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At our school...

...students are being bullied.

I want to...

...apologize for that here.

Mr. Kumazawa!

You're a good man! I'm moved!

Mr. Toita,

Yes?

What have you been doing with that lawyer?

Well, uhh...

see you later.

There's the bathroom.

Do you think Kumazawa's story is true?

It's merely one stronghold that has fallen.

We have to change our battle tactics.

Even supposing that children are being bullied..

it was an accident, not a suicide.

Alternatively, if it was a suicide,

we argue that it was not foreseeable

and if we shift the focus of our claim onto some issue other than bullying

we would still have more than enough to win.

Don't change our claim.

There is no bullying in the school.

I also believe this case to be an accident.

If so,

to admit the possibility that she was being bullied

and to focus on the accidental nature of the incident,

our chances of winning...

Winning is not important!

It is to protect the school.

It is to protect the other students.

If we admit to bullying, the students will be upset.

The school will fall apart.

So please.

Ms. Tsumiki!

My name is Yukari Kaneyoshi.

I'm Riku Kaneyoshi's mother.

Mr. Tsumiki,

How much further do you have to torment my son before you are satisfied?

As it was given in the testimony,

it is a fact that there are kids being bullied at that school.

My son has nothing to do with that.

We have evidence.

Riku is not that kind of child!

Riku's father is a man of the Tokyo Police

and he [Riku] will also some day stand in a position to shape the country.

It is fine to have expectations of your child,

but have ever once talked to him about it?

Whether he has ever bullied anyone?

Don't treat Riku like just some random kid.

I'll make him testify to his innocence!

What do you mean?

I will ask the lawyer to make him testify.

Please, don't do that.

Are you so afraid of my son testifying to his innocence?

No.

So far I have avoided identifying any students with the defense,

or requesting testimony from any students.

That's because this case calls into question the school's governance,

and I have no intention of dragging the students into the lawsuit.

...no intention of...

How can you say that?

My Riku is already knee deep in it!

He's going to testify to his innocence!

I have faith in him.

I'm not a parent who tosses her child away like you.

Our Testbook Part 10

Instructor Moichi Kumazawa's testimony is one, born out of a misunderstanding,

and the school's position on in regards to bullying has not changed.

To the media I ask that

you think about the students who are about to take their entrance exams,

and that you report your stories in a appropriate and prudent manner.

Yes, I understand.

What's wrong with you.

How can you make Riku Kaneyoshi give testimony?

Since when do I take my choice of witnesses under advisement by the plaintff?

Besides, it's the witness's wish.

No it's not.

It's not the witness's wish... it's his mother's.

That woman doesn't care about the truth.

She's about to put her son on the stand on nothing but blind faith.

What a self-righteous assertion.

Naoyu...

Are you seriously thinking about examining a 14-year old?

Are you going to allow a child to commit perjury in a court of law?

That's enough. This is inappropriate.

I don't intend to fight against the students.

There is a way to stop the witness examination.

That is for you to withdraw from the lawsuit.

You know I can't do that.

Isn't that because

you're fighting from a mother's point of view?

She's a mother too.

Do you think a mother would back down from a fight when her child is at stake?

How should we answer if the students ask about Aizawa being bullied?

The vice principal hasn't changed her orders.

- As with before, there's no bullying... - But...

Then are you saying Mr. Kumazawa is lying?

The students are the ones who know best about who's telling the truth.

They'll see right through any bluffs.

Mr. Kaji,

Yes?

Is Kazuko Yamada absent again today?

Yes.

I've been trying to contact her parents

but they only say they have their reasons.

Do you need something with Yamada?

You trust the vice principal.

But you are also Yamada's teacher.

I think you need to know.

About what?

The 3rd year 3rd section class might be bullying Kazuko Yamada.

- Kazuko Yamada -

Hello?

Yamada?

Yamada?

What do you want?

Huh?

Po is at my place.

Do you need something?

Ms. Tsumiki?

Where's Yamada?

What are you going to do?

I need to make sure.

Do you know what she was being called in the classroom?

"Kasuko Yamada" [kasu = dust]

The ones who've been bullying her are

Riku Kaneyoshi,

Wasaki Honda,

Ayaka Sudo,

Mai Yamanishi.

Including the students who just stood by and watched...

all of them.

Po is going to

transfer to a different school.

She found the courage to tell her parents that she was being bullied.

They're good parents.

They decided to move for their daughter's sake.

Do you understand what that means?

They didn't have discussions or go on a witch hunt or anything.

They just decided to immediately get away from that school.

Her parents

gave up on the school.

About the only thing you can do now

is to accept the transfer request that her parents will be submitting before long.

It's too late!

You were too late.

Yamada...

Yamada!

The main character in a story I read a long time ago,

transferred to a school in Acapulco.

I wanted it to be like that when I transferred schools,

but in reality, it's just one more train stop over.

That's the one unfortunate thing.

Goodbye, Mr. Kaji.

Sorry...

I'm sorry.

Kaji!

They're going to put Riku Kaneyoshi on the stand.

His parents are going to force him to testify that he's not a bully.

They're going to lie.

Kaneyoshi has a complicated situation.

He's always looked up to his father,

but he found out

that his father is soliciting high school girls. [soliciting: approaching]

I'm sure, he is really a delicate kid.

Defendant, please begin your examination.

Yes.

Questions will be by Seri, counsel for the defendant.

Were you acquainted with Asuka Aizawa?

Yes.

Were you good friends?

No.

Then what was the nature of your relationship?

Once, when we were in our first year, Aizawa asked me out.

She said she wanted to date.

How did you respond?

I told her I couldn't go out with her.

And then...

And then?

From the next day, Aizawa started to harass me.

Harassed?

Like putting rags in my desk,

or hiding my things,

or going around badmouthing me.

Are you certain that it was Asuka who was harassing you?

Yes. Everyone knew it.

Everyone sympathized with me and started to distance themselves from Aizawa.

There was testimony that you have been bullying Asuka, but...

- is there truth to that? - No there isn't.

Aizawa vandalized her own textbooks and stuff, and tried to put the blame on me for it.

We were only trying to ignore her because she would make these hurtful accusations.

We never bullied her.

Your Honor,

I'm going to show the witness defense exhibit A32.

This is the questionnaire on bullying that was distributed

throughout the school in response to Asuka's death.

- Are you familiar with it? - Yes, everyone took it.

Within these, there was not a single student who stated clearly that anyone was being bullied.

The plaintiff is underscoring the testimony of a single teacher,

and seems to be doubting the entire student body.

The cells of plants and animals

have some common features.

My father is always buying that girl with money.

Inside the cell,

there is usually a single nucleus.

There's a specialty shop right around here!

Did you read it?

I wanted it to be you, Mr. Kaji...

Around the nucleus is the cytoplasm,

and the cell...

I think that people who bully others are the worst kind of people.

Why do you think that?

Why is it?

I learned that from my father.

- From you father? - Yes.

I learned from my father:

You mustn't pick on those weaker than you.

You mustn't cause trouble for others.

Live purely.

Live properly.

Always be honest so as not to be an embarrassment.

- You have lived by these? - Yes.

Your father is a mirror to those words?

Yes.

Do you still feel that way right now?

Yes.

It will not change.

I see.

I have no more questions.

Then would the plaintiff please begin cross examination?

We will not be examining the witness.

In that case, this will conclude the witness examination.

The witness may return to his seat.

What an act.

What is?

Bullying isn't by just one person.

Everyone who is present, who doesn't feel any guilt...

they are all offenders, only they're called 'bystanders'.

They're all probably feeling relieved...

...that Riku Kaneyoshi alone will take the blame...

...that the rest of them off the hook.

What is it that you want to say?

I don't intend to cover for Riku Kaneyoshi,

but I also don't intend to make him a scapegoat.

- Name: Masumi Ameki - - Age: 54 -

So Ameki is finally going to take the stand!

- Hey, - Yea?

It was 4 years ago that Vice Principal Ameki came to Kirioka, right?

That's right.

It looks like before that she was a teacher in Nagano prefecture,

but even after passing the promotion exam for vice principal,

she resigned...6 years ago.

Hmm.

I wonder what she was doing for 2 years before coming to Kirioka.

Who knows.

I got a call from Kazuko Yamada's family today.

They said they'll be bringing the transfer request at the start of the week.

Yea?

Mr. Kaji said he wanted to ask about the circumstances,

but he couldn't do anything about it. He looked pretty down.

Looks like he might quit.

Nakadabashi Middle School, where Yamada is transferring to...

I was there for student teaching.

It's a very good school.

- Saki, - The school grounds are big.

- I'm... - And the facilities are great.

...thinking about quitting.

After first semester.

No fair.

You can't say it first.

It's something that pops into every teacher's head.

I was her homeroom teacher.

And it's not even the first time.

This is the second time.

I'm afraid to walk into the classroom.

I'm afraid to look into the students' faces.

When I think that they were bullying Aizawa and Yamada,

I don't know how I should look a them.

I don't know either.

No one does.

It doesn't matter what kind of teacher; they all go through more or less the same things.

But deception by deception, they...

...I guess you can't be like that.

Tomomi! Let's go!

Unforunately Yamada, due to her parents' circumstances,

can't come in to say goodbye.

I'm sure you'll all miss her,

but Yamada said that she'll lock her memories of you all in her heart

and do her best at her new school.

Ok, let's take attendance.

- Ikawa. - Here.

- Inaba. - Here.

The vice principal?

She just returned; she's in the conference room.

- Resignation -

Let's talk again when I get back.

Mr. Kaji!

This...

- Tokyo PD chief detective - - Cash hand off, indecent conduct -

- Under investigation for suspicion of - - soliciting high school girls -

That man is my father.

...suspected of having sexual relations following the transferral of cash, chief detective Tamotsu Kaneyoshi (40)...

This is Kaneyoshi's father, isn't it?

- Receiving - - Tamako Tsumiki -

Sorry to keep you waiting.

I hope you weren't the one who made that allegation in order to get at Kaneyoshi.

Let's hurry up and go in.

That's why I asked you here.

Huh?

Why are you at Kaneyoshi's house...

Because I'm worried.

Where is Kaneyoshi?

He's studying in his room, as always.

Does he always turn off the lights when he's studying?

It looked like the lights were off, looking through the windows

However, it looked as if the TV was on.

It's just about time for the news.

Did you know about it?

About what?

What your husband was doing.

It seems your son had known.

It doesn't matter; those allegations are unfounded.

Whoever made the allegations against Tamotsu Kaneyoshi for solicitation,

may have been your son.

Ms. Tsumiki!

It seems your son admired his father.

'Live purely, live properly.'

'Always be honest so as not to be an embarrassment.'

What must your son have thought when he found out about his father's betrayal.

What must he have thought about his mother, who ignored it.

What's more, such parents put him on the witness stand

and forced him to assert his innocence. What must he have thought about that?

Please stop it!

Please leave!

A father and mother who are prototypical contradictions...

Some time ago, his soul wandered onto the wrong path.

He started to take it out on someone else!

I'm suing...

I'm going to sue you!

Go ahead.

Please, sue me.

Keeping secrets it isn't the only way to protect someone.

Withdrawing isn't the only way to protect someone.

To face him and fight...

isn't that

what it means to protect him?

Kaneyoshi!

It was me.

I made the allegations against dad.

Don't lie!

Why would you lie like that? Riku!

Let go!

- Convict him! - - The apple doesn't fall far from the tree -

Someone from my class made it.

Now it's your turn.

Yea it is.

Now I'm going to be the one being bullied.

You happy?

It worked out.

Isn't this good?

Isn't this what you wanted?

I'm being punished for bullying Aizawa.

It's over.

I'm finished!

It's not over.

Giving up isn't the same as being punished.

Try to imagine

the people who couldn't live on.

Try to imagine

the shape of the sweater she would have worn some time...

how sweet that cake was that she might have eaten...

the color of the sunset she might have seen...

the love she might have felt...

the dreams she might have had...

try to imagine them.

They were all taken from her.

They were lost forever.

That's why you have to remember

her 'sometimes'.

Someone has to remember.

You have to live.

You have to live the future she was supposed to.

What you did... is the same as what I did.

Both of us

are carrying the same weight

and we have to keep walking through the future that she was supposed to live.

Riku,

if you can do that,

I'm going to be there with you.

Well...I'm going to go.

Kaji,

I don't care whether you continue being a teacher or quit.

But didn't you tell me once,

that whatever you were doing was getting through to Asuka?

I always think to myself,

'Is this right?'

'Am I being strict enough about myself?'

I think you're the same way.

Asuka's watching.

She's watching.

That's it for the announcements.

Clean up rotation, get on it.

Well then.

Stand!

Salute!

Goodbye!

Wait!

Can you return to your seats?

The other day, I lied to all of you.

I told you all that Kazuko Yamada said

she would keep her memories of you in her heart

and do her best, but...

...that was a lie.

Right now...

right now, Yamada is...

trying to forget about this school...this class.

You all know why, right?

A school she doesn't want to remember...

Classmates she doesn't want to remember...

A teacher she doesn't want to remember...

I bet

in her mind, we are all

memories she doesn't want to remember.

Hey...

is this really ok?

We might not meet for the rest of our lives.

When you become adults,

feelings of regret, feelings of self-reproach,

and knowing that you tormented her

are all going to be buried with the vague image of this classroom

Before that...

before that happens,

is there anything you have to say to her?

Without saying any goodbyes or making any grievances,

she just left quietly...

is there anything you have to tell her?

If you don't tell her now,

your time as 14 and 15 year olds

is going to fade into an emotionless and vague memory!

Would you want to write a letter to Yamada?

If you are interested please stay in the classroom.

That's all.

Thanks...

From everyone...

It turns out I was just fantasizing...

that you were actually a super-teacher,

and that you were going to save me.

Yamada...

My fantasy's still playing.

In 20 years, you and I are going to meet in some unfamiliar city.

By then, I'll have my own shop

Shop?

Like 'Lingerie Shop: Psycho'...

or 'Snack [pub]: Chainsaw'...

Pretty scary.

I wanted to tell you when we met again,

"You're STILL doing this teacher thing!"

"You're still a teacher..."

"...sticking with it even if you weren't cut out for it."

- Yamada... - Mr. Kaji!

- Look the other way. - Huh?

Yamada!

Bye bye!

As per your request, I'm sending materials regarding Masumi Ameki.

Ameki was a teacher at the Shoukagakuen Middle school until 2001.

The reason that Ameki resigned

may be related to the manslaughter committed by her eldest son, Otoya,

who was a student at the same school at the time.

The incident, in which he stabbed a classmate's leg,

started as a fight and was determined to be an unanticipated accident.

However, after collecting all the students' stories,

it became clear that

the day prior to the incident, Otoya was heard saying to a friend:

"I will execute him."

"I will execute the wretched bully."

Morning.

Would the witness please step forward.

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

Everything Asuka said was a lie?

Yes, they were lies.

Why won't you admit it?

Don't you think someone so evil deserves the death penalty?

Please let me testify!

Children sometimes lie.

Maybe he holds the key to Vice Principal Ameki's secrets...

Did Asuka ever lie?