Wait... what happened?
Hey! Anyone around? I'm in a dangerous situation...
Damn it!
Hey!
Wait. Wait..! Not here...
Damn it!
[Juken no Cinderella]
[16th January, 2017]
[Next day after centre test] [16th January, 2017]
How is it?
Eh?
Your pause is too long!
Out of a possible 900 points,
you obtained 728 points.
Oh~ Alright, you got at least 80% correct!
Maki-chan, congrats! You made the cut-off point!
Thank goodness! What a relief.
Listen. Don't be happy too early.
You're expected to make the cut-off point. Or rather...
You may have gotten barely more than 80% but honestly, it was close.
Yeah.
From now, the last 1 month before the second test is your real battle.
Brace yourself.
[English: 120, Math: 80, Japanese: 120, Geography & History: 120] This is your score allocation for Todai's second test which will spread over 2 days.
By the way, the minimum passing score for Human Sciences II stream is 60%.
60%?
The point here isn't to obtain high scores for all the subjects,
but to obtain a good total score.
- Yeah. - Therefore...
Essential point for exams.
For Todai's second test, your strategy is of utmost importance.
Nail down what you should pick up and what you should cast aside.
What I should pick up and what I should cast aside?
Focus on improving your strong areas.
Conversely, cast aside your weak areas which can't be improved in a month.
It's important to be decisive...
Sensei, are you alright?
It's nothing. I was just slightly worked up.
Hey.
- Do you have time after this? - Eh?
Wow~!
Wow~
Has it been 10 years since you came up here?
Yeah.
Somehow, my impression from the past is completely different.
That's because your eye level is different now compared to when you were a child.
When I first came to Tokyo, I came up here many times.
Back then, this was the highest place in Japan.
I thought it's a place befitting me.
When I look down at Tokyo from here, everything seems so small.
I felt as though I had become an amazing guy.
"Hey, you. Down there," I said.
Rather than looking down at the scenery, I came up here to look down on others.
You have a terrible personality.
When I left the countryside, I wanted to show others that I'm amazing
...and looked down on each and every person.
I was intent on my studies and studied frantically.
In order to change my view from being a person who looks up to being a person who looks down.
Did your view change?
Yes, it changed.
You also worked hard to this day in order to see a different view, didn't you?
It's the last 1 month. You have to finish running to the end.
Oh, welcome back~
What's the matter?
I came back to take my clothes but I saw that the laundry had piled up.
Alright~
You don't have to do this!
Go and study.
[From: Murai Kazuya Hey, how have you been?]
- Hello? - Oh~ I'm surprised!
Why? You're the one who contacted me first.
No, well... I was just a little worried.
I thought I have to speak to you too.
So how is it? Of course you're studying, right?
- Yeah. - Did you take the centre test? How was it?
I barely made it somehow.
Oh~ I see. That's amazing.
And to think you scored even worse than me last year.
Shut up.
- I'm sorry. - Hmm?
For saying that you're uncool.
It's alright. Because you said that to me,
I'm able to come this far today, I guess.
Do you think you can pass?
I have no idea. But I want to pass.
I want to pass. No matter what it takes.
And then, I may be able to see a view which I couldn't see.
[Make Endo Maki qualify for Todai]
Oh, it's on par with a suite.
It can't get any better than this.
Over here, we can support you with a well-prepared system.
So I can live the way I want, huh?
For my remaining life.
Be honest with me. How is my condition?
I wouldn't be surprised if you suddenly take a turn for the worse.
I see.
So the countdown has finally begun.
Hey... how do all the patients respond at a time like this?
I thought I was already prepared that this would happen though.
There isn't anyone who can accept this easily.
You're right.
There's no way anyone will accept this.
There's no way I will accept this.
Igarashi, everyone will die someday.
It may be late or early. Certainly, that's unfair.
However, I don't want you to have any regrets.
For that, I will do anything.
Come on. Let me cry on your chest.
Hey, please stop that!
Where else can I cry on?
Kimura-san, you will be driven out.
Huh!? Whose fault do you think it was that this happened?
Regarding the cut-off point... it's the first incident since Tomon was formed.
A catastrophe.
Do you know that word? Catastrophe. You don't know?
- I will teach you! - Jeez~!
- Kimura-san! - That's enough!
That was a lie! It doesn't count! Hey, wait.
Rinko-chan... hey, wait!
The people from Altair Education said this too.
That it's better if we get Igarashi-sensei to come back.
I can't do that, can I?
In the first place, he's not in the position to come back...
What's wrong with Igarashi-sensei?
Sensei, are you alright?
Yes.
- Why do you look so gloomy? - Because...
I'm hospitalised because I'm going to fight it out for the remaining 1 month.
You don't have to worry for me unnecessarily.
Alright, let's begin.
Okay.
Essential point for exams.
For Todai's second test, the person who enjoys will win.
Eh?
Todai's second test has more creative questions compared to the other schools.
For example...
English essay writing.
Writing an explanation and your thoughts on a picture.
- Yes. - This is difficult even in Japanese.
That's why to do that, you will need...
the ability to express Japanese in a simple manner, in order to change it to English.
- Can I cast this question aside? - No.
You will get points as long as you write something for the English essay.
- Don't let it pass you by. - Yes.
For Math, usually among 4 questions,
there is often 1 giveaway question... in other words, a simple question.
First of all, identify it, solve it and build up your momentum.
It's possible that the first question may be difficult.
When that happens, cast it aside without hesitation
and prioritise the giveaway question.
It's all about what you should pick up and what you should cast aside.
3, 2, 1.
Alright, time's up.
As expected from the formidable Todai, you bastard!
You have to do this tomorrow at an even faster pace than today.
He suddenly called me and said, "You want work, right?"
What do you mean?
"I want to make a will," he said.
Are you alright?
I'm totally fine.
Don't force yourself.
It's impossible for me not to force myself.
How was your centre test?
Somehow, I made the cut-off point to take Todai's second test.
Good for you. Me too!
I see. Congrats.
- Thanks for walking me back. - Yeah.
Bye.
Um, how's Igarashi-sensei?
Eh?
His condition.
Sorry, I was just wondering.
I already knew this would happen...
But, as I thought... as I thought...
I have to work even harder. I definitely have to pass.
For Sensei's sake, too. Definitely.
And yet...
I understand your feelings of doing this for Sensei too but...
The more you rush, the more it may not go well, I think.
I was like that too.
I know.
But I'm scared.
Ah... thanks for coming.
This is a small token from me.
Thank you.
Please take a seat.
How are you feeling?
I'm managing somehow.
That girl is studying hard at home. Every day, until very late.
- Is that so? - I thought she would give up immediately.
After all, it's impossible.
Why her?
There are many other outstanding kids, aren't there?
I came from a quiet, rural town and
climbed my way up with my own strength.
But suddenly, I was diagnosed with this illness and fell into despair.
At that time, I met Maki.
- I was very annoyed. - Eh?
Wanting to step out and yet giving up before she could fly out...
She was just like me in the past.
If I could change her life,
I thought it will prove that my life has not been wrong.
The reason I chose Maki...
is for such a selfish reason like that.
A sharksucker.
Huh?
It attaches itself to a huge shark... like this.
I saw that on TV recently.
That fish hides on the shark and not only escapes from danger,
but also feeds on the parasites on the huge shark.
Your analogy is difficult.
Your reason isn't selfish at all.
I'm sure Maki was also waiting for a trigger.
Sensei and Maki are just like the sharksucker and the huge shark.
That makes the two of you.
But... human beings are just like that.
By the way,
when I look at you closely, you seem to resemble a sharksucker.
I've never seen one before. A sharksucker's face.
Don't mind me! It's already none of my business.
You already came to the hospital. You're really noisy. Jeez.
Everyone is here. Is this fine?
Yes.
Well, as you can see, I don't have much time left.
I will definitely die within the next 50 years.
Hey. This is where you should be laughing.
Thank goodness you didn't aim to become a comedian.
Hey.
So why did you gather everyone here?
I thought that I want to fight with you all properly.
Right? Kimura. If you have something to say, spit it out.
Why do you always have such a condescending attitude?
Eh? Everything is your fault!
Because of you, my life has become a mess!
- Even your life? - Of course!
You guys have been greatly troubled by this guy too, haven't you?
Tomon Seminar, which all of us started together, too.
In the end, because of your autocratic leadership,
Komiya, Usami and Miyama... everyone left.
No, I just wanted to advance along the path that I've chosen.
- Well, me too. - Me too.
Whose side are you on!?
You remained because you thought it may be good if you follow Igarashi, right?
I was... I was... Even though everyone left,
I thought there's still some good in him.
No... or rather,
I wondered what would happen to this guy if even I left.
That's why I remained.
And yet... and yet...
This guy here doesn't know that at all...!
And yet?
And yet!
Isn't that right? He didn't say a single word of thanks to me!
What do you have to say?
I thought that words of thanks are unnecessary towards a close friend.
Close...
What are you saying? You're not a close friend at all.
You're my enemy!
I hate you!
That's why I definitely won't forgive you for quitting while you're ahead! Definitely!
Don't mess with me, Igarashi! Don't go ahead...
Don't go ahead and die by yourself!
Sorry about that. Quitting while I'm ahead is my aesthetics.
I bet you're thirsty after all that shouting. Shall we drink this?
Eh, no way! This costs more than 1 million!
Don't say the price.
Can we drink alcohol?
I don't care what happens after work hours!
Oh yes.
- I have something good here. - Hmm?
Ah~!
No, wait. Even if this wine is expensive, you're drinking too much.
- You're definitely not tasting it. - I don't know the taste anymore.
What the heck? That's casting pearls before a horse.
Don't you mean preaching to a horse? Pearls before a horse... That's a stylish horse.
- Huh!? - What's that all of a sudden?
- I'm not a pig. - I didn't say that.
- I'm not a pig. - You are.
Recently, Komiya...
...told me he doesn't want me to have any regrets.
Do you have any regrets?
Not anymore.
I see.
Because you all gathered here.
What was that?
It's just like what Kimura said. It was my fault...
Before I knew it, there wasn't anyone around me anymore.
At this rate, I thought I would die alone. I couldn't bear it.
At that time, I met Endo.
I started running along with her and then...
Somehow, you all gathered around again.
In my case, the way we met again was the worst though.
It certainly was.
If I can see her fight to the end,
I no longer have any regrets.
Ah, sorry to trouble you.
It's fine. It's fine. Lie down.
Ah, but don't say things like you dislike the way I clear this up.
- I've never said that before. - You did. Several times.
I was certainly told that. No doubts about it.
I was just cleaning up... I didn't think that you would complain.
Well, I used to be edgy.
Can you not push all the blame to your edginess in your youth?
I have only one regret.
I wanted to grow old together with you.
I wanted us to be a family.
Don't mess with me...
It's too late!
You're selfish! You're the worst!
You really are...
1, 2, 3!
Hey, bring the bite block and bag. Prepare to administer 3L of oxygen!
- Yes! - Please wait outside.
Igarashi! Hey! Can you hear me?
Over here, please.
Hey, Igarashi! Can you hear me? Igarashi!
Maki-chan, don't tell me you've been here all the time since yesterday?
You should go home. I've seen many people who collapsed
from shouldering the burden of the person around them.
- I can understand that you're worried but... - That's right.
We can't have you collapsing as well. It will come to naught.
- What did I say... I wonder? - Eh?
If he doesn't regain his consciousness,
I was just wondering what was the last thing I said to him.
What am I saying? That might bring bad luck.
Forget what I said! That doesn't count!
I wonder why...?
I thought I wanted to save many lives and became a doctor but...
In the end, I couldn't even save a precious friend of mine.
It's frustrating.
Ouch...!
Sorry. But it hurts.
It's punishment for saying things that might bring bad luck.
You're right.
Ouch!
Sensei!
What about your studies?
Were you here all the while?
Because...
Have you forgotten? This is a match between you and I.
You can't end it here.
I don't want that.
In that case, fight.
Until the very end.
[20 days to Todai entrance exams]
"Sensational". Remarkable. "Sensible". Wise.
"Sensitive". Receptive. "Senseful". Proper.
"Sensational". Remarkable.
[14 days to Todai entrance exams] "Sensational". Remarkable.
[14 days to Todai entrance exams]
Around 90% of the total land area...
[10 days to Todai entrance exams] Around 90% of the total land area...
[10 days to Todai entrance exams]
Ah!
There is a tendency of expansion.
[7 days to Todai entrance exams] Remember world history as a horizontal connection.
Let's do the 16th century today. [7 days to Todai entrance exams]
Alright, what was Japan back then? [7 days to Todai entrance exams]
Alright, what was Japan back then?
The late Muromachi period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
What about Europe, Asia and the Middle East back then?
The late Renaissance period and religious revolution. The Ming Dynasty for China.
The Joseon Dynasty for Korean Peninsula. For India, the Mughal Empire.
For Middle East, it was the heyday for the Ottoman Empire.
Year 1582. The Honno-ji incident occurred. What about the rest of the world?
In 1588, the Spanish Armada...
Spanish King Philip II versus Queen Elizabeth I of England.
This is the first time I thought that the air in Tokyo is fresh.
It's been a long time since you came out.
There's only a short while left before the final exams.
Yeah.
I no longer have anything that I can teach you.
All that's left is to believe in yourself and persist to the end.
You worked hard.
Say that to me after I pass.
No.
I will pass, go to Todai, study hard in Economics faculty,
get a good job, become even richer than you,
and then I will bring you on a round-the-world trip for a week.
Together with Toko-san, too.
I actually prefer to travel by ship but...
Sensei, you have motion sickness so we can take the plane instead.
I'll bring you to all the places that you want to go.
And then... and then,
I will marry a super handsome but super diligent man,
give birth to children and form a very happy family.
And then... and then, when that time comes,
tell me that I worked hard.
You're right.
Promise me.
Sensei!
I said this when we went up Tokyo Tower recently.
That when I go up Tokyo Tower, I like to look at the scenery below.
That everyone seems so small.
That I like to look down on others.
But when I went up there recently and looked down,
I didn't think that anyone looked small at all.
Eh?
Somewhere in this city,
when I think that you, Toko and my other friends are around,
everything became very endearing to me.
Before I knew it, my view had changed as well.
No.
I don't like this!
Hey... live!
Live longer!
I'm already living.
Right now, I'm living.
When I knew that I was going to die,
I thought about how I should live the last moments of my life.
But it's different now.
How can I truly realise that I'm living now?
I became fully aware of how important that was.
Right now, you're by my side like this...
...and thinking for me.
More than anything, that is evidence that I am alive.
I'm...
...living.
[Day of Todai's second test]
Do your best.
I'll be going.
All the other candidates are gobies...
Gobies. All the other people are gobies.
You will be fine.
Do your best...
Well then, please begin.
I can't die here!
That girl is waiting for me! Damn it!
Not here...
Damn it!
Sensei!
What about your exam? How was it? Did you finish it?
- Hmm... I have no idea. - Huh!?
How was the Japanese exam?
I did all the kanji and Classical Japanese questions.
Alright! How about Math?
I made sure I got the giveaway question correct. I also checked for careless mistakes.
- I see. - But questions 2 and 4 were really difficult.
Well... you can just cast them aside. How was English on the second day?
A really strange essay question came out.
- Was it really that strange? - Yeah.
But I did my best and wrote down what I thought so
- I should be able to obtain some points. - Yeah.
Discussion questions came out for world history...
I spent quite a bit of time on them and messed up my time allocation.
It really got me there~
- Ah! - What's wrong?
- One minute left! - Eh!?
- Oh no! - Wait, don't move!
You'll be fine. Sensei, I definitely won't let you die.
I'm really glad to have come all the way here with you.
Alright, let's go!
Sensei, you will always...
be in my heart.
What are you laughing about?
After that, Sensei...
...departed peacefully.
Come in.
It was a really good funeral. So many people had gathered.
My son had been in your favour.
Not at all.
- Everyone, sit wherever you like. - We'll get the food ready soon.
- I'll help you. - Thank you.
Nevertheless, what did that "Endo saved me from the bomb," mean?
What was that?
- Those were Igarashi's last words. - That's a mystery.
What was he dreaming of? Jeez.
He was blessed with good friends.
Well then, this is today's highlight. The prized possession that Igarashi left with me!
- Everyone, let's drink! - I've been waiting for this 90 years old wine.
Hooray!
[10th March, 2017] Hooray!
I passed! [Announcement of Todai entrance results] [10th March, 2017]
Hey, Endo.
How is it? Has your view changed?
I'm sure it has changed long ago.
From the time when you wished to see a different view...
The magic spell was already cast.
The magic that cannot be removed...
Sensei!
I passed!
Hey, can you hear me? I passed!
Sensei!
I passed!
I passed...
Endo.
Thank you.
[Make Endo Maki qualify for Todai] Thank you.
[Make Endo Maki qualify for Todai]
- She will be in Todai from spring this year. - Todai!
Well, she's really similar to me. Smart and beautiful.
- Ha ha. - What?
Hey, do you want to have lunch together after this?
It's been said that when boys date during the exam period,
80% of them will fail. Are you fine with that?
Senpai, will you enter Todai's baseball team?
Of course. Come and watch me at Jingu Stadium.
- Amazing! I'll definitely go and watch. - Yeah. Thank you!
Alright, second baseman! Yes!
- Yes. It's ready here. - Yes, yes, yes.
Yes. Number 4. Number 9.
- Um... - Were you really a cram school teacher?
Yes.
For just Tomon's special advanced class, will you let us
have face-to-face classes for that? Please!
Sensei, you're handsome. Are you single?
Yes...
When I think that you won't be around anymore, I feel lonely.
Thank you very much.
Find yourself a nice man in New York.
- I'm going there for work though. - Ah, I see. Ha ha ha!
When I stood at the place that I've been yearning for, I felt as if I could hear his voice.
Essential point of life.
A goal is the next starting point.
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