Chapter Summaries

Sogo Doma explained that Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka’s standing in school would help stop rumors about Masuzu Natsukawa. The conversation turned into teasing Sogo over his supposed relationship with Utaha and her claims that he had made her his maid, while the group praised his sister Umaru.

• Yukino agreed to help Sogo refute rumors about Masuzu, while Utaha said she would tell people to shut up if they spread them around her.
• Sogo told Masuzu that Yukino and Utaha’s influence would make people think twice before spreading rumors about her.
• Masuzu was surprised to learn that Sogo and Utaha had supposedly been a couple, and Utaha claimed he had made her his girlfriend and maid.
• Utaha said Sogo had recognized her as Utako Kasumi and that Umaru had helped her escape being his maid.
• Yukino, Utaha, and Mashiro praised Umaru in comparison with Sogo, leaving him offended by their teasing.

Sogo Doma deliberately brought up the rumors about him and the girls to show Masuzu Natsukawa that harmless gossip could be ignored. The discussion left Yukino Yukinoshita reconsidering her fears, while Utaha Kasumigaoka privately welcomed the chance to make Sogo less appealing to potential rivals.

• Sogo Doma redirected the conversation toward rumors, and Yukino Yukinoshita teased him about rumors involving Utaha Kasumigaoka and the other girls.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka revealed that Sogo was known as the Love Saint, and Yukino pressed her about the rumor.
• Sogo explained that he had raised the subject on purpose to show Masuzu Natsukawa that rumors could be ignored before they grew into a problem.
• Yukino agreed that the rumors were harmless, while Masuzu questioned whether school gossip was really so easy to dismiss.
• Utaha privately approved of Sogo's plan because it lowered his standing with Yukino and the others, while Takuya Fujigami explained that Sogo had wanted to join the boys' naked-running activity but had stepped down due to his condition.

Utaha Kasumigaoka reflected on Sogo Doma’s reputation at Toyogasaki and why she remained with him despite the pressure of his powerful family. She had also made sure girls who liked him understood that their feelings did not make him a suitable match.

• Yoko and the other girls struggled to accept the boys’ nude-running sport as a school tradition, while Takuya Fujigami and Yoko remained the class’s only known couple.
• Sogo Doma’s reputation as a relationship expert and player shaped the school’s social climate, leaving Masuzu Natsukawa unaware of how his image might complicate her plan to pretend he was her boyfriend.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka considered how Sogo’s influence and romantic entanglements looked to Yukino Yukinoshita, Ako Tamaki, Mashiro, and Eriri.
• Utaha admitted she had worked with Umaru to discourage girls such as Sakura Yamauchi from pursuing Sogo, because she did not want others coveting her boyfriend.
• Utaha considered the pressure of Sogo’s Doma Family background and recalled that Yukinoshita Haruno had punched him after he took his anger out on the Yukinoshita Family.

Sogo Doma rejected the expectation that women should become Yamato Nadeshiko and cherished his easygoing younger sister, Umaru. Utaha Kasumigaoka felt secure with Sogo and grew more determined to become part of the siblings’ family.

• Sogo reflected on his admiration for independent women and his determination not to make Umaru conform to the Yamato Nadeshiko ideal.
• Umaru asked Sogo to buy cola, dried bamboo shoots, and manga, and he agreed to get them for her.
• Utaha learned that Sogo had considered becoming a househusband and felt even more attracted to him.
• Utaha decided to keep her relationship with Sogo secret until Umaru accepted her, and she imagined becoming the siblings’ future financial backer.
• Utaha recalled how comfortable she felt living with Sogo and Umaru and how Sogo’s nicknames for Yukinoshita and Eriri had upset them.

Sogo Doma told Masuzu Natsukawa, Yukino Yukinoshita, and the others about boys at Toyogasaki who ran in loincloths, prompting a debate over whether their behavior was acceptable. Yukino clarified that she admired their discipline but had no interest in romance, leaving the group to continue teasing and questioning her standards.

• Sogo Doma described Toyogasaki students as generally uninterested in romance, and Masuzu Natsukawa challenged whether they had already lost the right to choose partners.
• Sogo Doma claimed Fujigami and Yoko had a child, startling Yukino Yukinoshita before Utaha Kasumigaoka explained that Yoko merely hoped Fujigami would come to his senses.
• Mashiro Shiina asked whether Sogo Doma would run naked so she could draw him, and he hesitantly admitted he might consider it.
• Eriri questioned why Yukino Yukinoshita accepted boys running in loincloths in public, while Yukino argued that their rigorous training showed discipline.
• Yukino Yukinoshita explained that she admired hardworking people but had never considered dating, as she was occupied with her friends and with wanting to defeat Doma.

Yukino explained to Eriri that admiration did not necessarily mean romantic interest, then Sogo clarified why boys at Toyogasaki still approached Masuzu despite the school's unusual Luo Ben culture. Masuzu realized that understanding the school's social ecosystem would keep her from being bothered, while Sogo revealed that Luo Ben had slightly damaged Toyogasaki's reputation.

• Yukino explained that she admired Eriri's drawing skills without admiring the content of her doujinshi.
• Eriri understood Yukino's distinction between admiration and romantic interest, while Masuzu concluded that Yukino had no intention of dating any of the boys.
• Sogo said that students had found other ways to vent their youth and mostly stopped obsessing over romance.
• Masuzu asked why boys still hit on her, and Sogo said they hoped she might tolerate a boyfriend obsessed with Luo Ben.
• Sogo explained that the school permitted Luo Ben, but outside spectators had slightly harmed Toyogasaki's reputation.

Sogo Doma, Yukino Yukinoshita, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Masuzu Natsukawa discussed the school’s streaking boys and speculated about Yukino’s sister’s friendships. Sogo revealed that Akane Kosaka, a well-known creator backed by the Doma Family, liked Love Metronome and had hoped to recruit Utaha into her circle.

• Yukino questioned whether the streaking boys’ activities had harmed Toyogasaki’s reputation, and Sogo and Utaha explained that their numbers had made them difficult to discipline.
• Masuzu argued that boys running naked around school was a serious problem, while Sogo defended them as having cast aside romance.
• Masuzu suggested that Yukino’s sister was closest to Shizuka Hiratsuka, which made Yukino reconsider their relationship.
• Utaha and the others reacted with surprise when Sogo said Yukino’s sister’s friend liked Love Metronome and identified her as Akane Kosaka.
• Sogo explained that Akane had wanted to recruit Utaha but was wary of challenging her success with yuri and depended on the Doma Family’s investment and promotional channels.

Sogo Doma explained that Yukinoshita Haruno backed Akane Kosaka’s anime-and-manga venture and said he had bought a share through his role as their mediator and shield. His description of his payment as “protection money” left Yukino suspecting that something unusual was happening between her sister and Akane.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka mentioned Mashiro as someone Akane Kosaka would not challenge at drawing, while Eriri Sawamura complained about being called a doujin artist.
• Yukino Yukinoshita said she had never known her sister Haruno to be interested in anime and manga, and Sogo Doma explained that Haruno was interested in making money.
• Sogo Doma said Haruno was Akane Kosaka’s financial backer and that he had bought a share in their arrangement.
• When Utaha asked where he had gotten the money, Sogo called his payment protection money for mediating between Haruno and Akane.
• Yukino suspected that Haruno and Akane had some kind of relationship that required Sogo to act as their shield.

Sogo Doma explained Yukinoshita Haruno’s interest in Akane Kosaka’s anime business, then provoked Eriri Sawamura by calling her family ordinary. Yukino Yukinoshita secretly took satisfaction in the insult after Eriri had compared their figures, while Sogo continued teasing Eriri.

• Sogo Doma explained that Yukinoshita Haruno had befriended Akane Kosaka after recognizing the anime business’s potential profits.
• Yukino Yukinoshita was surprised by Sogo’s explanation, while Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri Sawamura reacted to his bluntness.
• Sogo Doma told Eriri Sawamura that the Sawamura Family had been ordinary for generations, leaving her stunned.
• Yukino Yukinoshita stayed quiet instead of comforting Eriri, privately recalling Eriri’s comment about being bigger than her.
• Sogo Doma claimed that being ordinary had advantages, then told Eriri that people would understand when she acted as if she had no femininity.

Sogo Doma joked about Shizuka Hiratsuka and Akane Kosaka acting like middle-aged men, prompting Yukino Yukinoshita to wonder about her older sister’s relationships in Tokyo. The chapter revealed that Shizuka had transferred to Toyogasaki after falling for Yukinoshita Haruno’s trap and vowed not to compete with Haruno in drinking again.

• Sogo Doma claimed that Shizuka Hiratsuka looked ladylike until she spoke or moved, then joked that Akane Kosaka also seemed like a middle-aged man.
• Yukino Yukinoshita considered her sister’s limited closeness with boys and wondered whether Yukinoshita Haruno had become interested in women after coming to Tokyo.
• Yukino reflected on how Shizuka Hiratsuka had treated Haruno especially well and later transferred to Tokyo when Yukino changed schools.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka recalled that Haruno had tricked her into the transfer and vowed never to boast or compete with Haruno in drinking again.

The chapter explained that Haruno Yukinoshita had arranged Shizuka Hiratsuka’s transfer to Toyogasaki, while the Doma family’s influence made transferring easy and worried Principal Yamamoto as teachers left. Yukino learned that Shizuka had become unusually gentle at Toyogasaki and wondered what had changed her.

• Haruno Yukinoshita arranged Shizuka Hiratsuka’s transfer, and Shizuka accepted because she wanted to set Yukino straight and Toyogasaki offered better benefits.
• Principal Yamamoto worried that teachers were leaving Toyogasaki and that the Doma siblings might transfer away.
• A man wondered why Taihei and Shizuka went out together without seeming to date, and he wanted Yukino to find out what was happening.
• Yukino recalled Shizuka’s frequent blind dates and iron-fisted reputation at Sobu High, which contrasted with her gentle manner at Toyogasaki.
• Yukino realized Shizuka still looked ready to fight when a certain person came up, but she wondered why Shizuka had changed and held back from punching him.

Yukino Yukinoshita misread Shizuka Hiratsuka’s behavior as proof that she had fallen in love with Yukino’s sister, while Sogo Doma teased Hiratsuka about her romantic preferences. The chapter then recounted how Hiratsuka had guided Masuzu Natsukawa toward the Service Club and repeated Principal Yamamoto’s anxious thoughts about the Oolong Tea Research Club and the Luo Ben incident.

• Yukino Yukinoshita concluded that Shizuka Hiratsuka had transferred to Tokyo for love and suspected she was attracted to Yukino’s sister.
• Sogo Doma teased Hiratsuka about her tomboyish appearance and suggested that only girls could appreciate her violent style.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka encouraged Masuzu Natsukawa to seek help from the Service Club.
• Principal Yamamoto worried that the school board would not let him investigate the Luo Ben incident because it involved Young Master Doma.
• Principal Yamamoto blamed Matsuzaki for misleading Young Master Doma into making a PE teacher who drank heavily the Oolong Tea Research Club’s faculty advisor.

Principal Yamamoto approved Yukino Yukinoshita’s one-member Service Club, and Shizuka Hiratsuka sent Masuzu Natsukawa there, trusting Yukino to help her. Sogo Doma exposed Hiratsuka’s eavesdropping and claimed he had known she was listening all along.

• Principal Yamamoto made a special exception and approved Yukino Yukinoshita’s Service Club application.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka reflected on how the Service Club had helped Yukino change and directed Masuzu Natsukawa to seek its help.
• Sogo Doma teased Hiratsuka by letting the group speculate about her relationship with Yukinoshita Haruno.
• Hiratsuka confronted Sogo, but he revealed that she had been eavesdropping and pointed out that she knew details from the conversation.
• Yukino Yukinoshita and the others realized Hiratsuka had listened for a long time, and she asked Sogo whether he had known she was outside from the beginning.

Sogo Doma teased Shizuka Hiratsuka about being manly, prompting her to punch a dent into the wall and frightening the Service Club and the transfer students. Masuzu Natsukawa mistook Shizuka for a Stand user and introduced herself as Natsukawa Joseph Masuzu.

• Sogo Doma claimed Shizuka Hiratsuka was carefree and manly, pointing out that she was close to Yukinoshita Haruno.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka punched a fist-shaped dent into the wall after Sogo called her a tomboy.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka, Mashiro, Masuzu Natsukawa, and the new transfer students reacted in fear to Shizuka's strength.
• Masuzu Natsukawa decided Shizuka was a Stand user who had drawn her to Toyogasaki.
• Masuzu Natsukawa struck a JoJo-style pose and introduced herself as Natsukawa Joseph Masuzu.

Sogo Doma offered Shizuka Hiratsuka cigarettes after Masuzu Natsukawa was startled by Hiratsuka's strength, then tried to explain his ties to the Doma family. The conversation ended when Hiratsuka recognized the cigarettes' intended recipient as Toshiro Hijikata.

• Masuzu Natsukawa marveled at Shizuka Hiratsuka's strength and imagined that Hiratsuka might have a Stand.
• Sogo Doma offered Hiratsuka a pack of Huazi, shocking her and the other students because he had brought cigarettes to school.
• Hiratsuka teased Sogo about being kicked out of the Doma family, then revealed that she was close to his older brother.
• Sogo hinted that his older brother wanted to care for him and his sister, and Hiratsuka asked who the cigarettes were for.
• Sogo named Hijikata, and Hiratsuka recognized him as Toshiro Hijikata, the Kondo Group's Demon Vice-Chief.

Shizuka Hiratsuka’s mention of Toshiro Hijikata prompted the students to consider the Kondo Group’s fearsome reputation among high society. The chapter explained how the group’s past actions and its ties to the Doma Family made it a powerful force that Kaguya Shinomiya hoped to win over.

• Shizuka Hiratsuka mentioned Toshiro Hijikata, and the room fell silent as the families recalled warnings about the Kondo Group.
• The narration recounted how the Kondo Group destroyed Slave Island after an escaped woman sought help, rescuing the enslaved people and punishing the families involved.
• High society vilified the Kondo Group and feared its ruthless methods, while the Yukinoshita Family and Sawamura Family privately approved of its actions but criticized its lack of trials.
• The Kondo Group used its strength to keep rival organizations out of several Tokyo districts and enforce its own rules, backed by the Doma Family.
• Kaguya Shinomiya considered winning the Kondo Group’s support so that her father would have to take her opinions seriously.

The chapter revealed the Kondo Group’s hidden ties to Sogo Doma and how its reputation frightened powerful families despite its good standing with ordinary people. Masuzu Natsukawa and Eriri were left alarmed, while Shizuka Hiratsuka recalled her family’s disastrous clash with the group.

• The Kondo Group’s true origins were linked to Sogo Doma, and Toshiro Hijikata remembered Sogo’s threats to use missiles and nuclear weapons.
• The Kondo Group had kept a good reputation among ordinary people, while wealthy families feared its suspected connection to the Doma Family and the disappearance of bounty hunters.
• Sayuri Sawamura’s teasing left Eriri unaware of the connection and frightened, while Masuzu Natsukawa remembered her father panicking over families being wiped out.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka, Ako Tamaki, and Sakura Yamauchi were surprised to hear Sogo was close to the Kondo Group.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka recognized Toshiro Hijikata’s name and recalled that the Hiratsuka Family had been utterly defeated after opposing the Kondo Group.

Sogo Doma and Toshiro Hijikata discussed how to handle three thousand opponents, while Shizuka Hiratsuka recalled Hijikata driving her family out of Tokyo. The group later traded frightening rumors about Hijikata and the Kondo Group, leaving Yukino Yukinoshita and Eriri questioning whether the stories could be true.

• Sogo Doma argued that his group should use guns against the three thousand opponents, but Toshiro Hijikata insisted they should avoid unnecessary violence.
• Umaru arrived, and Sogo pretended he and Hijikata had been discussing how to win people over peacefully.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka challenged Hijikata, who sliced the Hiratsuka Family's rockery in half and left her shaken.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka reminded Sogo that the Doma Family backed the Kondo Group, and Shizuka recalled that Hijikata had driven her family out of Tokyo.
• Masuzu Natsukawa repeated rumors that Hijikata ate people and that the Doma Family had protected him from execution.
• Yukino Yukinoshita and Eriri doubted the sensational rumors about the Kondo Group.

Sogo Doma explained the absurd rumors about Toshiro Hijikata and described his hostile but friendly relationship with the Kondo Group. Shizuka Hiratsuka lit a cigarette Sogo had meant to give Hijikata and was suddenly struck down, leaving the Service Club stunned.

• Yukino Yukinoshita and Masuzu Natsukawa discussed rumors that Toshiro Hijikata ate people, and Sogo Doma explained that the story came from Hijikata licking spilled mayonnaise off someone.
• Sogo Doma said he had seen Hijikata share mayonnaise and revealed that the Kondo Group had once been the Kondo Dojo, where he had practiced kendo.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka wondered whether the Kondo Dojo had a secret training manual, while Sogo Doma described his relationship with the group as friendly sword fights and joked about poisoning mayonnaise.
• Sogo Doma handed Shizuka Hiratsuka a cigarette intended for Hijikata, and she lit it despite his warning.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka was struck down in a sudden, explosive entrance as the Service Club wondered why Sogo had given her the cigarette.

Sogo Doma defended his prank cigarette by arguing that it could discourage smoking, while Shizuka Hiratsuka and the Service Club reacted to his excuses and pop-culture jokes. The chapter ended with Hiratsuka wondering how the club had become so immersed in otaku references.

• Shizuka Hiratsuka confronted Sogo Doma after his prank cigarette covered her in black smoke.
• Sogo Doma claimed that black-smoke cigarettes could help reduce smoking, and Yukino Yukinoshita and the others found his reasoning difficult to refute.
• Sogo Doma suggested secretly replacing some of Hiratsuka's cigarettes to help her quit, but said the prank pack had actually been made for Hijikata.
• Sogo Doma joked that Hijikata would fight Frieza or seek the Dragon Balls for cigarettes, prompting Shizuka Hiratsuka to correct his references.
• Masuzu Natsukawa questioned the group's obsession with 2D culture, while Sogo Doma insisted Hijikata was a descendant of Super Earthlings.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka wondered what the Service Club usually did and why Yukino Yukinoshita understood the references.