Recaps

Karuizawa Kei and Kitagawa Kai spent time together at a private pool, where he explained that he could control the risk of pregnancy and told her Honami would be the first to receive a child. The chapter ended with Kei agreeing to visit Room 520 in the Faculty Apartment that night, though she insisted she was only going to look.

• Karuizawa Kei hesitated to change with Kitagawa Kai in the private suite, but followed him into the changing room.
• After they changed into swimsuits and entered the pool, Karuizawa Kei worried about the risk of pregnancy.
• Kitagawa Kai explained that he could control whether pregnancy was possible, reassuring Karuizawa Kei that there would be no accident.
• Karuizawa Kei asked who would be first to have a child, and Kitagawa Kai said Honami because he had promised her.
• Kitagawa Kai invited Karuizawa Kei to Room 520 in the Faculty Apartment that night, and she agreed to go only to look.

Kitagawa Kai was promoted to vice president, with Ichinose Honami reassigned as secretary, and exchanged contact information with Miyabi Nagumo. He then confronted Tachibana Akane in the secretary’s office, insisting that her eyes showed she felt something for him.

• Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami went to the Student Council meeting, where Horikita Manabu promoted Kai to vice president and reassigned Honami as secretary.
• Miyabi Nagumo congratulated Kitagawa Kai, recognized his abilities, and exchanged contact information with him.
• Kitagawa Kai entered the Student Council Secretary Office and watched as Tachibana Akane tried to avoid him.
• Kitagawa Kai asked Tachibana Akane to look at him and told her he did not believe there was nothing in her eyes.

Tachibana Akane tried to prank Kitagawa Kai by drawing on his face while he pretended to be unconscious, but he caught her and kissed her. Their moment was interrupted when Ichinose Honami entered the Student Council Secretary Office and teased Kai about the drawings.

• Kitagawa Kai touched Tachibana Akane's bun, and she struck him with her fist, making him pretend to collapse.
• Tachibana Akane realized Kitagawa Kai was faking and decided to draw on his face with a marker.
• Kitagawa Kai pulled Tachibana Akane close and kissed her while she was drawing on him.
• Tachibana Akane and Kitagawa Kai kissed again after she helped him sit up, despite warning him someone might enter.
• Ichinose Honami entered with the accounting documents, saw them together, and praised Tachibana Akane's drawings while teasing Kitagawa Kai.

Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami visited a fortune-telling stall at the Oak Shopping Center, where they unexpectedly met Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi. As the four joined the line, Yamamura Miki and Shiina Hiyori were waiting at its end.

• Ichinose Honami reassured Tachibana Akane after Akane apologized for what she had done with Kitagawa Kai.
• Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami arrived at a fortune-telling stall and spotted Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi, along with Yamamura Miki and Shiina Hiyori in the queue.
• Ichinose Honami persuaded Kitagawa Kai to join the line, saying they could change their fate together if the reading was bad.
• Ichinose Honami greeted Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi, and Kamuro admitted she had asked Sakayanagi to accompany her.
• Sakayanagi Arisu suggested the four wait together, and Kitagawa Kai agreed.

Kitagawa Kai took Shiina Hiyori to help buy drinks, and their conversation brought Hiyori’s affection for him into sharper focus. Back with the others, Kamuro Masumi pointed out that Kitagawa had drawn several girls into his orbit, leaving Ichinose Honami to reassure the flustered Yamamura Miki.

• Kitagawa Kai introduced his group to Yamamura Miki and Shiina Hiyori, then offered to buy drinks while they waited in line.
• Kitagawa Kai asked Shiina Hiyori to help carry the drinks, and she agreed to go with him.
• Shiina Hiyori thanked Kitagawa Kai for introducing her to Yamamura Miki, while he admitted he was greedy and would not let a girl he wanted get away.
• Shiina Hiyori asked whether she was one of Kitagawa Kai’s targets; he told her he had wanted her since first seeing her in the library, and her affection level rose by five.
• Kitagawa Kai and Shiina Hiyori bought the drinks and returned, while Kamuro Masumi remarked that she, Yamamura Miki, and Sakayanagi had all been caught in Kitagawa’s net.
• Ichinose Honami reassured the embarrassed Yamamura Miki and privately resolved to punish Kitagawa Kai later.

Kitagawa Kai and the girls waited for their fortunes, trading questions and reactions about love. Ichinose Honami received a reading about her future with Kai that promised happiness despite some twists and turns, then paused when the Fortune Teller added, “However...”

• Sakayanagi Arisu and Ichinose Honami defended Kai’s ability to maintain harmony among the girls, while Kamuro Masumi and Yamamura Miki listened.
• Kitagawa Kai said he planned to ask the Fortune Teller about love, and the girls shared what they might ask about.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi went for readings, followed by Yamamura Miki and Shiina Hiyori, who emerged with flushed, evasive expressions.
• Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami entered the fortune-telling room, where Ichinose paid for a basic reading about her future with her boyfriend.
• The Fortune Teller told Ichinose that her and Kai’s destinies were tightly bound and would end in happiness despite twists and turns, then began to say, “However...”

Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami received a fortune-telling warning about possible bad endings, which unsettled Honami. After reassuring her, Kai listened as she confessed to a childhood theft and helped her accept that she had changed, bringing their affection level to 95.

• The Fortune Teller told Honami that a shadow suggested something weighed on her heart, then warned Kai that his love life had a few possible bad endings.
• Honami objected to the warning, and Kai reassured her before they left the fortune-teller’s tent.
• In a secluded spot on campus, Honami worried about the prophecy, and Kai told her to treat it as a reminder rather than a certainty.
• Honami hugged Kai and promised she would never hurt him, raising her affection level to 90 and triggering a major increase in his physical abilities.
• Honami confessed that she had stolen a hair clip as a struggling middle-school student and had been made to apologize and return it.
• Kai comforted Honami, telling her that her past mistake did not define her and that she had already become a better person, raising her affection level to 95.

Kitagawa Kai met Sakayanagi Narimori for dinner after Sakayanagi Arisu told her father about their relationship. Kitagawa admitted that he was dating several girls and wanted to marry all of them, leaving Narimori to ask Arisu what she thought.

• Kitagawa Kai recruited upperclassmen as allies against Miyabi Nagumo and established a secret partnership with Kiriyama Ikuyo.
• Kitagawa Kai helped Sakayanagi Arisu exercise while she took her restorative solution, and she told him that Sakayanagi Narimori wanted to meet him for dinner.
• Kitagawa Kai agreed to meet Narimori and arrived at the Sakayanagi Restaurant the following evening.
• Narimori thanked Kitagawa Kai for helping Arisu, but Arisu said she trusted Kitagawa.
• Narimori confronted Kitagawa Kai about dating multiple girls, and Kitagawa admitted it and said he intended to marry them all.
• Narimori asked Arisu what she thought of Kitagawa Kai's plan.

Kitagawa Kai won Sakayanagi Narimori’s reluctant acceptance of his relationship with Arisu, then returned to school as Class A prepared for the Sports Festival Special Exam. The chapter ended with students uneasy about being paired with Class D on the Red Team.

• Sakayanagi Narimori questioned Kitagawa Kai about his relationships, and Kitagawa insisted that the girls accepted his choices and that he would care for Arisu.
• Arisu defended Kitagawa to her father, and Sakayanagi Narimori reluctantly accepted their relationship while warning Kitagawa not to hurt her.
• After Kitagawa and Arisu left, Sakayanagi Narimori asked Natsume to bring him liquor.
• On the first day of the second term, Hoshinomiya Chie announced the Sports Festival and explained that it would be a Special Exam.
• Kitagawa reviewed the rules, which paired Classes A and D as the Red Team against Classes B and C as the White Team, with substantial points at stake.
• Class A students grew concerned about partnering with Class D, which had a reputation as the lowest-ranked class.

Hoshinomiya Chie explained the Sports Festival entry rules, and Kitagawa Kai laid out Class A’s training and strategy. As the class headed to the Gymnasium, Kai agreed to team up with Shiranami Chihiro for the cavalry battle and Ichinose Honami for the mixed-gender three-legged race.

• Hoshinomiya Chie explained that students had to submit their event entries a week before the festival and that blank entries would be assigned randomly.
• Kitagawa Kai told Class A to train for the all-student events, hold internal matches to form balanced teams, and focus on winning first place in their year.
• Kitagawa Kai reminded the class to protect themselves during training, and the students answered that they would turn on the Voice Recorder.
• Shiranami Chihiro asked to enter an event with Kitagawa Kai, and he agreed to carry her in the cavalry battle.
• Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami chose to team up for the mixed-gender three-legged race after Hoshinomiya Chie explained the registration restriction.
• The bell rang, and Kitagawa Kai, Ichinose Honami, and Shiranami Chihiro joined the class on its way to the Gymnasium.

At the Sports Festival briefing, Kitagawa Kai and Hirata Yosuke discussed cooperation between Classes A and D, while Sakayanagi Arisu and Ryuen Kakeru failed to reach an agreement. Class C left the White Team negotiations, and Sakayanagi’s class prepared to train on its own.

• Fujimaki explained the Sports Festival rules and told the Red Team classes to discuss strategy by year.
• Hirata Yosuke approached Class A with Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo to seek cooperation.
• Kitagawa Kai proposed using Tian Ji’s horse-racing strategy to avoid placing strong competitors from Classes A and D in the same heats.
• Katsuragi Kohei urged Sakayanagi Arisu and Ryuen Kakeru to coordinate, but Ryuen mocked Katsuragi and refused to cooperate.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told Ryuen they could rely on their own abilities, and Ryuen left the Gymnasium with Class C.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told her classmates to begin training without relying on anyone else.

Class A completed its Sports Festival baseline assessments, where Kitagawa Kai’s extraordinary athletic results shocked students from both Class A and Class D. After reviewing the data, Kitagawa and Ichinose Honami rallied Class A to keep training and aim to lead every event.

• Shibata Sō organized Class A’s hundred-meter assessment, and Ichinose Honami and Kanzaki Ryūji timed the runners.
• Kitagawa Kai ran the hundred meters in 9.09 seconds, far ahead of Shibata and Kanzaki, shocking Class A and drawing reactions from Hirata Yosuke and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka in Class D.
• Class A continued its baseline assessments across several events, and students grew increasingly accustomed to Kitagawa Kai’s exceptional abilities.
• Ichinose Honami presented the assessment data, which showed that even Class A’s lowest-ranked students were at least middle-grade compared with other classes.
• Kitagawa Kai set the goal of leading across all events and urged Class A to practice teamwork, while Ichinose encouraged everyone to support one another.
• As students teased one another about Kitagawa Kai, Ichinose Honami, Chihiro, and Himeno Yuki, Kitagawa briefly paused before telling Ichinose that nothing was wrong.

Kitagawa Kai returned home to find Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro waiting with a surprise, then learned the girls had organized an attendance schedule in a private group chat. The next morning, several girls gathered at his room for breakfast, and Kai invited them to join Class A's morning run.

• Kitagawa Kai returned to Room 520, where Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro greeted him in playful outfits and surprised him.
• In the bath, Ichinose told Kai that she and Chihiro were following an attendance schedule organized in a group chat he was not allowed to join.
• Ichinose asked the group chat members whether they wanted to go moon-viewing, and Horikita Suzune, Karuizawa Kei, Kamuro Masumi, and Kushida Kikyo replied.
• The next morning, Ichinose and Horikita prepared breakfast while Kushida, Karuizawa, Kamuro, and Chihiro gathered in Kai's room.
• After breakfast, Kai invited the girls to join Class A's morning run, and almost all of them agreed.

Kitagawa Kai led Ichinose Honami, Kushida Kikyo, and the others to join Class A's morning run, then went to greet Sakura Airi when he spotted her at the field. Airi stumbled into his arms, and the chapter ended with him asking whether she had come to run too.

• Kitagawa Kai arrived at Class A's meeting spot with the girls, and Kushida Kikyo explained that they had joined the morning exercise.
• The students ran together for several laps before Kitagawa Kai advised Karuizawa Kei and Shiranami Chihiro to take it slowly and went to get water.
• Sakura Airi arrived at the field to exercise despite her poor fitness, but hesitated after seeing Kitagawa Kai hand water to the girls.
• Kitagawa Kai noticed Sakura Airi trying to leave and went over to greet her while the others teased one another about him.
• Sakura Airi tripped into Kitagawa Kai's arms, and he held her as he asked whether she had come to run.

Kitagawa Kai helped Sakura Airi learn to run, and she grew more comfortable with him as they jogged together. Later, during three-legged race practice, Himeno Yuki asked him why he did not put his arm around her as he did with Ichinose Honami.

• Sakura Airi told Kitagawa Kai he could let go, and he invited her to join his run after she denied avoiding him.
• Kamuro Masumi teased Kitagawa Kai and Sakura Airi while Ichinose Honami resumed the group run and asked Kushida Kikyo for help later.
• Kitagawa Kai adjusted Sakura Airi's running posture and breathing, then walked her back and offered her water after she tired.
• Sakura Airi thanked Kitagawa Kai, gained five affection points, and said she would try to join his morning runs.
• During three-legged race practice, Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki coordinated their steps until she asked why he did not put his arm around her like he did with Ichinose Honami.

Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki practiced the three-legged race, grew comfortable moving together, and rested in close contact. Meanwhile, Ryuen Kakeru met with Sakayanagi Arisu to discuss how the other classes could counter Class A and its alliance with Class D.

• Kitagawa Kai put his arm around Himeno Yuki and guided her through the three-legged race until their steps fell into sync.
• Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki rested at the Observation Deck, where Himeno Yuki briefly fell asleep against him before waking and returning to training.
• Kitagawa Kai checked his system and learned he had received 100 Transformation Rings after affection levels increased.
• Ryuen Kakeru worried that Class A's athletic strength and alliance with Class D would overwhelm the other classes at the sports festival.
• Sakayanagi Arisu arrived with Kamuro Masumi and Hashimoto Masayoshi, and Ryuen Kakeru apologized before proposing that the classes cooperate to wear down Class A's strongest competitors.

Ryuen Kakeru proposed working with Sakayanagi Arisu to obtain Class A’s Sports Festival entry list and recruit Class D students for sabotage in exchange for points. Meanwhile, Kitagawa Kai spent time with Ichinose Honami and Tachibana Akane in the Student Council offices, leaving Akane to notice Ichinose’s abrupt departure.

• Ryuen Kakeru told Sakayanagi Arisu that he might obtain Class A’s entry list through his Class D connections and suggested paying Class D students to cause accidents.
• Sakayanagi Arisu questioned the value of Class D’s support, and Ryuen Kakeru said he was still determining the price while Hashimoto Masayoshi watched in silence.
• Kitagawa Kai finished reviewing club funding requests and went to the Student Council Secretary Office, where he flirted and became intimate with Ichinose Honami.
• Tachibana Akane arrived to deliver documents for Kitagawa Kai, interrupting their private moment, and Ichinose Honami left soon afterward.
• Tachibana Akane noticed Ichinose Honami leaving just as she had arrived and questioned the timing.

Tachibana Akane agreed to become Kitagawa Kai’s girlfriend and considered staying at Advanced Nurturing after graduation. As the Sports Festival approached, Kushida Kikyo urged Sakura Airi to confess to Kai, while Kai shopped for food with Ichinose Honami and Horikita Suzune.

• Kitagawa Kai asked Tachibana Akane to work at Advanced Nurturing after graduating so she could wait for him, and she agreed to become his girlfriend.
• A week passed as the classes prepared for the Sports Festival and Sakura Airi grew troubled by her closeness to Kai and his relationships with other girls.
• Sakura Airi asked Kushida Kikyo whether the other girls were intimate with Kai, and Kushida told her that everyone in the Morning Jogging Squad was his girlfriend.
• Kushida encouraged Sakura Airi to ask Kai out and confess that night, and Sakura resolved to try.
• Kitagawa Kai shopped for protein yogurt, meat, and vegetables with Ichinose Honami and Horikita Suzune, wondering whether he should request a food allowance from the school.

Sakura Airi confessed to Kitagawa Kai, and he accepted her as another girlfriend. After she boldly tried to show him her prepared outfit, he covered her with her jacket and suggested they spend the night together properly, leaving them walking together as she called him Kai and told him she loved him.

• Kitagawa Kai met Sakura Airi at the Palette Cafe and gave her a Strawberry Yogurt Frappuccino, raising her affection for him.
• Sakura Airi asked Kitagawa Kai to take her as another girlfriend, and he happily agreed.
• Sakura Airi locked the private-room door and revealed the outfit she had prepared, but Kitagawa Kai gently covered her with her jacket and suggested they go somewhere else together.
• Kitagawa Kai messaged Ichinose and Horikita, while Sakura Airi worried whether the other girls would accept her; he reassured her they would.
• Sakura Airi asked to call Kitagawa Kai by his first name, then told him she loved him, and he returned her words.

Kitagawa Kai and Sakura Airi became intimate, then he reassured Kamuro Masumi and Horikita Suzune about the school rumors. That night, Kai used his Presence Control Technique to secretly meet Kamuro in a tree, where they were interrupted by a couple below.

• Kitagawa Kai showered after Sakura Airi, then kissed her and raised her affection level to 88.
• Kitagawa Kai arrived at the track holding Sakura Airi's hand, prompting Kamuro Masumi to complain that he had stood her up and Horikita Suzune to warn him about school rumors.
• Kitagawa Kai suggested that making the rumors sound more outrageous would make people dismiss them, and Horikita Suzune fell silent.
• Kitagawa Kai used his Presence Control Technique to conceal himself and Kamuro Masumi in a tree while they made up for their missed practice.
• Fujiyama and Waki approached the tree, mistook their nighttime meeting for a search for a backflipping cat, and began an awkward intimate encounter beneath them.

Ichinose Honami organized a simple birthday dinner for Kitagawa Kai and asked the girls to help prepare it. Meanwhile, Kai spent a relaxed afternoon with Yamamura Miki and Shiina Hiyori, leaving their closeness growing as they watched the clouds together.

• Ichinose Honami told Kushida Kikyo, Karuizawa Kei, and Horikita Suzune that Kai had asked for a small birthday gathering and that Tachibana Akane would be invited.
• Horikita Suzune questioned whether her brother should attend, but Ichinose said his presence might make the guests uncomfortable because of their special relationships with Kai.
• Ichinose listed Sakayanagi, Yamamura, and Shiina among the guests and asked the girls to help decorate and prepare dinner in Room 520.
• Kitagawa Kai teased Shiina Hiyori about gathering information for Ryuen and explained that raw ability would matter more than strategy at the Sports Festival.
• Kai put his arm around Shiina Hiyori as Yamamura Miki nestled against him, and the three admired clouds that Hiyori said resembled them.

Kitagawa Kai, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune prepared food while the others decorated for Kai’s birthday, and Kai caught Ichinose Honami when she fell. After the doorbell rang, Shiranami Chihiro nervously opened the door, leaving the visitor unknown.

• Kitagawa Kai, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune cooked together and talked about how Horikita had changed since the start of school.
• Ichinose Honami slipped while hanging lanterns, and Kitagawa Kai rushed in and caught her.
• Shiranami Chihiro and Sakura Airi watched the rescue and whispered about Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami.
• When the doorbell rang, Shiranami Chihiro nervously went to the entryway and opened the door.

Hoshinomiya Chie and Sakayanagi Arisu arrived at Kitagawa Kai’s birthday gathering, while Kamuro Masumi joined the preparations in the kitchen. Outside Room 520, Tachibana Akane worked up the courage to knock before someone startled her from behind.

• Hoshinomiya Chie arrived at Kitagawa Kai’s room with a birthday present and teased him for not inviting her.
• Hoshinomiya Chie whispered to Kitagawa Kai about the girls, and he replied that things were the same as with her.
• Sakayanagi Arisu arrived and greeted everyone, while Kamuro Masumi went to the kitchen to see Kitagawa Kai.
• Kamuro Masumi admitted she had prepared a small birthday present after Kushida Kikyo teased her about coming empty-handed.
• Tachibana Akane stood outside Room 520, nervously psyching herself up to knock, when someone called to her from behind.

Tachibana Akane, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki arrived at Kitagawa Kai’s birthday party, where the gathered girls shared dinner and celebrated him with a cake. After Kai blew out the candles and received a pile of gifts, he revealed that he had prepared presents for everyone too.

• Shiina Hiyori and Yamamura Miki arrived with Tachibana Akane, and Ichinose Honami welcomed them into Kitagawa Kai’s room.
• Kitagawa Kai toasted the guests, and everyone sat down to enjoy the dinner he had prepared.
• Ichinose Honami made a remark about marrying Kai, briefly silencing the room before Kai urged everyone to keep enjoying the party.
• The girls sang happy birthday to Kai, and he blew out the candles on the cake Ichinose brought out.
• Sakayanagi Arisu presented Kai with a gift, and the other guests added their presents to a growing pile.
• Kai announced that he had prepared gifts for everyone.

Kitagawa Kai gave each of the twelve girls a personalized ring, raising their affection levels and drawing emotional reactions from them. After the group played truth or dare and began heading home, Yamamura Miki stayed behind in the bathroom, leaving Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami alone in Room 520.

• Kitagawa Kai gave Ichinose Honami a pale blue ring, and she hugged him tearfully before promising never to take it off.
• Kitagawa Kai put personalized rings on Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, Kamuro Masumi, Karuizawa Kei, Sakura Airi, Shiranami Chihiro, Yamamura Miki, Tachibana Akane, Sakayanagi Arisu, Hoshinomiya Chie, and Shiina Hiyori.
• Kitagawa Kai checked the system and saw that everyone's affection level had risen.
• Kitagawa Kai suggested truth or dare, and the group played until the evening's excitement faded.
• Ichinose Honami suggested that everyone call it a night, and the guests began to leave.
• Yamamura Miki told Shiina Hiyori to go ahead while she used the bathroom, leaving Kitagawa Kai and Ichinose Honami in the room with her.