Kitagawa Kai used the Affection System to build connections across the classes while profiting from the school’s hidden rules and joining the Student Council. The stretch ended as he prepared to race Kanzaki Ryūji and Shibata Sō in a swimming lesson, with Ichinose Honami watching.
Kitagawa Kai built relationships across the classes while selling Class B’s information and helping its students prepare for the midterms. As Class D faced zero points and an unexpectedly difficult exam scope, Horikita Suzune remained determined to judge matters for herself.
Kitagawa Kai helped Horikita Suzune and Class D through the midterm crisis while building closer ties with Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, and Ichinose Honami. As he strengthened Class B and pursued his own Student Council ambitions, Ichinose and Kai publicly began pretending to date, leaving Kushida and Suzune in his orbit.
Kitagawa Kai helped expose Class C’s harassment, secured evidence that could have saved Ken Sudō, and drew several girls closer as he openly pursued a relationship with Ichinose Honami. The arc ended with Ichinose moving into Room 520 and joining Kamuro Masumi and Kushida Kikyo in confronting Kai’s womanizing.
Kitagawa Kai claimed sites across the island, maneuvered among the classes, and helped Class B win the Special Exam by a wide margin. Back aboard the cruise ship, his relationships with Ichinose Honami, Shiranami Chihiro, and others continued to develop as he prepared to help Horikita Suzune and Sakura Airi.
Kitagawa Kai navigated the Minority Exam, deepened his relationships, and helped Karuizawa Kei confront her past. As summer break began, Hirata Yosuke took charge of Class D, while Kai’s relationships with Horikita Suzune and Karuizawa Kei continued to develop.
Kitagawa Kai built ties with more girls while Class A prepared for the Sports Festival and rival classes considered how to counter it. The arc ended with Kai celebrating his birthday in Room 520 and giving personalized rings to the girls gathered there.
Kitagawa Kai led Class A through the Sports Festival, defeating the White Team’s schemes and winning the final relay. Class A finished with a record score, while the festival left Nagumo’s rivalry with Kai and several personal tensions unresolved.
Kitagawa Kai challenged Miyabi Nagumo for Student Council President, won the schoolwide election, and began reshaping the council. He left the arc facing Nagumo’s mass resignation and rebuilding the council with allies and representatives from every first-year class.
Kitagawa Kai reorganized the Student Council, arranged shared Faculty Apartment housing, and deepened his relationships while countering investigations into his private life. Paper Shuffle preparations left Class A facing Class B and Class D alarmed by its pairings after Yukimura Teruhiko secretly disrupted its quiz strategy.
Kitagawa Kai took control of Class D after Hirata Yosuke sought his help to prevent expulsions, then organized joint study sessions and a strategy for obtaining Class C’s exam papers. Hirata Yosuke secured a paper-sharing deal with Ryuen Kakeru after Shiina Hiyori recognized the threat behind the negotiations.
Kitagawa Kai pushed the Diversified Development Plan through approval while balancing student activities, romance, and growing ties with the girls around him. The arc ended with Himeno Yuki moving into the Faculty Apartment and Kai agreeing to meet the Art Club president.
Miyabi Nagumo’s complaints against Kitagawa Kai were dismissed, damaging Nagumo’s standing and strengthening Kai’s position at school. As the students prepared for exams, Kai grew closer to several girls and ended the stretch facing Sakayanagi Arisu’s challenge over Class B’s exam papers.
Kitagawa Kai organized a four-day Student Council trip to Izu, bringing together the girls for sightseeing, games, and closer moments with him. At the Bamboo Grove Path, Yamamura Miki learned to control her concealment ability, and the group returned to Hot Spring Street for a gift-picking game.
Kitagawa Kai joined the girls on a gift-filled outing, helped Ichinose Honami’s family and Katsuragi Kohei’s sister, and began dating Hasebe Haruka. The group continued its trip through Mount Omuro and Izu Shaboten Zoo, where Kai and Asahina Nazuna ended their peacock bet with competing claims about who had won.
Kitagawa Kai and the girls spent a Christmas Eve trip moving between heartfelt declarations, games, hot springs, and dates, while their relationships with him deepened. In Shimoda, Kai continued shopping with Horikita Suzune and Sakayanagi Arisu after sharing the story of his childhood and inheritance.
Kitagawa Kai and Shiina Hiyori helped solve a murder before returning to the group’s Izu Christmas gathering, where a stray kitten joined their plans. The holiday brought new romantic confessions and ended with Kai and the others playing in the snow.
No recap yet. An arc gets one once it has 25 chapters.