01x08 - Episode 8

[bunniefuu]

[Kore-eda] Has Professor Mikami not arrived yet?

[Shinonome] Um, Professor... Professor Mikami...
Is it true the rumours say he's leaving?

I haven't quite got the full picture myself yet.

[Footsteps]

[Kurayoshi] Professor
Is it true you're returning to the Ministry of Education?

[Mikami] You're quick with the information.

[Tominaga]
Could you explain?

A junior colleague collapsed, you see. The work
isn't getting done, so they want me back...

Apparently, the school approached me about it.

[Shiiba] I'll go and speak to Professor Mizobata.

Shall we talk before that?
No, but...

There's more to this story.

If you don't return,

they hinted I might be removed
from my position as form tutor.

[Miyazawa] Why?

Because your grades have been slipping.
Perhaps.

Eh? No way!

Apparently, parents
have raised concerns about it.

Well, you are exam candidates,
so it is a valid reason.

[Fuyuki] Eh?
But if that happens...

I'd be forcibly reassigned back to the Ministry of Education

or stay on as deputy form tutor
after switching roles with Mr Koreeda

Hold on a moment

I'm acting as deputy teacher with the resolve
to take on the class teacher role at any time.

But that's different from accepting
the school's utterly arbitrary personnel decisions.

[Sakurai]
Mr Koreeda is quite right →

Changing the form tutor just because
the class's grades aren't improving?

Setting a precedent like that is absolutely unacceptable.

Even though you kept saying
you wanted the form tutor changed?

Are you still going to
carry on with that style?

I suppose so.

Let's talk properly.

The fact this topic has even come up is probably

because you've
developed the ability to think for yourselves.

[Tokumori] What do you mean?

As a premise, why hasn't education focused on critical thinking
taken root? It's because

attempts to change cramming-style education
reliant on rote memorisation

temporarily lower apparent academic performance

Meaning test scores drop.
That's the thing.

The shift from “yutori” education back to stricter standards
is a prime example.

Not only did they fail to manage the time freed up by the policy effectively

they panicked when grades dropped

and abandoned the “yutori” approach
under the guise of something plausible

returning to cramming-style education

But the ones creating that system
are the womenfolk, aren't they?

That's certainly true.

[Wakui] But today's adults
weren't given an education that taught them to think either.

So they're adults without the ability to think
right?

Such adults
creating an education that fosters the ability to think

I think it's difficult

It's precisely because I was inside that I feel this way.

To change this country's education system
,
that's precisely

...we lack the capacity for critical thinking.

We are thinking properly.

Isn't that what Professor Gojō
taught us?

I don't think I taught you that.

It's only been half a year since you came to this school

It's true you're changing at an incredible pace

But the result is your test scores are dropping

That's what the school
is concerned about, isn't it?

We've got no choice but to deliver results in the next exam.

What do you all think?

Right now

Even if it's for the headmistress

I can't bring myself to improve my grades
for anyone's sake

[Chigira] If I do it...

I want to believe it's for myself

Right?

Yeah

To show the school up

I don't want to take part in the point-scoring game.

What Okami said

I remember one thing
really clearly

What we're aiming for
is to be upper-class citizens, you know

If, on your deathbed,

you were told, “You were an upper-class citizen, weren't you?”

I thought that would be utterly humiliating.

[Tominaga] A true elite?

It's not that I want to be chosen by God
or anything like that

Yeah...
If you only get one life

I guess
I want to be a person who's a bit

...and part of me does think that.

Exams aren't the goal, they're the means

But...
Or rather, precisely because of that

Knowing that,
going to Tokyo University

makes sense to me.

I think so too.

And my honour doesn't matter at all.

I want these next three months

to be meaningful
for your lives

That is my only wish.

There's something
I've been thinking about

Would you tell me?

For a while now, study methods?

I've been wondering if we could share them
→

I want to enrich the study itself →

If that's what you mean, then I
have loads I want to share

Then I want to do it too
I want to give it a go

[Jigen] To summarise→

Devise our own unique way of studying→

And while we're at it, save Okami.

How about that?

That's alright
That's alright

You'll help us, won't you?

If necessary, of course.

Mr Koreeda too.

Right then, let's do our best

Let's do our best

[Kodai] Ms Mizobata, you understand, right?
This is your last chance.

[Mizobata] Of course I understand.

Demote the teacher sent as a bureaucratic transfer.

Having played this card

there's no turning back now, is there?

Understood?

Yes
Yes

Former Chairman

What is it?

The Chairman said it, didn't he?

The Chairman collapsed
and whether there was a way for me to survive

When I heard that, I thought to myself

If I were to collapse
and the Chairman alone remained unscathed

...could that really be possible?

[Kodai] Is there something wrong with that?

I know all sorts of things
you see.

Cutting off a lizard's tail
and that's the end of it

It doesn't work like that.

What are you talking about?

If everything became public,
that would be problematic, wouldn't it?

Me?

Or is it us?

[Makino] Surely that's
a bit too harsh?→

Go back to the Ministry of Education
or we'll change your homeroom teacher

[Tsukada] Makino-kun, is there some problem if Mr Gokai returns?

No, nothing like that.

It's just that
both internally and externally, the perception...

What are you getting at?

If we bring it back at such a half-baked stage

It'd be like admitting
the first dispatch of civil servants to private high schools

was a failure, wouldn't it?

So if we were to reinstate him,

we'd have to pair it with an exceptional promotion, wouldn't we?

Eh?

Oh?
Could that have been the problem?

Well
I can't say I don't understand the sentiment

If
Mr Gojō were to be promoted here

he'd become the head of the division.

That would mean he'd be the most successful of all your peers.


But you see

What matters more
is that the whole thing works out

You don't understand that
That's not like you, Makino-kun

That goes without saying

Well, once he's back at the Ministry of Education,
he'll be a man of considerable use in his own right.

That Makinokun probably knows
best about that

Look
this isn't the time to be worrying about other people

Makinokun

Excuse me

Yes

[calling]

Ah, I spoke to Makino about this.

No, he was rather flustered.

Hmph. That bloke's
quite a greedy man, you see.

I spoke with Mr Mizobata too.

From here on, whoever we decide to keep

Mizobata is not an option, is he?→

Well, but that person
has a mortgage to pay off, you see→

and his child
has primary school entrance exams coming up →

I don't think he'd
say anything unnecessary though

Well, if we can't win over the authorities,
it'll be Makino, I suppose.

Then there's the question of what to do with Nakaoka.

He'll be a nuisance eventually, won't he?

The men who knew too much

[Kanzaki] I'm home.

[Eiji] Takuto.

What?

You
You're visiting Mayama Yuzuru?

Eh?

This thing was sent to me.

Stop playing at being a journalist.
Right now.

What right do you have to say that?

This is...

isn't something you should
get involved in with half-hearted feelings.

Because my feelings aren't half-hearted.

[Yumi] ‘Lord Kanzaki Takuto’

‘During the limited visiting hours’

‘I lack the confidence to speak calmly.’

‘I've written down
my life up to this point.’

‘Honestly, it's too painful to recall,’

‘I even wonder if I'm just endlessly writing lies.’

‘But even so...’

‘This
is all I can remember’

‘and it is my truth’

‘My earliest memory is’

‘of my mother being beaten by my father.’

([Rough breathing])

([Yūko] Please stop. Yūgen is...)
([Takafumi] Don't talk back!)

(Ah!)

(Yuzuru)

(Yuzuru... It's alright. It's alright.)

‘It was always me
getting all muddled up’

‘that my thoughts became jumbled’

‘in my first year of high school’

‘There's a reason why people dislike you.’

‘Those were painful words.’

‘But what hurt more was’

‘What I already knew.’

‘Why I was disliked.’

‘I'm not good at talking to people’

‘But I'm very proud’

‘Because I couldn't keep it up
unless I thought I was special.’

([sobs quietly])

[Wakui] Well then, could you pass this to the back?

Good morning
[Students] Good morning

I heard you gathered early
for a strategy meeting.

Um, would it be alright if I recorded this?

Please do.

[Filming begins]

[Wakui] Right then, shall we begin?
Yes

In this class's case
they have basic learning abilities

and they've done the entrance exam matrix
so they understand themselves, right? →

But your grades are stagnating →

Why do you think that is?

[Enomoto] That's the puzzling part, isn't it?

It's only just begun.
Thank you.

[Tokumori] It's not strange.

The time available for learning
has drastically decreased.

[Muraoka] But is that the only reason?

Eh? Why's that?

[Muraoka] Honestly, I don't feel like academic standards have dropped.
I don't think so.

That's because you, Muraoka,
were actually studying properly.

So, Tokumori,
do you think academic ability has declined?

In an absolute sense,
I don't think it has declined,

His ranking is gradually slipping.

Ah, that bit.
I did a bit of analysis.

I got some people to provide it

and analysed the test results
I did an analysis

According to that

It's not so much that grades are dropping

maintaining the level you had in Year 2
is the problem, you see~

Well, other exam candidates are desperately studying
and improving, so

your assessment will naturally drop, won't it?

Right, carry on

This
needs to be incorporated into the exam matrix

[Jigen snaps his fingers]

Oh~
Cool

[Jigen] ...and
each person's current issues emerge→

Well, it's about getting back to the basics of study methods
but

But doesn't that just mean studying for the sake of
studying again?

[Jigen] That's the thing, isn't it?

Still, we want to improve our grades in the short term,

so efficiency really is necessary, isn't it?

How do you study, Wakui-kun?

I suppose I'm rather
inefficient, perhaps.

Sailor Liebe, my ship

This is a famous mnemonic
for memorising the periodic table

I
don't really like

[Jigen] Dig deeper there, please

For example
When the Big Bang occurred

the only elements that appeared in the universe were
hydrogen and helium →

The H in hydrogen stands for Hydrogen

which is Greek for “water element”→

Hydra is
a serpent dwelling in the deep sea in Greek mythology

Blimey

Just hydrogen
From the beginning of the universe, history, mythology

If you think of hydrogen as energy
You can reach environmental issues too

It can go on forever, you know.
Oh~

They say human memory peaks when you're young,
don't they?

That's actually true,

but the thing is, the older you get,
the better your mind actually becomes.

Oh, I see.
Knowledge accumulates,

and at some point, the synapses extend
and the brain cells connect.

That's what understanding is.
This capacity for understanding

is said to deepen after the age of thirty.
But apparently, you need to put in a lot of effort when you're young.

In return, it seems you need to put in a lot of effort when you're young.

The book I read said

it said how you approach your thirties is crucial.

How is it important?
[Students] Eh?

Ah, no...
I'm turning thirty soon.

So... Heh heh heh

For example, someone who spent that day
reading a book

will build a good relationship with words for life
and learn to read deeply

Well then, I think I can manage that.
I'll give it a go.

[Anzai] Bloody hell, thirty?

I'll have to be careful
I reckon I've been living pretty carelessly

True

[Oguri] So, how did the boss
spend her time?

I was writing parliamentary responses at work
and before I knew it, the date had changed.

That's bloody awful

Everyone else had gone home
On a completely empty floor

Thinking about the future of Japan
I turned 30

As a bureaucrat, it couldn't have been more luxurious
luxurious birthday

[Oguri] That's just sour grapes

[Students laugh]

[Kanzaki] It was extravagant, wasn't it?

Don't you get it?

What's up? Kanzaki

No...

Sorry

[Jigen] Kanzaki

Listen, I want Kanzaki to

Essay questions in general
I'd like you to take charge of them

Right

Right, then. Starting after school today
Right then, let's get started

Right
OK

There's this principle, you see

Even something as ambiguous as human perception
→

can be mathematically deciphered.

Eh? That's... kinda cute, logarithms.

[Wakui] Right?
If you think about it that way...

When learning English words,
instead of staring at one word until you memorise it,

...it's better to enjoy it like this, like a quiz,
and memorise it that way, right?

Because it includes the process
of recalling it.

[Hatano]
Ah, active recall.

Yes.
Also, adding game elements →

is said to increase motivation
from a neuroscientific perspective

[Tokumori] OK, let's get started straight away
The pupils seem quite lively, don't they?

We need to update our teaching methods too

Mr Koreeda
Could it be that during your student days...

Just as you might imagine.

Staring intently at my vocabulary book.

Until I'd finished my daily quota
I wouldn't sleep

With sheer grit
Yes

Looking back now, it was like a fossil

If I had to compare it, it was a platypus

You understand that sentiment, don't you?

The platypus has remained
utterly unchanged in appearance since ancient times

In other words, it's an animal with staying power.

You could also say it's inflexible.

You're throwing in some self-deprecation, aren't you

Critical thinking, that is

Critical thinking

Essential for updating oneself, isn't it?

Okami: ‘Impoverished’ in English

indigent

Oh~
Hmm... ‘incumbent’

incumbent

Bloody hell
That's impressive

Mr Koreeda, do you know which animal has the greatest stamina in the world?

I don't know
Don't be alarmed.

It's humans.
Eh? No way!

No animal in this world
can run 42.195 kilometres faster than a human.

You have to keep them alive, you see. Stamina.

There's also this story

Long ago, at a certain zoo
There was a human cage

And on it was written
Yes

Amongst all the animals in this world

The strongest and weakest creatures: humans and

Now, I

strongest creature
I feel like I'm witnessing it

That's right

Let's protect it

By any means necessary.

Phew...

I shall partake of the tea ceremony

[Reiko] Do come along to practice occasionally →

If my daughter doesn't even
master the proper etiquette

It would be rather embarrassing, wouldn't it?

Regarding what we discussed earlier

I don't get involved in school management.
That's what I've decided.

But you do make regular donations to Neighbourhood Virtue, don't you?

I simply sympathise with Mr Kodai's principles
and make donations accordingly.

And once you've contributed funds,

it's not for me to have a say, is it?
Education is...

But if it's a case of malpractice,
that's a different matter.

It was on my credit
that they took you in.

I didn't... ask them to.

It was Mum who acted on her own initiative.

[Masakazu] Reiko-san

Your pupil is here.

Please, I beg you

Don't do anything
that would bring shame upon me, will you?

It's not a school I chose myself

But

Neighbour Toki has become
a place that's important to me

That important place

I want to protect the pupils.

Fancy a coffee?

It's delicious.

I'm so pleased.

Mum
doesn't drink it, you see.

The tea ceremony teacher
apparently doesn't drink coffee.

Dad's putting up with it really well.

Because he's a son-in-law.

That shouldn't matter, should it?

Hey, Dad, do you know anything?

Hmm, I don't know.

But everyone around here
donates to the Neighbourhood Association, right?

That sort of thing too
Mum does it all

Ah, but I'm sure...

Mr Takashi from the printing company

Kōshi?
Yes, yes

It's written with the characters for “high” and “aspiration” - Takashi-san

The previous president
had immense respect for Mr Kodai

And so he brought together
the people around here

Takashi

Takashi...

[Takashi] In my father's day, we were sort of like a cheerleading squad for our neighbours.
→

Since I took over,
we haven't had any dealings.

Father, did he
leave anything behind? Documents or such?

[Takashi] Ah, he was very meticulous, you see.

There was something like a register,
you know.

About half a year ago, someone from the neighbouring Tokudou came
and I handed it over to them.

Do you know that person's name?

Ah, well...

This person here.

[knock]

[Tsufuki] Yes

[Door opens]

Eh... What?

Bloody hell, the boss's here.

Just happened to be nearby.

I'm absolutely chuffed you came.

Really?

I was worried I might be bothering you
and I hesitated quite a bit

No, no, no

Ah, this
If you'd like, read this

Oh, thank you very much.
I'm sorry.

Teacher, how is it?
The sense of fulfilment and all that?

Ah... Well, you see...

There's absolutely loads of it, you know.

Is that so? Yeah, I suppose so.

No, you see, Year 13...

Not quite an adult
Not quite a child

Some sort of...
creepy creature, you know?

Creepy?
What is it, I wonder?

They've got such strong vitality, yet...

yet incredibly delicate

and changes at a pace
as swift as plankton

You can't take your eyes off them
for a single moment, you know?

Were we like that too?

[Tsubuki] There was that business competition, wasn't there?
Yeah

Actually, I
was a bit moved by that

Honestly, I was surprised by that too.

After it finished, you were surrounded by students.
I was rather envious of you, Mr. Gokami.

Actually, I'm qualified to teach.
Yeah.

If there's another chance with Mr. Mikami,
I might want to go.

That's when I thought

Absolutely
I think you'd be perfect for it

Eh? Really? That's lovely.
Yes

First, let's make sure the operation is a complete success.

That's right.
Yes.

So Yamato Takeru no Mikoto
was indeed the Divine Teacher, was he not?

So Yamato Takeru no Mikoto
was indeed the Divine Teacher, was he not?

What's the matter? All of a sudden?

Takashi, you understand, don't you?

Master Mikami
took the list of donors

Well, you
got there

The Kusanagi no Tachi is

the sword that emerges from the tail
of the Yamata no Orochi

And Yamata-no-Orochi

is said to be a giant serpent
coming from the land of Kōshi, around present-day Niigata.

So perhaps

it might be connected to the injustice...

But Yamato Takeru
is not me.

However, regarding the wrongdoing,
there is something I wish to discuss.

Eh?
Please come.

[Isshiki] Sorry, Koreeda-chan

I'm really sorry

Eh... What do you mean?

At first, a pupil came to me for advice

They thought they might have gained admission fraudulently.

When they marked their own papers,
they realised they hadn't quite made the grade.

But then, why did you, Professor Mikami...

Mr Mikami

Mr Mikami's elder brother was

...was my lover.

Eh?

[Isshiki] So when I heard a teacher was being dispatched from the Ministry of Education →

I went to ask him to come

So, is Mr Isshiki
Yamato Takeru?

No, that's not quite right, but

Eh?
If you know that much,

Why not report it right now?

In return for the fraudulent admissions

Nagatacho and Kasumigaseki
had been giving preferential treatment to Sonotoku with subsidies

There's no conclusive evidence.

What I brought from Takashi's place
is

the ledger of donations
from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry members.

Although the sums were quite substantial,
they were legitimate.

It doesn't constitute evidence...

Yes

It's unforgivable

They say such fine words

But to make money off
children's lives

The mothers' good intentions were also trampled upon

Yes, that's right

Even now
is there nothing I can do?

It's about one of my pupils

Understood

There is something
I need your help with

What is it?

Plan Okami 2.

[Yumi]
‘Kanzaki-kun did say it, didn't he?’

‘Is your purpose revenge against your father?’

([Yumi] Huh?)

([Kanzaki]
To spite his father, the newspaper reporter)

‘I scooped
Professor Saejima's scandal.’

‘What I was thinking at the time’

‘Was that’

‘I could hate my father like that’

‘I envied Kanzaki-kun
That was it.’

"In this world
There are parents who exist

‘Because parents exist.’

‘I’

‘I became
controlled by a single phrase.’

‘It was the words of a revolutionary.’

‘If the world changes you’

‘You can change the world.’

‘I wanted to change.’

‘I’

‘Desperately wanted to change’

[Jigen] Kanzaki!

Fancy popping round to mine today? →

About that thing... I've found out something.

Hey Lupin, Attendance Register 2019

[AI Lupin's voice] Right then

Students who had issues at school

are usually
absent until disciplinary action is taken.

That's what Shiiba did, right?

So
we tried to identify those whose reasons for absence were unclear

We tried to identify them

Over the last ten years, there was one student in Mr Saejima's class
and only one student matched the criteria.

Ta-dah!

Hey, Lupin Tokuraz Data

Opening it

[Jigen] After the term ended, one week absent →

He didn't face any disciplinary action though
It's a bit worrying, isn't it?

Send this address to my mobile

Eh? You're going?

I want to talk as soon as possible.

Eh? What's that about?

It's finally the cl*max, eh?

[Chime]

Bringing back the boss and making him head of the department?

That's a ridiculous personnel decision.
No one will accept it.

[Nakaoka] Mr Makino was
after it too, of course.

Naturally.

After going this far
if the higher-ups beat us to it

we'd be a laughing stock

Honestly

Don't think you'll get away with this
That's how it feels

You

Are you perhaps a student from the neighbouring Tokudou school?

You're Tokura Itsuki, right?

My name is Kanzaki.

Might I have a word with you?
Could I hear your side of the story?

[Vibrator notification]

Right then verbose

This is... ‘roundabout’

Oh~ Correct
Right!

[Togakushi] Right then, here goes
‘To squander something’

[Haruyama] Eh? Tominaga, aren't you joining in?
Sorry, just got some errands to run.

Bye-bye
Got it. See you tomorrow.

(Plan Oka-mi 2)

Professor Mizobata, would you have a moment?

If possible, I'd like to speak with you
in private.

[Kodai] Yes, please.

Excuse me

Well, well, well. Now that's unusual→

Please, do come in.

Having been at Rindoku for half a year

I've been deeply impressed
by the excellence of the late Chairman's educational approach.

The principles of Rindoku
permeate every corner of the school,

Every day brings new surprises.

I had no idea
you felt that way.

That's surprising.

When I joined

it was Head Teacher Mizobata
who guided me.

He was always close to the pupils and valued their independence.

I learnt what education truly is

Head Teacher Mizobata
taught me

Lately, Head Teacher Mizobata

seems to have forgotten
the ideal of education.

But...

To me

it feels as though
he's carrying suffering

I haven't the foggiest what you're on about

What is this?

I'll be blunt

Who sent this?
I've found out.

This was sent by...

...was sent to Professor Mizobata, correct?

Nagatachō and Kasumigaseki
still use fax machines

to send important documents
is well known

We bureaucrats are taught one thing first:

Never send from the same convenience store
more than once.

especially from convenience stores near your home.

The reason is...

because
the store number is printed here.

And this store number

was that of the convenience store
nearest to Manager Mizobata's home

Ah...

Is that all?

Would that be evidence?

I went to that convenience store
and asked

They testified that
this person had sent it.

[sigh]

Why would you do such a thing?

As far as I'm concerned

this
outside

Just...

What is it?

I want Professor Mizobata

I want you to tell
everything you know.

What on earth are you talking about...

This school is committing fraud.

Professor Mizobata

has been forced to carry out
that work

all this time...

...enduring such hardship
all this time, haven't you?

Someone like you

What could a sheltered young lady possibly understand?

I understand

Finally entrusted with

...being the form teacher

That frustration...

Money absolutely cannot solve this.

But...

There's no going back now.

There's no going back

But...

We can move forward.

If you'll leave it to me,
I'll make sure Chief Mizobata

I believe it is possible to make him
calm down.

What is your objective?

To achieve genuine educational reform.

Mr Kodai and I
share the same educational ideals.

By joining forces

Shall we make Rindoku Japan's top school?

[Door closes]

[English radio playing]

[Chime]

Mr Saejima

Long time no see

Why…

[Kanzaki] Dr Saejima

You were protecting him, weren't you?
Mr Togura?

[Jigen] Boss!

What's up?
Tominaga...

Is something wrong with Mr Tominaga?

I just got a call...

( [Jigen] Hello~?)

(Help me...)

( Eh?)

( Where are you now?)

(If it's Okami, I'll know)

Any idea?

Let's go

At last
The full extent of Tonari's wrongdoing will be revealed

He came to consult me
about possible fraudulent admissions

Isn't this conclusive evidence?