Recaps

Kitagawa Kai explained that Horikita Manabu had entrusted him with checking on Horikita Suzune because she was losing herself by trying to imitate her brother. After confronting Suzune with her loneliness, Kai held her as she admitted she was not all right, then explained why Manabu could not intervene himself.

• Horikita Suzune confronted Kitagawa Kai at the convenience store about why he had Horikita Manabu's phone.
• Kai told Suzune that Manabu had asked him to check on her and that he had added them to each other's contacts.
• At Kai's dorm, he questioned whether Suzune had taken the wrong path by always following her brother's example.
• Kai called Suzune an orphan trying to imitate Manabu's aloofness, leaving her stunned.
• Kai pulled Suzune into an embrace, and she admitted she was not all right.
• Kai explained that Manabu recognized Suzune's struggles and loneliness but could not directly guide her back toward her own path.

Kitagawa Kai comforted Horikita Suzune with dinner, then traded exam advice for a six-month lunch arrangement and asked her to befriend Kushida Kikyo. Kushida obtained past midterm papers, while she privately doubted Horikita’s claim that she and Kitagawa were only friends.

• Kitagawa Kai invited Horikita Suzune to share dinner, and she enjoyed his cooking as her affection for him increased.
• Horikita Suzune offered to cook for Kitagawa in exchange for advice on passing the midterms, and they agreed to a six-month arrangement.
• Kitagawa Kai asked Horikita Suzune to befriend Kushida Kikyo, who could help obtain past exam papers from upperclassmen.
• Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo formed a superficially friendly partnership, and Kushida quickly procured the past papers.
• At a café, Kushida Kikyo asked Horikita Suzune about her relationship with Kitagawa Kai, and Horikita said they were just friends.
• Kushida Kikyo privately doubted Horikita Suzune’s answer because she had seen Horikita leaving Kitagawa’s dorm room alone.

Kitagawa Kai spent his Student Council duty processing club requests and teased Tachibana Akane before leaving for lunch. He returned that afternoon with snacks, drinks, and a chess set, inviting her to relax together.

• Horikita Manabu ended the Student Council meeting by reminding everyone to prepare for next Thursday's first-year recruitment.
• Tachibana Akane stopped Kitagawa Kai and assigned him a thick stack of club reports, funding requests, appeals, and disputes to review.
• Kitagawa Kai rejected or annotated the documents, including a Soccer Club request he judged excessive, and finished the stack before noon.
• Tachibana Akane praised Kitagawa Kai's work, and he teased her about spending the afternoon alone before leaving for lunch.
• Kitagawa Kai returned in the afternoon with snacks, drinks, and a chess set, and suggested that he and Tachibana Akane relax.

Kitagawa Kai and Tachibana Akane played chess until Horikita Manabu unexpectedly found them together, leaving Akane mortified. After she blamed Kai and fell onto him in a chaotic attempt to silence him, they tidied the room and prepared to leave.

• Kitagawa Kai let Tachibana Akane win a chess game, tying their score at two games each.
• As they began a final game, Kitagawa Kai asked Tachibana Akane what Horikita Manabu was doing, and she praised the president's discipline.
• Kitagawa Kai revealed that Horikita Manabu was standing at the door, and Horikita Manabu calmly said he had only come to check in before leaving.
• Tachibana Akane blamed Kitagawa Kai for Horikita Manabu seeing them together, then lunged at him and knocked over the chair and chess pieces.
• Tachibana Akane broke down crying while leaning over Kitagawa Kai, then realized their position and scrambled away, blushing.
• Kitagawa Kai and Tachibana Akane restored the room, and Tachibana Akane scolded him as they left.

Kitagawa Kai and Kushida Kikyo went on a secret weekend date, where his flirtation raised her affection for him despite her resolve to stay popular and avoid a public relationship. At the end of their movie date, she leaned on his shoulder in tears as he put an arm around her waist, bringing her affection level to 35.

• Kitagawa Kai met Kushida Kikyo at the Palette Cafe for afternoon tea, and she sat close beside him.
• Kitagawa Kai hinted that he wished Kushida Kikyo were really his girlfriend, raising her affection level to 30.
• Kitagawa Kai and Kushida Kikyo secretly linked arms as they walked through secluded streets to the cinema.
• Kitagawa Kai and Kushida Kikyo watched a romance movie in a private room, where she leaned on his shoulder in tears.
• Kitagawa Kai put his arm around Kushida Kikyo's waist, raising her affection level to 35.

Hoshinomiya Chie offered Class B a possible summer cruise trip to motivate them for the midterm exams, and the class recognized that Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami had helped prepare them for the familiar questions. After the exams, Class B celebrated while Ken Sudō complained that he had failed to memorize the answers Kushida provided, leaving Horikita Suzune exasperated.

• Hoshinomiya Chie promised to apply for a summer seaside cruise trip if all went well and warned Class B not to cheat during the exam.
• Class B students recognized that the midterm questions were almost identical to material they had recently studied, and they looked toward Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami.
• Kitagawa Kai finished his exam in under fifteen minutes while most of Class B continued answering.
• After the exam, Class B students praised Ichinose Honami and Kitagawa Kai, and Ichinose credited their classmates' hard work.
• Ken Sudō admitted that he had barely looked at the answers Kushida gave him because basketball practice left him exhausted.
• Ken Sudō sought reassurance from Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who said he had not memorized the answers either, while Horikita Suzune wondered why he had failed despite receiving them.

Kitagawa Kai visited Kamuro Masumi in the art club and teased her until the other members caught them flirting. After he abruptly offered to teach her to paint, Kamuro reluctantly let him try.

• Kitagawa Kai entered the art club to see Kamuro Masumi, who was painting by herself.
• He teased Kamuro, held her hand, and drew her close, making her blush.
• The club members noticed their flirtation, and Kitagawa introduced himself and thanked them for looking after Kamuro.
• Kamuro blamed Kitagawa for making the members misunderstand their relationship, and he teased her by calling her his kitten for life.
• Kitagawa offered to teach Kamuro to paint, and she reluctantly agreed to let him try.

Class B celebrated its strong midterm results, with every student passing and its average surpassing Class A's. Class A considered its leadership while Class C confronted Ryuen over its unchanged points, and Ryuen ended by reaffirming his control through threats.

• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that every Class B student had passed and that the class's midterm average exceeded Class A's.
• Ichinose Honami thanked Kitagawa Kai for helping the class, and a classmate teased them about their closeness as they received their papers.
• Katsuragi Kohei urged Class A to choose a leader, and Sakayanagi Arisu agreed to let him lead for the time being.
• Ibuki Mio demanded that Ryuen Kakeru explain why Class C had gained no points while Class D had gained 50.
• Ryuen Kakeru threatened the class and declared that his judgment and orders would govern Class C.

Horikita Suzune challenged Chabashira Sae to let Class D buy passing marks and negotiated the price down, giving the class a chance to save three students from expulsion. As Hirata Yosuke organized a collection, Horikita pledged 69,500 points.

• Chabashira Sae announced that Ken Sudō, Watanabe Takuto, and Yamashita Osafumi had failed and would be expelled.
• Horikita Suzune asked whether points could buy marks, and Chabashira Sae said the default price was 100,000 points per mark but the school's minimum was 50,000.
• Chabashira Sae ordered Class D to collect 400,000 points before school ended to cover the eight marks the three students needed.
• Hirata Yosuke urged everyone to contribute, while Kushida Kikyo offered to help borrow points and Koenji Rokusuke refused to contribute.
• Hirata Yosuke began recording contributions, and Horikita Suzune pledged 69,500 points.

Class D struggled to raise enough points to prevent Sudo and the others from being expelled, while Kushida Kikyo reluctantly sought help from Kitagawa Kai. The chapter ended with Kitagawa telling Kushida she had come to the right place, leaving his response to her request unclear.

• Horikita Suzune contributed 69,500 points to help keep Sudo and the others from being expelled.
• Hirata Yosuke asked Kushida Kikyo to borrow points from other classes, and she agreed before leaving to avoid further pressure.
• Horikita Suzune began asking Kitagawa Kai to lend points, but Kushida Kikyo's knock interrupted them.
• Kushida Kikyo entered Kitagawa Kai's room, where Horikita Suzune was having lunch with him, and asked him to lend points to Class D.
• Kitagawa Kai told Kushida Kikyo she had come to the right place, leaving her uncertain whether he would help.

Kitagawa Kai offered to lend Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo one hundred thousand points each, then took Suzune aside to discuss the loan. He kissed her as special interest, and she left the bathroom flustered.

• Kitagawa Kai told Kushida Kikyo that Horikita Suzune had also asked to borrow points and offered to lend them both one hundred thousand.
• Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo each agreed to the loan, concealing their frustration behind polite smiles.
• Kitagawa Kai led Horikita Suzune to the bathroom to discuss her loan conditions and questioned whether she could repay the points.
• Horikita Suzune vowed to lead Class D to earn more points, while Kitagawa Kai proposed collecting special interest.
• Kitagawa Kai seized Horikita Suzune's wrist, lifted her chin, and kissed her.
• Five minutes later, Horikita Suzune emerged with flushed cheeks and hurried out of the dorm room.

Kitagawa Kai lent Kushida Kikyo one hundred thousand points in exchange for weekly half-hour rests on her lap, while Horikita Suzune brought another hundred thousand points to Class D to prevent three students from being expelled. Kushida returned to find Horikita had already earned the class’s gratitude, and Ken Sudō promised to repay Horikita first.

• After Horikita Suzune left, Kitagawa Kai agreed to lend Kushida Kikyo one hundred thousand points in exchange for resting his head on her lap for half an hour each week.
• Kushida Kikyo let Kitagawa Kai rest on her thighs and massaged him while he lay there.
• Horikita Suzune returned to Class D with one hundred thousand points and told Ken Sudō, Watanabe Takuto, and Yamashita Osafumi to repay her first.
• Ken Sudō, Watanabe Takuto, and Yamashita Osafumi thanked Horikita Suzune, while Hirata Yosuke praised her for helping save the class.
• Kushida Kikyo arrived with her own hundred thousand points and received the class’s praise, but Ken Sudō reiterated that he would repay Horikita first.

Kitagawa Kai persuaded Horikita Manabu to consider recruiting Ichinose Honami and argued that he intended to run for Student Council president after Horikita graduated. After a successful interview, Ichinose was accepted into the Student Council and hurried out to tell Kitagawa.

• Ichinose Honami asked Kitagawa Kai whether she could join the Student Council, and he reassured her before warning her to avoid Miyabi Nagumo.
• Kitagawa and Ichinose encountered Miyabi Nagumo and Katsuragi Kohei outside the Student Council offices, and Kitagawa told Ichinose to wait while he spoke to the president.
• Kitagawa told Horikita Manabu that he planned to run for the next Student Council president and recommended Ichinose, arguing that she could be judged on her merits.
• Horikita Manabu agreed to assess Ichinose fairly, and Kitagawa sent her in for the interview.
• Horikita accepted Ichinose into the Student Council after hearing her answers, and she left to share the news with Kitagawa.

Sakayanagi Arisu invited Kitagawa Kai and Kamuro Masumi to dinner, where she discussed her loss of leadership in Class A and asked what he knew about Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. Kitagawa revealed that he knew Ayanokoji came from the White Room.

• Sakayanagi Arisu invited Kitagawa Kai to the Sakayanagi Restaurant to talk, and Kitagawa brought Kamuro Masumi along.
• Kitagawa teased Kamuro on the way to the restaurant, while Sakayanagi watched them calmly.
• Sakayanagi explained that she ate at the restaurant because its chef prepared meals suited to her physical condition and offered Kitagawa a gold discount card.
• Sakayanagi credited Kitagawa with helping Class B surpass Class A on the midterm and said she had temporarily lost her position as Class A's leader.
• Kitagawa mocked Sakayanagi's defeat by Katsuragi, and she defended it as a strategic adjustment.
• Sakayanagi asked Kitagawa what he knew about Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and he said Ayanokoji was a talented person from the White Room.

Sakayanagi Arisu told Kitagawa Kai that she planned to compete against Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and Kitagawa declared he would join the contest rather than merely watch. Later, while wandering campus at night, Kitagawa secretly followed Kushida Kikyo to the rooftop and discovered her furious private outburst.

• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Kitagawa Kai about his knowledge of the White Room, and Kamuro Masumi interrupted to complain about being hungry.
• Sakayanagi Arisu announced that she intended to formally compete with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and invited Kitagawa to witness their clash.
• Kitagawa said he would participate in any interesting contest and beat everyone equally, and Sakayanagi welcomed the prospect of competing against him too.
• After dinner and a walk with Sakayanagi and Kamuro, Kitagawa trained at the athletic field and then wandered around campus.
• Kitagawa followed Kushida Kikyo to the rooftop, where she checked that she was alone before unleashing her anger at Sudo, Yamauchi, Ike, and others.

Kitagawa Kai confronted Kushida Kikyo after overhearing her rant about their classmates, and she tried to threaten him by forcing his hands against her uniform. He revealed he had recorded the encounter and exposed the flaws in her threat, leaving Kushida defeated and in tears.

• Kushida Kikyo vented her hatred of Horikita Suzune and Hirata while Kitagawa Kai hid nearby.
• A noise gave away Kitagawa Kai, and he admitted he had heard Kushida's rant.
• Kushida threatened to ruin Kitagawa's reputation and falsely accuse him, but he mocked her threats.
• Kushida grabbed Kitagawa's hands and pressed them against her uniform to create supposed evidence, then threatened to report him.
• Kitagawa locked the rooftop door and warned Kushida that her accusation could make her threat real.
• Kitagawa explained that the uniform could not preserve identifiable fingerprints and revealed he had recorded the encounter, leaving Kushida to give up in tears.

Kitagawa Kai comforted Kushida Kikyo after revealing he accepted her true personality, and she told him how her exposed blog had destroyed her class. He took her to Room 308, where their intimacy raised her affection to 74 and earned him 2% of Suzuki Conglomerate shares.

• Kitagawa Kai told Kushida Kikyo he liked her real self, raising her affection to 50 and earning Charisma +1.
• Kitagawa Kai brought Kushida Kikyo to Room 308, where she reluctantly recounted her blog, her classmates' ostracism, and how she had exposed everyone's secrets.
• Kitagawa Kai held Kushida Kikyo and reassured her before sending her to take a bath.
• Kushida Kikyo noticed the Contraceptives Kitagawa Kai had placed on the table and wondered whether he only wanted her body.
• Kitagawa Kai and Kushida Kikyo became intimate, raising her affection to 74 and earning him 2% of Suzuki Conglomerate shares.

Kitagawa Kai woke beside Kushida Kikyo after their night together and saw that her affection level had risen to 74. As Kushida recovered and canceled her plans, Kitagawa arranged lunch with Horikita Suzune, prompting Kushida to suggest expelling her.

• Kitagawa Kai checked his system interface and saw Kushida Kikyo's affection level had increased to 74.
• Kushida Kikyo woke, remembered the night before, and demanded that Kitagawa Kai never abandon her.
• Kitagawa Kai reassured Kushida and tended to her as she recovered.
• Kushida Kikyo received a message about her plans and sent excuses to cancel her outing.
• Kitagawa Kai called Horikita Suzune to request nourishing food and brown sugar water for lunch.
• Kushida Kikyo urged Kitagawa Kai to get Horikita Suzune expelled.

Kushida Kikyo agreed with Kitagawa Kai’s plan to draw Horikita Suzune into their secret, while Suzune tried to endure her contract and make sense of her growing unease. When Suzune arrived with groceries, she found Kushida wearing Kai’s shirt in his room and struggled to conceal her jealousy.

• Kitagawa Kai told Kushida Kikyo that Horikita Suzune was the Student Council President’s sister and suggested making Suzune his so Kushida and Suzune would share a secret.
• Horikita Suzune reminded herself to endure until her six-month contract ended and imagined slapping Kitagawa Kai, then wondered why he wanted nourishing ingredients and brown sugar water.
• Horikita Suzune brought groceries to Kitagawa Kai’s room and found Kushida Kikyo wearing his shirt and sitting on his bed.
• Kushida Kikyo claimed Kai had cared for her after she caught a chill, while Horikita Suzune made a pointed remark and Kai suggested getting both women key cards.
• Horikita Suzune began preparing lunch and admitted to Kitagawa Kai that she felt strange, then blamed her discomfort on having to cook for three every day.

On June 1, Kitagawa Kai saw Kushida Kikyo cling to Horikita Suzune, then learned that Class B had nearly caught up to Class A while Class D had lost another point. As June's personal points arrived, Horikita collected repayments toward her debt, while Kushida asked Kitagawa if she should repay some of what he had lent her.

• Kushida Kikyo blushed when she saw Kitagawa Kai and remembered their night together, then linked arms with Horikita Suzune as they walked to school.
• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that Class B had 1,050 points, just ten behind Class A, while Class D had fallen to 49.
• Class D students received 4,900 personal points each and accepted the smaller amount as another unexplained point deduction.
• Horikita Suzune collected Ken Sudō's club activity points and new personal points, then transferred her own points toward her debt.
• Kushida Kikyo offered to repay some of Kitagawa Kai's loan, but Kitagawa told her to keep the points because she was already his.

Kitagawa Kai led Class B’s voluntary physical training and demonstrated practical fighting techniques to help prepare the class for future exams. As Ichinose Honami praised the training, Kitagawa noticed several Class C boys hiding by the second-floor fire escape.

• Class B students joined Kitagawa Kai’s training program, combining regular study sessions, skill development, and sports practice to strengthen the class.
• After leading the students through a morning run, Kitagawa Kai taught them how to dodge attacks and protect themselves.
• Kitagawa Kai demonstrated the techniques on Shibata Sō, then explained the movements as the students practiced in pairs.
• Shiranami Chihiro admitted to Ichinose Honami that she thought Kitagawa Kai was cool, and Ichinose agreed.
• Ichinose Honami praised the training to Kitagawa Kai, who spotted several Class C boys hiding by the second-floor fire escape.

Kitagawa Kai prepared Class B for possible accusations by distributing voice recorders and explaining how to use them as evidence. Ryuen Kakeru learned that Kitagawa was teaching Class B to fight and decided to target Class D while keeping Kitagawa under surveillance.

• Kitagawa Kai noticed Ryuen Kakeru's watchers near the Gymnasium, though Ichinose Honami did not see them.
• Kitagawa Kai asked Ichinose Honami to buy voice recorders, and she returned with a batch for the class.
• Kitagawa Kai distributed the recorders and explained that students should use them to document suspicious encounters, especially with Class C.
• Amikura Mako and Shibata Sō questioned the need for the recorders, but Kitagawa Kai explained how recordings could defend students against false accusations.
• Ichinose Honami reassured the class and said she had negotiated the recorder price down to 16,000 points each.
• A Class C student told Ryuen Kakeru that Kitagawa Kai had been teaching Class B combat moves, so Ryuen ordered him to keep watching Kitagawa and considered targeting Class D.

Ichinose Honami asked Kitagawa Kai to pretend to be her boyfriend so she could turn down Shiranami Chihiro’s confession gently. At their meeting after school, Ichinose told Chihiro that she and Kai had been dating for a long time, and Chihiro broke down in tears.

• Ichinose showed Kitagawa Kai a love letter from Shiranami Chihiro and explained that she did not know how to respond to Chihiro’s confession.
• Ichinose asked Kai to pretend to be her boyfriend, and he agreed.
• Kai took Ichinose’s hand to help her practice acting like his girlfriend.
• Ichinose linked arms with Kai when they arrived early at the grove to meet Chihiro.
• Chihiro arrived, saw them together, and asked what was going on.
• Ichinose told Chihiro that she and Kai had been dating for a long time, and Chihiro fought back tears as she said she had known.

Shiranami Chihiro confessed her feelings to Ichinose Honami, who gently rejected her, and Kitagawa Kai followed Chihiro to comfort her. As he helped her examine her feelings, Chihiro began to suspect that her love for Honami was admiration while her attraction might be toward Kitagawa.

• Shiranami Chihiro confessed to Ichinose Honami, who apologized and rejected her; Chihiro wished Honami and Kitagawa Kai happiness and left.
• Ichinose Honami worried that she had hurt Chihiro, so Kitagawa Kai went after Chihiro to make sure she was safe.
• Kitagawa Kai found Chihiro crying and comforted her by stroking her head and wiping away her tears.
• Kitagawa Kai asked whether Chihiro's feelings for Honami were romantic love or admiration, then asked how she felt when he was close to her.
• Chihiro realized her feelings for Honami seemed different from her flustered reaction to Kitagawa Kai, and she shyly accepted his hand as they went to eat.

Kitagawa Kai made his pretend relationship with Ichinose Honami public, and she agreed to the announcement, which raised her affection for him. Later, Kushida Kikyo and Horikita Suzune reacted to the news at Kitagawa’s dorm, where he called them both his wings.

• Ichinose Honami told Kitagawa Kai that she and Shiranami Chihiro had reconciled, then said they should continue pretending to date.
• Kitagawa Kai took Ichinose’s hand in class and announced that they had been dating for a while; she smiled and accepted their classmates’ congratulations.
• Ichinose took a photo with Kitagawa and posted it on her blog, while Kamuro messaged him angrily and said she would visit his dorm at ten.
• Kushida Kikyo leapt into Kitagawa’s arms at his dorm and asked to mooch a meal while Horikita Suzune cooked.
• Kitagawa told Kushida and Horikita that he and Ichinose had gone public, then called Kushida and Horikita his wings.