"Now the result of the student council elections" "The choice for student council president is..." "Year 2, Class A's Somi Ogawa" "Yes" "This time, Hizakurayama Junior High has decided... to allow me to become president of the student council" "Somi Ogawa of Year 2, Class A" "I have been thinking about what should change - an idea that will change this school for the better" "First of all," "I proclaim... that love between teacher and pupil will be permitted" "With this, there is no longer any obstacle to our relationship" "Great, isn't it?" "Thanks to this proclamation" "Sensei!" "Ogawa!" "At last, we are together" "Ogawa" "Suzuki-sensei" "Suzuki!" "Again!" "Good morning" "I feel sick!" "Sorry, sorry, sorry" "It was because of a proclamation!" "No - a proclamation?" "What to say?" "Sorry, sorry" "Morning sickness" "Really dragging on, isn't it?" "Are you OK?" "Yeah -- Don't overdo it, OK?" "Wow, looks delicious" "It'll be ready soon" "Nice smell" "Sensei, good morning -- Good morning" "Baby doing well?" " Huh?" "Take proper care of your wife" "Wait -- Let's go" "Kaba, good morning" "Good morning" "Yeah...good morning" "Obsessed with Somi Ogawa's mysterious charms" "A sick sexual delusion that a teacher mustn't harbour" "I thought I had rid myself of this" "As for having this kind of dream again, just as parenthood is beckoning - it is my libido's last stand, no more than that" "I must defeat it without delay, as my wife's psychic faculty is yet to sense anything" "Keeping the peace is hard, so, above all, my pregnant wife mustn't get " "Ah, excuse me -- Excuse me" "One of Suzuki-sensei's 30 rituals:" "a way to clear the head, when passing through the school gate" "Good morning!" "Morning!" "SUZUKI SENSEI" "Isn't anyone standing for the student council?" "No one is going to put themselves forward?" "It looks like 3 or 4 candidates per class are wanted" "How should I put it?" "Things like the student council are just a pain" "Losing would be a trauma" "My parents advise shunning politics" "Does it matter who does it?" "To cope with the Ogawa-fixation relapse is a question of reconfirming the origin" "A special regard of Ogawa is essential... for my experiment, as she is the "special factor"" "This experiment is about reforming the minds of my students prior to adulthood" "In reality, this year depends on Ogawa's presence" "The other students have advanced significantly and..." "I'm feeling increasingly sure about my experiment's results" "It's time to make a gradual transition to the next step" "Ah!" "Everyone, listen" "Yes, the student council is a stressful and troublesome job" "However, it will be a chance to develop judgement and sensitivity" "In what way?" "Takechi..." "President, president" "You're made for it, Takechi!" "Since you're a magnificent class rep" "Fight!" "Well..." "I want to concentrate on exams" "There is also the culture festival" "It should be OK with Kabe's help" "Hey!" "..." "Motoki, how about you?" "I'm OK - this sort of thing makes me anxious" "Me!" "I guess I'll give it a try" "Ah!" " Seriously?" "Naka, go for it!" " No way, unqualified" "For your record?" "Be quiet!" "You're wrong." "I decided it all by myself" "Everyone, listen!" "An election... or perhaps we can say "politics", has 2 difficult elements... with which you will need to be able to cope" "These are symbolised by... the popular and individual, as well as practical management skills" "The inevitable difficulties will be worth it" "Student council president is OK?" "Yeah" "Is there no one else?" "The pleasure of an important role as Nakamura's partner" "Does anyone want to do this?" "Ogawa-san, why don't we stand together?" "Come on, let's stand together" "OK, as secretary" "I will stand as the deputy president!" "Ah!" "..." "No doubt because Ogawa-san has come forward" "Able to go electioneering together" "It's blatant" "No, it's not just for that reason!" "Ah, so it is also for that reason" "It's not" "You're a bad actor" "Well then, for president, Nakamura-san." "For deputy, Touyama-kun" "Ogawa-san as secretary" "These 3 will represent 2A?" "Since there's time, applications will continue to be accepted" "Good, who's next?" "Culture festival agenda" "I think we should decide the play and refreshments today!" "Yes!" "I want to do the play!" "Takechi's plays are the best" "Really, I want to do it!" " Tiresome" "At last year's culture festival," "I got the leadership of the play from sensei" " I was deeply impressed!" "This year I really want to do it!" "As for Class B, only Mari Kanda is standing for election?" "That is so... but various people had their say" "An election may be called "uncool", because there is a culture of shyness in this country" "How about Taira?" "Taira-san... obstinately refused - going before the public seems awful" "Last year, I, too, was told that" "Taira" "Yes?" "Mari Kanda is Class B's only candidate?" "Yes" "How about giving it a try?" "Eh... me?" "How about vice-president?" "I've been asked to lead Kanda-san's team" "There's no rule stopping a supporter's candidacy" "I'm OK -- Try standing" "No, I don't want to!" "No, the decision will be to enter" "Mari" "Hira is really distressed, poor thing" "When doing something before an audience," "Hira is quite hopeless" "I know, as last year I was her homeroom teacher" "Last year too, I encouraged her candidacy, but was turned down" "Why would you do something so high-handed?" "Taira is very trusting of her close friends - that is both thoughtful and sensible, and her voice carries well" "So, in the end, to become a candidate would be a great blessing" "It's disillusioning" "How can you say that sort of thing?" "I understand that it's a blessing, even for Hira but surely she's not up to the task" "Despite that, you say "It's a blessing, do your best"?" "Don't you know how... dangerous it is to corner somebody?" "Constantly encouraging... unrealistic hopes is dangerous " "I well understand that" "Then..." "But to stick to that way of thinking... is also dangerous, isn't it?" "By putting pressure on people, it is a fact that they can make a small step forward" "Taira" "You're either a person who desires severe expectations... or else you're someone who wants things done gently" "It's not as if I can know - perhaps you don't even know yourself" "However, if you are able," ""Since it's a blessing, why must I do my best?"" "That way is fine, even while despising me" "So, why not try doing the best you can?" "Shirai!" "Ah!" "Suzuki-san!" "Tell this guy to let me in!" "Only authorised people can enter" "Tsuzuki-sensei!" "That guy's an alumnus" "To the staff room" "OK." "See" "Well, well," "Shirai has come by, remember him?" "Shirai-kun..." "graduated 2 years ago, didn't he?" "Ah, that delinquent?" "Why now?" "Various troubles, I guess" "You'll hear" "Suzuki-sensei, I brought Shirai with me" "Ah, Shirai!" "Here... please take a seat" "Okada-chan?" "Okada-chan!" "Ah!" "Shirai" "Been a while." "How's it going?" "I want to ask you something" "An idea I have" "No choice, I guess" "As long as I only have to listen" "A job you're doing?" "Ah, so it wasn't me he wanted to see" "Autumn" "What is this?" "You're trying to get close to Ogawa-san?" "It's not like that" "I've already gotten over it" "You think I would drag this out forever?" "Touyama!" "In the end, that guy... isn't someone on our side" "He heard you out?" "Of course" "It's Okada-chan, isn't it?" "See you later" "Glad to see you, come again any time" "Ah, that's right!" "Is coming to visit Suzuki-san OK?" "Huh?" "You're... not too bothered about us delinquents, are you?" "Since you only care about the honours students" "Well, that's your way of working, I guess" "Those guys who used to be shrieking honours students - do any visit you now?" "Not many, I suspect!" "What are they doing now, I wonder?" "Very few can keep in touch " "Hey, Shirai" "Yeah, sorry!" "I'm unsophisticated, so I have to say the truth" "It's not particularly... that they're denying you" "But you're only liked by the nice, smart kids" "Once they've moved on, they insensitively forget you" "It's a conceit that you're a good teacher or something" "The real value of a person... is something that takes time to find out" "Okada-chan, thank you!" "See you later" "Cheers!" "Shirai..." "As for not spending more time on you than was necessary, actually it's because..." "I think you're able to overcome your own troubles, more or less" "It's better to... divide time equally - even amongst... the apparently normal students" "No, the time for our reaching a mutual understanding is already over, I guess" "Sorry, that was self-indulgent" "Eh?" "Ah!" "No, no - it's OK" "Oh, Taira..." "Kanda" "We're here to see Momoi-sensei" "Oh, really?" "Excuse me" "I reckon his point was spot on" "As for my experiment," "I don't know whether I'm really accomplishing a success or not" "It'll be a while before the results are seen" "Regarding Ogawa, perhaps in the future...." "Do you have a light?" "If I went with 5 people in a night," "I expect it would be tiring" "How about being my customer?" "There'll be a discount" "Then, shall we fulfill this wish..." "That's hot!" "What am I thinking of?" "Actually, when I suffered from the Ogawa-fixation before, it was caused by job or relationship stress, now I reflect on it" "Or maybe it's a presentiment from the subconscious telling me... that I will again be facing a problem of that ilk" "Everyone, please listen" "Taruko-sensei, who was recuperating at home, will be returning from tomorrow" "Bingo!" "Finally it came" "Everyone, my rest period was troublesome for you" "Hitomi Taruko... got better and has returned" "From today, at this school," "I want to share in the children's joy and pain again" "Ah!" "Thank you very much" "Ah, it's rather early I know - but later on... at the staff meeting, I would like to make a proposal" "Thanks for your cooperation" "Since she's opposed to my education policies " "Suzuki!" "Stupid wretch!" "A completely broken Taruko-sensei - still full of resentment, I assume" "In the 2nd term, the culture festival... is jostling with the student council elections" "I, who last year took on that responsibility of leadership, will not be hindered by my recent absence" "This year..." "I have a plan, that I would like to carry out" "Let's put a brake on the declining voting rate!" "Especially in last year's election, there were some awful words written" "Eh... awful?" "More than usual, there were invalid ballots and blank sheets" "Blank sheets would be better!" "There were many irreverent things written!" "Like the names of anime characters, wasn't it?" "Ah, that's awful I guess" "The student elections... are good practice for when they participate in real elections" "In other words, it's part of their training for society" "Using the voting process to play silly pranks is not acceptable" "Quite right, since there are even many adults who aren't going out to vote" "Because there are no decent politicians" "If that's the case, shouldn't they write "No suitable applicants"?" "I quite agree!" "So that our students, in the future, do not become like that lazy type of adult, let us perform the act of voting with a sense of responsibility" "May I ask for your support in this?" "Let us announce that if there are many invalid votes this time, then... the vote will be redone with signed ballots" "Signed ballots?" "So that it would be known who cast a vote for whom?" "In reality, I expect we wouldn't have to do it" "An excellent idea, isn't it?" "I agree" "Everyone, if there are no objections, let's have a show of hands" "Suzuki-sensei, do you have any comments?" "Ah, er...no -- Suzu...?" "Who's that?" "No, there's no objection" "In that case, let's work thoroughly in that direction" "Thank you for your help" "It seems she's completely ignoring you" "Rather than ignoring you, it seems likely she really can't see you" "Can't see?" "That's right." "Whether it's unconscious or not..." "Suzuki-sensei's existence has been erased from inside her brain" "Eh!" "?" "Well, I certainly get that feeling" "If she'd only take time off to recover fully" "Any more leave... and she can't return again" "It's how Taruko-sensei operates" "You're OK?" "Yeah" "Momoi-sensei" "Is it OK, Suzuki-sensei?" "Do you have an objection to the plan mentioned earlier?" "Ah... no, it's just..." "I was considering whether or not there may be a reason... to veto the plan" "A reason to veto the plan?" "Like what?" "No, I wasn't able to come up with anything" "But if I don't know for sure, there are times when an idea... enters a "grey-zone"" "Isn't it better not to crack down so severely?" "Decide to let the voting pranks run their course?" "That's also a problem" "Therefore, for the moment," "Taruko-sensei's plan is fine" "So, in that case, I guess it's good" ""With the participation of all, we will have a fair election"" "Useless!" "Completely useless!" "You need to get into the spirit of this!" "I think people can be deeply moved by this kind of thing" "Hey!" "Isn't it OK for everyone to enjoy themselves?" "Yeah" "Putting on a play isn't about making memories for ourselves" "Oi, sit down!" "Oi, what's up?" " Sit down!" "Takechi's getting wound-up" "Everyone's taking the play lightly!" "But it's not my sort of thing" "Me also" " I'm not interested" "It's not as if we want to become actresses in future" "Listen, everyone sit in your seats" "Sensei!" "These guys are unable to grasp it's importance!" "Please say something" "Well, I guess so" "Be quiet!" " Look, Mori and Komai - sit down" "Sit down." "Yoshii also" "Everyone, listen a moment" "Niimi" "Though you're not aiming to be an actress," "I also think that seriously studying a play is a worthwhile endeavour" "Why is it?" "Everyone will soon enter society and discover the real world" "That may not be as pleasant as you expect" "There are nasty bosses" "Perhaps... there'll be times when you lose your way in life" "In those times, you'll be glad you tried acting" "I'm playing the role of a teacher" "When I'm performing, the boundary between myself and my role disappears" "It's a means by which one can grow as a person" "Well, possibly this subject is a bit complicated" "Now, maybe, even in here, there are people acting the good student" "However, that isn't a bad thing" "Thus, in this world... there are times that consist of each playing a role" "Even a nasty boss... is only playing the role of a nasty boss, perhaps" "Thinking like that, this world doesn't seem such a bad place" "After school, we're doing voluntary practice in Nishi park" "For those able to participate, please do!" "OK, then class will begin" "The boys are lamenting" "That?" "It's supposed to be a lament" "Do it properly!" "The girls are angry" "In those days, we, too, thought that we had a bright future" "At what point did it start to go wrong I wonder?" "We're doing "Hikarigoke" - take this" "Oota, here -- Thanks" "Kabe!" "Kabe!" "Hey, Kabe, you've wandered off" "It's a long way over there" "Don't approach those sort of people" "Repellent" "What if something happens?" "Kabe" "What are you thinking of?" "Gross, gross!" "Mitsuru" "if you don't get into the habit of going out, you'll relapse again" "Everyone can come to this park" "Yes" "Izumi" "You want to be a candidate?" "Yes" "For student council president" "I'll be responsible for support" "Izumi" "Why are you only announcing it now?" "I'm still in time, aren't I?" "Don't speak like that" "Naka has already announced her candidacy for the student council" "To support Naka, classmates... shouldn't interfere!" "It's OK to have 2 candidates from the same class" "Izumi is within his rights, isn't he?" "However!" "In this class, everyone will accept Naka 2A's choice will be Naka!" "Won't it, everyone?" "Hey Irie, enough of that" "Listen, everyone" "In an election... voting is not bound by human relationships" "Also, using coercion and... suchlike behaviour isn't acceptable" "You vote in accord with opinions formed by your own mind" "That one vote doesn't belong to anyone else, because you bear the responsibility for that vote" "That's understood?" "Yes" "Then Izumi will enter as a candidate" "OK!" "Then the class will begin" "Page 98" "Tokunaga, will you read?" "OK" "Though I'm curious about Izumi's motivation" "Tadashi Izumi has... superb grades, but isn't the type to go before the public" "An interest in student politics seems unlikely" "Then again, I can see Izumi's joining up with Misaki, his supporter" "What is it?" "What is this feeling?" "Scheming something?" "Yeah" "Looking in Izumi's eye..." "I can't help but get that feeling" "I suppose because it's that "diarrhea-miso terror", Izumi-kun" ""diarrhea-miso terror"?" "Eh?" "What is that?" "Ah, well... previously, during school lunch... he used foul language and harassed someone [Ep. 2]" " said the curry was like diarrhea-miso" "That serious kind of guy?" "Actually, it was because he's serious" "He couldn't tolerate a classmate's bad table manners... and dealt with it in a way peculiar to him" "So, lately he's been planning more terror?" "But I'll apologise if I've misjudged him" "In the matter of the election, our earnestness seems to have been transmitted to the students" "I feel we'll have a dignified election!" "Ah!" "Sensei -- Yes" "Should my class be... guilty of ruining the election... then I don't know... what form Taruko-sensei's breakdown will take" "Just this speaking to other teachers and... the Izumi concern are enough... to make you worry" "I feel the same." "When this anxiety ends, it will be an epic relief" "I must investigate Izumi's scheme with all my power" "Excuse me" "Suzuki-sensei!" " what's up?" "As for rehearsing the play at Nishi park," "I suppose there's no other place we can do it" "Why?" "There are people there who are a little dubious" "It is someone unknown, but... there is a teacher who let... students practice alone in Nishi park, despite its being unsafe" "I was surprised" "I intended to watch over them." "However " "On the other hand!" "To hamper the passion of... students who are willing to grapple with a play is unacceptable" "At these times, shouldn't we demand the removal... of Nishi park's smoking area?" "Previously, I was thinking that smoking area was a problem" "That blighted place is now a hang-out spot for suspicious men" "For the whole region's public order" "For a healthy environment for children" "Again, if we consider the times we live in, to demand its closure... is our responsibility as educators, don't you think?" "As for this hasty demand," "I'll do my utmost to oversee all rehearsals" "If there are no particular comments" "Taruko-sensei!" "Shouldn't we more carefully consider... whether closure is appropriate or not?" "Ah, that's right" "For a school to make a demand - quite possibly a delicate inquiry is necessary" "Pressing on, certainly we shall decide to have the teachers oversee rehearsals" "OK" "The existence of this smoking area by our school is a great anachronism... and it is most certainly a highly embarrassing relic" "OK, let's try falling back" "I'm going" "Well done" "I'm going" "This exercise strengthens the feeling of... collective trust." "Link together" "OK" "You can get injured if you mess around" "I'm going" "Ouch!" " Kabe, get up" "Kabe!" " It hurts" "Your panties might be seen" "Hey, support me properly" "They've been looking" "And before wasn't it?" "That person" "There as usual" "I'm sure they were looking" "I'm going home" "Mitsuru" "Sorry, we're causing a disturbance" "Please be at ease" "I guess we're a bother?" "Smoking in front of the kids" "No" " I also think this park... should exist as a place to relax" "Please" "If we assume they live locally, they may be graduates from our school" "OK then, shall we continue?" "Yes" ""Hikikomori self-support volunteers"" "This dream will come true!" "Get out!" " Throw them out!" "Excuse me!" "Listen everyone!" "I'm a candidate for student council president" "I'm Kana Nakamura of Class 2A" "Please lend me your support!" "Please do!" "I'm Izumi" "Go to the campaign speech" ""Minori Taira"" ""Takashi Touyama"" ""Yuichi Nanjou"" ""Mari Kanda"" ""Somi Ogawa"" ""Tadashi Izumi"" "From that poster it seems... he isn't concerned about whether he gets elected or not" "What deviousness do you have in mind for the campaign speech assembly?" "Izumi" "To raise turnout, shouldn't they start with signed ballots?" "Right, like they did for Year 6" "Year 6 had signed ballots?" "At Higashishou" "That's right" "Just a moment - could you fill me in on your conversation?" "Signed ballots?" "So it seems, at Higashishou School" "Like us, they wanted a completely fair election - the result was that prank-voting very nearly disappeared" "Does that influence us, with this thing coming up?" "Ah, Tokunaga, Horinouchi" "You came from Higashishou, didn't you?" "Yes" "In Years 5 and 6, Touyama and Izumi and others were classmates" "That's correct?" "I guess so" "How are these 2 candidates?" "Ah - they're fine, aren't they?" "Yeah, Touyama has broken through" "What do you mean?" "In Year 5, Touyama was doing the student council, but in Year 6 he happened to lose the election" "Ah, I see" "I hope he'll succeed -- Yeah" "And Izumi?" "I think before he wasn't interested in the student council" "Yeah" "Ah - however..." "Watari-kun" "That's right!" "That student Watari-kun... had been eagerly striving for the student council" "Apparently, everyone thought he'd be elected student president" "However " "He was rejected?" "Yes" "The winner of the election was, at that time, active on TV - a child actor" "A child actor was it?" "But that child... did the job reliably, it seems" "The defeated Watari-kun became a truant due to the shock and... now he attends a special school for truants, apparently" "Watari-kun was Izumi's close friend" "So what does all that mean?" "That Izumi is planning some kind of revenge or something, on behalf of his friend who lost the election?" "However, with regard to signed ballots - maybe the absence of prank votes was only down to making checks, and not particularly by applying unusual pressure" "Right" "Would it be better for a clean election result?" "Well, generally in an election, the higher the valid participation rate... the fairer the result" "Because it weakens block voting" "So Izumi's anger... turns into twisted and unjustified resentment?" "Assuming that his friend... lost in a clean election" "I don't think that really fits" "Today's students - you just don't know what they're thinking" "Another way would be to question Izumi directly" "Attention - bow" "Goodbye" "We're doing "Hikarigoke" at Nishi park - please come" "[TV] "Next - at Suginami district's public park last month,"" "a primary school girl on her way home was led to a toilet... and subjected to an obscene act" "Today, a 28-year-old unemployed man was arrested" "Oh" "Suspected of an act of obscenity... is unemployed Naoto Nonaka, 28-years-old" "According to police, on the 23rd of last month, Nonaka showed a kitten " "A disagreeable public notice is coming" "It's because of this that I spoke!" "There's a deluge of enquiries from guardians" "To act after an incident is too late!" "We should demand the removal of Nishi park's smoking area" "Do you remember our classmate Kouichi Tamiya?" "Ah, that delinquent?" "Often I'd show him my homework" "He set up an independent company, in the construction industry" "I see" "And Misako Fujimura?" "A Yankii - was always doing it with men" "She married a doctor above her station" "My mother only says things like that, and it's making me go funny in the head" "Don't confine yourself to your home - come out" "What's this?" ""Attention: suspicious people active in this area"" "This preoccupation with oppressing the world is intolerable" "Here, too, there is a precarious situation" "To be honest, it will become unbearable" "I don't think I'll be able to scold youths from the bottom of my heart, even if they start associating with criminals" "It isn't any good - love has completely dried up" "Youths who use the park in order to escape it all... are really no different from me" "You've also had a time like that, have you?" "Yeah" "After I went downhill, I suppose" "At such times, did you have unhealthy fantasies... when watching the girls playing in the park?" "Perhaps you did as well?" "Naturally, as a boy!" "But now, if one were to speak of that kind of thing... the shit would hit the fan" "Particularly as we're teachers" "There seems a great difference... between thinking about something dubious and... carrying it out unrestrainedly" "But actually the difference is paper thin" "Since there was a place to which you could escape, you held out, and thus you can be here now" "By enforcing strong correction and more austere laws and institutions, does society really get better?" "In the end, it's people" "If people themselves don't mature, nothing changes" "That is a teacher's job" "That's what I think too" "This!" "Helping to oppress the world" "I feel the same thing about this discomforting slogan" "Tadashi Izumi's sentiments... are the same as mine and Kawano-sensei's" "I can't help but feel that" "Nothing ever changing" "In a constant gloom" "Trying to approach that time" "From here we will begin the..." ""student council executive election campaign speech assembly"" "I have a few words" "An election puts in our hands... the most effective means of improving society" "Please give your undivided attention to the addresses of the candidates" "Especially this year!" "Let's have "zero invalid votes"" "Now we come to the speeches of all the candidates" "From the student council staff" "Executive candidate" " Year 1, Class C, Takuto Izawa." "Please" "Yes" "I'm Takuto Izawa from Year 1, Class C" "The reason I'm standing in this election... is that I want to fulfill my dream" "This dream will come true!" "It's begun" "At the moment there's nothing suspicious" "Preparations have been made, in case something looks like occurring" "Thanks for your help" "We don't even know whether anything will happen" "Secretary candidate..." "Year 2, Class A, Somi Ogawa." "Please" "I'm Year 2, Class A's Somi Ogawa" "I became a candidate for secretary, because I thought that maybe the best way for me to contribute... to this school, would be to participate at the student council" "Last autumn," "I transferred to Hizakurayama Junior High, and I was surprised at how different it was from my previous school" "At my previous school, everyone was feeling tired - people were agitated and inclined to make petty complaints - there was a resigned feeling" "I, too, scorned that environment and... got along by distancing myself" "However, here at Hizakurayama Junior High, the environment is calm, but also lively" "Of course, tiredness and irritation exist... but there seem to be measures to counteract that" "Because many ways exist, battles are waged in the mind;" "things don't stagnate" "In order to use that strength with everyone at Hizakurayama Junior High," "I think I want to do something, and I have boldly announced my candidacy" "Splendid, wasn't it?" "I didn't want to stay depressed, so I formed a resolution... and decided to stand for election" "I'm just beginning" "I thought I wasn't the type of person to be active at the student council" "However, a chance presented itself... and I decided to stand for vice-president" "If I enter the student council, I think there are various things... that I would try to carry out one-by-one" "Her manner was somewhat hesitant but lacking pretensions" "Therefore her sincere personality could be felt" "Yeah, it seems my hunch wasn't mistaken" "It's turning into a good assembly" "For real" "Next we come to the addresses of the candidates for president" "Year 2, Class A, Kana Nakamura." "Please" "Yes!" "Naka looks a little nervous, doesn't she?" "Nakamura, steady yourself!" "Do your best!" " Relax, relax!" "No problem!" "It's OK, nobody's laughing at you!" "It's OK" "That's it." "Don't try to gloss over it with empty chatter" "It's fine to use all the time available" "Prepare yourself" "Calmly say a few words" "And it should be OK!" "Sorry for causing a disturbance" "Until just now," "I thought I was the type who didn't get stage fright" "But speaking in front of the whole school... is a big thing" "I'm sure I'll get used to it" "Thanks for your support" "Everyone, thank you for your support!" "Somehow or other she recovered" "That way gives you palpitations" "For a year I was able... to study these things directly under President Mochizuki" "I believe in taking those good traditions... and passing them on to the next generation" "Thank you very much for your attention" "As expected, given her experience" "Collected together... from popular speeches found on the internet" "Even that takes a lot of effort" "Izumi, what are you thinking now?" "If students observe the real candidate, this assembly will become extraordinary" "Even so, your discontent will not yet be extinguished?" "And now it's the last candidate" "Year 2, Class A, Tadashi Izumi." "Please" "Yes" "The time has come" "Yes" "It's clearly the time to move" "2A" "I'm Tadashi Izumi" "I am standing here now, in accord with election procedure, for the purpose of saying something unusual" "However," "If I do it straight, I may not be able to speak to the end" "Therefore I'll do it this way" "If I become student council president," "I'll amend these elections!" "Clever" "By making his explanation a public promise, he can't be stopped" "I have borrowed a poster" ""With the participation of all, we will have a fair election"" "As with this slogan, everyone thinks raising voter turnout is a good thing" "Is that really the case?" "What's he saying?" "Of course that's right" "For what kind of reasons do you cast a vote?" "Because it's a friend, or a cool or good-looking person" "Someone who votes for those reasons is a fool." "I'm different;" "I guess there are others who agree" "Then, generally, how much thought... is needed to choose properly?" "For example " "Assume there are candidates... who are doing it for their school record ...or who can study speech techniques on the 'net, receive lectures and pick up superficial skills, and who then present a favourable image to everyone" "However, as a rule," "I can't say for sure that it's bad, even the superficial skills, because it can serve a purpose" "In other words, making a choice in an election is very complicated" "To vote seriously is difficult" "After the result, there should be a period... of reflection and regret concerning one's vote" "However, to me it doesn't seem like... many people participate in that feeling" "What, deciding by yourself!" "I have no intention of participating!" "You're full of shit!" "The worst are... the fools who aren't even aware of their own insincerity" "What!" "?" "Whether I'm genuine or not, you fly into a rage... without reflecting" "That simplicity shows a lack of sincerity" "Cut it out!" "However!" "It isn't really that I want to criticise everyone" "I'll be bearing the anger in mind" "The single votes of the genuine and the... insincere voter will be counted with exactly the same weight" "That is the voting system we have" "And blindly, they try to raise voter turnout" "Compelling the insincere people to vote is the school's policy!" "As I thought, I suppose" "In Year 6 of our elementary school, in Higashishou, a signed ballot was held in which everyone was compelled to vote" "Up until then, students could avoid voting... or make a prank vote" "Irresponsible people stayed irresponsible" "A valid poll would be conducted" "The result was that... a candidate whose merit we believed in, lost the election" "The winner was a student famed as a child actor" "We, who voted sincerely, fell into despair" "And we won't have anything to do with this sort of election again" "We have sworn to it" "Even at this school... our comrades will intentionally boycott the election - we will carry out systematically invalid voting" "Systematically?" "That was some kind of protest movement?" "Comrades?" "Since it's an election with an obligation to participate, there was no other path open to us" "Conversely, if you at least allow that escape route, we do not intend to do anything further" "At the moment, we are stood here... because the school... has finally tried to steal our last freedom!" "Even a minority group can achieve something if it persists" "We won't despair or anything" "But isn't an election... a perfect case of majority rule?" "Do you understand how futile this is?" "It's social studies!" "There's a lot of irrationality in the world" "Because you can't have your own way... you're all becoming desperate?" "So this... is practice for complying with society's irrationality?" "I'm not saying that" "I understand your feelings" "Sensei also feels your pain" "But, in an election, writing "No suitable applicants"... is the accepted procedure" "Weren't you listening to what we said?" "We don't want to cast a ballot, due to the electoral system itself" "If we participate using... accepted procedure, it will turn out that we have cast a vote for this system" "Then, is there some other plan?" "Do you have a plan that is superior to holding this election?" "I couldn't come up with anything" "Then there's no " "That's what I'm saying!" "If there's no viable alternative, we're asking that you leave us in peace" "We want the right to a veto to be recognised" "We want no unjust crackdown" "That's what we're saying!" "An idea enters a grey-zone" "That's what you said, wasn't it?" "But I've abandoned that view." "I agreed with the campaign against invalid voting" "I also helped corner those guys, by casting a vote for a plan that was hostile to them" "Ah, good shot" "It's over" "Thank god it passed without incident!" "It was a good speech assembly" "She lost the argument" "I guess it's been erased from her brain" "She's returned having developed an amazing ability" "But what sort of result will we get, I wonder" "We'll find out after tomorrow's ballot" "Sensei" "Oh, Taira" "Excuse me a moment" "What is it?" "Thank you so much" "Due to my half-heartedness, I couldn't help finding it disagreeable" "However, a part of me was open to it" "You helped me by not allowing an easy escape route" "Thank you" "Goodbye" "Ah, take care" "Hey, Mitsuru" "What's the matter - what happened!" "Hey, Mitsuru" "Mitsuru!" "What's going on?" "An incident of domestic violence" "Domestic violence?" "It seems a son bashed his mother with a bat" "He may have been one of ours" "Eh!" "?" "Ah!" "As I thought, he was" " Mitsuru Tanabe" "Look" "Luckily, it seems the mother's condition isn't serious" "But we must be prepared for possible enquiries" "As he graduated from here 8 years ago, perhaps Kawano-sensei was around at that time?" "He wasn't one of my charges, so he didn't make much impression;" "I have a feeling he was quite obedient and serious, though" "Goodbye -- Goodbye" "Go straight home" "OK" "Hello" "The kid rehearsing the play?" "Yes" "I, too, went to this school" "Year 3, Class C" "I'm..." "Year 2, Class A" "That was also my class in Year 2" "Goodbye" "Goodbye" "Pitiable" "What do you want?" "No unauthorised people can enter" "Mitsuru " "I may as well follow your path" "Really, so it was a former student" "Yes, though there's a feeling of absolute helplessness" "But it's not as if it was one of your own pupils, though" "I was told by a graduate called Shirai ...even my pupils... don't understand my methods" "He said I was conceited" "Certainly, nobody comes to visit me" "As an experiment, for my self-satisfied education plan - perhaps, just making students keep in touch" "After all, it's something a teacher can do " "Ah, sorry" "Of course, you're getting tired?" "I shouldn't be grumbling to my pregnant wife" "It's OK, since there's not much else I'm able to do" "Who?" "What!" "Sensei?" "Ogawa" "I can't deny myself any longer!" "Ogawa!" "Sensei, stop!" "No, this is horrible!" "Haven't you also been wanting this?" "Even I need to vent my frustration!" "Stop!" "Asami-san?" "What is it?" "As I thought" "Just now, my dream" "Eh?" "Here" "I'll be off, then" "Take care" "Even I don't clearly understand, though" "Anyway, please take care" "Understood" "Mother, I'm going out" "Hey" "Due to the election, we'll be moving to the gym during period 5" "OK" "Naka, let's hurry" "We're going -- Naka, let's go" "Already depressed -- It'll be OK" "I'm just giving up" "We don't know yet -- Wake up, Kabe!" "Let's go together" "Naka, it will be fine" "Ah, who are you?" "Where are the others?" "In the gym, because of the election" "That kid's not here?" "In that case, shall I choose someone here?" "Who is the most serious girl among those here?" "You're the person in the park, aren't you?" "Kabe!" "Don't move" "Don't move" "Ah, how's it going?" "Some aren't here yet" "What?" "Good grief." "It can't be helped I suppose" "Could you take a look?" "OK" "Take..." "Takechi!" "Kabe!" "?" " Be quiet" "Close the door" "Stand by the window" "Takechi-kun" "Hey, hurry up!" "Boys, what are you doing?" "Hurry and attack him!" "You..." "You've come" "Come here" "Don't go!" "You be quiet!" "Everyone be calm!" "To risk getting injured is of no use!" "Your name?" "Somi..." "Ogawa" "Somi Ogawa" "For my revenge - a nice, pretty and serious kid" "I think it must be you" "What is it?" "Somi Ogawa-chan" "I'm going to rape you" "Give class, attendance number and full name" "Please take one of these ballot papers" "Next, over at that desk, enter the candidate's full name" "Good grief, what are they doing?" "Take off your clothes - hurry" "What's this?" "Rehearsing a play?" "This kind of scene?" "Who is that?" "A guest appearance?" "Was that arranged?" "No way!" "This is neither dream nor fantasy" "It's reality!" "This is trouble" "What'll I do?" "What am I going to do!" "Quickly undress" "This kid will die" "Sensei " "It's OK, don't worry" "I was waiting, sensei" "Stop" "Move from there and she's dead" "He was at the park; he's the other one" "We met at the park" "I'm homeroom teacher Suzuki." "Your name?" "You don't need to know my name" "Mitsuru Tanabe's friend?" "You graduated here?" "This behaviour?" "What is your purpose?" "I think I'm going to take this opportunity to rape Ogawa-san" "What!" "?" "I'm doing this for Ogawa-san!" "What's this guy saying?" "This is bullshit!" "Will you please just shut up!" "Understood!" "Understood!" "I expect nobody will come for a while; won't you discuss it?" "I also want to hear " "even what kind of cruel deed - since I'm trying to listen properly to what is said" "Sensei" "You've developed a really good kid" "I was also like that" "I was a good, diligent kid who properly listened to my teacher's words" "Mitsuru was the same" "The most enjoyable time was at junior high school" "Studying as we were told to do" "Being good kids who were appreciated by adults" "But," "when we entered society, it was completely useless" "It's only the sly people who are successful" "I..." "I had it better" "Mitsuru developed a fear of people and became a shut-in" "Weird, isn't it?" "Despite doing as you people said" "The delinquents from that time - even a woman who was always doing it with men is now a success" "Although we didn't belong anywhere, there was the park" "There should be a place where one can relax - wasn't it?" "Sensei!" "The place where we could go, soon, it was nowhere to be found." "And..." "Mitsuru became like that" "I'll do likewise" "It's fine" "It's fine, already I've become the same" "However" "For these kids, I'm still in time" "They have prospects - I must save these kids!" "Save them?" "Don't you understand?" "These guys are the favoured pure and serious students" "When they enter society, they'll be eliminated" "You are... churning out people who are of no use whatsoever... when they enter the real world!" "As I couldn't contain myself any longer," "I came here!" "But, there's a final nice thing to do, prior to seeking death" "For this Ogawa-san, I'm overflowing with pity!" "How did you come to produce such a good kid?" "I must save her" "Soon, I'll release her from your erroneous teaching" "I must stain her" "I'm steeling myself to carry out rape" "I..." "I'll become the sacrifice to Ogawa-san's debasement" "You owe me one, sensei!" "Everyone, everyone - watch carefully!" "Because you will see me carry out this task, without fail!" "I understand what you're saying" "Your opinion about school teaching... is close to my own ideas" "Yeah, yeah" "I'm not lying" "School education is based on spending time with problem kids" "The ones who don't cause any trouble are worn down" "Lately, I've thought that way" "I'm intending to teach these guys, so that... they don't become victims like yourself" "Actually, even that Ogawa is not as weak as you think" "She's genuine, yet also possesses a strong and determined side" "She isn't a student who needs to be stained" "The others are also developing well" "Just yesterday, there was a student speaking as you did" ""In this society, sincere people are now at a disadvantage"" ""If that system cannot be altered,"" ""I at least want the right to escape to a place of refuge"" "That was his contention in an election speech" "In a way, he spoke terror through legal means" "Of course, it's not praiseworthy" "But I..." "I..." "I think it's down to my teaching" "I also felt pride!" "I have expectations for these children!" "I think..." "I can change the world with my teaching methods alone" "Shouldn't we try... believing these guys will improve society bit-by-bit?" "Thank you" "Change the world?" "Who do you think you are" "No more than 3 years" "You may be a teacher, but what can you do?" "Stop!" "Sensei!" "Your school prefers to produce nice children" "The same as me!" "People who'll become victims of the system!" "Sensei!" "Somi-chan, come along" "Somi-chan, come along" "Somi-chan" "Somi-chan, come along." "Somi-chan, come along" "This way" "Come this way" "Somi-chan, come along!" "Sensei!" "Sensei!" "Sensei, dead!" "He's not dead!" "Get the other teachers!" "Suzuki-sensei, please!" "Though you're scared now, in the future you'll be grateful, Somi-chan" "We should be setting off some huge fireworks" "Sensei!" "Ogawa-san's in trouble!" "In what way?" "What's happened?" "Suzuki-sensei!" " Hey, calm down!" "Hey, wait." "Wait, I said!" "Ah, he'll die... don't die" "Sensei!" "What about Ogawa-san?" "Up the stairs!" " Why?" "Suzuki-sensei!" "Let's do it in a place that commands the best view" "Feels good, doesn't it" "I didn't know that the sky was blue like this" "This is the best feeling" "I'm now... truly alive" "Ah, gather around!" "What are you doing!" " Hey, gather around!" "Hey, keep coming" "Hey, make a clamour" "Those eyes" "Those eyes" "I guess you're thinking... that I'm some kind of weird maniac?" "At the park, there were also eyes looking at us" "However, they are also present here!" "In the future these guys will be like me" "A public rape!" " What the hell for?" "I don't know" "Anyhow, we'll go to the rooftop!" "Emoto-sensei, please coordinate with the police" "Everyone else, don't let the students leave the gym!" "Hey, what are you doing!" "What are you doing!" "Aah... sensei!" "Oi!" " Somi-chan!" "Come, sensei!" "What are you doing!" "Oi, come and save the student!" "Give it up!" "No enthusiastic teachers?" "Hey, come and save the student!" "Do that and this kid will be killed instantly, and random companions will be dragged into it when killing myself" "Hey, classmates" "Classmates, come!" "Since it's just this number of people, I guess I'll win" "What is it?" "Let's bring it on!" "Oi, cry out." "Oi!" "Make a clamour!" "Damn kids are strange" "You as well" "Somi-chan" "It's fine... even if you cry" "Scared?" "Cry" "Scream" "Both here... and over there," "nobody is screaming or being taken in by your provocation" "And nobody is willing to make the clamour you so desire" "You've given up and resigned yourselves?" "Just playing our usual calm and composed selves" "Playing?" "It's a means by which one can develop as a person" "Sensei told us that" "Everyone is putting it into practice" "You shouldn't move, sensei" "Let me go please!" "Suzuki-sensei!" "For you as well, it's the same isn't it?" "What?" "You've allowed yourself to become broken" "But... it's the feeling of being pressurised and... the desire to keep trying that have led you to that state" "I'm trying... to steel myself to violate you for your own benefit" "Do you think that... ruining me will destroy school education policy?" "A kid who is just as I anticipated" "The value of this violation is increasing" "So," "let's get to it" "Please don't think that this will be so simple," "as I will resist with all my strength" "Over there, there are people who care about me" "If I receive an injury, those people will suffer" "Therefore, to carry on as you want would be completely the wrong path" "I have... a responsibility to my body that goes beyond self-interest!" "Return her" "Please" "Please return Ogawa-san!" "Please return Ogawa-san!" "Calm down!" "Oi, too noisy" "Oi, be quiet!" "Be silent, oi!" "Oi, be quiet!" "Oi, shut up!" "Oi, be quiet!" "Please return Ogawa-san!" "Oi, be quiet!" "Give us back our important student!" "If you're going to do it, do it to me!" "This... old hag!" "This... damn brat!" "Ogawa!" "Ogawa!" " Suzuki-sensei!" "Thank god" "The wound isn't serious" "Get it sewn at the hospital" "And sensei?" "It's no big deal" "He's come" "Give me a moment" "Is saying a few words OK?" "What, sensei" "You have some sort of complaint?" "I may have become like you, if I had made a mistake" "Shut up" "In this world, there is a need for shame and apologies" "If you have around you... some people from whom you will accept kindness, it would be good" "While accepting your punishment, think carefully about the future" "Saying something you don't really mean" "You also expect to change the world on your own!" "Taruko-sensei" "Thank you very much indeed" "It was only natural" "Dear me... the phone keeps ringing" "And the election?" "No, there's no way" "Already there's a flood of media activity" "And the culture festival?" "Guardians wouldn't allow it, I guess" "Suzuki-sensei" "You OK?" "Suzuki-sensei" "Good morning" "Ah, good morning" "How's the injury?" "Ah, well... it's much better" "I wonder if the poll results are out?" "Good morning" "Good morning" "This is definite, is it?" "An unreasonable result like this" "It's the worst" "What in the world was intended by this poll?" "It's mischief - they decided to amuse themselves with this vote" "What shall we do?" "We mustn't resort to tricks - overwriting the poll result wouldn't be tolerated" "I don't think it's a particularly unreasonable result" "Whatever the result, it's our duty to let them make the choice" "Seriously?" "Why this result?" "They should have known that Izumi didn't want to be president" "Weren't those with an antipathy to Izumi's way... harassed into making this vote?" "Just crazy" "What will you do, Izumi?" "We did this to criticise the election" "We didn't expect to be elected and to have a chance of taking the job" "You'll just give a refusal speech?" "Kanda, the runner-up, would become the victor, I suppose" "It's no joke" "Izumi," "There's no way I'll be a substitute for you" "Then..." "Naka is the next in line for the post?" "Izumi should do it" "Or rather, you must do it!" "It's your responsibility as a candidate" "I think so too" "Izumi-kun said that if he was elected, he would change the system" "He said it publicly" "I think many people voted seriously... in support of that" "Actually, Izumi's address was great" "Do you mean it about making changes?" "Ah, that" "Izumi" "We won't take no for an answer" "You must surely do it" "If you only complain, then you're merely a malcontent" "That's right, do it Izumi" "Do it" "As the guys who voted for you are your supporters, you'll get help from them" "We'll help you, Izumi" "Me as well" "And me" "Izumi, you'll give it a try?" "Yeah" "Izumi, to the front" "Hira!" "Ogawa-san, look" "OK, the new student council executive is formed!" "Applause!" "Congratulations!" "Say something!" "President, a few words please!" "Then..." "For now, to start this job - shall I persuade teachers and guardians... to let the culture festival begin?" "Wonderful isn't it?" "Perhaps he showed that he's become an adult" ""People who have done that can't see it"" ""But..." "I can't see it either!"" ""You can't see it?"" "Asami-san" "When I'm watching these guys, I soon start to think... that perhaps, in reality, the world is continually changing" ""You must keep looking until you can see it"" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Before, an older graduate said something like..." ""The serious students who adore Suzuki-sensei don't even visit him"" "I've been thinking about it " "It's because those students... are all desperately doing their utmost in their various positions" "Possibly" "We've taken Suzuki-sensei's teaching to heart" "Thank you" "Thank you" ""The rain stopped and the wind..."" "Look, Hamaguchi, Komai..." "listen properly" "At times, while we'll seem to... stagnate, regress... and stumble along the road;" "somehow or other, little-by-little, we mature" "While these guys are playing people who will learn, occasionally, they'll benefit from learning something important" "Oota, Tanzawa, give up the side-job" "Sorry" "And while we... are able to teach these guys, we will put body and soul into playing the role of teacher" "The world continually changes" "With that belief, today also," "I'll keep on teaching" "English subs by NLK1971 Thanks to london_satoshi  Makiko I."