brother, Manabu, and challenged Manabu to speak honestly with her. After Manabu left, Keima and Suzune talked about his words, and Keima told her that reaching Class A was currently impossible but her future depended on her own choices.

• Keima Katsuragi defended Suzune Horikita and told Manabu Horikita that his harsh words could hinder her growth.
• Keima criticized Manabu for caring about Suzune but failing to tell her what he really thought.
• Manabu tested Keima by swinging a fist at him, but Keima stayed still, trusting that Manabu would not break school rules under a security camera.
• Manabu invited Keima to join the Student Council, but Keima refused because it would leave him less time to play games.
• Manabu told Suzune to treasure her unusual friend, then left; Suzune thanked Keima and asked him to talk with her.
• Keima said Suzune had no chance of reaching Class A right now, but that her future possibilities depended entirely on her.

Keima Katsuragi encouraged Suzune Horikita to accept her individuality, then speculated that the school might hold exams beyond ordinary written tests. Meanwhile, Airi Sakura struggled to give Keima a game she had bought and grew frightened by a suspicious fan’s messages; the chapter ended with Suzune greeting Keima first in class.

• Keima Katsuragi described Suzune Horikita’s flaws as defining traits and urged her to act according to her ideals without changing herself.
• Keima Katsuragi and Suzune Horikita discussed his agreement with Teacher Chabashira, and he speculated that the school might hold exams testing abilities beyond academics.
• Airi Sakura bought a game cartridge for Keima Katsuragi but worried about how to give it to him.
• Airi Sakura received unsettling anonymous messages and recalled seeing the shop assistant who had stared at her.
• The next morning, Airi Sakura fretted over giving Keima the game, then watched Suzune Horikita greet him first.

Keima Katsuragi’s growing influence showed in Suzune Horikita’s changed attitude and his unexpected gaming plans, while Ryuen Kakeru noticed Shiina Hiyori had a handheld console. At the school pool, Haruka Hasebe spoke with Elsie, who invited her to a study group ahead of the exams.

• Suzune Horikita reaffirmed her bet with Keima Katsuragi, and he revealed he had brought a waterproof case so he could play games during swimming class.
• Ryuen Kakeru considered how to move Class C forward and was startled when Shiina Hiyori pulled a handheld console from her schoolbag.
• Haruka Hasebe stood apart from her classmates at the pool and reflected that she felt more comfortable around Keima Katsuragi than other boys.
• Elsie checked on Haruka Hasebe, who said she was worried about her weak humanities grades.
• Elsie invited Haruka Hasebe to join her big brother’s study group.

Keima Katsuragi invited Haruka Hasebe to the evening study session and reflected on balancing his classmates’ routes. At the school pool, Kushida Kikyo turned down the session, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka decided Keima’s lack of exercise made his suspicions about Keima’s identity seem unfounded.

• Elsie invited Haruka Hasebe to the study session, and Haruka said she would see how the evening went.
• Keima Katsuragi acknowledged that Haruka was another target and worried about adding too many routes at once.
• Suzune Horikita teased Keima about his lack of exercise while he played a game at the pool.
• Kushida Kikyo declined the study session, saying she had plans to meet Ichinose, and Keima complimented her before she went to join Kei Karuizawa and Maya Sato.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka watched Keima and concluded that Keima’s apparent lack of exercise weakened his suspicions about his identity.

During the swimming lesson, Keima Katsuragi surprised the class by racing while playing his handheld game, forcing Kiyotaka Ayanokoji to swim seriously to keep pace. The race was still underway as Rokusuke Koenji stopped to watch Keima.

• Airi Sakura watched Keima from the pool’s corner while he floated on his back and played a game, prompting the swimming teacher to organize a fifty-meter freestyle test.
• The teacher tested the students in pairs, and Rokusuke Koenji admired his physique while Suzune Horikita posted the second-best time among the girls.
• Keima and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji began their test, with Ayanokoji planning to use Keima as a measure of an ordinary student’s swimming speed.
• Keima swam freestyle with his upper body above the water, holding and playing his console as he moved faster than the watching students expected.
• Ayanokoji realized Keima was faster than expected and increased his own pace, while Koenji stopped to watch the race.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka questioned Keima Katsuragi about his surprising swimming speed, suspecting that Keima had deliberately drawn attention to him. Keima attributed his strength to love and his game characters, leaving Ayanokoji puzzled and unfamiliar with the games he mentioned.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka passed Keima Katsuragi during the swim and finished in fourth place among the boys, while Keima exhausted himself and collapsed at the poolside.
• A white-haired girl watched the unconscious Keima Katsuragi from the second floor and remarked that he was an interesting first-year.
• After swimming class, Keima Katsuragi complained that he had nearly run out of private points and headed toward the cafeteria with Elsie.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka took Keima Katsuragi aside and asked how he had swum so quickly, suspecting that Keima had intentionally made him stand out.
• Keima Katsuragi answered that love gave him strength, then asked Ayanokoji about games and game genres that Ayanokoji had never heard of.

After teaching Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about games, Keima Katsuragi hurried to find Elsie but collapsed after colliding with Sakayanagi Arisu. Sakayanagi and Masumi Kamuro discovered his identity and belongings before Elsie arrived and tried to wake him.

• Keima Katsuragi introduced Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to the history of games, and Ayanokoji left with a new field to explore.
• Keima Katsuragi rushed toward the dormitory to find Elsie, but exhaustion and hunger left him barely able to move.
• Keima Katsuragi collided with Sakayanagi Arisu and collapsed, leaving her bewildered.
• Masumi Kamuro helped Sakayanagi move Keima Katsuragi to a bench and found his game consoles, cartridges, and Student Terminal.
• Sakayanagi learned Keima Katsuragi was a Class D student and considered using him to learn more about the class.
• Elsie arrived, called Keima Katsuragi the God of Conquest, and shook him to wake him.

Elsie woke Keima Katsuragi from his faint with a game’s startup jingle, and Sakayanagi Arisu grew suspicious of the siblings after noticing they knew her and Masumi Kamuro by name. Sakayanagi had Kamuro steal one of Keima’s cartridges to create a reason to approach him, while Keima anticipated their plan and warned Elsie that Sakayanagi was calculating.

• Elsie introduced herself and Keima to Sakayanagi Arisu, then woke Keima by playing a game on his handheld console.
• Sakayanagi told Kamuro that Elsie and Keima were probably not ordinary students because they knew both girls’ names.
• At Sakayanagi’s instruction, Kamuro revealed she had stolen one of Keima’s game cartridges so she could approach him later.
• Elsie checked the Mission Card and found Sakayanagi’s affection at one percent and Kamuro’s at zero percent.
• Keima told Elsie he knew Kamuro had stolen his cartridge and predicted that Sakayanagi and Kamuro would come looking for them.

Keima Katsuragi was forced to eat Elsie's surprisingly tasty but hazardous food from Hell, then joined the study session with Airi Sakura and Shiina Hiyori. Haruka Hasebe arrived and joined them, and the group found they had something in common: most of them had few friends.

• Elsie used her Feather Haori to drag Keima back to the dorm and make him eat her cooking, which was made from ingredients from Hell.
• Keima returned to class feeling miserable after repeated trips to the bathroom, while Elsie worried that one of her Hellish ingredients had escaped.
• Keima, Airi, and Elsie went to the library for their study session; Shiina Hiyori helped tutor Elsie while Keima tried to help the distracted Airi.
• Haruka Hasebe joined the session, explaining that she and Elsie had hit it off and accepted Elsie's invitation.
• Haruka learned that Shiina and Airi had few friends, and remarked that everyone in the study group except Elsie seemed similarly solitary.

Haruka Hasebe joined Keima Katsuragi’s study group and encouraged the members to grow closer by using first names and nicknames. Airi Sakura struggled with the new familiarity, while Keima was embarrassed when Elsie revealed his nickname, the God of Conquests.

• Haruka Hasebe asked to join Keima Katsuragi’s study group, and Elsie welcomed her.
• Haruka Hasebe and Elsie proposed giving everyone nicknames, and Haruka called Shiina Hiyori “Hiyo-chan” and Airi Sakura “Airi-chan.”
• Haruka Hasebe urged Airi Sakura to drop formalities and use first names, and Airi managed to call her Haruka Hasebe before nearly passing out while trying to address the others.
• Haruka Hasebe asked Keima Katsuragi what nickname he preferred, but he rejected her suggestion of “Koma.”
• Elsie announced that Keima Katsuragi was known as the God of Conquests, and Shiina Hiyori confirmed his online handle was “God.”
• Haruka Hasebe joked about Keima’s nickname, and the study group’s atmosphere grew more relaxed.

Airi Sakura struggled to give Keima Katsuragi a present after the study session, while Shiina Hiyori invited him to discuss games. Keima waited until he could speak with Airi alone, and she finally gave him a game cartridge.

• Shiina Hiyori invited Keima Katsuragi to the school café to talk about the game, and he suggested meeting the next day instead.
• Airi Sakura stayed behind after the others left, disappointed that she still could not give Keima her present.
• Keima Katsuragi returned and told Airi Sakura he had waited because he was worried about her.
• Airi Sakura gathered her courage, called him Keima-kun, and gave him a game cartridge.
• Keima Katsuragi recognized the game as Goodbye Youth Love Story 2.

Airi confronted the supermarket clerk who had been stalking her as Shizuku, and Keima intervened when the man lunged at her. The clerk fled, but a Hell Creature attacked him before Elsie arrived on her broom.

• Keima accepted Airi's gift of a game he had already played and invited her to walk home with him, but Airi said she had something to take care of.
• Airi messaged the anonymous user who had been sending her obsessive notes and photos, and the supermarket clerk appeared to meet her.
• Airi told the clerk to stop contacting her and defended Keima when the clerk insulted him.
• Keima arrived recording the confrontation and said he had contacted security, prompting the clerk to flee.
• A Hell Creature intercepted and attacked the fleeing clerk, and Elsie descended on her broom.

Elsie captured a creature that had escaped while preparing lunch, and Keima Katsuragi helped Airi Sakura after a school store clerk harassed her. The chairman questioned Keima about the clerk’s injuries, while Masumi Kamuro watched and realized Keima was unusually strong.

• Elsie used a box of tentacles to capture the escaped creature and knocked the store clerk unconscious before leaving.
• Keima told arriving security personnel what had happened, and they took the clerk away; the clerk briefly woke up, screamed that Keima was a monster, and passed out again.
• Airi thanked Keima for protecting her, took off her glasses, and asked whether classmates would notice if she changed her appearance.
• Sae Chabashira arrived and led Keima and Airi to meet the chairman, while Masumi Kamuro secretly reported Keima’s apparent strength to herself.
• Narimori Sakayanagi questioned Keima about the clerk’s serious injuries, and Keima claimed the clerk had fallen while running away.

Keima Katsuragi secured compensation for himself and Airi Sakura after the store employee’s attack, while the chairman and Sae Chabashira remained baffled by the employee’s injuries. Keima left with information about Sakayanagi Arisu, and the chairman wondered how his presence might change the school’s balance of power.

• Narimori Sakayanagi questioned Keima Katsuragi about the badly injured store employee, but Keima insisted the man had fallen.
• Keima demanded five hundred thousand points each for himself and Airi Sakura, or permission to play games in class and release from his agreement with Sae Chabashira; Narimori accepted.
• Keima asked Narimori about Sakayanagi Arisu and learned that she liked chess and coffee.
• After Keima and Airi left, Narimori showed Sae a video of the employee shouting about a monster and admitted he knew little about Keima.
• Masumi Kamuro hurried to Sakayanagi Arisu’s room and told her what she had seen.

Sakayanagi Arisu learned that Keima Katsuragi had defeated an adult man and sent Masumi Kamuro to contact him, while Airi Sakura grew jealous and resolved to learn more about him. Back in his dorm, Keima told Elsie about his agreement with the Chairman and promised to tutor her so she would not fail.

• Masumi Kamuro told Sakayanagi Arisu that Keima Katsuragi had quickly defeated an adult man, and Sakayanagi concluded he was tied to the events involving Class D.
• Sakayanagi sent Masumi to make contact with Keima and suggested that Ryuen Kakeru might be interested in the stolen game cartridge.
• Airi Sakura worried that Shiina Hiyori might be planning a date with Keima, then read his blog and decided to learn more about him.
• Keima Katsuragi complained that Elsie's cooking had caused trouble, then explained that his agreement with the Chairman would save him points and ease worries about class exams.
• Elsie feared that she would fail and be expelled, so Keima reassured her that he would tutor her.

Keima Katsuragi reviewed his targets’ affection and prepared to meet Shiina Hiyori for a weekend outing. Airi Sakura secretly followed them toward a café, unaware that she was drawing attention and being followed herself.

• Keima Katsuragi decided the study group would continue and checked his mission cards, noting Haruka Hasebe’s and Airi Sakura’s rising affection and the changes—or lack of changes—for his other targets.
• Keima Katsuragi suspected Masumi Kamuro had told Sakayanagi Arisu about the previous evening, causing Arisu’s affection to rise to ten percent.
• Shiina Hiyori met Keima Katsuragi downstairs, pleased that they were using given names, and explained she wanted to discuss the game with him.
• Keima Katsuragi and Shiina Hiyori headed to a café while Airi Sakura followed them in disguise, determined to learn what Keima liked.
• Passersby noticed Airi Sakura acting suspiciously, while she failed to notice that someone else was following her.

Keima Katsuragi tried to spend time alone with Shiina Hiyori while Airi Sakura followed them and Masumi Kamuro watched from a distance. When Hiyori offered Keima her favorite novels, he reassured her that her interest in books had inspired him to read.

• Masumi Kamuro noticed Airi Sakura following Keima Katsuragi and paused her own tailing, suspecting Keima might have sent Sakura to distract observers.
• Keima Katsuragi spotted Airi Sakura following him and redirected Shiina Hiyori's attention as they walked to a café.
• Airi Sakura struggled to order a latte, then watched Keima and Hiyori talk about games from another table.
• Shiina Hiyori thanked Keima for their conversation and offered him several novels she had brought along to lend to someone who shared her interests.
• Keima Katsuragi declined Hiyori's books at first, then explained that she had inspired him to read and that he had already borrowed books from the library.

Keima Katsuragi bonded with Shiina Hiyori over the novels she loved, raising her affection for him, while Elsie’s attempt to distract Airi Sakura instead brought her to their table. The four ended up together at the café, leaving Keima trying to manage the awkward situation without damaging Hiyori’s feelings.

• Keima Katsuragi told Shiina Hiyori he had read all the novels she recommended and praised each one, making her feel they shared a special connection.
• Airi Sakura watched Keima and Hiyori from across the café and felt relieved that he had not accepted Hiyori’s gift.
• Elsie arrived after Keima sent her a message asking her to distract Airi, but she loudly greeted Airi and revealed her presence to Hiyori.
• Hiyori invited Elsie and Airi to join them, and Elsie sat beside Hiyori, leaving Airi to sit next to Keima.
• Airi blushed at sitting close to Keima and removed her jacket, while Keima explained her different appearance as a weekend outfit.
• Hiyori told Airi she looked pretty, and Airi lowered her head in embarrassment.

Shiina Hiyori figured out that Airi Sakura was the online blogger Shizuku, and Airi decided to tell her friends openly. Meanwhile, Teacher Chabashira tried to recruit Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to help Class D reach Class A, but he questioned her motives and grew more curious about Keima Katsuragi.

• Shiina Hiyori explained how she recognized Airi Sakura as the blogger Shizuku, and Airi admitted the truth to Hiyori and the others.
• Teacher Chabashira told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about her past and asked him to make reaching Class A his goal in exchange for her protection.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka said Katsuragi and Horikita were already working to improve the class, while Teacher Chabashira revealed that her agreement with Katsuragi had ended.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka connected the end of that agreement to the previous day's school incident and wondered whether Keima Katsuragi had planned it.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka reflected on Keima Katsuragi's ability to build relationships and change his classmates, becoming increasingly curious about him.

Ayanokoji agreed to work toward getting Class D to Class A, while Keima spent time with Hiyori and Airi. The chapter ended with Keima reassuring Airi that she was different from Hiyori.

• Ayanokoji agreed to pursue Class A and asked Chabashira what to do if he and Keima disagreed; she told him any method was acceptable if it advanced the class.
• Ayanokoji left the guidance office, noticed posts about the previous night's incident, and decided to buy a handheld console while seeking to learn more about Keima.
• After the café gathering ended, Keima arranged to walk back with Airi while Elsie left with Hiyori.
• Airi asked Keima about his closeness with Hiyori and said she wanted to try games and learn about cosplay.
• Keima recommended different games to Airi based on her interests and described Hiyori as kind and considerate.
• When Airi said Hiyori seemed better than her, Keima stopped and told her she was completely different from Hiyori.