"There are students who have been disappointed in every way." "Even though betrayed, double-crossed, and more, there are teachers who continue to believe in them." "Hokkaido, Yoichi." "About a 1 hour drive from Sapporo." "In a small city with 23 thousand citizens exists Hokusei Gakuen Yoichi private high school." "15 years ago, for the first time in the whole nation, this school proactively admitted drop-outs." "And allowed them a trial start." "Currently, the circumstances of those, who have been skipping school, bullying, delinquent, etc, are becoming even more complicated." "The students are mostly boarding students who say goodbye to their homes." "Commuters total only 10%." "Among them, some students commute from Sapporo, some 60km away." "Kumiko!" "Your lunch." "Have a good day." "Be careful!" "Good morning." "You dropped this." "Today will be a good day." "Want more or less?" "Today, just the usual." "That's no good!" "Of course you should have a large serving!" "Thanks for the meal!" "What!" "Another lunch of fish!" "Once in a while let us eat meat." "Meat!" "Meat!" "Meat!" "If you don't want it, don't eat it!" "Meat!" "Meat!" "Meat!" "Look, even Futaba is saying meat, baby." "We men are growing!" "Oh, my!" "For our precious little masters!" "If you said that, we'd eat what we wanted to eat." "Once in a while, if you said "Thanks for all the lunches!" maybe we'd treat you with meat!" "I'll make the thank you down payment for these guys, so give me all you got." "A sports car for someone like you - keep dreaming, dummy!" "After all, how about Yankee-like red?" "What?" "Marathon?" "Shut up!" "It can't be helped." "It was decided by majority rule." "It's class vs. class." "You score points based on finishing order." "How many KM are we running?" "A half-marathon, right?" "As he said!" "Ka-chan!" "21.09875 kilometers" "That's nothing - 22 KM marathon - what!" "Shut." "Up. '^' Nanae" "I'll try my best" ""I'll try my best"?" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Follow the example of Kumiko, who hasn't said one complaint!" "Idiot!" "Kumiko doesn't talk with anyone!" "Masaru!" "Don't say things like that." "Right, Kumiko?" "Yoshimori, please don't call on Kumiko." "Iwazaki said it was fine if she just sits there." "I didn't call on her." "I was just talking with her." "Yoshimori!" "Pretty please, help us with the marathon." "Dummy!" "As long as I don't complain you announce your candidacy to the sports committee yourself." "It's good to fight without hesitiation." "That's the school rule, right?" "I understand!" "You said it but, as long as your running, let's win at all costs!" "Usually when you win something like a marathon, there is some sort of profit." "Things like a sense of achievement, a sense of satisfaction - there's as many as you like." "Rather than the feeling of satisfaction, I'd like a filling of my belly." "Idiot!" "Hey!" "That's good!" "If Yoshimori treats us to something, we'll win you victory." "Yakiniku!" "Yakiniku!" "Yakiniku!" "Yakiniku!" "(Korean Barbeque)" "Are you okay with Yakiniku?" "Ah, even though I was thinking of treating you to steak..." "Don't show off!" "It's not like you guys can win anyway." "Then its okay if we reserve the most expensive beef in Yoichi, right?" "Akane!" "No need to hold back." "Yoichi only has cheap places, so wouldn't Sapporo be much better?" "Okay, Yoshimori?" "That's only if you win!" "Sapporo!" "Yakiniku!" "Sapporo!" "Yakiniku!" "Sapporo!" "Yakiniku!" "Sapporo!" "Yakiniku!" "But in exchange, if you guys lose, you treat me to Yakiniku." "All 35 members of 3C will alternately treat me to Yakiniku every day!" "Don't joke!" "Dummy!" "This world isn't so soft that it dishes out one-sided bets." "Interesting!" "That's even better!" "Even better!" "Then from tomorrow on let's do morning practices!" "Let's do it!" "6am tomorrow, let's gather at the grounds." "Don't complain now!" "Try and show me your spirit!" "They're making a fool of me." "Kumiko!" "Morning!" "You commute from Sapporo, right?" "You, who travels the farthest is the first one here." "Let's go!" "One" " Two" " Kumiko Come with me!" "Akane!" "You're late!" "Akane!" "If you don't wake up, I'll kiss you." "5 more minutes!" "Fire?" "Quick, run away!" "Give some thanks to your alarm clock, you guys!" "Eh, Who?" "Ha?" "Ah!" "Akane?" "With no make-up I can't really tell." "I'll beat you to death!" "Morning!" "We were going to meet at 6!" "Quickly change clothes!" "I'm ?" ", sleepy, sluggish, enough already!" "Yakiniku!" "Yakiniku!" "Yakiniku!" "Keep at it!" "Nanae, you're in the last spot!" "Let's get that fighting spirit!" "What!" "Are you serious?" "Unbelievable!" "Kumiko..." "Kumiko's awesome!" "So fast!" "Awesome, #1!" "Keep at it!" "So fast!" "Awesome!" "Alright!" "Let's go too!" "In that fighting spirit!" "It hurts!" "My foot!" "I'm a teacher you know." "Hey!" "What are you sleeping for?" "Wake up!" "Translated by yuubou" "Quality Check by acau" "Thanks to Janet for translating help Thanks to Kaolla for help with song lyrics" "Timed from Japanese DVD Subtitles provided by junkboy77" "Yankee Bokou Ni Kaeru Drop-out Teacher Returns to School episode 5" "Homeroom is over!" "But, it was surprising that Kumiko can run that far!" "Yeah, I'm surprised you're wearing a jersey out here, as your foot is obviously sprained." "Ah?" "Stop kidding around!" "If you're late tomorrow morning too, I really won't excuse it!" "It's obvious!" "Until the marathon day, we'll run everyday." "You guys follow Kumiko's example a little!" "Coming from Saporo, she's the first one here and the first one at the goal!" "Really, Kumiko was awesome!" "I know." "It's like the Rikujyou team." "Are you doing something special?" "You're talking to her again!" "Your learning ability is zero!" "Aren't you the little idiot!" "Kumiko's laughing too!" "Akane's make-up-less face is even funnier, though." "What are you laughing at?" "Why you!" "I'll definitely make you treat us to Yakiniku!" "Even better." "If you win, I'll make you eat until you want to die." "For 35 people, 70,000 yen!" "?" "!" "(currently ~ $600)" "If they win, it'll be no joke." "OK!" "I definitely won't give up on a new car!" "Hey Kumiko!" "Are you going to return to the station by jogging?" "Here." "Don't catch a cold." "Kumiko, you like to run, huh." "Come to tomorrow's morning practice too." "See you." "OK." "What the..." "She's talked!" "This is good." "What?" "7,800 yen..." "On this occasion, I'll do it." "Well, I'll also buy, I guess." "Nanae, you okay with a field trip?" "But, I also really want to run with you all." "It's not really that we want to run." "Against ugly Yoshimori, we have to win." "If we lose, it's Yakiniku." "But the shop by the station is "all you can eat" for 2,000 yen." "Wouldn't buying shoes cost more?" "That's not the point." "Wouldn't you rather pay 7,800 for shoes than pay Yoshimori 2,000 yen?" "What?" "You're obstinancy against Yoshimori." "Akane you're so cute!" "Cute?" "I don't need them after all." "I won't buy them." "I'll just not wear shoes." "It's okay to buy them." "I don't need them." "They aren't sold in Yoichi anyway." "Can't you find them in Sapporo?" "That's right." "I'll ask and see." "Who are you emailing?" "Kumiko" "Kumiko?" "Nanae and Kumiko are pen pals?" "Yep." "Really?" "For your information, Kumiko can speak perfectly via email." "It's not that." "It's just Nanae with Kumiko..." "After all, in terms of type, Kumiko and I are in the same clique." "We're honor students, cute..." "Aren't you humble!" "It's okay!" "It's okay!" "Hey, you shaved 30 seconds!" "Awesome!" "Okay, rest 5 minutes, and then we'll go again." "Alright?" "If there are jogging shoes in Sapporo that would suit Akane, tell me." "Nanae" "I'll go look for it." "Kumiko?" "It's Kumiko after all!" "No way - you still do track?" "We were classmates in junior high school." "Is that so?" "Sakuta Kumiko spoke?" "What's the matter?" "Please don't joke." "Did you really speak with Sakuta Kumiko?" "She only replied though." "Is that true?" "She clearly said, "Yes."" "What is it?" "For Iwazaki, it took more than a year before she gave a reply." "Are you serious?" "If that's true, it's an amazing thing." "When Iwazaki-sensei hears, he'll be surprised." "I'm defeated." "These are student records written by Iwazaki-sensei." "After Iwazaki-sensei was hospitalized, his wife entrusted it to us and said to refer to it for student guidance." "May 9th 2001, Sakuta Kumiko has been here a month, and I still haven't heard one word." "Sakuta in the summer of JHS 3rd year forgets her place in class, dreads coming into contact with other people, and increasingly misses school." "How goes it, Sakuta?" "Well, don't over do it." "Stay comfortable." "What's important is that you come here every day." "August 26th 2001 Many times I try to talk to her, but she absolutely won't open her mouth." "She doesn't blend in with the class either." "Sakuta!" "Here" "Ootake!" "March 4th 2002 I start jogging with Sakuta." "Sakuta, who has no interest in anything else, shows a strong interest in running." "Sakuta!" "You really like to run, huh." "Since a long time ago?" "So Iwazaki jogged with Sakuta..." "Being young is nice, isn't it?" "Being a high schooler is nice, isn't it?" "I wonder if there's anything better." "Fight!" "Fight!" "Oh, Kumiko's not here?" "Why is he the only one riding a bike?" "I have a sprain so..." "Oi!" "Come back, this way!" "Hey hey hey hey!" "Wake up!" "I'm not fooled!" "Aikawa!" "Abe!" "Iguchi!" "Ujiie!" "Ujiie!" "Iguchi!" "Wake up!" "You guys!" "Kurara won." "It's not Kurara." "Have you truly gotten into the fighting spirit for victory?" "Ootake!" "Oohinata!" "Kumiko?" "Kumiko, why didn't you come to morning practice?" "You look pale." "Did you catch a cold?" "Feeling bad?" "I see." "Don't over do it." "Those faking illness will run 30 laps on the track the following day." "Don't do things like faking illness!" "That's unusual from you." "We absolutely have nothing but victory for us." "Get prepared!" "Yoshimori!" "It'll be bankruptcy by mass yakiniku!" "You conceived it, you give birth to it!" "Sit!" "Sit!" "Sit!" "Won't you all practice for the marathon meet?" "If we do that, what will you do?" "Oh, yes!" "Physical strength's useless!" "But, doesn't 3C run every morning?" "They run for Yakiniku." "Yakiniku?" "Yakiniku!" "If we win, treat us!" "What to do?" "Sneakers..." "But, Kumiko's here, so let's ask." "Hey Kumiko" "Come shoe shopping with us." "As it's Sapporo, it's on your way home." "You've gotten better so it's okay." "Kumiko!" "Kumiko!" "Is there a trick to or a way to run marathons?" "Tetsuki never runs so he has no skill!" "Yes!" "Teach us all!" "All right!" "Kumiko's here!" "It's like a demon with a spikey bat!" "Look, look, it's her!" "Kumiko-chan!" "If you look close, she's cute!" "You're young so carry the heavy stuff." "Yoshimori-sensei has it really perfect!" "Morning practice is good, Sakuta is good." "Well, all I have are those guys." "So you say!" "Yashiki-sensei's class goes at the same time too, so good luck!" "What yakiniku place is it?" "The all you can eat one in front of the station." "To fish for students by bribery isn't education, I think." "Man, you don't understand it, do you?" "Their feelings." "You'll be knocked off your feet if you're so cocky." "Knocked off my feet?" "Knocked off by whom?" "This isn't nursery school." "Yoshimori, what's up with Kumiko?" "I heard she has a cold." "It's been a week." "I've sent emails but got no reply." "So, I see." "I'll try to contact her." "If you find out anything, tell us immediately." "Got 'cha." "Yoshimori-sensei, umm..." "There was a phone call from the Sakuta residence." "Yes?" "Sakuta shut herself up in her room for a week?" "The cause is?" "About that..." "Her parents say that they can't think of anything that might have..." "Well, did anything happen at school?" "Yoshimori-sensei, was there no change in her appearance?" "A week ago, when she missed morning practice, she looked a little pale, but..." "What a burden, to be a social phobic." "Yashiki-sensei, you know about it?" "Yes." "In college I majored in Educational Psychology." "In social phobics, various worries set in, and many problems happen." "Therefore, to ascertain the cause takes a long time." "Much less, the person won't tell you anything." "I think it'll be difficult." "But, we haven't yet decided that she's a social phobic." "But, Sakuta has been like this before." "But, can I go to Sakuta's house tomorrow?" "I think you better not." "That's your way of doing things." "I have my own way of doing things." "If you ask questions in that manner, she probably won't be open to you." "Yoshimori-sensei, let's watch her state for a bit." "Watch her state for a bit?" "Is this really the time to be saying such a leisurely statement?" "A week's already elapsed." "That's why, if a teacher goes, what will happen?" "I'll go to her, and try to talk a bit..." "It's impossible." "After all, from the start she doesn't talk with people." "On top of that, she's shut up in her room." "I've talked with her." "She only answered." "And it was just 1 time." "That's why it takes time." "Finding out the cause of a social phobic!" ""Social phobic!" "Social phobic!" you keep saying but, what do you know about Sakuta?" "Those college textbooks have nothing written about Sakuta!" "I don't think its a good plan to intrude on her now." "What should we do then?" "We can do nothing but watch her state closely." "But that isn't doing nothing." "Igaue-sensei and I from now on will talk with her parents about how to deal with this." "Yoshimori-sensei, you also graduated from this school, so I'm sure you understand." "At our school, no matter what happens, we never throw away our students." "If something happens, let's contact each other." "Okay, I understand." "(Sakuta Kumiko's JHS file)" "Keep fighting..." "By the way, it seems 3C's Sakuta still hasn't come to school." "So, didn't I say it!" "She's a stereotypical social phobic!" "Your voice is loud!" "Her social phobia has returned?" "Kumiko didn't have a cold." "No way." "Then what?" "Did Yoshimori hide it?" "That rascal..." "Are you Yoshimori-sensei?" "Sorry for the short notice." "No problem." "For JHS students, they're at an extremely high level." "Oh, no..." "Going to Kumiko's house?" "Ah?" "Go and do what?" "Everyone will say, "Come to school!"" "Are you joking?" "If you did that, even I wouldn't come to school again." "Then what should we do?" "That..." "I don't know." "She was a social phobic before." "Stop it." "But..." "But, why did she become a social phobic?" "Kumiko seemed to really like running." "I'm not Kumiko so I don't get her." "We're not listening to you." "That's what worries me the most!" "You know..." "In my own experience..." "Kaede..." "You were the same way?" "Yeah." "Tell us." "What kind of feeling was it?" "Being teased, or not being able to study..." "Various things happened." "You yourself don't even understand the reason." "It's so irritating!" "What should we do?" "Even if you say that..." "I wonder if its because she was paid attention to." "She was suddenly paid attention to, right?" "Because of the marathon." "But, if you're paid attention to, why be socially phobic?" "That I definitely don't understand." "I love to stand out, so I really don't understand it." "The pressure, maybe." "Pressure?" "Kumiko wasn't used to it, right?" "But, we hoped but didn't intend to pressure her." "Isn't placing hopes on her a kind of pressure?" "Like with tests." "When you get a good grade, then the next time you got to do even better." "Me too..." "My parents have high hopes for me, so I have to answer them." "You want to say, "It's none of your business."" "Well then, shall we not do the marathon?" "Well because of the marathon we place hopes on Kumiko, right?" "So its too bad but let's not do it." "Is that okay, Akane?" "Wait a sec, we did all that practicing right?" "If we practise like this, who'll be happy?" "Until Iwazaki returns, 3C can't lose even one person!" "Yes" "Yoshimori, you were hiding things about Kumiko, weren't you!" "We refuse to do tomorrow's marathon." "Refuse?" "If we run tomorrow without her, Kumiko will be alienated again, so we're not doing it." "Don't say selfish things." "A C-class without Kumiko is shameful." "We won't show Iwazaki something like that." "We're refusing for Kumiko's sake." "Oi, it's Hiromi." "This isn't the time to wager a bet with you!" "We're not going to tomorrow's marathon!" "We're not going!" "If you have complaints, we'll later listen to, as many as you like." "No complaints..." "But, how about believing in Kumiko?" "What?" "You are refusing because you think she won't come, right?" "In that case, you don't believe in Kumiko after all." "Why don't you believe in her and run?" "What if she doesn't come?" "If you believed in her, you wouldn't think things like "She won't come."" "How many years you going to talk?" "You rascal!" "Think about it carefully." "You've got time." "It's tomorrow!" "You have the time until just before the start." "What do you guys think is best for Kumiko?" "You probably know better than me." "Kumiko!" "Your teacher is here!" "Kumiko?" "Okaasan," "Could I ask you to let me be alone with your daughter?" "Yes, of course." "I leave her in your hands." "Sakuta..." "It's Yoshimori." "Tomorrow's the marathon meet, as you know right?" "Is it okay to not run?" "I'd really like to see you run again, you know." "At this point of time, would it become awkward, if you go to school?" "Are you scared everyone would pay attention to you?" "Because they placed hopes on you?" "Did you feel pressure?" "Let's go tomorrow!" "To the marathon meet" "With everyone, together" "The start line, won't you try standing at it?" "It's not being the anchor." "If it were," "Compared to 3 years ago, this should be easy." "Right?" "You, during JHS, were on the track team." "At a 3rd year JHS relay race, you were selected to be the anchor." "I'm sorry." "You commute to school, back and forth." "By all means, I want to know the reason you missed school." "That... relay race meet" "were you nervous?" "Everyone placing hopes on you" "Was the pressure a little too much?" "Kumiko, try your best!" "Kumiko, as long as its you we're okay!" "Yes!" "Try you're best!" "You can do it!" "Kumiko Kumiko I'm trying hard!" "Just a little, a little more, I'm coming so try hard!" "What's wrong?" "Kumiko?" "What are you doing?" "Hurry, run!" "Kumiko!" "Hurry!" "Run!" "What are you doing?" "What's wrong?" "After that, you quit the team right away?" "The team coach told me." "Kumiko... you asked another member to take your place, then turned in your resignation." "Stop it already!" "Didn't you selfishly turn it in?" "Stop!" "It's your fault everyone was really embarassed." "Take responsibility and quit." "But next time I'll definitely..." "Get out." "Resign!" "Resign!" "Resign!" "Resign!" "Resign!" "Resign!" "Resign!" "That's when you started to lose sight of your own place in life." "That's why you couldn't go to JHS anymore, right?" "But you know," "The you right now has a place in class C. Isn't it different from that time?" "All through my life!" "If I don't run, it'll disappear, that place!" "Well, then why did Akane say, they're refusing to do the marathon?" "Why did Nanae say it was for Kumiko's sake?" "Do you think people who only hope for good grades would say that?" "Do you think people who for more than 10 days ran every morning would easily give up?" "They don't want to lose you." "They're the kind of people who won't run if they're lacking even 1 person." "It isn't just you who is weak." "Everyone has felt what you are feeling now." "They are going this far for your sake." "What can you do for them?" "Run, right?" "Didn't you want to run with everyone?" "The you until now was given a place in class C by Iwazaki." "But, from now on, you have to search for your own place in life." "You have to build it yourself." "It's going to be okay." "You can do it." "Let's run together!" "Tomorrow, let's run with everyone, together!" "I'll run too." "Don't follow those guys around like you've been doing up til now." "Tomorrow, you pull them along!" "That's something you can do, Kumiko!" "Something to do for them!" "Gather your courage, Sakuta Kumiko." "Kumiko" "With everyone..." "I want to run together with everyone!" "Good!" "Yoshimori-sensei hasn't come." "He didn't do any prep for the meet either." "Where did he go?" "It can't be helped." "Well, I'll be Yoshimori-sensei's replacement." "Okay." "Sensei..." "Hmm?" "Oh!" "You brought it along for me." "Thanks." "Before..." "Iwazaki-sensei lent me his jacket too." "I was happy." "Okay, we'll rush to school!" "It's about time." "Yeah..." "Get in position!" "Kumiko, you came!" "Thank goodness!" "Okay, let's go!" "Okay, let's go!" "Where are you going?" "Akane!" "What about the marathon?" "It seems everyone already started, huh?" "So you refused to do it?" "Could we behave so shamefully?" "It's getting hot!" "What's up?" "Oi, Tetsuki, you..." "But it's okay if we don't run." "Tooru..." "What's wrong?" "Everyone already started, right?" "For us too." "It's from now on." "Huh?" "Our start is with Kumiko." "We'd wait as long as it takes for Kumiko to come." "When Kumiko comes, we'd run together." "That's what we decided." "You guys..." "Don't be mistaken, Yoshimori." "We didn't do it because you said to." "Kumiko" "Welcome home" "We all made this for you, Kumiko." "Thanks!" 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