Chapter Summaries

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.

Class 1-D studied for the midterms in the library, but Class 1-C students provoked them and nearly triggered a fight. Tatsuya Sakuya stepped in and challenged Yamawaki’s claim that Class 1-C was hiding its strength.

• Class 1-D students gathered in the library and studied for the midterms, with Hirata Yousuke helping Sudo Ken read an English sentence.
• Yamawaki and another Class 1-C student mocked Class 1-D, prompting Sudo Ken to prepare to fight.
• Hirata Yousuke held Sudo Ken back while Horikita Suzune confronted Yamawaki and defended Class 1-D.
• Tatsuya Sakuya calmed Sudo Ken, stepped between the classes, and told Yamawaki that a tiger playing the pig had to act like one.

Tatsuya Sakuya defused Yamawaki’s provocation in the library, then corrected Kamuro Masumi during a history quiz at Palette Cafe. Their conversation ended when Sakayanagi appeared and greeted him.

• Tatsuya Sakuya introduced himself to Yamawaki and traded insults with him and Sudo Ken until the librarian warned the students to be quiet.
• Hirata Yousuke calmed Sudo Ken, and Horikita Suzune dismissed Class 1-D’s study session with instructions to keep reviewing.
• Tatsuya Sakuya went to Palette Cafe and sat beside Kamuro Masumi, offering her an iced Americano.
• Kamuro Masumi wrongly said Sakura Nation signed its surrender on August 15, 1945, and Tatsuya Sakuya corrected her that the instrument was signed on September 2.
• Kamuro Masumi complained that Tatsuya Sakuya was nitpicking, and he suggested she learn more from Sakayanagi.
• Sakayanagi greeted Tatsuya Sakuya at the cafe.

Tatsuya Sakuya met Koenji Rokusuke at a café with Kamuro Masumi, then went with her to bring dinner to Sakayanagi Arisu. Meanwhile, Ryuen Kakeru learned that the red-haired student he had targeted was Sudo Ken, a volatile basketball player.

• Koenji Rokusuke arrived at the café with an upperclassman and told Tatsuya Sakuya he had skipped the study session because he did not need it.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Kamuro Masumi that Koenji Rokusuke was as capable as Sakayanagi Arisu, but admitted he had never faced Koenji himself.
• Kamuro Masumi received a message from Sakayanagi Arisu asking her to bring dinner, and Tatsuya Sakuya decided to go with her.
• Albert Yamada told Ryuen Kakeru that Yamawaki had arrived, and Ryuen ordered Ishizaki Daichi to bring him inside.
• Yamawaki reported that the red-haired student was Sudo Ken, a hot-tempered basketball club reserve with strong athletic ability, and Ryuen smiled at the information.

Tatsuya Sakuya reassured Hasebe Haruka that he would teach her to swim after midterms, then recalled how he had been transported from his former world while reading Re:Zero. He remained in the library, reflecting on his arrival in the world of Classroom of the Elite.

• After the study session ended, Hasebe Haruka reminded Tatsuya Sakuya that he had promised to teach her to swim.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Hasebe Haruka to focus on passing midterms first and promised they could arrange the lesson afterward.
• Hasebe Haruka accepted and teased Tatsuya Sakuya by calling him Yeye as she left the library.
• Tatsuya Sakuya went to the light novel shelves and picked up Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.
• Tatsuya Sakuya remembered that he had been transported into the world of Classroom of the Elite after leaving his university library in his former life.

Tatsuya Sakuya met Shiina Hiyori in the library when they both reached for The Devotion of Suspect X, then discovered they shared an enthusiasm for discussing books. As the library closed, Hiyori asked whether they could read together again, and Sakuya assured her they had plenty of time.

• Tatsuya Sakuya offered The Devotion of Suspect X to Shiina Hiyori after they reached for it at the same time.
• Shiina Hiyori recognized Sakuya from a previous class argument and said she often felt lonely reading at the library.
• Sakuya and Hiyori discussed Ishigami's plan, the police investigation, and the role of human nature in the novel.
• The closing announcement interrupted their conversation, and Hiyori asked Sakuya if they could read together again.
• Sakuya told Hiyori that the library and its books would remain, and that they had plenty of time ahead.

After training, Tatsuya Sakuya let Karuizawa Kei into his dorm, where she proudly reported her practice-test score and tried to get him to notice her new manicure. He mistook her hint for signs of a cold and gave her medicine, leaving Karuizawa frustrated as she confronted him.

• Tatsuya Sakuya finished his workout, returned to his dorm, and answered Karuizawa Kei's late-night knock.
• Karuizawa Kei entered by pointing out that the school rules barred boys from visiting girls' dorm floors after eight, not the reverse.
• Karuizawa Kei showed Tatsuya Sakuya her score of seventy-four on Horikita's practice questions and asked for praise for helping the girls study.
• Karuizawa Kei displayed her new cherry-blossom-pink manicure and tried to prompt Tatsuya Sakuya to compliment it.
• Tatsuya Sakuya noticed Karuizawa Kei's coughing, checked her forehead, and gave her cold medicine instead of noticing her manicure.
• Karuizawa Kei grew annoyed and stood in front of Tatsuya Sakuya to confront him.

Karuizawa Kei returned to her dorm with the cold medicine after teasing Tatsuya Sakuya, then confronted memories of her middle-school bullying and the scar it left. With a mild fever and renewed trust in Sakuya, she swallowed the medicine just after it expired, hoping it might help her past.

• Karuizawa Kei poked Tatsuya Sakuya, called him an idiot, and rushed out of Room 217 with the cold medicine.
• Back in her dorm, Kei collapsed against the door as her illness brought back memories of the bullying she suffered in middle school.
• Kei saw the scar on her abdomen and recalled the abuse that had left it, then thought of Sakuya's promise to protect her and his choice to make her a class representative.
• Kei measured a mild fever and noticed that the medicine had expired one minute earlier.
• Kei swallowed the expired pills with warm water, hoping they could cure her past.

With the midterms a week away, Tatsuya Sakuya attended Class 1-D’s study session and noticed that Class 1-C was absent from the library. He went upstairs to investigate whether they were studying there, while insisting to himself that he was not slacking off.

• Class 1-D studied intensely as Yukimura Teruhiko urged his classmates to prepare properly instead of relying on past exam papers.
• Karuizawa Kei brought Tatsuya Sakuya strawberry milk as thanks for the cold medicine and became flustered when he complimented her nails.
• After school, Class 1-D began its usual library study session, with Tatsuya Sakuya tasked with gathering information about the other classes.
• Tatsuya Sakuya noticed that Class 1-C’s usual library spot was empty and wondered why they had not come to study.
• Tatsuya Sakuya went upstairs in the library to check whether Class 1-C was studying there.

Tatsuya Sakuya learned from Ichinose Honami that the midterm exam scope had changed, then informed Class 1-D. Chabashira Sae admitted she had forgotten to tell them, leaving the class to revise its study plans with only a few days before the exam.

• Tatsuya Sakuya searched the library’s second floor for Class 1-C and a bunny girl upperclassman, but found neither and instead ran into Ichinose Honami studying.
• Ichinose Honami showed Tatsuya Sakuya the revised midterm exam scope, which Hoshinomiya Chie had announced to Class 1-B.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Hirata Yousuke, Karuizawa Kei, Kushida Kikyou, Horikita Suzune, and the others that the exam scope had changed.
• Hirata’s group confronted Chabashira Sae, who said she had received the notice but accidentally forgotten to inform Class 1-D.
• Horikita Suzune photographed the updated scope and asked Hirata and Kushida Kikyou to share it, then left to revise the class’s study materials.

With midterms looming, Karuizawa Kei went to Keyaki Mall to celebrate Tatsuya Sakuya’s birthday, only to be pulled into a joint birthday party with their teachers. The chapter ended with the four of them smearing cake on one another in the KTV room.

• Karuizawa Kei received Tatsuya Sakuya’s invitation to KTV and learned it was his birthday, so she hurried to meet him with a box of chocolates.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Karuizawa Kei encountered the drunken Hoshinomiya Chie and Chabashira Sae in a private room at Keyaki Mall.
• Hoshinomiya Chie brought Tatsuya Sakuya and Karuizawa Kei into the room and arranged a joint birthday celebration for Tatsuya Sakuya and Chabashira Sae.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Chabashira Sae made wishes and blew out the candles on a fruit cake.
• Hoshinomiya Chie smeared cake on Chabashira Sae, and Karuizawa Kei and Tatsuya Sakuya joined the cake fight.