Recaps

On April 30, Tatsuya Sakuya spoke with Kushida Kikyou about the coming monthly Private Points distribution while Class 1-D students looked forward to receiving points. Chabashira Sae then announced that any student who failed to meet the school’s minimum score in even one subject would be expelled.

• Tatsuya Sakuya met Kushida Kikyou in the elevator, complimented her uniform, and asked how many Private Points she had left.
• Class 1-D students excitedly discussed receiving one hundred thousand points on May 1, while Hirata Yousuke tried to quiet them.
• Horikita Suzune greeted Tatsuya Sakuya and said she would verify what he had told her the night before.
• Chabashira Sae canceled the class’s remaining break time because Class 1-D was behind the required teaching schedule.
• Chabashira Sae warned that students who fell short of the minimum in any exam subject would be forcibly expelled, shocking the class.

Chabashira Sae gave Class 1-D an unexpected mock exam to prepare them for the midterms, leaving many students panicked by its difficulty. After Hirata Yousuke tried to rally the class, someone asked Tatsuya Sakuya to explain a problem.

• Chabashira Sae warned Class 1-D that students who failed to meet the school's requirements could be expelled, then handed out a mock exam.
• Tatsuya Sakuya recognized the basic questions as easy and solved the difficult bonus proof, while keeping his expected score around seventy points.
• Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, and other students struggled through the forty-five-minute exam, and Chabashira Sae collected the papers and said the results would come the next day.
• Chabashira Sae told the class to enjoy its last moments of peace, plunging Class 1-D into gloom.
• Hirata Yousuke urged the students to identify their weaknesses and study for the midterms, and an unnamed student asked Tatsuya Sakuya to teach them a problem.

Karuizawa Kei asked Tatsuya Sakuya to help her with nearly the entire math mock exam, then rested at a cafe after struggling to understand his explanations. While she slept, Tatsuya Sakuya considered patting her head but pulled his hand back when she moved.

• Karuizawa Kei brought her math mock exam to Tatsuya Sakuya and asked him to go over the questions with her.
• Tatsuya Sakuya arranged to meet Karuizawa Kei at Palette Cafe after school when their lesson was interrupted by class.
• At the cafe, Karuizawa Kei gave Tatsuya Sakuya an iced Americano and claimed it was discounted and payment for tutoring.
• Tatsuya Sakuya explained most of the math questions, but Karuizawa Kei admitted she had understood very little and asked to rest.
• Tatsuya Sakuya woke Karuizawa Kei after ten minutes, saw that she was still asleep, and cautiously reached toward her head before she shifted and made him withdraw his hand.

Tatsuya Sakuya comforted Karuizawa Kei with a head pat while she slept, then took her to buy ingredients and began making her dinner. At Dormitory 217, Karuizawa tried to study while he cooked, though she remained overwhelmed by the math problems.

• Tatsuya Sakuya patted Karuizawa Kei's head as she slept, but she woke and accused him of taking advantage of her.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Karuizawa Kei she had slept past the agreed ten minutes and asked what she wanted for dinner; she chose omurice.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Karuizawa Kei went to the supermarket at Keyaki Mall and bought ingredients for omurice.
• At Dormitory 217, Tatsuya Sakuya started cooking while Karuizawa Kei returned to her test paper.
• Karuizawa Kei admitted she was hopeless at math, but Tatsuya Sakuya told her to keep looking over the problems.

Tatsuya Sakuya cooked omurice for Karuizawa Kei, reassured her about math, and tutored her for several hours before escorting her to her dorm room. Maya Sato spotted them together and teased Karuizawa about dating Sakuya, leaving her to face Maya’s excited questions.

• Tatsuya Sakuya served Karuizawa Kei omurice and promised to help her avoid expulsion by improving her math.
• Karuizawa Kei complained about the tutoring but worked through math problems with Tatsuya Sakuya until late in the evening.
• Tatsuya Sakuya ended the lesson and escorted Karuizawa Kei to her dorm room.
• Maya Sato came out of a nearby room, saw them together, and asked if they were dating.
• Tatsuya Sakuya left to avoid trouble with the dorm supervisor, while Maya Sato pressed Karuizawa Kei for details.

On May 1, Class 1-D discovered that its monthly points had fallen to zero because the class had lost all its Class Points through misconduct. With strict midterms and possible expulsions looming, Tatsuya Sakuya saw the crisis as his chance to take control of the class.

• Class 1-D students panicked when their expected monthly points did not arrive, and Horikita Suzune asked Tatsuya Sakuya whether he knew why.
• Chabashira Sae told the class that its points had been distributed correctly and that Class 1-D had earned zero Class Points.
• Chabashira Sae revealed records of the class’s tardiness, absences, and other violations, explaining that these had deducted all its Class Points.
• Chabashira Sae showed the mock test results and warned that strict midterms could leave at least five students facing expulsion.
• As the class descended into panic and blame, Tatsuya Sakuya decided the crisis was an opportunity to establish authority and seize control.

After Class 1-D lost all its points, Hirata tried to calm the class and rally everyone to study for the midterm, but Tatsuya Sakuya left to assess the class standings. He spoke with Ichinose Honami, who reassured him and cleared up Hoshinomiya Chie's earlier joke about them dating.

• Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and other Class 1-D students blamed one another after their points fell to zero, while Hirata Yousuke urged them to unite and study for the midterm.
• Tatsuya Sakuya left the classroom and checked the bulletin board, where Class 1-D was listed at zero points while Class 1-A had 990, Class 1-B had 800, and Class 1-C had 700.
• Ichinose Honami sympathized with Tatsuya and offered to help if he had trouble getting by, while he praised her leadership of Class 1-B.
• Ichinose explained that Hoshinomiya Chie's comment about her dating Tatsuya had only been a joke, and Tatsuya teased her before agreeing to take it that way.
• Ichinose and Tatsuya wished each other luck on the midterm, with Ichinose saying she did not want him to be expelled.

Tatsuya met Karuizawa Kei at Palette Cafe, tutored her, and asked her to work for him after she could not afford to renew their rental boyfriend agreement. Kei agreed to help with his plan for Class 1-D’s midterms, provided he kept his promise not to let her be expelled.

• Tatsuya met Karuizawa Kei at Palette Cafe and gave her chocolate and milk tea before tutoring her in indefinite integrals.
• Kei completed three difficult problems and felt encouraged when Tatsuya praised her aptitude.
• Tatsuya asked Kei whether she would renew his rental boyfriend service for May, but she admitted she had almost no Private Points left.
• Kei offered to repay him later, but Tatsuya proposed that she work in exchange for compensation instead.
• Tatsuya said he needed her help with Class 1-D’s midterms, and Kei agreed as long as he kept his promise to protect her from expulsion.

Tatsuya Sakuya treated Karuizawa Kei to dinner and explained his plan to avert the class’s midterm expulsion crisis by buying old exam papers. He recruited her to pose as his unreasonable girlfriend during negotiations with a desperate Class 2-D couple.

• Tatsuya Sakuya took Karuizawa Kei to the cafeteria and paid for their dinner after she admitted she had no points left.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Karuizawa Kei that failing any midterm subject would mean immediate expulsion and proposed obtaining old exam papers to help the struggling students pass.
• Tatsuya Sakuya pointed out a Class 2-D couple eating free meals and said they likely had old papers they could sell for money.
• Tatsuya Sakuya asked Karuizawa Kei to act as his spoiled, reluctant girlfriend so they could pressure the couple into accepting a lower price.
• Karuizawa Kei agreed to play the role, saying that acting like a gyaru would come naturally to her.

Tatsuya Sakuya and Karuizawa Kei bargained with two hungry Class 2-D students for last year's midterm exam papers, using their pretend-couple act to reduce the price to 10,000 Private Points. After leaving the cafeteria, Tatsuya suggested he might need Karuizawa's help again the next day.

• Tatsuya Sakuya and Karuizawa Kei approached a Class 2-D couple to ask about last year's midterm exam papers.
• The second-year boy demanded 100,000 Private Points, and Karuizawa Kei loudly mocked the price and pretended to pull Tatsuya away.
• Tatsuya offered 10,000 points, and Karuizawa Kei claimed another seller charged only 5,000.
• The second-year boy accepted 10,000 points and sent Tatsuya and Karuizawa the exam papers and answer keys.
• Tatsuya praised Karuizawa's acting, and she admitted that pretending to be a couple with him felt nice before he hinted he might need her help again tomorrow.

Tatsuya Sakuya sold Class 1-A’s past midterm papers to Sakayanagi Arisu, using the threat of Class 1-B obtaining them and a staged call with Karuizawa Kei to raise the price. Sakayanagi paid 100,000 Private Points, and Tatsuya left after sending her the papers.

• Tatsuya Sakuya messaged Kamuro Masumi and arranged a meeting with Sakayanagi Arisu at Palette Cafe.
• Tatsuya told Sakayanagi that he had last year’s midterm papers and claimed Class 1-B had already obtained copies.
• Sakayanagi offered Tatsuya 50,000 points for the papers.
• Karuizawa Kei called Tatsuya on speakerphone and revealed that the Katsuragi Faction had offered 100,000 points.
• Sakayanagi transferred 100,000 points to Tatsuya, who sent her the papers and left.

Tatsuya Sakuya paid Karuizawa Kei her share of the points and had her study before asking her to invite Kushida Kikyou to his room. He revealed last year's midterm exam papers and solutions, claiming they could save Class 1-D from expulsion warnings and help everyone score well.

• Karuizawa Kei collected 30,000 points from Tatsuya Sakuya for her help with Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Tatsuya Sakuya made Karuizawa Kei review differential equations for the upcoming midterms.
• Tatsuya Sakuya asked Karuizawa Kei to invite Kushida Kikyou, who agreed to visit his room.
• Tatsuya Sakuya showed Kushida Kikyou last year's midterm papers and detailed solutions, calling them the only thing that could save Class 1-D.

Tatsuya Sakuya offered Kushida Kikyou thirty thousand Private Points to sell Class 1-A’s actual exam questions to Ichinose Honami and rally support for his class representative campaign. Later, he challenged Horikita Suzune over Class 1-D’s chances of reaching Class 1-A and caught her wrist when she tried to strike him.

• Tatsuya Sakuya told Kushida Kikyou he had obtained Class 1-A’s actual exam questions and asked her to sell them to Ichinose Honami for thirty thousand Private Points.
• Tatsuya Sakuya promised Kushida Kikyou all the points in exchange for her support in the class representative election, and she agreed to handle Class 1-B that day.
• At dinner, Tatsuya Sakuya confronted Horikita Suzune about Class 1-D’s zero Class Points and the 990-point gap behind Class 1-A.
• Horikita Suzune insisted the class could close the gap through future exams, while Tatsuya Sakuya warned that students could be expelled and their prospects were poor.
• Horikita Suzune swung at Tatsuya Sakuya, who caught her wrist and asked if lashing out was all she could do.

After Horikita Suzune fled their confrontation, Tatsuya Sakuya sought support for the class committee election and met Airi Sakura by the lake, where he revealed her beauty as the popular idol Shizuku. Airi agreed to vote for him, and they returned to the dorms together.

• Horikita Suzune left the cafeteria shaken after Tatsuya Sakuya challenged her pride and repeated her brother's judgment that she was not suited for Class 1-A.
• Tatsuya Sakuya reflected that his plan to recruit Horikita Suzune's vote had failed, but he remained confident because he had the actual midterm questions.
• By the lake, Tatsuya Sakuya helped Airi Sakura take a night photograph and removed her glasses, revealing her identity as the popular idol Shizuku.
• Tatsuya Sakuya took a selfie with Airi Sakura and asked her to vote for him in the class committee election; she agreed to help him.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Airi Sakura headed back to the dorms together.

Class 1-D held an election for a class secretary, and Tatsuya Sakuya challenged Hirata Yousuke’s leadership pitch by presenting past midterm papers with official answers. The class voted, but Chabashira Sae had not yet announced the results.

• Chabashira Sae introduced Hirata Yousuke’s proposal to elect a class leadership team headed by a secretary.
• Hirata Yousuke called for the class to unite and recover its points through strong exam results.
• After several students gave speeches, Tatsuya Sakuya criticized their lack of concrete plans and warned that someone could be expelled if the class failed its midterms.
• Tatsuya Sakuya handed out last year’s actual midterm papers, official answers, and explanations as a study resource.
• Karuizawa Kei, Maya Sato, Matsushita Chiaki, and Kushida Kikyou voiced support for Tatsuya Sakuya.
• Chabashira Sae held an anonymous vote, then began counting the ballots without announcing the result.

Tatsuya Sakuya became Class 1-D’s committee secretary and proposed a six-member core committee. After Kouenji Rokusuke and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka declined their nominations, Tatsuya prepared to fill the two remaining seats.

• Chabashira Sae announced that Tatsuya Sakuya had won thirty votes and appointed him committee secretary.
• Tatsuya proposed a core class committee with three boys and three girls to help coordinate class affairs.
• Tatsuya nominated Hirata Yousuke, Kouenji Rokusuke, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, Kushida Kikyou, Karuizawa Kei, and Horikita Suzune.
• Kushida Kikyou, Horikita Suzune, and Hirata Yousuke accepted their nominations, while Kouenji Rokusuke declined.
• Ayanokouji Kiyotaka declined, and Tatsuya turned to the class to announce the remaining two boys’ seats.

Tatsuya Sakuya consolidated his influence in Class 1-D and considered candidates for the two vacant male class representative positions. Yamauchi Haruki visited him with a gift and begged for a position, but Tatsuya's response remained unfinished.

• Tatsuya announced that the two male class representative positions would remain vacant until he assessed students' daily contributions, and Class 1-D behaved attentively in class.
• Chabashira Sae summoned Tatsuya and questioned how he had obtained actual midterm questions; he defended the tactic and said he would consider how to raise Class Points.
• Back in his dorm room, Tatsuya weighed potential candidates and ruled out Kouenji Rokusuke and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka as short-term options.
• Yamauchi arrived with a gift and asked Tatsuya to appoint him as a class representative, claiming organizational skills and pledging loyalty.
• Tatsuya praised Yamauchi's enthusiasm, then began to qualify his approval with a 'But...'

Tatsuya Sakuya refused Yamauchi Haruki's attempt to buy a class committee position, then accidentally startled Karuizawa Kei and her friends when they came to visit. After they reconciled, the girls asked him to help them study for the midterms, leaving him suspicious that something was off.

• Tatsuya Sakuya rejected Yamauchi Haruki's gifts and refused to nominate him for the class committee.
• Tatsuya Sakuya mistook a loud knock for Yamauchi Haruki and shouted at Karuizawa Kei, Maya Sato, and Matsushita Chiaki when he opened the door.
• Tatsuya Sakuya explained that Yamauchi Haruki had come seeking a committee position, and Karuizawa Kei accepted his apology and gave him a strawberry crepe.
• Maya Sato and Matsushita Chiaki asked Tatsuya Sakuya to tutor them for the midterms, and he wondered why their request felt suspicious.

Tatsuya Sakuya tutored Maya Sato and Matsushita Chiaki before deciding to organize Class 1-D study groups through the Class Committee. He summoned the committee to Room 217 for its first meeting and hinted at a special guest.

• Tatsuya Sakuya explained calculus problems to Maya Sato and Matsushita Chiaki while Karuizawa Kei joined the tutoring.
• Matsushita Chiaki observed Tatsuya Sakuya to judge whether he was truly capable of leading Class 1-D.
• Tatsuya Sakuya decided to organize study groups so students would prepare for the midterms and avoid expulsion.
• Tatsuya Sakuya asked Karuizawa Kei to stay and announced the first Class Committee meeting in Room 217.
• Tatsuya Sakuya summoned Hirata Yousuke, Kushida Kikyou, and Horikita Suzune, then welcomed the arriving members and announced a special guest.

Tatsuya Sakuya lured Ayanokouji Kiyotaka to a Class Committee meeting to discuss preparing Class 1-D for the midterms and improving its ranking. The group settled on a study-support plan and assigned leadership roles, but Horikita Suzune refused to serve as chief coordinator.

• Tatsuya Sakuya tricked Ayanokouji Kiyotaka into coming to Room 217 by inviting him for dinner, then locked the door to keep him at the meeting.
• Tatsuya Sakuya explained that the meeting would plan how to protect Class 1-D’s midterm grades and improve its ranking.
• Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and Hirata Yousuke warned that relying on past exam papers could be risky, and Tatsuya Sakuya proposed a study group pairing strong students with classmates who needed help.
• Tatsuya Sakuya proposed that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and Hirata Yousuke oversee the boys, Kushida Kikyou and Karuizawa Kei oversee the girls, and Horikita Suzune serve as chief coordinator.
• Ayanokouji Kiyotaka agreed only to assist Hirata Yousuke, while Horikita Suzune refused the chief coordinator role.

Tatsuya Sakuya persuaded Horikita Suzune to coordinate Class 1-D’s midterm study group by offering her the alternative of gathering intelligence from other classes. After the class unanimously approved the plan, Horikita left while the others stayed to eat Shin Ramyun.

• Horikita Suzune refused to coordinate the study group and challenged Tatsuya Sakuya to lead it himself.
• Tatsuya Sakuya explained that he needed to investigate how Classes 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C planned to prepare for midterms, then offered Horikita the choice of coordinating the study group or investigating the other classes.
• Kushida Kikyou and Karuizawa Kei urged Horikita to accept, and Horikita agreed to coordinate the study group.
• Tatsuya Sakuya held a final vote, and the class unanimously approved Horikita as coordinator, Hirata Yousuke and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka for the boys’ group, and Kushida Kikyou and Karuizawa Kei for the girls’ group.
• Horikita declined Shin Ramyun and left Room 217 after saying she would post the next day’s study plan, while the others stayed to eat.

Horikita Suzune organized Class 1-D’s mandatory after-school study sessions at Palette Cafe to prevent students from failing the midterms and being expelled. The first session began smoothly for most students, but Horikita struggled to keep Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo focused.

• Horikita announced the study sessions, assigned attendance duties to Karuizawa, Kushida, Hirata, and Ayanokoji, and named herself commander-in-chief.
• Ike and Yamauchi objected to staying after school, while Karuizawa and other classmates defended the plan.
• Sudo protested that basketball practice conflicted with tutoring, but Horikita warned him that his mock exam results put him at risk of expulsion.
• At Palette Cafe, Karuizawa and Kushida reported that the girls’ study group was going well, while Hirata and Ayanokoji joined Horikita’s boys’ group.
• Horikita assigned Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo differentiation exercises, then criticized Ike for ogling a girl and Sudo for neglecting his work.
• Sudo complained that he could not understand the material and accused Horikita of expecting everyone to study as well as she did.

Tatsuya Sakuya observed the other classes studying in the library and met with Ichinose Honami, who wanted to discuss a pattern she had noticed in the midterm data. Ayanokouji Kiyotaka messaged him that Horikita Suzune’s study session had fallen apart, so Tatsuya left to deal with the situation.

• Sudo Ken argued with Horikita Suzune, then stormed out of Palette Cafe, and Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki followed him.
• Horikita dismissed the boys’ ability to learn, while Hirata Yousuke, Kushida Kikyou, Karuizawa Kei, and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka discussed the failed study session.
• Ayanokouji suggested informing Tatsuya, and the others agreed.
• Tatsuya surveyed the classes studying in the library and decided that moving Class 1-D there would help them focus.
• Tatsuya helped Ichinose reach a book, and she began to tell him about a pattern in the midterm data.
• Ayanokouji messaged Tatsuya that Sudo had gone to the basketball gym and Ike and Yamauchi had left, so Tatsuya excused himself to go.

Tatsuya Sakuya learned that the other classes had obtained past exam papers and redirected Class 1-D toward studying together at the library. After assigning Kushida Kikyou to handle Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, and Yamauchi Haruki, he left her to decide whether to accept the role.

• Tatsuya Sakuya arrived at Palette Cafe and learned that Horikita Suzune’s tutoring session with Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, and Yamauchi Haruki had collapsed.
• Tatsuya Sakuya showed Class 1-D photos of the other classes studying at the library and told them that every class had obtained past midterm papers.
• Tatsuya Sakuya proposed moving Class 1-D’s group study sessions to the library, and the students agreed to meet there the next day at four thirty.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Kushida Kikyou that he had chosen her as Class 1-D’s ambassador of kindness to handle the troublesome trio, then said he would not force her if she refused.

Tatsuya Sakuya and Horikita Suzune met with Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo Ken to convince them to join a study group before the midterms. Ike and Yamauchi agreed after Kushida Kikyou offered a date to whoever scored highest, and Sudo joined as well.

• Kushida Kikyou told Tatsuya Sakuya that Ike and Yamauchi had agreed to meet, and she contacted Sudo Ken.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Horikita Suzune met Kushida Kikyou in the cafeteria, where Horikita offered to pay for lunch.
• Horikita asked Ike and Yamauchi to continue attending the study group, but they doubted they needed to study before the exam.
• Sudo arrived late from basketball practice and refused to study under Horikita, while she warned him that failing could cost him his school and basketball future.
• Horikita explained that classmates could help the boys catch up, and Kushida offered to date whoever earned the highest midterm score.
• Ike and Yamauchi agreed to study for the chance to win a date, and Sudo joined the group after they did.