Chapter Summaries

Otae's fight with Kotaro Katsura escalated when Isao Kondo intervened, but Otae knocked both men flying with one punch. Sogo Doma called her the Great Demon King and insisted that the scene needed a proper ending.

• Kotaro Katsura dodged Otae's punch and prepared to strike her, but Isao Kondo grabbed him to stop the attack.
• Katsura insulted Otae and made a suggestive remark about paw pads, angering Otae, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Shizuka Hiratsuka.
• Otae punched Kondo and Katsura while they were locked together, sending them flying into the sky.
• Sogo Doma described Otae as the Great Demon King who had defeated the hero and his pet gorilla.
• Toshiro Hijikata questioned Sogo about the still-airborne Katsura, and Sogo said the tale needed a proper ending.

Otae’s punch sent Isao Kondo and Kotaro Katsura crashing down, but both emerged from the dust unharmed. As Sogo Doma teased Toshiro Hijikata about Kondo’s habit of appearing naked after bathing, the story revealed how Sogo had encouraged everyone to ignore it until Kondo accepted it as normal.

• Otae’s punch sent Isao Kondo and Kotaro Katsura flying, and their crashes raised a cloud of dust.
• Toshiro Hijikata assumed the pair were tough enough to survive, and both men coughed as they emerged unharmed.
• Isao Kondo praised Otae’s punch, while Otae wondered how she could finally get rid of him.
• Sogo Doma asked Hijikata whether Kondo had developed a new habit of stripping in public, and Hijikata admitted it happened more often.
• Sogo recalled persuading the younger Hijikata to ignore Kondo appearing naked after baths, and explained that he had put Kondo’s yukata and towel away.
• Kondo gradually stopped feeling awkward about finding his clothes and treated his naked appearances as normal.

Sogo Doma and Toshiro Hijikata argued over Isao Kondo’s clothing habits, connecting his shamelessness to strange traits and masochism. Their banter turned to natto and mayonnaise, while Utaha Kasumigaoka realized that Sogo’s mention of a female ninja might confirm something she had seen.

• Sogo Doma claimed that repeated tolerance had pushed Isao Kondo past his bottom line and awakened his exhibitionist tendencies.
• Toshiro Hijikata challenged Sogo Doma’s reasoning, and Sogo linked exhibitionism with masochism.
• Toshiro Hijikata and Sogo Doma argued over natto and mayonnaise, then agreed to drop the subject.
• Isao Kondo asked whether they were calling him an exhibitionist, and Sogo Doma bluntly confirmed it.
• Toshiro Hijikata compared Isao Kondo’s behavior to that of a natto-loving female ninja, prompting Utaha Kasumigaoka to suspect her earlier sighting had been real.

Isao Kondo and Kotaro Katsura argued over Otae and Katsura’s fondness for animal paw pads, while Toshiro Hijikata and Sogo Doma watched the chaos unfold. The chapter ended with Katsura wondering whether his love of paw pads made him a hentai and if he could still save humanity.

• Isao Kondo asked Toshiro Hijikata to stop comparing him to a hentai woman, then praised the special feeling of Otae’s punch.
• Kotaro Katsura emerged from the smoke and complained that Kondo had trapped him with his paw-pad-less hand.
• Kondo and Katsura argued over whether Otae was a delicate woman or a samurai, while Sogo Doma joked about finding her an eyeglass frame for Shinpachi.
• Otae accused Katsura of being hentai for openly liking paw pads, and Katsura challenged her to explain what was wrong with the animal-paw fetish.
• Kondo told Katsura that only little girls liked paw pads, prompting Katsura to wonder if he was a hentai and whether he could still save humanity.

Kotaro Katsura defended his love of animals, but Sogo Doma exposed his dangerous obsession with paw pads and sneaking into big-cat territory. The group ended by teasing Isao Kondo for being a gorilla living among humans.

• Elisaki reassured Kotaro Katsura that liking small animals showed he had a loving heart, while Isao Kondo argued that samurai tamed beasts for combat rather than as pets.
• Sogo Doma said that liking pets was normal, then explained that Katsura’s fondness for paw pads could be perverted if it was the reason he liked animals.
• Sogo Doma revealed that Katsura had secretly entered lion and tiger territory without protection to feel their paw pads, and Katsura claimed he wanted people to stop fearing the animals.
• Sogo Doma suggested Katsura advocate for gorillas behind fences, prompting Otae to ask why Kondo lived outside one.
• Kondo protested that he had not harmed humanity’s survival, while Toshiro Hijikata wondered why he had not denied being a gorilla.

Otae confronted Isao Kondo about threatening her survival, but he misunderstood her complaints as proof of their close life together and his restraint. Sogo Doma and Toshiro Hijikata struggled to defend Kondo as Otae demanded he be treated like a dangerous animal, and the argument ended with Sogo insulting Kotaro Katsura.

• Otae told Isao Kondo that he was the one threatening her survival, but he claimed he had been oblivious to danger from someone else.
• Isao Kondo insisted that he and Otae had lived under the same roof for nearly a month and listed dates when he had supposedly seen her return home.
• Otae demanded that Kondo be locked in a cage, while Sogo Doma argued that a gorilla could not be restricted by human rules.
• Kotaro Katsura compared Kondo to lions and tigers, and Sogo Doma rebuked him for bringing up the Sanzenin Family's white tiger.

Sogo Doma compared Kotaro Katsura’s infiltration of the Sanzenin Family to Isao Kondo’s visits to Otae’s home, prompting both men to defend their actions. Katsura revealed he had entered the family as a maid, and Sogo concluded that his repeated cross-dressing made him even more of a hentai than Kondo.

• Sogo Doma compared Katsura’s infiltration of the Sanzenin Family to Kondo’s visits to Otae’s home, and Kondo admitted he considered his own visits open and honest.
• Toshiro Hijikata and Otae reflected on Kondo’s stubborn pursuit of Otae and his tendency to ignore criticism.
• Katsura insisted that he had entered the Sanzenin Family legitimately, explaining that he had been formally employed as a maid.
• Sogo called Katsura an even greater hentai than Kondo and said that, with cross-dressing, there were only zero times or countless times.

Katsura Kotaro defended his work as a maid while Sogo Doma challenged his disguise and tried to redirect him toward a mission involving Otae's mochi balls. The chapter ended with Katsura questioning why they needed to seek out the strongest granny when Otae could provide the mochi balls herself.

• Katsura Kotaro argued that he had researched maid work and earned his position with the Sanzenin Family, leaving the women impressed by his maid skills.
• Sogo Doma told Katsura that a maid's most basic requirement was being a woman, but Katsura dismissed the distinction as a detail.
• Katsura realized that Kondo the Gorilla had sneaked into Otae's home, and Sogo claimed Kondo had only been looking for Otae's mochi balls.
• Sogo instructed Katsura to find the strongest granny, obtain mochi balls, and use them to tame Kondo and rescue Otae.
• Katsura pointed out that Sogo had said Otae's mochi balls could tame gorillas and asked why they could not simply ask Otae for them.

Sogo Doma tricked Kotaro Katsura into believing that Otae’s rice dumplings or the strongest old ladies could help rescue her from the gorilla. Katsura set off with Elisaki to carry out his bizarre plan, while everyone else watched in disbelief.

• Sogo Doma claimed that Otae’s rice dumplings could tame the gorilla and persuaded Kotaro Katsura to go find them or the strongest old lady.
• Kotaro Katsura told Elisaki to prepare, and she agreed because she admired him and feared Sogo Doma.
• Kotaro Katsura instructed Elisaki to prepare washbasins for the old ladies while he went to gather them and search for Otae’s rice dumplings.
• The gorilla asked where Katsura would look for the rice dumplings, and Katsura refused to reveal their location.
• Isao Kondo challenged Katsura’s claim that rice dumplings could tame the gorilla, and Katsura questioned what was impossible about it.

Isao Kondo and Kotaro Katsura tried to outwit each other over the supposed location of Otae’s rice cakes, while Otae knew no such rice cakes existed. Kondo’s claims about knowing Otae’s home and their time living together angered her and risked exposing their relationship to Katsura.

• Isao Kondo challenged Kotaro Katsura to reveal where Otae’s rice cakes were, and Katsura nearly revealed he planned to search Otae’s house.
• Kotaro Katsura realized he had let his plan slip, but insisted Isao Kondo’s claim that Otae’s house had no rice cakes was a lie.
• Isao Kondo said he knew Otae’s house better than his own because they had lived under the same roof.
• Otae angrily pointed out that they were standing in the Kondo Dojo, while Kotaro Katsura questioned Kondo’s description of it as their “little love nest.”
• Sogo Doma worried that Isao Kondo’s careless words had exposed his relationship with Otae to Kotaro Katsura.

Sogo Doma tried to steer Kotaro Katsura into treating Isao Kondo as a recruitable gorilla and Hijikata as a demon, but Otae repeatedly undermined his arguments. Sogo ended by invoking Momotaro and suggesting the missing pheasant and dog could be replaced by other allies.

• Katsura mistook the situation between Otae and Isao Kondo for harassment by a gorilla, while Otae called the Kondo Dojo Kondo's nest.
• Kondo protested that the dojo was only a place to stay without Otae, and Sogo urged Katsura to act against the gorilla.
• Sogo warned Katsura that he needed to tame Kondo before defeating Hijikata and the Great Demon King, but Otae offered to help eliminate Kondo.
• Sogo questioned whether Katsura could trust Otae and argued that Kondo could instead be recruited to help defeat Hijikata.
• Sogo compared the plan to Momotaro's companions and said the missing pheasant and dog could be replaced by other things, leaving Hijikata and the others uneasy.

Sogo Doma convinced Kotaro Katsura that Otae might be a Great Demon King spy and that they needed to leave to find the strongest old lady and recruit allies. Katsura believed Sogo’s claim that the two of them could defeat Hijikata, Kondo, and Otae, while the others recognized his boast was baseless.

• Sogo Doma explained how Hijikata’s loyalty connected him to a dog, and Katsura concluded that Hijikata was someone he needed to recruit.
• Sogo urged Katsura to leave and search for the strongest old lady, but Otae pointed out that they could simply lock up Kondo to stop his harassment.
• Sogo argued that Otae might be an undercover agent because her rice dumplings could recruit Kondo, and Katsura accepted that she could be working for the Great Demon King.
• Otae asked why she would not ally with Kondo and Hijikata, and Sogo claimed that he and Katsura could trade two fighters for three if cornered.
• Katsura believed Sogo could hold off Hijikata and Otae while Katsura defeated Kondo, despite Hijikata and Kondo doubting Sogo’s boast.

Sogo Doma convinced Kotaro Katsura that their strength and caution were essential to saving humanity, then sent him to find the strongest old lady and retrieve her rice dumplings. The chapter ended with Katsura insisting that his name was Katsura, while Sogo deliberately called him Katsura Kotaro again.

• Shizuka Hiratsuka, Otae, and Utaha Kasumigaoka reflected on Sogo Doma's strength and what they had learned from seeing him fight.
• Otae reconsidered her confidence after Kotaro Katsura and Isao Kondo endured her punch following her breakthrough.
• Sogo Doma told Kotaro Katsura that he carried humanity's fate and must not fall into the Great Demon King's trap.
• Sogo Doma sent Kotaro Katsura to find the strongest old lady and bring back her rice dumplings.
• Kotaro Katsura insisted that his name was Katsura, but Sogo Doma again called him Katsura Kotaro.

Sogo Doma tried to convince Kotaro Katsura to leave him behind while he searched for the strongest old lady and her legendary rice dumplings, but Elisaki repeatedly warned Katsura that Sogo would be in danger alone. Katsura decided he should handle the danger himself, though Sogo mocked his new running-away nickname.

• Elisaki and Saki Yoshida warned Kotaro Katsura that leaving Sogo Doma behind could put Sogo in danger.
• Sogo claimed he needed to stay and watch Hijikata and the others so Katsura could find the strongest old lady and obtain her rice dumplings.
• Elisaki pointed out that Sogo might be attacked after Katsura left, and Katsura agreed that the plan was risky.
• Sogo argued that he could escape and that finding the rice dumplings would help save humanity, while Elisaki worried about his safety as a high school student.
• Kotaro Katsura said high school students should enjoy their youth and declared that he would take responsibility for running away and defeating the bad guys.
• Sogo Doma mocked Kotaro Katsura's nickname, the Nobleman of Running Away.

Sogo Doma and Kotaro Katsura traded barbs over Katsura’s name and his claim to be a noble young master, while Toshiro Hijikata worried that their banter was ruining a plan to send Katsura away. The conversation left Kondo’s stalking of Otae and his intrusion into her house on the verge of being exposed.

• Kotaro Katsura insisted that he was a noble young master who was good at running away, while Sogo Doma repeatedly called him Zura and a trash young master.
• Sogo Doma argued that nicknames reflected how others saw someone, then brought up Toshiro Hijikata’s title, the Demon Vice-Chief, and mocked his claim to be the Smiling Buddha.
• Kotaro Katsura laughed at Hijikata’s claim and defended himself by saying he could retreat gracefully and remain composed.
• Sogo Doma and Toshiro Hijikata exchanged silent accusations, with Hijikata blaming Sogo’s poor deception for failing to make Katsura leave.
• Toshiro Hijikata warned that Kondo’s stalking of Otae and sneaking into her house was about to be exposed.

Sogo Doma tried to send Kotaro Katsura away to find the strongest granny and her rice dumplings, while keeping Katsura from noticing the truth about Kondo and Otae. Katsura insisted that the adults should take the risks instead, leaving Sogo struggling to make him accept the mission.

• Sogo Doma complained that Kondo Isao had exposed his own HENTAI behavior and ruined the deception aimed at Katsura Kotaro.
• Toshiro Hijikata asked Sogo whether he could still fool Katsura into leaving, and Sogo said Katsura remained doubtful about Kondo and Otae.
• Sogo tried to convince Katsura that his calm, elegant escape should lead him to search for the strongest granny and obtain rice dumplings.
• Katsura refused to leave, arguing that Sogo could find the granny himself and that adults should protect high school students from danger.
• Sogo insisted that finding the strongest granny was essential to defeating the Great Demon King.

Sogo Doma left the dojo with Utaha Kasumigaoka to search for the strongest granny, leaving Katsura to watch over Hijikata and the others. Before the group could depart, Kondo learned that Hiratsuka and the others were Sougo’s teachers visiting for a home visit, and Otae scolded him for his behavior.

• Katsura refused to let high school students risk their lives and agreed to stay behind to watch Hijikata and the others.
• Sogo changed course, left the task of finding the strongest granny to himself, and departed with Utaha Kasumigaoka.
• Katsura accepted Sogo’s instructions to keep an eye on Hijikata and the others, while Elisaki wondered why the Demon King had left instead of making Katsura go.
• Hiratsuka took the chance to say goodbye as Sogo and the others prepared to leave.
• Kondo asked who the women accompanying Sogo were, and Hijikata explained they were Sougo’s teachers visiting the dojo.
• Otae mocked Kondo and blamed the Animal Management Association for failing to deal with him.

Otae left the Kondo Dojo after confronting Isao Kondo, while Sogo Doma, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Shizuka Hiratsuka discussed her wall-climbing and Sogo’s plan to set Kaguya Shinomiya up with Taihei. The conversation ended with Utaha realizing that Sogo was still willing to push Kaguya toward his brother.

• Otae warned Isao Kondo to control his gorilla, then left the Kondo Dojo after Kotaro Katsura tried to stop her.
• Sogo Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka left the dojo with Shizuka Hiratsuka and teased her about wearing black and climbing over a wall.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka confronted Sogo about trying to set Kaguya Shinomiya up with Taihei.
• Sogo pointed out that Shizuka had come to the dojo instead of going on a date with Taihei, and she said Taihei had to work overtime.
• Sogo admitted he would still try to match Kaguya Shinomiya with Taihei, leaving Utaha Kasumigaoka stunned by his honesty.

Sogo Doma provoked Shizuka Hiratsuka with jokes about her age and used his mind-reading to claim she agreed with his insults about other women. He left her baffled by his claim that the Doma Family would never let children go hungry.

• Sogo Doma teased Shizuka Hiratsuka about nearing thirty and being unmarried, making her furious.
• Sogo Doma compared Otae’s future to Shizuka Hiratsuka’s age and continued joking about Kaguya Shinomiya’s and other women’s looks.
• Sogo Doma claimed Shizuka Hiratsuka agreed with him after reading her thoughts, while Utaha Kasumigaoka recognized what he had done.
• Sogo Doma said the Doma Family would never let children go hungry, leaving Shizuka Hiratsuka confused and Utaha Kasumigaoka reluctant to explain.

Sogo Doma explained to Shizuka Hiratsuka that Taihei and Kaguya Shinomiya’s blind date did not mean they would become a couple, then teased Shizuka about winning Taihei over. He also challenged Shizuka and Utaha Kasumigaoka’s belief that explosions caused no harm to certain people, leaving them questioning what they had witnessed.

• Sogo Doma told Shizuka Hiratsuka that Taihei and Kaguya Shinomiya had only been on a blind date, and that Kaguya had already liked someone else.
• Sogo explained that the Shinomiya Family expected Kaguya to marry for the family, and revealed that Yukino Yukinoshita’s family was also seeking a husband to marry in.
• When Shizuka asked about the Doma Family’s rules, Sogo told her to win over his older brother Taihei and joked that she would not have needed to climb over the wall if she had done so.
• Sogo referred to Miss Otae’s powerful punch and Katsura surviving a close-range explosion, prompting Shizuka and Utaha to question whether Katsura had really been unharmed.
• Sogo dismissed the idea that smoke meant no damage as a rule for everyone, saying it applied only to special individuals like strong, sturdy idiots.