Chapter Summaries

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.