Recaps

Yamamura Miki stayed the night with Kitagawa Kai, and they grew closer while Ichinose Honami welcomed her as family. In October, Kai deliberately took a fall after colliding with Asahina Nazuna, who hurried him toward the infirmary, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Kitagawa Kai invited Yamamura Miki to stay the night, and they spent the night together.
• Yamamura Miki woke beside Kitagawa Kai and slipped out without waking him.
• Ichinose Honami greeted Miki in the kitchen and called them all family.
• As October arrived, Kitagawa Kai reviewed the Sports Festival opponents and noted Miyabi Nagumo's plan to race Horikita Manabu.
• Asahina Nazuna collided with Kitagawa Kai on the track, and he pretended to be hurt so she would catch him.
• Asahina Nazuna apologized, introduced herself, and supported Kai as she took him toward the infirmary.

After the school doctor confirmed Kitagawa Kai was unharmed, Asahina Nazuna asked him to challenge Miyabi Nagumo so he might recognize his flaws. Kitagawa agreed to try and invited Asahina on a date if he succeeded; as they returned to the field, someone approached them.

• The school doctor told Asahina Nazuna that Kitagawa Kai was fine, and they exchanged contact information.
• Asahina realized Kitagawa was the Class 1-A student who had recently led his class to victory and asked him for a favor.
• Asahina asked Kitagawa to keep Miyabi Nagumo in check or defeat him at an official competition.
• Asahina explained that Nagumo’s arrogance and disrespectful treatment of girls worried her, and revealed that they were childhood friends.
• Kitagawa said he would try to help and asked Asahina to go on a date with him if he succeeded; she accepted.
• Kitagawa and Asahina returned to the edge of the field, where a figure walked toward them.

Asahina Nazuna argued with Miyabi Nagumo after he tried to dictate whom she could see, then left him alone. As the Sports Festival approached, Kitagawa Kai trained Class B while Hirata Yosuke discovered Class D’s unexpectedly enthusiastic sign-ups and arranged for Yukimura Teruhiko to face Kitagawa.

• Miyabi Nagumo invited Asahina Nazuna to a movie, then warned her to stay away from Kitagawa Kai, but she rejected his jealousy and left after they argued.
• Kitagawa Kai trained Class B for the Sports Festival while Ichinose Honami and Kanzaki Ryūji organized the class’s participation order.
• Hirata Yosuke was unsettled when Class D students eagerly signed up for events, especially the push-and-pull competitions.
• Kushida Kikyo gave Hirata Yosuke Kitagawa Kai’s event schedule, and Horikita Suzune suggested Kitagawa did not trust Class D to keep secrets.
• Hirata Yosuke told Class D’s strongest athletes to avoid Kitagawa’s event slots, and Yukimura Teruhiko volunteered to compete against him.

At the sports festival, Kitagawa Kai stunned the crowd by winning the first-year boys' 100 metres in 8.52 seconds. Miyabi Nagumo welcomed the result as a challenge ahead of the Inter-Year Mixed Relay Race, while Horikita Manabu questioned Nagumo’s confidence about becoming Student Council President.

• Class A prepared for the tightly scheduled sports festival, and Ichinose Honami promised to do her best in the girls' events.
• Shibata Sō and Toyama Asahi took first and second in the opening heat of the boys' 100 metres, adding points for Class A.
• Kitagawa Kai ran in Heat 5 against Kito Hayato and won in 8.52 seconds, far ahead of the other runners.
• Students across the sports field reacted in disbelief to Kitagawa Kai's time, while Kushida Kikyo celebrated his victory.
• Horikita Manabu confirmed the result to Miyabi Nagumo, who said the time made him more eager to compete against Kitagawa Kai in the Inter-Year Mixed Relay Race.
• Nagumo declared that he expected to become Student Council President, and Horikita Manabu confirmed he would not interfere with the election.

Kitagawa Kai visited Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi before watching the first-year girls’ 100-meter heats. After Shiina Hiyori, Karuizawa Kei, and Sakura Airi finished their race, he praised them and shared ginger tea, just as another student asked him for a cup.

• Kitagawa Kai went to Class B’s tent, where Sakayanagi Arisu said she planned to compete and teased him about Class A’s confidence.
• Kamuro Masumi returned with coffee for Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kitagawa Kai headed to the finish line to watch the girls’ events.
• Shiina Hiyori, Karuizawa Kei, and Sakura Airi ran in the fourth heat, finishing third, fourth, and fifth respectively.
• Kitagawa Kai gave the three girls ginger tea and praised their performances, especially Sakura Airi’s.
• Shiina Hiyori teased Karuizawa Kei about air resistance, and Kitagawa Kai reassured the girls that he liked each of them for who they were.
• A nearby voice asked Kitagawa Kai for some ginger tea.

Kitagawa Kai reunited with Morishita Ai, who bluntly asked to join his girlfriends, then watched several friends compete in the girls’ 100-meter race. Sakayanagi Arisu safely finished seventh, and Kai won his first hurdles heat as the games continued.

• Kitagawa Kai greeted Morishita Ai, who asked to become one of his girlfriends, and he deferred the conversation while Shiina Hiyori and the others watched.
• Kamuro Masumi beat Horikita Suzune in the 100-meter heat, while Ichinose Honami finished fourth.
• Sakayanagi Arisu competed despite concerns about her health, trusting Kitagawa Kai to watch over her, and placed seventh without getting hurt.
• Kitagawa Kai won the first hurdles heat easily and earned 15 points for his class.

Ryuen Kakeru confronted Kokubo Mitsutaka over Class D’s demand for promised points, only to learn that Hirata Yosuke had approved their plan. Hirata revealed that Kitagawa Kai had arranged a contract paying Class D 200,000 personal points to leave Class A alone, while Class D could still seek points from Classes B and C.

• Kitagawa Kai dominated the morning’s events, and the Red Team led the White Team by more than 1,400 points.
• Kokubo Mitsutaka demanded 500,000 personal points from Ryuen Kakeru for Class D’s cooperation, and Ryuen refused to pay.
• Kokubo threatened that Class D could disrupt the White Team’s events, but Ryuen tried to use Hirata Yosuke’s reputation to intimidate him.
• Kokubo told Ryuen that Hirata had already approved Class D’s actions, leaving Ryuen confused about their strategy.
• Hirata arrived and claimed Class D would not betray its Red Team allies, while recalling how Kitagawa Kai had informed him of Kokubo’s plan.
• Kitagawa Kai and Hirata Yosuke signed a contract under which Class A would pay Class D 200,000 personal points in exchange for Class D not interfering with Class A.

Ryuen Kakeru collected the agreed points from Sakayanagi Arisu and sought Class B's help for the Pole-Toppling Competition. Kitagawa Kai then organized a six-person strike team for the Red Team, leaving everyone else to defend their pole as the match approached.

• Ryuen Kakeru received 250,000 points from Sakayanagi Arisu after honoring their agreement, then went to find Katsuragi Kohei for Class B's cooperation.
• The broadcast announced the Pole-Toppling Competition, whose rules allowed physical contact as teams tried to topple the opposing pole and protect their own.
• Kitagawa Kai asked Hirata Yosuke to bring Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Koenji Rokusuke to Class A's area to discuss his strategy.
• Kitagawa Kai proposed that he, Hirata Yosuke, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Koenji Rokusuke, Kanzaki Ryūji, and Shibata Sō form an elite offensive squad while the rest of the Red Team defended their pole.
• Koenji Rokusuke, Shibata Sō, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka agreed to the plan, and Kitagawa Kai told Shibata to alert the Red Team to prepare for defense.

Kitagawa Kai led the Red Team’s six-person attack through the White Team’s defenses and toppled their pole before Ryuen Kakeru’s force could reach the Red base. The Red Team won almost instantly, leaving Ryuen furious and the spectators stunned.

• Ryuen Kakeru ordered Komiya Yogo and Kondo Reon to delay Kitagawa Kai, while Katsuragi Kohei prepared the White Team’s defense.
• When the whistle sounded, the Red Team’s attackers charged past Ryuen Kakeru, and Kitagawa Kai slipped through Komiya and Kondo’s interception.
• Katsuragi Kohei organized paired defenders, but Kitagawa Kai, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Kanzaki Ryūji, Koenji Rokusuke, and the others broke through the line.
• The Red Team’s six attackers reached the White pole and toppled it, ending the competition before Ryuen Kakeru’s assault arrived.
• Ryuen Kakeru blamed Katsuragi Kohei for the defeat as the spectators struggled to understand how quickly the Red Team had won.

After losing the first round, Ryuen Kakeru persuaded Katsuragi Kohei to help the White Team trap and rough up the Red Team’s six attackers. The second round began with Kitagawa Kai and his teammates surrounded, and Ryuen ordered the White Team to attack.

• Ryuen Kakeru proposed that the White Team play defensively to force a draw, then use rough contact to weaken the Red Team in the next round; Katsuragi Kohei agreed to cooperate only with defense and normal contact.
• Kitagawa Kai overheard the White Team’s plan and learned that they intended to target Ayanokoji Kiyotaka first.
• The White Team opened a gap in its formation, allowing Kitagawa Kai and the other five attackers inside before closing ranks around them.
• Ryuen Kakeru boasted about the White Team’s numerical advantage as Class C students taunted the surrounded Red Team.
• Kitagawa Kai told his teammates to hold back, while the White Team crowded in and began using shoves, hidden trips, and other rough tactics after Ryuen ordered them to attack.

Kitagawa Kai and his companions defeated Ryuen Kakeru’s side in the pole-toppling match, then Ryuen reported them for injuring Class C students. Horikita Manabu arrived to review the complaint and asked Kitagawa what he had to say.

• Kitagawa Kai’s group fought through the Class C students while Katsuragi Kohei ordered Class B to defend the pole.
• Kitagawa Kai knocked Yamada Albert and Ishizaki Daichi aside, then felled Ryuen Kakeru with an elbow strike.
• Kitagawa Kai pushed over the pole, securing the Red Team’s victory.
• Ryuen Kakeru reported Kitagawa Kai for allegedly using violence, but the referee dismissed the complaint as normal physical contact in sports.
• Horikita Manabu arrived after Ryuen requested his intervention and asked Kitagawa Kai to respond to the accusation.

Kitagawa Kai used a recording to make Ryuen Kakeru concede that Class C had fouled during the Pole-Knocking Competition, then watched the Red Team extend its lead in the Ball-Tossing Competition. He accompanied Yamamura Miki to return Asahina Nazuna’s lost charm, and Miki revealed she had no objections to Kai’s interest in the senior.

• Kitagawa Kai showed Horikita Manabu footage of Class C using dirty punches and kicks, and Ryuen Kakeru admitted he had no objections to the ruling.
• The Red Team won the Ball-Tossing Competition, widening its lead.
• Kitagawa Kai rolled the Prank Dice with Miyabi Nagumo in mind and got a three.
• Yamamura Miki asked Kitagawa Kai to help return a charm she had found, and they went together to the upper years’ area.
• Yamamura Miki spotted Asahina Nazuna and gave the charm to Kitagawa Kai to return, saying she had no objections to his interest in the senior.

Kitagawa Kai watched Horikita Manabu win his round, then discussed investing in Manabu’s future business with Horikita Suzune and Yamamura Miki. As the Sports Festival’s scavenger hunt began, Kai drew a prompt that made him frown, leaving its contents unknown.

• Kitagawa Kai and Yamamura Miki joined Horikita Suzune in watching Horikita Manabu defeat the White Team and topple the pole.
• Horikita Manabu spotted Kai holding hands with Yamamura Miki and frowned before a teammate interrupted him.
• Kai offered to employ or invest in Horikita Manabu, while Suzune urged him to judge investments on their merits.
• Suzune left with Kai and Miki before the second round, and the Sports Festival continued as the White Team fell far behind.
• Kai and other first-year participants prepared for the scavenger hunt, where Shiina Hiyori told him she was competing in the fourth heat.
• In the first heat, Kai rushed to draw a scavenger hunt prompt and frowned after reading the slip.

Kitagawa Kai drew a difficult Borrowing Race prompt requiring a female teacher over 165 centimeters tall, so he carried Chabashira Sae to the referee despite her protests. The referee validated the borrowed item, and Kitagawa won his heat, leaving Chabashira furious and promising revenge.

• Kitagawa Kai realized Chabashira Sae was the only teacher he knew who met his prompt, then ran to Class D's tent to find her.
• Chabashira Sae refused to help and told Kitagawa Kai to draw another prompt, citing Class D's poor performance.
• Kitagawa Kai carried Chabashira Sae across the field and silenced her by pressing a pressure point when she struggled.
• Kitagawa Kai presented Chabashira Sae as the borrowed item, and the referee confirmed that she met the prompt.
• Kitagawa Kai apologized and ran to the finish line, taking first place in his heat, while Chabashira Sae vowed to make him pay.

After Kitagawa Kai carried Chabashira Sae during the Borrowing Race, he used their argument to confront her lingering pain over failing to graduate from Class A. Chabashira broke down in tears, and Kitagawa drew her into his arms, realizing he had grown used to holding her.

• Kitagawa Kai apologized to Chabashira Sae after the Borrowing Race, and she took him away to reprimand him privately.
• Hoshinomiya Chie secretly replaced the box’s slips, which all pointed to Chabashira Sae, with ordinary prompts.
• Chabashira Sae berated Kitagawa Kai for carrying her, but he argued that losing a round was only a temporary defeat.
• Kitagawa Kai reminded Chabashira Sae that her former classmates had found success and told her to stop blaming herself for her past choice.
• Chabashira Sae began to cry, and Kitagawa Kai held her while urging her to move on.

Kitagawa Kai helped Chabashira Sae after she sprained her ankle, then left her to complete Shiina Hiyori’s Scavenger Hunt prompt. The two secured a victory for Class C, and Kitagawa later told Ichinose Honami about the events.

• Chabashira Sae pushed Kitagawa Kai away and insisted their earlier encounter should be forgotten, but she soon fell and sprained her ankle.
• Kitagawa Kai reset Chabashira Sae’s ankle and offered to take her to the infirmary.
• Shiina Hiyori asked Kitagawa Kai to help with her prompt, “someone of the opposite sex you are close to,” and he chose to go with her.
• Kitagawa Kai and Shiina Hiyori crossed the finish line, earning one of Class C’s few victories.
• Shiina Hiyori asked Kitagawa Kai to read with her at the library, and he promised to visit after his busy days.
• Ichinose Honami asked Kitagawa Kai about his Borrowing Race prompt, and he gave her a partial account of what had happened.

Miyabi Nagumo struggled through a Borrowing Race, drawing several difficult prompts before completing the final one with an omamori. He discovered that his trousers had split at the crotch and fled the sports field as his classmates laughed.

• Kitagawa Kai added Chabashira Sae on his Terminal and began messaging her.
• Miyabi Nagumo drew prompts for an international student and the Student Council President's glasses, then chose to draw again each time.
• Miyabi Nagumo drew a prompt for an omamori belonging to someone of the opposite sex and asked Asahina Nazuna to lend him hers.
• Asahina Nazuna told Miyabi Nagumo that her omamori was missing, so he borrowed one from another girl instead.
• Miyabi Nagumo crossed the finish line with the borrowed omamori, then noticed his split trousers and yellow underwear.
• Miyabi Nagumo left the sports field while his classmates laughed and joked about him.

Kitagawa Kai returned Asahina Nazuna’s lost good luck charm, prompting a jealous confrontation between Nazuna and Miyabi Nagumo. Their argument ended with Nazuna defending Kitagawa and Nagumo questioning how their friendship had deteriorated.

• Kitagawa Kai teased Chabashira Sae by claiming she could have moved while he held her, and she considered confronting him over his relationship with Hoshinomiya.
• Kitagawa Kai returned Asahina Nazuna’s Omamori and explained that Yamamura Miki had found it.
• Miyabi Nagumo interrupted their conversation and told Kitagawa Kai to leave, while Nazuna criticized Nagumo for caring only about his own events.
• Nagumo accused Nazuna of being involved with Kitagawa Kai, but she said Kitagawa had only returned her charm.
• Nazuna rejected Nagumo’s warning about Kitagawa and said she would rather join the many women around him than be with someone who would not own up to his actions.

Kitagawa Kai led Class A to victory in the four-way tug-of-war as Katsuragi Kohei redirected Class B’s pull to secure second place. Afterward, Chabashira Sae summoned Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

• Kitagawa Kai and the other contestants took their places for the four-way tug-of-war, which would be decided in a single round.
• Kitagawa Kai steadily pulled the knot toward Class A, overcoming Yamada Albert’s burst of strength.
• Katsuragi Kohei ordered Class B to redirect its pull toward Class A, helping Class B pass Class C for second place.
• Class A won, followed by Classes B, D, and C, while Ayanokoji Kiyotaka wondered if he had underestimated Kitagawa Kai.
• Chabashira Sae stopped Ayanokoji Kiyotaka on his way back to Class D’s rest area and told him to come with her.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka refused Chabashira Sae’s request to investigate Hoshinomiya and Kitagawa Kai, then joined Himeno Yuki for the mixed-gender three-legged race. The race began with Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki taking an early lead, but another pair quickly started gaining on them.

• Chabashira Sae asked Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to investigate the relationship between Hoshinomiya and Kitagawa Kai, but he refused despite her offer of points and threat of expulsion.
• Kitagawa Kai rejected his classmates’ suggestions to withdraw from the race and headed to the starting area with Himeno Yuki.
• Kitagawa Kai greeted Horikita Suzune and Matsushita Chiaki, who had entered the first heat to compete against him.
• Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki tied their legs together, while Horikita Suzune urged Matsushita Chiaki to keep up with her.
• The race began, and Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki surged ahead before a pair beside them began closing the gap.

Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki won the three-legged race, while Ayanokoji Kiyotaka told Kitagawa that Chabashira Sae had asked him to investigate Kitagawa’s relationship with Hoshinomiya Chie. The Sports Festival then reached its final event, the all-year mixed 1,200-meter relay.

• Horikita Suzune and Matsushita Chiaki chased Kitagawa Kai and Himeno Yuki but could not match their speed.
• Kitagawa and Himeno crossed the finish line in first place, and Horikita offered Himeno a tissue before the pairs separated.
• Ayanokoji told Kitagawa that Chabashira had asked him to investigate Kitagawa’s relationship with Hoshinomiya, and Kitagawa accepted the information in exchange for settling their agreement.
• Kitagawa wondered how Kozue had begun suspecting his relationship with Hoshinomiya.
• The Sports Festival began its final event, and Hoshinomiya said Class A could make history by placing first in its year again.

Class A prepared for the high-value relay race as Kitagawa Kai assigned the runners. At the track, Horikita Suzune defended her choice to run the final leg and affirmed that Kitagawa was an important companion before Miyabi Nagumo arrived.

• Ichinose Honami rallied Class A with the promise of a party, and Kitagawa Kai assigned Shibata Sō, Himeno Yuki, Amikura Mako, Fukuhara Junna, Kanzaki Ryūji, and himself to the relay legs.
• At the track, Kitagawa Kai saw Horikita Manabu standing awkwardly beside Horikita Suzune and greeted her, prompting Manabu to question why she was running Class D's final leg.
• Horikita Suzune argued that her choice would not affect Class D's overall result, and Horikita Manabu accepted her reasoning and praised the companions she had found.
• Horikita Suzune told Horikita Manabu that Kitagawa Kai was her most important companion.
• Miyabi Nagumo approached and introduced himself to Horikita Suzune, who ignored him; Kitagawa Kai then asked whether Nagumo had made up with Asahina.

Kitagawa Kai, Miyabi Nagumo, and Horikita Manabu agreed to race the final leg of the relay together, while their classes competed on the track. Kanzaki Ryūji surged ahead for Class 1-A, but a Class 3-A runner held first place as the final handoff approached.

• Miyabi Nagumo proposed that he, Horikita Manabu, and Kitagawa Kai start the final leg together, and they agreed.
• Kamuro Masumi arrived, asked to join in, and Kitagawa Kai sent her to stand with Horikita Suzune.
• The relay began, with Shibata Sō helping Class 1-A tie for the lead before Amikura Mako and Kiryuin Fuka ran their legs.
• A runner from Class 2-A fell during a baton exchange, costing Miyabi Nagumo's team time.
• Kanzaki Ryūji took the baton from Himeno Yuki, overtook two runners, and drove Class 1-A toward the lead.
• At the final-leg exchange zone, Horikita Manabu praised Class 1-A while Miyabi Nagumo felt excluded and wondered why his class still lagged behind.

Kitagawa Kai and Horikita Manabu waited for Miyabi Nagumo to join them in the relay, but Nagumo fell at the handoff and lost his chance to compete. Kai surged ahead to win, leaving Manabu in second, and supported Horikita Suzune and Kamuro Masumi as they finished.

• Horikita Manabu and Kitagawa Kai paused at the exchange zone, intending to race alongside Miyabi Nagumo.
• Miyabi Nagumo received the baton from Ōi Yūsei but immediately fell, disappointing the spectators and forcing Kai and Manabu to start without him.
• Kitagawa Kai accelerated past the other runners while Horikita Manabu followed behind, and Kai crossed the finish line first.
• Horikita Manabu finished second and was stunned by Kai's speed and composure.
• Kitagawa Kai steadied the exhausted Horikita Suzune and Kamuro Masumi as they reached the finish, and Horikita Manabu sighed at the sight.

Class 1-A won the Sports Festival with the highest score in history, and Kitagawa Kai was named the top first-year student. The results left Class B questioning its decline, Class C with only 170 points, and Class D still withholding its points from classmates.

• Sakayanagi Narimori announced the Red Team's victory, and the screen showed Class 1-A's record score of 2,410; Ichinose Honami and Shiranami Chihiro thanked Kitagawa Kai for the win.
• Kitagawa Kai was named the most outstanding first-year student, alongside Miyabi Nagumo for the second year and Horikita Manabu for the third.
• Class 1-A rose to 1,753 points, while Class B fell to 1,035 after the White Team's defeat.
• Katsuragi Kohei blamed Class B's lack of unity and fitness for its loss, and Sakayanagi Arisu agreed to have him lead rigorous training while arguing that the Uninhabited Island Exam had marked their decline.
• Class C fell to 170 points after its White Team defeat and third-place finish, while Hirata Yosuke kept Class D's points from classmates who wanted to spend them.