Chapter Summaries

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.

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.