Mikoshiba introduces Sakura and Nozaki to his best friend Yū Kashima, known as the prince of the school. Kashima turns out to be a girl with an androgynous appearance and is incredibly popular among other girls. Her carefree attitude towards her drama club irritates the club's president Masayuki Hori, who often scolds and physically beats her. After helping Hori paint some sets, Sakura discovers that he is the one who does backgrounds for Nozaki's manga, in exchange for screenplays. However, Nozaki has trouble creating a new script after meeting Kashima in person. He has Hori and Sakura role-play his script, during which Mikoshiba also gets involved. Inspired by their acting, Nozaki finally writes a decent script but realizes he based the female lead off of Mikoshiba again.