E3 - Sodachi Riddle, Part Two

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    OWARIMONOGATARI
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    SODACHI RIDDLE, PART TWO
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    FIVE YEARS AGO
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    Five years ago.
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    In other words, what kind of a person
    was Koyomi Araragi back in 7th grade?
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    Straightforward, pure, earnest...
    what you could say about a normal child.
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    Young Araragi was mediocre,
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    but if you still tried to find something
    special about him, it'd have to be
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    the fact that both his parents were police officers
    whose purpose in life was justice, peace, and safety.
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    Under their influence,
    the personality known as me had been created.
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    Young Araragi was, in that sense,
    a boy who had a fairly strong sense of justice.
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    The story of five years ago.
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    This boy, right when first term was finishing,
    was panicking just a little bit.
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    Not just a little.
    He may have been panicking quite a bit.
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    Because the results of the recently returned
    final exam weren't all that great.
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    Especially math.
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    He thought things would be bad
    the way he was going.
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    He thought he wouldn't be able
    to proceed righteously the way he was going.
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    More than math, he was embarrassed by the fact
    that he couldn't fulfill the just cause of "learning."
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    Back then, I didn't know
    about the "Monty Hall problem."
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    But I was interested in the problem
    that was suddenly thrust at me.
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    SO YOU DID COME FOR ME, ARARAGI.
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    THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE...
    YOU WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THE LETTER QUIZ?
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    Solve... No, it hasn't been solved.
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    I did change my answer,
    but I don't know why "C" is correct.
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    I SEE.
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    THEN, FIRST OFF, I'LL START
    BY EXPLAINING THAT PROBLEM IN DETAIL.
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    COME INSIDE, ARARAGI.
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    LET'S STUDY.
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    LET'S BECOME WISER TOGETHER.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    According to the sender's story,
    the letter was sent to a few others as well.
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    But apparently I was the only one who received the letter
    that came here, to this ruined house.
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    The only one to shamelessly show up.
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    Shamelessly? Yeah, I guess shamelessly.
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    THOUGH YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY
    FALTERINGLY AS WELL.
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    At the least,
    if it wasn't for that summer,
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    I think I would've been bitter about math
    and probably would've grown to hate it.
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    Maybe I wouldn't have even been able
    to enter Naoetsu High.
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    In any case, let's hear the continuation of the story.
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    Of one summer aventure for Araragi-senpai.
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    The continuation of the secret rendezvous
    between this mysterious girl and Araragi-senpai.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    And so, you call this the "Monty Hall problem."
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    This is interesting!
    Are there more problems like this?
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    There are lots of them.
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    I'll teach you as many as you want, Araragi,
    if you come to like math a lot more.
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    If you'll continue to love math.
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    I'll love it!
    I'll make sure to keep loving math!
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    Then...
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    Let's keep studying here, starting tomorrow.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    And so, from the end of the first term,
    until the end of summer break,
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    I regularly came to this ruined house.
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    I kept studying together
    with the mysterious girl.
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    "The most beautiful equation in human history."
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    She was the one who
    taught me about Euler's Identity.
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    Even now, I can recite from memory what you'd call
    the "mathematics" that are useless, even at school.
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    So, for me, it didn't feel like
    I was studying,
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    but more like I came to this ruined house
    every day to play.
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    If anything, this was like a secret base
    for me and that girl.
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    No, more like a secret cram school.
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    A cram school, huh?
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    That girl was very particular about this location.
    She said it was the only place she would study.
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    The next day, when we met in the room
    in the ruined house, she made a declaration.
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    There were conditions for us
    to continue this study session.
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    There were three conditions.
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    One of them was that this would be
    the location of the study session,
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    the farthest room on the second floor
    of this ruined house.
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    The second condition was that
    our having study sessions like that
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    was to be a secret between the two of us.
    Not to tell anyone about it.
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    And the third condition was—
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    "Don't ask me what my name is."
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    "Don't probe into figuring out who I am."
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    "Don't ask me anything
    if it's not about mathematics."
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    That was it.
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    Was she a fairy of mathematics or something?
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    But, on the other hand...
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    She didn't ask for anything other than that.
    Really, nothing else.
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    The three conditions,
    and the first request she made was it.
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    The fact she was teaching me without
    getting anything in return started to bother me.
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    So one day, I took some sweets with me, but...
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    I'm not doing this
    because I want something in return.
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    I'm happy that I could
    teach you mathematics.
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    So please.
    Please continue to love mathematics forever.
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    ...she said.
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    She sounds more and more
    like a fairy of mathematics.
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    In any case, I went along
    with all of her conditions,
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    and from then on,
    I came to this ruined house every day.
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    Really, every day, without skipping once?
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    But...
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    The study sessions abruptly ended one day.
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    It was on the last day of summer break.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    The girl who was always there before me,
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    and had always prepared
    the study sessions ahead of time,
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    was not there that one day.
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    Only that day... On that day,
    for the first time...
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    No matter how much time passed,
    no matter how long I waited,
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    she never showed up.
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    AN ENVELOPE?
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    Somehow, the 7th grader
    Koyomi Araragi thought.
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    I will no longer...
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    ...learn mathematics from her
    in this place ever again.
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    In order to figure out her identity,
    I started investigating in other classes.
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    Not only in my grade,
    but among the upperclassmen...
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    There was no sight of the girl
    I'd been seeing the entire summer.
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    As if her entire existence
    had been wiped out,
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    young Araragi was...
    right, trembling in fear.
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    So scary.
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    For the very first time,
    at that moment I thought she was scary.
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    That's why I started
    to avoid the ruined house...
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    And that's why I forgot about the girl.
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    But... The mathematics taught by the girl
    in the ruined house was never forgotten.
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    As of the second term, young Araragi's grades
    started to climb back up, mainly in mathematics.
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    In a way, his life perhaps
    went back to the condition he was in
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    before he started going regularly
    to the ruined house.
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    Looking at the long-term effects,
    perhaps nothing had changed.
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    But there was one thing that
    I could feel had changed for sure.
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    Young Araragi generally took a position
    that sought justice from then on,
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    and because of that, he went out of control
    every so often, only to deal with the repercussions.
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    But if you were talking purely about mathematics,
    he was seeking amusement.
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    If he didn't have that,
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    NAOETSU HIGH
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    I'm sure that back at that class assembly,
    after his sense of righteous was shattered...
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    ...his heart would've had nothing left at all.
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    That girl taught him
    how amusing mathematics was.
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    How amusing life was.
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    How amusing the world was.
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    That's why I am who I am now.
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    I was created back in that summer.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    So to sum up,
    that mysterious girl is Oikura-senpai, right?
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    No, wait, Araragi-senpai.
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    This isn't what you'd call
    an answer to a riddle.
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    I'd actually say if, after all of this,
    that girl wasn't Oikura,
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    your misdirection
    was way too strong.
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    It's what you'd call unfair.
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    Then, Ougi, how do you explain that
    after summer break, that girl, young Oikura,
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    was no longer at 701 Middle School?
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    She just transferred schools.
    But there's one hole left in this hypothesis.
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    In other words, this means Oikura-senpai
    would've been your classmate at some point.
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    Araragi-senpai, based on
    what you've said up to now...
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    It seemed like you first met Oikura-senpai
    after entering Naoetsu High School?
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    I thought that was when
    I first met her.
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    In other words, I had completely forgotten
    about young Oikura.
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    I'd forgotten who was responsible
    for me becoming so good at math.
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    I'd forgotten how much I owed her,
    and I treated her as a classmate.
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    She said that everything I had now
    was all thanks to mathematics.
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    Even the fact that I'm dating Senjyogahara.
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    But did she really mean to say,
    "It was all thanks to me"?
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    "I do like people who are happy," but...
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    "What I despise are people who don't know
    the reason for their happiness," was it?
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    DESPISE
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    And what was it?
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    "I despise people who don't know
    what they're made up of"?
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    When you bring back the forgotten memories,
    those words really have a hidden meaning.
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    In any case,
    I need to apologize to Oikura tomorrow.
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    Though there's no way she'll start liking me,
    since I'm someone she despises.
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    Nor will it do anything
    to put her at ease.
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    But I need to apologize, so I will.
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    Oh, you don't seem that enthusiastic.
[11:21] ---
    Of course not.
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    It's not like I don't have complaints
    about her as well, you know?
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    Like transferring schools.
    Well, even if there were reasons behind it...
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    At the least, she could've
    said something before she left.
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    Giving me nothing but an empty envelope?
    I really don't get it.
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    SODACHI OIKURA
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    Besides, when we were reunited in class 1-3,
    if she'd told me then,
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    I should've been able
    to remember right there.
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    Even if you tell me now...
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    If she had told you then?
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    "That girl from back then was me, Araragi.
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    It's been so long!
    What, you've forgotten about me?
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    My gosh, that's the worst!
    Geez, you really are cold!
[11:58] ---
    But that's what's so won-der-ful about you!"
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    Or is something like that
    what you wish she said?
[12:04] ---
    I've never seen such a magnificent character
    exist in this world, but, well...
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    You must be wondering
    why she didn't tell you.
[12:16] ---
    And you must also be wondering
    why she left without saying anything.
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    If you don't think about it, even if
    you apologize tomorrow, things may get worse.
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    A superficial apology will irritate the victim
    more than anything else, you know.
[12:31] ---
    The victim?
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    Hey now, hold on a second, Ougi.
    Isn't that saying a bit too much?
[12:37] ---
    Indeed. Of course, it's not that
    you're at fault, Araragi-senpai.
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    However, you are a fool, Araragi-senpai.
    You're helpless. Helplessly so.
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    Ougi... What in the world
    are you saying that you know?
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    I don't know anything.
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    It's what you know, Araragi-senpai.
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    Me?
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    Let's see. Just like when Oikura-senpai
    was a young girl, I'll quiz you, then?
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    Question:
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    Sodachi Oikura despises Koyomi Araragi
    as if he killed her parents.
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    That's because Koyomi Araragi
    hadn't lived up to Sodachi Oikura's expectations.
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    That's why she transferred to a different school
    without telling him anything.
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    Now, what did Sodachi Oikura hope for
    from Koyomi Araragi?
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    What did she... hope for?
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    Hint: it has something to do
    with the occupation of Araragi-senpai's parents.
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    Thinking time: 120 seconds.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    ANSWER
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    In other words, Oikura-senpai,
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    by teaching Araragi-senpai the,
    how to put it, "amusement in mathematics,"
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    she was seeking something
    in compensation.
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    COMPENSATION
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    Speaking from a third-party perspective,
    that first envelope is very suspicious.
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    It reeks of a trap.
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    TRAP
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    A trap.
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    A fishhook, perhaps?
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    Her explanation that she sent letters to other students,
    but you being the only one that showed up was a lie.
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    It was a complete fabrication.
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    In reality, she was aiming
    to only hook you, Araragi-senpai.
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    After finding out your math grades were poor,
    Oikura-senpai decided to take advantage of that
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    and placed letters inside your shoe locker
    whose contents would grab your attention.
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    A mathematical problem delivered to a boy
    thinking he had to do something about his math grade...
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    Well, that's as good a lure as any.
[14:45] ---
    That means I really did
    shamelessly show up at her place...
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    Hey, Araragi-senpai.
[14:51] ---
    You're familiar with the cram school ruins
    my uncle Meme Oshino lived while in town, right?
[14:59] ---
    Yeah. Well, like I said,
    I've even slept there myself.
[15:05] ---
    You also said this: that those ruins and these ruins
    are rundown by about the same amount. Correct?
[15:11] ---
    I did, so?
[15:12] ---
    Isn't that a bit strange?
[15:14] ---
    Why would a cram school that
    went out of business a few years ago
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    and a house that was already in ruins five years ago,
    be rundown to the same extent?
[15:25] ---
    That's right, Araragi-senpai.
[15:29] ---
    Five years ago... This place was not a ruined house.
[15:33] ---
    The "ruined house"
    was a misunderstanding on your part...
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    This used to be the house
    Sodachi Oikura lived in.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    Oikura's... residence?
[15:46] ---
    Why was she always here
    before you, Araragi-senpai?
[15:50] ---
    Isn't it strange for someone to arrive first
    to a meeting point every single time without fail?
[15:57] ---
    You should look at it that because this was her home,
    Oikura-senpai was always able to wait for you.
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    But...
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    Now, Araragi-senpai.
[16:06] ---
    I know you're shocked by this,
    and I'm sorry I have to whip you even further.
[16:10] ---
    But this is the key point of my sleuthing.
[16:13] ---
    Why did Araragi-senpai think that five years ago,
    the Oikura residence was a ruined house?
[16:18] ---
    That's an error in my memory, isn't it?
[16:20] ---
    No, just a misunderstanding.
    Your memory itself is probably correct.
[16:25] ---
    Back then, the window in this room
    was probably already broken like this.
[16:28] ---
    You specifically stated as such already.
[16:31] ---
    That's why this isn't an error in your memory,
    but merely a misunderstanding.
[16:37] ---
    Is it what you call domestic violence?
[16:40] ---
    Indeed.
[16:42] ---
    It seems Oikura had to grow up
    in quite the tragic family environment,
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    while you grew up all warm and fuzzy
    in a peaceful family.
[16:50] ---
    Even if you shoved the summer you came here
    into a corner of your memory...
[16:55] ---
    Even if you had packed it away
    at the bottom of your memory...
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    It perhaps isn't something
    that you can be blamed for.
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    The reason for her transfer in the second term,
    in that case, is somewhat imaginable, too.
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    The family that was falling apart
    probably fell apart completely.
[17:11] ---
    Perhaps at that point,
    Oikura's last name had changed?
[17:15] ---
    And that was why when you were reunited with her
    in class 1-3 of Naoetsu High,
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    you thought you'd never
    met her before, Araragi-senpai.
[17:23] ---
    Well, the thing is,
    you should've recognized her face.
[17:27] ---
    In any case...
[17:28] ---
    There's no doubt that the Oikura household
    was at a critical point back then.
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    And she wanted to do something about it.
[17:35] ---
    Something?
[17:37] ---
    Something is literally something.
    That's why she called you over, Araragi-senpai.
[17:42] ---
    What Oikura-senpai had sought from
    you as compensation was just that.
[17:47] ---
    No, hold on a sec.
    A family breakdown...
[17:50] ---
    Resolving a violent family breakdown...
    That's too much to handle.
[17:54] ---
    What in the world was she expecting
    from someone in 7th grade?
[17:57] ---
    That's why I said, your parents.
[18:00] ---
    Parents...
[18:01] ---
    They're police officers, right?
[18:03] ---
    The parents who showed the ways
    of righteous to Araragi-senpai.
[18:06] ---
    You were expected to report to those parents
    the goings-on of the Oikura household.
[18:13] ---
    Even if so, I was forbidden from saying anything...
    By Oikura herself.
[18:18] ---
    To not tell anyone
    I'm seeing Oikura here.
[18:22] ---
    In the end, Oikura-senpai probably didn't want
    to prosecute her own family.
[18:27] ---
    Whether it was feeling guilt as a daughter
    to rebuke her own parents,
[18:31] ---
    Or whether she feared retribution...
    Perhaps it was both?
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    In the end, she sought me to volunteer the condition
    of the Oikura household to my parents.
[18:42] ---
    That's what she had intended.
[18:44] ---
    I didn't do anything
    that Oikura had hoped for.
[18:48] ---
    But I absorbed all of the knowledge
    that Oikura had given me to my heart's content.
[18:55] ---
    The empty envelope Oikura
    had taped underneath the tea table
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    was an accurate depiction
    of who I was as a man.
[19:02] ---
    Empty and disappointing.
[19:04] ---
    I was a guy she couldn't count on.
[19:07] ---
    Well, that's the gist of it.
[19:10] ---
    Araragi-senpai, if my memory
    serves me correctly,
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    you started this investigation
    to figure out why you were hated
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    by Oikura-senpai
    as if you killed her parents.
[19:23] ---
    That objective, at this point in time,
    has basically been completed.
[19:27] ---
    Therefore, I believe it's about time
    to start thinking about retreating from here.
[19:31] ---
    If there's something you'd like to say in closing,
    go ahead. Your final words.
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    I really am blessed right now.
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    It's true that everything is great,
    and I'm happy.
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    I have friends, I have a lover,
    and I have underclassmen.
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    I'm very, very happy.
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    But...
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    As happy as I am,
    I've come to despise myself a little bit.
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    Then, that little bit
    is how much I will love you.
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    Besides, Araragi-senpai.
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    Another way to look at this is that it's a good thing
    you haven't grown to despise mathematics.
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    No doubt.
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    It's true.
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    No matter what I grow to despise,
    even if I lose sight of righteousness...
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    I will continue to love mathematics.
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    It's already become a curse of sorts.
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    OWARIMONOGATARI
    SODACHI RIDDLE
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    Ougi Oshino... Oshino's niece?
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    Oh, yeah. Thanks to her,
    I figured out all sorts of things.
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    As expected of Oshino's relative,
    it was pretty impressive sleuthing.
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    Without her, I wouldn't have been able to figure out
    those mysteries yesterday or the day before.
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    Araragi, It pains me to add to things,
    considering how you are now...
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    Araragi, it's not strange to figure out
    that you hit a wall concerning math
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    during the finals for your first term
    in your 7th grade year.
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    And I think it's also possible to take advantage of that
    by placing the "Monty Hall problem" in your shoe locker.
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    But... The key point about that plan,
    the fact that your parents are police officers...
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    How did Oikura find out about that?
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    Wasn't that something
    you did everything you could to hide?
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    That's right. When it comes to that,
    I have a habit of not answering even when asked,
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    to avoid extra, or unnecessary, troubles.
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    But why... Why did Oikura know about that? How?
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    Of course, there's the chance she just happened to know
    because something caused her to find out.
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    Perhaps there's something else
    between you and Oikura.
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    Some other memory you need to retrace,
    another door you still need to open.
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    A memory I need to retrace...
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    Another door I still need to open...
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    Is there something else that I've forgotten,
    on top of everything else?
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    FOOLISH
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    If so, just how foolish
    is Koyomi Araragi?
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    Is there no end to my foolishness?
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    "You're someone that I'd never forget about,"
    was what Oikura said.
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    If that's the case, she's sure to remember.
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    The fool from two years ago, from five years ago,
    and from even before that.
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    I've arrived in front of my classroom.
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    Beyond this door, whether or not
    Sodachi Oikura will be there is...
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    ...alas, a completely impossible proof.
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    ALAS, A COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE PROOF.