Chapter Summaries

Mashiro Shiina’s blunt remarks made the others suspect Sogo Doma of mistreating her, though the truth was that he merely made her sleep alone and refused to let her study his body for drawing. The group then discussed Mashiro’s story plans, where Sogo kept finding himself omitted or relegated to the background.

• Mashiro Shiina’s claims that Sogo Doma was forceful made Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita consider calling the police.
• Sogo Doma explained that he made Mashiro sleep alone and refused to let her look at his body so she could draw boys more intensely.
• Mashiro Shiina concluded that male characters were useless after finding other boys’ bodies unpleasant, and Sogo Doma threatened to withhold Baumkuchen.
• Mashiro Shiina offered to arrange scenes for Sogo Doma, then explained that he would appear in her memories.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka suggested adding “and so on” after Ako Tamaki, while Eriri Sawamura compared Sogo Doma’s presence among the girls to a wolf among sheep.

The Service Club members teased Eriri over her resemblance to the character Airi, and Masuzu accidentally revealed that she knew the character too. Masuzu worried that her interest in doujinshi would be exposed, while Sogo joked that she could use a time machine to undo joining the club.

• Utaha teased Eriri by calling her Sparkles and Airi, while Eriri insisted Utaha was the exception to Sogo being a big bad wolf.
• Masuzu reacted to the name Airi, prompting Yukino to wonder whether she recognized Eriri's famous doujinshi character.
• Sogo asked whether Masuzu's former classmate Airi had the surname Akizuki, and Masuzu confirmed it.
• Masuzu realized the others knew who Akizuki Airi was and accused Utaha of laughing at the character.
• Eriri pointed out that Masuzu also read doujinshi, leaving Masuzu afraid her secret would become public.
• Sogo joked that Masuzu could climb into his time machine to stop herself from joining the Service Club, and Masuzu replied that she had watched Doraemon.

Sogo Doma teased Masuzu Natsukawa about friendship, memories, and his bond with Mashiro Shiina, then admitted that time with friends was more interesting than pretending to be Masuzu’s boyfriend. The chapter ended with Masuzu reacting angrily to his pointed comparison.

• Sogo Doma told Masuzu Natsukawa that Mashiro Shiina’s manga was unsurpassable to Mashiro because it reflected her hard work, then joked about being drawn into her stories.
• Sogo Doma offered Mashiro Baumkuchen and claimed that controlling the food supply mattered more than living on in memories.
• Sogo Doma called friendship troublesome, describing the effort of helping friends and joking about dangerous pranks that made Masuzu Natsukawa question what his friends had endured.
• Sogo Doma concluded that friends could be troublesome and boring but were still interesting, especially compared with pretending to be Masuzu’s boyfriend.
• Masuzu Natsukawa took Sogo Doma’s comparison as a provocation and objected angrily.

Sogo Doma challenged Masuzu Natsukawa's plan to pretend they were dating, while she explained that unwanted confessions and other people's judgments kept her from studying in peace. The chapter left Masuzu frustrated as she defended the fake-boyfriend idea as a way to avoid being blamed for rejecting boys.

• Sogo Doma mocked Masuzu Natsukawa's proposal to have him pretend to be her boyfriend, and she said she had chosen him for convenience because of Yukino Yukinoshita and the others.
• Sogo told Masuzu that a fake boyfriend was unnecessary if she made her attitude clear, but Masuzu said she had already rejected boys plainly and they kept pursuing her.
• Masuzu argued that having a boyfriend would shift responsibility for rejecting confessors away from her and protect her from accusations.
• Sakura Yamauchi suggested Masuzu settle down and study, and Masuzu explained that people would keep judging her for rejecting boys regardless of what she wanted.
• Masuzu gritted her teeth and said she only wanted to study in peace, insisting that this was why she had considered pretending to be a couple.

Sogo Doma argued that Masuzu Natsukawa’s plan to pretend to have a boyfriend would backfire and leave her more exposed to attention. The Service Club debated his reasoning and his supposed good qualities, ending with everyone disputing his claim that he was a beautiful boy.

• Sogo Doma warned Masuzu Natsukawa that a fake relationship would eventually end and could attract more attention from men afterward.
• Sogo said pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend was a stale romantic trope, and Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed with him.
• Masuzu challenged Sogo to name his good qualities, and he claimed that his honesty had protected her from being tricked.
• Sogo argued that Masuzu had failed to consider the consequences of a breakup and that others might assume a handsome girl dating an ordinary-looking guy was interested in his money.
• Sogo compared the situation to dating a wealthy woman, but Utaha and Yukino Yukinoshita objected that accepting the example would mean admitting he was a beautiful boy.

Sogo Doma teased Yukino Yukinoshita about calling herself cute and argued that her Service Club work resembled raising people by helping them improve. The discussion left Eriri Sawamura accidentally offending both Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino, though Yukino defended her intentions.

• Sogo Doma defended calling himself a beautiful boy and teased Yukino Yukinoshita about describing herself as cute.
• Sogo argued that Yukino’s Service Club work resembled cultivating people, while Yukino insisted she did not treat those seeking help like a game.
• Eriri Sawamura explained that investing effort in a game increased attachment and the sense of accomplishment, supporting Sogo’s point about Yukino’s work.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka pointed out that Eriri had offended both her and Yukino by speaking too casually and implying Yukino was an idiot.
• Yukino defended Eriri, saying she believed Eriri had not meant to insult her.

Sogo Doma explained how people’s expectations of a reward could make them blame Natsukawa for rejecting a public confession, then used the idea of returns on investment to joke about rich women raising him. The conversation ended with Doma insulting Yukino Yukinoshita and narrowly trying to defuse her anger.

• Yukino Yukinoshita asked Eriri Sawamura to explain her idea, but Sogo Doma took over and described how people expected a payoff after investing effort in a confession.
• Sogo Doma compared the group’s expectations for a confession to people hoping for a good harvest and said they might blame Natsukawa when she rejected the boy.
• Sogo Doma linked expectations to investment returns and joked about a rich woman raising him into the man she wanted.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka teased Sogo Doma about his interest in rich women, and he joked that the Service Club had none.
• Sogo Doma called Yukino Yukinoshita a barely qualified rich woman and made a joke about her chest, leaving her furious as he tried to calm her down.

Sogo Doma deflected Yukino Yukinoshita’s anger by claiming he had meant her sister, Haruno, while the Service Club members discussed their wealthy family backgrounds. Masuzu Natsukawa realized that the club was crowded with young ladies from affluent families.

• Sogo Doma avoided provoking Yukino Yukinoshita further and explained that he had meant Yukinoshita Haruno.
• Yukino questioned how Haruno could own an airfield, and Sogo described his remark as a metaphor about the Yukinoshita Family’s wealth.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka pointed out that Eriri Sawamura and Masuzu Natsukawa also came from well-off families, while Mashiro Shiina had a notable background.
• Eriri wondered whether Sogo might be interested in her mother, and Utaha felt unexpectedly pleased by the mention of middle-aged women.
• Masuzu noticed how many young ladies from wealthy families had gathered in the Service Club.

Sogo Doma argued with the girls about his age standards, his lack of integrity, and whether kindness was enough to win affection in gal games. The conversation ended with Yukino and Utaha agreeing that kindness meant treating people differently, while Utaha reflected on how patiently Sougo treated her at home.

• Sogo Doma called women over eighteen fully ripe, prompting Yukino Yukinoshita, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Eriri Sawamura to react to his age standards.
• The Service Club threatened to call the police, but Doma warned them to tell their future children to watch out for him, leaving Yukino and Utaha conceding that he had won.
• Masuzu Natsukawa accused Doma of lacking integrity and suggested that admitting his mistakes would raise his favorability, but Doma recognized her gal-game advice.
• Eriri Sawamura explained the difference between games for boys and otome games after Doma questioned whether kindness could make a male protagonist win everyone over.
• Doma argued that being kind to every female character was not genuine kindness, and Yukino agreed that she shared his view.
• Utaha recalled how Sougo patiently cared for her at home and indulged her requests, though she enjoyed seeing him get the short end of the stick when she was the one watching.

Sogo Doma challenged Yukino Yukinoshita to explain the Service Club’s standards for accepting requests, then teased her about refusing to meow like a cat. He ended by claiming his experiment showed that girls felt closer to boys who acted more yasashii.

• Yukino Yukinoshita explained that the Service Club accepted requests that could lead to genuine change, but would reject harmful ones such as requests to bully someone.
• Sogo Doma complained that Yukino had refused his request for her to meow like a cat, and Yukino rejected his claim that doing so would help her improve.
• Sogo Doma persuaded Mashiro Shiina to imagine Yukino as a cat and pet her head, prompting Yukino to cover Mashiro’s mouth and scold them both.
• Sogo Doma revealed that he had conducted a small experiment with Yukino and himself, and claimed that girls tended to feel closer to boys who acted yasashii.

Sogo Doma explained that he had deliberately made Yukino Yukinoshita angry to avoid using the contrast effect to make her curious about him. The conversation ended with Doma reflecting on Hayato Hayama, whom he considered an idiot for pursuing Yukinoshita Haruno after offending her younger sister.

• Yukino Yukinoshita confronted Sogo Doma for treating her as an experimental subject, and he said angering her had been his optimal solution.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka explained gap moe, while she and Sawamura Eriri traded insults until Utaha used Eriri's doujin-artist identity to silence her.
• Sogo Doma described how contrasting behavior could make people curious about someone, and Utaha noted that it was a character-building technique.
• Sogo Doma said he had avoided being kinder to Yukino because curiosity could lead her to develop inexplicable feelings for him.
• Yukino denied that understanding Doma could make her like him, while the narration revealed she had already acknowledged him and dismissed Hayato Hayama as an idiot for pursuing Yukinoshita Haruno.

Sogo Doma teased Yukino Yukinoshita with a cat-themed lunchbox and used convoluted reasoning to defuse her anger, then explained to Masuzu Natsukawa why he avoided acting kind in a way that might make either girl curious about him. He left the group discussing sharp tongues, claiming insults in their world were mild compared with what he had heard in Zaun.

• Sogo Doma recalled how Yukino Yukinoshita's favorability toward him rose when Mashiro said he could help her make friends, then fell after he teased her over a cat-food lunchbox.
• Sogo Doma argued that Yukino Yukinoshita understood him well enough to know he was not saying she did not understand him, easing her anger with his double negative.
• Sogo Doma told Masuzu Natsukawa that showing kindness as her shield might make her curious about him, and suggested Yukino Yukinoshita might also have thought better of him.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka pointed out that Sogo Doma had called himself a bastard, then invoked a saying about kind and cruel words.
• Sogo Doma dismissed the sting of their insults, saying his years in Zaun had made him accustomed to much harsher verbal abuse.

Sogo Doma described the Celestial Empire’s intense school system and argued that it could help Masuzu Natsukawa avoid unwanted romantic attention. The conversation turned to whether romance and reproduction were necessary, leaving Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka exasperated by Sogo’s response.

• Sogo Doma explained to Masuzu Natsukawa that students in the Celestial Empire faced long study hours and that top students could use their influence to stop harassment and bullying.
• Masuzu Natsukawa considered studying in the Celestial Empire, but Yukino Yukinoshita questioned whether it would protect an international student from bullying.
• Masuzu Natsukawa said she wanted to remain single for life, and Sogo Doma warned that her white hair might still attract attention in university.
• Sogo Doma said dating was driven by the biological instinct to reproduce, prompting Yukino Yukinoshita to tease Utaha Kasumigaoka about avoiding that path.
• Sogo Doma argued that technology could enable reproduction without romance, leaving Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka stunned.

Masuzu Natsukawa used increasingly wild deductions to accuse Sogo Doma of being gay and the Service Club members of being otaku. The chapter ended with Sogo challenging Yukino Yukinoshita to test his sexual orientation while Masuzu eagerly accepted the idea.

• Masuzu Natsukawa argued that Sogo Doma's lack of interest in the girls around him and his rapport with Utaha Kasumigaoka suggested he was gay.
• Yukino Yukinoshita and Masuzu concluded that Sogo and Utaha understood each other because they shared an attraction to girls.
• Sogo called Masuzu's behavior eighth-grader syndrome, and Masuzu responded by claiming she had uncovered everyone's secrets.
• Masuzu deduced that the Service Club was a club for fans of 2D culture, prompting Yukino to object that the others were only using her clubroom.
• Sogo challenged Yukino to test whether his sexual orientation was normal, and Masuzu eagerly offered to test him herself.

Masuzu Natsukawa challenged Sogo Doma to prove he was not gay, then argued that his refusal to help Mashiro Shiina bathe and change clothes was suspicious. The Service Club rejected Sogo’s claim that he was upright, with Eriri Sawamura’s experience with his doujin work providing further evidence of his questionable judgment.

• Masuzu said Mashiro was cute, prompting Yukino to reflect on how much she cared about the girl and how Doma had shaped her friendships.
• Mashiro thanked Masuzu for the compliment and told Yukino she was even cuter, making Yukino want to hug her.
• Eriri pointed out that five of Toyogasaki Private High’s six prettiest girls were in the Service Club, and Masuzu joked that Doma was a disliked character in a harem story.
• Masuzu questioned how Doma could have refused Mashiro’s request for help bathing and changing, and Doma claimed the refusal proved he was upright.
• The Service Club members rejected Doma’s claim, while Eriri recalled how his doujin Fatherly Love Is Like a Mountain had damaged her relationship with her father and nearly led to her appearing and voicing its character Airi.

Sogo Doma defended his claim that he was upright, only for Yukino Yukinoshita and the others to expose his hypocrisy and reveal that he had been kicked out of the Doma Family. The group questioned his family’s treatment of him and his titles, while his top exam ranking made the label of “trash” seem especially inaccurate.

• The Service Club girls rejected Sogo Doma’s claim that he was upright, and Yukino Yukinoshita reminded him that he had said the masses were perceptive.
• Sogo Doma called himself part of the masses because the Doma Family had kicked him out, shocking Masuzu Natsukawa, Eriri Sawamura, and Yukino Yukinoshita.
• Sogo Doma said he had abducted Umaru and brought her with him, prompting Masuzu Natsukawa to recall Umaru’s reputation as the jewel of the Doma Family.
• Masuzu Natsukawa objected to treating people as jewels, while Sogo Doma listed his insulting titles, including freeloader, trash, and prodigal son.
• Masuzu Natsukawa and Yukino Yukinoshita pointed out that Sogo Doma’s first-place Tokyo exam result contradicted his reputation as trash, and he questioned whether ranking first was difficult.

Sogo Doma’s claim that he ranked first in Tokyo led Masuzu Natsukawa to insist that he was gay and had been kicked out of his home for it. The group’s argument spiraled into increasingly confused talk about romance and intimacy, ending with Sogo challenging Natsukawa to verify her claim herself.

• Sogo Doma said his family members had also achieved top academic rankings, prompting Yukino Yukinoshita to call the Doma Family monsters.
• Masuzu Natsukawa argued that Sogo’s exam success meant his family could only have expelled him for being gay, and Yukino and Eriri Sawamura began to entertain the theory.
• Yukino told Mashiro Shiina that gay people were like Sogo and warned her not to let boys help her bathe or change clothes.
• Mashiro misunderstood Sogo’s warning about being eaten clean, and the girls struggled to explain what he had meant.
• Eriri brought up manga she had shown Mashiro, while Masuzu said the group needed to determine whether Sogo was a top or a bottom.
• Sogo challenged Masuzu to verify personally whether he was gay.

Sogo Doma argued with Masuzu Natsukawa about whether he was gay, while his lavish spending and family expulsion became the subject of the girls’ ridicule. Mashiro Shiina revealed that Chihiro Sengoku had arranged for her to join the Doma Family, leaving Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka suspicious of Sogo and Masuzu wondering if the Service Club was full of lesbians.

• Masuzu Natsukawa taunted Sogo Doma for supposedly being gay, and he boasted about his experience at nightclubs and bars.
• Yukino Yukinoshita criticized Sogo for wasting his family’s money, and he said his father earned enough that he needed to squander it.
• Mashiro Shiina said Chihiro Sengoku had told her to thank Sogo’s father and that she would not need to go to the Doma Family if Sogo had been kicked out.
• Mashiro revealed that Chihiro had said she would count as a member of the Doma Family and that changing her surname to Doma had cost the family a great deal.
• Yukino and Utaha Kasumigaoka confronted Sogo over the arrangement, while Masuzu wondered whether the girls were lesbians and Sogo was an outsider in their harem.

Sogo Doma struggled to process his father’s decision to give Mashiro the Doma surname, while Keiryu Doma recounted how he had secured the Shiina Family’s cooperation by offering them a lucrative business partnership. The chapter ended with Sogo facing Yukinoshita and Kasumigaoka, who looked ready to confront him, as he asked to explain himself.

• Sogo Doma reflected on his father’s decision to make Mashiro a Doma and insisted that neither he nor Keiryu was a siscon.
• Keiryu Doma recalled approving of Sogo’s actions against the Shinomiya Family and welcoming the news that Sogo had brought Mashiro home.
• Keiryu Doma offered Father Shiina a share in a profitable industry and made the Shiina Family a priority partner in exchange for entrusting Mashiro to Sogo.
• Father Shiina accepted the deal despite protesting that he had not meant to sell his daughter, and Keiryu Doma ended the call satisfied.
• Sogo Doma faced the dangerously stern Yukinoshita and Kasumigaoka and asked them to let him explain.

Masuzu Natsukawa tried to prove that Sogo Doma was gay, using Mashiro Shiina’s place in the Doma Family as evidence. The discussion shifted to Mashiro’s manga ambitions, and Eriri Sawamura voiced her confidence in Mashiro’s future.

• Sogo Doma challenged Masuzu Natsukawa and the others to explain why they had suspected he was gay, but Masuzu continued to call his behavior suspicious.
• Masuzu argued that Mashiro Shiina was key evidence because the Doma Family had apparently paid a great deal to bring her into the family.
• Mashiro said she would draw lots of interesting manga, prompting Eriri Sawamura to reflect on her own failed attempts to submit manga to publishers.
• Eriri encouraged Mashiro, believing that Mashiro’s courage and talent meant she could create many interesting manga.