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I am ugly.

An ugly...

black chicken.

A peacock said,

"Your wings are disgusting."

A parakeet said,

"Your scent is extremely putrid."

A thrush said,

"You are not one of us."

Hello?

This is Tsumiki, the lawyer.

Hello?

Hello?

I'm busy...

Where are you now?

Why?

Weren't you talking about a cat earlier?

I'll find an owner for it.

I'll be sure to find someone who will take good care of it.

You thought I was being bullied?

Yes.

Unbelievable.

Are you making fun of me?

I'm sorry.

But...being bullied doesn't mean you're being made fun of...

It IS making fun!

That's right...

Isn't it?

Isn't it embarrassing to be bullied?

This poem you wrote, "The Black Chicken" I like it.

Maybe Asuka thought of herself the same way.

Waiting for someone to notice...

Maybe she was crying out.

But...

you pushed Aizawa away.

Yes.

You treated her coldly when she needed your help.

Yes.

So now you want to atone for it.

[professional greeting]

The court case is proceeding well,

so the Vice Principal will be able to concentrate on school matters again.

That's good...

What happened with that threat?

Well the deadline's already passed, and the board is regarding it as just a prank.

Hey, do you have last year's records from the students' general meeting?

Just a second.

I guess it was a prank, just like you said, Kohei.

What you said made sense too, Saki.

It wasn't something that I could take responsibility for alone.

I was too hard on Mr. Yahata.

I'm sorry.

What?

Didn't I tell you once before?

About when I stole Aizawa's textbooks from the storage lockers?

I wasn't dwelling on it at the time,

but someone may have been trying to tell me where to find those textbooks.

What?

Who...would want to?

See, I'm done for!

Don't say that. Why don't you go dance?

You come to this kind of place a lot?

Kinda. Do you like it?

I'll join you once I finish my drink, so why don't you get out there?

Hello.

You're in a bad mood!

What's going on?

Huh?

"Contemptible lawyer learns of accidental death of daughter she abandoned."

"Calls it suicide, blames bullies, and demands reparations from the school."

What's this?

Ever since Akiko Misawa's testimony,

a lot of articles treat the case this way.

What are you going to do?

With Akiko Misawa turning out like that...

we used up our trump card.

- And? - Huh?

What did you want?

What do you think about this?

The combination to the storage locker where Aizawa's textbooks were being kept.

Someone told Kaji.

Probably one of the faculty.

Maybe that teacher knew that Asuka was being bullied!

Maybe.

That means someone else on the faculty is on our side!

It would seem that we have an enemy hiding in the midst of the faculty room.

If that enemy were to turn up in court against us,

the judge's impression of the school will worsen.

Who do you think it is?

Is there anyone here who has a problem with either the school or the Vice Principal?

Hmm...

I'd say Kumazawa or Yahata are suspicious.

Like Mr. Kumazawa,

he took home the dirty magazines that he confiscated from the students.

How about this Yoshikoshi?

I had heard a rumor in the past that Yoshikoshi was working at a bar/restaurant late nights,

and I warned her about it discreetly.

I don't think that sort of thing warrants a grudge.

In any case, there is a possibility that one of them could be convinced by the plaintiff

to testify against us.

Let us keep an eye out for any suspicious behavior.

The school is also bound to start a mole hunt.

As soon as they find who it is, they will take steps to make sure he won't testify.

So in other words, whoever is being pressured...

...is the joker.

'Joker'?

He'll be our trump card.

We could stake the place out.

Alright.

Wait a minute.

You're probably under suspicion, too.

You should lay low for a while.

Oh...

I have something else I need you to do.

Huh?

It's about Kazuko Yamada.

Don't take your eyes off her.

Our Textbook Part 9

There have been a grievances by the chief faculty

that the cleaning supplies for the classrooms are getting old and ineffective.

Therefore,

we will be distributing new cleaning supplies to each classroom.

Also, currently, there are 25 computers set up in the computer lab...

What is it?

Nothing.

...at the same time, we are planning to upgrade accessories such as the printers.

Specifically, the planned configuration

is 10 desktop computers...

Hello, Po?

Yes, do you need something?

Yeah, I was just wondering what you're up to.

I just had my hair done.

There's this Cos-Play party coming up, so I wanted to put some effort into it.

Yeah? Sounds like fun.

Do you wanna come? I'll let you borrow a costume.

Huh?

Just kidding.

You might look too good, and I wouldn't stand out as much.

You're not as social these days.

You don't want to drink with me, now that you have a pretty wife waiting at home or something?

- It's not like that... - Yeah? Then you want to go one more round?

There's this place up here...

-Sakura... - Huh?

Where should we go next?

Are you ok?

Hey, watch it, you oaf!

Who was that?

Was it one of our students?

My daughter...

Huh?

She's been staying over at friend's and hasn't been home for over a month.

What are you talking about?

You can't do this.

I don't know anything about any bullying.

You are aware of the textbooks, aren't you?

Textbooks?

No idea. I don't know anything.

The vandalized textbooks that belonged to Asuka Aizawa!

Didn't you find out where they were and tell Kaji about it?

I did no such thing!

Do you believe that there aren't any bullies at the school?

Surely you don't.

You have your doubts, don't you?

No matter how much the school tries to cover it up,

it's something that the teacher in the classroom would recognize first.

The students are waiting

for their teachers to recognize that they're being bullied.

- If that wasn't the case... - I don't like it...

I don't like this stuff.

I don't want to get pulled into this mess!

I'm home.

I'm sorry. I'll get something ready soon.

Yeah...

- Possibility of accidental death - - Former teacher's testimony lacks credibility -

That's your school, right mom?

- So there are... - Huh?

...bullies.

Who cares?

At least they didn't stab anyone like I did.

What are you talking about?

Are you getting old?

To begin, I would like to confirm the next date.

Would May 21st at 11:00 a.m. be acceptable?

Would that be acceptable to the defense counsel?

Yes, that would be fine.

Then the next court date is confirmed for May 21st at 11:00 a.m.

- The defense seems to have a new witness? - Yes.

We request to examine Moichi Kumazawa, who was present at the police investigation.

I see.

- A new witness for the plaintiff as well? - Yes.

We would like to request the examination of another teacher at Kirioka Middle School,

Nozomi Yoshikoshi.

It is possible that the plaintiff has already made contact.

Is there any indication that Yoshikoshi is acting suspicious?

Not particularly.

In any case,

it will be necessary to prevent any contact between her and the plaintiff,

and to take measures to dissuade her from making any extraneous testimony.

Yes.

Yes?

Please.

- Did you daughter come home? - No.

Is that so...

I wish I could do something to help.

Really?

Then will you hang out with me tonight?

What happened?

Your hair...

- I cut it myself. - Yourself?

Yes.

Ok.

Make sure to clean it up.

Yes.

- Po-chan -

- Hello, Po? - Yeah.

- I'm returning your call. - Yeah, I called earlier.

- Just wondering how you are. - You have too much time on your hands.

Yea, I do have too much time.

- Are the cats doing ok? - Yea, they're fine.

My friend's taking really good care of them.

I'm glad.

How about you? Doing ok?

I'm...fine.

Um, hey, when was that Cos-Play thing?

I thought I'd come check it out.

Po?

I'm here.

That...

I decided not to go.

Why not?

With entrance exams and stuff...

Maybe it's time to stop wasting my time like that.

Oh...

Well, I'll call you later.

Sure.

See you.

Hey, Po?

What?

Want to meet right now?

Huh?

I'll come right away. Where are you right now?

On the 13th floor...

- Did you find her? - Huh?

She wouldn't be hanging around the streets.

You think finding people is that simple?

I didn't mean it like that...

- Hey hold on! - What is it?

- Come back in the store - Why?!

- You did something. - I didn't take anything!

- Empty out your pockets! - I didn't put anything in there!

- You took a bracelet, I saw you! - Stop it, let go!

- Just take it out! - Quit it!

Excuse me, I'm her father. I'm very sorry about this!

Hey, why are you apologizing?

Just keep quiet, this is part of a father's job.

I'm really very sorry! Please forgive her!

Manager,

it was on the floor.

Well, um...it's like this...

It's nothing. I'm pretty used to that sort of thing.

It's just like that one time.

Hmm?

A year ago,

when I hit a teacher at school.

That was...

at that time...

That teacher touched my breasts.

Why did I have to apologize?

That's...

because back then...

if I didn't apologize, you would have been expelled...

That's the way it is.

That's the way "school" works.

I know that very well.

I wanted you to punch that teacher, too!

Mr. Kaji...

Yes?

Which do you think is right: what I'm saying or what she's saying?

What you're saying is from an adult's perspective...

I'm sure you daughter will understand one day.

- I don't want her to understand. - What?

Not being able to call something black "black"...

not being able to call something white "white"...

that's adulthood...

that's me.

Po?

I'm sorry...

I said horrible things to you when we were talking about Aizawa.

That was...

...really about me.

I...

Aizawa was being bullied...

...and I knew about it all along!

But...

...but...

...I kept ignoring it.

I pretended not to see it.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

Here, can you drink?

You know...

Yeah?

I was next in line after Aizawa.

You mean the whole time afterwards...

It was me the whole time after Aizawa died.

It must have been terrible...

It's horrible...

Sudo, who threw away my shoes,

throws up whenever she sees cream puffs.

When she was a kid,

whenever her mom couldn't come home at night, there was always a cream puff waiting for her instead.

Yamanishi, who puts trash in my desk,

has the best grades among the girls,

but sometimes she stabs herself in the calves with a compass.

I guess if they don't bully someone,

they can't stay normal.

They're pitiful, aren't they?

But...

...I feel...

...so tired.

I'm only 14, and I'm really tired...

It's ok now.

I'll go to the school and make sure you're never get bullied again...

- You can't!

You can't say anything!

Don't say anything to the school!

Please...

I don't want them to know.

But at this rate...

you wanted someone to notice...

isn't that why you took that picture of Mr. Kaji?

I sent threats to the school,

and vandalized the wall the same way that my textbooks were vandalized.

I was afraid someone would notice.

I was afraid that no one would notice.

Weird...

isn't that weird?

But...

the school didn't help me.

I understand.

I won't tell anyone about you.

How about your father and mother?

They haven't noticed?

If they knew I was being bullied, I think they would be sad and cry.

Even so, tell them about it.

Please.

Tell them.

If your father and mother cry,

it won't be because they're ashamed of you.

it'll be...

because they love you.

They're going to have tears because...

...there's...

...because there's still hope.

- Don't go to school starting tomorrow.

You don't have to go.

You don't have to force yourself to go.

Why don't you get some sleep?

When you wake up, I'll take you home.

What do you mean?

Why isn't Nozomi Yoshikoshi present in court?

I'm very sorry.

A conflict came up suddenly.

- We will reschedule at a later date. - When?

We will reschedule.

Since there is nothing we can do,

there will only be testimony from one witness today.

Well, let us hear testimony from witness Kumazawa.

How is there going to be a soccer match here?

Umm, let's see...

- Oh, it's inside. - What is this?

I was asked by Tsumiki...

I promised I'd bring you to the courthouse.

So you saw the police investigate the possibility of an accident?

Yes, I also confirmed it myself.

For example how much one must lean out of the window to see the school grounds...

Could you see it?

Yes I could.

It was just... since it was a fairly dangerous angle,

so...well... it wouldn't be surprising if she fell...

I see.

Hold on!

Is Ameki putting pressure on you?

I knew it!

Don't you feel sorry for Aizawa?

I do feel sorry for her.

I can't say for sure that no one is being bullying at the school...

- Then... - I don't know anything!

Did Asuka ever ask you for advice?

No,

I wasn't her homeroom teacher.

I see.

I have no further questions.

Counsel for the plaintiff,

Please begin your cross examination.

Yes.

Have you ever seen a student leaning out the window before?

Yes,

I've seen it occasionally.

- ...horsing around and...I would warn them... - Looks like this is going to be it for today.

Yeah.

Then did you ever see Asuka doing something similar before?

I didn't know anything.

I didn't know anything about the students.

That's why I'm scared.

If the court finds that kids are being bullying at the school,

it will mean that I've been turning my back on the students.

I'm scared.

But that's why, isn't it?

Didn't you tell Kaji the lock combination because you had those feelings?

What?

Come on, didn't you write it down on the coaster from a bar called "Flying Elephant"...

What are you talking about?

Huh?

When was that?

About...a year ago?

- That wasn't me.

Someone made me go because they didn't want to go by themselves.

Someone made you go?

Who?

I see.

I have no further questions.

Counsel for the defendant, would you like to reexamine?

No, I do not.

- Notice: - - 1 missed call -

This will conclude witness testimony.

The witness may return to his seat.

Mr. Toita... it's already over.

Yoshikoshi wasn't our 'joker'.

The 'joker' was...

Kumazawa!

Visitor in the gallery, please take a seat.

Your Honor, will that be it for today?

The next session will proceed according to plan...

One moment please!

Explain.

The one who made Yoshikoshi go to that bar in the first place

was Kumazawa.

He was trying to talk to his daughter who ran away from home last year and frequented the place.

Thank you.

You may go home now.

Your Honor!

What is it?

I have additional questions for the witness.

- However... - They are very necessary questions!

Please!

Your Honor,

the witness testimony has already concluded.

I wish to call the witness Kumazawa as a witness for the plaintiff.

My questions will pertain to the witness's awareness of bullying.

I only ask for five minutes.

I will accept the plaintiff's request.

Would the witness please return to the stand.

Tamako Tsumiki, counsel for the plaintiff, will examine the witness.

Mr. Kumazawa,

Yes.

According to the examination by the defense counsel earlier,

Asuka had never asked you for advice.

Is that the truth?

It is the truth.

Then,

have you ever had an interaction with Asuka in any form?

- Interaction? - Yes.

Even in the slightest way.

I have not.

Then...

let me ask one thing.

Are there currently... any cases of bullying at Kirioka Middle School?

Please answer the question.

Please answer the question.

Is it really that scary to admit that kids are being bullied at the school?

Isn't it because the teachers are also terrified of it,

that the students can't speak up about being bullied either?

If the teachers won't even recognize that kids are being bullied,

won't it be impossible to stop?

Your Honor, that question is...

Why can't you say "it's there" if it's there?

Why can't you call what's wrong, "wrong"?

To not be misled by anything,

or to borrow someone else's words,

for an adult

to just tell the truth...

Shouldn't that be

the first step to bring out the children's real feelings?

Mr. Kumazawa,

please tell the truth.

Your Honor!

Counsel for the plaintiff,

- Please rephrase... - No...

What is it?

Um...

About Aizawa...

Yes?

When Aizawa was a first year,

near the end of March,

Aizawa...

was trying to leave school without her shoes.

At my previous school, I had... I had seen something similar to that...

so I had no doubt about it.

About what?

That someone had hid her shoes.

When that happened,

did you talk to Asuka?

No, I did not.

I only...

looked for her shoes.

After all the students left,

I went around the school

and looked for Aizawa's shoes.

In the caf...cafeteria...

in the tra...trash can in the back...

I found Aizawa's shoes...

they were covered in all kinds of things...

awful...it was awfully dirty...

I took them...

wiped them off with a handkerchief,

and put them back in Aizawa's shoe locker.

That's it.

That's all...

...that's all...

I ever did for Aizawa.

Even after that,

you never spoke to Asuka?

I couldn't.

Why not?

Because I saw Vice Principal Ameki forcing Misawa to re-write her daily logs.

At the time, the Vice Principal

said firmly that we're not to interfere; that she will take care of Aizawa's situation.

If I...

talked about Aizawa here,

I would be the second act to what happened to Misawa...

That's what I thought.

So she was being bullied...

At our school...

...at our school...

...students are being bullied.

I...

...I...

...have been letting it pass until now.

I want to...

...apologize for that here.

If I could move the world with one small lie, Chiisana uso de sekai ga, furimukuno nara

then I'll be a liar. usotsuki ni naro.

If I could make you cry by writing you a letter Anatani kaita tegami de, naitekurerunara

then I'll write a million nanmantsuu mo kakou

I'll write both truths and lies arukoto naikoto kakou

I'll even write by moonlight. tsukiakaride demo kakou.

A flower standing in a scorched desert, Kawaita sabaku ni, rin to tatsu hana wa,

screams out don't let me dry, water water me. karasanaide to, sakebuno WATER WATER ME.

if my hurt and pain will be healed Kizo mo itami mo, ieteyukunonara,

I don't mind being doused, so water me. zubunere de ii to, dakara WATER ME.

Everyone was craving freedom Dareshimo jiyuu ni ueteta

in the formless corner of the classroom. mohan nado nai kyoushitsu no sumi

Smile, my crying friend with defeat on your face akiramegao de naiteta tomoyo, hohoende

and let me give you this water kono mizu wo ageyou

and let me give you this pen kono pen wo ageyou

Let me give you a single truth. hitotsu no honto wo ageyou

The important thing is not to win.

It is to protect the school.

You're still a teacher?

Don't treat Riku

the same as some other kid out there.

I'll make him testify to his innocence.

I'm thinking about quitting being a teacher.

Are you planning to make a kid lie on the stand?

I don't have any intention fighting a student.