E2 - It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill. 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    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