Chapter Summaries

Bai Yi grew anxious when Yan Huan declined her invitation, then helped Ye Shiyu choose makeup and accessories while worrying that Ye Shiyu was becoming a rival for Yan Huan. At the mall, Bai Yi spotted someone resembling Hitomi Sakuramiya in a nursing room, and she and Ye Shiyu cautiously approached to investigate.

• Bai Yi invited Yan Huan out, but he said he had other plans, leaving her to worry that he was angry or interested in someone else.
• Ye Shiyu asked Bai Yi for help choosing cosmetics and accessories, and she bought makeup after seeing how it changed her appearance.
• Bai Yi tried to provoke Ye Shiyu by mentioning that Yan Huan had plans, but Ye Shiyu pointed out that he had not agreed to date Bai Yi.
• Ye Shiyu treated Bai Yi to milk tea and asked her to help choose a manicure.
• Bai Yi saw someone with mouse ears in a mall nursing room and alerted Ye Shiyu; they cautiously went to investigate.

Hitomi Sakuramiya joined Yan Huan and Spencer’s effort to reconcile Spencer and An Le, offering You Anlina’s movie tickets as a way to lure An Le to a mall with an adult specialty shop. After the plan was set, Hitomi Sakuramiya asked Yan Huan to call her Hitomi, but he could not bring himself to do it and asked for time.

• Spencer mistook Hitomi Sakuramiya’s offer to join their plan as a threat to her relationship with Yan Huan, but Hitomi Sakuramiya clarified that she genuinely wanted to help Spencer reconcile with An Le.
• Yan Huan explained their plan to invite An Le to an event where Spencer would cosplay and Miyake would distribute her illustrated books, but they found no suitable convention in Linmen.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya proposed using two movie tickets from You Anlina to invite An Le to a mall with an adult specialty shop, and Spencer reluctantly accepted them before deciding she would invite Yan Huan to a movie herself later.
• Yan Huan contacted Miyake Huhu while Spencer called home, and Hitomi Sakuramiya arranged to ask Nara to secure space at the mall for the next day.
• In the corridor, Hitomi Sakuramiya asked Yan Huan to call her Hitomi; he hesitated and asked for time, then agreed that she could secretly watch their plan the next day.

Yan Huan took An Le to the mall for a movie while Spencer and Teacher Miyake prepared a reconciliation surprise, but unexpected arrivals complicated his plan. Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi entered an empty nursing room, where a different Hitomi Sakuramiya appeared holding a letter.

• Yan Huan and An Le rode a taxi to the mall, collected An Le's milk tea, and watched a movie while Yan Huan coordinated the surprise with Spencer and Teacher Miyake.
• Spencer endured makeup preparations for her cosplay and cried out for Yan Huan when the makeup artist tried to put colored contacts in her eyes.
• After the movie, Yan Huan spotted Hitomi Sakuramiya, Ye Shiyu, and Bai Yi at the mall and discovered Ye Shiyu's entries had shifted toward self-discipline and a neutral state.
• Yan Huan led An Le toward the adult-book shop while worrying that seeing them together might undo Ye Shiyu's progress.
• Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi found a letter in the nursing room, then encountered Hitomi Sakuramiya, who picked up the envelope and greeted them.

Yan Huan claimed a Demon’s Favor and remembered the Compass of Love, which pointed to Meow-chan when he searched for “Useless Meow-chan.” Meanwhile, the Sakuramiyas crossed a balloon-filled barrier to find Perfect Sakuramiya, who grabbed Petite Sakuramiya and declared she would kill her.

• An Le told Yan Huan that Vice President Sakuramiya had been locking her bedroom door at night, and Yan Huan entered the Demon Shop to claim his weekly free reward.
• Yan Huan received a Demon’s Favor that could enhance his demon abilities, then recalled the Compass of Love and summoned it.
• Yan Huan tested the compass by thinking of “Useless Meow-chan,” and it pointed directly at Meow-chan.
• Petite Sakuramiya, Reckless Sakuramiya, and Mousey Sakuramiya crossed a balloon-filled barrier, where memories from their friends’ balloons encouraged Mousey Sakuramiya.
• The three Sakuramiyas found Perfect Sakuramiya asleep on a balloon, but she grabbed Petite Sakuramiya and said she had come to kill her.

Hitomi Sakuramiya tried to undermine Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi’s chances of becoming Yan Huan’s dance partner, while Yan Huan arranged a surprise celebration for An Le and Spencer to reconcile. The chapter ended as An Le faced Spencer’s plea to make up, while Yan Huan left after spotting Hitomi Sakuramiya attack her mouse-eared clone.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya teased Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi about buying dance clothes, but both resisted her bait and stayed calm.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya found Barriers in the mall’s nursing rooms, read the letter addressed to the children, and set out to kill Insecure Sakuramiya.
• Yan Huan helped Miyake Huhu and the community surprise An Le with a celebration of her work, where An Le drew on a cake as everyone cheered.
• Spencer appeared in cosplay and asked An Le to hand over her story, but Yan Huan left the bookstore after seeing Hitomi Sakuramiya attack her mouse-eared clone.
• An Le went outside looking for Yan Huan, and Spencer followed to tell her she wanted to make up and urged her to keep drawing.
• Little Finger feared that An Le might drop another Modifier Fragment as she stood silently facing Spencer.

Reckless Sakuramiya sacrificed herself to help Petite Sakuramiya and Insecure Sakuramiya escape Perfect Sakuramiya's hunt through the Barriers. Perfect Sakuramiya planned to continue hunting them while helping An Le and Spencer reconcile, as Yan Huan and An Le prepared for their movie outing.

• Reckless Sakuramiya freed Petite Sakuramiya from Perfect Sakuramiya, and the fugitives fled across the balloons in Reflective Sakuramiya's Barrier.
• Perfect Sakuramiya destroyed their escape routes and explained that she had killed other Sakuramiyas to absorb their strengths and reshape Hitomi.
• Petite Sakuramiya persuaded Yan Huan's balloon to carry them to the exit because Perfect Sakuramiya refused to attack his likeness.
• Perfect Sakuramiya ambushed the fugitives at the doorway with a Chainsaw, and Reckless Sakuramiya held her off while Petite Sakuramiya and Insecure Sakuramiya escaped.
• Perfect Sakuramiya killed and absorbed Reckless Sakuramiya, kept her Necklace containing Yan Huan's photograph, and decided to combine her hunt with helping An Le and Spencer reconcile.
• Perfect Sakuramiya messaged Yan Huan that she might arrive late, and Yan Huan felt uneasy while An Le expressed excitement about their morning movie outing.

An Le reconciled with Spencer as Yan Huan entered the Mother-and-Baby Room to search for the mouse-eared Sakuramiya. He rescued Mousey Sakuramiya and Petite Sakuramiya from Perfect Sakuramiya’s pursuit, then found a message from Mom Sakuramiya directing him to the end of the corridor.

• An Le asked Spencer whether her offer to help still stood, then told her she no longer needed help and agreed to make up with her.
• Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu arrived and searched for Yan Huan, while An Le asked Spencer whether Xiao Huan had helped arrange the reconciliation.
• Yan Huan entered the empty Mother-and-Baby Room and used the Compass of Love to follow Mousey Sakuramiya into a pixelated Barrier.
• Perfect Sakuramiya chased Petite Sakuramiya and Mousey Sakuramiya through the dark corridor, cornering them in a small room.
• Yan Huan opened the room and found both Sakuramiyas; Petite Sakuramiya clung to him as he comforted her and asked what had happened.
• A message from Mom Sakuramiya told Yan Huan to take the two Sakuramiyas straight to the room at the corridor’s end, while Perfect Sakuramiya discovered they had escaped.

Bai Yi failed to arrange a date with Yan Huan, then went shopping with Ye Shiyu, who began learning makeup and fashion to appeal to him. The two spotted someone resembling Hitomi Sakuramiya inside a mall nursing room and approached to investigate.

• Bai Yi invited Yan Huan out, but he declined, leaving her to worry that he was angry or interested in someone else.
• Ye Shiyu asked Bai Yi to help her choose makeup and clothes, and Bai Yi was unsettled by how attractive and composed she looked.
• Bai Yi tried to provoke Ye Shiyu by mentioning Yan Huan's plans, but Ye Shiyu calmly pointed out that he had not accepted Bai Yi's invitation or become her boyfriend.
• Ye Shiyu bought makeup and asked Bai Yi to take her shopping for a manicure and milk tea.
• Bai Yi spotted someone wearing mouse ears in a nursing room and told Ye Shiyu; they cautiously went to investigate.

Yan Huan entered Mom Sakuramiya’s barrier and met the many Sakuramiya personalities, who explained their plan to rescue Hitomi from Perfect Sakuramiya. After Yan Huan proposed using dreams to reach Dream Sakuramiya and questioned whether Hitomi herself might be trying to kill the others, the barrier fell silent.

• Yan Huan pretended he had only just learned about barriers while Petite Sakuramiya and Mousey Sakuramiya accompanied him through Mom Sakuramiya’s barrier.
• Yan Huan entered the Greenhouse, where the other Sakuramiyas crowded around him, introduced themselves, and explained that Perfect Sakuramiya was hunting them while holding Hitomi inside her barrier.
• Mom Sakuramiya proposed finding Dream Sakuramiya so Yan Huan could help through dreams without revealing his involvement to Perfect Sakuramiya, but Cool Sakuramiya said Lazy Sakuramiya’s death had cut them off from the dream barrier.
• Yan Huan reasoned that Perfect Sakuramiya had absorbed Lazy Sakuramiya and suggested making Perfect Sakuramiya fall asleep to restore access to Dream Sakuramiya.
• Yan Huan questioned whether Perfect Sakuramiya was truly the one trying to kill the Sakuramiyas, suggesting that Hitomi herself might be responsible, and the room fell silent.

Yan Huan left the Sakuramiyas’ hidden refuge and joined An Le, Spencer, Ye Shiyu, and Bai Yi at a bookstore gathering after An Le and Spencer reconciled. He tried to steer Ye Shiyu away from hypnosis-themed books, but she grabbed his wrist in the bookstore’s supposedly wholesome section.

• Yan Huan comforted the Sakuramiyas, promised to keep their refuge secret, and discovered that their gifts vanished when he left the barrier.
• An Le bluffed her way past Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi, then joined Spencer in the bookstore as the reconciliation gathering got underway.
• Yan Huan welcomed Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi to the gathering, and Ye Shiyu blushed when he complimented her makeup.
• Yan Huan found Ye Shiyu browsing the hypnosis and brainwashing section and led her to the pure romance and wholesome shelf instead.
• Yan Huan spotted questionable adoptive-sibling titles on the shelf, and Ye Shiyu grabbed his wrist as she addressed him.

Yan Huan took An Le to the mall for a movie while coordinating a surprise reconciliation with Spencer and Teacher Miyake. The plan was disrupted when Ye Shiyu, Bai Yi, and a mysterious version of Hitomi Sakuramiya appeared, leaving the women facing one another in the Mother-and-Baby Room.

• Yan Huan and An Le took a taxi to the mall, where An Le secretly paid for milk tea after Yan Huan bought their movie tickets.
• Spencer endured makeup and colored contacts as she prepared for a cosplay with Little Bird and Teacher Miyake.
• After the movie, Yan Huan spotted Hitomi Sakuramiya near the Mother-and-Baby Room and learned from Plane that Sakuramiya had not arrived yet.
• Yan Huan saw Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi near the room, noticed Ye Shiyu's altered movie poster and signs of self-discipline, and nervously led An Le toward the adult bookstore.
• Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi entered the empty Mother-and-Baby Room, felt an unseen presence touch them, and found a letter on a table.
• A smiling Hitomi Sakuramiya without mouse ears appeared inside the room, picked up the envelope, and greeted Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi.

Yan Huan and Ye Shiyu shared an awkwardly intimate moment over a hypnosis doujinshi, while Bai Yi prepared to reconcile with Yan Huan and give him flowers. Bai Yi’s planned surprise ended with her facing An Le instead, leaving her stunned and sweating.

• Ye Shiyu grabbed Yan Huan’s hand, and he used the doujinshi’s wholesome romance to warn her against misusing hypnosis.
• Ye Shiyu shyly asked whether Yan Huan would like her if she acted like the adoptive older sister in the story, and he answered yes.
• The poster added the tags “pure love” and “fresh” after Ye Shiyu’s confession, and Spencer called Yan Huan over to see his finished drawing.
• Bai Yi returned with a bouquet and secretly followed Yan Huan, hoping to reconcile and invite him to the High Table Banquet after Final Exams.
• Bai Yi posed with the flowers outside a room, but An Le emerged instead, and Bai Yi dropped the bouquet in shock.

Hitomi Sakuramiya tried to provoke Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi into giving up their chances to dance with Yan Huan, while Yan Huan helped An Le and Spencer attempt to reconcile at a surprise celebration. Yan Huan left the bookstore after spotting Hitomi Sakuramiya attacking a mouse-eared double, and An Le faced Spencer’s heartfelt plea alone.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya failed to provoke Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi with hints about dancewear, then discovered a letter signed by Mama... Sakuramiya and found that the mall’s Mother-and-Baby Rooms had become barriers.
• Yan Huan used messages to help Ye Shiyu regain her resolve and brought An Le to a bookstore surprise celebrating her work as Teacher Ping Xi.
• An Le drew on a cake with frosting, and Meow-chan found a Snake Scale fragment after An Le dropped a Modifier Fragment that caused Little Finger pain.
• Spencer appeared in a cosplay outfit and asked An Le to make up with her, but Yan Huan spotted Hitomi Sakuramiya attacking a mouse-eared double and left the bookstore.
• An Le went looking for Yan Huan, and Spencer followed to tell her she wanted to reconcile and urged her to keep drawing.

An Le encouraged Spencer to reconcile with her and taught her about romantic intimacy, while Yan Huan tried to avoid Bai Yi’s invitation to the High Table Banquet. Bai Yi confessed that she genuinely liked him and kissed him before he could explain the truth about his earlier confession.

• Bai Yi confronted An Le at the Bookstore, then followed Yan Huan and offered him flowers while asking him to dance at the end-of-term High Table Banquet.
• An Le learned that Spencer still wanted to be close to Yan Huan and agreed to teach her about affection, leaving Spencer flustered by the advice.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya entered and apologized to An Le and Spencer, asking them to stop giving each other the silent treatment.
• Yan Huan tried to use the Doujin Club as an excuse to avoid Bai Yi’s dance invitation, but Bai Yi pinned him to the wall and admitted she regretted rejecting his confession.
• Yan Huan began to reveal that his earlier confession had not been genuine, but Bai Yi kissed him before he could finish.

An Le and Spencer made up, while Yan Huan entered a strange pixelated Barrier in search of Mousey Sakuramiya. He rescued Petite Sakuramiya and Mousey Sakuramiya from Perfect Sakuramiya and learned that Mom Sakuramiya wanted him to bring them to her.

• An Le asked whether Spencer’s promise to help her still stood, then told Spencer she no longer needed help and agreed to make up with her.
• Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu found An Le and Spencer together, and An Le asked whether Xiao Huan had secretly helped arrange their reconciliation.
• Yan Huan used the Compass of Love to find Mousey Sakuramiya, entered the pixelated Mother-and-Baby Room, and discovered a dark doorway leading onward.
• Perfect Sakuramiya chased Petite Sakuramiya and Mousey Sakuramiya through the corridor, but Yan Huan appeared and rescued them from a sealed room.
• Mom Sakuramiya left Yan Huan a message telling him to bring the two Sakuramiyas to her, while Perfect Sakuramiya realized they had escaped through a trick.

Yan Huan and Bai Yi made up after kissing, and he promised to surprise her with the romantic confession she wanted. At dinner with their friends, the Sakuramiya Barriers shook again, and Perfect Sakuramiya quietly began a new plan as time ran short.

• Yan Huan apologized to Bai Yi, and they reconciled as she asked him to stop giving her the cold shoulder and to be more attentive on Plane and Moments.
• Yan Huan hinted that he would arrange a romantic confession with flowers and a date, but kept the details secret to preserve the surprise.
• Yan Huan and Bai Yi joined Sakuramiya and the others for dinner, where Hitomi Sakuramiya noticed the group’s affectionate, cheerful mood.
• The Sakuramiya Barriers shook violently, and Perfect Sakuramiya realized she had less time left before turning to a new plan and peeling shrimp for everyone.

Yan Huan entered Mom Sakuramiya’s Barrier and met the many Sakuramiya personalities, who explained that Perfect Sakuramiya was hunting them and that Hitomi was trapped. After Yan Huan proposed a way to reach Dream Sakuramiya, he questioned whether Hitomi herself—not Perfect Sakuramiya—was the one trying to kill the others, leaving the Barrier in stunned silence.

• Yan Huan pretended he had only just learned about Barriers as Petite Sakuramiya and Mousey Sakuramiya brought him into a Greenhouse filled with other Sakuramiyas.
• The Sakuramiyas welcomed Yan Huan, and Mom Sakuramiya explained that they needed to find Perfect Sakuramiya’s Barrier and rescue Hitomi without alerting her.
• Mom Sakuramiya revealed that Dream Sakuramiya’s dream Barrier could let Yan Huan help without Perfect Sakuramiya noticing, but Cool Sakuramiya said it was unreachable because Lazy Sakuramiya had been killed and Hitomi no longer dreamed.
• Yan Huan suggested making Perfect Sakuramiya fall asleep to restore access to Dream Sakuramiya, and the Sakuramiyas agreed that Cool Sakuramiya would sense whether it worked.
• After learning that the Delivery Room was Hitomi’s Brain Command Center, Yan Huan questioned whether Hitomi herself was the one who truly wanted to kill the Sakuramiyas, and they fell silent.

After the gathering, Yan Huan gave An Le a drawing tablet, saw her off when her parents called her home, and brought a camera from the Sakuramiya Barrier to his bedroom. He discussed how to make Perfect Sakuramiya sleep with the Sakuramiyas, then chose Reproduction Fragments while Meow-chan objected.

• Yan Huan gave An Le a drawing tablet, and she said she would need to go home because her parents were returning from the hospital.
• Yan Huan saw An Le off in a taxi and agreed to take down a camera so he could communicate with the Sakuramiyas from home.
• Yan Huan connected the camera in his bedroom and asked the Sakuramiyas for a plan to make Perfect Sakuramiya fall asleep; Mousey Sakuramiya suggested drugging her or using Ether.
• Yan Huan ended the conversation and chose Reproduction Fragments from the weekly reward, prompting Meow-chan to remind him that he had vowed not to pick them.
• Petite Sakuramiya told Mom Sakuramiya that Insecure Sakuramiya felt especially insecure around Yan Huan and had been persuaded to install the camera by Petite Sakuramiya's threat.

Yan Huan left the Sakuramiya Barrier after promising to keep its secrets, then joined An Le and Spencer’s reconciliation gathering with Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi. At the bookstore, he tried to steer Ye Shiyu away from hypnosis and brainwashing books, but she grabbed his wrist after he showed her the pure-love section.

• Yan Huan comforted the Sakuramiyas, promised not to reveal the Barrier, and discovered their gifts vanished when he left it.
• Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu confronted An Le and Spencer at the bookstore, but An Le’s act kept them from suspecting the reconciliation plan.
• Yan Huan arrived and invited Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi inside, where the group celebrated An Le and Spencer making up.
• Yan Huan found Ye Shiyu browsing hypnosis and brainwashing books and led her to the pure-love section instead.
• Yan Huan noticed the section’s adoptive-sibling titles, and Ye Shiyu grabbed his wrist and addressed him as Xiao Huan.

Yan Huan used his new massage skill on You Anlina while trying to build up enough effect to make Hitomi Sakuramiya fall asleep, but You Anlina fell asleep after only two minutes. Hitomi Sakuramiya agreed to let Yan Huan massage her, while Bai Yi decided to visit him and hoped he would confess.

• Yan Huan reviewed his new massage skill and waited for Hitomi Sakuramiya and You Anlina at the Student Council office.
• You Anlina confronted Yan Huan about assigning her work after seeing Bai Yi’s post about his day out, then chased him around the office with scissors.
• Yan Huan offered You Anlina a massage, and she fell asleep within two minutes, leaving him unable to build up the skill’s sleep-inducing effect for Hitomi Sakuramiya.
• Yan Huan told Hitomi Sakuramiya he wanted to repay her help by giving her a massage, and she agreed.
• Bai Yi thought about her growing feelings for Yan Huan, decided to visit him under the excuse of treating him to a meal, and ran toward the Student Council office.