E2 - It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill.
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SIGN It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill.
SIGN La Rochefoucauld, "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims"
[00:20] kus
Hey, cut it out!
[00:22] mat
Sorry!
[00:23] sat
Isn't this so exciting?
[00:25] kus
Oh, now you've done it!
[00:27] koji
During free time at swim class,
[00:30] koji
people naturally break up
into groups, I guess...
[00:35] koji
I see.
[00:36] koji
It seems I've thoroughly
failed at making friends.
[00:46] hori
What are you brooding about?
[00:49] koji
I was immersed in a struggle with myself.
[00:52] hori
How can they be so carefree
after what just happened?
[00:57] koji
You don't think they're trying
to take their minds off it?
[01:01] hori
Perhaps they are.
[01:03] kus
Hey, stop that!
[02:38] hori
They seem to be enjoying themselves.
[02:40] koji
Classes in the pool started early this spring.
[02:42] koji
Besides, generally speaking,
when there's a free period,
[02:45] koji
don't most high school
first-years go a little nuts?
[02:48] hori
They're like little children.
[02:51] hori
But I can't spite them for it, either.
[02:55] hori
In the eyes of the S-system,
they're the worst kind of defectives.
[03:00] koji
That includes you, doesn't it?
[03:02] hori
Yes.
[03:04] koji
The S-system...
[03:08] (Flashback) cha
Yes, this is the S-system.
SIGN Point List for First-Year Classes
SIGN Class A 940cp Class B 650cp Class C 490cp Class D 0cp
[03:11] (Flashback) cha
It assesses the students in real time
and assigns them numerical values.
[03:16] (Flashback) cha
Look. You lot in Class D have proven,
[03:18] (Flashback) cha
wonderfully, that you
deserve to be ranked last.
[03:22] (Flashback) cha
That you're the worst kind of defectives.
[03:26] (Flashback) kushi
Zero?
[03:31] (Flashback) cha
But I'm actually impressed, in a way.
[03:35] (Flashback) cha
No class has ever before blown
through all their points
[03:38] (Flashback) cha
in a single month, not even Class D.
[03:42] (Flashback) hira
Teacher, at least tell us the criteria
for how points are gained and lost.
[03:46] (Flashback) cha
Just as in the real world,
[03:49] (Flashback) cha
I cannot reveal the details of
your performance evaluations.
[03:55] (Flashback) cha
These are the "class points"
currently held by each class.
[04:00] (Flashback) cha
For each class point, 100 private points
are assigned to each student in the class.
[04:05] (Flashback) cha
When you first arrived here,
each class had 1,000 class points.
[04:11] (Flashback) cha
In other words, you people lost them all.
[04:17] (Flashback) kus
Um...
[04:18] (Flashback) kus
Will we have a chance to get more points?
[04:20] (Flashback) cha
You will.
[04:22] (Flashback) cha
And if, as a result, you earn
more points than Class C,
[04:25] (Flashback) cha
you'll be promoted to C,
while Class C will be demoted to D.
[04:30] (Flashback) cha
Your soonest opportunity will
be the upcoming midterms.
[04:33] (Flashback) cha
Depending on your scores, we may be
granted as many as 100 class points.
[04:38] (Flashback) ike
Only 100?
[04:40] (Flashback) yama
Yeah... but it's better than nothing, right?
[04:42] (Flashback) cha
However...
[04:44] (Flashback) cha
These are the results
of the most recent quiz.
SIGN Quiz Results
[04:48] (Flashback) cha
And what garbage scores they are!
[04:52] (Flashback) cha
Starting next time,
[04:53] (Flashback) cha
anyone who receives a failing score
on their midterms or finals
[04:58] (Flashback) cha
will be immediately expelled.
[05:09] koji
Given the information we currently have,
[05:11] koji
if we want to get even a few class points,
[05:15] koji
each person in class will
have to change their habits
[05:17] koji
and try to get high marks on the midterms.
[05:21] hori
True.
[05:22] koji
More to the point,
[05:23] koji
in order to achieve the blessing of the
outstanding college advancement
[05:28] koji
and employment rate we all dreamed
about when we came here...
[05:32] hori
...we need to overtake Class C.
[05:35] hori
As long as we're in Class D, our hopes
of advancement are out of reach.
[05:41] koji
Was that an imitation of Ms. Chabashira?
[05:45] hori
No.
[05:47] koji
You sounded like her, a little.
[05:50] hori
Ayanokoji-kun, do you play sports?
[05:54] koji
No.
[05:56] koji
I'm not proud of it, but I was
club-free in middle school.
[06:00] hori
Still...
[06:01] hori
The development of your forearms, and...
[06:04] kushi
Hey, hey! Horikita-san!
[06:07] kushi
Wanna swim with us?
[06:09] hori
No, thank you.
[06:10] kushi
Horikita-san, are you not good at swimming?
[06:13] hori
I neither excel nor fail at it.
[06:16] kushi
Back in middle school,
I was simply awful at swimming.
[06:19] kushi
But I practiced really hard,
and now I can do it just fine.
[06:23] hori
I see. How nice for you.
[06:28] koji
She's totally unapproachable, isn't she?
[06:30] kushi
I wish we could get along a bit better...
[06:36] hira
Everyone.
[06:37] hira
I want you to listen to me
seriously for a minute.
[06:41] hira
We didn't get any points today.
[06:44] hira
This is a problem that's going to haunt us
through the rest of our time here at school.
[06:49] hira
There's no way we can make it
to graduation with zero points.
[06:54] karu
We can't let that happen!
[06:56] hira
You said it.
[06:57] hira
That's why we need to make sure
we get some points next month.
[07:02] sugi
You can do whatever you want.
[07:04] sugi
Just leave me out of it.
[07:17] mana
Class D...
[07:22] mana
Class 1-A's Sakayanagi...
[07:26] mana
And Katsuragi.
[07:28] mana
You're to be congratulated.
[07:29] mana
Your class received 940 points this month.
[07:34] mana
That's something to be proud of.
[07:40] mana
How much do you know about the S-system?
[07:44] yama
Doc! As your best friend,
I have a favor to ask!
[07:48] yama
Would you buy this system
off of me for 20,000 points?
[07:50] karu
Actually, I spent too many points,
and now I'm totally broke.
[07:56] karu
I thought if I could borrow just a couple
of points from each girl in class...
[08:01] karu
We're friends, right?
[08:02] hori
Do you have plans for lunch?
[08:03] karu
Just 2,000 points would be enough...
[08:05] hori
I was wondering if you might join me.
[08:06] kushi
Sure!
[08:07] karu
Thanks!
[08:08] karu
It's great to have friends!
[08:11] koji
Well, let's eat, I guess.
[08:15] koji
You're sure I can have this expensive
special lunch set on your tab?
[08:21] hori
Yes. I did tell you to get
whatever you wanted, after all.
[08:28] koji
What?
[08:30] hori
What's wrong, Ayanokoji-kun?
[08:32] hori
Start eating already.
[08:34] koji
Right...
[08:36] hori
Now, I want you to hear me out.
[08:40] hori
It seems Hirata-kun and the others worked
out their plan of action earlier today.
[08:45] hori
They're going to hold a study group
to prepare for the next test.
[08:49] koji
Study group?
[08:50] hori
Yes.
[08:51] hori
But three classmates with especially poor
scores have refused his invitation to join.
[08:57] aya
Sudo, right?
[08:58] hori
As well as Yamauchi-kun and Ike-kun.
[09:01] koji
Yeah, they didn't really look
like the studious type, I guess.
[09:05] koji
I personally can't imagine how
someone could fail a test.
[09:10] koji
But the fact remains that there
are hopeless students out there
[09:14] koji
for whom failure is nearly inevitable.
[09:16] koji
That's pretty cold.
[09:19] hori
I'm stating the truth, that's all.
[09:22] hori
If nothing changes, it's extremely
likely that they'll fail.
[09:26] hori
And if we want our class to be promoted,
[09:28] hori
it's vital that we not only avoid losing
points, but that we also gain them. Right?
[09:35] koji
You want to hold a study group, then?
[09:38] koji
For the purpose of helping
Sudo, Ike, and Yamauchi?
[09:42] hori
Yes.
[09:43] koji
Are you serious?
[09:44] hori
Dead serious.
[09:45] hori
If left to their own devices,
they could damage Class D as a whole.
[09:51] hori
If I really have been relegated to Class D,
[09:54] hori
then I'll crawl my way up to Class A.
[09:57] koji
Wait a minute.
[09:58] hori
What?
[10:00] koji
Did you just say Class A?
[10:02] hori
I did.
[10:03] koji
Not Class C?
[10:05] hori
Class A.
[10:07] hori
I find my assignment to
Class D utterly unacceptable.
[10:12] koji
So, step one is to rehabilitate the failures?
[10:15] hori
If you've grasped that, you can
guess what I'm about to propose.
[10:18] koji
Please don't drag me into this...
[10:19] hori
You ate it, didn't you?
[10:21] hori
You enjoyed the luxurious special
lunch set I treated you to.
[10:28] hori
I still haven't forgiven you for
conspiring with Kushida-san
[10:32] hori
and taking me out on false pretenses.
[10:35] aya
Foul play...
[10:36] hori
If you want to square the
debt between us, help me.
[10:41] hori
Your job will be to round up those
three and bring them to my study group.
[10:47] hori
That's my cell phone number
and email address.
[10:51] hori
Contact me if you need anything.
[10:56] koji
The first girl's phone number
of my high school career...
[11:01] koji
I'm not really happy about it,
but I'd better save it anyway.
[11:09] koji
I guess I have to do it,
since I said I would...
[11:15] koji
Okay, let's do it.
[11:17] ike
Nah.
[11:18] yama
Hmm, can't make it.
[11:20] sudo
The hell'd you say to me?!
[11:23] koji
Knew it was hopeless.
[11:25] koji
I'd better get help from
someone they get along with...
[11:32] koji
I wonder if she's in.
[11:34] koji
The internal phone lines...
[11:38] koji
Yes. Could you put me through
to Kushida-san, from Class 1-D?
[11:44] koji
Yes, I need to talk to her
about something for class. Yes.
[11:51] kushi
Hello?
[11:53] koji
Hel— Uh, what's that sound?
[11:56] kushi
Ayanokoji-kun?
[11:59] kushi
Sorry, could you hear it?
[12:02] kushi
I was in the bath.
[12:04] kushi
I just got out, though, so don't worry.
[12:07] kushi
You surprised me.
[12:08] kushi
I've never used the dorm's
internal phone line before!
[12:12] koji
You surprised me, too.
[12:14] koji
Anyway... rejoice, Kushida.
[12:17] koji
You've been selected as
a goodwill ambassador.
[12:19] koji
For the sake of our class,
please give it all you've got.
[12:23] kushi
Um...
[12:26] kushi
Yeah. Sure.
[12:28] kushi
A study group for Sudo-kun and the others?
[12:31] kushi
And Horikita-san's running it?
[12:32] kushi
Well, when a friend's in trouble,
you have to be there for them...
[12:36] kushi
So of course I'll help.
[12:38] koji
You're under no obligation...
[12:40] kushi
It's okay.
[12:41] kushi
It's pretty cruel that anyone
who fails gets expelled.
[12:44] kushi
The thought of having to say goodbye like
that after only just becoming friends...
[12:49] kushi
Wouldn't that be awful?
[12:51] kushi
Oh, but can I ask you one favor in exchange?
[12:55] kushi
I want to join that study group, too.
[12:58] aya
Are you sure that's all you want?
[13:00] kushi
Yeah.
[13:00] kushi
I want to study with everyone, too...
[13:04] kushi
Oh, I know!
[13:05] kushi
I'll give you my cell phone number.
[13:09] koji
Are you sure?
[13:11] kushi
Yeah! I mean, we're classmates!
[13:13] kushi
I'm sorry I never had a chance
to give it to you before.
[13:17] kushi
Call me any time, okay?
[13:21] koji
Kushida's contact info...
[13:26] koji
Wow, she works fast.
SIGN Yamauchi-kun and Ike-kun both said yes!
[13:28] koji
Way to go, Kushida.
SIGN Just talked to Sudo-kun. He's in!
SIGN To: Horikita Suzune Sub: Rejoice, Horikita I got Kushida's help, and the three of them agreed. It's okay if Kushida joins the study group, right?
[13:35] koji
And send.
SIGN Sending
SIGN Horikita Suzune
SIGN Incoming Call
[13:42] ---
He—
[13:42] hori
No.
[13:51] aya
At least hear me ou—
SIGN From: Horikita Suzune To: Ayanokoji Kiyotaka Sub: Excuse me I have no idea what you're talking about?
SIGN From: Horikita Suzune To: Ayanokoji Kiyotaka Sub: What? This message has no content
[14:12] koji
What do you mean, you have no
idea what I'm talking about?
[14:15] koji
I was being as clear as I could.
[14:17] koji
Aren't you glad? The three of them will
come to the meeting, including Sudo.
[14:22] koji
Thanks to Kushida, it's all going to work out.
SIGN To: Horikita Suzune
Sub: Re: What?
What do you mean, you have no idea what I'm talking about?
I was being as clear as I could. Aren't you glad? The three of them
will come to the meeting, including Sudo.
Thanks to Kushida, it's all going to work out.
SIGN You have received a new message
SIGN Cancel
SIGN Open
SIGN From: Horikita Suzune To: Ayanokoji Kiyotaka Sub: NO This message has no content
[14:30] koji
I hadn't even sent it yet...
[14:33] kushi
I see. Is that what she said?
[14:36] koji
I'm really sorry.
After I asked you to help...
[14:42] kushi
Okay!
[14:43] kushi
You just let me handle it, then!
SIGN Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School
SIGN At this school, each class is assigned a certain number of class points.
Class points will fluctuate based on the affiliated students' behavior
and the results of certain tests.
Every month, each student is assigned private points equal to
their class points times 100.
[14:58] sudo
Did you call me incompetent?!
[15:00] hori
Yes. If you can't solve a
single simultaneous equation,
[15:03] hori
I shudder to think of where
you'll end up in the future.
[15:09] kushi
Sudo-kun!
[15:10] sudo
Who needs these stupid problems?
[15:12] sudo
Studying's pointless, anyway.
[15:14] sudo
If I want a good future,
[15:17] sudo
I'm better off playing basketball
to prepare for my pro career
[15:19] sudo
than sticking my nose in some book!
[15:21] hori
Oh? How childish.
[15:23] hori
You want to be a professional
basketball player?
[15:26] hori
You really think the world will
grant a dream like that so easily?
[15:29] hori
Someone so lacking in commitment and
dedication can never become a professional.
[15:35] sudo
I skipped club for this crap.
[15:38] sudo
Damn waste of my time.
[15:40] ike
I'm out, too.
[15:42] ike
Horikita-san might be smart, but I can't
hang with someone who talks down to me.
[15:48] yama
Same!
[15:49] hori
If you don't mind being
expelled, do as you wish.
[15:56] aya
I left it to you, and this
is how it turned out?
[15:59] aya
Kushida...
[16:01] kushi
Horikita-san...
[16:03] kushi
No one's going to study with
you if you act this way.
[16:07] hori
Yes, I can see that I was mistaken.
[16:10] hori
I realize now that I was wasting
my time on a fruitless endeavor.
[16:13] kushi
You mean...
[16:15] hori
I mean that if they're going to hold us
back, it's better that they drop out
[16:19] hori
as soon as possible.
[16:22] kushi
Ah. I see.
[16:25] kushi
I'll work something out myself.
I promise I will.
[16:28] kushi
I really don't want to have to
say goodbye to them so soon.
[16:33] kushi
I don't want to abandon them.
[16:35] kushi
I think you feel the same way. That's why
you started this study group, right?
[16:39] hori
If you're saying that in all
sincerity, I don't mind.
[16:43] hori
But...
[16:44] hori
Rather... what did you really come here for?
[16:50] hori
Did you come here to sabotage me?
[16:52] kushi
What do you mean? I don't understand...
[16:55] kushi
How can you be so comfortable
saying such hostile things?
[17:01] kushi
It makes me feel so sad...
SIGN Kushida Kikyo Horikita Suzune
[17:25] koji
Maybe I'll go buy something.
[17:31] mana
Suzune, I didn't expect
you to follow me here.
[17:34] hori
Brother... I'm not the
failure I was back then.
[17:38] hori
I came here to catch up with you.
[17:40] koji
Horikita and... who? "Brother"?
[17:45] man
"Catch up"?
[17:47] man
You still haven't even realized
your own shortcomings.
[17:52] man
You were a fool to choose this school.
[17:55] hori
I'll reach Class A soon!
[17:57] hori
When I do...
[17:58] man
Impossible.
[17:59] hori
I will... make it there.
[18:03] mana
What an unreasonable sister you are...
[18:05] aya
The student council president?
[18:09] mana
My little sister, assigned to Class D...
[18:12] mana
And I'm the one who bears the shame of it.
[18:15] mana
Leave this school right now.
[18:18] hori
Brother... I...
[18:20] mana
You have neither the right nor the
ability to aim for something higher.
[18:24] mana
You must learn...
[18:29] hori
A-Ayanokoji-kun?
[18:31] koji
You were really going to
drive that in, weren't you?
[18:35] koji
Let her go.
[18:38] hori
Stop it, Ayanokoji-kun.
[18:42] aya
I've never heard her speak that way...
[18:48] koji
Close call...
[18:54] mana
You move well. Do you practice something?
[18:58] aya
Piano and calligraphy.
[19:00] mana
Oh, that's right.
[19:02] mana
I'd heard there was a new student who got
50s in every subject on his entrance exam.
[19:08] mana
You got a 50 on the quiz the other day, too.
[19:13] mana
Fifty, exactly half of 100.
[19:16] mana
Was that intentional?
[19:18] koji
Coincidences can be freaky.
[19:21] man
You're a unique man, I see.
[19:25] man
Suzune.
[19:26] man
I'm genuinely surprised to
see you've made a friend.
[19:30] hori
He's... not my friend.
[19:34] hori
He's just my classmate.
[19:36] mana
As usual, you've mistaken
isolation for independence.
[19:42] mana
Suzune.
[19:43] mana
If you want to ascend to a higher class,
[19:46] mana
struggle with every ounce
of strength you have.
[20:00] hori
I guess you caught me at an awkward time.
[20:03] koji
Actually, I was glad to see what
a normal girl you could b—
[20:09] koji
I didn't say anything.
[20:13] hori
You're incredible.
[20:15] koji
Yeah, I used to do piano and tea ceremony.
[20:17] hori
You said it was calligraphy.
[20:19] koji
I did calligraphy, too.
[20:23] hori
Did you really rig your
scores on the entrance exam?
[20:27] koji
It was a coincidence, like I said.
[20:31] hori
I don't understand you at all.
[20:35] koji
Are you really finished with the study group?
[20:39] hori
Yes. I've determined those persistent
failures to be a waste of my time.
[20:45] hori
It doesn't benefit me in any way.
[20:48] koji
They'll be expelled.
[20:50] hori
I don't care what happens to anyone else.
[20:53] hori
To the contrary, those who remain
will be the better students.
[20:58] hori
Their loss will make it easier
for our class to rise.
[21:02] hori
I couldn't ask for more.
[21:04] koji
Are you sure that's not
a flawed way of thinking?
[21:09] koji
Your shortcoming is that you
assume others will hold you back,
[21:13] koji
and put them at a distance from the start.
[21:16] koji
Couldn't that philosophy,
looking down on others,
[21:19] koji
be what got you thrown into
Class D in the first place?
[21:25] hori
I...
[21:46] koji
And so,
[21:49] koji
with everything looking hopeless,
[21:52] koji
the day arrived.
SIGN Math Grammar English
[21:55] koji
We...
[22:00] koji
We of Class D...
SIGN Midterm Test Results Chemistry
SIGN Horikita Suzune 100 Yukimura Teruhiko 98 Mori Nene 93 Koenji Rokusuke 92 Ijuin Wataru 90 Wang Mei-yu 90 Hasebe Haruka 87 Kushida Kikyo 85 Hirata Yosuke 85 Hondo Ryotaro 85 Matsushita Chiaki 85 Miyake Akito 85 Karuizawa Kei 83
SIGN Miyamoto Soshi 83 Sato Maya 80 Shinohara Satsuki 80 Onodera Kayano 78 Ike Kanji 73 Sakura Airi 73 Okiya Kyosuke 70 Sotomura Hideo 70 Ayanokoji Kiyotaka 65 Sudo Ken 65 Yamauchi Haruki 65 Inogashira Kokoro 60
[22:03] koji
Every student in Class D...
[22:06] sign
In grammar, math, chemistry, civics,
[22:11] sign
English, and every other subject...
SIGN English
SIGN Wang Mei-yu 100 Yukimura Teruhiko 98 Koenji Rokusuke 95 Matsushita Chiaki 95 Mori Nene 93 Hondo Ryotaro 92
SIGN Okiya Kyosuke 82 Hasebe Haruka 80 Sotomura Hideo 75 Inogashira Kokoro 75 Karuizawa Kei 75 Shinohara Satsuki 70 Ayanokoji Kiyotaka 70 Sato Maya 51
[22:18] sign
achieved high scores.
SIGN Ayanokoji Kiyotaka 62110 PPt
Horikita Suzune 88106 PPt
Kushida Kikyo 47224 PPt
Sudo Ken 31 PPt
Hirata Yosuke 9826 PPt
Yamauchi Haruki 18 PPt
Ike Kanji 21 PPt
Karuizawa Kei 8967 PPt
Inogashira Kokoro 51126 PPt
Matsushita Chiaki 2985 PPt
Sato Maya 1125 PPt
Wang Mei-yu 16353 PPt
Sotomura Hideo 12002 PPt
SIGN First Year Class Points
Class A 940pt
Class B 650pt
Class C 490pt
Class D 0pt
SIGN Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
SIGN Adam Smith