Recaps

Keima Katsuragi entered Class D as the God of Conquest, uncovered how student behavior affected points, and negotiated permission to play games in exchange for helping the class avoid expulsions and improve its rank. As he raised Airi Sakura’s affection and began a study-group rivalry with Suzune Horikita, both groups struggled to recruit classmates.

• The creator god told Skull that the Void’s scattered power fragments would return when their hosts fell in love, and Skull chose Keima Katsuragi to lead the conquests in a parallel world.
• Keima Katsuragi met Kushida Kikyo, Suzune Horikita, and his other classmates, then noticed Kushida’s friendliness seemed to hide her true feelings.
• Keima Katsuragi earned the top score on Sae Chabashira’s quiz while Elsie scored poorly, and he sent her to the library to learn the basics of the world.
• Keima Katsuragi uncovered the S-System’s link between student behavior, allowances, and Class Points, then negotiated with Sae Chabashira for permission to play games in class in exchange for preventing expulsions and raising Class D’s rank.
• Keima Katsuragi helped Airi Sakura buy a camera, accepted her quiet personality, and learned she was the gravure-idol Shizuku, and Airi’s affection for him rose as they connected over games.
• Keima Katsuragi agreed to join Suzune Horikita’s effort to improve Class D, but challenged her to a study-group contest in which the end-of-month exam results would decide whose approach had authority.
• Airi Sakura joined Keima Katsuragi’s study group, and Kushida Kikyo agreed to join in name, while Suzune Horikita recruited Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to help her group.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka invited Ken Sudō, Haruki Yamauchi, and Kanji Ike to Horikita’s study group, but all three rejected him, and Ken Sudō took offense.

Keima Katsuragi strengthened his ties with his classmates while protecting Airi Sakura from an obsessive store clerk and negotiating new terms with the chairman. The arc left Ayanokoji Kiyotaka newly committed to reaching Class A and increasingly curious about Keima, while Airi began exploring her own interests.

• Keima Katsuragi continued his library study group, welcomed Shiina Hiyori and Haruka Hasebe, and helped the group grow more comfortable with one another.
• Suzune Horikita bought Keima Katsuragi the game he had requested, and Keima defended her to Manabu Horikita while urging her to act according to her ideals.
• Keima Katsuragi stood out during the swimming test, then collapsed from exhaustion and encountered Sakayanagi Arisu and Masumi Kamuro, who took one of his game cartridges.
• Airi Sakura confronted the supermarket clerk who had been sending her obsessive messages, and Keima Katsuragi intervened as Elsie captured an escaped Hell Creature.
• Keima Katsuragi secured five hundred thousand points each for himself and Airi Sakura, along with permission to play games in class and an end to his agreement with Sae Chabashira.
• Airi Sakura followed Keima Katsuragi and Shiina Hiyori to a café, where Hiyori recognized Airi as the blogger Shizuku and Airi admitted her identity.
• Sae Chabashira told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about her past and urged him to pursue Class A, and Ayanokoji agreed while wondering how Keima had influenced the class.
• Keima Katsuragi walked back with Airi Sakura, recommended games for her, and reassured her that she was different from Shiina Hiyori.