This moment, when you've failed and want to give up,
is your real starting line.
Because he won't just watch.
Even if it doesn't work out, he'll never abandon his students.
Do you have that, Miss Fujikawa?
The resolve to not just watch.
It's four months along, they said.
Ayuna!
There's nothing to talk about.
Good morning.
Hey, guys. Doing well as always, I see.
We are!
You're the same as always, too,
calling us here out of nowhere.
When I got your message, I didn't know what to think.
And when you said to come cheer on the basketball team's practice match, I said, "Huh?"
Serizawa says he's going to America.
We've all gotta cheer him on.
So much passion!
Sane goes for you.
The whole class is coming?
Mr. Onizuka sent word around last night.
I'm surprised they've all gotten so close.
The students have changed since Mr. Onizuka came.
I need to face the students myself, too.
Hey, you sounded like a teacher there.
I am a teacher.
I'm pregnant.
It's okay.
I'll get an abortion.
Kuzuki!
Good morning.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Morning.
Let's go.
Okay, let's cheer them on, guys!
Mr. Onizuka, don't get too crazy!
The other team's students are staring at you.
They're laughing! At us!
Who cares?
You're supposed to stand out when cheering!
Okay, wave!
Seriously?
Wave.
Ow!
Okay, you start.
Ready...
Wave!
Hey, nice wave.
Nice wave.
Now from the other end!
All right! Nice, Serizawa!
Nice shot!
Seitoku Meishuu Shounan
Meishuu Shounan High Fight!!
You can do it!
What's the score?
One point difference!
Five seconds left!
All right!
You were amazing, Serizawa-kun.
You carried the team.
And everyone came to cheer us on.
I got goosebumps at the end!
Yeah, it actually went in!
No wonder he was picked to study abroad in America.
Seriously, seriously.
You got that right.
Hey, where's Mr. Onizuka?
Huh? He's not here.
He was just with us.
Ayuna.
What's wrong?
We all came to cheer together.
You're leaving without saying anything?
Did something happen with Kuzuki?
No, nothing.
I had something to do today.
I left it, so I need to get back.
Goodbye.
So what should we do now?
Since we're all here...
Wanna... go somewhere?
Let's go!
Go where?
Karaoke?
Bowling?
Karaoke, huh?
I haven't done that in a while.
Maybe we should just call it a day.
We're tired from the game, anyway.
Some other time.
Yeah.
I have stuff to do, too.
Oh, yeah.
Can't help that.
Some other time.
Yeah...
Take care getting home, everyone.
Yup.
Bye.
Good job today.
Thanks.
Miss Honami!
The students all left already.
Oh, did you hear?
Tokuyama just called me.
We're all going to karaoke.
Let's go!
You can hear me rock out.
Huh? Miss Honami?
I wasn't invited.
Miss Honami!
Hey, you guys.
You should invite Miss Honami, too.
She's your teacher, right?
Yeah, but...
Honestly... she's kind of annoying.
She was trying to come with us today, wasn't she?
Yeah, that freaked me out.
Well, you don't go to karaoke with your teacher.
You can't really go all-out.
Hey. Hey. Hey.
I'm your teacher, too.
You don't really seem like a teacher, though.
That's right.
What does that mean?
If nothing else, you're different than Miss Honami.
How am I different? Huh?
How am I different?
Sorry.
I'm gonna go home.
You're leaving, Kuzuki-kun?
Actually, where's Shijou-san?
She left partway, didn't she?
Anyway, I'm out.
Have fun.
Bye, guys.
Bye!
Kuzuki
Ryuuichi.
I saw your practice exam score.
It wasn't very good.
Are you going to be okay?
You have to take over that hospital.
I'm expecting a great deal from you.
Kuzuki-kun?
What's wrong?
I was passing by and I saw you.
You seemed down.
Did something happen?
Nothing.
I was just looking at the sea.
Um, if something's bothering you, I—
Nothing's bothering me.
I'm sorry.
I have cram school, so can I go now?
Bye.
Kuzuki was acting weird?
He said it was nothing, right?
Yeah, but he looked like he had a lot on his mind.
He was just looking at the sea, right?
Yeah, but...
You talked to Kuzuki, right?
If it bothers you that much, why didn't you just ask him?
Well, I can't invade the students' privacy.
Privacy, huh?
Students these days are delicate.
The students aren't delicate. You are.
I am?
You're going on about privacy, but in the end,
you just can't be bothered to get involved, right?
If you really care about the students, you need to go at them head-on.
You can't run from the students.
You're criticizing me?
Why do I have to have you criticize me?
I only came
to tell you that Kuzuki-kun was acting strange, so we should be careful.
That's not it...
I shouldn't have come.
Wai—
What, so I was right?
Miss Fujikawa sure was angry.
Fuji-san.
I didn't mean to make her mad.
Women are never easy to deal with.
You're right.
Are you working in the garden this morning?
Yeah. Summer vegetables are like students.
You need to keep an eye on them.
Look.
Spreading fertilizer is tough for an old man.
More.
You're going even wilder than usual.
Did something happen?
No.
You don't normally drink that much. What happened?
He lectured me.
Lectured you? Who?
Mr. Onizuka!
Onizuka did?
He said I'm running from the students.
That I'm not getting involved in their problems
because I just can't be bothered.
He really let you have it, then.
I know that, though!
That's why I'm trying to get closer to the students.
But the students won't let you.
In fact, it annoys them.
It's hard to form relationships with students.
I can't just slide right into the middle of them like Mr. Onizuka does.
I mean, there's always a wall between student and teacher.
That's reality.
But you know...
Didn't you want to be a teacher like Onizuka?
When you'd just started teaching.
When do we start to forget things like that?
The students graduate after only three years.
There are limits to what we can do.
The Shounan Yukata Festival will be held tonight.
This is a summer tradition in this area.
Many students from other local schools will be visiting.
It's a big deal every year.
The students are always so excited.
They want to make summer memories...
I wish they wouldn't.
On that note, we're going to have the teachers patrol
the grounds and surrounding area again this year,
and ensure that our school's students don't get into trouble.
Us?
That's right.
Is that a problem?
I'm supposed to set up a yakisoba stall with my friends...
A stall?
No, nothing.
I know this creates more work for you, but it's to protect the students.
Please keep in mind—
It's just to have an excuse if something happens.
Hey.
Please keep on top of things so that we can
enter the new semester without any problems.
I, Uchiyamada, your vice principal,
will be watching you all!
Got it?
Especially you, Mr. Onizuka!
Right.
Don't stretch out your answer.
Please conduct patrols in pairs, as the teacher and assistant.
Hello?
Oh, Kuzuki.
It's me, Shamoto.
Hey, what's up?
I'm going with Tokuyama and Mariko and the others to the Yukata Festival.
Want to come?
Yukata Festival?
Mariko said she had told Ayuna, so I figured you might've heard.
I wish Ayuna could've come.
She said she couldn't make it.
I wonder what's up.
It's too bad, but let's have fun on our own.
I agree!
What do we eat first, when we go?
It's totally summer.
Right?
Miss Honami, you're acting creepy today.
Are you mad about yesterday?
I'm not.
I was just sharing my opinion, you know.
Between teacher and assistant.
Just stop talking, please.
I'm going to go look over there.
Got it. Yeah. Got it.
Shounan Yukata Festival
Whoa, fireworks!
They're pretty!
Festivals are great.
I know, they're so exciting.
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That hurt, asshole.
Hold on a second.
Where are you going?
Ow...
My shoulder's dislocated.
What are you going to do?
Are you ignoring me?
Ignoring me, huh?
Idiots.
Huh?
I said you idiots are pathetic, ganging up on me.
You want to fight?
You think I'm scared of you guys?
Hey, some high school guys are fighting over there!
Seriously?
Let's go see!
Wait, where are they fighting?
Where are they fighting?
Over there, by the pier.
Thanks.
What are you doing?
Kuzuki-kun!
Are you okay?
Who are you?
A teacher from Meishuu Shounan High.
You're high school students, right?
Tell me what school you're from.
What a pain.
What, you're running?
What?
You guys are wimps.
Stop it.
Who do you think you are?
Hey, what are you doing?
Kei-chan, this is bad. Let's get out of here!
Let's go!
You got lucky!
But this isn't over!
Wait!
Are you okay?
Kuzuki-kun!
Miss Honami!
Mr. Onizuka!
Move.
Kuzuki, you okay?
You okay?
Kuzuki-kun...
What happened, Kuzuki-kun?
It's not like you to pick a fight with students from another school.
What made you do that?
Not like me?
You don't know anything about me.
Kuzuki-kun?
Don't act like a teacher by just saying whatever.
Miss Fujikawa.
You don't care about the students, do you?
That's not true. I'm your teacher!
You're not doing this because you want to, right?
You're annoying, honestly.
You don't care about the students at all.
You just say what you think you're supposed to.
I'm sick of it.
That's what the rest of the class thinks, too.
Would you stop pretending you care about us?
We don't want anything from you,
so you don't need to waste your time.
This is Kiuchi from the city council.
Um, you wanted to talk to us?
Last night, at the Yukata Festival, Kuzuki Ryuuichi from Class 2-A
picked a fight with the councilman's son,
and assaulted him.
You were at the scene, weren't you?
We heard there was a problem while we were patrolling and ran there.
We stopped the fight, but I don't know the details.
His son has taken ill from shock and can't leave his bed.
I don't want to make a big deal out of this.
If the name of Meishuu Shounan High School got out to the media over this...
Well, of course...
I want to see the student who hit my son punished immediately.
That will be the end of it.
Punished?
A student who's done something wrong must be punished.
That's a given.
But I can't believe Kuzuki picked a fight.
Right, Miss Honami?
Kids these days are complicated.
It's often said that they'll act completely differently at school and at home.
It may be that you're not teaching him properly.
We are, which is why I'm sure he didn't—
Mr. Kiuchi,
we will handle this problem in accordance with our school's rules.
Vice Principal.
Mr. Oomae is right.
Since the director isn't here today,
we'll have a meeting tomorrow to discuss how we will punish Kuzuki.
Hold it!
Mr. Onizuka!
I would have no problem with that.
Understood, Miss Fujikawa?
I think it's unavoidable.
There may have been some fault on Kuzuki-kun's side, as well.
What the hell was that?
Why didn't you cover for Kuzuki?
You said he was acting weird.
There must be some reason.
Why don't you believe in him?
If you're going to say that, then why don't you take care of it?
I'm not you.
I can't do the same things you do.
You said I was running from the students, didn't you?
That's right.
I'm running.
I can't do this job otherwise!
The moment something comes up, it's always reports and patrols.
I spend all my time making alibis so that if something happens,
the school can say it did something.
I don't have enough time to do my job.
And even if I care about the students, they don't care about me.
So what am I supposed to do?
I only have a limited amount of time to deal with them!
I can't bear responsibility for everything that happens in the class!
This is reality.
Are you that scared of facing your students?
Those are all excuses.
You're just scared of facing the students
and finding out you're a failure who can't do anything to help them.
You're just closing your eyes to what a failure you are.
Every one of the students has something that's bothering them.
But they're dealing with it as best they can.
If we teachers don't help them, who will?
You don't need to have anything to say to them.
You don't have to do what you're supposed to do.
You just have to be with them.
That's enough, isn't it?
If you won't even try to do that, what good are you?
If you're a teacher, then stand your ground and face them!
The sea's great, isn't it?
Fujimiya-san.
I like watching the sea, too.
When I was young, whenever something was bothering me,
I would always watch the sea.
It brought my vision up to 4.0 one time.
I guess I just had that many problems.
I see.
So Mr. Onizuka said that.
I'm not cut out to be a teacher.
I thought that a lot when I was a teacher, too.
There was a hopeless thug in my class.
His parents had abandoned him. His teachers had abandoned him.
He was out of control.
He was beyond me, too.
But you know, there was one person who didn't give up on him.
It was the best student in the school, who had nothing in common with him.
He was the one person who kept telling the thug that what's wrong is wrong.
Thanks to him, the thug never went too far.
Each time he was about to, the other student would be by his side.
And now that thug is a teacher.
That thug was Mr. Onizuka Eikichi.
There's not much a man can do for someone else.
But the desire to do something for another person is a wonderful thing.
"Face what a failure you are"?
Wasn't that going a bit too far?
Eikichi-san?
Well, I understand what you're saying.
But not everybody can be as straightforward as you.
They're so tied down by their job or what everyone else thinks,
sometimes they forget which way they're going.
That's right.
I'm tied down by the police, you know.
They should tie you down and leave you there, fool.
Why?
Ryuuji, I know that.
Oh, welcome.
Would you help me?
I want to find proof it's not Kuzuki-kun's fault.
Please, help me look.
Ready to go?
Yeah.
Ryuuji, I've gotta go.
Get going.
That's the spirit, Eikichi-san!
Shut up!
Good luck.
If we can find somebody who saw the fight,
we can prove that what they're saying is wrong.
You're right.
But how?
Let's ask all around the festival grounds.
Okay, I'll try over there.
Thanks.
There were some high schoolers fighting.
Do you know anything about it?
I don't.
Come on, Fox.
Thank you.
There was a fight between some high school kids at the Yukata Festival.
Do you know anything about it?
I'm afraid not.
You don't?
Kuzuki
What are you thinking?
Skipping school and screwing around, and then getting in a fight?
What will happen to my position as head of the PTA?
You might be expelled!
Who knows what people will say?
Wait, Ryuuichi.
This discussion isn't finished.
Ryuuichi!
There were some high school kids fighting.
Yes...
Did you see it?
No, I didn't.
You might want to ask someone else.
I see.
Thank you.
Miss Honami!
Mr. Onizuka!
I asked a bunch of people, but...
At this rate, Kuzuki-kun will be defenseless...
Ever since then, my son's been locked up in his room.
This senseless violence has severely shocked ihm.
I will accept no less than appropriate punishment for Kuzuki-kun.
What is it you would like to see happen to Kuzuki-kun?
Given previous cases of this nature, I think expulsion would be best.
Expulsion?
The education committee points out
that cases of this sort can develop into full-fledged bullying.
Would it be possible to handle this in a matter other than expulsion?
No.
So do we agree that Kuzuki-kun will be expelled?
Wait.
Miss Fujikawa.
It's unfair to expel Kuzuki-kun over this.
What are you saying?
I'm sorry.
She's just upset.
I'm not upset.
This isn't the time for you to speak, Miss Fujikawa.
Sit down!
I will not!
We should hear what both sides have to say one more time.
We can think of a punishment after that.
Are you saying my son is lying?
I'm not saying that, but...
This is unfair!
This is no different than a trial in absentia!
That's a grave misunderstanding.
We're having this meeting to ensure that his punishment is fair.
We could have simply submitted written demands.
But I can't accept that Kuzuki-kun alone is being held responsible for this.
This is a waste of our time.
Please, hear what both sides have to say again.
Please.
Miss Fujikawa!
Director Sakurai.
Yes?
My demand is for very firm punishment.
If you can't accept that, I'm prepared to use official legal channels.
You guys are still going?
Good, good.
Onizuka!
What are you doing here?
Oh, I've brought this person here at my teacher's order.
Please, come in.
This way.
Who is this?
If you're not part of this, then please leave.
He is part of this.
He's a witness who saw the whole fight.
His name is Tomii.
I'm Tomii.
A witness?
I saw him at the scene of the fight,
and after I split up with Miss Honami, I talked to him.
You saw the fight?
Tomii-san says that your son and his friends were punching Kuzuki
without any kind of provocation.
That's not what you told us, is it?
That Kuzuki kid didn't even punch back once.
What? Not even once?
What the hell is this?
I don't have time for this farce.
Farce?
Nothing he says is proof, anyway.
This is upsetting.
I see.
Then I guess we can take it to court.
What?
What's this?
Miss Honami, can you play this on that TV?
S-Sure.
What's wrong? You're just gonna protect yourself?
It's my turn next!
This is from a security camera.
I've got a lot more.
Looks like your son has a lot of freedom.
Smoking, drinking, skirt-chasing,
assault in groups, destruction of property,
shoplifting, robbery...
I've got plenty of the proof you want.
Now here's the question.
You've got a group who picked a fight over nothing and assaulted someone,
and a kid who endured that violence without punching back.
Who should be punished?
What do you think, Mr. Kiuchi?
Let's discuss how we should handle punishment in this matter again, Mr. Kiuchi.
You bastard...
A student who's done something wrong must be punished.
That's a given, right?
Mr. Onizuka, thank you.
I didn't do anything.
But you brought proof that Kuzuki-kun was innocent.
Oh, that?
It was just a coincidence.
You were the one who protected him in the end.
You put yourself on the line for him.
That's how we were able to prove the truth.
All I did was believe in him.
That's all it takes.
Yo!
I'm going to see Kuzuki-kun.
Okay.
Bye.
Saejima!
You saved me!
The security camera footage was perfect.
I know.
I'll pay you back.
Yeah.
Bye.
So Kuzuki-kun didn't get expelled.
Meiri.
Don't you think it's not normal for a guy like Kuzuki-kun to get involved in this?
What do you mean?
I haven't seen Kuzuki-kun and Ayuna together lately; have you?
Shirahama Gynecology.
Ayuna's there right now.
This can't be...
You should hear the rest from her yourself.
Ryuuichi's not there.
He was in his room.
If something happened to him, I'd...
I'll look for him.
You wait here.
Kuzuki-kun!
He can't be—
Kuzuki-kun!
Wait!
Don't do it!
Wait!
What good will dying do?!
We proved you were innocent!
You won't be punished at all. Things will be just like they were.
So...
There's no need to kill yourself!
I'm sure there are things hurting you, and bothering you.
I have them, too! So I understand!
But you need to live!
I won't die.
So you were just standing in the water.
I'm sorry, I thought you were going to commit suicide.
That's horrible.
Sorry.
But...
Thank you.
I realized you were really worried about me.
Of course I am.
You're right.
I'm not the only one with problems, am I?
Kuzuki-kun.
I'm sorry for what I said.
For saying that you shouldn't act like
a teacher when you don't care about your students.
I'm the one who should apologize.
What you said was true.
I was running from you students.
I was scared to face you all one on one.
I didn't want my students to realize how weak I was.
So I kept my distance from everyone.
I thought that was the proper relationship for a teacher and her students.
But I was wrong.
Now I can say it for certain.
I want to be a teacher.
I want to be your teacher.
I may not be able to solve the students' worries...
But I can worry with them.
I can face their problems with them.
Did something happen with Shijou-san?
During the Yukata Festival,
they picked a fight with me, saying I slammed into them.
I was really upset then,
so I didn't care what happened.
Why?
Something happened with Ayuna.
It's all my fault.
When Ayuna was worried,
I couldn't just keep quiet and stay by her.
Ayuna!
Ayuna.
You aren't...
In the end, I only cared about myself.
I was so busy worrying about myself that
I didn't have time to think about how Ayuna felt.
When she said it was okay, I felt guilty.
But...
When she said she'd have an abortion,
to be honest, part of me was relieved.
Because now my future wouldn't be ruined.
I'm such a jerk.
Kuzuki-kun, does that mean—
Ayuna
is pregnant.
Mr. Onizuka,
it's okay.
I already had the abortion.
Serizawa!
Can you lock up?
Yeah.
Serizawa!
After this... Onizuka makes the cut
Preview
The basketball ace can't move his arms or legs
A chronic subdural hematoma?
He will remain paralyzed.
Why did this have to happen to me?!
A dream cut short
You still have hands that can hold a ball!
Can he save his student from despair!?
As long as your will is strong, you can still move forward.
Now matter how many times you fall, just get back up.
Why don't you try fighting your fate until the very end?
This drama is fiction.
This week's "Yo!"
Yo!