Chapter Summaries

Sogo Doma held two armed men while their leader apologized, but a time bomb rolled into the convenience store and exploded before anyone could react. The blast left the hostages panicking and Hattori Hanzo reflecting on the dangers of the world.

• Sogo Doma restrained two gunmen and taunted the others while Hattori Hanzo obeyed their order to raise his hands.
• The armed men's leader apologized to Sogo Doma and asked him to release his companions.
• A time bomb rolled toward the group, and Sogo Doma recognized it just before it exploded.
• Sogo Doma braced himself behind his protective shield as the blast swept through the store.
• The hostages begged for mercy, while Hattori Hanzo worried about the dangers awaiting him and Zenzou.

Kotaro Katsura confronted armed robbers holding hostages, but his reckless bomb-throwing turned his attempt at rescue into a fresh danger. After the robbers fled, he questioned Hattori Hanzo and then decided to pursue the escapees.

• The armed robbers panicked when Kotaro Katsura arrived, and their leader threatened the hostages to keep him away.
• Katsura claimed he would rescue the hostages, then threw another bomb into the store, prompting Hattori Hanzo to kick it away.
• Katsura volley-kicked the bomb back and declared that sending the hostages to hell counted as rescuing them.
• The robbers fled, leaving Yamada and an unnamed man blown to pieces behind, while Hattori Hanzo kept kicking the bomb away.
• Katsura questioned Hattori Hanzo about being with the robbers, then decided to chase the fleeing men.

Kotaro Katsura tried to convince Hattori Hanzo that the bomb was a dud and that the high school student caught in the blast was an undercover agent. Sogo Doma, hiding beneath the cashier counter, realized Katsura was covering for him while Hanzo remained unconvinced.

• Katsura claimed the bomb in his hand was a dud and said he had checked that everyone was clear of the explosion.
• Hanzo pointed out that a high school student had been caught in the blast, and the hostages confirmed that one had disappeared afterward.
• Katsura panicked and insisted the student was not innocent but was an undercover agent working with the robbers.
• Doma wondered how Katsura had recognized him and worried that the bomb expert had deliberately put him in danger.
• Hanzo challenged Katsura to provide evidence, and Katsura cited the robbers' stench, leaving Doma and Hanzo puzzled.

Hattori Hanzo recalled how Sogo Doma had survived increasingly dangerous pranks and why he expected Doma to be unharmed by the explosion. The hostages then recognized Hanzo as Doma’s acquaintance and grew suspicious of him.

• Hattori Hanzo remembered how Doma and Hanzo’s old man had escalated their pranks from laxatives and kunai to heavy weapons and land mines, which Doma had survived without injury.
• Hattori Hanzo concluded that Doma had likely used the explosion to conceal himself and privately suspected Kotaro Katsura had no idea how petty Doma could be.
• Kotaro Katsura claimed his nose could detect criminals and described sensing a man with a bloody aura stronger than Doma’s or Toshiro Hijikata’s.
• The hostages realized Hattori Hanzo knew Doma and had spoken with him, then backed away and questioned whether Hanzo was allied with the armed men.
• Kotaro Katsura reconsidered Hanzo’s denial, though he had sensed no bloody aura from him.

Sogo Doma was exposed as Hattori Hanzo and Kotaro Katsura argued over his identity and the smell on him. Katsura tried to avoid getting drawn into Kondo Group business, but Sogo pushed the responsibility onto him before calmly paying for his groceries.

• Hattori Hanzo called out Sogo Doma, who changed his appearance and emerged to deny being a distinguished family brat.
• Kotaro Katsura failed to recognize Sogo and repeatedly confused his name, so Sogo kicked him and Katsura guessed he was Sogo’s brother.
• Kotaro Katsura tried to explain away the smell on Sogo as the presence of a strong person and prepared to leave the group that had targeted Kondo Group territory alone.
• Sogo Doma told Kotaro Katsura to handle the group, then pulled out his groceries and asked the cashier to total them.
• The cashier explained that the register was broken, and Sogo Doma asked what he was afraid to do.

After a bomb damaged a convenience store, Sogo Doma teased Kotaro Katsura about paying for the damage until Katsura and Hattori Hanzo became convinced they were outdated and should die. Sogo proved their alien-distraction trick still worked by using it on them, leaving everyone furious at being fooled.

• Sogo Doma pointed out that Kotaro Katsura should pay for the damage and suggested deducting his twenty thousand yen from the compensation.
• Kotaro Katsura tried to escape by claiming there were aliens behind everyone, but Sogo and the others mocked the outdated trick.
• Kotaro Katsura lamented that he was obsolete and rushed toward the door to find a car to run him over.
• Hattori Hanzo stopped Katsura and declared that they should disappear together because he also felt abandoned by the times.
• Sogo Doma pointed behind them and claimed two people were laughing, prompting Katsura and Hattori to turn around before he revealed he had fooled them with the same trick.

Sogo Doma caught Kotaro Katsura and Hattori Hanzo trying to flee after their convenience-store trouble, then exposed Katsura’s familiarity with adult magazines and his part-time job at a transgender bar. He offered 20 million yen to cover the damages but confronted Katsura over using Kondo Group territory to build his own forces and his identity as a Defense Ministry agent.

• Hattori Hanzo ran from the store with an unpaid adult magazine, while Sogo Doma swapped it for another and called attention to the bill.
• Kotaro Katsura abandoned his plan to flee and tried to chase Hattori, but Sogo stopped him to discuss compensation for the damages.
• Sogo questioned Katsura about adult-magazine performers, and Katsura revealed his familiarity with the magazines and his part-time work at a transgender bar.
• Sogo confronted Katsura about building his forces on Kondo Group territory and his Defense Ministry employment.
• Sogo slipped Katsura a bank card containing 20 million yen for compensation, then began to qualify his offer.

Sogo Doma paid Kotaro Katsura 20 million yen after armed men caused trouble, then confronted him about secretly taking them into custody. Katsura revealed that Misogami Joushi was behind the incident and wanted to destabilize Kondo Group territory.

• Sogo Doma gave Kotaro Katsura a bank card with 20 million yen, and Katsura called the police while Sogo slipped away.
• After the officers confirmed the incident, Katsura left the scene and met Sogo, who questioned whether Katsura worked for the Ministry of Defense and had taken bribes.
• Sogo deduced that Katsura had captured the armed men, and Katsura fell silent when Sogo challenged him with the evidence.
• Katsura told Sogo that Misogami Joushi had recruited several yakuza organizations to stir up trouble in Kondo Group territory.
• Sogo joked that Misogami Joushi should have a doctor's certificate proving he was mentally ill.

Sogo Doma teased Kotaro Katsura about his psychiatric diagnosis and his secretive Defense Ministry job, arguing that Katsura sounded like a temporary worker. The chapter left Katsura questioning whether the ministry had actually given him an official post.

• Sogo Doma explained that experts diagnosed him with suicidal tendencies and impaired cognition after he described jumping from a hundred-meter-high window to escape a fire.
• Sogo Doma said he recreated the experts’ scenario by jumping from a hundred meters with one of them, and the expert became his fellow patient.
• Kotaro Katsura described his confidential Defense Ministry role, independent team, private salary payments, and lack of daily reporting duties.
• Sogo Doma compared Katsura’s job to being a temporary worker and suggested Katsura might not be on the official roster.
• Sogo Doma warned that if something happened to Katsura, his independent-team arrangement could leave him without teammates to testify for him.

Kotaro Katsura told Sogo Doma that the Defense Ministry suspected Misogami Joushi was a dangerous criminal with unknown backing, only to learn Sogo had already killed the man in the photograph. The chapter ended with Sogo casually suggesting sarin gas as a way to defeat a larger group, alarming Katsura.

• Kotaro Katsura nearly revealed details about his Defense Ministry work before steering the conversation back to Misogami Joushi.
• Kotaro showed Sogo Doma the only photograph of Misogami and warned that the Defense Ministry considered him a dangerous, brutal criminal.
• Sogo recognized Misogami in the photo and revealed that he had shot him and then fired an RPG at him.
• Kotaro explained that the police and Defense Ministry suspected Misogami had an unknown force backing him, and questioned whether Sogo had killed the real man.
• Sogo said Misogami had approached him with a group and suggested that numbers did not matter against powerful weapons.
• Sogo proposed using sarin gas against a crowd, and Kotaro panicked at the mention of the weapon.

Sogo Doma fooled Kotaro Katsura about sarin gas and suggested using it as perfume, while Katsura challenged his claims and defended his samurai convictions. Their argument turned to Katsura’s debt, government salary, part-time job, and failed attempt to dine and dash, ending with Sogo questioning his samurai spirit.

• Sogo Doma falsely described sarin gas as a harmless chemical byproduct and suggested that Kotaro Katsura give it away as perfume.
• Kotaro Katsura recognized sarin gas as a weapon used in a terrorist attack and confronted Sogo about encouraging its use.
• Sogo Doma claimed Katsura would be blamed if he gave the gas away, and Katsura insisted he had samurai convictions.
• Sogo Doma challenged Katsura to write an IOU for twenty million yen and mocked his claims of poverty and samurai spirit.
• Kotaro Katsura blamed slippers for his failed attempt to escape a convenience-store boss after dining and dashing, and Sogo questioned his samurai spirit.

Sogo Doma questioned Kotaro Katsura about his methods and his claims of samurai virtue, then became convinced that an alien named Elisaki, also known as Yoshida Shiro, had altered Katsura’s memories. The chapter ended with Sogo trying to hypnotize Katsura and concluding that the memory-altering technology was beyond his ability to undo.

• Sogo told Kotaro Katsura he had not poisoned their enemies and argued that he could use any effective method against them.
• Sogo challenged Katsura’s claims of samurai honor and questioned whether anyone recognized him as a samurai.
• When Katsura mentioned Elisaki, Sogo mistook the name for Elizabeth and suspected an alien had appeared and manipulated memories.
• Katsura said Sogo and Hijikata had handed Yoshida Shiro over to him, reinforcing Sogo’s suspicion of hostile alien interference.
• Sogo tried to hypnotize Katsura into recalling the truth, but Katsura dismissed his attempt and Sogo concluded the memory-altering technology was beyond him.

Sogo Doma questioned Kotaro Katsura about the girl Katsura called Elisaki and learned that he had renamed her from Saki Yoshida. The conversation ended with Sogo suspecting Katsura had manipulated her into accepting the name.

• Sogo Doma asked Kotaro Katsura whether Elisaki was the alien creature he had imagined, and Katsura clarified that he meant the JK.
• Katsura explained that Elisaki was also known as Yoshida Shiro and that he had considered calling her Elizabeth.
• Katsura argued that Saki Yoshida was too ordinary a name and said he had drawn inspiration for Elisaki from the Queen of the Empire Where the Sun Never Sets.
• Sogo Doma and Katsura teased each other about taking inspiration for their own names from historical figures.
• Katsura claimed Elisaki had cared about her name and was now satisfied after his persuasion, but Sogo noticed his guilty reaction when he called it temptation.

Sogo Doma questioned Kotaro Katsura about how he had persuaded a schoolgirl to accept the name Elisaki, then learned Katsura had led her in absorbing the school’s factions. Katsura urged Sogo to join his political cause, but their shared history and Katsura’s priorities left Sogo regretting their connection.

• Sogo Doma hypnotized Kotaro Katsura and learned Katsura had become the boss of Elisaki’s school by helping her absorb its student factions.
• Katsura said he worked for the Defense Ministry as a side job and identified himself as president of the Restoration Society, aiming to become Prime Minister and change the country.
• Katsura urged Sogo to help him rebuild the country and recalled that Sogo had once muttered about destroying it and establishing a new order.
• Sogo denied that his words made him Katsura’s like-minded comrade and accused Katsura of eavesdropping.
• Katsura said his savings went toward maid cafés, and he objected when Sogo compared them unfavorably with upscale clubs.

Sogo Doma argued with Kotaro Katsura over the twenty million yen and Katsura’s obsession with maid cafés. Katsura explained that maid Nana had become one to overcome her cowardice and help save her school, leaving Sogo surprised and ready to question the students’ role.

• Sogo Doma demanded that Kotaro Katsura return the twenty million yen, while Katsura tried to appeal to their friendship and deny that he owed it.
• Kotaro Katsura insisted his money went toward studying Western maid culture, and Sogo Doma teased him about his interest in maids and married women.
• Kotaro Katsura tearfully praised Super-Sweet Nana, saying she had taught him that maids had convictions of their own.
• Kotaro Katsura explained that Nana became a maid to overcome her cowardice and help save her school from closing.
• Sogo Doma questioned why Nana and the other students had to save the school instead of its board.

Sogo Doma rejected Kotaro Katsura’s plea to support Nana and the others, who planned to become idols to save their school. After Katsura admitted he hoped their fans would support his bid for prime minister, Sogo tried to leave but was stopped, and the chapter ended as he began reconsidering his response.

• Sogo Doma reflected on why he had rejected the proposed Advanced Nurturing High School and insisted that a school's survival did not matter to him.
• Kotaro Katsura urged Sogo to respect Nana and the others’ efforts to save their school, but Sogo questioned why they were becoming maids.
• Kotaro explained that Nana and the others planned to become idols, and Sogo accused him of hoping to win their fans’ support in a future prime ministerial campaign.
• Kotaro denied the accusation with an awkward cute pose, so Sogo kicked him and tried to leave.
• Kotaro grabbed Sogo’s foot and defended his sacrifices, prompting Sogo to tell him to save some living expenses before trailing off in thought.

Kotaro Katsura tried to persuade Sogo Doma to help Nana and the others, but Sogo dismissed his explanation and denied having any interest in the Shinomiya Family or Kaguya Shinomiya. The chapter ended with Katsura trying once more to warn Sogo about the Shinomiya Family as Sogo walked away.

• Sogo Doma accused Kotaro Katsura of stalking Nana after Katsura revealed how much he had learned about her.
• Katsura explained that Nana became a maid as part of her ambition to become an idol and asked Sogo to help the girls.
• Sogo misunderstood Katsura’s explanation, then insisted he was only an ordinary student who had been kicked out of the Doma Family.
• Katsura said the Restoration Society was backing Kaguya Shinomiya and suggested the Shinomiya Family might be involved in the incident.
• Sogo said he did not care whether Kaguya won or what happened to the Shinomiya Family, then started to leave as Katsura tried to continue warning him.

Sogo Doma argued with Kotaro Katsura, who wanted to enlist his help promoting Nana and the others as idols and even proposed assassinating the Shinomiya brothers. Sogo rejected Katsura’s schemes and doubted that Kaguya Shinomiya or the proposed Love Live! event could provide the support Katsura wanted.

• Kotaro Katsura clung to Sogo Doma and offered to kill Kaguya Shinomiya’s three younger brothers, while Sogo pointed out the men might be older than Katsura.
• Katsura explained that he wanted Shinomiya Family backing to become Prime Minister and hoped Nana and the others could win him votes as idols.
• Katsura asked Sogo to help Nana and the others, arguing that their school needed support, but Sogo said he could not see how becoming idols would prevent its closure.
• Katsura claimed the Shinomiya Family was behind Misogami Joushi’s actions, and Sogo agreed that Joushi had been insane before ending up as ashes.
• Sogo denied having any connection to Kaguya Shinomiya and questioned whether she could effectively promote the group, recalling a Love Live! event and Keiryu Doma’s complaints about its sponsorship costs.

Sogo Doma argued with Keiryu Doma over a huge payment for his supposedly gifted armored car, then resisted being drawn back into the Doma household. Kotaro Katsura tried to recruit him to help Nana and other high school girls save their school, but their conversation veered into an argument about Katsura’s preferences.

• Sogo Doma demanded hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars from Keiryu Doma for the armored car, and Keiryu eventually handed him a bank card.
• Sogo Doma recalled leaving home despite the Doma Family’s warmth, resolving not to be tempted back by its money.
• Kotaro Katsura asked Sogo Doma to hear about Nana and the other high school girls trying to save their school.
• Sogo Doma teased Kotaro Katsura about Elisaki and accused him of being attracted to married women.

Sogo Doma teased Kotaro Katsura about his interest in women and exposed that he was wearing a bra. After Sogo broke the chain Kotaro had locked around his foot, Kotaro clung to his leg to keep him from leaving.

• Sogo Doma accused Kotaro Katsura of being attracted to married women and questioned his excuses for helping Nana and the other JK idols.
• Kotaro Katsura defended his work at a transgender bar and his visits to maid cafés, but Sogo spotted a bra showing beneath his clothes.
• Kotaro Katsura blamed the bra on Elisaki, then insisted his interest in Nana and the others came from their character and determination.
• Sogo Doma pointed out that his foot was chained, but used an iron pick to open the supposedly unbreakable chain.
• Kotaro Katsura grabbed Sogo Doma's leg and declared that his hands could keep Sogo from escaping.