Chapter Summaries

Gan'an Shinomiya saw Sogo Doma as an ideal marriage partner for Kaguya and a way to secure the Shinomiya Family’s future, especially after learning Sogo had placed the Kondo Group at Kaguya’s disposal. Keiryu Doma privately resented Sogo’s high-profile schemes and worried they would draw trouble to the family.

• Gan'an Shinomiya reasoned that Keiryu Doma’s affection for Sogo made the younger son a safe marriage partner who could help rescue the Shinomiya Family.
• Gan'an learned that Sogo had already helped Kaguya establish ties with the Kondo Group, which had obeyed her under Sogo’s order.
• Gan'an reconsidered Toshiro Hijikata’s impatience, recognizing that the powerful man had to follow Sogo’s commands despite Sogo’s reputation as a wastrel.
• Keiryu Doma reflected that Sogo had no need to expose the Doma Family’s strength and that the family’s high profile only brought unwanted attention.
• Keiryu Doma blamed Sogo for luring Umaru out of the house and recalled repeatedly urging him to keep a low profile.

Gan'an Shinomiya tried to turn Kaguya’s supposed connection with Sougo into a marriage alliance that could restore the Shinomiya Family’s fortunes. Toshiro Hijikata doubted his assumptions about Sougo’s feelings, but kept his objections to himself.

• Gan'an Shinomiya reasoned that marrying Kaguya to Sougo could let him gain influence over the Kondo Group and revive the Shinomiya Family.
• Gan'an asked Toshiro Hijikata whether the Kondo Group had to obey Kaguya, and Toshiro stayed silent rather than explain his reluctance to deal with Sougo.
• Gan'an suggested Sougo might have feelings for Kaguya, but Toshiro privately believed Sougo was devoted only to Umaru.
• Gan'an cited Sougo’s past teasing of Kaguya as evidence of affection, while Toshiro recalled that Sougo tormented everyone and saw the claim as absurd.

Toshiro Hijikata and Gan'an Shinomiya argued over the Kondo Group’s interference in Kaguya’s marriage prospects, with Gan'an defending his right to arrange a meeting for her. The conversation ended when Gan'an learned that Kaguya liked Shirogane, whose family had been an enemy of the Shinomiya Family.

• Gan'an Shinomiya thanked the Kondo Group for taking care of Kaguya, then accused them of interfering in Shinomiya Family affairs.
• Toshiro Hijikata said he had only protected Kaguya and followed her orders, while Gan'an insisted she should meet the man he had chosen for her.
• Gan'an argued that Hijikata could not guarantee Kaguya would stay with the person she liked, and that she should be allowed to meet other men.
• Gan'an recalled that Kaguya liked someone named Shirogane, and Tojo said the Shirogane Group had once done business with the Shinomiya Family before going bankrupt.
• Hijikata said the Shinomiya Family had maliciously annexed the Shirogane Group, and Gan'an realized Kaguya had fallen for an enemy of the Shinomiya Family.

Gan'an Shinomiya confronted Toshiro Hijikata over the Kondo Group interfering in his efforts to see Kaguya, framing the conflict through comparisons between their families and the Romeo and Juliet story. Hijikata admitted his side had interfered, but he avoided revealing that the matter was connected to Sogo Doma.

• Toshiro Hijikata dismissed Gan'an Shinomiya's Romeo and Juliet comparison and wondered why Sogo had not intervened if he truly cared about Kaguya.
• Gan'an Shinomiya compared the Shinomiya Family and Doma Family, arguing that the Shirogane Group was no match for either of them.
• Toshiro Hijikata apologized for stopping Gan'an from taking Kaguya back, while Gan'an said he had come to solve the problem rather than assign blame.
• Gan'an Shinomiya asked whether his right to see Kaguya was being restricted because of Sogo Doma.
• Toshiro Hijikata withheld the fact that his side's situation with Kaguya was connected to Sogo.

Toshiro Hijikata and Gan'an Shinomiya discussed Sogo and Kaguya, with Gan'an imagining a marriage between them while Hijikata privately recognized Sogo’s schemes and abilities. Gan'an concluded that Kaguya might have to marry Sogo to save the Shinomiya Family.

• Gan'an Shinomiya teased Toshiro Hijikata about a romance between Sogo and Kaguya, then praised Sogo as an exceptional childhood friend and potential husband for Kaguya.
• Hijikata silently recalled how Sogo had built the Kondo Group and commanded the Sala Twin Trees while leaving Hijikata to carry the group’s bad reputation.
• Hijikata agreed with Gan'an’s praise and revealed that Sogo had studied swordsmanship at his dojo.
• Gan'an and Hijikata compared Sogo’s swordsmanship talent with Kaguya’s combat training, while Gan'an privately recalled that Kaguya practiced on targets covered with Sogo’s photographs.
• Gan'an decided that Kaguya might have to sacrifice herself by marrying Sogo for the sake of the Shinomiya Family.

Gan'an Shinomiya tried to persuade Toshiro Hijikata to help arrange a marriage alliance between Kaguya Shinomiya and Sougo Doma, hoping it would secure Taihei Doma's inheritance. Hijikata warned him that Sougo was a poor match and that Kaguya already liked someone, but Gan'an implied Sougo knew about her feelings and was more open-minded than Hijikata.

• Gan'an Shinomiya praised Sougo's genius and tried to draw Hijikata into praising Kaguya in return.
• Gan'an hoped a marriage alliance would persuade Keiryu Doma to help Taihei inherit smoothly.
• Hijikata warned Gan'an that Sougo was not a good match, but Gan'an insisted he trusted his judgment and the Doma Family's upbringing.
• Hijikata reminded Gan'an that Kaguya already liked someone and said Sougo would not interfere in another relationship.
• Gan'an said Sougo knew Kaguya liked someone and was more open-minded than Hijikata, leaving Hijikata surprised.

Toshiro Hijikata discussed the Kondo Group’s cooperation with Kaguya Shinomiya with Gan'an Shinomiya, who suspected Sougo was pursuing his daughter. Hijikata kept Sougo’s sister complex to himself as Gan'an confidently claimed he understood Sougo’s motives.

• Gan'an Shinomiya questioned why the Kondo Group protected Kaguya when she had little authority or money to offer in return.
• Hijikata admitted the cooperation had begun because of Sougo but could not explain the real reason.
• Gan'an mistook Hijikata’s swordsmanship remark for proof that he was uninterested in women, and Hijikata went along with the misunderstanding.
• Hijikata agreed that many people valued money and women, then privately thought of a gorilla who had become increasingly outrageous.
• Gan'an said Sougo had set his sights on Kaguya and claimed he could understand Sougo as a fellow vulgar man, while Hijikata silently disagreed.

Gan'an Shinomiya asked Toshiro Hijikata to arrange another match for Kaguya, hoping to secure a marriage alliance with Sougo and stabilize the struggling Shinomiya Family. Hijikata hesitated to involve Keiryu Doma, and Tojo angrily challenged the Kondo Group's implication that Kaguya was unworthy of Sougo.

• Gan'an told Hijikata that he could pressure Kaguya and Shirogane apart, but argued that a relationship broken by pressure would not last.
• Hijikata questioned whether Sougo's feelings for Kaguya were merely youthful fondness, and Gan'an insisted he trusted his judgment of Sougo.
• Gan'an reasoned that a marriage alliance with the Doma Family could help rescue the Shinomiya Family from financial collapse.
• Gan'an asked Hijikata to find Kaguya another prospective match because the Kondo Group had disrupted her arranged meeting.
• Hijikata hesitated to promise anything without Keiryu Doma's approval, and Tojo angrily objected to the Kondo Group's response.

Gan'an Shinomiya pressed Toshiro Hijikata to arrange time alone between Sougo and Kaguya, arguing that the Shinomiya Family would welcome Sougo if the Doma Family had truly disowned him. Hijikata finally agreed to contact Keiryu Doma, leaving Sougo’s future with the Shinomiya Family unresolved.

• Gan'an Shinomiya asked Hijikata to bring Sougo to meet Kaguya, while Hijikata worried Sougo would retaliate if he arranged it.
• Gan'an insisted that Sougo and Kaguya needed a chance to get to know each other and said he would accept Sougo as a son-in-law if the Doma Family rejected him.
• Gan'an asked Hijikata to relay his proposal to Keiryu Doma, and Hijikata tried to defer to Keiryu’s wishes.
• Gan'an accused Hijikata of humiliating the Shinomiya Family and suggested the Doma Family’s expulsion announcement or the Kondo Group’s involvement might have been arranged.
• Hijikata agreed to contact Keiryu about Sougo.

Keiryu Doma reflected on how Sogo had transformed the Doma Family and how his own priorities had shifted from business to doting on Umaru. He continued maneuvering to stay close to her even after Sogo and Umaru ran away from home.

• Keiryu Doma celebrated that his deal with Gan'an Shinomiya had succeeded, since he had never cared much about handing over a highly profitable industry.
• Keiryu Doma recalled that Sogo had made the Doma Family prosper so dramatically that Keiryu lost interest in managing it and hoped to retire.
• Sogo refused to inherit the family business, leaving Keiryu to keep running it and creating a rift between Keiryu and Umaru.
• Keiryu tried to separate Sogo and Umaru by sending Sogo to Totsuki, but Umaru kept visiting him there and grew close to Totsuki's students and teachers.
• After Sogo and Umaru ran away from home, Keiryu stayed in contact with Umaru and reassured her that he was worried about her while she was with Sogo.

Keiryu Doma reflected on using Mashiro and the Shiina Family’s new wealth to undermine Sogo’s place in Umaru’s heart, only to attract other families eager to marry their daughters into the Doma Family. He also explained how he had kept the Shinomiya Family as a counterweight to Sogo, recognizing that his own power depended on Sogo’s strength.

• Keiryu Doma recalled hoping Mashiro’s presence would damage Sogo’s standing with Umaru and keep another girl close to Sogo.
• Keiryu Doma’s generous deal with the Shiina Family drew the Natsukawa Family’s attention, and its head transferred Masuzu to Toyogasaki hoping she would marry into the Doma Family.
• Keiryu Doma discovered that the Shinomiya Family also had its sights on Sogo, despite Sogo once spraying their daughter with cola.
• Keiryu Doma recalled making a concession to the Shinomiya Family so they could remain one of the Four Great Zaibatsu while the Doma Family stayed outside their ranks.
• Keiryu Doma acknowledged that he relied on Sogo’s strength and wanted the Shinomiya Family to keep Sogo occupied and resentful.

Keiryu Doma reflected on why he had threatened the Shinomiya Family despite relying on Sougo as a last resort, and recalled Gan'an Shinomiya’s visit to the Kondo Group to propose a marriage alliance between Sougo and Kaguya. Gan'an began framing Sougo and Kaguya as childhood sweethearts, leaving Keiryu to remember their less romantic past.

• Keiryu Doma considered how Sougo could help the Doma Family take over the Shinomiya Family, while lamenting that Sougo was too lazy to take charge of the company.
• Keiryu Doma recalled that Gan'an Shinomiya had quickly accepted his threat and kept the blockade order against Sougo in place, boosting the Doma Family’s reputation.
• Keiryu Doma remembered worrying that the Shinomiya Family might retaliate and imagining himself begging Sougo for help.
• Keiryu Doma recalled Gan'an Shinomiya visiting the Kondo Group and tactfully raising a marriage alliance between Sougo and Kaguya.
• Gan'an Shinomiya described Sougo and Kaguya as possible childhood sweethearts, and Keiryu remembered Sougo once spraying cola over Kaguya’s face.

Keiryu Doma welcomed Gan'an Shinomiya’s interest in a match between Sogo and Kaguya, hoping it would make Sogo’s life difficult and help Umaru return to her father. He spun Sogo and Kaguya’s first meeting as evidence of an early, lasting attraction, leaving Gan'an increasingly convinced that they were destined for each other.

• Keiryu Doma realized the Shinomiya Family had set its sights on Sogo and decided to support a match with Kaguya, hoping to get Umaru back.
• Gan'an Shinomiya questioned Keiryu’s claim that Sogo had cared about Kaguya from their first meeting, remembering that Sogo had sprayed cola on her and earned her the nickname Ice Cola Princess.
• Keiryu told Gan'an that Sogo had ignored the other children at the gathering and gone straight to Kaguya, then claimed Sogo’s pranks were how he expressed interest after regaining his senses.
• Gan'an recalled that Sogo had seemed destined for greatness and accepted Keiryu’s praise of Kaguya as a perfect match for him.
• Gan'an concluded that Keiryu’s rising power made the Doma Family a formidable match, even if the Shinomiya Family were still at its peak.

Keiryu Doma used the Doma Family’s wealth to offer the Shiina Family a lucrative business deal if Mashiro lived with Sogo, hoping to keep Sogo close to her. When others urged him to challenge the Sanzenin Family, Keiryu refused and left everyone impressed by his public show of magnanimity.

• Keiryu Doma promised the Shiina Family a business worth several billion in profits if Mashiro was willing to live with Sogo, and the family accepted.
• The Natsukawa Family also became interested in an alliance with the Doma Family after seeing its generous offer to the Shiina Family.
• Keiryu Doma ignored suggestions that he use his influence to oppose the Sanzenin Family, since he did not want to ask Sogo for help or risk being mocked.
• Keiryu Doma praised the Sanzenin Family as a former national leader, persuading others that his refusal to target it showed magnanimity.

Keiryu Doma reflected on the Doma Family’s power, Sogo’s extravagant spending, and Umaru’s hidden fortune and expensive tastes. The chapter ended with Sogo dreading that a mysterious woman in the family would discover his cooking skills and parade him around.

• Keiryu Doma described how the Sanzenin Family’s sole heiress protected her family’s position and how Sogo’s reckless leadership could threaten the other conglomerates.
• Keiryu recalled feeling relieved when Sogo whisked Mashiro away and joked that he would ally with any family whose daughter could tame his son.
• Keiryu revealed that Sogo secretly spent lavishly while Umaru believed his cola was precious, despite receiving an enormous allowance of her own.
• The narration explained that Umaru spent much of her allowance on gacha and that Sogo’s cooking would be too costly for Taihei to provide.
• Sogo avoided a mysterious woman in the family because he feared she would discover his cooking talent and show him off.

Umaru, Keiryu Doma, Eishi Tsukasa, and Senzaemon Nakiri reflected on Sogo Doma’s hidden identity and his fearsome influence at Totsuki. Sogo had secured a profitable partnership between the Doma and Nakiri families, then abruptly dropped out, leaving Senzaemon wondering where the promised leader of the Generation of Jewels had gone.

• Umaru dismissed the idea that Sogo had been expelled for poor cooking and recalled how even Eishi Tsukasa feared him after their Shokugeki.
• Eishi Tsukasa brooded over Sogo’s influence at Totsuki and how the Elite Ten often followed Erina Nakiri instead of him.
• Keiryu Doma wondered how Sogo had negotiated a partnership with the Nakiri family, since the Doma family had no ties to cooking.
• Senzaemon Nakiri agreed to cooperate with the Doma family after Sogo used the Elite Ten’s power and Erina’s signature to pressure him.
• Senzaemon Nakiri was baffled when Sogo dropped out immediately after securing the deal, while Keiryu realized how extraordinary Sogo’s Totsuki status had been.

Keiryu Doma plotted to use the Shinomiya Family to damage Sogo’s standing with Umaru, hoping to draw his daughter closer to himself. His attempts to make Umaru suspicious of Sogo and Mashiro instead left Umaru misunderstanding his concern and wishing Sogo would return.

• Keiryu Doma saw Gan'an Shinomiya’s probing remarks as a chance to use the Shinomiya Family in his feud with Sogo and undermine Sogo’s image with Umaru.
• Keiryu resented how close Umaru remained to Sogo and blamed him for keeping her from spending more time with her father.
• Keiryu called Umaru to ask whether Mashiro living with her and Sogo made her uncomfortable, but Umaru said there was no problem.
• Keiryu brought up the idea of a third wheel, while Umaru privately thought Sogo was more likely to be one because Ako was still living at the Doma Residence.
• Keiryu promised to support Umaru no matter what others thought, leaving her to worry that he had mistaken her situation for attraction to girls and wish for Sogo to come back.

Keiryu Doma hoped the Natsukawa and Shinomiya Families would draw Sogo Doma away from Umaru, but the Natsukawa Family’s plan had stalled and Gan'an Shinomiya’s offer left him unsure of Sogo’s intentions. He wondered why Gan'an was so eager to involve himself before Sogo had even acted.

• Keiryu Doma blamed Sogo for Umaru’s anger after Umaru ended their call without accepting her father’s offer of support.
• After the Shiina Family received a large transfer of assets, other families envied their connection to Sogo, while the Yukinoshita Family felt pleased they had acted early.
• The Natsukawa Family probed Keiryu about Sogo, but Masuzu Natsukawa refused to follow her family’s arrangements, and her transfer to Toyogasaki led to no progress.
• Keiryu waited for Masuzu to upset Umaru and give him a reason to comfort his daughter, but she never visited Sogo and Umaru’s home.
• Gan'an Shinomiya visited Keiryu and argued that Sogo cared for Kaguya Shinomiya, prompting Keiryu to suspect Sogo might be targeting the Shinomiya Family from within.
• Keiryu questioned why Gan'an was offering the Shinomiya Family up when Sogo had not yet made a move.

After speaking with Keiryu Doma, Gan'an Shinomiya eagerly agreed to an alliance and engagement between Kaguya and Sogo, expecting the Shinomiya Family to benefit from the Doma Family's power. Toshiro Hijikata warned that Kaguya loved someone else and Sogo would not obey orders, but Gan'an remained convinced the match would make everyone happy.

• Keiryu Doma dismissed the Shinomiya Family's financial and industrial troubles and agreed to cooperate if Kaguya and Sogo got together.
• Gan'an Shinomiya recalled the Doma Family's business and military strength and imagined the Shinomiya Family gaining power through the alliance.
• Gan'an told Toshiro Hijikata that Kaguya and Sogo would become engaged as a gesture of sincerity.
• Toshiro warned Gan'an that Kaguya already loved someone and Sogo would not easily accept the arrangement.
• Gan'an insisted that he and Keiryu were merely creating an opportunity for the young couple and predicted they would all be happy.

Toshiro Hijikata warned Gan'an Shinomiya and Tojo after they insulted Sougo, revealing the danger behind his reputation as the Demon Vice-Chief. Gan'an praised Hijikata’s samurai spirit, while Tojo privately dismissed him as a battle-hardened fighter he could still defeat.

• Hijikata doubted Gan'an Shinomiya’s claim that Sougo cared about Kaguya and recalled that Sougo had once nearly attacked beautiful girls with explosives.
• Tojo challenged Hijikata over his suggestion that Kaguya might not suit Sougo, and Hijikata firmly insisted that Sougo had a name.
• Hijikata’s killing intent frightened Tojo and astonished Gan'an, who realized how formidable the Kondo Group was.
• Hijikata apologized for getting worked up and warned that a vassal would risk death when his lord was insulted.
• Gan'an praised Hijikata’s samurai spirit, while Tojo privately reasoned that Hijikata’s killing intent did not prove he was stronger.