01x10 - Episode 10

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([Takami's father]
Would you mind leaving?)

([Makino] This time...)

(I'm terribly sorry)

‘It's your fault.’

(Please go home)

(Please go home)

(Brother! Brother!)
(Please go home! )

(Please go home!)

([The Lord] Let's go home)

‘Why did you come?’

(Takami was my direct subordinate)

‘You understand how his parents feel, don't you?’

‘I k*lled him... Takami.’

‘Listen...’

(That regret will probably last a lifetime)

(It's easy to say
it's not Makino's fault)

(Even if you say that
Maki, it just hurts, doesn't it?)

(For the rest of his life)

(I think it'll be
more painful than Makino realises now)

(I'll support you)

(Stay alive)

(Eh?)

(Are we that kind of relationship?)

(You idiot. We're about to become that sort of relationship.)

(What the hell is that supposed to mean?)

(Because it's all our responsibility)

(There are people who
take their own lives)

(There are people who drive them to that point)

(I think it's the responsibility of the education administrators, don't you?)

(Lighting incense for self-satisfaction?
Unthinkable)

(A mere competition in mourning
is meaningless)

(Japanese education is)

(a battle for survival)

‘Right?’

Certainly
You're quite right

At the time,
it was a bit much for me, I must say.

[Tominaga] I get it~

Oh, you understand?

[Tominaga] Attacking someone who's down with
a righteous argument from above→

That's the boss lady's special move.
How awful.

But I was saved.

If the higher-ups hadn't been there
I wouldn't be here now

[Makino] That's the background→

His Excellency was at the scene, I was at the Ministry of Education→

and we decided to gather evidence
that's how it came about

[Automatic door opens]

So Yamato Takeru's job is over here

[Makino] These modern listening devices
are rather sophisticated, aren't they?→

They can record continuously for 200 hours, you know.

([Nakaoka] Speaking of which,
Chief Cabinet Secretary Higashimoto says→)

(...contact came through)

([Tsukada] Doesn't sound like
good news)

(The granddaughter insists
absolutely not on anyone but Tonokuni

[Nakaoka] She says to force it open

[Jigen] This... isn't this decisive
evidence?

[Koreeda] But wiretapping...

This chap, you see, he's more cautious than he looks.

He's the type who only holds secret meetings
at the same bar, at the same seat.

Makino got carried away and talked too much.
Well, he would get carried away.

Ah, this chap. At the Ministry of Education,

he made a name for himself as impregnable.
A solitary figure, you see.

In this short time
I've been wondering

just what sort of people
those who've managed to get close to him are.

Mr Makino, you're...
...feeling a bit jealous, aren't you?

[Makino] Did I give myself away?
Hehehe

If we combine Makino's data
with the data we've gathered,

we'll finally uncover the full extent of Tonari's misconduct.

Give me a day
and I can compile the data.

[Artificial Intelligence Lupin's voice]
Count on me, Jigen.

Leave it to me.

[clicks tongue]

[Kanzaki] This matter...

Would it be alright to leave it with me for the time being?

Are you going to write an article about it?

There's something I need to do first.

There are other current students besides Chigira.

Professor Saejima too.
That's why I couldn't publish it.

Using students for something like this?
Unforgivable.

I'll speak with Chigira.

Right.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

To deceive your enemy, you must first deceive your allies.

Come to think of it, in front of Tsubuki
we deliberately put on a show of fighting, didn't we?

(It's the position you grabbed by selling me out, isn't it?
We should celebrate.)

[Makino] I'll have to apologise to Tsubuki next time→

He'll be furious, won't he?

Still, that's bloody impressive.
Huh? What?

Your student, right?
That one? The current Year 13?

I'm honestly surprised too.
Yeah, right?

Especially Ms Tominaga?
How many times has she lived?

First time.

Living this one-time-only life
Harder than anyone else

Ah, what the hell
Only the higher-ups get to have all the fun

Well, I did start feeling a bit bad for
Makino partway through, too.

Ha ha

But
the real contest starts from here, you see.

What Kanzaki-kun will do

To Mr. Koreeda, you know

He always goes on about how we should wait
and all that high and mighty stuff

I can't think of anything else
but what I can do for him.

Are they really that cute?
These pupils, I mean.

Well, you see...

They are cute.

[laughing together]

Still pisses me off though.

[Makino] Ahh... Brrr

[Makino] It's finally starting, eh?→

The battle for Japanese education
to survive

Exposing wrongdoing isn't the goal

Unless the education system changes
it's meaningless

Ah

First up is Plan Oka-mi 3, then.

What's that? Sounds interesting.

Tell me about it.

She came to consult us
about possible fraudulent admission.

You're Chigira-san, aren't you?

I thought she'd be a lively child
but

extremely introverted.

But around the age of 15,
people's personalities can change dramatically,

I wondered if that was why.

But it wasn't the case.

It was changed because of the adults.

Since joining, I think Mr Chigira has worked incredibly hard at his studies.

Now he's among the top students in the class.

[Isshiki] Despite working so hard→

He couldn't accept himself
and was suffering→

That look on Chigira-san's face back then
I can't forget it

[Chigira] …That's right
[Shiiba] I managed to get the intermediate formula…

Chigira
What?

Can I have a moment?

Yeah

I knew

I heard you cheated
and got into Neighbourhood Ethics.

If you want to publish an article,
just go ahead and do it yourself.

But if this fact comes out
At the very least

Chigira's father
won't be able to continue his work as a councillor.

So...
do you need my permission?

I realise I'm doing something terribly cruel

But...

I want us to think about this together.

Sorry, I can't.

Did you speak to Kanzaki?

Did you know?

If it were just a matter of me leaving school,
I wouldn't hesitate.

But I have a little sister,

And

Besides me, there are other students still enrolled

There must be, right?

Yeah, you're right.

It's impossible to decide what to do

It's okay to run away

I wish I could tell you that

But there's nowhere to run, is there?

My sister's

Everyone's life would be ruined

It's frightening

I can't forgive that.

Mr Chigira's life
is his to choose

Yet the school took that freedom
away from Mr Chigira

But that

I failed to realise it
I too bear responsibility

Chigira-san

I know there's no choice without regret

But what's happened
can't be changed, can it?

All we can do
is focus on the time ahead.

It's frustrating.

But I don't want to give up.

I won't give up either.

That's all I can do

Together, until the very end

[Jigen] Er, this Nakaoka chap
is known as a shady matchmaker→

he'd been handling requests for fraudulent admissions from Nagatacho→

through Tsukada-san
to connect with Professor Mizobata→

The neighbouring Tokudou side's quid pro quo
was donations from the irregularly admitted students→

Not only that, but also substantial subsidies

What were the bureaucrats' benefits?
Mr Tsukada, fundamentally,

wasn't the sort of person
who could have risen to that position

I hear he was
pushed through by the Cabinet Personnel Bureau

I see.

So, the information from the neighbouring Tokudou side

was summarised in Dr Saejima's data

[Kanzaki] Professor Saejima was forced to compile evidence of misconduct
for covering up for Tokura Itsuki→

→

This was noticed by his colleague, Tsutsui →

and pressured into a relationship

Then, through my newspaper, that
came to light→

Mr Saejima was offered a transfer
to a group-affiliated cram school→

believed he must not become
further involved in wrongdoing→

and declined the transfer

I have one more point

From former external auditor
Mr Tokui, the tax accountant

For safekeeping,
the cram school's ledgers and

an old photograph were provided

Not anti-social, but
apparently received donations

from a company with a reputation for being underhanded
And

it appears he was an old acquaintance
of former chairman Tsukada.

Incidentally, this is Representative Chigira.

Hmm
Blimey

[sound of hands clapping]

Bravo

Everything connects. Brilliant.
[Tominaga bursts out laughing]

What's so funny?

No, I mean, he's just too much like a final boss, isn't he?

Can't be helped, I suppose
He is Yamato Takeru after all

Blimey, what time is it?
Oh, seven o'clock.

Oh no, I'm in a right pickle. I've got to get back.
Could it be Ryu-chan?

Yes, it's a joyous thing
that we've made up,

but this time I have to be home by 8 o'clock
or he'll be absolutely furious. He's so unreasonable!

she says
but she looks absolutely chuffed

It's just me gushing. Right then, I'm off.
Right then, Maki-san, bye!

[Moeka] Ta-dah!
A midnight snack from Mum, with love.

I told her I'd put on weight, I said no!

Oh, if you're going to say that
Moe's going to take it then.

Shall we share it?

Is that alright? Great!
[Chigira] Yeah.

Which one shall I choose~

Fine
Right then, this one

Right then, I'll have this one
Let's eat

Mmm!

Delicious
Delicious

That's amazing, sis.
Hm?

Solving a problem like this?
That's brilliant.

Not at all. It's normal.

Next year, Moe's a candidate, you see.

I'm going to get my big sister
to teach me loads of study stuff~

And I'll definitely go to Rinnou High.

That's right.

Big sis, what's up?
Hm? Nothing

But...
Never mind.

Hehe, lucky me.

Delicious!

I wonder if I can solve this~

I can't help myself, but

I'm worried about my family and the relevant underclassmen
you know

Is there nothing that can be done?

For instance,
if we were to make a backroom deal with the former chairman,

get a written promise
that it won't happen again

we could settle it
as if nothing happened

But even if you did that
Mr Chigira's heart

not be saved, would it?
That's right.

And
any riddle we could solve

will eventually be solved by someone.
That means...

Apparently, an acquaintance of Makino's
was approached by a journalist

Regarding the involvement of politics and neighbouring ethics.

With the Miyama Yuzuru case,
it attracted far too much attention, didn't it?

Well...
Well, without evidence,

it might not be possible
immediately,

but once the article is out, it's too late.

And that article

is full of hurtful words,
isn't it?

The media owes them
no obligation to show them love

That's too much

Let's think about it.

Mr Mizobata, you don't have class in period 4, do you?

[Mizobata] What's that?

I hear Mr Mikami
is holding a special lesson.

It's a lesson
to help us face Chigira-san.

Today, I have
something I want to discuss with you all.

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

This past year, I've kept telling you
about the power of thinking.

So what do you think
the power of thinking actually is?

[Fuyuki]
Logical thinking, wouldn't you say?

This is what I believe
Because this is why

Being able to explain things clearly is important

That's what's required
in essay questions for entrance exams

But I think the limits of thinking ability
taught

in studying for entrance exams lie there too.

Is w*r a bad thing?

Answering that question
is, in a way, quite simple

Mr Shiiba
Yes

What would you say, Mr Shiiba?

Eh...

w*r is something that
unjustly takes human lives

Therefore, it is something that must not be done.

That's right. But what if we rephrased the question like this?

I think most people would probably answer
that there is no such w*r.

So even if you properly learn
the history of individual wars,

could you still say that?

Would you think it wrong to resist with force

Do you think resisting with force
is wrong?

Think about it

[Wakui] When I consider that w*r, as a principle,

is something that should not be done,
then

I believe there is no such thing as a just w*r.

But there are unavoidable armed conflicts

I cannot deny that.
That's right.

But the conclusion that there are unavoidable armed conflicts

the conclusion we reached earlier
that w*r is wrong

isn't that contradictory?

And
if it was unavoidable armed struggle

Who on earth decides that?

I don't know.

But surely...

Soldiers,
about our age

I wish you'd tell me I'm not wrong
→

fighting with g*ns in their hands.

[Shinonome] But that's precisely why
w*r must be eliminated

I understand that feeling well

But it's not that simple
to eliminate w*r

Do you understand why?

Only vaguely.

When I think about w*r

I believe
we mustn't avert our eyes

from the fundamental facts

That it is occurring
between nations

In other words, it is something
the state is doing as policy.

It is an immovable fact.

Waging w*r

is decided by politics

by the representatives we elect.

In other words
it's our will.

That
With the single vote you cast in an election

You might be able to
stop a w*r

Of course, sometimes that single vote
might not yield any reward at all.

But it's certain that Love & Peace alone
won't eliminate w*r.

This is just one example

Complex and difficult

There are many questions in this world
that have no answers

Vultures and little girls. Poverty and terrorism.
Euthanasia.

Keeping on thinking about it
is incredibly tough, isn't it?

The power of thought

isn't just
for finding answers

It's the power to keep thinking
about things

even when you can't find an answer

Let's think about it

(Escape)

I have one too.

I have a question with no answer

I have one too

I have a question with no answer

That is...

My father
did something he shouldn't have done

Kanzaki
knows about it

Kanzaki, you see

[Chigira] I was glad

That you didn't ignore
the fact I was here.

But Kanzaki

You're going to be a newspaper reporter now, aren't you?

If someone in a position like mine
were to appear

Is there really an option not to report it?

I don't think so.

That's right.

That's not what a newspaper reporter does.

[Kanzaki] But...

I absolutely won't

I absolutely won't forget

It's painful

Even as I speak of this

I'm consumed by guilt

I want to vanish and disappear

It's too painful

I can't breathe

But

For my sake
Even if this truth is hushed up

I know it's just as painful

There's nowhere to run

If that's the case

Then I have no choice but to run away

That's right

Thank you

That's why Kanzaki

does things I can't do

Just think about what the news is

Understood

I promise

Regarding what Mr Chigira just said

I am also involved

I had no idea

that you were fighting so hard

in this classroom.

What I couldn't achieve
in decades

I'd never let some amateurish bureaucrat teacher
achieve it.

I was desperate to oust him.

Hah...

But seeing today's lesson

I've realised
it was simply that

I've realised

Now that it's come to this

I realise I mustn't become like this.

It's regrettable
that I can only serve as a cautionary tale.

It's regrettable.

Mr Chigira and Professor Mizobata

considered that they must

go out there, even if it meant sacrificing their own lives
.

is right here.

I believe I have a duty to protect this
and bring it out into the world.

Anyone who doesn't want to be involved
should leave now.

There's absolutely no reason
you lot should get dragged into this.

Those of you who remain
let's protect this together.

[Kodai] Mizohata-san
[Mizohata] It's ‘Mizohata’.

[Kodai] We need the grant
to

turn this school from first-rate
into top-tier.

[Mizobata] I understand.
That's why I'm

taking action like this.

[Kodai] You understand?
[Mizobata] Yes.

[Kodai] In that case
contact Mr Nakaoka immediately

and get moving

[Mizobata] Understood.
[Kodai] I'm counting on you.

Kanzaki-kun, I think it's fine.
[Tominaga] Off I go. Cheers for your hard work.

Cheers.

[Tominaga] Right then.

[Printing out]

[Kanzaki] Dad, this

[Eiji] What's this?

[Kanzaki]
That. Couldn't you get it in your paper, Dad?

Impossible. It lacks credibility.

Photographs, audio data, witnesses.
We've got it all.

If Dad
won't take it on,

I'll take it to another newspaper.

Is this real?

[Kanzaki] Among that data
is a classmate →

I wrote that article
while feeling so self-loathing I thought I'd vomit.

But Chigira said

Just think about what journalism is.

So

Dad, I want you to think only about that too.

[Prison Officer] Mr Mayama, you have a visitor.

[Door opens]

[Yūko] Listen,

[Yuzuru] Mm

Properly

I wanted to put it into words and tell you

I also have things I must say

So I won't forget

One thing

Regarding visits
we shall respect Yuzuru's wishes

Secondly

But I wish to attend all court sessions

and if required
be permitted to take the stand

Three

Until you have made amends

No matter what happens

I shall live healthily

Mum

I want to live because I want to see you.

Yumihito must live too

I want you to make amends in every sense

The meaning of taking a life

I want you to truly understand

No matter how much you writhe and suffer

There are things that cannot be undone
That is the truth

I'll be with you

Wherever you are

Mum

What?

I...

...k*lled him.

Yes.

I k*lled him.

Yeah

I seem to have k*lled him.

[Yumi] Uu... Mum...

[Kodai] As I mentioned the other day→

I've decided to ask
His Excellency

472 --] 00:40:10,808[Kodai] As I mentioned the other day→45700:40:10,808 --] 00:40:13,477Mr. Gojoto take over as my successor.45800:40:13,477 --] 00:40:15,813[Tsukada]Even after returning to the Ministry of Education, Mr. Gojo →45900:40:15,813 --] 00:40: 18,149 he promised to be of assistanceto us.46000:40:18,149 --] 00:40:21,819No, no, no. We need him to be active herefor another two years.46100:40:21,819 --] 00:40:25,489We look forward to working with you.Likewise, I look forward to working with you.46200:40:26,824 --] 00:40:31,829Right then, Mr MikamiRegarding that matter, Mr Nakaoka46300:40:31,829 --] 00:40:34,131Regarding the ill*gal admissions case involving Representative Higashi46400:40:34,131 --] 00:40:36,801It seems he absolutelyrefuses to back down46500:40:36,801 --] 00:40:38,803He's got a lot of pride.46600:40:38,803 --] 00:40:42,473Yet he wields immense influenceover budget allocations.46700:40:42,473 --] 00:40:46,477If he interferes with the subsidy review processboth the national and prefectural governments will be at his beck and call.46800:40:46,477 --] 00:40:49,480They won't stand a chance.But you see46900:40:49,480 --] 00:40:51,482If we're talking next fiscal year, then surely47000:40:51,482 --] 00:40:54,151Ministry of Education, Neighbouring VirtueThe risks for both sides would be too great, I'd say.47100:40:54,151 --] 00:40:59,156Eh? Mr Tsukada, this isn't what we agreed.47200:40:59,156 --] 00:41:03,828Now, now, will you hear me out?47300:41:05,463 --] 00:41:09,467Last year, the issue that arosewas the slush fund scandal surrounding the political fundraising party47400:41:09,467 --] 00:41:12,470Chief Cabinet Secretary Higashimotowasn't implicated47500:41:12,470 --] 00:41:14,472His name wasn't even mentioned47600:41:14,472 --] 00:41:16,474However, actually, I47700:41:16,474 --] 00:41:20,811am on friendly terms with a certain Diet member from the Higashimoto faction47800:41:20,811 --] 00:41:24,482and when I probed a little,it emerged he'd been given a rather demanding quota.47900:41:24,482 - -] 00:41:27,485He shared this with mein a rather grumbling manner48000:41:29,153 --] 00:41:32,490This is his memo48100:41:32,490 --] 00:41:37,828It would be odd if Mr Higashi didn't have a considerable sumin his pocket, wouldn't it?48200:41:37,828 --] 00:41:41,465Are you saying I should show this and threaten him?48300:41:41,465 --] 00:41:43,467Is that not acceptable?48400:41:43,467 --] 00:41:47,471I work on trust.That sort of thing is absolutely out of the question.48500:41:47,471 --] 00:41:49,807Then shall I make a move on my side?48600:41:49,807 --] 00:41:54,812It won't change anything if you make a move.Neighbourly virtue equals Nakaoka.48700:41:54,812 --] 00:41:57,815But this is the only way.48800:41:58,816 --] 00:42:00,818[Nakaoka] Hm?48900:42:00,818 --] 00:42:06,156Could it be...is this the unanimous decision of all three of us?49000:42:07,491 --] 00:42:10,828Well, as for me, you see49100:42:10,828 --] 00:42:13,130Mr Kodai, who I'd call a close friend49200:42:13,130 --] 00:42:16,467I simply cannotallow him to cross such a dangerous bridge49300:42:16,467 --] 00:42:19,136If my reputation in Nagatacho were to suffer49400:42:19,136 --] 00:42:22,473Neither Mr Kodai nor Mr Tsukadacould remain uninvolved49500:42:22,473 --] 00:42:27,144I've asked you repeatedlyto sort that out, haven't I?49600:42:27,144 --] 00:42:30,814After sucking up all the sweet juice,you've got some nerve saying that.49700:42:30,814 --] 00:42:33,150[Kodai] Sweet rewards...49800:42:33,150 --] 00:42:36,820What do you mean by sweet rewards?49900:42:36,820 --] 00:42:42,159I have not spent a single pennyfor my own personal gain.50000:42:42,159 --] 00:42:45,129I have spent it allfor the ideal of education.50100:42:45,129 --] 00:42:49,466That's why Neighbourly Virtue rose to becomethe prefecture's top official in just twenty years.50200:42:52,803 --] 00:42:55,806I'm utterly sick of it.50300:42:55,806 --] 00:42:59,810Having to keep looking at the face of someone like youwho has no ideals for education50400:42:59,810 --] 00:43:01,812Eh?50500:43:03,814 --] 00:43:07,151Give me a break!50600:43:09,820 --] 00:43:11,822[Knock]50700:43:11,822 --] 00:43:14,491Excuse meIt's a bit noisy in here, you see50800:43:14,491 --] 00:43:16,827[Nakaoka] Eh?[Tsukada] Wait... Mr. Gojō→50900:43:16,827 --] 00:43:21,465The annexe... I thought you'd booked the whole place...Yes, it should have been, but I'm afraid...51000:43:34,478 --] 00:43:36,480Makinokun51100:43:37,815 --] 00:43:40,484Long time no see51200:43:40,484 --] 00:43:44,488I was wondering why you hadn't invited me latelyand it turns out you chose the higher powers.51300:43:44,488 --] 00:43:46,490That stings.51400:43:46,490 --] 00:43:48,826What do you mean?51500:43:50,160 --] 00:43:53,130You lot were in cahoots, weren't you?51600:43:57,801 --] 00:44:01,138What's going on here, young master?51700:44:01,138 --] 00:44:04,475It's obvious if you think about it, isn't it?Hmm?51800:44:04,475 --] 00:44:08,145Tomorrow, an article will appear in the Tōto Shimbun.51900:44:08,145 --] 00:44:10,814[Kodai] What on earth is going on?52000:44:10,814 --] 00:44:16,487It's the collusive relationship between Nagatacho and Kasumigasekiand neighbouring Tokorozawa52100:44:16,487 --] 00:44:18,822nurtured by shadowy matchmakers52200:44:18,822 --] 00:44:21,825until an innocent young manwas stabbed to death.52300:44:21,825 --] 00:44:25,829It's a story of the butterfly effectThe story of the butterfly effect52400:44:25,829 --] 00:44:29,466Written by Kanzaki-kun and entrusted to his father52500:44:29,466 --] 00:44:31,802Truly autonomous52600:44:31,802 --] 00:44:34,805Your education52700:44:34,805 --] 00:44:38,142You can witness the momentit yields splendid results.52800:44:40,477 --] 00:44:43,147Since when?From the very beginning.52900:44:43,147 --] 00:44:45,816That's why I came to Rindoku.53000:44:46,817 --] 00:44:49,153Stop the article.53100:44:49,153 --] 00:44:51,155That is impossible.53200:44:51,155 --] 00:44:53,157What?53300:44:53,157 --] 00:44:57,161The pupils agonised over it53400:44:57,161 --] 00:45:02,132and this is the conclusion they painstakingly reached53500:45:02,132 --] 00:45:04,802Mr Chigira, who was admitted through fraudulent means,53600:45:04,802 --] 00:45:07,137asked to write it himself.53700:45:07,137 --] 00:45:11,141Kanzaki-kun, battered and bruised,responded to that request.53800:45:12,142 --] 00:45:16,814There was no wayan injunction was an option.53900:45:16,814 --] 00:45:19,817Don't you agree?540
Because you bureaucrats
can't create a proper education system.

I'm the one who ends up
drinking this muddy water instead.

But just providing a standard education, you see,

Even if that is considered a good education,

the pupils
aren't recognised when they enter society.

A society
that judges a person's worth solely by their university background.

It was created by
you, the education authorities.

Even without being told, I shall
spend my entire life atoning for that sin.

By changing education,

Without me, Neighbourhood Virtue will cease to exist.
So will education.

Regrettably, the school corporation

will not collapse
simply because the chairperson has changed.

The ideal of Rindoku
that Mr Kodai built is splendid.

However, that ideal
To protect education

Do you wish
To damage the lives of the pupils?

The result is that what you're doing
will become the same as this country.

That life
will you continue that from now on?

Ridiculous

I'm going to have to leave now.

Oh...

[Makino] Over there
This is Fujisaki from the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division.

[Tsukada] You lot... You set me up, didn't you?

Yes. Plan Okami 3
has been activated.

What the hell is that? You've got to be joking...

Mr Tsukada, that's enough now.

Mr Kodai

Absolutely
We will protect Rinnoku Academy and its students

[Kanzaki] From now on, in our affiliated magazines
Yuzuru-san will also be featured in a serialisation

[Yuzuru] I
wrote a letter to Kanako Shibuya.

I see.

Kanzaki-kun

What?

About your mum

It's alright

I'll visit her so often
she'll get fed up

[Kanzaki] I hope you get a reply someday.

That sort of thing

I shouldn't wish for it

Even so

My resolve hasn't changed, has it?

Yes

I just
didn't want to graduate from Tonari High

Did you know about
About the high school equivalency exam

Ah, yes

Well, it's quite something, isn't it?

Really, really impressive.

Getting into university under your own steam

with everyone

with Shiiba

I want to be your classmate in a fair and square way

Chigira-san will definitely be fine

Yeah, rather

I must strive
not to become your junior.

Thank you all for gathering here today.

When the time is right
we shall commence the press conference

[Kodai]
My educational ideals are splendid, you said →

You did say that, didn't you?

To realise that ideal
What must change

this country's system,

using reality as an excuse,

before I knew it, I myself

I'd ended up riding
the rails of this country's system.

I've swallowed too much muddy water.

That said, though

What the reporters are expecting is→

a tale of a money-grubbing b*stard
who turned education into a money-making scheme→

And such stories sometimes

serve as scapegoats
inconvenient truths

sacrificial lambs.

Well, if that meant the nation's education
would be updated,

I'd gladly be a lamb myself.

But unfortunately
it's not that simple

I'll be forgotten and someone else
will be made the sacrificial lamb

This ridiculous charade will repeat itself
In this country

However
Among the pupils you have nurtured

The principle of neighbourly virtue lives on.

Neither society nor education
are enemies to be overthrown.

Fragile and ephemeral
They are things to be protected

That is precisely why we must cherish them
And nurture them

Both people and systems

True educational reform

I look forward to it.

Professor Gokami

Chairman of the Board, Rindoku Academy
My name is Masahide Kodai.

[Footsteps]

Oh! Congratulations on your graduation.

[Kanzaki] I've got one
thing I want to ask you.

What is it?

Okami
You came to help me, didn't you?

Well, I'd be curious about that.

Eh?

Mr. Isshiki told me
there was a girl who looked like my brother.

When I actually came to see her,

He really was the spitting image
Honestly, I thought ‘Oh dear...’

Looking back on what I was thinking last year
All I can think of

All I can think of are things to poke fun at.

Yeah, that's true.

Well, big brother is big brother

Kanzaki-kun
only looks like Kanzaki-kun to me

Keeping on thinking like that

You're not being kind to yourself at all

But

I'll never let go of you.

One more thing.
What is it?

Me

I won't die.

No matter what happens.

You absolutely must do that.

[Footsteps]

The headmistress was there.

[While speaking
Students enter]

Congratulations on your graduation

It was fun

It was the most enjoyable year of my life

[Kurayoshi] Cheater
I was going to say that

Everyone. Probably everyone.

That's what matters most.
[Tominaga] Don't get embarrassed.

It's embarrassing, isn't it? That

For me

I kept denying myself.
It was the hardest year of my life.

Yes

But people can change
no matter how old they are

It was also a year that made me realise that.

Yes, for me too.

My precious pupils are setting off on their journeys.

And only the teachers remain here.

But that also means
you'll be able to teach again next year, won't it?

Yes

It's been a truly wonderful year.
Thank you very much.

Likewise.

Thank you so very much.

Ms Okami, may I ask for one last word?

All right. Don't be so shy.

Do you really think you can escape?

I look forward to working with you.

No...

This past year

I've told you all
just one thing

“Think for yourselves,”

Every time I told you to “think”,
I thought too.

I thought many times
that this might be impossible

Even though you acted all cool
like you knew everything?

That's the one thing I'm good at. Bureaucrats are.

This past year has been far more difficult
than I had anticipated.

Each time, you've

unbelievable solutions
every single time.

You
might not realise it,

You've...
For example, for Mr. Shinonome

For Mr. Shiiba

For Ms. Chigira

Each answer we arrived at

Dragged a major national issue
Out into the open

That such a thing was possible

You taught me that

That
The personal is political

It was a splendid embodiment of that phrase

But you know, I think

[All at once] Ah...

[writing on the board]

The resulting solution is brilliant

But what's even more splendid

is that within you

that within you
there are countless

unanswerable questions
worth spending your life contemplating.

Those questions

can sometimes be so difficult you want to give up
and you may despair

But if you could remember me then
I'd be glad

Here

In your heads
That

that there was someone
who looked forward to it more than anyone else

Because the unanswerable questions
in your heads

are the very essence of the future.

And you

The answers you choose amidst suffering

will surely be ones that stand with the weak

You can do it.

I believe that.

Congratulations on your graduation

What? Why did you come all this way?

I have two announcements to make
What?

Tsubuki says he wants to work hard at the Ministry of Education for the time being, at least for this year
at the Ministry of Education

I see

The other is

I've decided to study for a teaching qualification
through correspondence courses.

Eh? Seriously?
Yes, seriously.

I also got permission from above
by force

No, no, that's reckless

Well, yeah.

What about the practical training?
That's the question.

We've got no choice, have we?

We're both education nerds, aren't we?

Because if that doesn't change

Japan won't change, will it?

That's true.

This past year
I was able to fight thanks to Makino.

No

It's down to the students, isn't it?

That's right

[It was]

[a series of small changes
too insignificant to overlook]

Tsubuki-kun, can I have a word?

[Tsubuki] Yes


[Surely that place too
can only change little by little]

[Beside reckless challenges]

[You were always there]

[Ryū-chan] There's a bird
Yeah, you're right

[Without you
there's nothing I could have achieved]

[Surely far too many]

[Even those I meant to protect ended up protecting me]

[This must be
the theory in such cases]

The court is now in session→

The defendant
is requested to step up to the witness stand

[You now
carry your own guilt to its fullest extent]

[With the heart you've finally regained]
[You stand there]

[Holding it close]

[Returning time and again]

[What on earth is education?]

[And]