u/PegMeAmasawa

My theory is that during Y2V7, when the White Room instructors came to take Ichika and Yagami away, Ichika received a secret message from Atsuomi containing strict orders. The instructors gave her an ultimatum: if she didn't obey, they would dispose of Yagami. Forced into a corner, she accepted the deal to save him, even knowing that returning him to the White Room for re-education would likely strip away his emotions anyway.

As part of this agreement, she started collaborating with Ishigami to devise a plan that prevents Ayanokoji’s expulsion while ensuring her own freedom upon graduation. By spying on Nanase, Ichika is effectively working on multiple fronts without arousing Ayanokoji’s suspicion. However, this puts her in a tragic position—she feels incredibly guilty and sad because she is essentially betraying Ayanokoji behind his back just to keep Yagami alive. What happens after this, however, remains uncertain for me.

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Ayanokoji has a major plan for the future, and for several volumes now, he has wanted Ichika to stay at the school. What do you think he has in mind? By the way, Ichika is one of the few—or perhaps the only one—who can easily see right through him and has an idea of ​​his plan, as we can see here.

Att: PMA.

As seen in Y3V4 and previous volumes, Nanase has a second phone where she receives information from the outside from Tsukishiro. In Y3V4, Nanase offers Ichika a deal: she can earn her freedom if she helps Nanase's faction and achieves their goal.

What I am getting at is that Nanase knows she doesn't stand a chance against Ishigami and already sees her own expulsion coming, which is why she asks Ichika for help to collaborate. The real question is what could happen with Ichika and with that second phone she might end up getting once Nanase is expelled.

Here, Ichika would be faced with a very interesting and conflicting scenario:

1. Continue collaborating with Nanase's faction and achieve their goal, to see if it's actually true that she can get her freedom.
2. Wait and see what the best possible outcome is for her, and seize an opportunity to make her move.
3. Check the contact list on Nanase's phone to see all the associates listed, allowing her to make a move alongside Ayanokoji and expel everyone who tries to get in their way.

Given that it is very difficult to expel someone who isn't in your own school year, Ichika would collaborate with Ayanokoji to take down all the infiltrated spies in ANHS.

After reading the scene with Nanase, I think Amasawa will talk to Ayanokoji in volume Y3V5, as they agreed, about Nanase's true intentions. However, Amasawa will withhold some information (about how her father is trying to sell her out, or perhaps she'll also conceal Ishigami's intentions). Later on, I think she'll spy on Ishigami to see what he's truly capable of and if what Nanase said was true. In a few volumes, I think Nanase will be expelled by Ishigami. Then, I think Amasawa will make Nanase believe she accepts her proposal, but she'll only do so half-heartedly because she doesn't believe she has the courage and doesn't fully believe the terms of the proposal. Surely, by the end of the third year, several factions will form (Atsuomi, Nanase, Koenji, Ayanokoji), and I think Ayanokoji will find out about Amasawa's fate, and he'll offer her protection if she helps him achieve his goal.