Chapter Summaries

Masuzu Natsukawa questioned why the Doma patriarch would pay so much to change Mashiro Shiina’s surname, while Sogo tried to derail her investigation with absurd claims about the family exploiting Mashiro’s art. Masuzu then presented Sogo’s apparent lack of interest in women as evidence and called him gay, leaving the Service Club puzzled as she asked how he would react to his family arranging a girl for him.

• Eriri Sawamura defended Mashiro’s manga, but Masuzu argued that the Doma Family would not value her work or status.
• Sogo Doma joked that the family might fake Mashiro’s death and imprison her to profit from her art, then claimed her corpse could reanimate to explain new paintings.
• Masuzu noticed Sogo was steering the discussion away from her point and asked why the Doma patriarch would pay so much to change Mashiro’s surname.
• Sogo said he had not known about the surname change, and Masuzu treated his ignorance as evidence in her analysis.
• Masuzu told the group that Sogo was gay and asked how he would react if he learned his family had arranged for a girl to wait for him.

Sogo Doma tried to dispel Masuzu Natsukawa’s claim that he was gay, but she interpreted the Doma Family’s efforts to keep Mashiro Shiina as proof of a plan to deceive her into marriage. The conversation ended with Masuzu pressing Sogo about why he had refused Mashiro’s invitation.

• Masuzu Natsukawa claimed Sogo Doma rejected Shiina because he was gay, and Yukino Yukinoshita believed her.
• Masuzu argued that the Doma Family had paid a huge price to keep Mashiro Shiina and meant to trick her into marriage; Sogo denied it.
• Mashiro asked what marriage meant, and Yukino explained that she might have to live with Sogo; Mashiro said she did not mind because his Baumkuchen was delicious.
• Masuzu questioned how Sogo could make cakes, and Yukino revealed that he had studied at Totsuki for two years.
• Yukino challenged Sogo over Mashiro’s fondness for his cooking, while Sogo insisted he had done nothing wrong.
• Masuzu continued to insist Sogo was gay and asked why he had refused Mashiro’s invitation.

Utaha Kasumigaoka pressed Eriri Sawamura to answer Mashiro’s question about virginity, while Eriri protested that she had no experience. The conversation ended with the group joking about Sogo Doma’s popular sister Umaru and her habit of going straight home.

• Yukino Yukinoshita reflected on how Utaha usually won their verbal sparring by provoking her into embarrassing remarks.
• Utaha asked Eriri to answer Mashiro’s question, and Eriri reluctantly accepted being called Sawamura.
• Eriri struggled to explain what she knew about virginity and privately reasoned that everyone in the Service Club was inexperienced.
• Utaha and Yukino called Eriri a liar when she claimed not to know about the subject, and Yukino cited Eriri’s popularity.
• Eriri pointed out that Sogo’s sister Umaru was popular, and Sogo defended her as a good girl who went straight home after school.
• Utaha and Eriri joked that Umaru was simply devoted to staying home and playing games.

Sogo Doma defended Umaru’s place in the Go-Home Club by claiming she followed an intensive schedule of lessons and training. Eriri revealed that Umaru was genuinely exceptional at music, sports, and academics, leaving Masuzu and Eriri stunned.

• Sogo Doma told Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka that Umaru practiced piano, swimming, stretching, flexibility, and foreign languages after school.
• Utaha silently compared Sogo’s claims with Umaru’s lazy habits at home and her sharp insults in online games.
• Sogo explained that Umaru joined the Go-Home Club because she had so much to learn outside school.
• Masuzu Natsukawa pointed out that other people had also studied subjects like piano and painting, but Eriri said Umaru played well enough to surpass music teachers.
• Eriri added that Umaru excelled at sports and ranked first among Tokyo’s first-year high school students in the joint exam.

Sogo Doma reflected on how Umaru and Mashiro could adapt to different social circles, contrasting Mashiro’s supportive friendships at Toyogasaki with the isolation she might have faced at Sakurasou. He left Ryunosuke Akasaka concerned about his loneliness and defended his efforts to teach Umaru to protect herself from discrimination.

• Sogo Doma considered how Mashiro might have struggled to make friends if she had lived at Sakurasou, where Ryunosuke Akasaka was regarded as a weirdo.
• Ryunosuke Akasaka told Sogo Doma that he preferred developing artificial intelligence to socializing and that people saw him as strange.
• Sogo Doma reassured Ryunosuke Akasaka that the unusual people at Sakurasou, rather than humanity in general, made socializing difficult.
• Sogo Doma thought Mashiro might have blamed herself if she had believed the Sakurasou anime producer’s explanation for the screenplay writer’s behavior.
• Sogo Doma recalled urging Umaru, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Utaha Kasumigaoka to value themselves and resist the country’s discrimination against women.

Sogo Doma reflected on infidelity and taught the girls around him to value themselves, while Umaru’s many accomplishments and social skills impressed everyone. Yukino Yukinoshita embraced the idea of taking charge, leaving Sogo wary of how formidable his friends were becoming.

• Sogo Doma considered the country’s acceptance of affairs and continued lecturing those around him about self-respect and relationships.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita agreed with Sogo’s views, while he hoped their influence would reach his little sister.
• Eriri and Masuzu Natsukawa were stunned by Umaru’s academic, athletic, artistic, and social accomplishments.
• Yukino reflected on how Sogo had helped her make friends and how happy she felt spending time with the group.
• Yukino connected Sogo’s words to the women-led Yukinoshita Family and decided she needed to take charge too.
• Sogo worried that the girls around him were becoming increasingly formidable.

Yukino compared Umaru’s tactful honesty and overwhelming popularity with her own bluntness, while Utaha recalled discovering that Umaru was a couch-potato gaming prodigy in private. The chapter ended with Umaru inviting Utaha to team up for an FPS game.

• Yukino considered how Umaru’s tactful way of correcting people helped her stay popular while still speaking her mind.
• Yukino reflected that Umaru’s social ease and many friendships made her question whether outstanding people necessarily had harder lives.
• Utaha recalled that Umaru hid her gaming obsession beneath her perfect public image and could defeat her at games with astonishing skill.
• Umaru invited Utaha to team up for an FPS game.

Utaha Kasumigaoka became hooked on gaming with Umaru, while Masuzu Natsukawa sought help from the Service Club after receiving too many confessions. The club’s discussion turned to Sogo Doma’s Child Emperor nickname, and Yukino Yukinoshita stopped Masuzu from explaining it to Mashiro Shiina.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka recalled how playing an online FPS with Umaru awakened her love of gaming, even as Umaru killed a player who had stripped on command.
• Sogo Doma asked Utaha about her unfinished book, and she said she was gathering material through games.
• Masuzu Natsukawa asked Eriri Sawamura to advise Mashiro Shiina, prompting Eriri and Utaha to tease each other about popularity and confessions.
• Masuzu said her plan to have Sogo pretend to be her boyfriend had failed because people thought he was gay and called him Child Emperor.
• Mashiro asked what Child Emperor meant, and Yukino Yukinoshita interrupted when Masuzu began to explain.

Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed that Mashiro was too curious and inexperienced for her closeness with Sogo to progress further, then resumed teasing each other. Utaha recalled how Sogo’s jokes had made Yukino sensitive to her supposed “Yukinoshita Quotes,” while Umaru and Sogo remained beyond Utaha’s reach in verbal sparring.

• Yukino Yukinoshita put off intervening in Mashiro’s relationship with Sogo and asked Utaha Kasumigaoka whether the timing was right.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed that Mashiro’s curiosity could lead her to make dangerous requests of Sogo.
• Yukino Yukinoshita praised Utaha’s sensible reasoning, then traded barbs with her over “Yukinoshita Quotes.”
• Utaha Kasumigaoka recalled how Sogo had joked about writing dramatic diary entries as a teenager, making Yukino furious.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka reflected that Umaru and Sogo were far better at verbal sparring than she was.

Sogo Doma and Masuzu Natsukawa argued over rumors that he was gay, while Yukino Yukinoshita recognized Natsukawa’s guarded wish for friends. Utaha Kasumigaoka ended by teasing Eriri about acting just like a tsundere.

• Sogo Doma embarrassed Yukino Yukinoshita by dismissing her attempts to use his past words against him.
• Masuzu Natsukawa said she wanted to avoid pointless disputes, and Sogo suggested she distance herself from everyone to study in peace.
• Natsukawa challenged Sogo to admit publicly that he was gay, then defended her own rumors about him as what everyone believed.
• Yukino Yukinoshita suggested that Natsukawa secretly wanted friends to stand by her, but Natsukawa denied it.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka compared Natsukawa’s denial to Eriri’s tsundere behavior, and Eriri angrily rejected the comparison.

Eriri Sawamura reconsidered her guilt toward Tomoya Aki and her belief that Sogo Doma liked her, blaming Sayuri Sawamura’s advice for both misconceptions. She ended by trying to dismiss her feelings about Sogo and resenting Utaha Kasumigaoka for writing a moving yuri story.

• Eriri recalled how Sayuri’s lessons about understanding friends and admitting mistakes had made her feel guilty toward Tomoya Aki.
• Sogo challenged Eriri’s guilt about childhood and helped her question whether she had truly wronged Tomoya.
• After Sogo exposed Tomoya’s true nature, Eriri began doubting the judgment behind her guilt but continued to trust her own view of Sogo.
• Sayuri convinced Eriri that Sogo probably liked her, and Eriri listed his looks, otaku knowledge, and support for her doujinshi as reasons she felt comfortable around him.
• Eriri decided Sogo was too narcissistic and sharp-tongued to be a suitable romantic interest, then blamed Utaha’s moving yuri story for making her think about him.

At an otaku gathering, Utaha Kasumigaoka teased Masuzu Natsukawa and Sawamura Eriri by calling them tsunderes, while Eriri reflected on her admiration for Yukino Yukinoshita and her wish to make friends without hiding her work as an erotic doujinshi artist. Yukino had initially been shocked when she learned what Eriri drew, but she accepted her after recognizing Eriri’s innocence and dedication.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka teased Masuzu Natsukawa by calling her a tsundere and compared her reaction to Sawamura Eriri’s.
• Yukino Yukinoshita privately wondered whether she had once acted like Sawamura Eriri, a comparison she found embarrassing.
• Eriri admired Yukino for showing her true nature and hoped she could make friends without concealing her identity as an erotic doujinshi artist.
• Yukino had been shocked and resistant when she learned what Eriri drew, but she chose not to criticize her after seeing her dedication.

Yukino accepted Eriri’s doujinshi identity and found her tsundere nature endearing, then tried to understand why Masuzu cared about rumors. Masuzu challenged Yukino’s claim that she had experienced gossip and mocked Sogo, leaving him resisting the urge to hit back.

• Eriri revealed that her mother had tricked her into drawing doujinshi when she was young, and Yukino sympathized without judging her.
• Eriri stopped pretending to be someone else and showed Yukino her innocent, kind, and tsundere side.
• Yukino considered Eriri a doglike counterpart to Mashiro and wondered whether overcoming her fear of Eriri could help her overcome her fear of dogs.
• Yukino asked Masuzu why she cared what others thought if she did not want friendship, and Masuzu replied that people were spreading false rumors about her.
• Yukino said she had experienced gossip, but Masuzu doubted her and mocked the club members as veteran 2D nerds.
• Masuzu called Sogo gay, and he silently considered punching her before deciding not to lose the verbal argument.

Sogo Doma and the others sparred with Masuzu Natsukawa over whether Doma seemed like a male lead and why everyone occupied the Service Club room. The argument left Yukino Yukinoshita cutting Doma off before he could continue taunting Natsukawa.

• Yukino Yukinoshita asked Masuzu Natsukawa whether Sogo Doma had the bearing of a male lead, and Sawamura Eriri persuaded Natsukawa to call him a villain instead.
• Yukino Yukinoshita said Doma was never a male lead, but Masuzu Natsukawa challenged her claim that the Service Club was for helping people.
• Sogo Doma explained that the group had requisitioned the Service Club room and compared school to a battlefield where people took other students' pens.
• Masuzu Natsukawa asked whether the group had taken Yukino Yukinoshita's room by force, and Doma insisted that he had requisitioned it and let Yukino inside.
• Sogo Doma claimed Yukino probably wished he would die, but Yukino Yukinoshita told him to stop before he could continue mocking Natsukawa.

Yukino Yukinoshita defended the Service Club as a group of friends who support one another and strive to change, then argued with Masuzu Natsukawa over anime, manga, and JOJO. The chapter left them trading accusations after Yukino declared JOJO unqualified based on Masuzu’s behavior, despite never having read it.

• Yukino admitted that the Service Club members were her friends and described how each of them worked to improve themselves.
• Masuzu called the Service Club’s friendships an anime-like setup, and Yukino insisted the club was real and that she was not tsundere.
• Yukino explained that she had accepted Mashiro’s request to help her debut as a manga artist despite knowing little about anime and manga.
• Sogo cited Mr. Pan the Panda as proof that Yukino knew something about anime and manga, prompting Masuzu to dismiss it as childish.
• Yukino called JOJO unqualified based on Masuzu’s behavior, and Masuzu angrily challenged her for judging a manga she had never read.

Yukino Yukinoshita challenged Masuzu Natsukawa’s dismissal of friendship and argued that Masuzu’s concern about being slandered showed she wanted acknowledgment. The exchange left Yukino and Utaha Kasumigaoka trading teasing remarks before Yukino admitted she understood Masuzu’s feelings because she had also been slandered.

• Yukino Yukinoshita used Masuzu Natsukawa’s love of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to question why she called the Service Club’s friendships boring.
• Yukino argued that Masuzu cared about other people’s opinions because she wanted their acknowledgment, while Masuzu insisted she had done nothing wrong.
• Yukino described the labels people had given her, and Utaha Kasumigaoka teased her and traded barbs with her.
• Utaha told Masuzu that calling Yukino an iceberg was slander, and Yukino agreed that she understood how Masuzu felt because she had experienced slander herself.

Masuzu Natsukawa accused Yukino Yukinoshita and the others of using Sogo Doma as a shield against rumors, while Sogo and the girls argued over his reputation and the labels he gave them. Masuzu ended by insisting that ordinary boys would not call cute girls names like “little white-haired girl” or “golden-haired losing heroine,” a claim Sogo immediately challenged.

• Masuzu Natsukawa told Yukino Yukinoshita that the girls had used Sogo Doma as a shield, but Yukino denied it and questioned whether Masuzu was merely repeating rumors.
• Sogo Doma reflected on how Takuya Fujigami and the other boys had built up his reputation as a romance expert, leading classmates and even third-years to seek his advice.
• Sogo disputed Masuzu’s claim that he was gay and mocked her for being white-haired, then called Eriri Sawamura a “golden-haired losing heroine” and Mashiro a blonde “winner.”
• Masuzu argued that Sogo’s insults showed he hated girls and asked Eriri whether other boys had called her such names; Eriri said they had not.
• Masuzu concluded that normal boys would not use those nicknames for cute girls, and Sogo immediately objected that her conclusion was too absolute.

Sogo Doma, Masuzu Natsukawa, and the others bickered about attraction and manga scenes after Mashiro misunderstood their conversation. The argument left Eriri Sawamura once again caught in the crossfire when Masuzu used her as an example.

• Masuzu Natsukawa claimed men instinctively tried to impress cute girls, while Sogo Doma denied lusting after them.
• Mashiro Shiina misunderstood the talk about Sogo wanting to eat people, prompting Eriri Sawamura to mention the manga she had shown Mashiro.
• Mashiro revealed that Eriri had shown her explicit material, and Eriri explained that Mashiro had asked for help drawing intense scenes for her manga.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka, Yukino Yukinoshita, Masuzu Natsukawa, and Sogo Doma argued about suggestive scenes and female characters in manga, including JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
• Masuzu Natsukawa returned to her theory about why Sogo did not lust after girls and asked whether Eriri Sawamura was ugly.

Masuzu Natsukawa questioned Sogo Doma about Eriri Sawamura’s looks, then tried to pressure him into pretending to be her boyfriend by labeling him GAY. Yukinoshita intervened against Masuzu’s blackmail, leaving Sogo caught between them.

• Eriri braced herself for Sogo to insult her appearance, but he called her looks barely presentable, indirectly admitting she was cute.
• Masuzu tried to use Sogo’s admission to argue that he should court Eriri and improve her opinion of him.
• Sogo rejected the idea, and Masuzu accused him of being GAY and explained why GAY men might surround themselves with girls.
• Masuzu demanded that Sogo pretend to be her boyfriend and act as her shield, threatening to expose his supposed secret if he refused.
• Yukinoshita condemned Masuzu for coercing Sogo with someone else’s secret.

Sogo Doma deflected Masuzu Natsukawa’s attempt to make him pretend to be her boyfriend by letting the Service Club get sidetracked over Eriri Sawamura’s manga and Mashiro Shiina’s drawing models. He then claimed Masuzu was not wearing panties, leaving her flustered and checking for herself.

• Sogo Doma challenged Yukino Yukinoshita and Eriri Sawamura after they accepted the rumor that he was gay, while Masuzu Natsukawa waited for an answer about pretending to be her boyfriend.
• Eriri Sawamura admitted she had shown Mashiro Shiina manga with intense scenes, and Mashiro explained she had wanted references for her figure drawing.
• Yukino Yukinoshita worried that Mashiro’s manga might depict the Service Club, but Eriri reassured her that Mashiro had abandoned the intense scenes for now.
• Sogo Doma said he had found models for Mashiro before, and Mashiro said she would rather draw him because his proportions were perfect.
• Masuzu Natsukawa called Sogo Doma gay, so he claimed she was not wearing panties and prompted her to reach down to check.