This drama is the story of an unsuccessful lawyer, and former gang member
preparing students from a school with a 36% average
that are discarded by society,
to get into the most prestigious university in Japan:
Todai (University of Tokyo),
Which would be a miracle.
You're challenging me?
In 5 days, Mizuno Naomi will have 100% on her math test.
All of the students in this special class will have 100%.
I failed.
I only got to finish half of the questions.
All 5 of them are still there.
Do whatever makes you feel happy.
Now they know what is the most important part of the Todai entrance exam.
It's the feeling of frustration that you get when you don't succeed.
If you understand this, then Todai will be simple!
Episode 4 : "Don't stop until you hit the wall."
Come on, up!
It's time, up!
Come on, up!
Get up, slave!
Hurry, hurry, hurry! Get up!
Up!
Ever since this challenge, I don't have any more morale.
What are you trying to say?
We're half way done!
Me too, I...
Stop talking nonsense and hurry up so we can get started!
Breakfast is not optional.
The DHA content inside this tuna, or in this sardine,
promotes the improvement of memorization and understanding capabilities.
And, in the shells,
the 'natto', the brown rice, and the milk *note from translator: natto = fermented soybeans*
all contain vitamins B1, B6, and B12
which is known to improve intellect.
And if you chew it well,
you'll imrove the blood flow in your brain,
and for the passage of nutrients.
So chew thoroughly!
Now, let's begin the morning 100 question test.
Again?
After yesterday's test, you've only solved half of the questions, so we have to look over the basics again.
I can't anymore.
Because of the problems with her mother,
we dragged behind in the first half.
And so we did nothing but stuff that gets us nowhere.
Isn't that so?
Are you by any chance trying to imply
that it's all my fault?
Yes, Boo, it's your fault.
So what, I don't care.
Hey, lovebirds, no emotional scenes in the classroom!
For this morning's calculus test,
begin !
You say that they have to review the basics,
mais vous n'allez tout de même pas faire que des tests de calcul ?
What are you going to do aftewards?
Aren't you a mathematics specialist anyways?
You specialty IS math, right?
Then at least you're lisenced by the national education board, right??
Don't worry about it. I'm thinking it over.
Huh?
Here, take this. I'll be back.
But where are you going?
I'm going to go see a math teacher.
Huh?
Ah... I'm exhausted.
Pass me some!
Naomi, you slut!
You went into the special class
just so you can be with Yajima-kun, didn't you?
Huh?
You're just f**cking with me! You knew that I'm in love with Yajima-kun!
S**t, I just said it...
Who is she?
"Who is she?" ???
Um...
And you too, you're in love with Yajima-kun?
No, not at all...
Who wouldn't be? I've had enough!
But who is she?
Is someone there?
Is anybody there?
Excuse me!
I'm coming in!
Yanagi-sensei!
You there?
What is all of this?
Ah, sensei!
You were afraid that if you called I would refuse?
I'm going to be blunt, I have a favour to ask of you.
I have retired from the world of exams.
I have no more links to Todai.
Go back home.
Don't say that!
Come back to Ryuuzan!
Everyone is waiting for you.
Yanagi Tetsunosuke, the math "demon"
My students are rejecting me by saying
that my teaching methods aren't good enough.
And I don't have any more strength to pretend that they are.
I'm just waiting for the calm at the end of it all.
Pfft... I didn't come all the way here
to hear you whine and complain.
Sir,
You hope to not have all that you have accomplished until now just disappear, don't you!
You prefer to let yourself die,
but nobody will know.
Traitor!
Be careful about what you say.
Well then, sir,
seeing all those hundreds of students you have sent to Todai,
isn't that proof enough that your method is effective?
Then all of the names that are on these walls,
would they be lies?
Don't they have any meaning to you?
You're asking me to prepare these students with a 30% average to choose entrance to Todai's Science 1 program?
Yes.
Tell me you'll not interrupt even once in my methodologies.
Yes.
Memorizing by heart is the only real method. Therefore have some respect for this principle.
Understood!
Are there other methods besides memorization?
Ah... They're all going back home...
- Boo ! - Hey, Yoshino-chan, what are we doing now?
What does this sentence mean?
Ah, if it's there, that's a reative pronoun isn't it?
So it's not a simple pronoun?
"How are you? It's Asumi."
"Today, I'm in Egypt!"
"I've been wandering the desert and oasis on the back of a camel."
"It was like nothing at all!"
Go die of thirst!
Um...
He's your new math teacher.
Yanagi Tetsunosuke-sensei.
My name is Yanagi, and I was a mathematics "demon" at Todai.
At Todai, in math?
A "demon"?
Normally, they don't say that its what they are.
This is your first task.
So, resolve, resolve, resolve!
This entire pile?
We've already done plenty of exercises with Sakuragi-sensei!
Stop whining!
When you have done this, right up until the time you get into Todai,
you will become calculating machines.
Ha, ha, don't ask people to act like machines!
Not "acting like machines",
"becoming machines".
What are you talking about?
You're young, but you already look stupid.
No, that's not it!
We're human beings!
I don't like it when people tell me to become a machine.
If you don't become that, what will you be capable of doing?
Huh?
Wait!
- I won't let you say... - That's enough!
You are the garbage of society, who's average is 36%,
You're nothing but a whole bunch of irresponsible kids!
If you think you've gotten somewhere, you're gravely mistaken!
You should all start by thinking in the same way.
Is that what you're all doing?
This good for nothing who doesn't want to join in
is nothing but a useless slacker!
Sir, didn't you forget something?
Hey! You promised not to interrupt me.
Isn't that what I'm doing?
Go ahead, tell them what you told me!
Do you understand?
Memorization, that's the only truth.
Understand?
I won't let you do it!
Education, it's more than just...
Yajima!
Lets put an end to your daydreams,
that's enough of this forceful relationship.
Then lets make a game.
To win, you have to become smarter than me.
Throughout all of my classes, the worst one out of all of you
Will wear this around their head. [Idiot]
What's that?
That really has no class.
Yeah, it has no class.
With this, you'll be humble.
That way the next time you'll have to do better.
To pass these exams, it is important to recognize being humble.
The worst ones out of us are Mizuno-san and Kosaka-san aren't they?
Hey, stop!
Until now, who has been the worse one between you two?
It's me...
Ah, its you?
Come here.
It suits you well!
Shut your mouth!
Let's not waste time, get started right away.
This is for you, idiot.
- Gramps! - Shut up and sit down!
Sensei, I'm begging you.
First lesson.
Ready? Begin!
[Dragonzakura] I can 迷わずに進もう - I can mayowazu ni susumou
願いに近づけるよ - Negai ni chikadzukeru yo
I see the light
wake up, stand up
[Hiroshi Abe] もう一度 明日へ try - Mou ichi do asu e try
[Hasegawa Kyoko] Look at my 小さいこの手で - Look at my chiisai kono te de
[Yamashita Tomohisa] Look at my 小さいこの手で - Look at my chiisai kono te de
[Nagazawa Masami] Hold on tight
[Nagazawa Masami] つかまえた my precious - tsukamaeta my precious
[Nakao Akiyoshi] [Koike Teppei] つかまえた my precious - tsukamaeta my precious
[Nakao Akiyoshi] [Koike Teppei] なくしそうな visions in me - Nakushisouna visions in me
[Aragaki Yui] [Saeko] なくしそうな visions in me - Nakushisouna visions in me
見失いたくない自分の way - Miushinaitakunai jibun no way
Do you know that I want it all
心の奥で輝き続ける - Kokoro no oku de kagayakitsudzukeru
その夢を忘れないで - Sono yume wo wasurenaide
I can 迷わずに進もう - I can mayowazu ni susumou
[Nogiwa Yoko] 願いに近づけるよ - Negai ni chikadzukeru yo
いつの日にか - Itsu no hi ni ka
溢れる光の花を咲かせよう - afureru hikari no hana wo sakaseyou
I will 思い切り つらぬく - I will omoikiri tsuranuku
このまま走りたいから - Kono mama hashiritai kara
いつの日にか夢見た場所で - Itsu no hi ni ka yume mita basho de
a-ha-ha と笑っているでしょ - a-ha-ha to waratte iru desho
wake up, stand up
何度でも get up and try - Nando demo get up and try
Ready? Begin !
"A group of people want to get from point A to point B."
"The women go by taxi..."
"Being a parralelogram ABCD in which AB is greater than AD..."
"Two people A and B are in a race,"
"when A takes 2 steps, B takes 3..."
"If took 8 hours for several people to make 20,000 objects.."
"There is a dried-out lake..."
[Naomi] "I don't get any of this..."
[Yuusuke] "How much time...?"
[Hideki] "Angle BAE..." [Yuusuke] "Ah, I get it! Argh, no!"
[Hideki] "I just don't get this anymore!"
Time's up!
That's for you, idiot!
There's not even one of you that got perfect! What does that mean?
But I got 80%!
I got 95%!
Shut up!
99% or 0%, it's the same thing!
If it's not 100%, it means nothing!
Who will be the idiot this time around?
Kousaka, it's you!
Mizuno, go put the bandana on her.
Yes!
The person in last place...
...becomes the idiot!
Does it suit me?
You really look like an idiot with that on.
What's the answer to this question?
That's no good!
You have to measure starting from C.
I give up!
Huh!
You'd say that I'm too stupid.
And ever since the beginning, Todai never really interested me.
Hey, Yoshino-chan!
Oh, you feel a little akward with that?
Oh, it's kinda scary!
I'll go see her!
Nobody moves from their spots!
The class is not finished yet.
Ogata! Sit back down.
We have to get to that point...
Miss Principal, how much longer are you planning on staying quiet?
Yanagi-sensei doesn't understand the students.
He's really violent!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Is that so?
Not at all.
It's just a little bamboo stick.
But it's a stiff rod!
He doesn't hit his students,
he only hits the desk!
But it's as if he's hitting his students.
Miss Principal, if anything happened to Kousaka Yoshino,
you have to take the responsibility for it!
I have to take the responsibility for it?
Of course, you are the principal!
You say that,
but I never knew that as the principal, I had responsibilities.
Ryuuzan was founded by my husband, who died 5 years ago.
When he was still alive...
Miss Principal!
Not a single problem has been forseen yet.
Oh really?
Yes.
Sakuragi-sensei,
we would like to speak to you about something.
What is it?
It appears that a student has given up, is that so?
No.
Well then, where did Kousaka Yoshino go?
She didn't feel good, so she just went outside for a while.
What are you trying to say?
But didn't she run away in tears?
There's no need to say that!
Having your students compete against each other,
and having them know they're idiots with that cruel bandana...
You're the idiot.
It's simply a lover's quarrel!
You're an adult and you still don't get it?
Huh?
Then she did leave!
There's one missing. There's one missing.
Mister lawyer... oh no, Sakuragi-sensei.
I'm repeating this to you,
you promised us that 5 students would get into Todai.
Meaning, that if there's less than 5 students, this is no longer getting anywhere.
Isn't that so Miss Principal?
Oh really?
Well then, I can always make a new student enter.
You won't find one that easily.
I will.
Because the students that I'm leading will get into Todai.
What is it you want?
Hum, no, nothing at all...
Okuno!
He always wanted to get into Todai...
In your dreams!
If not, Sakuragi-sensei,
instead of wasting time with arguments,
how about we go find Kousaka-san?
Me? I'm not going.
Huh? Why's that?
I don't need those who need to be brought back forcefully.
But a student has just left!
Within my special class,
I don't need those who need to be brought back forcefully!
Well then, it's ok.
I'll go find her myself.
5 people...
Ino!
Yajima-kun!
You're going to find Yoshino?
I'm coming with you.
But shouldn't you be in class?
Sakuragi-sensei won't be happy about this.
Same goes with you, no?
I really don't understand,
but one would say that I cursed him.
Its my fault,
moreso, I was her friend.
I understand. Shall we go?
Shouldn't I go help find Yoshino-chan as well?
You just want to get out, don't you?
S**t, I've been discovered.
Quiet in the classroom!
Too bad!
He hasn't changed...
It's been a while...
Oh, Yuusuke!
You haven't seen Yoshino, have you?
Not at all.
Sorry, we don't know anything.
Thanks.
The scores are plummeting...
Maybe it's becoming too much.
Sir, are we going to do it?
Do what?
It could be good for activating the brain.
It won't be the ping-pong training again, will it?
You've already done it before?
Yeah.
Yes, we've done it a couple days ago.
Oh? You also know that mysterious imaginative training don't you sir?r ?
Of course,
it was I that thought them that.
Huh?
He was your student?
Oh, that's scary!
Shut up, that was a long time ago!
Go back to your seat!
This time around, your training will be this!
Huh?
Cards.
This should be interesting.
There are 52 cards in all in this game.
If we add up all the numbers, what do we get?
364!
I guess we could say that you've played cards before.
364, it's close to 365, the number of days in a year.
Ah! It's the first time I've thought about that one!
The rules of the game are simple.
You play against one another,
each one with their own deck of cards.
After the first card is down,
you turn over the cards one by one,
and you'll add the numbers as they come along.
The first one to reach the end
and who finds 364 is the winner.
Ah, super easy!
So it's not easy?
Try it and see.
Understood?
Numbers go up to 13,
so you think it will be simple.
but you have to get all the way to 364 without screwing up.
The numbers will become triple-digits.
And this exercise will make you work your brain.
Compared to a standard exercise, this one will be more useful.
The loser will get this!
On your marks, get set, go!
[Naomi] 2, 13 [Hideki] 10, 13
[Naomi] 2, 13 [Hideki] 10, 13, 21
[Naomi] 2, 13 [Hideki] 10, 13, 21, 31
[Naomi] 2, 13 [Hideki] 10, 13, 21, 31, 36
[Naomi] 2, 13 [Hideki] 10, 13, 21, 31, 36, 42
[Naomi] Ten-... [Hideki] Fourty-...
[Naomi] 2, 13, 24 [Hideki] 10, 13, 21, 31, 36, 42
[Naomi] Ten-... [Hideki] Huh?
[Naomi] Ten-... [Hideki] Damn this is harder than I thought!
It's here?
I used to come here a lot before.
I used to love this place.
I feel like going back...
Are you scared?
Lets go!
Excuse me.
Oh, Yuusuke, it's been a long time!
You have a new girlfriend? She's cute!
No, that's my teacher!
What, really? I couldn't tell!
Either way, what are you doing back in a place like this?
You haven't seen Yoshino, have you?
I haven't seen her at all recently.
Ok then.
I'll check over there.
Huh? What?
Wait, Yajima-kun!
Ah, it's an exit...
Kousaka-san!
Who are you supposed to be?
[Maki] 172 [Naomi] 125
[Maki] 172, 180 [Naomi] 125
[Maki] 172, 180, 184 [Naomi] 125, 127
[Maki] 172, 180, 184, 192 [Naomi] 125, 127, 128
[Maki] 172, 180, 184, 192, 202 [Naomi] 125, 127, 128
[Maki] 172, 180, 184, 192, 202, 210 [Naomi] 125, 127, 128, 134
[Maki] 233 [Naomi] 147
It's awesome!
Hmmm... Interesting methods...
[Maki] 351
[Maki] 364 ! Finished!
Huh?
Not bad! I'm starting to feel a little thirsty.
Hey! Can I go get a drink ?
What do they have?
My little brother is looking at getting into Todai...
As the principal of this high school...
Don't stay here, what if we went back to school?
Yajima-kun came with me to help find you.
Then lets all go back together!
What are you looking for, you?
I am a teacher at Ryuuzan High School.
So what?
Kousaka-san!
No!
Huh?
I won't come back.
I don't give a f**k about Todai.
Todai? What are you talking about?
Todai? "THE" Todai?
Yes. In my high school, we're not able to do that!
Kousaka-san, haven't you already worked hard enough?
If you keep it up, you'll get into Todai...
Hey, what am I talking about?
We don't like teachers like you.
That one who "makes her students feel good".
Those who "go out of their way for their students".
Wait a second!
You don't have a clue what goes on in the mind of a teacher.
I care a lot about Kousaka-san...
Well then, here's a challenge for you.
A challenge?
If you really want to bring Yoshino,
take the challenge.
"challenge", "challenge",
road gang, you have that name in mind?
What are you talking about?
It'll be me that will reveal it to you.
Yuusuke!
What's the challenge?
Why did you come here?
You prefer to but heads with this pretty girl?
Why are you being overreacting like that?
There's nothing going on between us!
"Chicken run".
Huh?
The challenge.
We have our pride
so we won't let her in.
Since when do chickens run?
Ino, please!
You're wanting to be courageous,
we speed down towards the end of a bridge,
and the first person to brake loses.
If you screw up, you fall in the water.
So show Yoshino that you aren't all talk little one!
Yajima-kun? Do you even have a lisence?
I don't have enough money to get a lisence!
Well then, how will you do it?
It doesn't matter, even if I don't have a lisence, I still know how to drive!
But if you don't have a permit, I won't let you drive!
That's fine, I know how to drive!
No, not at all!
So, why won't you do it then?
Huh?
For your precious student ?
For my precious student ?
I get it. I'll do it.
Ino ?
A challenge?
Does she know how to ride a scooter?
It looks like no.
She's been had again?
"For her precious students", Ino-chan...
You think this will work ?
Not at all.
But we didn't ask him anything !
She always seems to react the same way.
Oh... I've been had yet again...
Sakuragi-sensei !
Yesterday, we found Kousaka-san.
So what ?
What do you mean ? Aren't you releived ?
You're not asking me where she went, or with who ?
She's in a gang !
Oh ?
Just "Oh ?" ?
You're a criminal...
Not just a criminal, a gang member,
how many times will I have to repeat myself before you get it ?
It's the same thing !
Please, help me bring back Kousaka-san !
And the "Chicken..."...
Chicken...
I have to pass a "Chicken" challenge...
It's "Chicken run" !
Another dispute in which you're involved ?
"For your precious students", isn't it ?
Ah, it's hot.
I get it, it'll be fine.
Then lend me your scooter for tomorrow !
What's that ?
10 000 yen.
Huh ?
Renting fee.
This month, my paycheck won't be enough.
Huh ?
What a cheating lawyer !
Ah ! Nozomi !
Sorry for being late !
I'm sorry for bothering you in the middle of your lunch break.
Is it ok with you if we eat here ?
No, I'll just have some tea. I'm not hungry anymore.
Hello, Mamako-san !
Oh no, them...
Actually, I promised them we would eat together this time.
Ah, ok...
There you go, I wanted to ask you...
Actually, they had asked me to decide who I'd go out with after lunch.
If you'd go out with the one that appreciated you the most?
For that, it'll be Sawamatsu-kun.
But it's Tanaka-san that found us the restaurant.
Since he's a Todai graduate, he knows a lot about these kinds of things.
Well then, why not Tanaka-san ?
But througout the meal, Tanaka-san,
he never stopped bragging about his knowledge.s.
Mamako-san, did you know this ?
Holotoxine that's found in sea cucumbers,
develops into athlete's foot!
Well then, why not Sawamatsu-kun ?
But if I went out with Sawamatsu-kun...
Throughout the meal, he said nothing but "Delicious!".
Every time, you'd say he's having it for the first time.
Even when he eats gingerbread on his own, he says "Delicious!".
Delicious !
On that note, Tanaka-san seems to be more educated
and is much more logical.
A guy like that,
seeing he's a Todai graduate.
Ah ?
Ah, Nozomi, I have to go back to the school.
From now on, we'll be doing special exercises.
Here's the first sheet.
What... it's not the same thing as last time ?
Nope, not at all.
Those are the answers.
The answers ?
It's Yanagi's question/answer method.
[Page 1 - Questions]
[Page 1 - Answers]
Put both sheets on your desk,
and turn them over.
Todai's math exam lasts 150 minutes, in which you need to complete 6 questions.
That give you 25 minutes per question.
Take away 15 minutes for time to write down your calculations.
Therefore, you only have 10 minutes to read and understand each question.
Then you must decide how to divide your time amongst the questions.
What's important during an exam,
is how to start the calculations.
It's while attacking the problem that everything comes into play.
But, when we don't understand, we don't understand...
Hey ! Mister !
Ogata ! Shut up !
Sorry sir.
Is that ok with you ?
All of this, you will understand by doing these sheets.
Once you have read the question,
for 3 minutes, imagine the beginning.
And then, for 3 minutes, look at the answer.
Next, start the calculations,
and once you're finished, continue to the next question.
If you don't understand it, read the answer attentively.
- Please ! - Yes ?
But if we look at the answer, it doesn't mean anything.
You didn't understand anything !
You still have to do the calculations !
So you have to do a lot of exercises.
There, you have to do lots of exercises.
That way you're ready for any situation.
Go back to the question sheet !
After 3 minutes are up, look at the answer.
Begin.
Ready ? Go !
[Question 1]
In the second degree equation x² + 2x...
In the second degree equation x² + 2x - a = 0 solve for...
In the second degree equation x² + 2x - a = 0 solve for -3.
Find the value of a.
It looks like you can only calculate x.
And if we subsituted x...
...by -3 ?
Huh ? I don't get it.
That it. Look at the answer.
Ah yes, by substitution.
Substitute x...
...by -3 !
Ah, that was it ?
Go, next !
We're in the middle of a lesson ! Don't interrupt us !
I'm borrowing Sakuragi-sensei.
Ow, that hurt !
10 000 yens.
Thanks, you're welcome.
What ?
The keys.
What ?
The keys !
Take them.
Thanks.
"Thanks"...
That hurts... !
[Day of the challenge]
Yo !
I won't be doing the dare, but I'll give you a little bit of advice.
I don't need any.
You're mocking what could happen to your students, aren't you?
Please get off.
They're hitting a wall.
Huh ?
Well then, it's a good thing that Kousaka chose to escape.
What are you saying ?
We're in the second half of the training period.
Now that Mizuno's challenge is complete,
they're letting go.
So the fact that someone decided to drop out
Actually, it's better if nothing had happened,
because they won't take notice that they're getting into it.
They're hitting the wall so that they can break through the other side.
That's why they have to break through
to be able to evolve.
It's the same thing for your "Chicken run".
Huh ?
Persevere until you hit the wall.
Understand ?
Until you hit the wall,
persevere !
Hey Ino !
Are you ok ?
Yeah.
Take your place, we're ready to begin.
Can you do it, sensei ?
They look really strong.
But it looks like they're easing up..
Why are you the only one here ?
If I went, I'd bring back luck.
They have courage to boycott my class.
Don't worry about it,
they just taking risks.
Wasn't it you that always said
that those who only do what they're told are useless?
You've never even listened to anybody.
But I have worked.
I've done everything you had asked me to do.
Yes, but you didn't go to Todai.
What ? Is that true ?
Yes, but I became a lawyer.
Ok, no more turning back.
Ready ?
Start !
Do you think she'll be ok ?
Keep persevering until you hit the wall.
Keep persevering until you hit the wall !
persevere, persevere...
...persevere until the wall...
But there is no wall !
Ino !
Ino-chan !
Hey, Ino-chan !
Ino !
Are you ok ?
It looks cold !
What have you done ?
Thanks.
She really fell into the water!
Isn't that right Yoshino ?
But I won.
The first one to stop loses, no?
Then it's me that won the challenge.
Why?
Huh ?
Why did you go so far just for me?
It makes no difference to you if I'm in the special class or not.
And so, aren't you against this special class?
But you are my student.
Why? That I don't know about,
but wouldn't you have felt lonely if nobody went to look for you?
Here.
Ah, that suits it well !
I knew something was going to go wrong.
I'm going back to school
like it was originally planned.
Having 'fun' with you guys,
I found it full of s**t.
Huh ?
Ha, ha, ha, shouldn't we be in school Yoshino-chan?
Yes, let's go back!
Let's go !
You too Ino-chan !
Kitty !
She's looking for me, this little one?
Yoshino,
There really isn't anything between Mizuno and I.
So don't think of anything bizzare.
Come on, I believed you.
Bad news!!!
Kousaka Yoshino has returned!
Huh ?
It seems that Ino-sensei has persuaded her.
S**t... That little stubborn...
She really is on Sakuragi's side!
Oh ?
Huh ?
You're not in a bad mood anymore?
It's because I've seen interesting things.
Ok.
Like you have already known,
we're going to raise the stakes.
Finish all of this by the end of the day.
Gramps !
Sit !
- Collective responsibility ! - What !!!
You can't take Todai lightly!
Here, that's all you missed.
Thanks.
Hey, for ealier on,
it was for repair costs.
Huh ?
Seaweed ?
Let's get back to business!
Ah, I forgot.
For you, Kousaka.
What's this?
This is what has been decided.
Idiot!
- So, how do you feel? - Shut up!
Ready?
Begin!
(English subtitles by Tomek, translated from the french subs by Le Piaf)
[This drama is fictional.] [All places, people, and names are fictitious.]