Ruri has lost her glasses and asks Raku and Kosaki to find them. Raku asks Ruri if Kosaki is in love with somebody and Ruri confirms she does, devastating Raku. Ruri scolds Raku for not knowing who Kosaki likes and almost tells him Kosaki loves him, but is stopped by Shu, who believes it is better Raku work it out for himself. Raku and Kosaki end up finding the glasses together. Raku's heartbreak at finding out Kosaki likes someone annoys Ruri so she lies and tells Raku she had been joking and that Kosaki isn't in love with anybody, curing his depression. She agrees with Shu it is best to let Raku and Kosaki work things out themselves. Raku, Chitoge, Kosaki, Marika and Seishiro are working at a shrine for New Years Eve. Raku is possessed by spirits and has nothing but bad luck all day. The priestess believes that because Raku is surrounded by pretty girls he is being haunted by the spirits of unpopular boys, and unless they are expelled by midnight, Raku may end up dead.

Lately Tachibana Marika leaves school early, making Raku wonder. When he and Chitoge visit the local fast food restaurant they find out why. On New Year's Day the whole gang unexpectedly visits Raku's mansion. After a feast Chitoge craves some non-Japanese sweets, that unbeknownst to them happen to contain alcohol.

The bath at Raku's mansion is not working properly, so he visits the local public bath, where Chitoge also happens to turn up, along with Marika, her maid Honda, Kosaki, and her sister Haru. The girls visit the hot springs up in the mountains. Their tied-together clothes get catapulted into the mens' hot spring where Raku is trying to relax for once.