# E13 - Love is the best teacher.
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***SIGN*** Love is the best teacher.
***SIGN*** Pliny the Younger, "Epistulae"
**[00:17] Ayanokoji**
You brought the newest issue?
**[00:19] Hiyori**
Yes, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
**[00:24] Ayanokoji**
You've already read it?
**[00:26] Hiyori**
They've all been so good, after all.
**[00:30] Hiyori**
Once you finish it, feel free
to return it to the library.
**[00:35] Hiyori**
By the way, I'm sorry to be blunt,
**[00:38] Hiyori**
but are you the one who changed Ryuen-kun?
**[00:42] Ayanokoji**
What makes you think that?
**[00:45] Hiyori**
I just put the puzzle pieces together.
**[00:50] Hiyori**
I'm sorry to be so forward with you.
**[00:53] Hiyori**
I know you don't like to
talk about things like that.
**[00:58] Hiyori**
If I lost a friend with similar
interests over something like this,
**[01:03] Hiyori**
I'd really regret it.
**[01:05] Hiyori**
But I thought that if I didn't take that
step, we might not make any progress.
**[01:10] Ayanokoji**
Any progress?
**[01:12] Hiyori**
I'm sorry.
**[01:13] Hiyori**
I don't even know what I'm trying to say.
**[01:18] Hiyori**
Um, did you hear how our
Class D fought in the final exam?
**[01:24] Ayanokoji**
I don't condemn your method, at least.
**[01:27] Hiyori**
But a plan that could get your
opponent hurt is clearly wrong.
**[01:33] Ayanokoji**
If you knew that, why didn't you stop it?
**[01:36] Hiyori**
You really think he'd listen
to what I have to say?
**[01:43] Ayanokoji**
Would you take a message
to Ryuen for me, Hiyori?
**[01:48] Hiyori**
Of course.
***SIGN*** I'd like to talk to you.
Can you come now?
I'll be waiting at Café Pallet in Keyaki Mall.
Let me know if you can't make it.
**[01:51] Karuizawa**
"Come now"? What in the world does he want?
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***SIGN*** 3rd Season
***SIGN*** Classroom
of
the
Elite
***SIGN*** Classroom of
***SIGN*** the Elite
**[03:38] Karuizawa**
Hey.
**[03:40] Karuizawa**
What do you want?
**[03:42] Ayanokoji**
Sit, why don't you?
**[03:44] Karuizawa**
If people see us having tea together,
won't they spread weird rumors?
**[03:53] Karuizawa**
Were you with someone just now?
**[03:55] Ayanokoji**
Yeah. Hiyori.
**[03:57] Karuizawa**
Hiyo—
**[03:59] Ayanokoji**
We both like reading, so we talk a lot.
**[04:04] Karuizawa**
Oh? You use her given name, huh?
**[04:07] Karuizawa**
And you've got stuff in common?
**[04:11] Karuizawa**
Oh, yeah?
**[04:15] Karuizawa**
Look, I don't care who you're friends with.
**[04:19] Karuizawa**
What did you *want*?
**[04:21] Ayanokoji**
Sorry, I forgot.
**[04:24] Karuizawa**
What?! What's wrong with you?!
**[04:27] Ayanokoji**
I'll email you again if I remember.
**[04:30] Karuizawa**
This is ridiculous.
**[04:32] Karuizawa**
I'm out of here.
**[04:39] Ryuen**
Meeting up in the bathroom?
**[04:42] Ryuen**
Very tasteful of you.
**[04:43] Hashimoto**
I heard how you shone during the final exam.
**[04:47] Hashimoto**
Can I assume you're back in business, then?
**[04:49] Ryuen**
Who can say? Maybe it was just a whim.
**[04:54] Hashimoto**
So? What do you intend to do next?
**[04:57] Ryuen**
Don't think you can win by
going around as a double agent.
**[05:02] Ryuen**
You damn snake.
**[05:05] Hashimoto**
*Double* agent?
**[05:07] Hashimoto**
Sorry, but I'm not content to
be in with just two classes.
**[05:13] Ryuen**
Kanzaki?
**[05:14] Hashimoto**
He was just begging for an audience with you.
**[05:18] Ryuen**
And in return, you get an in with Class B?
**[05:22] Ryuen**
Did you really think
Kanzaki would go for that?
**[05:25] Hashimoto**
Oh, he will.
**[05:27] Hashimoto**
Won't you?
**[05:28] Kanzaki**
Hashimoto, I don't trust you at all.
**[05:32] Kanzaki**
But I do believe I can use you.
**[05:36] Hashimoto**
You heard him.
**[05:37] Ryuen**
So? Here to describe to
me the taste of defeat?
**[05:43] Kanzaki**
Just so you know, the dirty tricks you
used won't work on Class B again.
**[05:49] Ryuen**
Please. You're just Ichinose's bootlicker.
**[05:53] Ryuen**
What do you expect to do?
**[05:55] Kanzaki**
It's true that I've spent this
year as Ichinose's supporter.
**[06:00] Kanzaki**
But if Ichinose can't bring
herself to do what's necessary...
**[06:03] Kanzaki**
I'll take my own approach to
fighting an enemy like you.
**[06:16] Ishizaki**
Ayanokoji!
**[06:17] Ibuki**
Hey!
**[06:18] Ishizaki**
Hey, Ayanokoji!
**[06:20] Ishizaki**
I thought up the perfect
way to get to Class A!
**[06:24] Ishizaki**
You should join our class!
**[06:27] Ibuki**
Huh? Where's this coming from?
**[06:30] Ishizaki**
If Ryuen-san and Ayanokoji teamed
up, they'd be unbeatable.
**[06:34] Ishizaki**
Sakayanagi and Ichinose
would be a breeze to beat!
**[06:37] Ayanokoji**
I'd certainly give you my best.
**[06:40] Ibuki**
Hey... Are you serious?
**[06:42] Ishizaki**
See? See?
**[06:43] Ishizaki**
We'd love to have you!
**[06:45] Ayanokoji**
But it can't really happen.
**[06:47] Ayanokoji**
Where would you get the twenty million
points needed for me to change classes?
**[06:51] Ayanokoji**
Besides, it's more fun to have
him as an enemy than as an ally.
**[06:58] Ibuki**
You and Ryuen are both weirdos.
**[07:02] Ayanokoji**
Maybe you're right.
**[07:12] Ayanokoji**
You'll catch a cold just standing there.
**[07:15] Ichinose**
Ayanokoji-kun?
**[07:18] Ichinose**
You can be rather forceful, Ayanokoji-kun.
**[07:22] Ayanokoji**
You seemed like you didn't
want to go back to your room.
**[07:27] Ichinose**
It seems like you're always
there when I'm feeling low.
**[07:33] Ayanokoji**
Feel free to share your
troubles with me again.
**[07:37] Ichinose**
I can't.
**[07:39] Ichinose**
I've already relied on you enough.
**[07:43] Ichinose**
To impose on you any longer...
**[07:46] Ichinose**
It would just be too pathetic.
**[07:49] Ayanokoji**
You don't trust me?
**[07:51] Ichinose**
It isn't that!
**[07:53] Ichinose**
I think I trust you more
than anyone else right now.
**[07:58] Ayanokoji**
Even though I'm an
enemy from another class?
**[08:01] Ichinose**
I don't like to throw
around the word "enemy."
**[08:05] Ichinose**
You might not be my ally,
**[08:07] Ichinose**
but I can trust you.
**[08:14] Ichinose**
Talking to Horikita-san
earlier made it clear.
**[08:18] Ichinose**
She's grown so much in this past year.
**[08:21] Ichinose**
Same with Ryuen-kun and Sakayanagi-san.
**[08:25] Ichinose**
The other class leaders are
getting stronger and stronger.
**[08:30] Ichinose**
I wonder if I'll be able to beat them.
**[08:34] Ichinose**
I'm scared.
**[08:36] Ichinose**
Where will I be in a year?
**[08:39] Ichinose**
What do I do?
**[08:41] Ichinose**
What do I do?
**[08:49] Ichinose**
Ayanokoji-kun?
**[08:52] Ichinose**
You're a mysterious person, Ayanokoji-kun.
**[08:56] Ayanokoji**
Hey, Ichinose.
**[08:58] Ayanokoji**
Will you meet with me again,
like this, a year from now?
**[09:02] Ayanokoji**
Just you and me.
**[09:07] Ayanokoji**
Focus on moving forward for one
whole year, then meet with me.
**[09:12] Ayanokoji**
Can you promise you'll do that?
**[09:14] Ichinose**
I...
**[09:15] Ichinose**
But by then, what if I...
**[09:18] Ichinose**
What if our classes...
**[09:20] Ayanokoji**
That doesn't matter.
**[09:22] Ayanokoji**
There are words I want to say to you now,
**[09:25] Ayanokoji**
and I promise that I'll say them to you then.
**[09:28] Ichinose**
I promise, too.
**[09:30] Ichinose**
I'll spend this year
fighting with all I have!
**[09:33] Ichinose**
And I'll aim for Class A!
**[09:36] Ayanokoji**
*The future isn't certain.*
**[09:38] Ayanokoji**
*But...*
**[09:40] Ayanokoji**
* If Ichinose ever seems*
* about to fall into ruin...*
**[09:44] Ayanokoji**
*I'll deal the killing blow.*
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***SIGN*** 3rd Season
***SIGN*** Classroom
of
the
Elite
***SIGN*** Classroom of
***SIGN*** the Elite
**[09:55] Ayanokoji**
Being here takes me back.
**[09:58] Ryuen**
Forget that crap.
**[09:59] Ryuen**
What's with this message from Hiyori,
***SIGN*** Shiina Hiyori
***SIGN*** Ryuen Kakeru
***SIGN*** A message for Ryuen-kun
***SIGN*** This is from Ayanokoji-kun.
"I could have more easily and safely won
five matches in the special exam."
For the rest, please talk to Ayanokoji-kun.
**[10:03] Ryuen**
Ayanokoji?
**[10:04] Ayanokoji**
It means just what it says.
**[10:06] Ryuen**
You could've done it better and safer, huh?
**[10:11] Ayanokoji**
I'd be sad if you messed up
and had to leave the school.
**[10:16] Ryuen**
Big words from the man
who lost to Sakayanagi.
**[10:21] Ayanokoji**
I did lose, yes.
**[10:23] Ayanokoji**
And as I was the team captain,
I can't make excuses.
**[10:27] Ryuen**
Yeah? Don't give me that crap.
**[10:30] Ryuen**
You beat me, so you could've beat Sakayanagi.
**[10:35] Ryuen**
Were you just not even trying?
**[10:38] Ryuen**
Or maybe there was something
beyond your control...
**[10:42] Ryuen**
Is that it?
**[10:47] Ayanokoji**
So, what are you going to do next?
**[10:50] Ryuen**
Enjoy my time off, of course.
**[10:53] Ryuen**
And once I get tired of that,
**[10:55] Ryuen**
I think I'll warm up by crushing
Ichinose and Sakayanagi.
**[10:59] Ryuen**
And if anyone's going to expel you...
**[11:04] Ryuen**
It's going to be me!
**[11:11] Ayanokoji**
Impressive.
**[11:14] Ryuen**
That's the best a surprise attack gets me?
**[11:17] Ayanokoji**
You do have potential.
**[11:20] Ayanokoji**
Try to mature more effectively, Ryuen.
**[11:24] Ryuen**
Since when did you become my teacher?
**[11:28] Ayanokoji**
If Class B had found proof of what
you did, you'd have been screwed.
**[11:35] Ayanokoji**
If you stay at your current level,
we'll never have a rematch.
**[11:40] Ayanokoji**
Don't leave obvious tracks.
**[11:44] Ryuen**
Under the circumstances,
I'll take your shitty advice.
**[11:48] Ryuen**
But one day, I *will* crush you.
**[11:54] Ayanokoji**
I wouldn't mind being crushed by you.
**[11:59] Matsushita**
You're going on lots of dates
with Ike-kun lately, huh?
**[12:02] Shinohara**
Huh? It's not like that with him!
**[12:05] Matsushita**
You don't have to deny it!
**[12:08] Sato**
I'm curious, too!
**[12:09] Shinohara**
I told you, it's not like that!
**[12:11] Matsushita**
Oh, really?
**[12:13] Matsushita**
You're blushing, though.
**[12:14] Matsushita**
You're red all the way to your ears!
**[12:17] Shinohara**
Seriously, knock it off!
**[12:19] Shinohara**
It's nothing!
**[12:20] Matsushita**
Want me to buy you a crêpe after this, then?
**[12:21] Karuizawa**
Sorry, got something to do.
**[12:23] Karuizawa**
I'm taking off early! See you later!
**[12:26] Matsushita**
S-Sure.
**[12:29] Shinohara**
Karuizawa-san seemed a little down, huh?
**[12:32] Sato**
Did something happen to her?
**[12:34] Matsushita**
Speaking of, Sato-san,
**[12:36] Matsushita**
how did things go with Ayanokoji-kun?
**[12:38] Sato**
Huh?!
**[12:39] Shinohara**
That's right!
**[12:40] Shinohara**
You were thinking about
how to ask him out, right?
**[12:43] Sato**
Promise you won't tell anyone?
**[12:46] Matsushita**
Of course we do!
**[12:47] Shinohara**
You bet!
**[12:48] Sato**
R-Right...
**[12:52] Shinohara**
What? He turned you down like *that*?!
**[12:55] Sato**
K-Keep it down!
**[12:57] Shinohara**
What is he, stupid or something?
**[13:00] Sato**
I think... Ayanokoji-kun likes Karuizawa-san.
**[13:05] Shinohara**
F-For real?
**[13:07] Sato**
Yeah.
**[13:09] Shinohara**
And I think Karuizawa-san
might like Ayanokoji-kun, too.
**[13:16] Shinohara**
I'm trying to forget, but...
**[13:19] Shinohara**
I always thought Karuizawa-san
had higher standards, like me.
**[13:25] Sato**
But... Ayanokoji-kun's a quality guy, too.
**[13:29] Shinohara**
Really? He's just a fast runner, right?
**[13:32] Sato**
Yeah, but... it's more than that!
**[13:38] Ayanokoji**
What did you call me out here for?
**[13:41] Tsukishiro**
Well?
**[13:43] Tsukishiro**
What would you think of returning to
your father after this spring break?
**[13:48] Ayanokoji**
No. I like this school.
**[13:51] Tsukishiro**
I'm afraid your life here might
just get harder if you don't.
**[13:58] Tsukishiro**
Why don't we have a game?
**[14:01] Tsukishiro**
A student from the White Room will
be mixed in with the incoming class.
**[14:08] Tsukishiro**
If you can ascertain which student it is
by the end of April, I will withdraw.
**[14:14] Tsukishiro**
You're not the only success we've had.
**[14:18] Tsukishiro**
That student will be the
one to put an end to you.
**[14:21] Ayanokoji**
Understood.
**[14:23] Ayanokoji**
But there is one thing that
I can say with confidence.
**[14:28] Ayanokoji**
There is no one from the White
Room who is superior to me.
**[14:33] Tsukishiro**
Those eerie eyes with such
darkness within them...
**[14:38] Tsukishiro**
You're the spitting image of your father.
**[14:43] Matsushita**
Ayanokoji-kun?
**[14:50] Ayanokoji**
Can I help you with something, Matsushita?
**[14:53] Ayanokoji**
What's the matter?
**[14:54] Matsushita**
Were you talking to the
chairman about something?
**[14:57] Matsushita**
Apparently they want to remodel this area.
**[15:00] Matsushita**
I happened to be here,
so he asked my opinion.
**[15:03] Matsushita**
Oh? Is that it?
**[15:09] Matsushita**
Hey, you gave the right answer during
that mental math test, right?
***SIGN*** Q10
**[15:19] Ayanokoji**
That subject just happens
to be one I'm good at.
**[15:22] Matsushita**
I saw you and Hirata-kun
talking on the bench.
**[15:34] Matsushita**
Hirata-kun's recovery didn't
just happen, did it?
**[15:38] Matsushita**
Ayanokoji-kun, you're better at academics
and sports than you admit to, aren't you?
**[15:43] Ayanokoji**
I hold back because I
don't want to stand out.
**[15:46] Matsushita**
Then please contribute more
to the class from now on!
**[15:50] Matsushita**
I want to reach Class A, too.
**[15:54] Ayanokoji**
I'd recently been thinking
of doing that, actually.
**[15:58] Ayanokoji**
But don't get your hopes up too high.
**[16:02] Ayanokoji**
I'm already using 70 to 80
percent of what I have.
**[16:05] Matsushita**
Okay.
**[16:08] Matsushita**
And... can I ask you one thing?
***SIGN*** Place a call to this number?
***SIGN*** Cancel
***SIGN*** Call
**[16:17] (Flashback) Matsushita**
I want to ask you about Karuizawa-san.
**[16:20] (Flashback) Matsushita**
Does she like you because she
knows what you can really do?
**[16:25] (Flashback) Ayanokoji**
That's not why.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Matsushita**
Then what is your relationship, exactly?
***SIGN*** Place a call to this number?
***SIGN*** Cancel
***SIGN*** Call
**[16:36] Ayanokoji**
What is it?
**[16:38] Horikita**
* Since we're going for Class A, would you*
* be willing to unleash your full ability?*
**[16:44] Ayanokoji**
No.
**[16:45] Horikita**
*Why not?*
**[16:47] Ayanokoji**
Unfortunately, there's no one in our
class year who can compete with me.
**[16:52] Ayanokoji**
There's no point in me going all-out.
**[16:54] Horikita**
Let's put that to the test.
**[16:56] Ayanokoji**
*How?*
**[16:59] Horikita**
How about competing with me in
our second-year written exams?
***SIGN*** Ayanokoji Kiyotaka
**[17:05] Ayanokoji**
*If I win, you join the student council.*
**[17:11] Horikita**
Could I ask why you want that?
**[17:14] Ayanokoji**
I'll tell you when you lose.
**[17:17] Horikita**
I don't care for that.
**[17:20] Horikita**
In exchange, if I win,
**[17:23] Horikita**
you have to go all-out from then on.
**[17:26] Ayanokoji**
I see.
**[17:27] Horikita**
*I look forward to it.*
**[17:29] Horikita**
*See you later.*
***SIGN*** Place a call to this number?
***SIGN*** Cancel
***SIGN*** Call
**[18:58] Karuizawa**
So? What is it?
**[19:00] Karuizawa**
Did you remember what you wanted to tell me?
**[19:03] Ayanokoji**
Slow down.
**[19:04] Karuizawa**
Like I said earlier, I've got
dinner with friends at seven.
**[19:09] Karuizawa**
Get it?
**[19:10] Ayanokoji**
You have plenty of time.
**[19:14] Karuizawa**
This is creepy, okay?
**[19:17] Karuizawa**
You've been totally
wishy-washy since the café.
**[19:21] Karuizawa**
Oh, right!
**[19:23] Karuizawa**
And Sato-san is starting
to ask questions about us.
**[19:28] Ayanokoji**
Matsushita is asking questions about us, too.
**[19:32] Karuizawa**
Huh? No way!
**[19:34] Ayanokoji**
Matsushita's begun to
suspect my real abilities.
**[19:38] Ayanokoji**
She seems like the type to hide her
own exceptional traits, as well.
**[19:43] Karuizawa**
H-Hang on a minute.
**[19:46] Karuizawa**
I can't keep up with all
this new information.
**[19:48] Karuizawa**
It feels like this is going
in a really bad direction.
**[19:51] Ayanokoji**
I don't think we have to worry
about Sato and Matsushita.
**[19:57] Karuizawa**
No, we totally do!
**[19:59] Karuizawa**
If this gets around,
it's going to mess up all my plans.
**[20:04] Ayanokoji**
Is it?
**[20:06] Karuizawa**
Even if I want to get a new boyfriend,
**[20:10] Karuizawa**
no one's going to ask me out if they
think I'm already with someone.
**[20:17] Karuizawa**
I broke up with Hirata-kun, remember?
**[20:19] Karuizawa**
So I'm looking for a new guy.
**[20:21] Karuizawa**
Is that a problem?
**[20:23] Ayanokoji**
Of course not.
**[20:25] Karuizawa**
I mean, you're getting
close to Shiina-san, too!
**[20:28] Karuizawa**
And you've got stuff in
common with her, unlike me!
**[20:36] Karuizawa**
I'm leaving.
**[20:39] Ayanokoji**
Kei.
**[20:40] Karuizawa**
What?!
**[20:42] Ayanokoji**
Feel free to ignore this
if you don't like it.
**[20:49] Ayanokoji**
Will you date me?
**[20:50] Karuizawa**
Huh?
**[20:52] Ayanokoji**
I'm asking if you'd be willing to date me.
**[20:57] Karuizawa**
Um, but...
**[20:59] Karuizawa**
I don't understand...
**[21:04] Karuizawa**
what you're... talking... about?
**[21:07] Karuizawa**
Wait, huh? What?!
**[21:10] Karuizawa**
Y-You're joking, right?
**[21:12] Karuizawa**
I thought you liked Shiina-san—
**[21:14] Ayanokoji**
I just did that to see if
you'd get jealous, I guess.
**[21:19] Karuizawa**
S-So? What the heck?
**[21:21] Karuizawa**
Why are you bringing this up now?
**[21:23] Ayanokoji**
I wanted to prevent you from
becoming someone else's girlfriend.
**[21:29] Karuizawa**
So... Does that mean you...
**[21:38] Karuizawa**
You *like* me?
**[21:40] Ayanokoji**
Yes. I like you, Karuizawa Kei.
**[21:51] Karuizawa**
I... I'm willing to date you.
**[21:54] Ayanokoji**
Does that mean you like me, then?
**[21:59] Karuizawa**
Y-You're going to make me say it?
**[22:01] Ayanokoji**
Yes, I am.
**[22:04] Karuizawa**
W-Well... I...
**[22:07] Karuizawa**
I guess I... might like you, too.
**[22:13] Karuizawa**
As much as I hate to admit it.
**[22:16] Karuizawa**
Hey!
**[22:19] Karuizawa**
A-Are you gonna kiss me or something?
**[22:22] Ayanokoji**
No.
**[22:24] Ayanokoji**
Not yet.
**[22:25] Karuizawa**
N-Not *yet*?
**[22:29] Ayanokoji**
This is enough for now, isn't it?
**[22:34] Karuizawa**
Yeah... for now.
**[22:40] Karuizawa**
Hey. Have you gotten a little taller?
**[22:44] Ayanokoji**
Maybe I have.
**[22:48] Ayanokoji**
*Humans are creatures that learn and grow.*
**[22:52] Ayanokoji**
* This romance is necessary*
* for Karuizawa Kei to grow.*
**[22:57] Ayanokoji**
* At the same time, I'll use*
* Kei to learn about romance.*
**[23:03] Ayanokoji**
* That's something I couldn't*
* learn about in the White Room.*
**[23:06] Ayanokoji**
* But once I'm done reading*
* the textbook known as Kei,*
**[23:10] Ayanokoji**
*I won't need it anymore.*
**[23:14] Ayanokoji**
*Or maybe...*
**[23:16] Ayanokoji**
* I'll find myself in a future*
* where that's not the case.*
**[23:20] Ayanokoji**
*Let's pray...*
**[23:26] Ayanokoji**
* that in this moment,*
* holding someone precious in my arms...*
**[23:33] Ayanokoji**
*that I'm smiling.*