Chapter Summaries

Kotaro Katsura clung to Sogo Doma and begged him to help promote Nana and the other aspiring idols, while Sogo suspected Katsura had an ulterior motive. The chapter ended with Sogo realizing Katsura hoped to use Miss Shinomiya’s support to gain influence with the Shinomiya Family.

• Kotaro Katsura begged Sogo Doma to help the idols, insisting that their dreams and shining spirits made them worth supporting.
• Sogo threatened to frame Katsura, and the two argued over their childhood ice pop, Katsura’s failed dojo, and his habit of feeding Kondo Dojo’s gorillas bananas.
• Katsura insisted that Sogo owed him for all the bananas he had fed the dojo’s pets, then returned to asking for help promoting Nana and the others.
• Sogo asked how far Katsura planned to go for the idols, and Katsura suggested contacting Miss Shinomiya to give them a better chance.
• Katsura denied wanting to attach himself to the Shinomiya Family, but immediately asked when they would contact Miss Shinomiya, prompting Sogo to call out his real goal.

Kotaro Katsura argued with Sogo Doma about his failed political ambitions and his excuses for a botched operation. When Katsura began recounting his dojo’s past, Sogo tried to avoid getting drawn into trouble, but Katsura began explaining why he had wanted Sogo to join the dojo.

• Kotaro Katsura blamed ill-fitting slippers for making noise during an operation, and Sogo Doma mocked his plan to enter politics.
• Kotaro Katsura described his aspiration to change the country, while Sogo questioned his qualifications and suggested he had simply failed to enter a prestigious university.
• Kotaro Katsura started recalling how his teacher raised him, but Sogo warned that the story could trigger a troublesome side quest.
• Kotaro Katsura revealed that his teacher had been murdered, and Sogo cut him off to avoid being pulled into trouble.
• Kotaro Katsura said he had wanted Sogo to join the dojo from the moment they met, and Sogo asked whether Katsura had been stringing him along before.

Kotaro Katsura told Sogo Doma that he had killed his immortal teacher and tried to draw him into the story, while Sogo refused to get involved. Katsura then deduced that Sogo’s supposed expulsion from the Doma Family was a cover and connected him to Miss Shinomiya.

• Kotaro Katsura clung to Sogo Doma and began recounting how his teacher had died, despite Sogo’s repeated attempts to stop him.
• Katsura revealed that he had killed his teacher, who possessed immortality and was still alive, and Sogo realized that hearing about the secret could pull him into danger.
• Katsura said the Doma Family would covet immortality, but Sogo replied that he had been kicked out of the family and did not care about the ability.
• Katsura argued that Sogo’s expulsion and the bounty on him were a cover, pointing to the Doma Family’s influence and Sogo’s ability to hand over twenty million yen.
• After arguing about Katsura’s spending at maid cafés, Katsura said he had figured out Sogo was entangled with Miss Shinomiya because the Kondo Group had invoked her family’s name.

Sogo Doma and Kotaro Katsura argued over Sogo’s support for Kaguya Shinomiya and the dangers surrounding immortality. Katsura revealed that he believed a demon had taken over his teacher’s body and recounted evidence that the same man had appeared decades earlier.

• Sogo Doma questioned why Kotaro Katsura wanted ties with the Shinomiya Family, and Katsura said he admired Kaguya Shinomiya.
• Katsura revealed that Sogo never wanted to inherit the Doma Family, while Sogo explained that many people already knew and dismissed Katsura’s intelligence-gathering claims about his sister, Umaru.
• Katsura brought up Miyuki Shirogane and the Shirogane Family’s connection to Kaguya, but Sogo remained unimpressed and said he would speak with Oko Shinomiya.
• Sogo and Katsura discussed whether the Doma and Shinomiya Families could protect the secret of immortality, and Sogo accused Katsura of wanting to become prime minister.
• Katsura insisted that he wanted to save his teacher, claiming a demon had taken over the teacher’s body and describing how he once saw the teacher resist it.
• Katsura said he had found reports that an identical man had passed through a neighboring village fifty years earlier, pursued by hunters.

Kotaro Katsura told Sogo Doma that he had learned Yoshida Shoyo’s secret from the diary and wanted to find his teacher and punch him, believing Shoyo could be revived while his body still existed. Sogo insisted that the person left in the body was Utsuro and denied that the Doma Family wanted the secret of immortality.

• Sogo Doma tried to stop Kotaro Katsura from turning their conversation into a new side quest, but Katsura confronted him about knowing Yoshida Shoyo.
• Katsura argued that the Doma and Shinomiya Families, along with his becoming prime minister, could help protect Shoyo’s secret; Sogo questioned why either family would support him.
• Sogo said Yoshida Shoyo was not truly immortal and that Utsuro remained in his body, provoking Katsura to recount killing his teacher and hearing Shoyo praise him.
• Katsura insisted he had sensed Shoyo in the body and wanted to find him and punch him, while Sogo maintained that Shoyo’s personality was gone.
• Katsura revealed that Shoyo’s diary explained his immortality and confirmed that villagers had taken in the body, but the person they found was Utsuro; Sogo again denied that his family coveted immortality.

Sogo Doma and Kotaro Katsura argued about immortality, Utsuro, and whether a person should save someone good or bad, before Katsura revealed his search for his teacher Yoshida Shoyo. The chapter left Sogo suspecting the Kondo Group’s founding had disrupted those hiding Yoshida Shoyo’s fate.

• Sogo Doma said he rejected immortality because he feared its effects and did not want to deal with a perverted Commander Doma.
• Sogo Doma and Kotaro Katsura debated Utsuro’s past and argued over whom to save, with Sogo weighing the choice by faction, risk, and personal gain.
• Kotaro Katsura asked what Sogo would do if he had to choose between Yoshida Shoyo and Utsuro, then said he did not believe Yoshida Shoyo was truly gone.
• Kotaro Katsura told Sogo Doma that he had searched officials’ and wealthy businessmen’s homes for traces of Yoshida Shoyo and had once suspected Sogo might uncover his secret.
• Kotaro Katsura said the Kondo Group’s founding had made the people around him rein themselves in, and Sogo realized the group had faced strong resistance for a reason.

The Kondo Group overwhelmed rival factions with military-grade weapons as Sogo Doma urged Toshiro Hijikata to escalate to missiles and mushroom bombs. Their threats alarmed a hidden force monitoring Utsuro’s students, which learned the Kondo Group had acted only to secure its territory and began considering the backing of the Doma Conglomerate.

• The Kondo Group used heavy weapons and advanced armor to purge rival factions, while Sogo Doma explained their resistance to Sogo Doma as the rivals’ own backing and equipment improved.
• Sogo Doma pressed Toshiro Hijikata to use missiles or mushroom bombs, but Hijikata refused to launch them in the middle of Tokyo.
• The rival factions detected surface-to-air and intercontinental missiles targeting them and struggled to understand why a yakuza organization possessed such firepower.
• A black-clad man reported to the BOSS that the Kondo Group had cleared the area because it considered it its territory, not because it knew about Utsuro.
• The BOSS questioned the Kondo Group’s strength and learned that the Doma Conglomerate backed it.

Keiryu Doma was swept into a wave of families pledging allegiance to the Doma Family, while Sogo Doma confronted Kotaro Katsura about his ties to the Kondo Group and his knowledge of Utsuro. Their argument ended in a playful fight, with Katsura insisting Nana was “Super-Adorable Nana.”

• After hearing rumors about the Doma Family’s strength, underworld groups withdrew and families pledged loyalty to Keiryu Doma, leaving him confused.
• Sogo Doma offered to teach a student twenty ways to prepare a dish, then joked about the different ways to write “hui” in fennel beans.
• Sogo reminded Kotaro Katsura that the Kondo Group had helped him, but Katsura said its people could not have stopped him anyway.
• Katsura said he knew Utsuro had become Yoshida Shoyo, and explained that he had befriended Sogo because Sogo kept complaining but persisted with his training.
• Sogo and Katsura traded accusations about overhearing each other before exchanging blows.
• Sogo asked whether Katsura’s words were meant to draw him into matters involving the Shinomiya Family and Nana, and Katsura corrected him by calling her Super-Adorable Nana.

Sogo Doma and Kotaro Katsura argued over Katsura’s attempt to get close to the Shinomiya Family and his refusal to trust the Doma Family with Yoshida Shoyo. Sogo agreed to help Katsura pursue his plan to cling to the Shinomiya Family.

• Sogo Doma struck Kotaro Katsura after Katsura defended his approach to romance and influence.
• Katsura revealed that he knew about the Doma Family and refused to involve it in rescuing his teacher.
• Katsura accidentally revealed that the Sanzenin Family’s white tiger was Elizabeth, then insisted he would not expose anything further about her.
• Sogo and Katsura argued over whether Yoshida Shoyo still existed within Utsuro and whether the Doma Family could be trusted with him.
• Katsura explained that Sogo’s dangerous security methods made him unwilling to bring the Doma Family into the rescue.
• Sogo agreed to help Katsura pursue the Shinomiya Family, and Katsura treated his agreement as that of a real friend.

Sogo Doma agreed to help Kotaro Katsura, despite teasing him about his motives, because he valued their durable friendship. Meanwhile, Senzaemon Nakiri and Gin Dojima discussed Doma’s influence over Totsuki and Erina, then decided to proceed with contracts that would keep him from leaving.

• Kotaro Katsura persuaded Sogo Doma to help him, and Sogo admitted to himself that he had never intended to refuse.
• Sogo recalled how Eishi Tsukasa had offered to withdraw from Totsuki after winning their Shokugeki, but Sogo had convinced him to stay.
• Senzaemon Nakiri and Gin Dojima discussed rumors that Erina Nakiri frequently visited Doma Villa and that Sogo had silenced a nearby witness.
• Gin warned Senzaemon that Sogo’s influence could threaten Totsuki if he withdrew, and Senzaemon agreed to sign the contracts.
• Gin offered to contact Sogo about the contracts, and Senzaemon pointed out that Gin had called him “Boss Doma.”

Sogo Doma promised to help Kotaro Katsura protect Yoshida Shoyo and encouraged him to pursue his hopes for peace, while teasing him with questionable advice about the Shinomiya Family's Ice Cola Princess. After returning home with a book for his little sister, Sogo found that she had not come out to greet him.

• Gin Dojima answered a call from his boss, who dismissed the private Shokugeki as a joke and asked whether Senzaemon Nakiri had signed the contract.
• Sogo Doma told Kotaro Katsura he would help protect Yoshida Shoyo if Katsura brought him back.
• Sogo and Katsura discussed the world's ambitions and wars, and Katsura said he wanted to promote peace through effective communication.
• Sogo advised Katsura to give cola to the Shinomiya Family's Ice Cola Princess, then left the alley while Katsura questioned his advice.
• Sogo returned home late with a book for his little sister, but she did not appear to welcome him.

Sogo Doma returned home after buying manga for Umaru Doma, but she stayed absorbed in a game and teased him about becoming a shut-in. When Umaru challenged him to settle their argument with a game of Monopoly, Sogo realized his terrible luck could make the wager dangerous.

• Umaru Doma ignored Sogo Doma when he came home, insisting that he stay quiet while she played her game.
• Sogo Doma reminded Umaru Doma that he had gone through trouble to buy manga, but she called the errand ordinary and accused him of becoming a shut-in.
• Umaru Doma said Sogo Doma's help was why she had grown up carefree, then asked whether he had brought snacks like cola.
• Umaru Doma said she wanted to play games with Sogo Doma, blamed him for returning too slowly, and grew uneasy when he mentioned someone who had acted like her before.
• Umaru Doma challenged Sogo Doma to wager everything on a game of Monopoly, and Sogo Doma remembered his terrible luck.

Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma played a luck-based board game, and Sogo resorted to trickery when he faced defeat. After Umaru took over his character and began turning the game around, she asked whether Sogo would ever leave her.

• Sogo complained about the game’s bad luck mechanics as Umaru’s character prospered and his fell into debt.
• Umaru bet Sogo’s back-rub, massage, gourmet, shopping, and travel coupons, while Sogo insisted he could still make a comeback.
• Sogo distracted Umaru by pointing behind her, then secretly swapped their controllers.
• Umaru noticed the swap, used Sogo’s character to recover, and teased him for revealing that he had switched controllers.
• Umaru asked whether Sogo would always be her onii-chan and whether he would ever leave her, and Sogo assured her that their bond would not change.

Sogo Doma played a wildly unpredictable business board game with Umaru Doma, then faced her questions about his late nights and the double standard of forbidding her from staying out. The chapter ended with Umaru revealing that she wanted to go camping.

• Umaru Doma took the Hawaiian Islands from Sogo Doma in their game after her character recovered from a gambling addiction and became wealthy.
• Umaru Doma teased Sogo Doma about coming home late and revealed that Teacher Shaqiang and Erina had told her about his nights away.
• Sogo Doma realized Erina enjoyed spicy hot pot and other common foods, contradicting his assumptions about her refined tastes.
• Umaru Doma worried aloud about what would happen if Sogo Doma got into trouble, then protested when he forbade her from staying out overnight before graduation.
• Umaru Doma clarified that she wanted to go camping, leaving Sogo Doma baffled.

Umaru brought Akari Akaza to visit, but Sogo repeatedly failed to notice her and joked that she was an assassin. The siblings began treating Akari’s knowledge of their new address as suspicious, leaving her frightened as she tried to explain that Kyoko and the others were involved too.

• Sogo questioned Umaru’s plan to go camping, and Umaru revealed that Akari had come to visit.
• Sogo kept mistaking Akari’s quiet presence for an illusion and joked about her surviving a fall from a mountain.
• Akari explained that an iron bathtub had protected her when she fell, while Sogo called her survival unscientific.
• Sogo accused Akari of being an assassin because she could conceal her presence, and Umaru briefly believed his teasing.
• Akari said she had seen Sogo switch the game controllers, prompting him to tell Umaru to take her out.
• Umaru defended Akari, but Sogo grew suspicious when he learned she knew their new address, and Akari tried to mention Kyoko and the others.

Akari Akaza visited Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma, where Sogo teased her about her low presence and past romantic mishaps before asking how she had found their new address. The conversation revealed Sogo’s role in an old school fire and Teacher Xihuan’s experiments, leaving Umaru wondering what her brother had been doing at her school.

• Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma joked with Akari Akaza about her low presence, and Sogo teased her about Chinatsu and Chitose stealing her first kisses.
• Umaru questioned how Sogo knew about the incidents, and he claimed he had been watching out for his imouto.
• Sogo hinted at Akari’s family collection of Akari-themed merchandise, leaving Akari demanding an explanation.
• Sogo asked how Akari had found his and Umaru’s new address, then reminded her of the time she pressed a school fire alarm at his suggestion.
• Sogo revealed that he had started a fire before the alarm could ring, and Akari and Umaru learned Teacher Xihuan had also been involved.
• Akari explained that Teacher Xihuan had moved her laboratory to the student council, and Umaru wondered what Sogo had been doing at her school.

Sogo Doma mistook a report about girls wanting to confess to Umaru Doma for an assassin threat and prepared a military response. After learning the truth, he confronted Akari Akaza about how she had arrived at their house, leaving her worried about what was so frightening about her family.

• Sogo Doma ordered his forces to prepare for an attack after hearing that strange things were happening at Umaru Doma's school, and Shaqiang fired a missile nearby.
• The female ninja clarified that girls at the school wanted to confess to Umaru Doma, and Sogo Doma abandoned his imagined battle plan.
• Sogo Doma questioned Akari Akaza about finding their home, and she described a chain of improbable accidents that brought her there.
• Sogo Doma tried to comfort Akari Akaza by suggesting she could never have married anyway, then blamed the danger on her family.
• Akari Akaza asked Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma what was so terrifying about her family.

Sogo Doma, Umaru Doma, and Akari Akaza argued over Akari’s lack of presence, the forgotten camping plans, and Xihuan-sensei’s explosive alarm clocks. Akari praised Umaru’s legendary reputation at Nanamori Middle School, while Sogo prepared to contact the others and manage the trip.

• Sogo Doma tried to comfort Akari Akaza about being overlooked, but Akari realized she had forgotten to contact Chinatsu and the others.
• Umaru Doma admitted she had not contacted anyone either, so Sogo agreed to handle the camping plans and ask Xihuan-sensei about the trip.
• Sogo Doma and Umaru Doma explained that Xihuan-sensei’s supposed time bombs were alarm clocks meant to stop them sleeping in.
• Sogo Doma blamed the school fire on Akari Akaza pressing the fire alarm, then admitted he had started a fire to help conceal it.
• Akari Akaza said the camping trip commemorated Umaru Doma’s departure and praised her records at Nanamori Middle School, including her title as the unbeatable Demon King.

Sogo invited Utaha to join Umaru and Akari on a camping trip, then went to Utaha’s room and discovered she had encountered strange mice and a visitor who vanished after ringing the doorbell. He confirmed the visitor was an assassin, leaving Utaha alarmed and questioning the Doma family’s connection to wealthy conglomerates.

• Sogo invited Utaha to join Umaru and Akari on a camping trip and said they also needed to return the Master Assassin.
• Sogo entered Utaha’s room, where she was hiding by the door and mistook his Gatling Bodhisattva for a joke or supernatural threat.
• Utaha told Sogo that a mouse had asked her for an autograph, and Sogo learned his AI, Shaqiang, had released laboratory mice for exercise.
• Utaha revealed that she and Umaru had opened the door after hearing the bell but found no one there, and Sogo said the vanished visitor was an assassin.
• Utaha connected the assassin to Sogo’s Doma surname and asked whether he was heir to the Doma Conglomerate, but Sogo said Taihei would inherit it.

Utaha Kasumigaoka asked Sogo Doma to reveal more about himself and learned that he was the Doma Family’s second young master, a gifted experimenter, and a prospective Ivy League doctoral advisor. She struggled to accept each revelation, including that a mouse that could read had resulted from one of Sogo’s experiments.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka asked Sogo Doma to help her understand his life, including the mystery of Komaru and Umaru.
• Sogo told Utaha that Komaru and Umaru were the same person, offering quantum mechanics as his explanation.
• Sogo revealed that he was the Doma Family’s second young master, leaving Utaha stunned and worrying about political marriages.
• Sogo explained that a reading mouse had been created by one of his experiments and said he would humanely put it down.
• Utaha learned that the Ivy League had offered Sogo doctoral-advisor positions and questioned his unusual connection to Totsuki.