Chapter Summaries

Class 1-D took its midterm exams after Chabashira Sae promised a summer island trip if the class passed both the midterms and final exams. The exams ended, leaving Sudo Ken worried about his English performance while the class awaited its results.

• Chabashira Sae announced that she would consider taking the first-years on a summer island trip if Class 1-D passed the midterms and final exams.
• Tatsuya Sakuya took the social studies, Japanese, chemistry, and mathematics exams, which closely followed the past exam questions.
• Sudo Ken told Ike Kanji that he had not memorized the English past questions and regretted neglecting them.
• Chabashira Sae administered the English exam, during which Sudo Ken repeatedly sighed and Tatsuya Sakuya kept his own score under control.
• After collecting the final papers, Chabashira Sae told Sudo Ken that the midterm results would likely arrive in about seven business days.

Class 1-D received its midterm results, and Sudo Ken was set to be expelled after failing English despite the class’s high average. Tatsuya Sakuya noticed his English score was unexpectedly seventy and wondered whether Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune had secretly affected the results.

• Tatsuya Sakuya met Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi in the elevator, and Sakayanagi thanked him for providing the real midterm questions.
• Chabashira Sae posted Class 1-D’s midterm results, revealing that Tatsuya Sakuya had scored seventy in English and perfect scores in his other subjects.
• Chabashira Sae announced that Sudo Ken had failed English with thirty-nine points because the class average was 86.4, putting him below the passing threshold of forty-three.
• Ike and Yamauchi Haruki checked Sudo Ken’s exam papers but found no scoring error, while Chabashira Sae told him to submit a withdrawal application after school.
• Koenji Rokusuke criticized Sudo Ken for failing despite having the real questions, and Tatsuya Sakuya noticed Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune had left their seats.

After Sudo Ken failed the midterm, Tatsuya Sakuya offered to keep him from expulsion in exchange for a million Private Points, and Sudo signed the contract. They went to the faculty office to have Chabashira Sae witness it, but she had not returned yet.

• Sudo Ken panicked over his failing midterm and begged Tatsuya Sakuya to help him avoid expulsion.
• Tatsuya Sakuya offered to help in exchange for a million Private Points, with monthly installments and ten percent annual interest.
• Sudo Ken agreed to the contract and signed it, accepting that he would owe Tatsuya Sakuya the points if he stayed enrolled.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Sudo Ken went to the faculty office, where Chabashira Sae was absent and Hoshinomiya Chie was celebrating Class 1-B's strong midterm results.

Tatsuya Sakuya secured a witnessed debt contract to keep Sudo Ken at school, then found a cheaper alternative to paying for altered exam scores. The chapter ended with Sudo scheduled to take a makeup exam in one week, with expulsion still looming if he failed.

• Tatsuya Sakuya had Hoshinomiya Chie witness his one-million-point loan contract with Sudo Ken, which required Sudo to repay twenty thousand points monthly with ten percent annual interest.
• Horikita Suzune brought Tatsuya Sakuya to the rooftop, where Chabashira Sae said exempting Sudo from expulsion by changing his exam score would cost four hundred thousand Private Points.
• Tatsuya Sakuya admitted that he, Horikita Suzune, and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka could not gather enough points to pay for the score change.
• Tatsuya Sakuya proposed buying Sudo Ken a makeup exam instead, and Chabashira Sae agreed to arrange one for two hundred thousand Private Points.
• Horikita Suzune thanked Tatsuya Sakuya, while Chabashira Sae warned that Sudo Ken would be expelled if he failed the makeup exam in one week.

Tatsuya Sakuya clarified the make-up exam rules after paying 200,000 points to secure Sudo Ken another chance. Sudo learned he needed only four more points than his midterm score and left determined to study for the exam in seven days.

• Tatsuya Sakuya returned to Chabashira Sae to ask about the make-up exam’s scope and passing score.
• Chabashira Sae explained that the exam would cover the same material as the midterm and that Sudo Ken needed 43 points to avoid expulsion.
• Tatsuya Sakuya told Sudo Ken that he had secured a make-up exam in seven days, but Sudo protested that he still had to take a test after signing the agreement.
• Tatsuya Sakuya revealed that Sudo’s midterm score of 39 left him only four points short of passing.
• Sudo Ken thanked Tatsuya Sakuya and vowed to study seriously for the next seven days.

After midterms, Tatsuya Sakuya agreed to teach Hasebe Haruka and Airi Sakura how to swim the next morning. At the gym, he encountered Horikita Manabu, who asked whether Horikita Suzune had been growing.

• Tatsuya Sakuya joined Hasebe Haruka and Airi Sakura for lunch, and Haruka reminded him of his promise to teach them swimming.
• Airi Sakura reluctantly agreed to join them, and the three arranged to meet at the indoor swimming pool the next morning.
• Tatsuya Sakuya went to the gym and encountered Student Council President Horikita Manabu.
• Horikita Manabu asked whether Horikita Suzune had really been growing, and Tatsuya Sakuya confirmed that she had.

Tatsuya Sakuya met Koenji Rokusuke, Hasebe Haruka, and Airi Sakura at the indoor pool for a private swim. After they greeted each other and agreed to use their first names, Tatsuya began leading warm-ups, but Haruka jumped into the water before finishing.

• Tatsuya Sakuya arrived at the empty pool and found Koenji Rokusuke swimming and admiring his physique.
• Hasebe Haruka brought a bashful Airi Sakura out of the changing area in their swimsuits.
• Haruka asked Tatsuya what he thought of Airi's swimsuit, and the group discussed how to address one another by their first names.
• Tatsuya began demonstrating stretches and ankle exercises before swimming.
• Haruka waved off the warm-up and leaped into the pool to get used to the water.

Tatsuya Sakuya taught Haruka and Airi Sakura to swim, but Haruka crossed into the deep end and nearly drowned. He rescued her with CPR, and the chapter left Haruka embarrassed after waking to find he had given her rescue breaths.

• Tatsuya Sakuya corrected Haruka's swimming technique and helped her practice floating and kicking.
• Tatsuya Sakuya guided the nervous Airi Sakura through warm-ups and swimming practice.
• Haruka crossed the warning line into deep water, sank, and lost consciousness.
• Tatsuya Sakuya pulled Haruka from the pool and performed rescue breaths and chest compressions until she woke.
• Haruka blushed and confronted Tatsuya Sakuya about the rescue breaths, while Airi Sakura hugged her in relief.

After recovering from a swimming cramp, Hasebe Haruka felt embarrassed about her memories of Tatsuya Sakuya. The next morning, Tatsuya Sakuya went to check on the absent Horikita Suzune, walked in while she was changing, and was punished before they both arrived late to class.

• Tatsuya Sakuya scolded Hasebe Haruka for swimming without warming up, and Airi Sakura helped stretch her muscles as Haruka remembered waking up close to him.
• Tatsuya Sakuya noticed Horikita Suzune was missing from class, and Kushida Kikyou asked him to check her room.
• Tatsuya Sakuya found Horikita Suzune's door unlocked and entered, discovering she was changing after tearing her uniform.
• Horikita Suzune finished changing and struck Tatsuya Sakuya with a hand chop for entering her room, leaving them both late for class.

Class 1-D received 78 Class Points for June after earning a reward for everyone passing the midterms and losing points to tardiness and rule violations. At a cafeteria meeting, the students agreed to continue study sessions and unanimously made Ayanokouji Kiyotaka a Class Committee member.

• Chabashira Sae announced that Class 1-D had earned 100 Class Points for passing the midterms but lost 22 points, leaving the class with 78 for June.
• Tatsuya Sakuya invited Ayanokouji Kiyotaka to the cafeteria, where they found Hirata Yousuke, Horikita Suzune, Oda Kikyou, Karuizawa Kei, and Kushida Kikyou gathered.
• Hirata Yousuke thanked Tatsuya Sakuya and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka for helping Sudo Ken secure a makeup exam and avoid expulsion.
• Horikita Suzune proposed continuing regular study sessions so the class could prepare for final exams without relying on makeup exams.
• Tatsuya Sakuya called for a vote to nominate Ayanokouji Kiyotaka as a Class Committee member, and everyone except Ayanokouji unanimously approved.

Class 1-D agreed to focus on improving for the next exam instead of relying on purchased past papers. Tatsuya Sakuya then noticed Airi Sakura’s resemblance to a print model and had to rush to the library to return an overdue book.

• Horikita Suzune persuaded Class 1-D to support preparing for the next exam through their own efforts, and the majority drowned out the dissenting students.
• Tatsuya Sakuya recognized the print model in Ike Kanji’s magazine as Airi Sakura without her glasses, but said he was unsure when asked.
• Tatsuya Sakuya silently pointed out that Hasebe Haruka was holding her textbook upside down, making her blush and hide her face.
• Tatsuya Sakuya received a library reminder that his renewal limit had run out and hurried to return Wilderness Survival: Bear Grylls' Autobiography before the library closed.

Tatsuya Sakuya ran into Shiina Hiyori in the library after she reserved the survival book he had been trying to renew, and the two read together as old companions. Their conversation turned to his possible expulsion and the upcoming Deserted Island Exam, and Shiina revealed she had handled Class 1-C’s midterm study scope for Ryuen Kakeru.

• Tatsuya Sakuya found that another student had reserved Wilderness Survival: Bear Grylls' Autobiography and went to return it to the shelves.
• Shiina Hiyori met Tatsuya Sakuya and admitted she had reserved the book because she wanted to read it and learn what her reading companion had been reading.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Shiina Hiyori sat together and read quietly, then discussed his possible expulsion and promised to keep reading together.
• Shiina Hiyori asked whether Tatsuya Sakuya was preparing for the Deserted Island Exam with the survival book.
• Tatsuya Sakuya guessed that Shiina Hiyori had handled Class 1-C’s midterm exam, and she confirmed Ryuen Kakeru had assigned her to narrow the exam scope.

Tatsuya Sakuya met Shiina Hiyori and later went to the rooftop after Kushida Kikyou summoned him. Kushida showed him a gravure blog featuring the popular model Shizuku, who she suspected might be Sakura Airi.

• Tatsuya Sakuya reflected that Shiina Hiyori would be a more considerate leader for Class 1-C than Ryuen Kakeru, and Shiina offered to return his library books for him.
• Tatsuya Sakuya checked the class standings and saw that Class 1-D had 78 CP, far behind the other classes.
• Kushida Kikyou quietly asked Tatsuya Sakuya to meet her alone on the rooftop after school.
• Tatsuya Sakuya brought a voice recorder to the rooftop, where Kushida asked whether he was close with Sakura Airi.
• Kushida Kikyou showed Tatsuya Sakuya photos of Shizuku on a blog and said classmates suspected the model was Sakura Airi.

Tatsuya Sakuya wondered whether Kushida Kikyou’s brief reaction to her old blog had been genuine, then found Airi Sakura alone with her camera and agreed to take photos with her on Saturday. Airi fled when he invited her to dinner, leaving Sakuya to head back toward the dorms without eating.

• Tatsuya Sakuya asked Kushida Kikyou whether she still used her blog, and she said she had stopped for certain reasons.
• After school, Tatsuya Sakuya wandered along the main road while thinking about Kushida Kikyou’s reaction.
• Tatsuya Sakuya found Airi Sakura sitting alone with her camera and asked whether she had taken any photos.
• Airi Sakura asked Tatsuya Sakuya to take photos with her on Saturday, and he agreed.
• Tatsuya Sakuya invited Airi Sakura to dinner, but she hurried back to the dormitory, so he decided to return there too.

Tatsuya Sakuya learned that Sakayanagi planned to give him a gift during the next Deserted Island Exam, while Kamuro Masumi left without discovering how he had prevented a Class 1-D student from being expelled. After class, Ike, Yamauchi, and Ayanokouji discussed dating and youth.

• Kamuro Masumi confronted Tatsuya Sakuya at his dorm and asked how he had prevented a Class 1-D student from being expelled, but he refused to explain.
• Kamuro Masumi speculated about Tatsuya Sakuya's abilities, then became embarrassed when her stomach growled and he offered her food.
• Kamuro Masumi relayed Sakayanagi's message that she would give Tatsuya Sakuya a gift during the next Deserted Island Exam.
• Tatsuya Sakuya wondered what Sakayanagi's gift would be, then turned his attention to finding dinner.
• After class, Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki talked about wanting girlfriends and praised Ichinose Honami and Kushida; Ayanokouji Kiyotaka replied that he had no experience with romance.

Tatsuya Sakuya accompanied Airi Sakura to the walkway by the Old School Building and photographed her as she transformed into her confident “Shizuku” persona. After spending most of the day taking pictures, he suggested they take one together as a keepsake.

• Tatsuya Sakuya welcomed Airi Sakura and carried her backpack to their classroom so she could retrieve her camera and change.
• Airi Sakura changed into a school-uniform outfit and led Tatsuya Sakuya to the quiet walkway near the Old School Building.
• Tatsuya Sakuya praised Airi Sakura’s beauty and began photographing her after she removed her glasses and let down her twin-tails.
• With Tatsuya Sakuya’s patient guidance, Airi Sakura grew confident and posed for photos for most of the day.
• Tatsuya Sakuya suggested that he and Airi Sakura take a photo together as a keepsake.

Tatsuya Sakuya and Airi Sakura asked Asahina Nazuna to take a photo of them together at the Old School Building. After helping them pose close together, Asahina Nazuna teased that they looked like first-year students who had just started dating.

• Airi Sakura worried that they could not take a photo together because they had no tripod.
• Tatsuya Sakuya found Asahina Nazuna and asked her to take their picture.
• Asahina Nazuna admired Airi Sakura's appearance and agreed to help.
• Asahina Nazuna told Tatsuya Sakuya and Airi Sakura to stand closer together, making Airi Sakura flustered.
• Tatsuya Sakuya and Airi Sakura posed shoulder to shoulder and smiled for two photos.
• Asahina Nazuna praised the pictures and teased them about having just started dating.

After Asahina Nazuna mistook Tatsuya Sakuya and Airi Sakura for a couple, the two headed back toward the dormitory and stumbled upon Class 1-C members provoking Sudo Ken. Tatsuya had Airi secretly record the confrontation as the fight began, leaving Sudo ready to strike back.

• Asahina Nazuna called Tatsuya Sakuya and Airi Sakura a couple and wished them a good weekend date, flustering Airi while Tatsuya calmly thanked her for the photos.
• Airi changed back into her usual school uniform, and she walked beside Tatsuya as they headed toward the dormitory.
• Tatsuya and Airi heard Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya, and Kondo taunting Sudo Ken in a surveillance blind spot; Tatsuya recognized Ryuen Kakeru's plan to provoke Sudo into attacking first.
• Tatsuya told Airi to secretly record the confrontation, and she aimed her camera at the group.
• Ishizaki attacked Sudo, the others joined the fight, and Sudo finally prepared to fight back.

Sudo Ken fought back after Ishizaki Daichi and two Class 1-C students attacked him, while Tatsuya Sakuya obtained clear footage proving they started the fight. Ryuen Kakeru ordered Albert to worsen the attackers’ injuries so they could frame Sudo, leaving Class 1-D facing a formal complaint.

• Ishizaki Daichi and his companions attacked Sudo Ken, who knocked all three down and drove them away.
• Airi Sakura recorded the confrontation, and Tatsuya Sakuya thanked her and invited her to dinner.
• Ishizaki, Komiya, and Kondo told Ryuen Kakeru that they had provoked Sudo and been beaten.
• Ryuen judged their injuries too minor to secure Sudo’s expulsion and ordered Albert Yamada to make them look worse.
• Ryuen instructed the three to get medical reports and file a complaint against Sudo with the Student Council on Monday.

Class 1-D learned that its monthly Private Points had been withheld because Ken Sudō was accused of fighting three Class 1-C students, leaving him at risk of expulsion and the class at risk of losing 300 Class Points. During the break, a purple-haired upperclasswoman entered the classroom.

• Tatsuya Sakuya considered using Airi Sakura's video of the confrontation to pressure Ryuen Kakeru into giving Class 1-D points.
• Horikita Suzune told Tatsuya Sakuya that no Private Points had arrived in her account, and he guessed that something bad had happened.
• Chabashira Sae wrote the classes' point totals on the board, showing Class 1-D had 78 Class Points.
• Chabashira Sae announced that the school had withheld Class 1-D's Private Points while investigating Ken Sudō's alleged fight with three Class 1-C students.
• Chabashira Sae warned that Ken Sudō could be expelled and Class 1-D could lose 300 Class Points if he was found solely responsible.
• A purple-haired upperclasswoman entered Class 1-D's classroom during the break.