At any rate, the one at fault definitely couldn't be Sogo Doma—absolutely not Sogo Doma. Principal Yamamoto could only think that way—if the Doma Family wanted Toyogasaki to shut down, he wouldn't need to consider how to struggle at all. He could just obediently wait for the school to close. Therefore, the problem could only be Matsuzaki!
However, with the precedent of a certain Doma already before him, Principal Yamamoto was much more accommodating when it came to the Service Club established by Yukino Yukinoshita. After all, the young lady's club had only one member...
Although that didn't meet the rules in terms of numbers, once Principal Yamamoto thought of the [Oolong Tea Research Club] someone had created, he felt that one person was actually pretty good too! Really!
Thus, when Shizuka Hiratsuka submitted the application, before she had even exerted much effort, Principal Yamamoto agreed to make a special exception.
Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
Am I really that easy to deal with at Toyogasaki? EMMM...
This should count as a club she had applied for through "reasoned argument," right? Why did it feel as though the version of herself who had searched everywhere for people to get the Service Club approved at Sobu High School had been so useless? Wait, perhaps Principal Yamamoto knew what she had done at Sobu High School, which was why he had approved the Service Club application so readily...
That had to be it! So, the Service Club could still be considered a club established through her "reasoned argument." It was just that she didn't feel much sense of accomplishment!
And as the Service Club she had "worked so hard" to get approved, of course Shizuka Hiratsuka kept an eye on it, even if she hadn't thought highly of it at first—after all, back at