# E5 - The characters who become your friends after you clear a hard event usually have high stats
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU285VX/the-characters-who-become-your-friends-after-you-clear-a-hard-event-usually-have-high-stats)
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**[00:02] ---**
With my face-off against Nakamura behind me,
I greeted the weekend.
**[00:05] ---**
"Karaoke"
**[00:06] ---**
While the normies went out to
sing karaoke or do some shopping,
**[00:10] ---**
I holed up in my room, plugging away at *Tackfam*.
**[00:14] ---**
Incidentally, that movie I saw
with Hinami yesterday?
**[00:18] ---**
Try that again.
**[00:20] ---**
The post-movie café stop is the perfect chance
to chat about something
**[00:24] ---**
you both have in common.
**[00:26] ---**
But when *you* discuss the movie,
**[00:28] ---**
you sound like you're lecturing,
your eye contact is trite,
**[00:31] ---**
and you put zero emotion into it.
**[00:33] ---**
Once more--from the beginning.
**[00:35] ---**
Uh, right...
**[00:38] ---**
And I destroyed her--with no quarter,
no mercy, and no kindness.
**[00:50] ---**
You're not quite there yet, Hinami.
**[00:54] ---**
"If you're not too tired,
another round?"
**[00:59] ---**
The trick to this game called "life"
**[01:02] ---**
lies in repetition, building on knowledge,
and putting it into practice.
**[01:05] ---**
Even though I've let Hinami decide
what to work on and how,
***SIGN*** "Yuzu Izumi's hobbies: Shopping Also interested in needlework"
**[01:09] ---**
I felt like I was maybe kinda sorta
starting to see that for myself.
**[01:10] ---**
"Shuji Nakamura's birthday:
7/27"
**[01:15] ---**
"Sekitomo High School"
**[01:16] ---**
As a gamer,
**[01:19] ---**
Oh, Tomozaki!
**[01:19] ---**
I'm tackling this game of life like I mean it.
**[01:22] ---**
I know it all by heart!
**[01:22] ---**
It's how I got to where I could
talk a little with the girls in class.
**[01:23] ---**
Whoa! Are you serious?
**[01:24] ---**
You bet I am!
**[01:27] ---**
I'd have to start taking the initiative more.
**[01:27] ---**
And now... now I should be able
to take on Shuji in *Tackfam*, right?
**[01:33] ---**
Say, uh, Izumi, you know...
**[01:36] ---**
Hmm? Know what?
**[01:39] ---**
Nakamura's birthday is around the corner.
**[01:42] ---**
Huh? I mean, yeah, but...
**[01:45] ---**
How did *you* know about it?
**[01:47] ---**
Wait: Why are you telling *me*?!
**[01:50] ---**
Besides, it's a month away!
That's not "around the corner"!
**[01:54] ---**
R-Right...
**[01:56] ---**
I guess it's insensitive to speak
so bluntly, huh, Hinami?
**[02:17] ---**
"Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
***SIGN*** "Lv. 5: The characters who become your friends after you clear a hard event usually have high stats"
**[03:37] ---**
Tomozaki?
**[03:39] ---**
Got a sec?
**[03:41] ---**
Um, Mizusawa?
**[03:43] ---**
Did, um... did you need me again?
**[03:49] ---**
No, no!
**[03:50] ---**
I just wanted to talk to you.
That was pretty awesome!
**[03:56] ---**
"That"?
**[04:01] ---**
Oh.
**[04:03] ---**
So, Tomozaki...
**[04:04] ---**
That's how you really feel, right?
**[04:07] ---**
I mean, I'm not against that kind of thing.
**[04:12] ---**
Being too serious is just plain annoying--
and kinda lame, y'know?
**[04:16] ---**
I know people might call you
a freak for that, but me?
**[04:21] ---**
I think what you said was really great.
**[04:24] ---**
Hell, I feel the same way.
**[04:27] ---**
And seeing you say all that stuff so boldly?
**[04:30] ---**
I was... well, kinda impressed.
**[04:33] ---**
So I wanted to let you know that
you've got people like me on your side.
**[04:37] ---**
On... on my side?
**[04:41] ---**
"Sewing Room 2"
**[04:44] ---**
Huh?
**[04:45] ---**
And what did Mizusawa say?
**[04:47] ---**
Oh, right.
**[04:49] ---**
He said we should grab a bite sometime.
**[04:52] ---**
That we could invite you and another
girl along, go as a foursome.
**[04:58] ---**
Perfect!
**[05:00] ---**
*You* invite that other girl.
**[05:03] ---**
Seriously?!
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After all...
**[05:05] ---**
...it'll be good practice for your small goal.
***SIGN*** "Small Goal Go somewhere with a girl from school (not me), just the 2 of you"
**[05:10] ---**
An approachable girl...
**[05:17] ---**
Oh! How about Izumi?
**[05:20] ---**
Can I ask why?
**[05:22] ---**
I talked with her this morning
about Nakamura's birthday.
**[05:26] ---**
If she wants to buy him a present,
Mizusawa's there for advice--
**[05:30] ---**
and you're good at that kind of thing, too.
**[05:33] ---**
So if we all go shopping together...
**[05:36] ---**
Well, I mean, if *you're* okay with that.
**[05:39] ---**
Or maybe Izumi won't be
buying him a present after all.
**[05:43] ---**
No, she will. She's already thinking it over.
**[05:48] ---**
Then that's taken care of!
**[05:50] ---**
Okay, I'll invite Izumi.
**[05:54] ---**
Huh?
**[05:55] ---**
Oh, no, I couldn't!
**[05:57] ---**
You're going out to eat, right?
**[05:59] ---**
I wouldn't want to drag everyone
along on *my* shopping trip.
**[06:06] ---**
I get it now.
**[06:08] ---**
Izumi reads the room--and she
cares how people see her.
**[06:13] ---**
She's bad at letting people do
things for her. Or she holds back.
**[06:19] ---**
I didn't think that far ahead.
**[06:21] ---**
Now what? *Now* what do I do?
**[06:26] ---**
H-Hey, um...
**[06:28] ---**
Er...
**[06:30] ---**
Don't worry about it! Or, um, I mean...
**[06:33] ---**
Yes?
**[06:34] ---**
Say something! Say something, Fumiya!
**[06:39] ---**
Yeah, because I'll be buying one, too!
A gift, for Nakamura!
**[06:43] ---**
What?
**[06:45] ---**
All right, I'm on a roll!
**[06:47] ---**
Like... to patch things up!
**[06:50] ---**
Because, you know...
things got weird there, right?
**[06:54] ---**
Nakamura doesn't come across as a bad guy,
**[06:58] ---**
and two *Tackfam* fans ought
to be able to get along...
**[07:01] ---**
...or something.
**[07:03] ---**
And I figured his birthday
would be a good opportunity.
**[07:10] ---**
Great!
**[07:12] ---**
That is *great*, Tomozaki!
**[07:15] ---**
Honestly, I was feeling kinda iffy
about this whole thing.
**[07:21] ---**
You know how I'm friends with Shuji?
**[07:23] ---**
Uh, yeah...?
**[07:24] ---**
And lately I've been talking
with you a lot, too, right?
**[07:27] ---**
Y-You have.
**[07:29] ---**
And since you're both good guys
who're friends with me,
**[07:33] ---**
I don't want you two to be fighting!
**[07:36] ---**
Oh! Sorry!
**[07:39] ---**
That got kinda ranty. Was that weird of me?
**[07:42] ---**
Anyway, I think that's a fantastic idea!
**[07:46] ---**
Count me in. We can shop for presents together!
**[07:50] ---**
O-Okay.
**[07:52] ---**
She's just so damn *nice*.
**[07:56] ---**
Aaand now I'm buying
Nakamura a birthday present.
**[08:03] ---**
I heard the news, Tomozaki!
**[08:05] ---**
You invited Yuzu, right?
**[08:08] ---**
Um, yeah. Did I screw up?
**[08:12] ---**
Wh-What is it?
**[08:15] ---**
You. You're up to something, aren't you?
**[08:18] ---**
Huh?
**[08:20] ---**
I had my suspicions!
**[08:24] ---**
You're not styling those bangs much,
but you had them cut at a salon, right?
**[08:28] ---**
And you, the total introvert, go changing up
your expression, the way you talk...
**[08:34] ---**
Then you up and ask Yuzu out.
**[08:36] ---**
And lately...
**[08:39] ---**
You and Aoi--
**[08:41] ---**
you seem pretty chummy.
**[08:43] ---**
Don't tell me...
**[08:50] ---**
You read a de-geekification book!
**[08:53] ---**
Ah, um... something like that.
***SIGN*** "Aoi Hinami has invited you to join a group B-Day Gift Planning" "Reject" "Accept" "Members: 1" "Invited: 3"
**[09:09] ---**
"Yuzu-*san*"--that's Izumi, right?
**[09:09] ---**
"Members: 1" "Invited: 3"
**[09:12] ---**
And "Takahiro"... that must be Mizusawa.
**[09:14] ---**
"Members: 2" "Invited: 2"
**[09:15] ---**
"Members: 3" "Invited: 1"
**[09:16] ---**
What? Jeez, already?! That's *way* too fast!
***SIGN*** "Aoi Hinami has invited you to join a group B-Day Gift Planning" "Reject" "Accept" "Members: 3"
**[09:20] ---**
If I've been invited, I guess I can join.
**[09:24] ---**
Or rather, I guess I *should*.
**[09:29] ---**
Hey, we're eating.
Put down your stupid phone.
**[09:34] ---**
Litter? You?
**[09:37] ---**
Yeah...?
**[09:39] ---**
Huh?
**[09:40] ---**
And you got invited to some weird group?
**[09:43] ---**
It's not that it's weird.
**[09:46] ---**
It's just... hard to join, I guess.
**[09:49] ---**
Huh, I get that.
**[09:51] ---**
That interpersonal stuff can be such a drag.
**[09:54] ---**
Are *you* having problems with that kind of thing?
**[10:00] ---**
Listen.
**[10:01] ---**
Even if I were, do you *really* think
*you* could give me advice?
**[10:11] ---**
Even I know this is a dumb thing
to be conflicted about.
**[10:15] ---**
All this fretting about it
is getting me nowhere.
***SIGN*** "Aoi Hinami has invited you to join a group B-Day Gift Planning" "Reject" "Accept" "Members: 3"
**[10:23] ---**
So...
***SIGN*** "Members: 3" "Invited: 1" "Fumiya Tomozaki"
**[10:25] ---**
"Members: 4" "Invited: 0"
**[10:31] ---**
"Fumiya Tomozaki has joined the group"
"Good to see you, Tomozaki!"
***SIGN*** "Good to see you, Tomozaki!"
"Yuzu-*san*: Hi~~"
***SIGN*** "Good to see you, Tomozaki!"
"Yuzu-*san*: Hi~~"
"Takahiro: Finally! LOL"
***SIGN*** "Yuzu-*san*: OK by me!"
"Saturday seems to work.
What do you think, Tomozaki?"
**[10:41] ---**
Saturday, huh?
***SIGN*** "I might have plans Sunday"
"Takahiro: Then how about Saturday?"
"Yuzu-*san*: OK by me!"
**[10:43] ---**
Roger that.
***SIGN*** "Looks like Saturday. What do you think, Tomozaki?" "Read"
**[10:50] ---**
"The Beanstalk"
**[10:55] ---**
Here we go...
**[10:57] ---**
Will you just suck it up already?
**[11:00] ---**
But I'm the only one who's not a normie.
**[11:02] ---**
You're the one who turned
a quick bite into a shopping trip.
**[11:07] ---**
*You* bumped up the difficulty,
and you're whining about it *now*?
**[11:12] ---**
At least you'll get some experience out of it.
**[11:15] ---**
And do that task I gave you earlier, too.
**[11:20] ---**
I will. "At least two successful suggestions."
**[11:24] ---**
Hey!
**[11:25] ---**
You two sure got here early.
**[11:28] ---**
What's this? Takahiro, late?
**[11:31] ---**
It's not even time yet.
**[11:33] ---**
Oh? Are you *sure*?
**[11:36] ---**
What an incredible quick-change act.
**[11:39] ---**
What? No way!
**[11:41] ---**
Everyone's already here?!
**[11:43] ---**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[11:44] ---**
Whoa, Yuzu! Slow down--you'll trip!
**[11:48] ---**
You're late, Yuzu. Ice cream's on you.
**[11:52] ---**
Aw! W-Well, okay.
**[11:55] ---**
Hey, now, Takahiro!
**[11:56] ---**
*Yuzu thinks you're serious!*
**[11:57] ---**
No one's mad at Izumi for her screw-up.
Is that what she was going for?
**[11:59] ---**
Huh? Wait, what?
**[12:00] ---**
He was just kidding, Yuzu.
**[12:02] ---**
He was?
**[12:02] ---**
This ditzy act absolves you
of a myriad of sins.
**[12:04] ---**
It was a joke! Let it go.
**[12:06] ---**
Besides, she's not even late.
**[12:08] ---**
I'm not?!
**[12:09] ---**
Well, that's all of us. Shall we?
**[12:12] ---**
Okay!
**[12:13] ---**
Let's go!
**[12:17] ---**
Wait--have I really not said a word
since Mizusawa and Izumi showed up?
**[12:32] ---**
I just don't know. Hey, Tomozaki?
**[12:35] ---**
Hmm? What's up?
**[12:37] ---**
What do you think would be
a good present for Shuji?
**[12:41] ---**
A good present? You need to, like,
think about what you know about him.
**[12:47] ---**
We'll just have to browse through
everything with that in mind...
**[12:51] ---**
...is what... I think.
**[12:54] ---**
Oh, I get it. Thanks, Tomozaki!
**[12:59] ---**
Psst. Hey, Tomozaki.
**[13:01] ---**
Hmm?
**[13:02] ---**
Over there.
**[13:05] ---**
You know what? Oh, this is between us.
**[13:09] ---**
There's a rumor going around
about those two. That they're dating.
**[13:14] ---**
What?!
**[13:14] ---**
Hey! Not so loud!
**[13:17] ---**
I have *way* too much to think about.
**[13:20] ---**
Listen up: Today's task is to make
at least two successful suggestions.
**[13:25] ---**
Group activities mean making
decisions that involve everyone.
**[13:30] ---**
Your task is to take on
that role at least twice.
**[13:34] ---**
Yadda-yadda, blah-de-blah?
**[13:34] ---**
This'll be practice for taking
the lead in groups.
**[13:36] ---**
Okay!
**[13:36] ---**
In short, when a group
agrees to your suggestion,
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Hooray!
**[13:40] ---**
you control the group's mood
for a period of time.
**[13:43] ---**
With enough practice controlling the mood,
**[13:45] ---**
you'll eventually be able to do so
with bigger and bigger groups.
**[13:49] ---**
And *that* gets you one step closer
to a rich offline life.
**[13:54] ---**
Got that?
**[13:55] ---**
Yeah, HEXactly!
**[13:57] ---**
You're using it wrong.
**[14:03] ---**
Make two successful suggestions, huh?
**[14:07] ---**
It's so hard.
**[14:09] ---**
It sure is. Have you decided?
**[14:12] ---**
Oh, uh, not yet.
**[14:15] ---**
What about you?
**[14:17] ---**
I asked Hiro, and he said Shuji's
been worried about acne lately,
**[14:22] ---**
so get him some zit cream.
**[14:24] ---**
He'd be *furious* if I gave him that!
**[14:28] ---**
Aha...
**[14:29] ---**
But you know, that could be a start.
**[14:33] ---**
Like, something he might already want.
**[14:35] ---**
I just don't know what that is.
**[14:37] ---**
Do *you*... no, you wouldn't know.
**[14:42] ---**
This calls for...
**[14:44] ---**
Hey!
**[14:45] ---**
Don't give up on me without even asking!
**[14:48] ---**
But you *don't* know, do you?
**[14:51] ---**
The Nakamura I know
**[14:53] ---**
likes *Tackfam*,
**[14:55] ---**
is good-looking and strong,
**[14:56] ---**
and has a real normie hairstyle.
**[14:59] ---**
What did you just say?
**[15:01] ---**
Huh? He's good-looking, has normie hair--
**[15:04] ---**
Styling wax! Wouldn't styling wax be good?
**[15:07] ---**
Oh, yeah, maybe!
**[15:10] ---**
*You're* having fun.
**[15:11] ---**
What's going on?
**[15:13] ---**
Hey, what do you think about styling wax?
**[15:15] ---**
Ooh, good idea!
**[15:17] ---**
I know just the kind he'd like, too.
**[15:20] ---**
Really?! Leave it to you, Hiro!
**[15:24] ---**
Yeah, yeah. My task. I know.
**[15:27] ---**
Th-Then, uh--
**[15:29] ---**
Then let's hit the west entrance after this.
**[15:32] ---**
I know a place with a wide selection.
**[15:34] ---**
Okay!
**[15:38] ---**
Nice suggestion, Takahiro!
**[15:40] ---**
Yep!
**[15:40] ---**
Right, Tomozaki?
**[15:42] ---**
Right...
**[15:51] ---**
Something in this product line.
**[15:53] ---**
But which one?
**[15:54] ---**
It depends on the length and type of hair.
**[15:57] ---**
C'mere, Tomozaki.
**[15:59] ---**
Hmm? What is it?
**[16:01] ---**
For example...
**[16:03] ---**
For Tomozaki's hair type...
**[16:05] ---**
...you'd want this.
**[16:08] ---**
Ooh!
**[16:09] ---**
A Takahiro styling demo?
**[16:11] ---**
Eh?
**[16:16] ---**
Might want to go for some waves at this length.
**[16:20] ---**
Apply to the entire head, and then... like so.
**[16:24] ---**
Um, hang on... What do I look like right now?
**[16:28] ---**
Oh, my!
**[16:30] ---**
Looking good, Tomozaki!
**[16:32] ---**
Now, the next key point is the back of the head.
**[16:37] ---**
I did it!
**[16:38] ---**
I bought Shuji's present!
**[16:41] ---**
Good for you.
**[16:42] ---**
He'll love it!
**[16:42] ---**
I'm saved--by Tomozaki's hint
and Hiro's know-how!
**[16:48] ---**
I think I'm pretty hard on myself.
**[16:53] ---**
Especially when it comes to my looks:
**[16:55] ---**
I don't want to misjudge and be humiliated,
**[16:58] ---**
so I evaluate myself harshly
and by objective standards.
**[17:01] ---**
I take pride in that, at the very least.
**[17:04] ---**
So this is probably not a misjudgment.
**[17:07] ---**
I wouldn't say I look like a normie, but...
**[17:10] ---**
What's up, Tomozaki?
**[17:14] ---**
I'm...
**[17:16] ---**
I'm going to keep at it.
**[17:19] ---**
Huh?
**[17:24] ---**
"Pit Camera"
**[17:24] ---**
Tomozaki, are you *sure*
that's what you want to give Shuji?
**[17:29] ---**
"PitCam"
**[17:29] ---**
"PitCam" Um, yeah.
**[17:31] ---**
It's very *you*, Tomozaki.
**[17:33] ---**
Where to next?
**[17:36] ---**
I'd like to grab a bite. Anyone else hungry?
**[17:40] ---**
Mmm, not really.
**[17:42] ---**
I'm getting there.
**[17:44] ---**
What about you, Tomozaki?
**[17:45] ---**
Yeah, I could eat.
**[17:47] ---**
Okay, so in that case...
**[17:51] ---**
This place looks good.
They have lighter stuff, too.
**[17:54] ---**
And their specialty?
**[17:55] ---**
"Ultimate Four-Cheese Special Pizza"
**[17:55] ---**
"Ultimate Four-Cheese Special Pizza."
**[17:59] ---**
See?
**[18:00] ---**
Well? C'mon, gang!
**[18:02] ---**
Wow, Aoi, that was quick!
**[18:04] ---**
That's Hinami. If there's cheese involved--
**[18:07] ---**
If there's cheese involved, Aoi is *all in*.
**[18:11] ---**
What's wrong with that? Come on!
**[18:14] ---**
Take us there already!
**[18:16] ---**
Jeez, Aoi, slow down!
**[18:18] ---**
You don't even know where you're going!
**[18:22] ---**
Let's eat!
**[18:24] ---**
Whoa, check this out!
**[18:25] ---**
So Mizusawa knew about
Hinami's cheese obsession.
**[18:25] ---**
What *is* that?
**[18:27] ---**
Says it's honey syrup.
**[18:28] ---**
Funny syrup"?
**[18:30] ---**
Thanks for today, everyone! Bye!
**[18:37] ---**
"PitCam"
**[18:43] ---**
Later!
**[18:44] ---**
See you, Tomozaki.
***SIGN*** "Yuzu-*san*: Got it!"
"Today"
"Where'd you hear the rumor about
Hinami and Mizusawa?"
***SIGN*** "Today"
"Where'd you hear the rumor about
Hinami and Mizusawa?"
"Yuzu-*san*: Curious, are you?? LOL"
**[18:53] ---**
"Yuzu-*san*: Curious, are you?? LOL"
**[18:54] ---**
"Yuzu-*san*: It's a rumor.
Like, everyone's saying it"
**[18:57] ---**
"Sewing Room 2"
**[18:59] ---**
You weren't able to complete your task.
**[19:02] ---**
You've thought about why that is, yes?
**[19:03] ---**
I did suggest the electronics store...
**[19:08] ---**
You needed *two* suggestions.
**[19:11] ---**
And before that? The electronics store
is the *last* place we shopped.
**[19:15] ---**
You didn't even look like you were
*about* to suggest anything before that.
**[19:24] ---**
Listen, Hinami--
**[19:25] ---**
What now? Not some excuse that'll
disappoint me even more, I hope.
**[19:30] ---**
Uh... it's... it's nothing.
**[19:35] ---**
Well, whatever.
**[19:36] ---**
Did you pick up on anything or have
any questions during this shopping trip?
**[19:41] ---**
Let's see... I'd say the thing
that struck me the most...
**[19:47] ---**
...was the realization that my
appearance had... slightly improved.
**[19:52] ---**
Ah! Moving in the right direction!
**[19:56] ---**
Visible changes tie into
motivation and initiative.
**[19:57] ---**
"Hero" "Fight" "Magic"
**[20:01] ---**
You know that thrill when you start dealing
*three* digits of damage to monsters?
**[20:02] ---**
"Hero attacks!!"
**[20:07] ---**
Oh, sure.
**[20:08] ---**
"Fairy summoned!!"
**[20:08] ---**
And when you learn a new move, too.
**[20:11] ---**
Yes! That's it exactly!
**[20:12] ---**
"Hero" "Demonlord" "Fight"
**[20:13] ---**
"Demonlord's all-targets spell!!!"
**[20:14] ---**
Or when you learn an all-targets spell!
**[20:20] ---**
Nothing else about your task, then?
**[20:23] ---**
Let me think...
**[20:25] ---**
I think Mizusawa's suggestions
had some real substance.
**[20:29] ---**
That first shop was pretty stylish.
**[20:33] ---**
Too fancy for me, though--and for my wallet.
**[20:38] ---**
Hyinyami?!
**[20:40] ---**
Keep your self-deprecating nonsense!
**[20:42] ---**
Look, there wasn't a single thing in
that store that Nakamura would like.
**[20:48] ---**
R-Really?
**[20:50] ---**
Not that you would have realized that.
**[20:53] ---**
And what about the pizza? Was it tasty?
**[20:57] ---**
Not especially.
**[20:58] ---**
Right?
**[20:59] ---**
Taking pizza as an example,
it doesn't actually have to *be* delicious...
**[21:04] ---**
...as long as you get people interested
and make them think it *might* be.
**[21:09] ---**
*That's* the key to a successful suggestion.
**[21:11] ---**
But that means...
**[21:13] ---**
"Ease of suggestion acceptance
Actual quality of suggestion"
**[21:13] ---**
The ease of getting
a suggestion accepted
**[21:15] ---**
has nothing to do with how good
the suggestion actually is.
**[21:18] ---**
So you could trick someone into a
suggestion that just *sounds* good?
**[21:23] ---**
That's right.
**[21:25] ---**
What the hell is *that*?!
**[21:27] ---**
"Ease of suggestion acceptance
Actual quality of suggestion"
**[21:27] ---**
The better suggestion doesn't
always win out? That's just weird!
**[21:31] ---**
No, no, no.
**[21:32] ---**
It's just a simple rule that ranks more
persuasive suggestions over quality ones.
**[21:38] ---**
Now you're just splitting hairs!
What a garbage game!
**[21:42] ---**
What if there were a negotiation game
that had you meeting targets
**[21:45] ---**
through persuasion?
**[21:46] ---**
"The Negotiation Game"
**[21:48] ---**
With effective speech skills
for convincing your audience
**[21:49] ---**
"Persuasion"
**[21:49] ---**
"Twisted Logic"
**[21:50] ---**
"Appeasement"
**[21:51] ---**
"Pithy Profundity"
**[21:52] ---**
and information warfare tailored
to each character's tastes,
**[21:55] ---**
you'd work to unify interests,
**[21:57] ---**
roping influential characters into your party.
**[21:57] ---**
"Invite" "Don't Invite"
**[22:01] ---**
Would a game rich with so much strategy
**[22:05] ---**
still be garbage?
**[22:07] ---**
"Ease of suggestion acceptance
Actual quality of suggestion"
**[22:09] ---**
I'd say it was made well.
**[22:12] ---**
Then reality's a fun game, too.
**[22:15] ---**
Oh... I get it.
**[22:17] ---**
In other words,
**[22:18] ---**
you won't change anyone's mind
if all you do is shout at them
**[22:22] ---**
about what you think is right.
**[22:25] ---**
So *you'll* have to change.
**[22:27] ---**
If you're confident you have a good suggestion,
**[22:27] ---**
"Good Suggestion Bad Rule"
**[22:30] ---**
you'll have to exploit a bad rule
to push it through.
**[22:35] ---**
Camouflage it as an opinion
everyone can live with,
**[22:37] ---**
even if you just dress it up a little.
**[22:40] ---**
That way you can get your suggestion through,
**[22:43] ---**
fundamental goodness unchanged.
**[22:45] ---**
That's the *right* way to fight.
**[22:48] ---**
Have I convinced you?
**[22:51] ---**
Uh... yeah.
**[22:53] ---**
We'll begin accepting student
council nominations today.
**[23:00] ---**
Anyone interested?
**[23:02] ---**
Me!
**[23:04] ---**
I'd like to run.
**[23:05] ---**
I knew it!
**[23:06] ---**
Oh, she'd be great!
**[23:06] ---**
I'd vote for her!
**[23:08] ---**
Right?
**[23:09] ---**
That's our Aoi!
**[23:11] ---**
So is it a given that Hinami's running?
**[23:14] ---**
All right. Anybody besides Hinami?
**[23:18] ---**
Ooh! Me!
**[23:20] ---**
Minami Nanami, at your service!
**[23:24] ---**
Minmi...
**[23:27] ---**
Mimimi, too?
**[23:29] ---**
Anyone else?
**[23:31] ---**
Okay. Class dismissed.
**[23:34] ---**
Aoi?
**[23:36] ---**
If we're fighting over grades...
**[23:38] ---**
...*I'm* gonna win!