Recaps

After the Final Exam, Kitagawa Kai arranged staff for an off-campus team-building trip and recruited Mashima Tomoya, who agreed to go once Ishibashi Tomoko was invited too. The trip was set to leave on Sunday, with the group preparing to spend Christmas Eve in Izu.

• Kitagawa Kai worked out with the girls and noticed that Ibuki Mio had stopped coming to the activity room.
• Himeno Yuki watched the girls kiss Kitagawa Kai and went to discuss a peculiar idea with Morishita Ai.
• Kitagawa Kai planned to split the team-building participants into two groups and selected Mashima Tomoya to accompany Kiriyama Ikuyo’s group.
• Kitagawa Kai arrived at a café and found Mashima Tomoya and Ishibashi Tomoko sharing an affectionate breakfast.
• Kitagawa Kai invited Ishibashi Tomoko to join the trip as support staff, and Mashima Tomoya agreed to go.
• Kitagawa Kai told Mashima Tomoya that the trip would leave on Sunday.

After Class B won the second-year Special Exam and took 100 Class Points from Class A, Kitagawa Kai announced a four-day, three-night Student Council trip to the Izu Peninsula over winter break. The members eagerly accepted the trip and its sponsored spending money, while Kitagawa arranged for the former president to handle Council work in their absence.

• Kiriyama Ikuyo told Kitagawa Kai that Class B had beaten Class A in the second-year Special Exam, aided by Nagumo Miyabi's weakened influence.
• Kitagawa Kai and Kiriyama Ikuyo joined the Student Council's final semester meeting, where department heads reported their work and winter-break plans.
• Kitagawa Kai announced a four-day, three-night Student Council trip to the Izu Peninsula, with Kiriyama leading one group and Kitagawa leading the other.
• Kitagawa Kai explained that the school would cover basic costs and the Suzuki Conglomerate would give each student at least 100,000 yen in spending money.
• Kitagawa Kai told the members to follow their group leaders and keep information about Advanced Nurturing confidential; no one objected to joining.
• When Katsuragi Kohei asked who would handle Council duties during the trip, Kitagawa Kai said the former president would take charge temporarily.

Kitagawa Kai arranged for Horikita Manabu to cover urgent Student Council business while the council went on a four-day trip to the Izu Peninsula. He announced the trip to the girls and left them planning the itinerary, while promising to handle invitations to the other girls himself.

• Kitagawa Kai asked Horikita Manabu to handle urgent Student Council business during the council's four-day trip, and Horikita Manabu agreed after protesting.
• Kitagawa Kai gathered the girls at Room 520 and announced their Sunday departure for a four-day, three-night trip to the Izu Peninsula.
• Karuizawa Kei, Sakura Airi, and Hoshinomiya Chie eagerly suggested activities for the trip.
• Kitagawa Kai assigned Ichinose Honami and Horikita Suzune to plan the route, with Sakayanagi Arisu and Shiina Hiyori helping.
• Kushida Kikyo, Karuizawa Kei, Ichinose Honami, and Morishita Ai asked whether Hasebe, Matsushita, Mako, Ibuki, and Asahina would join, and Kitagawa Kai said he would handle the invitations.

Kitagawa Kai invited several girls on a trip, then visited Chabashira Sae and Hoshinomiya Chie for an intimate evening in Chie’s room. The chapter ended with both women reacting strongly when he called them his wives.

• Kitagawa Kai invited Hasebe, Amikura Mako, and Ibuki Mio on the trip, while Asahina Nazuna only said she would think about it.
• Ibuki Mio sounded weak and claimed she had caught a chill, leaving Kitagawa Kai puzzled by her recent behavior.
• Hoshinomiya Chie summoned Kitagawa Kai to Room 802, where Chabashira Sae admitted she had missed him.
• Kitagawa Kai kissed Chabashira Sae and Hoshinomiya Chie, then the three applied skincare cream and playfully cuddled on the sofa.
• Hoshinomiya Chie asked Kitagawa Kai to call her his wife, and Chabashira Sae also trembled when he called her his wife.

Kitagawa Kai persuaded Asahina Nazuna to join the winter break fieldwork as a divination consultant, then secured the school's approval for the trip. With the participants and off-campus arrangements confirmed, he contacted the Suzuki Conglomerate to request its help.

• Kitagawa Kai met Asahina Nazuna and convinced her to join the Izu trip as a special consultant on divination.
• Asahina Nazuna accepted the trip invitation and joined the discussion group after Kitagawa Kai described Izu's matchmaking divination.
• Kitagawa Kai received Kiriyama Ikuyo's final participant list, confirming that every Student Council member would attend.
• Hashimoto Minami contacted Sakayanagi Narimori, who authorized the Logistics Office to process Kitagawa Kai's four-day off-campus fieldwork application.
• Hashimoto Minami approved the application, and Kitagawa Kai received the Off-Campus Leave Permit.
• Kitagawa Kai called the Suzuki Conglomerate, whose butler reported that his holdings had risen to eight percent and asked what arrangements he needed.

Kitagawa Kai arranged a private, luxurious trip to Izu and confirmed that Suzuki Sonoko existed, but decided not to get involved with Beika Town. On Friday, Class 1-A learned that everyone had passed the PaperShuffle exam but lost its contest with Class B by twelve points, and Ichinose Honami rallied the class to keep improving.

• Kitagawa Kai instructed his butler to arrange buses, a private hotel, meals, reservations, assistants, and cash for a four-day Izu trip.
• Kitagawa Kai learned that Suzuki Sonoko attended Teitan High School, concluded that Conan and Beika Town were part of his world, and chose to stay uninvolved.
• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that every Class 1-A student had passed the PaperShuffle exam, but the class lost to Class B by twelve points and forfeited one hundred Class Points.
• Ichinose Honami apologized to Kitagawa Kai, who reassured her that the class had made progress and that everyone passing mattered most.
• Ichinose Honami urged Class 1-A not to lose heart, and the students regained their resolve to study and win next time.

Class B celebrated its final-exam victory over Class A, but Sakayanagi Arisu warned that the narrow margin showed they could not rely on academics alone. Afterward, Amikura Mako thanked Kitagawa Kai for tutoring her and invited him to collect a gift she had prepared.

• Mashima Tomoya announced that Class B beat Class A by twelve points on the final exam and gained one hundred class points, updating the class rankings.
• Katsuragi Kohei and Sakayanagi Arisu recognized how close the academic averages were, and Sakayanagi cautioned Class B against complacency.
• Ryuen Kakeru was frustrated that Class C scored only 791 despite having the test papers and model answers in advance.
• Amikura Mako stopped Kitagawa Kai after homeroom and asked to speak with him, so Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro took Himeno Yuki to the Shopping Center.
• Amikura Mako credited Kitagawa Kai's tutoring for her improved exam score and said she had prepared a thank-you gift in her room.

Kitagawa Kai teased Amikura Mako about the couples’ earmuffs she gave him, and she reluctantly agreed to wear her matching pair on Sunday. Later, Horikita Suzune sparred with a feverish Ibuki Mio, who said she had made up for her earlier win over Horikita before heading home to rest.

• Amikura Mako gave Kitagawa Kai dark gray earmuffs from a couples’ limited edition and fitted them over his ears.
• Kitagawa Kai teased Amikura Mako about the gift and asked her to wear her matching earmuffs on Sunday.
• Amikura Mako’s affection level for Kitagawa Kai increased by three, reaching 72.
• Ibuki Mio returned to the activity room and challenged Horikita Suzune to spar despite appearing unwell.
• Horikita Suzune easily threw Ibuki Mio, who said she had repaid her earlier victory over Horikita and would recover after sleeping.
• Horikita Suzune realized Ibuki Mio had a fever and asked whether it had gone to her head.

After Ibuki Mio collapsed from a high fever following her spar with Horikita Suzune, Kitagawa Kai took her to the infirmary and helped her take medicine. While Ibuki slept, Kai reassured Suzune about their Izu trip and gave her a massage, leaving her privately convinced she had won against Chiaki.

• Ibuki Mio stood after losing to Horikita Suzune, then collapsed with a fever.
• Kitagawa Kai carried Ibuki to the infirmary, where the school doctor diagnosed an upper respiratory infection and prescribed rest, fluids, and fever medicine.
• Kai helped Ibuki take the medicine, and she soon fell asleep; he told Suzune that Ibuki would likely recover in time for the Izu trip.
• Kai trusted Suzune's travel plans and noticed she was tired from her workload and training.
• Suzune accepted Kai's offer of a massage and privately decided that Kai massaging her after Chiaki massaged him counted as her complete victory.

Ibuki Mio recovered from her fever, but Kitagawa Kai insisted she stay in Room 520 so someone could watch over her. After he settled her in his bedroom, she discovered costumes in his wardrobe and accused him of keeping them there to shock girls.

• Ibuki Mio woke to find Kitagawa Kai watching over her with Horikita Suzune asleep in his arms, and her fever had fallen to 37.2 degrees.
• Kitagawa Kai and Horikita Suzune overruled Ibuki Mio's protest and decided she would stay in Room 520.
• Kitagawa Kai carried Ibuki Mio to Room 520, where Ichinose Honami welcomed her and Sakayanagi Arisu remarked on her unusual arrivals.
• After dinner, Ibuki Mio changed into pajamas and Kitagawa Kai showed her to his bedroom for the night.
• Ibuki Mio found costumes, animal ears, tails, and socks in Kitagawa Kai's wardrobe, then confronted him about keeping them there.

After Kitagawa Kai reassured Ibuki Mio and she recovered enough to return to her dorm, the girls finished preparing for their trip to Izu. That night, Himeno Yuki slipped into Kitagawa Kai’s bed, and he comforted her doubts about whether he wanted to be close to her before they fell asleep.

• Kitagawa Kai reassured Ibuki Mio that she was wonderful and said good night, raising her affection level to 72.
• Ibuki Mio recovered from her fever, took her medicine, and returned to her dorm to pack.
• Kitagawa Kai helped the girls prepare for their trip, then went to bed early before their morning departure.
• Himeno Yuki entered Kitagawa Kai’s room at night and cuddled with him, claiming she had mistaken his room for the wrong one.
• Himeno Yuki asked whether Kitagawa Kai found her attractive, and he reassured her that he cared for her and wanted her to enjoy the trip.
• Himeno Yuki admitted she had come to make sure Kitagawa Kai wanted to be close to her, and he comforted her until she fell asleep.

Kitagawa Kai and a large group of students and staff prepared to leave on a winter-break outing, while their friends teased one another and Sakayanagi Narimori warned Kitagawa to keep everyone safe. The group departed with Sakayanagi Arisu reassuring her father that she would enjoy the trip and bring him a present.

• Kiriyama Ikuyo and Kitagawa Kai gathered their groups outside the school gates before the outing, while Morishita Ai, Hasebe Haruka, and Amikura Mako joked with their friends.
• Kushida Kikyo mentioned that only one room remained empty in the Faculty Apartment, prompting Amikura Mako and Hasebe Haruka to exchange serious glances toward Ibuki Mio and the senior girls.
• Hoshinomiya Chie congratulated Ishibashi Tomoko on her relationship with Mashima Tomoya, and Ishibashi credited Kitagawa Kai with helping them.
• Sakayanagi Narimori arrived to see the group off and warned Kitagawa Kai to ensure everyone's safety; Kitagawa said the Suzuki Conglomerate had arranged everything.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told her father she would have fun, said Kitagawa would not bully her, and promised to bring him a present.

Kitagawa Kai organized the class’s four-day trip and introduced the students to the luxurious buses arranged for them. As everyone boarded, Hasebe Haruka sat beside him, while Matsushita Chiaki and Karuizawa Kei settled in together.

• Tominaga Misa and Nakane Chihiro reported that the buses and supplies were ready, and Kitagawa Kai reminded the students to prioritize safety and enjoy the trip.
• The students boarded the buses and exclaimed over their lavish interiors, which included massage seats, entertainment systems, a bar, and a restroom.
• Kitagawa Kai and the teachers, Chabashira Sae and Hoshinomiya Chie, explored the bus and teased him about his reaction to its luxury.
• Kitagawa Kai took a seat in the front row, and Hasebe Haruka promptly sat beside him, saying she liked the view and wanted to avoid getting carsick.
• Matsushita Chiaki regretted not sitting near Kitagawa Kai, then made peace with Karuizawa Kei by offering to play a game together.

Tominaga Misa distributed smartwatches that tracked the students and gave them travel spending allowances, explaining that Sakayanagi Arisu had won the grand prize. The girls celebrated, while several realized Kitagawa Kai had arranged the draw to give them money without making them feel pressured to accept a direct gift.

• Tominaga Misa gave the students smartwatches with tracking, emergency, communication, and payment functions, and explained that their remaining allowances would be cleared after the trip.
• Tominaga Misa said Sakayanagi Arisu had won the grand prize, giving her group the highest travel allowance, while Kiriyama's group received an increased allowance of one hundred and twenty thousand yen per person.
• The previous evening, Kitagawa Kai asked Sakayanagi Arisu to press the draw button, and she won the grand prize.
• Kitagawa Kai told Sakayanagi Arisu that he had arranged the prize draw so the girls could accept his generosity without feeling pressured by a direct gift.
• Several girls suspected Kitagawa Kai had arranged the result but chose not to expose him, while Hoshinomiya Chie defended spending the allowance as her man's money.

On the bus to Izu, Kitagawa Kai sang for the girls before Hasebe Haruka teased him and ended up wrestling with him under a blanket. Their playful encounter left Hasebe’s affection for Kai at 72 as the bus continued its lively trip.

• Kamuro Masumi and the other girls persuaded Kitagawa Kai to sing, and he dedicated his love song to everyone on the bus.
• Hasebe Haruka asked who Kai had been singing to, and he avoided naming anyone by dedicating the song to all the girls.
• After the girls began singing, Kai exposed Hasebe’s feigned sleep and asked how he should punish her.
• Kai tickled Hasebe under a blanket, accidentally brushed her chest, and apologized; Hasebe then teased him and asked whether he wanted to try again.
• Hasebe grabbed Kai’s arm after he offered to let her touch his muscles, and he gave in when she threatened to tell the others; her affection level rose to 72.

Miyabi Nagumo fumed over Kitagawa Kai taking a group off campus and decided to go to the Student Council Office himself. Meanwhile, Kitagawa Kai and the others arrived at Tsukiniwa Onsen Resort, where they prepared to disembark and begin their winter break trip.

• Miyabi Nagumo learned that Kitagawa Kai had taken dozens of people off campus and ordered his subordinate to find the Student Council something to do.
• After his subordinate hesitated, Miyabi Nagumo decided to visit the Student Council Office himself.
• On the bus, Kitagawa Kai and Hasebe Haruka woke up in each other's arms after spending time together beneath a blanket.
• Tominaga Misa told the group they had entered Tsukiniwa Valley, and the passengers admired the quiet mountain scenery and Moon Court Lake.
• Sakayanagi Arisu hoped for snow, while Shiina Hiyori explained that snow was possible in the valley.
• As the bus reached the resort, Hasebe Haruka looked forward to the Splendid Alfonsino Set Meal and seasonal dessert, and Tominaga Misa asked everyone to check their belongings before getting off.

Kitagawa Kai and the girls arrived at Moon Court Villa, settled into their suites, and gathered for a lavish lunch. As Ichinose Honami, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kushida Kikyo took turns feeding Kai, he decided to stop eating one bite at a time and enjoy the meal properly.

• Kitagawa Kai and the girls arrived at Moon Court Villa, where the manager welcomed them and staff carried in their luggage.
• Ibuki Mio's suitcase proved too heavy for one staff member because it was packed with exercise equipment, which she had brought without reading the itinerary.
• Ichinose Honami offered to carry her own luggage, but Chabashira Sae explained that doing so could cause trouble for the hotel staff.
• Kitagawa Kai, Ichinose Honami, and Sakayanagi Arisu took the Moon Court Suite while the other girls settled into their assigned second-floor rooms.
• Kitagawa Kai gathered the girls for lunch, where Ichinose Honami, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kushida Kikyo fed him dishes from the table.
• Kitagawa Kai complained that being fed one bite at a time was unsatisfying and prepared to eat the meal himself.

Kitagawa Kai ate an enormous lunch at the Tsukitei Hotel before returning to the suite with Ichinose Honami and Sakayanagi Arisu to rest and get ready for an afternoon visit to Shuzenji Temple. On the bus, he sat beside Shiina Hiyori, while Morishita Ai invited Yamamura Miki to join her for an adventure.

• Kitagawa Kai ordered extra portions and ate until every dish was gone, earning the head chef's admiration and a promise that the kitchen would keep serving him.
• Kitagawa Kai returned to the Moon Court Suite with Ichinose Honami and Sakayanagi Arisu, then showered and got dressed for the outing.
• Ichinose Honami and Sakayanagi Arisu chose a practical outfit for Kitagawa Kai before the group met outside the Moon Court Villa at one o'clock.
• Kitagawa Kai boarded the bus and took the empty seat beside Shiina Hiyori, who was glad he had noticed it.
• Yamamura Miki looked for another seat after seeing Shiina Hiyori focused on Kitagawa Kai, and Morishita Ai beckoned her to sit with her.

On the bus to Shuzenji Temple, Kitagawa Kai and Shiina Hiyori played a deduction game, and Hiyori outsmarted him in both rounds. She explained that she guessed his answer by carefully observing him, leaving Kai wondering how closely his girlfriend watched him.

• Shiina Hiyori showed Kitagawa Kai that she was reading The Tale of Shuzenji and teased him about being a womanizer.
• Hiyori chose John Watson as her mystery figure, and Kai guessed Sherlock Holmes after learning that the character had lived at 221B Baker Street.
• Kai wrote down Sun Wukong, and Hiyori identified him in seven questions by narrowing down the clues.
• Hiyori explained that she read Kai's reactions and writing habits to infer his answer, then held his hand and said she knew him well because she watched him closely.
• Kai wondered if Hiyori was an obsessive girl, and she denied it while accusing him of acting as if she could read minds.

At Tokko-no-Yu, Morishita Ai tried to put her foot in the protected spring, believing it held ancient power, but Himeno Yuki stopped her. Kitagawa Kai redirected Ai toward a nearby footbath, and Ai then recruited Yamamura Miki for a mysterious plan B while allowing Yuki to tag along.

• Tominaga Misa explained the legend of Kūkai creating Tokko-no-Yu, and Morishita Ai decided the spring might grant her power.
• Morishita Ai tried to put her bare foot in the spring, but Himeno Yuki grabbed her and warned that foot soaking was prohibited.
• Kitagawa Kai told Ai that a nearby Footbath might contain diluted power from the spring, persuading her to put her shoe back on.
• Morishita Ai reproached Himeno Yuki for blocking her supposed path to godhood, then chose Yamamura Miki to join her team.
• Morishita Ai asked Yamamura Miki to follow the forest's guidance for plan B, and she reluctantly let Himeno Yuki come along.

Kitagawa Kai and Shiina Hiyori discussed the tragic tale of Katsura and Yoriie, then shared a kiss and reaffirmed their commitment to their relationship. After the group left Shuzenji Temple and reached the Bridges of Love, one of the girls objected to treating them as ordinary bridges.

• Shiina Hiyori explained how Katsura sacrificed herself to protect Minamoto no Yoriie, and Kitagawa Kai criticized the Yasha King for focusing on his work as his daughter lay dying.
• Kitagawa Kai said he would confront the Hojo directly rather than let anyone sacrifice herself, and told Hiyori that she was his Katsura but he would not be a useless Yoriie.
• Shiina Hiyori kissed Kitagawa Kai with lip balm and told him she would keep walking the path she had chosen, urging him to keep moving forward too.
• The girls reunited with Tominaga Misa and left the temple, then read about the five Bridges of Love beside the Katsura River.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Ichinose Honami suggested treating the bridges as ordinary bridges, but an unidentified girl voiced a different opinion.

At Tiger Creek Bridge, Hasebe Haruka invited Kitagawa Kai to cross with her, and he included several other girls while promising to express his feelings to each of them at the right time. Asahina Nazuna explained the bridge’s romantic folk customs, and Hasebe asked her to tell fortunes for her and Kitagawa.

• Asahina Nazuna stepped onto Tiger Creek Bridge, hoping Kitagawa Kai would follow her for a private stroll.
• Hasebe Haruka invited Kitagawa Kai to cross the bridge with her, and he took her hand before inviting Amikura Mako, Matsushita Chiaki, and Ibuki Mio along.
• Kitagawa stopped Hasebe from prompting him to confess to everyone and promised to tell each girl how he felt when the right moment came.
• Ibuki agreed to meet Kitagawa at any time and place, prompting Asahina and Amikura to hurry everyone across the bridge.
• Asahina explained the bridge’s romantic customs and how crossing together could symbolize overcoming obstacles in a relationship.
• Hasebe asked Asahina to tell her fortune with Kitagawa, and Asahina asked what she wanted to know.

The group crossed Tiger Creek Bridge, where Amikura Mako stumbled and ended up holding Kitagawa Kai’s hand, while Matsushita Chiaki wondered how to get closer to him. They reached the Bamboo Grove Path and reunited with Ichinose Honami, but Kitagawa noticed that Lieutenant Colonel Morishita and Miki were missing.

• Hasebe Haruka asked Asahina Nazuna to divine when she and Kitagawa Kai would make their relationship official, and Nazuna said she needed proper tools and conditions.
• Amikura Mako tried to make her and Kitagawa’s shadows hold hands, stumbled, and was caught by him; she then held his hand across the bridge and gained three affection points.
• Matsushita Chiaki considered copying Mako’s awkward steps to get closer to Kitagawa, but gave up after one step.
• After crossing Tiger Creek Bridge, Amikura released Kitagawa’s hand, and Hasebe said she had kept him in mind during the walk.
• The group admired the bamboo grove and joined the others at its entrance, where Ichinose welcomed them; Kitagawa noticed Lieutenant Colonel Morishita and Miki were absent.

Kitagawa Kai followed Morishita Ai and Yamamura Miki into a bamboo grove, where Morishita helped Miki learn to control her ability to conceal her presence. Miki successfully made herself nearly impossible to locate, but she still noticed Kai hiding nearby.

• Ichinose Honami and the other girls realized Lan and Miki had gone missing, and Kitagawa Kai tracked their location to a bamboo grove.
• Kitagawa Kai reached a secluded clearing and watched Morishita Ai coach Yamamura Miki in using her ability to conceal herself.
• Morishita Ai urged Miki to accept her ability and practice controlling it instead of rushing to change herself.
• Yamamura Miki followed the instructions and became difficult for Kitagawa Kai to locate, even though her ring's signal remained nearby.
• Yamamura Miki discovered she could adjust the strength of her ability and spotted Kitagawa Kai hiding behind the bamboo.

Kitagawa Kai helped Yamamura Miki learn to control her presence, making her easier for others to notice. After reprimanding Miki and Morishita Ai for wandering off, he rejoined the group, and they continued their trip toward a gift-picking game.

• Yamamura Miki successfully controlled her ability, and Kitagawa Kai praised her while Morishita Ai demanded recognition too.
• Kitagawa Kai scolded Miki and Morishita Ai for leaving without telling anyone, then forbade them from asking him for hugs for a week.
• The group noticed that Miki now stood out more, while she decided to keep her newfound ability quiet until she understood it better.
• The girls continued along the Bamboo Grove Path, returned to Hot Spring Street, and Ichinose Honami introduced a gift-picking game.