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Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!

School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off.

Another summer has passed, and fall’s arrival brings with it the excitement of the school’s culture festival! It’s fun event after fun event, with Karino and Azusa cosplaying, Kuze putting a band together, and Atsumu discovering his feminine side. But while everyone is enjoying themselves, third-year eccentric Eno is cooking up a dastardly plan! Just how long can Karino protect Azusa from someone so set on revenge?

178 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2020

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Chise Ogawa

47 books197 followers
Chise Ogawa (name in Japanese: 緒川千世) is the pen name that Shigeyoshi Takagi (高木しげよし) uses for her BL works.
She is the younger twin sister of Satoshi Morie.

She also draws dōjinshi under pen name 余暇 (Yoka) in circle 旧式 (Kyuushiki).

Different language transcriptions for Chise Ogawa:
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Profile Image for Mizuki.
3,380 reviews1,403 followers
March 18, 2021
Twisted mind games, people being horrible to each other and a couple that is unable to know their own feelings, what more can I ask for? LOL

It feels like I'd waited a whole year for this new volume, and it certainly doesn't disappoint! All I can say is the main couple is really, really bad at feelings whilst they spend more time behaving suspiciously like a normal couple. I guess there will be an emotional breakthrough for them in the next volume? I can't wait! XD

PS: I'm glad to know there are female-Kings and male-Queens in another classes.

PSS: I like the side story about the seme from before the Game! Yeah! This one is so yummy!
Profile Image for L Ann.
750 reviews160 followers
November 3, 2025
Even though I didn't like the direction this story went in, I still enjoyed it. Eno is such an annoying character, and I hope we don't have to see him after volume 7.

We learned a little more about Karino in Act 29, and given that new information, I'm starting to rethink some of what I initially thought was going on in his relationship with Azusa. Does he really care for him or not? Is he changing the way he's behaving around him as a way to further manipulate him? It was pretty obvious in the beginning that this was all just a game to him. He couldn't stand Azusa and wanted to break him so that he could see who Azusa really was behind the mask he wore every day. Once he finds out, will he get bored and move on to another next game? A psychopath isn't really capable of falling in love in the traditional sense of the word, so what is he up to?

Atsumu and Kuze got to dress up in costumes for their class's Cultural Day photo shoot activity. Atsumu was a bunny, and DAMN did he look cute in his skirt and heels. I knew Kuze wouldn't be able to wait to get him all to himself, and that image of him tied up on the floor was hot. The faces that boy makes when he's turned on are so indecent. I swear if he ever shows them to anyone besides him, Kuze will go ballistic.

I'm not sure what's going to happen in volume 7, but I really wish Senzaki would come back. The creator said that she wasn't planning on having him come back for the rest of the series, but I can still dream. Oh, and for sure, someone needs to take Eno out - figuratively, of course, lol. There are only two more books left in the series, and I'm ready for a happy conclusion to all of this craziness. This has been a great series.
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402 reviews8 followers
February 7, 2022
Honestly I would recommend this series to no one unless you had similar tastes as I do. This series is messy, twisted, and very juvenile. It deals with a lot of assault (sexual and physical) , mind games, and power dynamics that would probably make most people uncomfortable and could possibly be quite triggering.

But where there is bad, there is also good. If you can look past all of the topics I have listed above, you can find some lovable aspects to the story. You get to follow a variety of characters who you get to see fall in love and each have there own personal growth throughout the series.

There is also the mystery of "who is behind the caste game?" and "why do these students and teachers follow the caste game?" And I hope by the end of the series we do get these answers.



Profile Image for Michelle Easton.
606 reviews35 followers
April 19, 2023
We finally got more about Karino. I genuinely hope that Azusa learns to trust and love Karino, and for Karino to realize that he needs the blond in his life for things not to be so bleak. This game is twisted.
Profile Image for Valia.
661 reviews
December 20, 2024
This review is for the whole series.


I didn't remember much from the first time I started reading this, so I was a bit surprised that we follow so many couples through the different volumes but I liked seeing all the people playing the caste game. I definitely have a favorite couple and I liked how the things ened. It was a fun and interesting journey with less smut and more plot than I expected.
Profile Image for Dylan.
1,023 reviews5 followers
September 20, 2021
CW: Dubious Consent, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Manipulation

This volume was really good. We got to learn a little more back story on Karino, and how he grew up. This volume also focuses on the school festival, which was interesting. I didn't like this as much as the previous volume but I still really enjoyed it.
Profile Image for Rebecca.
1,449 reviews85 followers
September 23, 2021
Am I actually starting to root for Karino and Asuza as a couple? Their dynamic is absolutely toxic and should not be replicated in real life, but within this fictional world I find it so compelling. I don't know how long I'm going to have to wait for the next volume to be translated, but I eagerly await it.
Profile Image for Diomaris.
120 reviews
June 25, 2022
Oh my gosh!!!! This manga just gets better and better! It’s so good! You can definitely see the change in their relationship only to be shattered by that crazy person!! So looking forward to next volume!! ❤️❤️
Profile Image for Nizar.
61 reviews
June 7, 2021
Is this love? I honestly don't know and can't tell. I will need more convincing, but I'm excited to see how this ends. Is this just a game to Karino, I thought not but his backstory has me second-guessing. However, I love the depth of Azusa and definitely see him falling for Karino.

Other than that, I'm not a huge fan of Kuze and Atsumu. The pairings ok but honestly their just not my favourite characters. To this day my favourite character remains Tatsumi and honestly, he's amazing; love his badassery with his Eno confrontation (which overall I'm loving this villain-bully... though I'm wondering how he wields so much power as a Queen?) AND I NEED NEED Senzaki to return.

Other than that decent volume.
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Profile Image for Lexyloowoo.
345 reviews
December 4, 2023
I want for Senzaki to come back so badly. He literally was my favorite character. I appreciate that they put a flashback of him in the book but I want him to be back at the end. Also, I really want to see the one couple that the dude is manipulating the other dude. But I guess they’re not gonna get a book because I’m on the last two books now that I finished number six. But I need for things to be cleared up because what happened in this book was a lot it was a lot I was not. I mean I guess I could expect for the queen of the other class to be a whole asshole, and to come up with an manipulative plan to destroy the king of class 3–2, but dang it!
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Profile Image for Ester.
1,207 reviews68 followers
April 11, 2021
Cada tomo me gusta más. Chise Ogawa está haciendo muy bien el reflejo de una sociedad de castas, semejante a la que había hasta que se consiguió acabar con las monarquías absolutistas. También me ha gustado saber más de Karino. Está claro que ese personaje tiene problemas e plan psicológicos porque no es capaz de canalizar emociones. Ganas mil del 7.
Profile Image for Vivian Lu.
Author 1 book12 followers
February 13, 2024
I’m confused… where are we going? I don’t feel the danger of the changed that was promised. Also, there was like one page that tried to describe the psychological aspect of the game and I wished it went deeper on that end. Regardless, this was still a hot volume. 2.5 ish
Profile Image for Sydney.
31 reviews3 followers
July 20, 2021
this cliff hanger rly fckn me up rn🥲
Profile Image for Laura Noi.
579 reviews19 followers
November 20, 2022
"Cercavano tutti una ragione legittima per poter ferire qualcuno"
Profile Image for Kat Sheeler.
214 reviews
June 15, 2023
I personally didn't like it as much the series I only bought 6 for my bday, and I tried it. I'm not gonna buy the rest due to the fact there all mental frfr
Profile Image for Ochi.
205 reviews1 follower
January 17, 2024
i- bro idk its a mixed feelings, and i hate that bitch class president tho, i forget how it ends but i hope it doesn’t make me angry.
Profile Image for TheFictionQueen.
101 reviews5 followers
June 19, 2024
I think Tatsumi and Senzaki will forever haunt me…
That’s my review.
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269 reviews
September 29, 2024
I hate that guy but he is right… / when are my boys going to see the truth!? / senzaki is back at least for a bit!
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Profile Image for Say.
1,331 reviews49 followers
July 8, 2025
Another good one.

Ahhhh Karino and Azusa. I hope you are both happy. That’s all.
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