Recaps

Kitagawa Kai interviewed applicants and filled the Student Council with loyal supporters and insiders, assigning Katsuragi Kohei and Kaneda Satoru roles on the Disciplinary Committee. Morishita Ai joined as General Affairs and followed Kitagawa with a stool, insisting she would go wherever he went.

• Kitagawa Kai accepted Katsuragi Kohei as Deputy Disciplinary Committee Chairman after explaining that Hirata Yosuke led the Disciplinary Committee.
• Katsuragi Kohei questioned whether Hirata Yosuke and he would be accepted, but agreed to take the position.
• Kitagawa Kai accepted Kaneda Satoru as a Disciplinary Committee Member, and the interviews continued as applicants including Hashimoto Masayoshi were approved.
• Morishita Ai declared her devotion to Kitagawa Kai and asked to serve as his secretary, so he assigned her the General Affairs title instead.
• Morishita Ai returned with a stool, sat beside Kitagawa Kai, and insisted on following him even when he said he was going to the bathroom.

Kitagawa Kai tried Shiranami Chihiro’s homemade cookies and discovered she had confused the sugar and salt proportions. He comforted her and went with her to the convenience store, where they ate before hearing voices near the back door.

• Shiranami Chihiro brought Kitagawa Kai a box of cookies she had baked for him.
• Kitagawa Kai tasted a cookie and learned Chihiro had used thirty percent salt and two percent sugar after reversing the proportions.
• Chihiro broke down over her mistakes, and Kai comforted her by praising her effort and promising to eat her next batch.
• Kai and Chihiro went to the convenience store, where Chihiro treated him to oden, a grilled sausage, and a tuna rice ball.
• After they finished eating and left through the store’s back door, they heard voices from around the corner.

Kitagawa Kai and Shiranami Chihiro stumbled upon Mashima Tomoya and Ishibashi Tomoko smoking together behind the convenience store, and Kai recognized their mutual interest. Mashima later asked Kai how to move things forward with Ishibashi, and Kai encouraged him to make a bold move.

• Kitagawa Kai and Shiranami Chihiro overheard Ishibashi Tomoko and Mashima Tomoya chatting while smoking behind the convenience store.
• Kitagawa Kai and Shiranami Chihiro stepped out, and their appearance left Mashima Tomoya and Ishibashi Tomoko visibly embarrassed.
• Kitagawa Kai walked Shiranami Chihiro toward the Faculty Apartment, and Mashima Tomoya followed to ask Kai for a private word.
• Mashima Tomoya asked Kitagawa Kai how to quickly deepen his relationship with Ishibashi Tomoko.
• Kitagawa Kai told Mashima Tomoya that Ishibashi likely liked him and advised him to arrange a private conversation and make a bold move.

Kitagawa Kai held his first proper Student Council meeting as president and assigned his colleagues their initial duties. Afterward, he went on supposed field research with Morishita Ai, who turned a discarded stick into his claimed property.

• Kushida Kikyo led introductions at the Student Council meeting, where Morishita Ai introduced herself as Kitagawa Kai's devoted subordinate.
• Kitagawa Kai assigned Kiriyama Ikuyo, Hirata Yosuke, and Katsuragi Kohei to restore the Disciplinary Committee, and tasked Ichinose Honami, Horikita Suzune, and Kushida Kikyo with auditing Student Council assets.
• Ichinose Honami proposed renovating the Student Council Office, and Kitagawa Kai approved her plan.
• Kitagawa Kai assigned Takenaka Kazuki and Matsushita Chiaki to review club funding, then chose Morishita Ai to accompany him on field research.
• Morishita Ai left a stick on a bench with a note claiming it as Kitagawa Kai's property and added his contact information so anyone who found it could call him.

Kitagawa Kai and Morishita Ai made little progress in their investigation before taking a nap. On Saturday, Kai went on a carefully planned date with Tachibana Akane, helped her choose a coat, and secretly reserved the other one for her as they headed to a jewelry store.

• Kitagawa Kai corrected Morishita Ai’s mistaken suspicion about a cafeteria worker, then learned she had studied adult content and imagined him while reviewing it.
• Kitagawa Kai and Morishita Ai made no substantial progress investigating and rested on a tree.
• Kitagawa Kai arrived at Keyaki Mall and met Tachibana Akane, who had arrived early and prepared a detailed date itinerary.
• Tachibana Akane asked Kai to help her choose between two trench coats, and he recommended the beige one.
• Tachibana Akane bought the beige coat, while Kitagawa Kai secretly asked the shop assistant to reserve the navy one for him to collect later.
• Tachibana Akane and Kitagawa Kai left for the jewelry store.

After spending the day shopping together, Kitagawa Kai and Tachibana Akane shared a romantic evening that led to them spending the night together. The next morning, Kai returned with breakfast and the items Akane had admired while they shopped.

• Kitagawa Kai and Tachibana Akane watched the sunset from the rooftop, where Akane asked what he liked most about her and admitted she felt the same way about him.
• Tachibana Akane took Kai to a restaurant and then led him upstairs, where they pretended to find a key card and entered a serviced apartment together.
• Tachibana Akane told Kai she had prepared for their date because she wanted one night when he belonged only to her, and they spent the night together.
• Tachibana Akane woke the next morning worried that Kai had left, then found his note saying he had gone to buy breakfast.
• Kitagawa Kai returned with breakfast and several things Akane had admired while shopping, and she teased him for claiming he had been spacing out.

In November, Kitagawa Kai lent Kamuro Masumi points and bought usage rights to four Faculty Apartment rooms for the girls to move into. After spotting Chabashira Sae following him, he tasked Morishita Ai with secretly investigating her.

• Kamuro Masumi complained about her lack of points, and Ichinose Honami lent her 10,000 points.
• Hoshinomiya Chie announced Class A's lead in class points, while Kitagawa Kai received Sakayanagi Narimori's approval to purchase Faculty Apartment usage rights.
• Kitagawa Kai told Ichinose Honami he would buy Rooms 518, 519, 521, and 522 so the girls could move in.
• Kitagawa Kai paid 400,000 points at the logistics office for the four rooms' three-year usage rights.
• Kitagawa Kai recognized Chabashira Sae following him and ordered Morishita Ai to investigate her without being noticed.

Kitagawa Kai announced that several Faculty Apartment rooms were available and inspected the transformed Student Council office. There, Hirata Yosuke explained how enforcing rules could protect Class D from expulsion.

• Kitagawa Kai messaged students about available Faculty Apartment rooms, and Chabashira Sae mistakenly received the announcement while tailing him.
• Chabashira Sae wondered whether Kitagawa Kai's message was meant for the girls and resolved to keep investigating his relationship with Hoshinomiya Chie.
• Kitagawa Kai found the Student Council office remodeled into a luxurious workspace, and Ichinose Honami blamed the unexpected design on Construction Uncle.
• Kitagawa Kai reviewed reports showing that the Disciplinary Committee and finance team had handled conflicts, cleanliness issues, and club fund irregularities.
• Hirata Yosuke told Kitagawa Kai that rules could protect classmates from expulsion, while Katsuragi Kohei and Takenaka Kazuki joined their calls of loyalty.

Kitagawa Kai left the girls to debate who should get the last bedroom in Room 520 and how to divide four new apartments. The room contest became a clash of claims and advantages, with Ichinose Honami insisting she would speak for Kai as his acknowledged girlfriend.

• Kitagawa Kai proposed drawing lots to divide the rooms, but Sakayanagi Arisu, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune rejected the idea.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Kitagawa Kai to leave so the girls could decide without him; Shiina Hiyori and Yamamura Miki followed him, saying they would not compete for the room.
• Shiranami Chihiro and Sakura Airi withdrew from the contest, while Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, Karuizawa Kei, Tachibana Akane, and Kamuro Masumi declared their intentions.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Ichinose Honami to remain neutral, but Ichinose said she would speak for Kai as his publicly acknowledged girlfriend.
• Horikita Suzune argued that working closely with Kai made her the best choice, Kushida Kikyo cited her connections, and Tachibana Akane countered that Kai already had strong links with third-year girls.

The girls argued over who would move into Room 520, then agreed to give short speeches and vote. Sakayanagi Arisu revealed she had persuaded her father to allow the room arrangement, leaving the others feeling they could not compete against her.

• Kamuro Masumi challenged Tachibana Akane’s reasoning and argued that she and the other girls had equal claims to time with Kitagawa Kai.
• After the argument continued, Ichinose Honami proposed that the girls explain their contributions and vote on who would move into Room 520.
• Horikita Suzune said she could cook for Kai, maintain the household routine, and had her family’s approval to live with him.
• Kushida Kikyo offered to share the housework, support Kai’s interests, and give him massages, while Kamuro Masumi joked that she could help restrain Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Sakayanagi Arisu revealed that she had persuaded her father to approve the purchase of the room-use rights, and Ichinose Honami thanked her on behalf of the group.

Kitagawa Kai walked with Shiina Hiyori and Yamamura Miki while the others decided who would share Room 520 with him. After Morishita Ai challenged the decision and the girls argued over their standing, Kitagawa Kai ended the dispute and finalized everyone's room assignments.

• Kitagawa Kai reassured Yamamura Miki and Shiina Hiyori during their walk as they discussed wanting to be closer to him.
• Morishita Ai reported on Chabashira Sae's movements and rushed to Room 520 after learning that the others had discussed its remaining bedroom without her.
• Morishita Ai challenged Sakayanagi Arisu for the room, and the girls began arguing over who had met or dated Kitagawa Kai first.
• Kitagawa Kai stopped the argument, called all the girls his sweethearts, and confirmed that Sakayanagi Arisu would share Room 520 with him and Ichinose Honami.
• Shiina Hiyori, Yamamura Miki, and Horikita Suzune took Room 518, while Kushida Kikyo, Sakura Airi, and Shiranami Chihiro took Room 519.
• Morishita Ai and Kamuro Masumi took Room 521, while Tachibana Akane and Karuizawa Kei took Room 522.

Hoshinomiya Chie announced the Paper Shuffle Special Exam, and Kitagawa Kai urged Class A to stop relying on him and develop its own plans. Ichinose Honami organized a classwide approach to pairing students and preparing exam questions, leaving Class A ready to handle the exam together.

• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that the new Special Exam would be Paper Shuffle, a written-test competition with a risk of expulsion for both partners.
• Class A looked to Kitagawa Kai for a strategy, but he told them to study and challenged them to act independently rather than depend on him.
• Kitagawa Kai argued that Class A had enough academic strength and resources to handle the exam without a special plan from him.
• Ichinose Honami proposed controlling scores on the upcoming quiz to avoid dangerous gaps between partners and assigning students to prepare questions by subject.
• Ichinose Honami arranged for Kanzaki Ryūji and herself to review the questions before Kitagawa Kai conducted a final review, and students volunteered for subjects.

Class B and Class C devised plans for the special exam, while Class D struggled with the risk of expulsion and its weak academic standing. The chapter left Class D without a clear solution as Hirata considered how to prepare.

• Sakayanagi Arisu told Class B to prepare difficult final-exam questions and target Class A, while Katsuragi Kohei worried about their chances.
• Ryuen Kakeru asked Shiina Hiyori to assess the exam; she predicted the classes would manipulate quiz scores and said Class C should target Class D.
• Ryuen Kakeru reviewed a list of girls close to Kitagawa Kai and hinted that Kitagawa’s relationships would become his downfall.
• Class D students panicked over the exam’s expulsion rules, and Yukimura Teruhiko warned that their poor past results left even strong students in danger.
• Kushida Kikyo urged Class D to study seriously, while Hirata Yosuke stayed silent and considered how to solve their problem.

Chabashira Sae tried to find leverage against Kitagawa Kai by searching school records, but Sakayanagi Narimori stopped her from accessing Sakayanagi Arisu's file and warned her not to investigate Kai's relationships. Kai learned that Chabashira had gone to a bar and later left the Student Council Office, while Chabashira drank and complained about him to the bar owner.

• Chabashira Sae searched Kitagawa Kai's file and those of girls connected to him, then tried to open Sakayanagi Arisu's personal file.
• Sakayanagi Narimori called Chabashira Sae, ordered her to close the file, and warned her not to investigate Kitagawa Kai or his relationships.
• Chabashira Sae went to the Green Tangerine Bar after realizing her chance to use the information against Kai was gone.
• Kitagawa Kai received a report that Chabashira Sae was at the bar and told Corporal Morishita to keep watching her without being noticed.
• Kitagawa Kai left the Student Council Office after suggesting that Ichinose Honami and Horikita Suzune recruit Matsushita Chiaki, Hirata, and Katsuragi to help with the draft.
• Chabashira Sae drank at the bar and told its owner about a student close to several girls, letting slip the names Sakayanagi Narimori and Kitagawa Kai.

Morishita Ai reported that Chabashira Sae was drinking at the Green Tangerine Bar, and Kitagawa Kai kissed Ai before going inside to check on her. He carried Sae out when she refused to leave, unaware she had secretly started recording him to uncover what he knew.

• Morishita Ai told Kitagawa Kai that Chabashira Sae was in the bar and described her as vulnerable and conflicted about him.
• Kitagawa Kai kissed Morishita Ai as a reward, raising her affection level, and promoted her to Lieutenant Morishita.
• Kitagawa Kai found Chabashira Sae drinking and stopped her from taking another drink.
• Chabashira Sae challenged Kitagawa Kai to carry her out, and he scooped her into his arms.
• Chabashira Sae secretly switched on a Voice Recorder, hoping the intimate situation would make Kitagawa Kai reveal information.

Chabashira Sae tried to record Kitagawa Kai admitting that Hoshinomiya Chie was his girlfriend, but Kitagawa secretly disabled her recorder. Chabashira believed she had secured leverage until she played the recording and discovered what had happened.

• Chabashira Sae questioned Kitagawa Kai about his relationship with Hoshinomiya and secretly recorded their conversation.
• Chabashira kissed Kitagawa, and he covertly switched off the Voice Recorder in her coat pocket.
• Kitagawa admitted that Hoshinomiya Chie was his girlfriend, then played along when Chabashira offered him incentives to transfer to Class D.
• Chabashira refused to let Kitagawa into her room and said she would keep their encounter secret as he left.
• Chabashira checked the Voice Recorder and played the latest file, then angrily realized Kitagawa had thwarted her.

After Kitagawa Kai returned to Room 520 from taking Chabashira Sae home, Ichinose Honami and Sakayanagi Arisu questioned him about her scent. The next morning, Kai and Sae shared a secret kiss at school before the bell, and her affection for him increased.

• Kitagawa Kai received a message from Lieutenant Morishita and called his encounter with Chabashira Sae a resounding victory.
• Back in Room 520, Ichinose Honami and Sakayanagi Arisu detected Chabashira's scent on Kai and questioned him about taking her home.
• The next morning, Kai met Chabashira Sae in the elevator, and they agreed that nothing had happened the night before.
• At a blind spot in the school building's surveillance, Kai kissed Chabashira, who eventually clutched his clothes before the class bell rang.
• Chabashira told Kai they were even, her affection level rose to 73, and she entered Class D with an unusually light air.

Class D planned for the upcoming quiz, but Yukimura Teruhiko secretly urged classmates to score as low as possible to expose weaker students. Meanwhile, Ryuen Kakeru studied Kitagawa Kai’s relationships and believed he had found a way to defeat him.

• Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune asked Class D to coordinate quiz scores so stronger and weaker students could be paired and avoid expulsion.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka watched the meeting and privately suspected that the plan would not go smoothly.
• Yukimura Teruhiko secretly gathered classmates and proposed that they deliberately score poorly or submit blank papers to expose students with weak academic ability.
• Yukimura told the group to keep their plan from Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune, and the hesitant students stayed with him.
• Ryuen Kakeru showed Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert photos of Kitagawa Kai with girls and said Kitagawa’s greatest strength was the trust people placed in him.
• Ryuen declared that he had found a weakness in Kitagawa Kai.

Ryuen Kakeru tasked Kaneda Satoru with gathering evidence of Kitagawa Kai’s relationships, but Kitagawa turned the assignment into a way to feed Ryuen misleading information and investigate his sources. That evening, Kitagawa joined Horikita Suzune, Karuizawa Kei, and Ichinose Honami at dinner, where they prepared tangyuan.

• Ryuen Kakeru told Ishizaki Daichi that evidence of Kitagawa Kai’s relationships could be used to cause him trouble, and sent Kaneda Satoru to investigate.
• Kaneda Satoru warned Kitagawa Kai that Ryuen had asked him to take photos of Kitagawa with the Student Council girls.
• Kitagawa Kai told Kaneda Satoru to continue the assignment, promised to provide easy-to-photograph moments with Suzune and the others, and asked him to trace the photos’ source.
• Kitagawa Kai gave Kaneda Satoru an anonymous card loaded with 100,000 points, prompting Kaneda to declare his loyalty to the president.
• At the faculty apartment, Karuizawa Kei teased Horikita Suzune for studying before duty, while Kitagawa Kai joined them.
• Ichinose Honami brought out tangyuan, and Kitagawa Kai urged everyone to eat before their physical work.

Sakayanagi Arisu struggled with her impatience to get closer to Kitagawa Kai and invited him to play Chinese Chess. After Kitagawa met Himeno Yuki in the rain and walked home with her, her affection for him increased.

• Sakayanagi Arisu stayed awake, frustrated that she had not taken the next step with Kitagawa Kai, while Kamuro Masumi teased her the next morning.
• Sakayanagi Arisu messaged Kitagawa Kai and arranged to play Chinese Chess with him that night.
• Kitagawa Kai met Mashima Tomoya and Ishibashi Tomoko at the convenience store, where he noticed Mashima was awkwardly trying to spend time with Tomoko.
• Himeno Yuki arrived with an umbrella, and Kitagawa Kai persuaded her to share it with him on the walk home.
• Himeno Yuki joked that she might have fallen for Kitagawa Kai if he were not already involved with Honami, and her affection level rose to 69.

Kitagawa Kai and Sakayanagi Arisu spent the night together after Ichinose Honami left them alone, and they confessed their love for each other. Meanwhile, Honami stayed in Room 518 with the other girls, where they discussed Hiyori's place in Kai's future.

• Ichinose Honami left Room 520 to spend the night with Suzune and the others, leaving Kitagawa Kai and Sakayanagi Arisu alone.
• Sakayanagi Arisu wore her maid outfit and played chess with Kitagawa Kai, reminding him that she still owed him the end of their earlier wager.
• Kitagawa Kai and Sakayanagi Arisu put aside the chess game, confessed their love, and spent the night together.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Kitagawa Kai to go to the other girls, but he told her he would stay with her that night.
• In Room 518, Horikita Suzune bluntly explained that Kai and Arisu were together, and Yamamura Miki suggested Shiina Hiyori might soon be the only one besides Morishita who had not been with Kai.

Kitagawa Kai finished the quiz easily and exchanged teasing messages with Chabashira Sae, while Horikita Suzune grew suspicious of Class D students struggling with the easy questions. At a Student Council meeting, Kitagawa heard about ongoing discipline and reform work, then reassured an overworked Katsuragi Kohei that he could take things slowly.

• Kitagawa Kai finished the Class A quiz early and teased Chabashira Sae over their Terminal messages.
• Chabashira Sae vented to Hoshinomiya Chie, then messaged Kitagawa Kai again and received a joke about her being on her period.
• Horikita Suzune noticed Yukimura Teruhiko and other strong students struggling with the Class D quiz and questioned Yukimura about it.
• Kiriyama Ikuyo and Ichinose Honami reported progress on campus discipline and the Student Council's reform measures at a meeting led by Kitagawa Kai.
• Kitagawa Kai spoke privately with Katsuragi Kohei, told him to prioritize class matters and rest, and reassured him about the workload.

Kitagawa Kai realized Yukimura Teruhiko and other Class D students had deliberately performed poorly on a quiz, putting Sakura Airi and Karuizawa Kei at risk of expulsion. Later, Hoshinomiya Chie proposed a plan to provoke Chabashira Sae, and Kai agreed to play along.

• Horikita Suzune told Kitagawa Kai she suspected Yukimura Teruhiko and the others had pretended not to know quiz answers, and Kai inferred they wanted to disrupt Class D's pairings and get weak students expelled.
• Horikita Suzune realized Sakura Airi and Karuizawa Kei could be endangered, while Kai decided to wait for the pairing results before acting.
• Kushida Kikyo learned Airi might face expulsion, grew furious at Yukimura Teruhiko, and agreed to urge Hirata to seek Kai out if he became unstable.
• Kitagawa Kai told Hoshinomiya Chie he could handle Chabashira Sae himself, but Chie proposed inviting Sae for drinks and provoking her by having Kai act intimate with Chie and cold toward Sae.
• Kitagawa Kai questioned whether Chie's plan would hurt Sae's feelings, then went along with it.

Chabashira Sae visited Hoshinomiya Chie for drinks, where Chie flaunted her closeness with Kitagawa Kai. After Kai escorted Chie to bed and left with Sae, Sae realized Chie had staged the evening to get them alone and invited Kai to her room for tea.

• Hoshinomiya Chie invited Chabashira Sae to Room 802 and bragged about Class A and Kitagawa Kai.
• Kitagawa Kai arrived with drinks and snacks for Chie, then focused on her while leaving Sae out of their conversation.
• Chie pretended to become drunk, and Kai helped her to bed before tidying up and preparing to leave with Sae.
• Sae noticed Kai was treating her formally and teased him about calling her Kozue.
• Sae realized Chie had likely pretended to be drunk to send them away, then invited Kai to her room for tea.

Kitagawa Kai spent the night in Chabashira Sae’s room, where she fell asleep beside him after their affection deepened. On Thursday, quiz results and final exam matchups were announced, leaving Class B upbeat and Class D alarmed by its scores.

• Chabashira Sae pulled Kitagawa Kai into Room 606, but she had no tea, so they sat together on the sofa instead.
• Chabashira Sae fell asleep in Kitagawa Kai’s arms, and he carried her to bed and kissed her forehead without taking advantage of her.
• The quiz results and matchup list were announced, placing Classes A and B against each other and Classes C and D against each other.
• Ichinose Honami’s class celebrated its results and began discussing preparation for the Final Exam against Class B.
• Class D’s students reacted with dismay to the projected results, worrying about their low scores and assigned partners.