Chapter Summaries

Sogo Doma reasoned that human curiosity was impossible to suppress, which was why he encouraged his little sister to explore the world. After Totsuki's residential training camp ended with new friendships and idol opportunities, Honoka Kosaka remained conflicted about debuting onstage.

• Sogo Doma argued that even God could not control human curiosity and used the story of Adam and Eve to explain why he let his little sister learn about the world.
• The students celebrated the end of Totsuki's residential training camp with games and a pillow fight that drew in Erina Nakiri, Yukino Yukinoshita, and the others.
• The official Love Live staff offered the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club an opportunity to become real idols.
• Honoka Kosaka hesitated over an opportunity to debut, and Umaru Doma asked why she did not agree when she seemed to love performing.

After Totsuki’s harsh training camp, Sogo Doma reassured Toka Takanashi about science and death while continuing to study, and Nodoka Toyohama decided to return to school in Mai Sakurajima’s place. The story left Nodoka asking how to act like Mai as Sogo joked that Mai was treated like air at school.

• Yukino Yukinoshita and the other students reflected on Totsuki’s harsh treatment of those who failed to measure up.
• Soma Yukihira admitted defeat to Sogo Doma but vowed to improve, and Sogo told him to beat Megumi Tadokoro first.
• Toka Takanashi asked Sogo whether science could explain exchanged bodies and bring back the dead, and Sogo insisted that science might eventually make resurrection possible.
• Sogo explained that Yukino and the others had not exchanged bodies but had undergone genetic mutations, and Toka stopped pressing him about it.
• Nodoka Toyohama decided to go to school while Mai Sakurajima stayed away, then asked how she should play Mai’s part.
• Sogo told Nodoka to act like air, prompting her to insist that Mai had friends and could not be treated as air.

Sogo Doma struggled with the identity swaps affecting Mai Sakurajima, Nodoka Toyohama, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Yukinoshita Haruno as school staff noticed the girls’ changed behavior. Sakuta Azusagawa arrived claiming he had returned from the future, leaving the group with a new Puberty Syndrome mystery and the revelation that Sogo had once helped save Sakuta’s sister.

• Nodoka Toyohama and Mai Sakurajima used each other’s identities at school, while Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukinoshita Haruno’s swapped behavior baffled students and teachers.
• Mafuyu Kirisu questioned Sogo Doma about the girls’ changes, and Utaha repeatedly asked when they could switch back.
• Nodoka Toyohama brought Sakuta Azusagawa to meet Mai Sakurajima and Sogo Doma, and Sakuta recognized Sogo despite claiming they had not met yet in that timeline.
• Sakuta explained that Puberty Syndrome had sent him back from the future and that Sogo had previously helped him save his sister.
• Sogo asked why Sakuta had not solved his sister’s problem himself, and Sakuta admitted he was not good at science.

Sakuta Azusagawa explained that he wanted Sogo Doma to save Kaede by giving her a separate cloned body, even though doing so had made his family suspect he was a siscon. He revealed that Sogo’s future self had agreed because of events involving Mai Sakurajima and Nodoka Toyohama, leaving Sogo considering why he would help.

• Sakuta told Sogo that he considered both of his sister’s personalities to be his sisters and wanted neither to disappear.
• Sakuta explained that Sogo had cloned a body for Kaede, altered her genes, and sent his parents paternity results that made them suspect Sakuta had a girlfriend modeled after his sister.
• Sakuta said he sought Sogo’s help because he feared losing Kaede more than being judged as a pervert.
• Sakuta connected Sogo’s future decision to an upcoming exam that Nodoka would fail while occupying Mai’s place at school.
• Sakuta explained that the school’s response to Mai’s sudden poor grades would worsen rumors and bring him into contact with Nodoka through their shared experience of Puberty Syndrome.

Sakuta Azusagawa told Sogo Doma that Nodoka Toyohama’s Puberty Syndrome stemmed from her need to prove herself, and Sogo decided to help her through acting practice. Nodoka gained confidence under his guidance, but Director Kitano’s commercial shoot left her facing repeated failures and harsh criticism.

• Sakuta privately told Sogo that Nodoka needed fulfillment, not resistance, and wanted to prove she was not inferior.
• Sogo agreed to help Nodoka prepare for a commercial directed by the notoriously strict Kitano.
• Sogo coached Nodoka, while Sakuta’s flattering encouragement helped her confidence and acting improve.
• Nodoka arrived at the commercial shoot feeling confident, but Kitano sharply criticized Mai’s acting.
• Nodoka repeatedly failed to meet Kitano’s demands, and the staff worked overtime as filming continued.

Nodoka Toyohama finally passed her commercial audition after reverting to her own acting style, and she and Mai Sakurajima switched back. Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita also returned to their own bodies, leaving Yukino furious at Sogo Doma for staring at her.

• Nodoka Toyohama repeatedly failed takes while Sakuta Azusagawa encouraged her to keep going.
• Nodoka accidentally performed in her original style, and Director Kitano praised her take as perfect.
• Nodoka celebrated passing by rushing into the sea, then switched back into her own body as Mai Sakurajima changed back too.
• Sogo Doma and Mai Sakurajima applauded Nodoka and congratulated her on succeeding in her own style.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita changed back, and Yukino covered herself and demanded to know where Sogo Doma was looking.

Sogo Doma explained how Puberty Syndrome had spread from Mai Sakurajima and caused Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita to swap bodies, then helped the affected girls return to normal. He turned his attention to Sakuta Azusagawa’s time-traveling and planned a cruel surprise involving a younger sister.

• Sogo Doma guessed that Mai Sakurajima’s Puberty Syndrome had spread through her and Utaha Kasumigaoka’s concerns, affecting Yukino Yukinoshita as well.
• Sogo Doma hid part of the explanation from Yukino, who asked him not to tell Yukinoshita Haruno the truth about the body swap.
• Nodoka Toyohama and Mai Sakurajima swapped back, and Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka returned to their own bodies with them.
• Sakuta Azusagawa asked Sogo Doma to help with his sister, but explained that she could not leave the house and mentioned his return from the future.
• Sogo Doma realized Sakuta had traveled back from the future before, but did not press him after Sakuta said the matter was resolved.
• Sogo Doma decided to give Sakuta a younger sister and send him a misleading paternity test report, planning to reveal the truth if Sakuta fell for her.

Sogo Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka returned home after Utaha and Yukino Yukinoshita changed back, where Utaha confronted Sogo over his praise of Yukino. Their reconciliation was interrupted by a caller who addressed Sogo as her fiancé, prompting Utaha to summon Umaru Doma.

• Sakuta Azusagawa thanked Sogo Doma for extracting his sister’s genes and believed Sogo would return a sister related to him by blood.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka accused Sogo of praising Yukino Yukinoshita and asked whether he had feelings for her.
• Yukino Yukinoshita reflected on how Sogo’s compliments had restored her confidence and how uncomfortable she had found Utaha’s appearance.
• Sogo placated Utaha by saying he had praised Yukino because of her, and Utaha accepted his reassurance.
• A caller called Sogo her fiancé, and Utaha called Umaru Doma to announce that Sogo’s fiancée was on the phone.

Sogo Doma argued with Kaguya Shinomiya over the phone about their rumored engagement and her father’s demand that they meet. Kaguya mistook Sogo’s suggestion to find someone else to like as a confession, then announced that they would meet that weekend.

• Kaguya Shinomiya accused Sogo Doma of humiliating her by spraying cola on her face, while Ai Hayasaka clarified that the Kondo Group’s wording had caused a misunderstanding.
• Sogo told Kaguya that the school rumors and her father’s insistence on cultivating their relationship had led to the fiancé arrangement.
• Sogo revealed that he had planned to use disguise techniques to send someone who looked like him on dates with Kaguya, but that plan had fallen through.
• Sogo suggested that Kaguya find someone else to like, and Kaguya mistook his words for a confession.
• Kaguya announced that she and Sogo would meet that weekend, then hung up before he could agree.

Sogo Doma tried to explain how he accidentally became engaged to Kaguya Shinomiya, while Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka questioned him about the mistake that had upset Kaguya. He left them unconvinced after revealing the other boy had watched a girl in a swimsuit, and wondered whether his arrival in this world had caused the trouble.

• Kaguya Shinomiya told Ai Hayasaka to keep her phone switched off so Sogo Doma could not confess, and said she would teach him a lesson that weekend.
• Sogo Doma denied agreeing to a date with Kaguya Shinomiya, while Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka asked why he had never mentioned his fiancée.
• Sogo Doma explained that he had tried to help Kaguya Shinomiya get together with someone she liked, but their relationship changed after he got involved.
• Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka pressed Sogo Doma to explain the mistake all men supposedly make, and he claimed the other boy had only looked at a girl's swimsuit.
• Sogo Doma added that the girl may have wanted the boy's opinion of her swimsuit, but Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka remained unconvinced.

Sogo Doma explained to Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka that his engagement to Kaguya Shinomiya was a pretense meant to avoid further matchmaking, but Keiryu Doma made him take the girls out on the weekend. The chapter ended with Sogo protesting the outing while Umaru faced her father's demands to get out more.

• Sogo Doma said his family arranged matchmaking meetings because he was unwanted, and claimed he and Kaguya Shinomiya had put on an act to avoid further trouble.
• Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed with Sogo that a weekend matchmaking outing was unacceptable.
• When the weekend arrived, Sogo Doma, Umaru Doma, and Utaha Kasumigaoka went out after Keiryu Doma called and urged Umaru to spend more time outside.
• Keiryu Doma told Umaru she should exercise and go out with Sogo to meet the girl from the Shinomiya Family, prompting Sogo to complain that nobody should go out on a weekend.

Sogo Doma went on an outing with Umaru, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Mashiro Shiina, where Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka misunderstood the relationships between them. The confusion ended when Mashiro identified the manga she had drawn and pointed out that Hayasaka had just been reading Utaha’s novel.

• Umaru defended Sogo’s outing by insisting that their group was too large for it to count as a date.
• Kaguya Shinomiya assumed Umaru was Sogo’s little sister, but Mashiro Shiina clarified that Sogo was her master.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka described herself as Sogo’s live-in partner, prompting Kaguya and Ai Hayasaka to question what their relationships meant.
• Mashiro explained that she, Utaha, and Umaru lived in Sogo’s house, while Ai Hayasaka compared their arrangement to Kaguya’s household.
• Kaguya concluded that Utaha and Mashiro were maids, but Mashiro said she was a manga artist and Utaha was a novelist.
• Mashiro named the manga she had drawn, then reminded Ai that she had just been reading Utaha’s novel.

Ai Hayasaka misread Sogo Doma’s introductions as a scheme to expose Kaguya Shinomiya to yuri manga and romance, while Mashiro Shiina and Utaha Kasumigaoka discussed Mashiro’s work. The conversation ended with Utaha reminding Kaguya that her engagement to Sogo was only an act.

• Ai Hayasaka concluded that Sogo had brought Utaha and Mashiro to draw Kaguya into yuri culture.
• Mashiro asked Ai what she thought of her manga, and Ai pretended she had only skimmed it.
• Sogo comforted Mashiro about her manga, and Mashiro said she would work to make people like it.
• Kaguya asked why Mashiro lived with Sogo, and Mashiro answered that he was her owner.
• Ai tried to stop Kaguya from questioning Sogo’s living arrangements, but Utaha pointed out that Kaguya and Sogo were only pretending to be engaged.

Sogo Doma’s reluctant weekend outing with Kaguya Shinomiya, Ai Hayasaka, Utaha Kasumigaoka, Umaru Doma, and Mashiro Shiina stalled as he admitted he had planned nothing. After Hayasaka explained her suspicions to Kaguya, Kaguya became convinced the gathering concealed a scheme involving the writers and their books.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka tested what Sogo Doma had told them, while Ai Hayasaka misread the situation as a plot to influence Kaguya Shinomiya.
• Sogo Doma complained about being dragged out on the weekend and admitted he had only planned to stay home and watch TV.
• Umaru Doma, Mashiro Shiina, and Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed that they would rather be at home, and Sogo Doma explained their boredom with his theory of relativity.
• Ai Hayasaka took Kaguya Shinomiya aside and warned her that Utaha Kasumigaoka and Mashiro Shiina were a light novel author and manga artist.
• Ai Hayasaka showed Kaguya Shinomiya an official report, and Kaguya became convinced the books and the Service Club Activity Guide were suspicious.

Umaru Doma proposed inviting Kaguya Shinomiya home to play games, partly to evade her father’s monitoring and draw her into Umaru’s gaming circle. Kaguya and Ai Hayasaka returned just as Utaha Kasumigaoka discussed pulling Lady Shinomiya into the circle, leaving them to hear the scheme.

• Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka decided to return rather than leave, since departing could make Gan'an Shinomiya suspicious.
• Umaru Doma suggested inviting Kaguya to their home to play games, using Komaru’s identity to avoid being watched.
• Umaru argued that Kaguya and her companions had not planned their outing and would be more open to gaming after Sogo Doma rejected other date ideas.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed with Umaru’s plan to pull Kaguya into the gaming circle.
• Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka returned and overheard Utaha talking about pulling Lady Shinomiya into the circle.

Sogo Doma invited Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka to his house, while both women misread his intentions and tried to outmaneuver what they believed was a scheme. After Umaru left and they arrived at the modest Doma Residence, Kaguya and Hayasaka began to suspect that even the house itself was part of a plot.

• Sogo Doma asked Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka where they wanted to go, then suggested visiting his house.
• Ai Hayasaka agreed, believing Sogo expected them to refuse and that accepting would foil his plan.
• Sogo's group headed home after taking a photo of a hamster, while Kaguya protested and Hayasaka praised his supposed gentlemanly manners.
• Umaru Doma received a call from a friend and left to study at the library, making Ai Hayasaka worry that Sogo had planned for her to be alone with Kaguya.
• Kaguya and Ai arrived at the Doma Residence, where Kaguya questioned why Sogo lived in such a modest home, and both women wondered if the place concealed another scheme.

Sogo Doma refused Umaru’s request to link the fire, while Ai Hayasaka and Kaguya Shinomiya misread the game-related exchange as a family secret and a deliberate scheme. The chapter then described the Shinomiya Family’s resistance to new technology and Kaguya’s limited familiarity with games.

• Ai Hayasaka and Kaguya Shinomiya met Umaru in her chibi form, whom Sogo Doma introduced as the Doma Family’s hidden treasure, Komaru.
• Kaguya Shinomiya wondered why Sogo Doma had revealed Komaru’s secret, while Ai Hayasaka stayed alert for his schemes.
• Umaru asked Sogo Doma to link the fire, but he refused, prompting Utaha Kasumigaoka and then Ai Hayasaka to suggest playing games with her.
• Sogo Doma insisted his mission was already accomplished and refused to pass on the torch as Umaru and the others reacted.
• The narration described the Shinomiya Family’s traditionalism and noted that Kaguya Shinomiya might still use a flip phone without Sogo Doma’s reminder.

Umaru Doma introduced Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka to video games, and both became so absorbed that hours passed before hunger drew them back to reality. The chapter ended as they prepared to eat Sogo Doma’s seafood platter, still surprised by how late it had become.

• Umaru Doma revealed a room full of displays and games, and Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka eagerly tried a variety of them.
• Kaguya Shinomiya felt liberated by the online world, while Ai Hayasaka became wary of the monsters in her game.
• After the sun set, Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka stopped playing when their stomachs growled.
• Umaru Doma explained that passing the flame referred to a game’s plot, and Sogo Doma clarified that he played games but had chosen not to pass the flame on.
• Sogo Doma said he had prepared a seafood platter, and Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka realized it was already nighttime.

Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka reluctantly stayed for Sogo Doma’s seafood feast, convinced his cooking might be dangerous. Hayasaka tasted the food, mistook its overwhelming deliciousness for a drug, and left Kaguya still suspicious while she realized the food was simply that good.

• Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka stayed at the Doma Residence because it was late and they were waiting for their protectors.
• Ai Hayasaka agreed to taste Sogo Doma’s sashimi after he said everyone could eat without waiting for Umaru Doma.
• Hayasaka reacted to the sashimi’s flavor with moans and a flushed face, prompting Kaguya to accuse Sogo of putting something in the food.
• Hayasaka warned Kaguya not to eat the dishes and claimed something had been added, but Sogo denied drugging anyone.
• Hayasaka took another bite, realized the food contained no drugs, and understood that it was simply delicious.

Ai Hayasaka and Kaguya Shinomiya tried Sogo Doma’s seafood feast and became so entranced by its flavor that they imagined themselves swimming in the ocean. The meal left both embarrassed after Mashiro Shiina drew Kaguya and Sogo took photos.

• Ai Hayasaka admitted there were no drugs in the food after Sogo Doma threatened to take it away.
• Ai Hayasaka urged Kaguya Shinomiya to try the sashimi, and Kaguya became lost in an imagined ocean.
• Mashiro Shiina sketched Kaguya’s blissful expression while Sogo Doma photographed her and said he already had Ai’s share.
• Ai Hayasaka snapped Kaguya out of her reverie, and Kaguya realized she had never left the Doma Family’s house.