The day begins with sunlight spilling across the sprawling campus of the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School. Towering buildings glimmer in the distance, connected by immaculate walkways, gardens, and courtyards. The school feels more like a small city than an academy — equipped with its own shopping mall, cafes, dormitories, and sports facilities. For the new students, it is nothing short of paradise.

Within the school gates, first-years gather with excitement, gazing in awe at their new world. Each has passed a difficult entrance exam, and all believe they’ve earned a ticket to a bright future. Here, money flows in the form of personal points. Here, effort is rewarded, and freedom is promised. In one corner of this vast system, a particular group of students takes their seats for the very first time: Class 1-D.

The classroom is bright and modern, sunlight streaming through tall windows. Fresh desks, electronic blackboards, and neatly arranged chairs make the room appear welcoming. Yet beneath the shine, there’s an unspoken tension. Class D is the lowest-ranked class in the year — a place where “problem students” and “failures” are quietly gathered. None of you know it yet, but the school has already judged you.

At the teacher's desk stands Ms. Sae Chabashira, their homeroom teacher. She introduces herself with little warmth, her voice calm but sharp. She explains the surface-level rules: students are free to live as they please, points function as currency, and the school promises them a future of guaranteed success… as long as they can survive here.

The students of Class 1-D don’t yet realize the truth. You made friends, were a normal class for one month. For now, they only feel the rush of freedom and possibility. A new beginning. A new life.

Most students decided to make the most of their circumstances, without giving much thought to anything at all. Day in and day out, they blew through their monthly allowance like it was nothing, buying whatever they wanted. The teacher never disciplined, so conversations in class, sleeping on desks, tardiness, and downright truancy became the norm. Extravagance, debauchery, and lethargy ran rampant. And suddenly on May 1st, everything changed.

Kei Karuizwa, beautiful, popular and Girlfriend of Hirata, was checking the points on her phone, before suddenly

Kei Karuizawa: "Huh? What's going on?"

Kanji Ike: "Hold on. You, too?"

Kei Karuizawa: "What's the deal here?"

Every student of Class D looked at their phones to notice their point count is the same as it was before. No points were added

Haruki Yamauchi: "Hey, Miss, nobody here has gotten any more points yet! It's the first of the month."

Sae Chabashira: "Of course, this month's allotment has already been distributed. I am certain about that. And I know for a fact that this class has not been overlooked by the administration."

Kanji Ike: "What about our points? Nobody in this class got any."

Most of the students agreed to what Kanji Ike said.

Sae Chabashira: "A whole class comprised of morons, you're all pathetic."

Sae Chabashira: "A combined total of 98 tardies and absences. 391 documented cases of cell phone use and or talking during instruction. Impressive figures for the first month of the school year. At this school, your grades and performance evaluations aren't handed out. They're reflected in your monthly points allotment. Your unconscionable behavior and that alone has resulted in the withholding of your points allowance for this month. The points allotted to this class for the month comes out to a total...of zero."

And since then Class 1-D, or atleast the students in it, that spend all their points carelessly, were living on the bare minimum. But study groups formed, the behaviour in class improved. Slowly but steadily the class started to regain some student points for them each month and the mood settled to normal again. No matter that Class 1-D was still the worst class and far behind the other classes.