STORY

With the fights against Shishitoren over, Class 1 enthusiastically welcomes Sakura, Nirei, and Suo's return. Their classmates, brimming with interest in the details of the fights, surround them, asking questions. Sakura can’t hide his bashfulness.

However, two classmates stand out from the clamor that’s ensuing: Taiga Tsugeura devotes himself to lifting weights with intense concentration while holding a protein shake in one hand, while another classmate, Mitsuki Kiryu, has earphones in while concentrating on his video game — both in the corner of the classroom.

When Sakura and the others take Tsugeura, who looks rough on the outside but has a friendly interior, to the okonomiyaki restaurant Muscle Power, they come across Kiryu, who’s with a girl…