The next day
Kamiyama High School - Empty Classroom

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Kamishiro! Thank you so much for teaching me that mnemonic yesterday! I think I've memorized the elements!
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Rui

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Really?
Well then, why not test yourself by writing them out?
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Okay! Uhh... Huh?
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Oh no. I remembered the mnemonic, but not what any of it means!
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Tsukasa

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Akito, is that a probability problem you're working on?
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Akito

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Do you mind not snooping on my notebook?
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Tsukasa

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Heh heh heh. I'm very au fait with that unit! I shall take this opportunity and teach you!
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Akito

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Uh, no one asked you to do that... I'm fine, really.
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Tsukasa

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No need to be polite! The trick to solving these is to...
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Akito

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It's like talking to a brick wall... I guess I'll just let him teach me.
The day after that
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Rui

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Rote memorization has its place in the classroom... However, you won't get far just glaring at your textbook.
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Rui

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That's where this device comes in.
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Akito

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Yeah, I saw that earlier... What is it?
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Rui

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Hehe. This right here is my instantaneous memorization device. It delivers intense stimulation to all the senses to help the user instantly commit knowledge to memory.
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Rui

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It's still an experimental prototype, but I can guarantee your safety. Would you like to try it out, Shinonome?
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Akito

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Who the heck would try that weird thing out?
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I... I'm kinda...curious...
Anything to get these weird chemical formulas to stay in my brain...
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Tsukasa

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C-Calm down, Shiraishi. Organic learning is the way forward...!
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Man, I'm beat!
Time for a little break.

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Nene

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Um... Excuse me.
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Huh, Kusanagi?
What are you still doing at school?
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Nene

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Um... I heard from Rui and Tsukasa about your study sessions.
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Nene

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I brought these to keep you all going. They're chocolates from this shop by the station... Feel free to share them around if you like.
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What?! Are you sure?
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Nene

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Yeah. I could tell Tsukasa and Rui have been working hard, and they say eating chocolate helps when you're tired.
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Thank you! You're a lifesaver!
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Nene

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No problem... Good luck with studying.
Last day of supplementary classes
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Toya

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It looks like everyone's here.

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Yeah. Today's the day...
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Rui

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This is it. Everything hinges on whether you can pass this test.
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...
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Rui

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Do you feel prepared?
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Akito

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Huh? Of course I do.
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Akito

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How hard do you think I've been working for this? I'm not about to crumble at the last hurdle.
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Yeah... Yes, I feel the same.
Also...
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I owe it to the three of you for all you've done to help us out.
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I'm gonna give it all I've got.
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Mizuki

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Hahaha. I guess I need to treat this test seriously too. After all, I want to go into second year too.
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Tsukasa

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Yes! Well then...
Let's all be sure to pass this test...
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...and make it into the next year!
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Alright...
We're going in!
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Rui

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Okay. Good luck, all of you.

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Toya

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Do you think they'll be alright?
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Rui

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I have every confidence.
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Rui

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You saw for yourself, Aoyagi, how much effort they put into studying each day.
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Rui

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By this point, they can surpass any obstacle in their way. All you and I can do now...is have faith and be patient.
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Toya

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You're right.
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Teacher

Does everyone have their test?
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Teacher

Some of you are being tested for more subjects than others, so please submit your tests to me when you finish.
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Teacher

I will grade you immediately and inform you of your results before you leave.
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Teacher

I want you to show your best efforts and not let the past week go to waste.
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Teacher

You may begin.

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(Yes! That's chemistry out of the way. And I hardly had trouble with any questions...)
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(But now it's classics... I've gotta focus.)
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(Okay, it's going well.
I understand everything so far...)
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(There are two sections... The first is Literary Chinese.)
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(This looks okay. I've never had that much trouble with this part of classics, so I can get the gist of it...)
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(But the second one is Classical Japanese... My Everest...)
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(Let's take a look at the passage...)
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(Wait! This is...)
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(“The chaunginge of the sesoun stirreth the pathos of thinges in alle manere wyse.”)
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(“And autumpne stirreth it most of al, oft it hath bin said. Forsooth it may be so, yit nought can enflame the herte as can the seytes of springe.”)
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(It's the essay I read on the first day of supplementary classes with everyone's help...!)
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(Okay. I can do this...!)

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Oh! Sometimes, at the end of a day of singing practice, I'll feel really tired, look at the sky and think it looks gorgeous!
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Tsukasa

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Oh, I understand that too! When I look at the sky after pushing myself to the limit, it always looks so vast and peaceful.
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Yes! I know exactly what you mean!
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Rui

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Hehe. That deeply sentimental feeling is more or less what is called “the pathos of things”.
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(Yeah...)
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(The changing seasons...lend a rich charm to everything.)

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(Everyone says that things are most charming in fall, but nothing is as moving as...the sights of spring.)
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(When spring is announced by birdsong and gentle sunlight, and the sprouting of shoots and buds in hedges...)
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(I can read it.)
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(I can visualize what the words are saying...)
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(It doesn't sound like some weird magic words anymore. I understand the emotions behind the writing!)
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(I can feel what the writer was feeling... What it's like to look at nature and feel sadness and beauty and a surge of emotion... The pathos of things...)
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(I owe this to the others. Mizuki, Kamishiro, Toya... And to Akito and Tenma for studying alongside me, too.)
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(No, not just them. I have so many other friends who've been there for me.)
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(Their support and kindness have kept me going...)
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(I can do it now...! I can answer all these questions!)

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Akito

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(An's so focused...)
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Akito

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(I've gotta pull my weight too. Right?)
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Akito

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(I owe it to them for believing in me. There's no way I'm going out there defeated...!)
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...!
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(Wait... It's over...?)
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(I guess I was really focused... It went by...so fast...)
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(Wait, no. I should check my work...)
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(Everything's fine...
I answered every question, and I didn't make any mistakes filling in the answer sheet.)
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(Yeah... This should be...)

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(Thanks, guys.
I got here thanks to you...)
Next Chapter: Results Are In...