Chapter Summaries

Sogo Doma argued with Toshiro Hijikata about arranging a marriage between Kaguya Shinomiya and Taihei, while insisting that he wanted no part in the match. Hijikata revealed that Sogo had caused Kaguya’s nickname, leaving Utaha Kasumigaoka to realize he was behind the strange reputation.

• Sogo suggested Taihei as a replacement match for Kaguya Shinomiya, then denied that changing his plan meant he was backing down.
• Hijikata challenged Sogo’s claim that Kaguya was interested in his looks, and Sogo described marrying an enemy’s daughter off as a form of revenge.
• Sogo called Kaguya an idiot and a goofball, arguing that kindhearted Taihei could put up with her.
• Hijikata accused Sogo of shifting the trouble he had caused onto Taihei, while Sogo insisted that he would never enter a marriage alliance.
• Utaha wondered how Kaguya could be both an ice queen and a goofball, and Hijikata explained that Sogo had made her spray cola over her face, earning her the nickname “Ice Cola Princess.”

Sogo Doma tried to avoid his arranged marriage to Kaguya Shinomiya by blaming her, then proposing increasingly absurd ways to substitute Taihei or even a hamster. Utaha Kasumigaoka listened to his reasoning and, after he spoke about Umaru, believed he was a sister-con.

• Sogo Doma claimed Kaguya Shinomiya was a scumbag and asked Toshiro Hijikata to stop the arranged marriage on his behalf.
• Toshiro Hijikata explained that the Shinomiya Family had chosen Sogo as Kaguya’s marriage partner, but Sogo suggested making Taihei take his place.
• Sogo proposed using a hamster as a fake date before swapping in Taihei, and Toshiro Hijikata objected that the scheme would humiliate Kaguya.
• Sogo accused Commander Shinomiya of plotting against him through the marriage, while Toshiro Hijikata pointed out that an arranged marriage was not a scheme to harm someone.
• Sogo solemnly promised he would never use Umaru lightly, and Utaha Kasumigaoka believed he was a sister-con.

Utaha Kasumigaoka reflected on Umaru’s extreme laziness while Sogo Doma and Toshiro Hijikata argued about Kaguya and a proposed marriage alliance. Sogo made clear he would not agree to the alliance, and Hijikata asked what he planned to tell Lord Gui Long.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka recalled how Umaru relied on Sogo and even her hamsters, Hamjiro and Ham Saburo, to avoid doing things herself.
• Toshiro Hijikata warned Sogo Doma that Umaru would cry if she heard him describe her as a slacker, and Sogo accused Hijikata of trying to drive a wedge between them.
• Hijikata explained that he had brought up Umaru because Kaguya was the Shinomiya Family’s only daughter, and Sogo called Kaguya a clown.
• Sogo said he would not agree to the marriage alliance, and Hijikata asked what he would say to Lord Gui Long.

Sogo Doma and Toshiro Hijikata discussed Sogo’s estrangement from the Doma Family and his conflict with the Shinomiya Family while Utaha Kasumigaoka reconsidered her imagined romance plot. Hijikata learned that Sogo had become a monk and asked who his “long-term meal ticket” was.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka worried that Sogo Doma might face family pressure over the proposed marriage between the Doma and Shinomiya Families.
• Sogo told Toshiro Hijikata that he had not lived with the Doma Family for a long time, while Hijikata accused him of taking Umaru away from home.
• Sogo revealed that he had persuaded Umaru to travel around the world and insisted that leaving home was part of pursuing an education.
• Hijikata said he had helped Sogo refuse Commander Shinomiya, then blamed Sogo for provoking the Shinomiya Family’s eldest daughter.
• Sogo claimed he had become an apprentice at Golden Mountain Temple, and Utaha recognized the temple he meant.
• Hijikata asked Sogo who his “long-term meal ticket” was after realizing Utaha knew more about him than he did.

Utaha Kasumigaoka felt slighted when Hijikata Toshiro ignored her, then introduced herself as a disciple of the Heavenly Sound Pavilion. Hijikata mistook the name for a powerful organization and praised it, leaving both Utaha and Sogo Doma baffled.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka wondered why Hijikata Toshiro had ignored her and felt less confident than she had about Sogo Doma’s affection.
• Hijikata Toshiro explained that he had assumed Utaha was another girl Sogo was teasing and had avoided getting involved.
• Utaha introduced herself as a disciple of the Heavenly Sound Pavilion, which made Hijikata suspect it was a powerful group connected to Sogo.
• Hijikata apologized for neglecting an honored guest and claimed he had long admired the Heavenly Sound Pavilion.
• Utaha and Sogo choked on Hijikata’s praise, while Hijikata wondered why Utaha seemed surprised by his polite words.

Toshiro Hijikata tried to impress Utaha Kasumigaoka by pretending he knew about Heavenly Sound Pavilion and Golden Mountain Temple, while Sogo Doma struggled to stop him from making things worse. Sogo finally revealed that both were factions in an online game, leaving Hijikata confused about modern games and insisting that Water Pipe Brothers was the only game he recognized.

• Toshiro Hijikata claimed the Kondo Group had gathered intelligence on Heavenly Sound Pavilion, confusing Utaha Kasumigaoka and embarrassing Sogo Doma.
• Toshiro Hijikata pretended Golden Mountain Temple was even more secretive, and Utaha Kasumigaoka asked whether he knew about it.
• Toshiro Hijikata scolded Sogo Doma for joining Golden Mountain Temple without permission, then learned that Umaru Doma was a senior disciple of Heavenly Sound Pavilion.
• Sogo Doma revealed that Golden Mountain Temple and Heavenly Sound Pavilion were factions in an online game.
• Toshiro Hijikata mistook the online game for a Famicom game and declared that he only recognized Water Pipe Brothers and a few other games.

Sogo Doma tried to stop the Shinomiya Family’s proposed marriage alliance and asked Toshiro Hijikata to persuade Lord Gui Long to cancel it or redirect it to Taihei. Hijikata concluded that Lord Gui Long had agreed to the alliance as revenge for Sogo taking Umaru away, and suggested Sogo apologize.

• Sogo Doma dismissed his claim about becoming a monk as a joke about taking a master in a game, then argued that the Shinomiya Family had no right to seek his hand in marriage.
• Sogo asked Toshiro Hijikata to persuade Lord Gui Long to call off the political marriage or substitute Taihei, and blamed Hijikata for letting the proposal reach the family.
• Sogo considered asking Kondo Isao for help, but learned Isao was away stalking Otae and decided Hijikata was useful after all.
• Hijikata questioned whether Sogo should ask Lord Gui Long directly, prompting Sogo to suspect that the alliance was revenge for taking Umaru away.
• Hijikata recalled Lord Gui Long’s earlier disregard for the Shinomiya Family and agreed that he was likely retaliating, then suggested Sogo apologize.

Sogo Doma rejected his family’s arranged marriage plan and told Toshiro Hijikata and the others to act as though they had never told him about it. He planned to keep Kaguya Shinomiya unaware of who she was supposed to marry, while learning that Ai Hayasaka had been freed from the Shinomiya Family’s control.

• Toshiro Hijikata told Sogo Doma to apologize for taking Umaru and leaving home, but Sogo insisted he had been pursuing an education.
• Sogo pressured Toshiro Hijikata, Ozawa, and the others to take his side, and they agreed.
• Sogo told them to conceal that he had learned about the arranged marriage and argued that it would not matter if Kaguya Shinomiya did not know who her match was.
• Toshiro Hijikata explained that Commander Shinomiya had reprimanded Oko Shinomiya and stripped him and others of authority, freeing Ai Hayasaka from the family’s control.
• Sogo and Toshiro Hijikata agreed that Commander Shinomiya had used Hayasaka as a strategic gesture to appease Kaguya and the Doma Family.

Sogo Doma explained how Gan'an Shinomiya could use Ai Hayasaka’s position to manipulate the proposed marriage alliance between Kaguya Shinomiya and the Doma Family. He then teased Toshiro Hijikata about his mayonnaise and chili-oil experiments, while a former Totsuki chef recalled how Hijikata’s fearsome reputation kept him in the Kondo Group.

• Sogo Doma explained that Gan'an Shinomiya could use Hayasaka’s presence as an informant to make the Doma Family wary of the marriage alliance and present himself as sympathetic to Kaguya Shinomiya.
• Toshiro Hijikata called Sogo filthy, and Sogo offered to treat him to a meal after Hijikata blurted out that Sogo should try buying him off.
• Sogo Doma claimed that his chili-oil and mustard experiments had been meant to train Hijikata’s mind, and Ozawa and the others took his explanation seriously.
• Toshiro Hijikata realized Sogo still remembered his mayonnaise performance and worried that Sogo was warning him not to keep acting.
• A former Totsuki chef recalled that Hijikata’s intimidating look had ended his plan to challenge the Vice-Chief over the mayonnaise-covered Cooking, and he decided he could not leave the Kondo Group.

Sogo Doma revealed that the men Hijikata had killed were involved in horrific crimes, convincing Hijikata to act against them when the authorities would not. Hijikata also recalled how Sogo had destroyed a shrine with a missile and possessed a nuclear launch system, leaving him determined to keep Sogo in check.

• Sogo Doma investigated the men Hijikata had stabbed and sent him evidence of their crimes, including trafficking, child abuse, and murder.
• After two hours in solitary confinement, Toshiro Hijikata asked whether the evidence was true and vowed to punish the criminals because the authorities would not.
• Sogo Doma launched a missile that destroyed a shrine where violent-organization leaders and officials had gathered, astonishing Hijikata.
• Hijikata remembered that he had once encouraged Sogo to see missiles as fireworks and learned that Sogo also planned to nuke the world into peace.
• Hijikata later found a nuclear warhead launch system in Sogo's hidden armory and resolved to stay close to him and restrain him, partly because Umaru was still around.

Toshiro Hijikata recalled how Sogo Doma had joined him in a fight against yakuza when they were young. Kondo Isao rescued them, and the yakuza leader agreed to leave after Kondo threatened him with a wooden sword.

• Young Hijikata and Sogo first met at the Kondo Dojo and fought to a draw.
• When yakuza captured Hijikata, Sogo taunted them and angered them by taking a picture.
• Sogo attacked the yakuza, and Hijikata broke free to fight alongside him, but the two were soon overpowered.
• Hijikata thanked Sogo for staying with him, but Sogo tried to convince the yakuza to let him join them.
• Kondo Isao arrived, freed Sogo and Hijikata, and handed them wooden swords.
• Kondo held a wooden sword to the yakuza leader's neck, and the leader agreed to leave.

Toshiro Hijikata learned that a new Kondo Group chef had to return home for a Shokugeki against the head chef of the Coral Grand Hotel. Hijikata decided the chef should keep practicing with the group and attend the contest when it came, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Sogo Doma and Hijikata’s kendo training and past battles explained how they became close, while Hijikata’s frequent charges made him infamous as the Demon Vice-Chief.
• A newly hired chef nearly quit the Kondo Group because he had to face a Shokugeki after losing one had once ended his Totsuki career.
• Hijikata questioned whether the chef truly had to leave, then asked who had issued the challenge.
• The chef identified the challenger as the head chef of the Coral Grand Hotel, which had recently earned five-star status.
• Hijikata told the chef to keep practicing his Cooking with the Kondo Group and go to the Shokugeki when its time came.

Toshiro Hijikata tried to secure a replacement chef for the Kondo Group by pressuring the Coral Grand Hotel’s head chef, who feared the consequences of a Shokugeki. The contest was canceled, leaving Hijikata’s reputation among chefs even more frightening than Sougo’s.

• Toshiro Hijikata took Kondo Group members to the Coral Grand Hotel and demanded that its head chef prepare their dishes personally.
• Hijikata offered the head chef a position with the Kondo Group if the group’s chef lost their planned Shokugeki.
• The head chef claimed he had no intention of holding a Shokugeki and insisted that a peaceful approach to cooking suited him better.
• Hijikata concluded that the group’s chef might simply not want to work for the Kondo Group, while a Totsuki dropout learned that the Shokugeki had been canceled.
• Chefs across the culinary world praised the Totsuki dropout for keeping Hijikata occupied and feared Hijikata’s cooking more than Sougo’s.

Toshiro Hijikata’s attempt to outdo Tojo with mayonnaise accidentally convinced the Kondo Group that he was enduring it to temper his spirit, and he became trapped in the resulting lie. When Sougo questioned him, Hijikata changed the subject to the Shinomiya Family, leaving that issue unresolved.

• Tojo claimed that eating chili peppers helped temper his spirit, so Toshiro Hijikata covered his food in mayonnaise to compete with him, despite pretending to hate it.
• The Kondo Group members believed Hijikata was enduring mayonnaise for self-improvement and praised his spirit, while Kotaro Katsura claimed that cross-dressing and pole dancing also strengthened him.
• Saki Yoshida admired Katsura as her mentor after transferring to Otonokizaka Academy and resolving to become an idol, but she was unsettled by his interests.
• Sougo deduced the truth about Hijikata’s mayonnaise from rumors and asked whether it could temper the spirit, but Hijikata panicked and brought up the Shinomiya Family.
• Sougo panicked at the mention of the Shinomiya Family, and Hijikata hoped to confess about the mayonnaise later with Sougo’s help.

Sogo Doma planned to use a meeting between Kaguya Shinomiya and Taihei to disrupt the marriage alliance, while Toshiro Hijikata helped maintain the cover for his mayonnaise habit. Their conversation was overheard by Shizuka Hiratsuka, who had infiltrated Kondo Dojo but found no useful secret technique.

• Toshiro Hijikata claimed he would have cooperated with Sogo Doma's wasabi-and-chili-oil training, and the squad members mistook the stunt for his captain's thoughtful training plan.
• Sogo Doma said Gan'an Shinomiya's move had blocked his plan to use Hayasaka, so he proposed arranging a fated meeting between Kaguya Shinomiya and Taihei.
• Toshiro Hijikata and Sogo Doma heard a noise near the courtyard wall and called for the person hiding there to come out.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka searched Kondo Dojo for an ancient secret technique, but found manga, light novels, and a scroll labeled as Toshiro Hijikata's Brave Fighter Hungry Dragon resurrection spell.

Shizuka Hiratsuka searched the Kondo Group’s scripture repository for secret techniques, only to find a ridiculous stack of game guides. After overhearing Sogo Doma discuss a possible match between Taihei and Kaguya Shinomiya, she exposed herself, ruining Sogo’s attempt to cover for her with his secret army of intelligent mice.

• Hiratsuka found several nested Plumber walkthrough scrolls instead of the secret manual she expected.
• Hiratsuka left the repository and overheard Sogo discuss arranging a marriage between Taihei and Kaguya Shinomiya.
• Hiratsuka made a slight noise while hiding, and Toshiro Hijikata noticed someone nearby.
• Sogo tried to pass off the noise as a rat and prepared to send his intelligent mice, but Hiratsuka stepped out before his plan could work.
• Sogo’s mouse swarms obeyed him because he had created and controlled them, but Hiratsuka’s premature appearance thwarted their intervention.

Shizuka Hiratsuka was discovered sneaking into the dojo, but Toshiro Hijikata’s reverence for teachers made him switch from suspicion to profuse respect. The chapter ended with Toshiro offering to help her discipline Sogo Doma, who objected to the offer.

• Toshiro spotted Shizuka hiding in the dojo and asked how she had entered.
• Shizuka claimed she had followed Sogo and Utaha inside, and Sogo considered whether to cover for her because she might be a fallback match for Taihei.
• Shizuka introduced herself as a teacher, prompting Toshiro to rush over, apologize, and praise her name and manners.
• Toshiro asked Shizuka to report any trouble Sogo had caused at school and promised to help deal with him.
• Sogo protested Toshiro’s offer, while Shizuka and Utaha reacted with surprise to Toshiro’s dramatic defense of respecting teachers.

Sogo Doma needled Toshiro Hijikata about respecting teachers and quitting smoking, while Hijikata tried to defend his habits by offering Shizuka Hiratsuka a cigarette. Shizuka and Utaha Kasumigaoka misread Hijikata’s fear of Sogo’s mayonnaise threat as a response to feminine beauty, and the chapter ended with Sogo pointing out that smoking was a bad habit.

• Sogo Doma told Toshiro Hijikata that he should quit smoking before lecturing others about respecting teachers, and Hijikata reacted as if Sogo had threatened his greatest pleasure.
• Hijikata lit a cigarette and argued that smoking helped people socialize, then offered one to Shizuka Hiratsuka after noticing her smoking supplies.
• Hijikata claimed that sharing a cigarette made him and Hiratsuka smoking buddies, while Sogo teased him with the unfinished threat of mentioning mayonnaise.
• Hiratsuka and Utaha Kasumigaoka mistook Hijikata’s fear of the mayonnaise threat for a reaction to feminine beauty, while Hijikata backed down from arguing about respect for teachers.
• Hiratsuka sympathized with Hijikata’s defense of smokers, but Sogo asked whether smoking drew hostility because it was a bad habit, leaving both Hiratsuka and Hijikata speechless.

Sogo Doma teased Toshiro Hijikata about smoking and his respect for teachers while Shizuka Hiratsuka visited the Kondo Dojo. Hiratsuka began to explain why she had come to see Sogo, and Hijikata feared she was making a home visit over something Sogo had done at school.

• Toshiro Hijikata defended smokers to Sogo Doma, arguing that smokers had already endured restrictions and behaved responsibly.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka revealed that Sogo smoked, but Sogo said he only smoked when circumstances called for it, leaving Hijikata and Hiratsuka unable to challenge him.
• Sogo pointed out that Hijikata's smoking had damaged his voice, and Hijikata apologized to Hiratsuka for being unable to show more than moral support.
• Toshiro Hijikata asked Hiratsuka why she had come to the Kondo Dojo and how Sogo was doing at school.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka said she had wanted to visit Sogo's home, and Hijikata panicked, suspecting that Sogo had caused trouble at school.

Shizuka Hiratsuka confronted Sogo Doma about his attendance during a home visit, but Toshiro Hijikata welcomed her to the Kondo Dojo and insisted that Sogo was kindhearted. The visit left Hiratsuka struggling to reconcile Hijikata’s praise with her own experience of Sogo.

• Sogo Doma questioned Shizuka Hiratsuka about the home visit, and she criticized his habit of skipping class despite his good grades.
• Toshiro Hijikata defended Sogo’s absences and insisted that teachers’ home visits showed responsibility.
• Hijikata invited Hiratsuka into the Kondo Dojo, where he treated her as an honored guest and apologized for Sogo’s behavior.
• Hijikata prostrated himself before Hiratsuka and praised Sogo’s kindness, while she recalled Sogo’s troublesome treatment of her and Taihei.
• When Hiratsuka mentioned that Sogo had made Hijikata quit smoking, Hijikata shuddered and changed the subject to Sogo’s school life.