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.
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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!
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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?
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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.
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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.
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The victim?
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Hey now, hold on a second, Ougi.
Isn't that saying a bit too much?
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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.
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That means I really did
shamelessly show up at her place...
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Hey, Araragi-senpai.
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You're familiar with the cram school ruins
my uncle Meme Oshino lived while in town, right?
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Yeah. Well, like I said,
I've even slept there myself.
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You also said this: that those ruins and these ruins
are rundown by about the same amount. Correct?
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I did, so?
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Isn't that a bit strange?
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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?
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That's right, Araragi-senpai.
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Five years ago... This place was not a ruined house.
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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?
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Why was she always here
before you, Araragi-senpai?
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Isn't it strange for someone to arrive first
to a meeting point every single time without fail?
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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.
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I know you're shocked by this,
and I'm sorry I have to whip you even further.
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But this is the key point of my sleuthing.
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Why did Araragi-senpai think that five years ago,
the Oikura residence was a ruined house?
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That's an error in my memory, isn't it?
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No, just a misunderstanding.
Your memory itself is probably correct.
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Back then, the window in this room
was probably already broken like this.
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You specifically stated as such already.
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That's why this isn't an error in your memory,
but merely a misunderstanding.
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Is it what you call domestic violence?
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Indeed.
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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.
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Even if you shoved the summer you came here
into a corner of your memory...
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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.
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Perhaps at that point,
Oikura's last name had changed?
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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.
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Well, the thing is,
you should've recognized her face.
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In any case...
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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.
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Something?
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Something is literally something.
That's why she called you over, Araragi-senpai.
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What Oikura-senpai had sought from
you as compensation was just that.
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No, hold on a sec.
A family breakdown...
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Resolving a violent family breakdown...
That's too much to handle.
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What in the world was she expecting
from someone in 7th grade?
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That's why I said, your parents.
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Parents...
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They're police officers, right?
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The parents who showed the ways
of righteous to Araragi-senpai.
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You were expected to report to those parents
the goings-on of the Oikura household.
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Even if so, I was forbidden from saying anything...
By Oikura herself.
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To not tell anyone
I'm seeing Oikura here.
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In the end, Oikura-senpai probably didn't want
to prosecute her own family.
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Whether it was feeling guilt as a daughter
to rebuke her own parents,
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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.
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That's what she had intended.
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I didn't do anything
that Oikura had hoped for.
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But I absorbed all of the knowledge
that Oikura had given me to my heart's content.
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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.
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Empty and disappointing.
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I was a guy she couldn't count on.
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Well, that's the gist of it.
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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.
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That objective, at this point in time,
has basically been completed.
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Therefore, I believe it's about time
to start thinking about retreating from here.
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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.
[22:23] ---
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.
[22:37] ---
ALAS, A COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE PROOF.