Do Your Best, Ryota

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**Do Your Best, Ryota** is the 10th chapter of Kakegurui Yorozu, written and illustrated by Akitaka.

## Summary

Yumeko is looking for Ryota and Mary. She finds them in a classroom. Mary sat on a chair and put her legs on Ryota while she was drinking. Yumeko asks them why Ryota is being treated like a housepet. Mary replies that it’s a game in which Ryota pretends to be a housepet. Mary told Ryota about Nanami’s story. That’s why he wanted to have the willpower to fight off the feelings that come with being a housepet, too. Ryota only asked Yumeko to help him. Ryota thus accepted to pretend to be a housepet. Yumeko believes it's a plan to promote mental growth by remembering what it feels like to be a housepet.

Yumeko tells them that it’s not fun to play in a room where there is no risk. She suggests they get the student council to cooperate with them. Mary started this as a joke, but it has gone in a direction that's not funny, according to her. Mary wants to decline Yumeko’s invitation. Ryota says that if Yumeko said it, he’ll try his best. Mary yells to Ryota that his naivete will kill him someday.

Ryota goes to see council members. Kaede uses him to take a book in the library. Then, Ryota helps Yumemi with tasks. Subsequently, Midari hands him a gun and asks him to shoot her. Later, Ryota meets Yumeko again. She asks him how it was and if he gained anything. Ryota responds that he remembers the feeling of frustration, of swimming in a swamp. He also gained a strong fighting spirit to crawl to the top at any cost. Runa forces Ryota to behave like a dog, as she gives him dog food and has him sit on his hands and knees. Mary is disgusted. Yumeko finds that Ryota has a wonderful spirit. Ryota firmly promised never to pretend to be a housepet again.

## Plot

Yumeko is looking for Ryota and Mary. She finds them in a classroom. Mary sat on a chair and put her legs on Ryota while she was drinking. Yumeko asks them why Ryota is being treated like a housepet. Mary replies that it’s fine, as it’s a housepet game.

Mary told Ryota about Nanami’s story. That’s why Ryota wanted to have the willpower to fight off the feelings that come with being a housepet, too. Ryota only asked Yumeko to help him. Mary tells Yumeko that she asked Ryota if he wanted to pretend to be a housepet, and he accepted. Yumeko believes it's a plan to promote mental growth by remembering what it feels like to be a housepet.

She asks Mary if her subconscious is holding her back from using Ryota as a housepet, since she knows him well. Yumeko says that however, it's not fun to play in a room where there is no risk. She suggests they get the student council to cooperate with them. Mary started this as a joke, but it has gone in a direction that's not funny, according to her.

Mary is afraid of what the student council might do to Ryota if she messes up. She wants to decline Yumeko’s invitation. Ryota says that if Yumeko said it, he’ll try his best. Mary yells to Ryota that his naivete will kill him someday.

Ryota goes to see council members. Kaede uses Ryota to take a book in the library. Then, Ryota helps Yumemi with tasks. Subsequently, Midari hands him a gun and asks him to shoot her.

Later, Ryota meets Yumeko again. She asks him how it was and if he gained anything. Ryota responds that he remembers the feeling of frustration, of swimming in a swamp. He also gained a strong fighting spirit to crawl to the top at any cost. Runa forces Ryota to behave like a dog, as she gives him dog food and has him sit on his hands and knees. Mary is disgusted. Yumeko finds that Ryota has a wonderful spirit. Ryota firmly promised never to pretend to be a housepet again.

## Quick References

### Character Appearances

* Yumeko Jabami
* Ryota Suzui
* Mary Saotome
* Kaede Manyuda
* Saori
* Yumemi Yumemite
* Midari Ikishima
* Runa Yomozuki