Chapter Summaries

Mai Sakurajima left after Sougo misunderstood her thank-you gift and she told him her mother had paid the bill. At home, Umaru Doma noticed Sougo was upset and pressed him about whether a girl was the reason.

• Mai Sakurajima denied biting Sougo and grew angry when he asked about a second thank-you gift.
• Mai said her job of looking after Sougo was done, then left after telling him her mother had paid the bill.
• Sougo went home and played a battle royale game with Umaru, eliminating dozens of players while claiming they got in his way.
• Umaru secretly shot Sougo's character and asked whether the betrayal had improved his mood.
• Umaru coaxed Sougo into admitting he was upset, then asked if it was because of a girl.

Sogo Doma worried that Umaru might be disappointed in him, but she reassured him that she loved him as he was and would face his troubles with him. He explained that Mai Sakurajima’s problem had been resolved, and Umaru suspected he was upset because he no longer felt uniquely special to Mai.

• Umaru teased Sogo about whether a boy, girl, animal, or crossdresser had put him in a bad mood, and they wrestled after he joked back.
• Sogo asked whether Umaru would be disappointed if he was not as perfect as she imagined, and she listed his flaws before telling him she loved him anyway.
• Umaru promised to stand by Sogo and asked him to tell her what was bothering him.
• Sogo explained that Mai Sakurajima could now be seen by people besides him and Umaru.
• Umaru accused Sogo of feeling upset because Mai was no longer a star only he could see, and Sogo denied it.

Sogo Doma admitted to Umaru that he felt unhappy despite Mai Sakurajima’s problem being solved, and Umaru distracted him with games. After playing Monopoly through the night, Sogo fell asleep beside Umaru, convinced that he would choose her over everything else.

• Sogo told Umaru that his selfish feelings had made him unhappy, and Umaru teased him while promising to help him feel better.
• Umaru chose Monopoly instead of an FPS game, and she repeatedly outperformed Sogo as they played.
• Sogo insisted they keep playing until he won, while Umaru fell asleep on his lap after he achieved the game’s richest-person milestone.
• Sogo stroked Umaru’s cheek, fell asleep beside her, and woke when she called out that there was big trouble.

Sogo Doma tried to keep Taihei from finding his new home after realizing Taihei had learned the address through Shizuka Hiratsuka. He activated a smart-home disguise that changed the house’s doorplate, and Taihei repeatedly walked past without recognizing it.

• Umaru told Sogo that Taihei had called the home landline and wanted to visit and thank him.
• Sogo realized Taihei might have gotten their address from Shizuka Hiratsuka, whom he had introduced to Taihei.
• Sogo summoned Shaqiang and activated Do Not Disturb Mode, which projected a view of the house with its Doma doorplate changed to Tanaka.
• Taihei walked past the disguised residence twice without finding it, while Sogo explained that altered doorplates could mislead someone searching for a specific house.
• Umaru concluded Taihei would not find them and invited Sogo to play games.

Taihei searched for Sogo and Umaru while telling Shizuka that strict discipline had cured Umaru of picky eating. The truth was that Sogo had secretly fed Umaru apple-flavored jellies shaped like green peppers, and the siblings kept their trick from Taihei.

• Taihei called Shizuka and asked whether Sogo and Umaru really lived in the neighborhood, admitting that he could not find their home or reach them by phone.
• Taihei told Shizuka that Sogo had encouraged him to be strict and claimed that missing a meal had made Umaru eat green peppers.
• Sogo comforted hungry little Umaru with snacks and persuaded her to call Taihei “brother” instead of “Big Brother Taihei.”
• Sogo gave Umaru green pepper-shaped apple jellies and convinced her to eat them so Taihei could no longer punish her for avoiding green peppers.
• At dinner, Taihei believed Umaru was happily eating green peppers, while Umaru and Sogo exchanged knowing smiles.

Shizuka Hiratsuka made Taihei Doma realize that Sogo had tricked him into thinking Umaru respected him, while Umaru tried to convince Sogo to take strange measures against a cold. The chapter ended with Sogo questioning what Umaru meant by making him sweat with passion and fiery red lips.

• Shizuka Hiratsuka told Taihei Doma that the lessons from Doma Mama Sogo's Little Classroom were nonsense and questioned whether Umaru respected or feared him.
• Taihei Doma realized Sogo had fabricated the evidence of Umaru's respect and angrily accused Sogo of deceiving him.
• Umaru worried that Sogo's sneeze meant he might catch a cold and suggested taking preventive measures.
• Sogo showed Umaru his bank cards, but she remained concerned that his money would go to waste if he died of illness.
• Umaru proposed making Sogo sweat with passion to fight off a cold, leaving him confused by her talk of fiery red lips.

Sogo Doma refused Umaru’s request to win her a Lazy Pet Cat plushie by eating Arctic Ramen, and their playful argument was interrupted by Taihei arriving at the door. Seeing an unidentified long-haired girl standing behind Taihei on the surveillance projection, Sogo suspected his younger brother of cheating.

• Umaru asked Sogo to eat Arctic Ramen within fifteen minutes so he could win her a Lazy Pet Cat plushie, but he refused.
• Umaru attacked Sogo with her Facehugger techniques, and he stopped her by pulling her off and forbidding her third-stage move.
• Taihei rang the doorbell and shouted at Sogo and Umaru to open the door.
• Sogo ordered Shaqiang to project the outdoor surveillance footage, which showed a long-haired girl standing behind Taihei.
• Sogo concluded that Taihei might be cheating or trying to enlist his help with a girlfriend.

Taihei met a timid girl who defended Sogo, then discovered she was Ako and mistakenly believed she knew his brother Sogo Doma. Sogo and Umaru later recognized Ako in surveillance footage of Taihei, leaving them wondering how she had become involved with him.

• Taihei cursed Sogo for setting him up, and a girl in a bathrobe defended someone named Sogo.
• Taihei apologized to the girl and called his own brother Sogo Doma a bastard, while she insisted Sogo was good.
• Taihei realized the girl knew Sogo Doma and claimed he was Sogo's big brother, but she did not believe him.
• The girl panicked and denied knowing where Sogo lived, while Taihei stopped her from leaving.
• Sogo and Umaru watched footage of Taihei with the bathrobe-wearing girl and recognized her as Ako.

Taihei Doma questioned Ako Tamaki to find out where his younger brother Sogo lived, eventually discovering that Sogo had disguised his home behind a Tanaka nameplate. Taihei rang the doorbell and demanded that Sogo open the door.

• Taihei Doma pressured Ako Tamaki about her relationship with Sogo, and she insisted they were only classmates.
• Taihei called Shizuka Hiratsuka to confirm that he was Sogo's older brother, then asked Ako where Sogo lived.
• Ako revealed her name and reluctantly agreed to lead Taihei to Sogo's home after he warned that Sogo might learn she had refused to help.
• Ako led Taihei to a house with a Tanaka nameplate, and Taihei realized Sogo had likely used it to mislead people.
• Taihei rang the doorbell and shouted for Sogo to open the door, while Ako wondered if she had been tricked.

Sogo Doma disguised himself as a voluptuous woman named Tanaka Rei to keep Taihei Doma from discovering the Doma residence. Taihei left convinced he had the wrong address, but his questions about the previous owner suggested he might still uncover the truth.

• When Taihei Doma arrived at the door, Sogo Doma reassured Umaru Doma and transformed himself into a woman called Tanaka Rei.
• Tanaka Rei opened the door and claimed the house belonged to the Tanaka family, while Taihei and Ako Tamaki tried to explain they were looking for the Doma residence.
• Tanaka Rei accused Taihei of hitting on her and suggested he had come to the wrong door, making him doubt the address Ako had led him to.
• Taihei asked whether Tanaka Rei knew the previous owner's surname, but she said her husband had handled the house purchase and she did not know.

Sogo Doma tried to keep Taihei Doma and Ako Tamaki from discovering that he and the others were inside, but Mashiro Shiina nearly exposed him. He disguised Mashiro and explained their game, then used Taihei’s claim that Ako was his little sister to dismiss her suspicion.

• Taihei Doma and Ako Tamaki turned to leave, but Mashiro Shiina appeared and asked Sogo Doma who he was, prompting Ako to suspect that someone had broken into the house.
• Ako told Taihei that a classmate’s voice had come from inside and urged him to call the police, so Taihei rang the doorbell again.
• Sogo disguised Mashiro with a curtain and asked her to play along as Tanaka Mashiro, though she continued calling him Sogo.
• Sogo opened the door and claimed that Mashiro was his daughter, while Ako tried to question him about her voice.
• Taihei said Ako was his little sister, and Sogo used the claim to argue that Ako could not be Mashiro’s classmate.

Sogo Doma tried to keep Taihei Doma and Ako Tamaki from discovering that he and Mashiro were living at the Doma Residence under disguises. Mashiro accidentally exposed Sogo, and Taihei confronted him and Umaru about leaving home without permission.

• Sogo disguised himself as Tanaka Rei and introduced Mashiro as his daughter to keep Ako and Taihei from recognizing them.
• Sogo pretended to be offended when Ako questioned Mashiro's behavior, but Mashiro accidentally revealed that she was Sogo's Mashiro.
• Taihei realized Tanaka Rei was Sogo and blocked him from shutting the door, while Ako remained confused about the situation.
• Taihei groped Sogo to force his way into the house, and the group gathered in the Doma Residence living room.
• Umaru silently asked Sogo about his plan, and Taihei began confronting Sogo and Umaru for leaving home without permission.

Taihei Doma confronted Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma about leaving the family home, but Sogo and Umaru turned the discussion into a farce. After seeing how well they managed their new home, Taihei offered to move in and care for them, only to learn Sogo had bought the place outright.

• Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma claimed they had left the Doma Family so Taihei Doma could inherit the family business without pressure.
• Taihei Doma tried to raise what Sogo had done the previous day, but Sogo silenced him to keep Umaru from hearing about it.
• Taihei Doma criticized Sogo and Umaru for running away from home, then noticed their new place was spotless.
• Sogo Doma defended his cooking skills, while Taihei Doma worried that the siblings could not support themselves long-term.
• Taihei Doma offered to move in and look after Sogo and Umaru, but Sogo Doma revealed he had paid for the home in full.

Taihei Doma visited Sogo Doma’s house and tried to find a way to move in or help with the household, but Sogo showed that he had bought the house with earned income and had machines handle the chores. When Sogo revealed he had been a Totsuki Elite Ten member, Umaru explained that he had kept it secret because he expected Taihei to mooch meals off him, leaving Taihei crushed.

• Taihei compared his rented apartment with Sogo’s paid-off house and questioned how Sogo had afforded it.
• Sogo said he had bought the house years earlier with earned income from arms dealing.
• Taihei suggested helping with cleaning, but Sogo summoned cleaning robots and dismissed the need to do chores by hand.
• Sogo told Taihei that he had once been among Totsuki’s Elite Ten, and Taihei questioned how he could have been expelled.
• Umaru revealed that Sogo had kept his Elite Ten history secret because he expected Taihei to mooch meals off him, while Ako Tamaki and Mashiro Shiina watched.

After Sogo Doma sent Taihei Doma away, he reassured Ako Tamaki about her difficult exam and her place at Toyogasaki. Ako regained confidence by comparing her worries with Mashiro Shiina, who had spent the exam period drawing and did not even realize there had been a test.

• Sogo Doma convinced Taihei Doma that his siblings did not need him, and Taihei left the house questioning his purpose.
• Sogo asked Ako Tamaki why she had brought Taihei, and learned she had come to visit him.
• Ako apologized because she feared her poor exam results would disappoint Sogo after he arranged her transfer to Toyogasaki.
• Sogo and Umaru Doma reassured Ako that the joint exam for prestigious schools had been exceptionally difficult.
• Mashiro Shiina revealed she had spent the past two days drawing and had not known an exam had taken place.
• Ako felt better after comparing herself with Mashiro, while Sogo and Umaru realized the comparison might make Ako think she was a terrible student.

Ako Tamaki visited the Doma Residence to apologize and thank Sogo Doma, but Umaru Doma manipulated the conversation into a challenge for Sogo to try Arctic Ramen. Sogo led the group to Moon Cherry Commercial Street, where he threatened to withhold a plushie from Umaru as punishment.

• Sogo Doma let Ako Tamaki feel better about her exam by comparing her results with Mashiro Shiina's.
• Ako Tamaki apologized and offered Sogo Doma vouchers for Moon Cherry Commercial Street.
• Umaru Doma tricked Sogo into seeming interested in Arctic Ramen by claiming he had boasted about eating three bowls in ten minutes.
• Sogo Doma led Ako Tamaki, Umaru Doma, and Mashiro Shiina to Moon Cherry Commercial Street to try the ramen.
• Sogo Doma threatened to give Umaru's desired plushie to Ako as a return gift, and Umaru stopped walking.

Sogo Doma tried to handle Umaru Doma’s complaints, but her allies and the crowd outside the ramen shop turned against him. He led Umaru, Ako Tamaki, and Mashiro Shiina into the shop, where the waiter reacted in alarm when Sogo ordered Arctic Ramen.

• Umaru Doma embellished her story about Sogo, prompting Ako Tamaki and Mashiro Shiina to take her side.
• Passersby assumed Sogo had mistreated the three girls and threatened to expose him, call the police, and involve the Kondo Group.
• Sogo tried to persuade Mashiro and Ako to stop backing Umaru, but Umaru kept Ako in line with a cough and a pointed “Hmph!”
• Sogo offered Umaru a way out, and she admitted that she was upset because he kept trying to make her hate him.
• Sogo led the three girls away from the crowd and into the ramen shop, where the waiter questioned whether he really wanted Arctic Ramen.

Sogo Doma and his companions visited a ramen shop whose bizarre menu included pork cutlet rice and Baumkuchen, while the waiter warned that its Arctic Ramen required a death liability waiver. After reading alarming customer reviews, Sogo recognized the shop’s intimidation tactic as familiar and remembered Eizan Etsuya.

• Umaru Doma ordered pork cutlet rice, Mashiro Shiina requested Baumkuchen, and Ako Tamaki followed Umaru’s choice at the ramen shop.
• The waiter told Sogo Doma he had to sign a death liability waiver before the shop would serve Arctic Ramen, and Umaru canceled her order after seeing the agreement.
• The waiter charged a 500-yen cancellation fee and explained that the waiver protected the shop because the ramen was dangerously spicy.
• Sogo read customer accounts describing hospital visits and other consequences of Arctic Ramen, but remained suspicious of the shop’s scare tactics.
• Sogo realized the shop’s tactic felt familiar, opened his phone, and found a message from Eizan Etsuya.

Sogo Doma called Eizan Etsuya to ask whether Eizan had extracted capsaicin from the Devil Pepper, then ordered Arctic Ramen believing he was prepared for the peppers he had left behind. He discovered too late that Eizan had used different peppers, and Sogo collapsed after his countermeasure made them even hotter.

• Sogo Doma called Eizan Etsuya and asked whether he had extracted capsaicin from Devil Pepper.
• Eizan told Sogo that Azami Nakiri and representatives of the Food Alliance had contacted him privately.
• Sogo learned that Eizan had used peppers Sogo left behind for Arctic Ramen and said he would not take sides in the Food Alliance matter.
• Umaru Doma tried to stop Sogo from signing a death waiver for Arctic Ramen, but he ordered it anyway.
• Sogo drank the ramen broth and realized Eizan had used different peppers, whose heat his countermeasure had more than doubled.

Sogo Doma struggled through extremely spicy ramen and drank glass after glass of orange juice to ease the burn, while Umaru Doma, Ako Tamaki, and Mashiro Shiina scolded him for pushing himself. The group left the café still annoyed with him, and Sogo found their united displeasure harder to handle than expected.

• At a café, Sogo Doma drank orange juice and jokingly called his calculations about drinking it research while Mashiro Shiina took them seriously.
• Umaru Doma pointed out that Sogo was drinking so much juice because the ramen had been too spicy, and explained that the manager had switched to milder chilies after customers were hospitalized.
• Umaru Doma, Ako Tamaki, and Mashiro Shiina urged Sogo Doma not to make himself suffer again, and he promised to stop pushing himself.
• Sogo Doma teased the three women by ordering more drinks after they said they would face future challenges with him, and they refused to keep up.
• On Moon Cherry Commercial Street, Sogo Doma tried to make peace with the still-annoyed Umaru Doma, Ako Tamaki, and Mashiro Shiina, but their combined disapproval left him flustered.