Recaps

Yoshikage Kira kept his distance from the school’s class rivalries while helping Honami Ichinose and Suzune Horikita through several crises. The story left the students on an uninhabited island, where the Special Exam’s secret-leader rules and covert deals set the classes against one another.

• Yoshikage Kira settled into Class B, worked with Honami Ichinose to keep the class stable, and learned that class points determined personal points and rankings.
• Sakayanagi Arisu took an interest in Kira, while the first written exam exposed divisions in Class A and prompted each class to prepare for possible expulsions.
• After Ken Sudō faced expulsion over his exam score and later a fight with Class C, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji saved him from the first crisis and Kira helped Suzune Horikita locate Airi Sakura as a witness for the second.
• Airi Sakura’s testimony and photos supported Suzune Horikita’s account at the hearing, and Horikita Manabu suspended students from both Class C and Sudō.
• Kira warned Honami Ichinose about Class D students’ hidden camera at the pool, and Ichinose let Suzune Horikita destroy the camera and memory cards after Horikita promised to prevent another incident.
• On the island, the school announced a seven-day Special Exam with bases, daily roll calls, hidden leaders, and point transfers for correct or incorrect leader guesses.
• Suzune Horikita and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji claimed a base for Class D, while Mio Ibuki joined their camp under false pretenses to identify its hidden leader for Ryuen Kakeru.
• Honami Ichinose and Suzune Horikita shared information about Class C, while Kohei Katsuragi’s deal supplied Ryuen Kakeru with goods and Mio Ibuki decided to frame someone at Class D’s base.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji helped Class D recover from the island exam and secured second place by keeping its Leader Card safe. As the VIP Exam began, Kikyo Kushida sought Yoshikage Kira’s help and revealed that Suzune Horikita knew about the incident that had ruined her middle-school class.

• Mio Ibuki framed Haruki Yamauchi with Kei Karuizawa’s underwear, but Yosuke Hirata concealed it and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji began planning against Ryuen Kakeru.
• Ayanokoji used a fire to draw Ibuki into stealing a fake Leader Card, while Ibuki took the real cardholder and Suzune Horikita chased her into the woods.
• Ayanokoji found the injured Horikita and helped her withdraw, becoming Class D’s leader and submitting guesses that helped the class finish second in the island exam.
• The school introduced the VIP Exam, and prominent students from different classes gathered in the Dragon Group to discuss how to identify its VIP.
• Ryuen forced Class C students to show their messages, while Hiyori Shiina identified several VIPs and Shiho Manabe proposed targeting Kei Karuizawa.
• Koenji ended the Monkey Group exam by identifying its VIP, and Ayanokoji and Yosuke Hirata made plans to protect Class D’s VIPs.
• Kushida feared Horikita would reveal her middle-school secret, watched Horikita and Kira closely, and arranged a private meeting with Kira.
• Kushida confessed to Kira that she had caused her middle-school class to fall apart and that Horikita knew the truth and had rejected her attempts at friendship.