Chapter Summaries

Sogo Doma and Hayakawa Mana teased Sawamura Eriri over the origins of Kashiwagi Eri and the character Airi, while Eriri tried to hide her embarrassment and her interest in Doma joining the art club. Hayakawa concluded that Eriri had deliberately shown her Doma’s manuscript because she knew Hayakawa was Kashiwagi Eri’s fan, but Eriri was surprised by the claim.

• Hayakawa Mana suggested that Doma had chosen his pen name to put his surname before Eriri’s, and Doma said her analysis was mostly correct.
• Doma revealed that Eriri had come up with the pen name Kashiwagi Eri, then teased her by saying Airi was the Sawamura he had imagined and that Eriri had not grown up right.
• Hayakawa interpreted Doma’s teasing as a comment about Eriri’s chest, prompting Eriri to protest and tell him he did not have to join the art club.
• Hayakawa called Eriri tsundere and said Doma’s teasing could make girls dislike him, while Doma argued that boys often pretended to be dense to avoid trouble.
• Hayakawa said Eriri wanted Doma to join the art club and claimed she had recognized it when Eriri handed her his original manuscript.
• Hayakawa concluded that Eriri had known she was a fan of Kashiwagi Eri, leaving Eriri and Doma both stunned.

Hayakawa Mana tried to recruit Sogo Doma into the Art Club, believing Sawamura Eriri had deliberately given her the teacher’s manuscript so Eriri could join the same club as Doma. Doma said he had joined the Service Club and defended Eriri’s artistic talent, leaving Mana still hoping to persuade him.

• Hayakawa Mana argued that Sawamura Eriri had intentionally handed her the manuscript because Eriri wanted to join a club with Sogo Doma.
• Sogo Doma said he had already joined the Service Club, and Eriri explained that it helped people in need.
• Hayakawa Mana offered to arrange a private studio if Doma joined the Art Club, saying she wanted to help the club achieve something.
• Sogo Doma praised Eriri’s talent and defended her when Mana said she had high hopes for her.
• Hayakawa Mana said Eriri might surpass the teacher in some respects.

Sogo Doma explained to Hayakawa Mana that he joined the Service Club to improve his drawing alongside Mashiro Shiina, whose overwhelming talent had discouraged nearly everyone who studied with her. Hayakawa accepted the explanation and stopped pressing him to join the Art Club, while Eriri was left wondering whether her skills could improve further.

• Hayakawa Mana admitted that she wanted Sogo Doma to join the Art Club partly because his art complemented Sawamura Eriri's, and Doma said he joined the Service Club to polish his drawing skills.
• Doma revealed that Mashiro Shiina was in the Service Club, and Eriri explained that Mashiro's ability far surpassed her own.
• Doma told Hayakawa that fewer than two people who had studied drawing alongside Mashiro had continued afterward because the gap in skill was so vast.
• Doma said he was only a doujinshi artist and was satisfied if most people accepted his art style, which helped Eriri reconsider comparing herself with Mashiro.
• Hayakawa apologized for disturbing Doma and said she looked forward to seeing his improved work, leaving Eriri startled by the suggestion that her drawing skills could improve further.

Sogo Doma pushed Sawamura Eriri to work harder by publicly teasing her, while Utaha Kasumigaoka explained to Yukino Yukinoshita why she valued his company. Their talk turned to Utaha’s struggle to publish romance stories outside the yuri style that made her famous, leaving her recalling Sonoko Machida’s refusal to choose either manuscript.

• Sogo Doma thanked Hayakawa Mana for her support and teased Sawamura Eriri about drawing doujin, prompting Hayakawa to warn that he would end up with no friends.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka told Yukino Yukinoshita that Sogo could be a teasing, stubborn bastard but made it easy to be oneself around him and handled problems behind the scenes.
• Yukino offered Utaha the Service Club’s help finding inspiration, then asked why she did not write the story outlines Sogo had proposed.
• Utaha explained that the outlines did not fit the yuri style that had made her famous and that changing genres would take time.
• Utaha recalled that Sonoko Machida had praised Four Lies and My Weird Deskmate but refused to select either, citing Utaha’s reputation and her own transfer to the newly established Houbun Division.

Sonoko Machida recalled how Utaha Kasumigaoka’s unexpected ending for Love Metronome had been approved and turned the series into a breakout hit. As Fujimi launched a new division and writing contest on the wave of its success, Sonoko discovered that her superior had mistaken her support for the novel as romantic interest in Utaha.

• Sonoko Machida remembered feeling guilty when Love Metronome received little promotion, then relieved when word of mouth made it popular.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka insisted on ending Love Metronome with Sayuka choosing a woman rather than Naoto, and Sonoko submitted the final volume despite her doubts.
• Mr. Yamagami approved the ending because influential people backed it, while anticipating that its release would bring him more trouble.
• Love Metronome became a breakout hit, inspired public calls to legalize same-sex relationships, and helped Fujimi Bunko establish the Houbun Division and launch a girls-together writing contest.
• Sonoko realized that her superior thought she had recognized the ending’s value and warned her not to develop feelings for her writers, leaving her mortified and insisting she was straight.

Sonoko Machida struggled to understand why she had been given charge of the new Houbun Division, while Utaha Kasumigaoka brought her two new romance projects. Sonoko rejected the non-yuri stories and threatened to expose Utaha’s identity, leaving Utaha alarmed.

• Sonoko Machida reflected on how her authors had been reassigned and how she had ended up managing Sogo Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka.
• Editor-in-Chief Yamagami and the Doma Family misread Sonoko’s confidence in Love Metronome as proof of exceptional talent and chose her to lead the new Houbun Division.
• Utaha gave Sonoko two proposed romance novels, one inspirational and one pure romance, and promised neither was yuri.
• Sonoko refused to accept the projects, arguing Utaha’s yuri readers would feel misled and that Utaha should write something fitting her role as a judge for “Girls Together Are Wonderful.”
• Sonoko complained about the backlash she had faced over Love Metronome and threatened to announce that author Utako Kasumi was present.

Utaha Kasumigaoka struggled to find inspiration for stories with less yuri content after Sonoko Machida urged her to ease her readers into a genre change. She tried to recruit Yukino Yukinoshita as a male lead, but Yukino refused while agreeing to help her work with Sougo.

• Sonoko Machida warned Utaha Kasumigaoka to reduce the yuri content in her stories gradually rather than abruptly change genres.
• Utaha agreed to write stories with milder yuri elements but lacked inspiration for them.
• Utaha decided Yukino Yukinoshita could inspire her and proposed casting her as the male lead of a new book.
• Yukino refused the role, then offered to help Utaha find inspiration in exchange for teaming up against Sougo.
• Utaha teased Yukino about her boyish figure, and Yukino angrily called her out.

Sogo Doma entered the Service Club room and got drawn into a teasing discussion with Utaha Kasumigaoka, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Mashiro Shiina about a light novel with dual female leads and a possible harem ending. The conversation ended with Sogo explaining why he considered a real-life harem impractical.

• Sogo Doma found Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita arguing, and Mashiro Shiina revealed they had been calling him a bastard.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka told Sogo that Yukino Yukinoshita had agreed to be her male lead, then suggested making her a female lead instead.
• Utaha explained that she planned to write a story with dual female leads and that Enako might object if she changed its yuri direction.
• Sogo Doma proposed appearing as the male lead and giving the story a harem ending, but Utaha said Enako would kill her.
• Sogo Doma explained that his harem dreams faded when he considered how aging and physical limits would affect everyone, and Mashiro wondered aloud whether he would be squeezed into a dried husk.

Utaha Kasumigaoka and Sogo Doma teased each other about his harem fantasies, while Yukino Yukinoshita reluctantly agreed to help Utaha with her writing if she could review it first. After lunch, Utaha stayed alone with Sogo in the Service Club and asked what kind of person he thought she was.

• Mashiro Shiina asked what a dried-up husk was, prompting Utaha Kasumigaoka to tease Sogo Doma about being drained by a harem.
• Sogo Doma joked about the girls’ looks, and Yukino Yukinoshita warned him that he would not get a chance to pursue anyone in the Service Club.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka asked Yukino Yukinoshita to cooperate with her research, and Yukino agreed on the condition that she could review Utaha’s writing before it was published.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka revealed that Yukino had inspired the heroine in a manga, leaving Yukino unsettled despite their new alliance.
• After lunch, Utaha Kasumigaoka stayed in the Service Club to write while Sogo Doma slept, then teased him about his harem fantasies.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka compared herself unfavorably with the other girls and asked Sogo Doma what kind of person he thought she was.

Sogo Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka teased each other about his past schemes, his supposed harem fantasy, and her place in his heart. Utaha ended by threatening to turn every girl in his imagined harem into a yuri couple and leave him alone.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka accused Sogo Doma of favoring Yukinoshita and Eriri, and he explained that he had imitated Eriri’s art to provoke her and expose the club president’s suspicions.
• Sogo Doma insisted he had only wanted Eriri to learn not to trust people too easily, while Utaha called her pitiful.
• Utaha teased Sogo about being too timid to build a harem, and he named Eriri, Yukinoshita, and Mashiro as attractive before declaring Utaha number one in his heart.
• Sogo and Utaha traded insults and affectionate remarks, then argued over whether Yukinoshita was Utaha’s female lead.
• Utaha threatened to turn every girl in Sogo’s imagined harem into yuri couples and leave him alone, deciding that the idea was excellent.

Sogo Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka traded teasing arguments about harems, yuri, marriage, and their feelings for each other. Utaha then revealed that Yukinoshita had invited her to help deal with Sogo, leaving him to wonder whether he had any chance of calling his situation a harem.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka joked that turning Sogo Doma's harem into yuri would be more thrilling than attacking him with a machete, then kissed him when he accused her of being yuri.
• Sogo Doma told Utaha to protect herself and not trust promises before they had settled their future, while reassuring her that he would not abandon her as long as she stayed with him.
• Utaha laughed at Sogo's fears that she might become yuri and leave him, and he tried to restore her confidence by reminding her she was the famous Utako Kasumi-sensei.
• Utaha told Sogo that Yukinoshita had invited her to join in dealing with him.
• Utaha explained that Yukinoshita wanted to beat Sogo up, and that admitting defeat might satisfy her but also make her think he was boring.

Utaha Kasumigaoka teased Sogo Doma about how he had closed off his chances of winning over the girls around him, then admitted she was content with him and preferred teasing others by his side. Yukino Yukinoshita’s alliance with Utaha continued to backfire, leaving Yukino caught in the crossfire of their banter.

• Utaha told Sogo that Yukino and Eriri would remain wary of him, and joked that his harem plans had no chance.
• Sogo teased Utaha for being nervous, and she said she would rather be with him than like another boy.
• Utaha decided to tear up her alliance with Yukino and said teasing people alongside Sogo was more fun.
• Yukino recalled how Utaha’s attacks repeatedly gave Sogo openings and often left Yukino caught in the crossfire.
• Sogo, Masuzu, and Utaha joked about Eriri’s resemblance to Airi and compared Eriri’s chest with Yukino’s, prompting both girls to protest.

Sogo Doma tried to persuade Sawamura Eriri to practice drawing, but his advice about hard work led him to demonstrate his extreme bad luck at dice games. He left the girls convinced that his misfortune was real, even though he could control physical dice himself.

• Yukino Yukinoshita reflected on Sawamura Eriri's blunt remarks before Utaha Kasumigaoka entered and found Sogo Doma being confronted by Eriri.
• Sogo Doma urged Eriri to practice drawing, while Utaha defended his intentions and claimed he sometimes worked hard at games.
• Sogo explained that repeated losses at dice games had taught him how despairing the world could be, then invited the girls to test their luck on LINE.
• Yukino, Eriri, and the others won repeatedly, while Sogo lost every round even after they swapped phones.
• Sogo demonstrated that he could control physical dice to roll a twelve, leaving the girls baffled by his claim that he had never won through luck.

Utaha Kasumigaoka and Sogo Doma maneuvered Eriri Sawamura into admitting she wanted to improve her drawing, while Yukino Yukinoshita mistook her reluctance for a creative bottleneck. The chapter ended with Utaha volunteering to supervise Eriri’s practice and revealing she knew exactly how much Eriri wanted to avoid it.

• Yukino Yukinoshita argued that hard work could improve Eriri Sawamura’s drawing, while Sogo Doma joked that Eriri might never improve no matter how much she practiced.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka pressed Eriri about putting in effort, and Sogo’s teasing baited Eriri into insisting she could improve easily.
• Utaha and Sogo exposed Eriri’s reluctance to practice, while Eriri struggled to explain that she would rather watch anime, play games, and read manga.
• Yukino Yukinoshita assumed Eriri had hit a creative bottleneck, and Eriri eagerly claimed that was why she had not improved.
• Utaha proposed that she and Yukino help Eriri overcome the bottleneck, and Yukino prescribed extensive practice.
• Utaha offered to supervise Eriri and privately threatened to cut off her new anime, manga, light novels, and games.

Utaha Kasumigaoka and Sogo Doma teased Sawamura Eriri about her supposed artistic bottleneck, while Yukino Yukinoshita and Mashiro learned that Eriri simply disliked excessive practice. The conversation then turned to Yukino’s own stamina and Eriri’s other strengths.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka warned Eriri that Yukino believed she had hit an artistic bottleneck and would supervise her practice.
• Eriri admitted to Yukino Yukinoshita that she was not stuck in a bottleneck and only disliked practicing too much.
• Mashiro praised Eriri’s drawings, and Eriri humbly compared herself to Mashiro.
• Sogo Doma teased Yukino about her stamina problem, and Yukino challenged him for pressuring Eriri to improve.
• Utaha mocked Eriri’s limited skills, but Sogo said Eriri had strengths besides drawing, surprising her.

Sogo Doma teased Eriri Sawamura about her English and defended her right to pursue drawing at her own pace, while Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka challenged him over his methods. He then compared Eriri and Yukino as people who had met the wrong people and asked Yukino how she would respond to someone more outstanding than herself.

• Sogo mocked Eriri's English despite her diplomat father, prompting Yukino and Utaha to question his sarcasm.
• Yukino defended Eriri's wishes and trusted that she was working hard at drawing, while Mashiro praised Eriri's art.
• Sogo explained that he had claimed Eriri was studying with Mashiro to keep President Hayakawa from recruiting her into the art club.
• Utaha revealed that she had only frightened Eriri with talk of endless practice, and Sogo said training beside Mashiro could improve anyone's drawing.
• Yukino praised Mashiro's excellence, and Sogo teased Yukino for indirectly praising herself before asking how she would react to someone more outstanding.
• Yukino said she would find a way to surpass that person, recalling how she had pursued her more capable older sister.

The Service Club teased one another about competition and personal insecurities, and Yukino Yukinoshita recognized how its members supported rather than resented each other. The teasing escalated into questions about Sogo Doma’s tastes and Utaha Kasumigaoka’s relationship with him, leaving both under suspicion.

• Sogo Doma asked Yukino Yukinoshita whether she could make friends among people who only wanted to surpass one another, and she realized the Service Club members did not resent each other’s strengths.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka reminded Eriri Sawamura that she had come to learn drawing from Mashiro, and Sogo made Eriri acknowledge that his claims about her were true.
• Eriri began trading barbs with Utaha and relied on Yukino to defend her, while Yukino noticed that their clashes were improving the club’s atmosphere.
• Masuzu Natsukawa teased Eriri about being flat, and Sogo’s remarks about being uncomfortable to lie on provoked Eriri to fire back at him.
• Yukino recalled Sogo saying he was into all types, and Masuzu accused him and Utaha of arranging a mutual alibi to conceal that they were dating.

Sogo Doma's friends debated whether anyone liked him, while Masuzu Natsukawa kept calling him gay and Yukino Yukinoshita questioned the girls one by one. The teasing left Sogo convinced that nobody liked him, until Ako Tamaki revealed that she liked U, M, R.

• Masuzu Natsukawa argued that Sogo Doma should pretend to be her boyfriend, and Sogo accused her of trying to win him over.
• Yukino Yukinoshita asked Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka whether they liked Sogo, and Eriri denied it while Utaha said she did.
• Yukino asked Mashiro Shiina if she liked Sogo romantically, and Mashiro said she disliked the idea of being a male lead and female lead because it seemed frightening.
• Mashiro revealed that Eriri had shown her books about boys and girls fighting, prompting Yukino and Utaha to question Eriri.
• Masuzu called Sogo gay because he was surrounded by beautiful girls without being moved, and Sogo replied that nobody liked him.
• Ako Tamaki said she liked U, M, R, surprising Yukino and amusing Utaha.

Utaha Kasumigaoka’s gaming ID, Chubby Kasumigaoka, sparked a dispute with Ako Tamaki over their shared game companions U, M, and R. Ako accused Utaha of ruining her chance to marry them again, leaving the others stunned.

• Ako Tamaki called Utaha Kasumigaoka Chubby Kasumigaoka, prompting Utaha to explain that she had spent five million yen on the account and could not change its name.
• Utaha recalled that she had started gaming with Umaru and believed gaming helped her lose weight.
• Yukino Yukinoshita asked Ako Tamaki whether she liked games, and Ako said she especially liked U, M, and R, who had often helped her through dungeons.
• Ako accused Utaha of leeching experience and keeping her from raising her affection with U, M, and R enough to remarry them.
• Utaha pointed out that Ako had divorced U, M, and R and said he never wanted to marry in a game again.
• Ako rejected Utaha’s claim and accused her of scheming to steal U, M, and R, calling her the other woman.

Ako confronted Utaha over getting close to U,M,R in an online game, and the group discovered that U,M,R was Sogo Doma. The chapter left Masuzu convinced she had gathered evidence that Doma was gay, despite his denials.

• Ako angrily accused Utaha of coming between her and U,M,R, while Eriri joined in by criticizing Utaha for neglecting her new book.
• Yukino tried to reassure Ako that Utaha did not like men, but Ako said Utaha had claimed to like U,M,R.
• Yukino asked whether U,M,R was Doma, and Ako confirmed it, leaving the others stunned.
• Doma denied being gay and said he had not made a move on Ako, while Masuzu questioned how Ako and Doma had met.
• Masuzu analyzed the clues and declared that Doma had the right to remain silent, but anything he said could be used as evidence that he was gay.