Recaps

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 met Yamamura Miki on the university bus, then discovered they were assigned to different classes, and he carried Sakayanagi Arisu to Class A after she fell in the hallway.
• Kitagawa Kai befriended Kamuro Masumi after catching her stealing beer, then defeated Tanaka Masamichi and Fujiwara at chess before beating Sakayanagi Arisu in a match.
• Kitagawa Kai warned Class B that Personal Points and classroom conduct were tied to class performance, then helped Ichinose Honami and Kanzaki Ryūji sell Class A information about the school’s hidden rules for one million points.
• Kitagawa Kai negotiated a million-point deal with Hoshinomiya Chie to undermine Class D and secretly recorded their agreement, then kissed Kamuro Masumi and raised her affection level.
• Kitagawa Kai interrupted Horikita Manabu’s Student Council speech with his Narrator skill, then helped Himeno Yuki leave a Class B gathering and later intervened when Manabu struck Horikita Suzune.
• Horikita Manabu appointed Kitagawa Kai Student Council Secretary in exchange for guiding and protecting Suzune, and Kai showed Suzune a recording of her brother’s request.
• Kitagawa Kai met Shiina Hiyori in the library and shared a conversation about mystery novels, then began learning his secretary duties from Tachibana Akane and spoke with Miyabi Nagumo.
• At a swimming lesson, Kitagawa Kai joined Kanzaki Ryūji and Shibata Sō for a 50-meter freestyle race as Ichinose Honami watched and Kishida Shinichi fired the starting pistol.

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.

• Shibata Sō won the boys’ 50-meter freestyle, and Kitagawa Kai’s compliment raised Ichinose Honami’s affection before they helped students practice swimming.
• Kitagawa Kai met Kamuro Masumi in the grove, kissed her, and gave her Lemon Mint Candy after her affection level rose and she gained Master-Level Combat.
• Kitagawa Kai sold Ryuen Kakeru confidential information for 500,000 Personal Points, and Ryuen agreed before realizing the deal would soon lose value.
• Hirata Yosuke told Class D about the offer, but the class refused to buy it, so Horikita Suzune arranged a private meeting with Kitagawa and signed a contract to provide him bento for three months.
• Kitagawa Kai explained to Horikita Suzune why Class D faced defeat, then urged her to improve herself while she promised to make her own judgment.
• Hoshinomiya Chie announced that Class B had 960 Class Points, while Chabashira Sae told Class D it had zero points and warned that students who failed exams would be expelled.
• Kitagawa Kai studied with Ichinose Honami, Shiranami Chihiro, and Himeno Yuki, defeated Sakayanagi Arisu at chess, and subdued Ryuen Kakeru when he attacked him in the library.
• Kitagawa Kai spent time with Yamamura Miki and Horikita Suzune, agreed to help Kushida Kikyo befriend Suzune, and joined Class B’s exam preparation as Ryuen ordered Class C to leave answers blank.
• Chabashira Sae changed Class D’s exam scope, alarming the class, while Horikita Suzune rejected Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s suggestion to ask Kitagawa for help.
• Kitagawa Kai helped Horikita Manabu send Suzune a friend request, and Manabu questioned Kitagawa about Suzune’s visits to his dorm before warning him to mind appearances.

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 Horikita Suzune question the path she had chosen by imitating her brother, and she admitted she was not all right before accepting his support.
• Kai arranged a six-month exchange with Suzune, who cooked for him while he advised her on exams, and she befriended Kushida Kikyo to obtain past papers.
• Kai supported Tachibana Akane with Student Council work and spent time with her, while he also drew closer to Kushida through dates and flirtation.
• Class B excelled in the midterms, but Ken Sudō, Watanabe Takuto, and Yamashita Osafumi failed, so Suzune and Kushida borrowed points from Kai to save them from expulsion.
• Kai kissed Suzune as a condition of her loan and later accepted Kushida's weekly lap-rest arrangement, while both women helped Class D cover its debts.
• Kai helped Ichinose join the Student Council and told Horikita Manabu he planned to run for president, then discussed the White Room with Sakayanagi Arisu and confronted Kushida after overhearing her private rant.
• Kushida told Kai her history of exposing classmates' secrets, and they became intimate, and afterward, Kai reassured her while Suzune found Kushida in his room and began cooking for them both.
• Kai organized Class B's academic and physical training and distributed recorders to protect students from false accusations as Ryuen Kakeru watched his class.
• Kai pretended to date Ichinose to help her reject Shiranami Chihiro, then comforted Chihiro and helped her recognize that her feelings for Ichinose differed from her reaction to him.
• Ichinose and Kai publicly announced their pretend relationship, while Kamuro Masumi planned to visit Kai's dorm and Kushida joined him and Suzune for a meal.

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 began dating Ichinose Honami in earnest after celebrating her birthday and admitting he would not give up his other girlfriends.
• Sakura Airi was stalked by the repair-shop clerk, and Kitagawa Kai helped gather evidence and bring the matter to the school’s attention.
• Ryuen Kakeru’s staged assault led to Ken Sudō’s expulsion after Class D failed to produce evidence for his self-defense claim.
• Kitagawa Kai secretly gave Ryuen Kakeru footage of the assault and received 1.98 million points in exchange for his silence.
• Horikita Manabu ruled that Class C had harassed Class B and ordered a point deduction, compensation, and corrective supervision.
• Kitagawa Kai helped Sakayanagi Arisu improve her heart condition, and she agreed to become his girlfriend.
• Ichinose Honami moved into Kitagawa Kai’s Room 520 and joined Kamuro Masumi and Kushida Kikyo in confronting him about his other girlfriends.