E10 - The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method. Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) 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?