An Honest Girl

**An Honest Girl** is the 5th episode of *Kakegurui Twin*. It is produced by MAPPA and was published on Netflix August 4, 2022.

## Summary

Mary believes the Literary Club won’t have to worry about Student Council donations for a while. Tsuzura bought her freedom. Mary suggests to Yukimi that they all pay one third of the den’s usage fees and reminds her that she gave her the den’s usage fees. Yukimi is surprised, as she thought it was just a strategy to win the Coupling Party. Mikura comes to collect the usage fees and informs Mary that Aoi is asking for her.

Mary enters the room in which housepets were gambling. They congratulate Mary for winning. Aoi introduces Mary to the housepets, who saw her game. He says that she’s the new Full-Bloom member. Aoi explains to Mary that it’s a council made to fight against Kirari. He explains that a council decides the group’s objectives and next steps. Aoi introduces Sakura, another member of Full-Bloom’s council, to Mary. Aoi offers Mary a position in Full-Bloom’s council. Mary says that she needs more time to decide.

Yukimi believes Mary made the better choice by turning down their invitation. Mary corrects Yukimi by saying she didn’t turn them down. She explains that they don’t know whether Full-Bloom is going to make the Student Council fall or the Student Council will maintain power. She considers the possibility of the Student Council letting them join in if they inform them about Full-Bloom. Mary wonders why Sakura, who has the authority to arrest students, is in Full-Bloom. Yukimi informs them that Aoi and Sakura will have an arranged marriage.

Meanwhile, Sakura has a dispute with Aoi. Aoi realizes that she’s jealous of Mary, even though Sakura denies it. Aoi compliments Sakura. He admits that he likes Mary’s perseverance. Aoi reminds Sakura that the person he relies on more than anyone else is her.

The next day, Mary finds a letter on her locker about Full-Bloom’s entrance exam. Mary, Tsuzura, and Yukimi go to a place in which they find Sakura, who will be their opponent. They enter a building and see Sachiko sitting on a chair. She’ll be the dealer. Yukimi asks Sachiko if she’s on the Student Council and Full-Bloom. Sachiko considers herself to be a neutral party, as she has become close to both of them, but didn’t declare any official allegiance to either. Sachiko explains the rules of the Treasure Hunt they’ll be doing.

If Mary wins, she’ll be allowed to join Full-Bloom. If Sakura wins, Mary will never be allowed to join Full-Bloom. Sakura will also be betting her reputation. Mikura is worried, as she thinks that Sachiko has more fun with Mary than her. She hopes that Sakura wins this game. Sachiko allows Tsuzura and Yukimi to help Mary. Sachiko explains that it’s fair to give Mary this advantage because she is taking a greater risk than Sakura. Sakura doesn’t mind that. She already knows the layout of this building. Sakura is still confident that she’ll win. The game begins. Sachiko is looking forward to making Mary her mittens. She likes housepets that aren’t obedient.

Mary, Tsuzura, and Yukimi are struggling to interpret the map correctly. Mary believes that the map shows each of the club building rooms. They plan on checking each of the rooms for clues. They check the Manga Research Club. Mary finds a chest behind books. It contained a paper. Meanwhile, Sakura also found a chest with a paper inside. Mary, Tsuzura, and Yukimi found three chests in the Manga Research Club. Each of them had a paper with something different written on them. Yukimi realizes that these are the titles of primary school songs. Tsuzura believes she has figured out where to find the treasure.

Mikura asks Sachiko who she thinks will win. Sachiko answers that she’d logically guess Sakura, but there is a chance that Mary wins. She believes Mary’s perseverance and relationship with her friends gives her a chance of winning. Tsuzura figured out that the numbers on the map are like the notes of a song. Yukimi reads the numbers like notes and notices that it’s the song Spring Has Come. She realizes that one note is wrong. The girls find the treasure in the room represented by this number.

They rush back to Sachiko and Mikura. When they arrive, they see Sakura, who already has a treasure. Sakura didn’t find the code difficult to decipher. The chests are locked and the attached key can’t reach to open the lock, meaning that the game isn’t over. Sakura tells Mary to prepare. She declares that they’ll end this.

## Plot

Mary is joyous because she just made two million yen. She believes they won’t have to worry about Student Council donations for a while. Tsuzura bought her freedom. Mary suggests to Yukimi that they all pay one third of the den’s usage fees. Mary reminds Yukimi that she gave her the den’s usage fees. Yukimi is surprised because she thought it was just a strategy to win the Coupling Party. Mikura comes into the den. She collects the usage fees and informs Mary that Aoi is asking for her.

Mary enters the room in which housepets were gambling. They congratulate Mary for winning. Aoi introduces Mary to them. She’s a first-year from Hana class. He asks them to welcome her, the new Full-Bloom member. Mary doesn’t know what Full-Bloom is. Aoi explains that it’s a council made to fight against Kirari. He’s this group’s leader. Aoi explains that a council decides the group’s objectives and next steps. He introduces Sakura, another member of Full-Bloom’s council, to Mary. Aoi offers Mary a position in Full-Bloom’s council.

Mary says that she needs more time to decide. Sakura leaves the room, unsatisfied with Mary’s answer. Mary asks Aoi to give her more time to think. Aoi tells the crowd of housepets that Mary needs more time to think and will definitely come back and accept.

Tsuzura tells Mary that on the surface, it seems like Full-Bloom is trying to do good things. Yukimi believes Mary made the better choice by turning down their invitation. Mary corrects Yukimi by saying she didn’t turn them down. Yukimi is surprised, thinking Mary is considering joining them. Mary explains that they don’t know whether Full-Bloom is going to make the Student council fall or the Student Council will maintain power. She considers the possibility of the Student Council letting them join in if they inform them about Full-Bloom.

Mary wonders why Sakura, who has the authority to arrest students, is in Full-Bloom. Most of the Student Council members can’t do that. Yukimi informs them that it’s for Aoi. Aoi and Sakura will have an arranged marriage.

Sakura asks Aoi why he’s still obsessed over Mary. Sakura believes that Mary turned Aoi down. Aoi ignores her. Sakura asks him if she’s not enough for him. She has been working for this since they were in middle school. Sakura worked hard to be able to join the Student Council with Aoi. Aoi asks her if she’s jealous of Mary. Sakura denies that. Aoi tells Sakura that she’s a fantastic gambler, she's good at working out probability, and capable of reading people’s strategy. However, Mary has a unique set of strengths and weaknesses too. Aoi likes Mary’s perseverance. Aoi reminds Sakura that the person he relies on more than anyone else is her.

Mikura finds Sakura on her way out of school. She tells Sakura that it seems like Aoi has taken a liking to Mary. She proposes to work together with Sakura.

The next day, Mary finds a letter on her locker. Full-Bloom won’t let her in until she passes an entrance exam. Mary goes to the location indicated by the letter with Tsuzura and Yukimi. They find Sakura, who was waiting for them. She informs them that she’ll be their opponent. Sakura leads them inside. Sachiko is sitting on a chair inside. She’ll be the dealer for this gamble. Sachiko is the one who orchestrated everything about today’s game. Yukimi asks Sachiko if she’s on the Student Council and Full-Bloom. Sachiko denies that. She actually wants to see what it looks like when Aoi or Kirari ends up losing. Sachiko has become close to both of them, but didn’t declare any official allegiance to either.

Sachiko informs them that they’ll do a Treasure Hunt. She explains the rules.
The players have to find the treasure hidden inside the club building. Both players receive a map with hints on the location.

Sakura asks Sachiko how they will know what the treasure is. Sachiko responds that she’ll know when she finds it. If Mary wins, she’ll be allowed to join Full-Bloom. If Sakura wins, Mary will never be allowed to join Full-Bloom. Sakura will also be betting her reputation. Mikura is worried. She thinks that Sachiko is having more fun with Mary than her. She hopes that Sakura wins this game. Sachiko allows Tsuzura and Yukimi to help Mary. Mikura, worried, points out that this gives Mary a huge advantage. Sachiko explains that Mary is taking a greater risk than Sakura, so it’s fair.

Sakura doesn’t mind that. She already knows the layout of this building. Sakura is still confident that she’ll win. The game begins. Sachiko lets Mikura know that she already knew that Mikura only spoke to Sakura because she wanted to destroy Mary. Sachiko also knows that Mikura tried to cheat to help Sakura. She explains that if it wasn’t for Mikura’s jealousy, she wouldn't have made the efforts to prepare this game. Sachiko tells Mikura that it will take a lot of time to get her forgiveness. Sachiko is looking forward to making Mary her mittens. She likes housepets that aren’t obedient.

Mary, Tsuzura, and Yukimi are struggling to interpret the map correctly. Mary believes that the map shows each of the club building rooms. They plan on checking each of the rooms for clues. They check the Manga Research Club. Mary finds a chest behind books. It contained a paper. Meanwhile, Sakura also found a chest with a paper inside. Mary, Tsuzura, and Yukimi found three chests in the Manga Research Club. Each of them had a paper with something different written on them. Yukimi realizes that these are the titles of primary school songs.

During the Meiji era, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture created songbooks for grade school. Three different songs names from these songbooks are written on the papers. Tsuzura believes she has figured out where to find the treasure.

Mikura asks Sachiko who she thinks will win. Sachiko answers that she’d logically guess Sakura, but there is a chance that Mary wins. She believes Mary’s perseverance and relationship with her friends gives her a chance of winning. Tsuzura figured out that the numbers on the map are like the notes of a song. Yukimi reads the numbers like notes and notices that it’s the song Spring Has Come. Yukimi realizes that one note is wrong. The girls believe that the treasure should be hidden in the room represented by this number.

They find the treasure and rush back to Sachiko and Mikura. When they arrive, they see Sakura, who already has a treasure. Sakura didn’t find the code difficult to decipher. The chests are locked and the attached key can’t reach to open the lock, meaning that the game isn’t over. Sakura tells Mary to prepare. She declares that they’ll end this.

## Character Appearances

* Mary Saotome
* Yukimi Togakushi
* Tsuzura Hanatemari
* Aoi Mibuomi
* Sakura Miharutaki
* Mikura Sado
* Sachiko Juraku

## Episode Notes

* Tsuzura bought her freedom.
* Mary, Tsuzura, and Yukimi play Treasure Hunt against Sakura.

## References

1. ↑ Housepets can donate one million to free themselves.