E10 - The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.

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SIGN    T. Hobbes, "Leviathan"
[00:15] FV
    Hey, did you see that stream yesterday?
[00:18] FV
    Yeah, it was so good!
[00:19] FV
    What? A drama? What was it about?
[00:21] FV
    I'm curious now!
[00:25] Hirata
    To protect my precious friends,
[00:29] Hirata
    I must protect the class.
[00:32] Hirata
    Because if the class is protected,
[00:34] Hirata
    my friends will be protected.
[00:38] Hirata
    But...
[00:40] Hirata
    That's not who I really am.
[00:44] Hirata
    During that incident in
    middle school, I messed up.
[00:49] Hirata
    That's why I can't afford to make
    the same mistake in this class.
[00:54] Hirata
    And the answer I arrived at for that...
[00:57] Hirata
    was...
[01:01] (Flashback) Hirata
    Horikita...
[01:02] (Flashback) Hirata
    Shut the hell up, would you?
[01:06] Hirata
    But in the end...
[01:10] Hirata
    I made the same mistake.
[01:14] Horikita
    We're here.
[01:16] Horikita
    What did you want to talk about?
[01:18] Yukimura
    Kiyotaka?
[01:20] Horikita
    If we're discussing the special exam,
    I thought it would be best to have him along.
[01:24] Horikita
    He's the team captain, after all.
[01:26] Yukimura
    Got it.
[01:28] Horikita
    So?
[01:29] Yukimura
    I thought up a way to get
    information on Class A.
[01:33] Horikita
    Follow one of them around?
[01:36] Yukimura
    No.
[01:39] Yukimura
    Get Katsuragi-kun from Class A on our side.
[01:43] Horikita
    What do you mean?
[01:44] Yukimura
    He might hold a grudge against Sakayanagi
    for expelling Yahiko, who admired him.
[01:51] Yukimura
    Since then, he's been isolated within
    the class and lost all standing.
[01:56] Horikita
    He and Sakayanagi are enemies, it's true.
[02:00] Horikita
    But do you think he'd betray his class
    just to embarrass Sakayanagi-san?
[02:06] Yukimura
    He would certainly need
    compensation, of course.
[02:10] Horikita
    Do we have something like that available?
[02:14] Yukimura
    If we make it to Class A, we'll issue
    Katsuragi the right to transfer to our class.
[02:20] Horikita
    We'd need twenty million points for that!
[02:22] Yukimura
    If the whole class worked
    together, we could save it up.
[02:26] Horikita
    I can't imagine most students
    accepting that bargain.
[02:30] Horikita
    We're still only Class C.
[02:32] Ayanokoji
    And if his betrayal were discovered,
    he'd be the next one expelled.
[02:38] Ayanokoji
    We'd need to rack up those
    twenty million points quickly.
[02:42] Horikita
    I'm not denying that he has
    potential as an informant.
[02:46] Horikita
    But the plan you proposed won't work.
[02:48] Yukimura
    If we don't do anything,
    we won't get any information.
[02:51] Horikita
    I don't think this plan will
    get us any information, either.
[02:55] Horikita
    If you get a new idea,
    let me know about it.
[03:03] Yukimura
    Kiyotaka, will you help me?
[03:06] Yukimura
    I've arranged to meet with Katsuragi soon.
[03:12] Katsuragi
    And if I did that,
    what would be in it for me?
[03:15] Yukimura
    We'd let you join our class.
[03:18] Yukimura
    Once we made it to Class A, we'd save up—
[03:22] Katsuragi
    I'll pass.
[03:24] Katsuragi
    Your class will never save
    up twenty million points.
[03:29] Katsuragi
    However, it's true that I harbor
    tremendous anger toward Sakayanagi.
[03:36] Katsuragi
    She hasn't told anyone her
    five genuine subjects,
[03:40] Katsuragi
    but if you don't mind best guesses,
    I'll happily give them to you.
[03:43] Yukimura
    You mean it?
[03:45] Yukimura
    But what would you want in exchange?
[03:47] Katsuragi
    All I really want is the
    defeat of Sakayanagi.
[03:52] Katsuragi
    Chess, English, math.
[03:54] Katsuragi
    These three are unquestionably genuine.
[03:57] Katsuragi
    Most likely after that are modern
    literature and mental math.
[04:00] Katsuragi
    Meanwhile, jump rope and dodgeball, which
    require a large number of participants,
[04:04] Katsuragi
    are most likely fakes.
[04:06] Yukimura
    Kiyotaka, this could be our ticket!
[04:09] Katsuragi
    No, you won't beat her with
    this minor amount of help.
[04:14] Katsuragi
    If I hold back, it might help you
    fight on even terms, at least.
[04:18] Katsuragi
    The only fields in which I can
    help you are mental math
[04:21] Katsuragi
    and perhaps jump rope, on the
    off-chance that it's chosen.
[04:26] Ayanokoji
    With Sakayanagi on her guard, do you
    think she'll allow you to participate?
[04:32] Katsuragi
    In Class A, the only ones skilled at
    mental math are me and one other.
[04:38] Katsuragi
    If I'm not chosen, chalk it up to bad
    luck and be resigned to your fate.
[04:44] Yukimura
    Let's tell Horikita.
[04:46] Ayanokoji
    No. She'll be angry if she
    learns we went behind her back.
[04:51] Ayanokoji
    Let me decide when to tell her.
[04:55] Yukimura
    Okay.
SIGN    Special Lunch Set Cheese Gratin Tofu Salad
[05:06] Ayanokoji
    What is it?
[05:07] Horikita
    Could you come meet with me immediately?
SIGN    Special Lunch Set Cheese Gratin Tofu Salad
[05:12] Ayanokoji
    I have a bad feeling about this.
[05:24] Ayanokoji
    Barley miso?
[05:25] Ayanokoji
    I didn't know you were a good cook.
[05:27] Horikita
    It's hardly worth bragging about.
[05:30] Horikita
    Now, you've eaten, haven't you?
[05:35] Horikita
    May I come to the subject at hand?
[05:38] Ayanokoji
    I appreciate the effort, but please
    don't use this method again.
[05:44] Horikita
    Very well. I'll think up another way.
[05:48] Ayanokoji
    That's not what I meant, actually...
[05:52] Horikita
    I thought up what I feel to be an ideal
    plan for Class C going into this.
[05:58] Horikita
    I'd like your opinion on it.
[06:05] Ayanokoji
    You've really exposed our
    whole class with this data.
[06:08] Horikita
    This is the answer I came up
    with over a week of thinking.
SIGN    RPS Best Candidate: Ike Kanji Chance of Success: 50%
     Piano Best Candidate: Horikita Suzune Chance of Success: 60%
     Tennis Best Candidate: Kushida Kikyo Chance of Success: 55%
     Ping-Pong Best Candidate: Sudo Takeshi Chance of Success: 60%
    
    Final Special Exam Class A Subjects
    (Chance of success with best candidate)
    
    Chess
     Best Candidate: None Chance of Success: 40%
SIGN    Modern Lit Test
     50 minutes
     Rules: Compete over year's worth of subject matter.
     Captain rules: Able to answer one question in test-taker's stead.
    
    Social Studies Test
     50 minutes
     Rules: Compete over questions based on a year's worth of geography,
    history, and civics subject matter.
     Captain rules: Able to answer one question in test-taker's stead.
    
     Volleyball
     Time limited 3 sets to 10 points
     Rules: Standard volleyball rules.
     Captain rules: Able to swap out three players at chosen time.
    
     Math Test: 50 minutes
     Rules: Compete over year's worth of subject matter.
     Captain rules: Able to answer one question in test-taker's stead.
    
     English Test: 50 minutes
     Rules: Compete over year's worth of subject matters
     Captain rules: Able to answer one question in test-taker's stead.
[06:14] Ayanokoji
    I have no objections to the content.
[06:16] Ayanokoji
    But may I make one request?
[06:19] Horikita
    What is it?
[06:20] Ayanokoji
    I'd like you to take on the chess
    competition Class A requested.
[06:25] Horikita
    Me?
[06:27] Horikita
    It's true that someone will
    need to practice it, but...
[06:30] Horikita
    Why me?
[06:32] Ayanokoji
    You seem the most suited for me to teach.
[06:36] Horikita
    Very well.
[06:37] Horikita
    How will we practice, then?
[06:40] Ayanokoji
    I was thinking we'd
    practice online overnight.
[06:43] Horikita
    That way, no one will see us.
[06:48] Horikita
    You think we can beat Class A this way?
[06:51] Ayanokoji
    I don't think they're an unbeatable opponent.
[06:54] Ayanokoji
    That's what this data made me think.
[06:58] Ayanokoji
    I'm going to keep leaving things to you.
[07:04] Ayanokoji
    All that's left is...
[07:10] Horikita
    Wait a moment, Hirata-kun.
[07:13] Horikita
    I'd like to confirm one thing with you.
[07:16] Horikita
    I don't currently plan to use
    you on the day of the test.
[07:20] Horikita
    But if we end up with a subject that
    requires a large number of people,
[07:24] Horikita
    will you at least give
    the bare minimum effort?
[07:29] Horikita
    You're not going to tell me?
[07:35] Sato
    I guess we don't stand a chance, huh?
[07:38] Sato
    With Hirata-kun acting like that...
[07:40] Shinohara
    And with so little time before the test...
[07:44] Wang
    Wait, Hirata-kun!
[07:46] Wang
    Please, Hirata-kun.
[07:48] Wang
    We really need you for this!
[07:51] Wang
    Please...
[07:53] Hirata
    Could you please leave me alone?
[07:56] Wang
    I can't do that!
[07:58] Hirata
    Then will you bring Yamauchi-kun back?
[08:02] Hirata
    Talking with you is a waste of time.
[08:05] Hirata
    I can go now, right?
[08:16] Wang
    Ow...
[08:18] Hirata
    If you won't leave me alone—
[08:20] Koenji
    Well, well.
[08:22] Koenji
    Still skulking around, are we?
[08:26] Koenji
    This is quite an ugly side you're showing.
[08:29] Koenji
    Oh, dear.
[08:31] Koenji
    Don't mind me.
[08:33] Koenji
    By all means, continue.
[08:35] Hirata
    I suppose you want something from me, too?
[08:39] Koenji
    As I already possess everything I want,
    the most I'd ask from you would be...
[08:44] Koenji
    to kindly remain out of my sight.
[08:48] Hirata
    Just shut up.
[08:49] Hirata
    You don't know what I'm going through!
[08:51] Koenji
    I certainly don't.
[08:53] Koenji
    Nor do I want to.
[08:54] Wang
    S-Stop this, Koenji-kun!
[08:57] Wang
    Hirata-kun didn't do anything wrong!
[09:00] Koenji
    Oh, do forgive me.
[09:02] Koenji
    But you'd be best off forgetting
    about your boy Hirata there.
[09:07] Koenji
    He's broken.
[09:13] Hirata
    I've had just about enough
    out of you, Koenji!
[09:21] Koenji
    If you come after me, I won't hold back.
[09:35] Koenji
    If you don't want her, perhaps I'll take her.
[09:43] Wang
    Wh-What?!
[09:46] Wang
    P-Please, let me down!
[09:48] Koenji
    I can't do that.
[09:49] Koenji
    You're heartbroken, and physically harmed.
[09:54] Koenji
    I'd like to mend all that ails you.
[09:56] Wang
    E-Er... I... I'm not harmed at all!
[10:00] Koenji
    No need to worry, now.
[10:03] Koenji
    Despite appearances, I'm really quite gentle.
[10:06] Wang
    Let me go!
[10:07] Wang
    Put me down!
[10:10] Koenji
    I fear I can't do that.
[10:10] Wang
    Why?!
[10:11] Koenji
    I already have you, you see.
[10:12] Wang
    No! Put me down!
[10:19] Koenji
    You still have call to quarrel with me, then?
[10:23] Hirata
    You're doing this to hurt me, aren't you?
[10:26] Koenji
    No.
[10:28] Koenji
    You're the one hurting those around you.
[10:33] Koenji
    At the very lease, I refuse to let
    such a good-hearted girl go neglected.
[10:41] Koenji
    Why don't you just disappear?
[10:53] Wang
    Hirata-kun...
[10:55] Koenji
    You'd be best served by
    leaving him alone for today.
[11:17] Ayanokoji
    Hirata.
[11:20] Hirata
    Why can't you people just leave me alone?
[11:24] Ayanokoji
    Are you going to shove me and run
    away, like you did with Mii-chan?
[11:29] Hirata
    I'm too tired.
[11:31] Hirata
    I don't have the energy to run anymore.
[11:34] Hirata
    So, what did you want to talk about?
[11:37] Ayanokoji
    I want to hear what you have to say.
[11:42] Ayanokoji
    You continue to resent the expulsion of
    Yamauchi, and refuse to work with the class.
[11:49] Ayanokoji
    I want to know what happened that
    formed that worldview of yours.
[11:55] Hirata
    What good would it do for me to tell you?
[12:00] Ayanokoji
    You'll have told me.
[12:05] Hirata
    There's a terrifyingly vast
    darkness behind your eyes.
[12:14] Hirata
    It all started when I was in middle school.
[12:18] Hirata
    A good friend of mine became
    a target for bullying.
[12:23] Hirata
    I wanted to save him.
[12:26] Hirata
    But I was afraid of becoming a target myself,
[12:31] Hirata
    so I just sat back and watched.
[12:34] Hirata
    Then, one day...
[12:36] Hirata
    My friend tried to jump to his death.
[12:47] Hirata
    They managed to save his life,
[12:49] Hirata
    but he never recovered,
    and remains in a coma.
[12:55] Hirata
    I'm the one who drove him to it.
[13:00] Ayanokoji
    It wasn't solely your fault.
[13:05] Hirata
    That's true.
[13:07] Hirata
    But bystanders share the guilt.
[13:11] Hirata
    I thought my friend's suicide
    attempt would be the end of it.
[13:16] Hirata
    But it wasn't.
[13:18] Hirata
    After that happened, I saw the
    greatest depths of human darkness.
[13:24] Hirata
    My classmates found a new
    target for their bullying.
[13:29] Hirata
    I couldn't believe it.
[13:32] Hirata
    Someone who'd been a bystander until then
[13:35] Hirata
    became their new target.
[13:37] Hirata
    And even classmates who only tolerated
    the bullying began to join in.
[13:45] Ayanokoji
    Once the bottom rung of
    the hierarchy disappears,
[13:48] Ayanokoji
    the student just above
    them is now on the bottom.
[13:53] Ayanokoji
    It's a law of nature, in a way.
[13:56] Hirata
    I was determined to stop it.
[14:00] Hirata
    So I tried to control them through fear.
[14:05] Ayanokoji
    You did?
[14:07] Hirata
    I employed violence.
[14:10] Hirata
    No one was willing to hit me back.
[14:14] Hirata
    I created a hierarchy with me on top,
    and everyone else at the bottom.
[14:19] Hirata
    If any conflict came up, I dished out the
    same punishment and pain to both sides.
[14:27] Hirata
    I think I destroyed the entire
    class year as a result.
[14:33] Hirata
    The students stopped smiling and
    conducted themselves like robots.
[14:40] Ayanokoji
    And that's why you didn't like seeing
    Yamauchi singled out among our class?
[14:48] Hirata
    In the end, I couldn't protect Yamauchi-kun.
[14:52] Hirata
    I was incapable of bringing
    our class together.
[14:57] Hirata
    To protect one person, I tried
    to rule through fear once more.
[15:02] Ayanokoji
    It's not Horikita's fault
    that Yamauchi was expelled.
[15:07] Ayanokoji
    It isn't mine, either.
[15:09] Ayanokoji
    Do you realize that?
[15:12] Hirata
    Yeah. It was inevitable.
[15:16] Hirata
    There was nothing any of us could have done.
[15:19] Ayanokoji
    That isn't true.
[15:23] Ayanokoji
    Yamauchi's expulsion, Hirata,
[15:27] Ayanokoji
    was your fault.
[15:31] Ayanokoji
    If you really wanted to save him,
[15:33] Ayanokoji
    you should have done
    whatever it took to do it.
[15:38] Hirata
    But I did everything!
[15:40] Hirata
    I just couldn't save him!
[15:42] Ayanokoji
    Ichinose of Class B didn't sacrifice anyone.
[15:48] Hirata
    But that's...
[15:50] Hirata
    Her situation was special.
[15:53] Hirata
    She had all those private
    points that made it possible!
[15:56] Ayanokoji
    Then the issue was your inability
    to spearhead a similar initiative.
[16:01] Hirata
    That's unreasonable!
[16:03] Ayanokoji
    Yes, but that doesn't matter.
[16:06] Ayanokoji
    That's the path that you'd chosen.
[16:09] Ayanokoji
    Your belief that everyone could be saved
    is a private fantasy of your own making.
[16:16] Ayanokoji
    But if you want to continue
    to feel that way,
[16:19] Ayanokoji
    then when you fail,
    you need to take on all the blame.
[16:23] Ayanokoji
    That's the dedication that
    that cause requires.
[16:25] Hirata
    I—
[16:26] Ayanokoji
    I was under a mistaken impression.
[16:29] Ayanokoji
    I thought you were a person of character,
    whom our classmates respected.
[16:35] Ayanokoji
    But that's not true.
[16:37] Ayanokoji
    A shallow, helpless student who boasts
    about wanting to do the impossible...
[16:44] Ayanokoji
    That's who you are, Hirata Yosuke.
[16:50] Ayanokoji
    How long do you expect
    to remain in your dream?
[16:54] Hirata
    This is who you really are, isn't it?
[16:58] Hirata
    Those are horrifyingly merciless, cold words.
[17:03] Ayanokoji
    You're free to want what you want.
[17:06] Ayanokoji
    But if you want to save everyone,
    the only way is to fight to the end,
[17:11] Ayanokoji
    and struggle to the limits
    of what is available.
[17:15] Ayanokoji
    If, after all that, someone is still expelled,
[17:18] Ayanokoji
    you must resign yourself, accept it,
[17:19] Ayanokoji
    and continue to walk forward.
[17:24] Hirata
    It's all too cruel.
[17:26] Ayanokoji
    Hesitation on your part now will lead to
    more and more of your classmates being lost.
[17:32] Ayanokoji
    That's why you need to keep looking
    forward and walking to the very end.
[17:37] Ayanokoji
    If you do that, then when it's all over,
[17:40] Ayanokoji
    you'll find many students
    standing right behind you.
[17:44] Hirata
    Do I really have to bear the
    entire burden and keep walking?
[17:51] Hirata
    Then where am I supposed to show weakness?
[17:55] Ayanokoji
    When you're struggling, you can ask
    your other classmates for help.
[18:01] Ayanokoji
    You can show weakness to
    whoever you choose to rely on.
[18:05] Ayanokoji
    It doesn't matter if they're
    ahead of or behind you.
[18:09] Hirata
    I... Is someone like me...
[18:13] Hirata
    really suited to walk in front of everyone?
[18:19] Ayanokoji
    The person you are now
[18:21] Ayanokoji
    can safely walk in front of them.
[18:25] Hirata
    Thank you.
[18:26] Hirata
    Thank you, Ayanokoji-kun.
[18:35] Ayanokoji
    That should do it.
[18:41] MV
    Morning!
[18:43] FV
    Morning.
[18:44] FV
    Morning!
[18:45] FV
    Pretty warm out today, huh?
[18:51] Wang
    G-Good morning, Hirata-kun.
[18:55] Hirata
    Good morning.
[18:57] Hirata
    I'm sorry about yesterday!
[19:00] Hirata
    I was absolutely horrible to you, Mii-chan.
[19:03] Hirata
    You've been trying and trying to talk to me.
[19:06] Hirata
    I'm sorry I ignored you.
[19:08] Wang
    Th-Th-That's okay...
[19:10] Wang
    I wasn't bothered at all.
[19:14] Hirata
    Good morning, everyone!
[19:15] ???
    H-Hirata-kun?
[19:18] Hirata
    And... I'm sorry!
[19:21] Hirata
    I realize it might be too late for apologies,
[19:25] Hirata
    but if you're all right with it,
    I'd like to contribute to the class again.
[19:30] Wang
    Hirata-kun!
[19:31] Ike?
    What's come over you?
[19:33] Matsushita?
    We've been waiting!
[19:34] Sato
    Yeah!
[19:36] Horikita
    What happened here?
[19:39] Hirata
    Good morning, Horikita-san.
[19:41] Horikita
    Y-Yes... good morning.
[19:44] Hirata
    I don't think I was wrong to object
    to your treatment of the class vote.
[19:49] Horikita
    I see.
[19:51] Hirata
    But what you did wasn't wrong, either.
[19:55] Hirata
    Rather... it was one correct option.
[19:58] Horikita
    That's a significant change
    in perspective from yesterday.
[20:02] Hirata
    I'm going to do the best I can to recover
    the trust you've all lost in me.
[20:21] Ayanokoji
    Checkmate.
[20:24] Horikita
    I have a long way to go.
[20:26] Ayanokoji
    You've acquired an impressive amount
    of mastery in quite a short time.
[20:32] Horikita
    I still couldn't win without
    you taking it easy on me.
[20:36] Ayanokoji
    No one can beat me when I'm not holding back.
[20:41] Horikita
    You're awfully confident.
SIGN    Ayanokoji Kiyotaka
[20:44] Ayanokoji
    It's not confidence. It's experience.
[20:47] Ayanokoji
    We'll call it off here in
    preparation for tomorrow.
[20:50] Horikita
    I suppose.
[20:51] Horikita
    I'll see you tomorrow, then.
[20:53] Ayanokoji
    Right.
SIGN    Final Special Exam
SIGN    Final Special Exam
     Team Captain Meeting Spot
[22:40] Ichinose
    Kaneda-kun's not here yet.
[22:51] Ichinose
    Ryuen-kun?
[22:53] Ichinose
    What are you doing here?
[22:56] Ryuen
    What's got you so upset?
[22:58] Sakayanagi
    I see.
[23:00] Sakayanagi
    It seems we made an assumption
    that whoever had protection points
[23:04] Sakayanagi
    would serve as team captain.
[23:07] Ryuen
    If the team captain is absent,
[23:09] Ryuen
    it's only natural that someone
    else should fill in for them.
[23:13] Ryuen
    Isn't it?
[23:15] Ichinose
    Well, gosh.
[23:17] Ichinose
    Watching Ryuen-kun, back to the wall,
    without a protection point...
[23:21] Sakayanagi
    It appears their competition
    will be quite amusing, as well.
[23:26] Sakayanagi
    Now that we're all here, shall we proceed?