Recaps

Kitagawa Kai met Chabashira Sae and Hoshinomiya Chie at a bar, where Chabashira reflected on whether Class D could ever reach Class A. He told her this year's Class D had lost its drive and that she would need to change how she taught if she wanted to lead a future class to Class A.

• Kitagawa Kai called Chabashira Sae to visit her, but Hoshinomiya Chie invited him to the Green Tangerine Bar, where she and Chabashira were drinking.
• Kitagawa Kai arrived at private room 128, helped the drunk Hoshinomiya Chie sit up, and shared orange juice with Chabashira Sae.
• Hoshinomiya Chie pretended to ask Kitagawa Kai for a kiss while Chabashira considered using her to uncover leverage over the two of them.
• As Kitagawa Kai carried Hoshinomiya Chie outside, Chabashira Sae lamented that he was not in her class.
• Kitagawa Kai told Chabashira Sae that this year's Class D had no chance of reaching Class A and that she would need to improve as a homeroom teacher to succeed with a future class.
• Chabashira Sae fell silent, wondering whether she had been wrong about how she had led her class.

Kitagawa Kai left Hoshinomiya Chie with Chabashira Sae, who tried to question her about their relationship but got no useful information. After Chabashira left, Kai returned to Chie, and they planned to use her suspicions to set her up.

• Kitagawa Kai carried Hoshinomiya Chie to Room 802 and left her with Chabashira Sae.
• Chabashira Sae tried to question Hoshinomiya about her relationship with Kitagawa, but Hoshinomiya pretended to be drunk and fell asleep before revealing anything.
• Chabashira Sae left, and Hoshinomiya messaged Kitagawa to come back to Room 802.
• Kitagawa returned to find Hoshinomiya dressed in an outfit like Chabashira's and spent time with her.
• Hoshinomiya told Kitagawa that Chabashira had probed her about their relationship, and they began planning to set Chabashira up when she tried again.

After Horikita Manabu announced he would step down, Kitagawa Kai challenged Miyabi Nagumo for the Student Council presidency, forcing the school to hold a vote. Kai left the meeting determined to pursue his own vision, though he admitted he had not prepared much for the campaign.

• Horikita Manabu announced that he would step down as Student Council President late in the month and asked for thoughts on his successor.
• Miyabi Nagumo offered to take over, but Kitagawa Kai declared that he would compete for the position and argued that students should choose between them.
• Horikita Manabu scheduled campaign speeches in the Gymnasium for the following Monday, and Kiriyama Ikuyo and another student subtly nodded to Kitagawa Kai.
• In the Student Council Secretary Office, Tachibana Akane worried about Kai's campaign, while Ichinose Honami reassured her that he could handle Nagumo.
• Kitagawa Kai joked about recruiting Horikita Suzune, Kamuro Masumi, and Kushida Kikyo, then said he would forge a path unlike that of previous Student Council Presidents.

Kitagawa Kai told Ichinose Honami and Tachibana Akane that Advanced Nurturing’s original purpose was to develop students’ individuality, then said he planned to change the school if he rose to a position of authority. He left them impressed, while admitting he needed a challenging goal because Class A had no worthy opponents.

• Kitagawa Kai explained that the school secretly selected its students and assigned them to classes based on their distinctive traits and flaws.
• Kitagawa Kai argued that the school had originally been designed to help students grow through competition and discover their individual strengths, but political forces had made it more brutal.
• Kitagawa Kai told Ichinose Honami and Tachibana Akane that he would diversify the school’s methods of teaching and evaluating students if he gained enough authority.
• Ichinose Honami asked Kitagawa Kai about his former plan for a peaceful university life, and he said Class A no longer had any worthy opponents.
• Kitagawa Kai reviewed his abilities and growing affection levels, then lamented that life was lonely.

Kitagawa Kai canvassed Class D for support in his bid to become Student Council President, offering points in exchange for votes. The students began signing his contract after Kushida Kikyo warned that his rival, Miyabi Nagumo, might introduce harsher expulsion penalties.

• Kitagawa Kai arrived at the Class D classroom after Hirata Yosuke gathered the students at his request.
• Horikita Suzune told Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to support Kitagawa Kai, while Sakura Airi privately wondered whether Kai knew her birthday was approaching.
• Kitagawa Kai announced his candidacy for Student Council President and asked Class D to vote for him at Monday’s campaign speeches.
• Kitagawa Kai offered each student 10,000 points for a vote, prompting many students to consider supporting him.
• Kushida Kikyo warned the class that Miyabi Nagumo might use his authority to impose more penalties involving expulsion.
• Kitagawa Kai presented a contract for students who agreed to support him.

Kitagawa Kai gathered Class D students’ votes for the Student Council President contest by offering points, then paid early supporters a bonus to win their goodwill. He left Onizuka Hideyoshi and his clique with a ten-thousand-point offer, and they reluctantly agreed to sign.

• Class D students, including Kushida Kikyo and Sakura Airi, signed Kitagawa Kai’s Contract, while Onizuka Hideyoshi and a few others held back.
• Kitagawa Kai created a group for the signers and paid each of them fifteen thousand points instead of the agreed ten thousand, calling the extra amount a premium for their votes.
• The Class D students praised Kitagawa Kai, while Hirata Yosuke reflected on how easily Kai had won their support.
• Onizuka Hideyoshi and his clique asked to sell their votes after seeing the others receive fifteen thousand points, but Kitagawa Kai insisted they would get only ten thousand.
• Onizuka Hideyoshi accepted the original price, and he and his clique signed the Contract.

After securing Class D’s votes for his Student Council President campaign, Kitagawa Kai planned to seek support from the upper years and arranged a private birthday celebration for Sakura Airi. He then joined Shiina Hiyori in the library, where she cherished their rare time alone despite feeling jealous of his other girlfriends.

• Kitagawa Kai secured thirty-six votes from Class D and asked Kushida Kikyo and Karuizawa Kei to build support while proposing that he and Horikita Suzune ask Horikita Manabu for votes.
• Kitagawa Kai told Horikita Suzune they should explain their relationship to her older brother, and she agreed hesitantly.
• Kitagawa Kai and Sakura Airi decided to celebrate her birthday alone at the Sakayanagi Restaurant, with Sakura also inviting Kushida Kikyo.
• Kitagawa Kai went to the library and joined Shiina Hiyori, who had saved newly released mystery novels to read with him.
• Shiina Hiyori leaned against Kitagawa Kai as they read together and privately wished she could have him to herself, then felt guilty for being selfish toward Yamamura Miki.

Kitagawa Kai and Shiina Hiyori discussed the mystery novel Magpie Murders, then shared a romantic evening together. After Kai explained how much he cherished their relationship, he and Hiyori shared their first kiss by the lake.

• Kitagawa Kai finished Magpie Murders, and he and Shiina Hiyori discussed their theories about the killers.
• Shiina Hiyori explained that she carried books she had bought herself so Kai could choose what to read, and Kai told her she no longer needed to bring so many.
• Kitagawa Kai compared Hiyori to a beauty like jade and told her that meeting and falling in love with her felt like reading his favorite book.
• After dinner, Kitagawa Kai took Shiina Hiyori for a walk by the lake, where seeing a couple kiss made her curious and nervous.
• Kitagawa Kai led Hiyori to a secluded bench, and they shared their first kiss; she then noticed his physical reaction and asked if he was uncomfortable.

Horikita Manabu agreed to hear Kitagawa Kai’s vision for the Student Council presidency, while Kitagawa Kai tried to negotiate Class C’s votes with Ryuen Kakeru. Ryuen rejected Kai’s offer and planned to use Miyabi Nagumo’s interest in Class C’s votes to secure more points.

• Kitagawa Kai invited Horikita Manabu to dinner with Horikita Suzune to discuss the Student Council leadership, and Manabu agreed to meet them at Sakayanagi Restaurant.
• News spread that Horikita Manabu would step down and Miyabi Nagumo and Kitagawa Kai would compete for the presidency in a schoolwide vote.
• Kitagawa Kai offered Ryuen Kakeru’s Class C ten thousand points per vote, but Ryuen demanded thirty thousand and Kai refused to raise his offer.
• Shiina Hiyori advised Ryuen Kakeru to spread news of the negotiations so Miyabi Nagumo would offer Class C a higher price.
• Ryuen Kakeru ordered Ishizaki Daichi to spread the rumor, but when Ishizaki could not, a classmate suggested asking Kushida from Class D.

Miyabi Nagumo secured Class C’s support in the Student Council election by agreeing to pay Ryuen Kakeru six hundred thousand points. Meanwhile, Ichinose Honami helped Kitagawa Kai prepare to meet Horikita Manabu, and Kai’s attention soon turned from the meeting to his girlfriend.

• Ryuen Kakeru was shocked to learn that Kushida Kikyo had been supplying Class C with information.
• Miyabi Nagumo met Ryuen Kakeru and offered Class C challenges against Class 1-A in exchange for its votes.
• Ryuen Kakeru negotiated six hundred thousand points for Class C’s forty votes, and he and Miyabi Nagumo signed a contract.
• Ryuen Kakeru warned Miyabi Nagumo that Kitagawa Kai would not be easy to deal with, but Nagumo dismissed the warning.
• Ichinose Honami dressed Kitagawa Kai formally and explained why he should make a good impression on Horikita Manabu.
• Kitagawa Kai embraced Ichinose Honami and suggested they had time for some exercise before his meeting.

Kitagawa Kai met Horikita Manabu at Sakayanagi Restaurant and won his support for a bid to become Student Council President by discussing school reform and appealing to their shared ideals. Manabu then confronted Kai about his relationship with Horikita Suzune, which had not been part of their agreement.

• Kitagawa Kai and Horikita Suzune held hands as Horikita Manabu arrived at the restaurant.
• Kitagawa Kai explained his reform principles, and Horikita Manabu praised his resolve while warning him that the school chairman had rejected past reforms.
• Kitagawa Kai said he could withstand outside pressure and asked Horikita Manabu to publicly support his campaign against Miyabi Nagumo.
• Horikita Manabu agreed to help, though he claimed his principles might prevent him from doing so, and Horikita Suzune pointed out that he was already tempted.
• Horikita Manabu set the election votes aside and demanded to know what was going on between Kitagawa Kai and Horikita Suzune.

Kitagawa Kai admitted to Horikita Manabu that he was dating Suzune and several other girls, prompting Manabu to beat him before hearing his explanation. Manabu remained critical but urged Kai to consider how to protect the girls from society’s judgment.

• Kitagawa Kai told Horikita Manabu that Suzune and several other girls were his girlfriends, while Horikita Suzune said she knew and did not object.
• Horikita Manabu angrily took Kitagawa Kai outside to confront him alone, and Kai agreed to endure the older brother’s wrath.
• Horikita Manabu punched Kitagawa Kai repeatedly until he was bruised, then asked whether he had failed as an older brother.
• Kitagawa Kai praised Manabu’s care for Suzune and promised to love all the girls equally and never let them down.
• Horikita Manabu warned Kai to consider how society would accept the relationships and how to shield the girls from gossip and judgment.

Kitagawa Kai gained Horikita Manabu’s reluctant acceptance of his relationship with Horikita Suzune. The siblings parted on affectionate terms, and Kai returned to the Faculty Apartment, where Ichinose Honami hoped to receive her mother’s blessing someday.

• Horikita Suzune worried about her brother’s reaction, then tended to Kitagawa Kai’s bloodied face after he and Horikita Manabu returned.
• Horikita Manabu accepted Suzune’s choice while warning Kai not to mistreat her and asking him not to call him Brother Horikita until he stepped down.
• After dinner, Kai gave Manabu a fruit basket prepared by Honami and left the siblings to talk privately.
• Suzune told Manabu she was happy with Kai and described their plan for the women in Kai’s family to take turns registering and divorcing so they could all marry him.
• Manabu reassured Suzune that he wanted her to have a happy future, and she hugged him before going into her dormitory.
• Back at the Faculty Apartment, Kai told Kamuro Masumi, Yamamura Miki, and Ichinose Honami that he had passed Manabu’s test, and Honami said she hoped to receive her mother’s blessing someday.

Kitagawa Kai spent time with his friends and then discussed his student council election strategy with Sakayanagi Arisu. Arisu agreed to help him pressure Miyabi Nagumo, while their affectionate conversation continued.

• Ichinose Honami comforted Kitagawa Kai, while Kamuro Masumi and Yamamura Miki joked and challenged each other at his apartment.
• At the morning run, Kitagawa Kai accompanied Sakayanagi Arisu and offered to let her shower at his apartment.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked about Kitagawa Kai's need for votes and offered to sell him her class's votes for thirty thousand points each.
• Sakayanagi Arisu deduced that Kitagawa Kai had secured support from Class D and the Third Years, leaving Class B and Class C as leverage against Miyabi Nagumo.
• Kitagawa Kai asked Sakayanagi Arisu to cooperate in pressuring Miyabi Nagumo, and she agreed because she loved points.

Kitagawa Kai chose a red camera and leather strap as Sakura Airi’s birthday present, then agreed to accompany Karuizawa Kei into the grove to investigate the strange nighttime noises. There, they found Morishita Ai kneeling among arranged stones and chanting.

• Kitagawa Kai ordered a red camera and an elegant leather wrist strap for Sakura Airi’s birthday.
• Shinohara Satsuki and Matsushita Chiaki discussed strange noises in the grove, and Karuizawa Kei revealed she was afraid to cross it on her way to the Faculty Apartment.
• Karuizawa Kei met Kitagawa Kai at the café, and he openly praised her as cute and sweet.
• Kitagawa Kai agreed to investigate the grove with Karuizawa Kei that night.
• Kitagawa Kai and Karuizawa Kei found Morishita Ai kneeling before arranged stones and muttering an incantation.

Kitagawa Kai and Karuizawa Kei found Morishita Ai performing a supposed summoning ritual in the woods, and Ai declared herself Kai’s destined pet. Kei challenged Ai to prove she could fill that role, but Ai matched her affectionate gestures and joined them as they headed to the Faculty Apartment.

• Kitagawa Kai led Karuizawa Kei through the woods toward the strange sounds she had heard the previous night.
• Kitagawa Kai revealed Morishita Ai chanting in the darkness, and Ai mistook his arrival for the success of her summoning technique.
• Morishita Ai insisted that Kitagawa Kai was her destined master and asked to become his pet, while Karuizawa Kei tried to take him away.
• Morishita Ai checked her Terminal and found that her summoning instructions claimed the summoned opposite-sex person would be her destined master or pet.
• Karuizawa Kei tested Morishita Ai by embracing and kissing Kitagawa Kai, and Ai copied both gestures.
• Karuizawa Kei and Morishita Ai clung to Kitagawa Kai as the three arrived at the entrance to the Faculty Apartment, with both girls still competing to be his pet.

Ichinose Honami welcomed Morishita Ai, who had unexpectedly declared herself Kitagawa Kai’s pet, and the group arranged for her to stay in the spare bedroom. Morishita’s startling enthusiasm for learning about intimacy left the others relieved when she went to her room, but she slipped out the next morning after listening through the wall all night.

• Ichinose Honami met Morishita Ai, and Kitagawa Kai explained how he had found her performing a summoning ritual and insisting on becoming his pet.
• Ichinose Honami and Kitagawa Kai agreed to let Morishita Ai sleep in the spare bedroom, and Morishita obediently addressed them by name.
• Karuizawa Kei worried that Morishita Ai was becoming closer to Kai and Honami, then considered introducing Matsushita Chiaki to Kitagawa Kai.
• Kitagawa Kai told Morishita Ai to deepen their friendship, and her affection level rose from 66 to 74.
• Kitagawa Kai sent Morishita Ai to the spare room after she immediately opened the website he shared, and the others prepared for the night.
• Morishita Ai slipped out of Room 520 early the next morning after listening through the wall all night.

Sakura Airi revealed her true appearance to Kushida Kikyo before celebrating her birthday with Kitagawa Kai. After receiving his gift and sharing a meal with him and Kushida, Airi made a wish to protect her friendship and love.

• Sakura Airi prepared for her birthday by choosing a new outfit and deciding to stop hiding her appearance.
• Kushida Kikyo arrived at Sakura Airi’s hotel room and was shocked to see her transformed, glamorous look.
• Kitagawa Kai brought roses for Sakura Airi and Kushida Kikyo and a camera as Airi’s birthday present.
• Sakura Airi accepted Kai’s gift, and Kai cooked dinner with Kushida while Airi relaxed.
• Kitagawa Kai and Kushida Kikyo sang for Sakura Airi, who blew out her candles and wished to protect her friendship and love.

Kitagawa Kai, Sakura Airi, and Kushida Kikyo spent the night together, and Kushida confessed her guilt over prying into Airi’s secrets. Airi accepted Kushida as her lifelong best friend, and the chapter ended with the three sharing breakfast the next morning.

• Kitagawa Kai, Kushida Kikyo, and Sakura Airi agreed to stay at the hotel overnight, and Airi told Kai she had revealed her idol identity as Shizuku to Kikyo.
• Kushida Kikyo admitted to Kitagawa Kai that she had again fished for information and felt like a bad person.
• Kushida Kikyo confessed her flaws to Sakura Airi and asked to remain her friend for life; Airi reassured her, and they hugged.
• Kitagawa Kai made breakfast while Sakura Airi and Kushida Kikyo slept, then the three ate together the next morning.
• Kitagawa Kai teased Sakura Airi about whether she had wished for him, and Kushida Kikyo guessed that Airi had made three wishes about him.

On the day of the Student Council President election, Miyabi Nagumo tried to secure Sakayanagi Arisu’s votes after learning Horikita Manabu supported Kitagawa Kai. At the election assembly, Nagumo delivered his reform platform, then Kai began a speech challenging the school’s system.

• Miyabi Nagumo learned that Horikita Manabu favored Kitagawa Kai and worried that Kai already had nearly half the support.
• Sakayanagi Arisu revealed that she had chosen to support her boyfriend Kitagawa Kai, then offered to sell Class B’s votes to Nagumo for fifty thousand points each.
• Miyabi Nagumo prepared for the election with the support of the second-years, previously purchased first-year votes, and a few third-years.
• Miyabi Nagumo gave a campaign speech proposing changes to Student Council membership and the Advanced Nurturing Exam, promising a campus where ability mattered most.
• Kitagawa Kai took the podium and began a speech questioning whether students’ worth could be measured by exams or votes, saying that the campus should not be this way.

Kitagawa Kai delivered a passionate speech promising to reform Advanced Nurturing University, winning the support of students across the first-year classes. In the Student Council President vote, he defeated Miyabi Nagumo and believed the school was about to enter his era.

• Kitagawa Kai urged students to value different abilities and promised to make graduates proud of Advanced Nurturing if he became Student Council President.
• Students from Classes 1-A, 1-D, and other first-year classes cheered for Kitagawa Kai, while Ryuen Kakeru reluctantly joined their support.
• Miyabi Nagumo watched Kitagawa Kai gain support and warned that his rival would fall if he failed to win the presidency.
• Students voted anonymously, and the screen showed Kitagawa Kai winning with 259 votes against Miyabi Nagumo's 201.
• Miyabi Nagumo suspected second-year students had betrayed him, while Kitagawa Kai celebrated his victory and anticipated leading the school.

Kitagawa Kai won the Student Council presidency, completed the handover with Horikita Manabu, and learned about the authority and responsibilities of the position. After Sakayanagi Narimori discussed Kitagawa’s victory with Arisu, Kitagawa arrived at the Chairman’s Office to meet him.

• Tachibana Akane announced Kitagawa Kai as the next Student Council President, and Horikita Manabu gave his closing remarks.
• Kitagawa Kai led Horikita Suzune to the podium, where they stood beside Horikita Manabu for a commemorative photo.
• Horikita Manabu explained the president’s broad authority to Kitagawa Kai and warned him about Miyabi Nagumo’s underhanded methods.
• Horikita Manabu handed over Student Council documents and entrusted Kitagawa Kai with the council and Suzune.
• Sakayanagi Narimori discussed Kitagawa Kai’s decisive victory with Sakayanagi Arisu, who slipped into the inner room when Kitagawa arrived.

After becoming Student Council President, Kitagawa Kai visited Sakayanagi Narimori to discuss school reforms and ask to expand his Faculty Apartment quarters. Sakayanagi Narimori withheld approval, but Sakayanagi Arisu supported both the apartment request and Kitagawa Kai.

• Kitagawa Kai visited Sakayanagi Narimori and proposed more skills training and a Conduct Points system that could excuse one non-academic expulsion.
• Sakayanagi Narimori questioned how students would earn points, then asked Kitagawa Kai to draft a detailed plan for review.
• Kitagawa Kai asked to buy the rights to use the vacant Faculty Apartment units beside Room 520, and Sakayanagi Narimori said he would consider it.
• After Kitagawa Kai left, Sakayanagi Arisu told Sakayanagi Narimori she supported his request for the neighboring units and wanted to visit him daily to play chess.
• Sakayanagi Narimori agreed to keep the request in mind and planned to contact Kitagawa Kai later.

Kitagawa Kai comforted Tachibana Akane and invited her on a date before learning that Miyabi Nagumo planned a mass resignation to undermine his Student Council presidency. At the first general meeting, Nagumo and more than a dozen second-years resigned, while Kiriyama Ikuyo and Takenaka Kazuki stayed behind and sided with Kitagawa.

• Kitagawa Kai found Tachibana Akane by the lake, reassured her that she could return to the Student Council, and asked her on a date before she graduated.
• Kiriyama Ikuyo messaged Kitagawa Kai that Miyabi Nagumo planned to lead more than a dozen members in quitting at the next general meeting, and Kitagawa told her to let them resign.
• At the Student Council's first general meeting under Kitagawa, Miyabi Nagumo formally requested to leave, and more than a dozen second-years followed his lead.
• Kiriyama Ikuyo and Takenaka Kazuki remained in the Student Council, and Kiriyama apologized to Nagumo before Nagumo left with his followers.

Kitagawa Kai recruited first-year representatives for the Student Council and appointed Ichinose Honami Vice President. Ryuen Kakeru chose Kaneda Satoru to join, unaware Kaneda worried that Ryuen might know he had privately contacted Kitagawa.

• Kitagawa Kai made Kiriyama Ikuyo Vice President and asked her to handle routine affairs and recruitment.
• Kitagawa Kai appointed Ichinose Honami Vice President, and she asked to redecorate the Student Council Office.
• Kitagawa Kai invited Katsuragi Kohei to join the Student Council, and Katsuragi agreed to apply.
• Kitagawa Kai recruited representatives from Class C and Hirata Yosuke agreed, completing representation from all four first-year classes.
• Ryuen Kakeru chose Kaneda Satoru to apply to the Student Council and report any moves by Kitagawa Kai; Kaneda wondered whether Ryuen knew about his private contact with Kitagawa.