Lesson
155 - Another chance to live again.
(Takeru) Teshigawara explained to his brother (Suguru) Teshigawara
that their father and he (Takeru) had lost their power and
status a long time ago. Teshigawara is shocked to hear what
Takeru had said, and Takeru continued, saying that they are
no longer Okura Shiyo officials since a few years ago, because
they had been fired. Then Takeru tells Teshigawara that since
he and their father are no longer powerful high-ranking government
officials, Teshigawara should not feel inferior and lives
in pain anymore.
Teshigawara started to question his brother asking him whether
Takeru and their father had already been fired, and screams,
saying that he doesn't believe such things had happened, because
Takeru is a very talented child, the prodigy of Teshigawara's
clan. Then Teshigawara's continued, saying that their families
had become government officials since the Meiji era, and it's
only him who are unable to become one. Takeru is silent, as
Teshigawara speaks again, saying that the failure is the reason
why their father are so angry towards him, and because both
of them are good, it's impossible that they had been fired.
Suddenly, Takeru replied, that 5 years ago, their father
and he, and also a member of the parliament had attended an
illegal meeting, and when 2 internal groups in the ruling
party clashed, the meeting details surfaced. At that time,
all the blame had been dumped on their shoulders, and as a
result, both of them were fired. Their father refused to accept
the reality that he had been fired, because he had nearly
be able to become a deputy minister (of Okura Shiyo), counting
the fact that he had been raised in a family with tradition
that everyone must become a government official. Takeru remembers
that their father had always said that Okura Shiyo officialdom
is the highest position in the administration, no other jobs
are better that it, and the highest position in the ministry
is to become a Minister himself. Their father was on the verge
to become the most powerful official in Japan when he was
fired, and he can't accept the reality as the result.
Takeru then tells Teshigawara that their father still thinks
that he is still working at Okura Shiyo, and every morning
he will sit outside the building and talks nonsense over the
switched-off hand phone he carried with him everyday, and
he had been doing that for the last few years because he still
can't accept the fact that after a long hard work he had done
to achieve what he had got, he had been treated that way instead
(the firing). Takeru then tells Teshigawara that there was
something important that they (Takeru and their father) never
tell Teshigawara. He then proceeds to explain to Teshigawara
that his failure in the high-examination for government officials
had been purportedly made by their superiors, because their
superiors are uneasy with a possible scenario where their
father had been fired and his son become a government official
instead, as if Teshigawara wants to take up his father's position.
Takeru continued, saying that it's the result of such an intense
political battle, and that they are only tools that were being
used by others higher than them.
Takeru concluded his story, by telling Teshigawara that he
should realize that the levels of education are not an absolute
factor in life, and that he should not used them as a pillar
in his life. Teshigawara started to accuse Takeru of lying,
while Takeru tells him that after they were fired, a friend
introduced him to a managing director of a company, and now
he is working there. At first, Takeru admitted that he feels
uneasy to work with the director, who only finished middle
school education, but in the end he throws back all his feelings
and started to look forward, working hard for his future.
Teshigawara can be heard now mumbling that Takeru is lying
at him, and while Takeru try to reply, Teshigawara suddenly
screams, and reveals lots of his hand-made bombs inside his
police uniform, saying that Takeru is just a liar.
Takeru is shocked to se the bomb, and asked Teshigawara on
what he wants to do. (Toshiyuki) Saejima exclaimed that Teshigawara
had become mad again, and Teshigawara started to accuse Takeru
of trying to con him for saying such things. Suddenly Teshigawara
suspected something, and accused Takeru of not being his brother.
Then he continued, pointing his finger toward Takeru, and
accused him as (Eikichi) Onizuka in disguise. Onizuka, (Urumi)
Kanzaki and (Kouji) Fujiyoushi can only looked at him with
an embarrassed look, while Teshigawara accused Onizuka of
being jealous with him, so Onizuka wants to destroy his family
by disguising himself as Takeru. Teshigawara then laughed,
and asked Onizuka whether he can fool him with such tricks.
He then lighted the fuse of one of his bombs, while commenting
that he will show his true powers. (Azusa) Fuyutsuki tried
to ask Teshigawara to stop, but he ignored her while saying
that he will kill Onizuka for sure. His eyes now sees Onizuka's
face on everyone on the roof, and he throws the bomb towards
them, and started to light and hurl more towards them, who
started to panic. He screams again, saying that if Onizuka
dies, his life will become more peaceful.
Suddenly, Onizuka take one of the bombs, while Saejima screams
saying that he can't douse the fuse off. Onizuka then bit
the fuse so that the fuse will become shorter, and Onizuka
lighted the fuse back. Saejima is puzzled to look what Onizuka
had done, and asked him on his intentions. Onizuka ignored
him, and throws the bomb towards the water tank at the other
end of the roof, and he screams, asking everyone to duck.
The bomb exploded upon contact with the tank, and a lot of
water splashed out from the destroyed tanks, drenching everyone
on the roof and dousing the sparks on the bombs.
Teshigawara is stunned to see what Onizuka had done, and
Onizuka asked him on why his face looks sour, wondering if
Teshigawara had exhausted all the bombs that he had. He then
tells Teshigawara that everything is over now, and since Teshigawara
had always being pampered with money, ranks and the elite
status of his family, the moment they are in now must be the
very first time for Teshigawara to experience the feeling
that happened to someone that lost everything, just like having
zero marks in a test. Onizuka exclaimed that Teshigawara used
to have a lot, but now lose them all, and asked Teshigawara
whether he feels more comfortable now not to have anything
to worry about.
Teshigawara is stunned, he drops the wet bomb he had on his
hand on the floor. He started to remember that one day when
he is little, the obasan neighbor asked him on what he is
doing. He remembers replying to the obasan that he is changing
the answers in his test papers. The obasan was puzzled, and
Teshigawara replied that he do just that because he only get
87 points in that particular paper. Teshigawara then continued,
telling the obasan that he is embarrassed to show the mark
to his father and brother, thus he is changing the answers.
The obasan commented that 87 points is good, but Teshigawara
replied that if he doesn't get full marks, he is considered
failed by his father, and he had to work hard to become just
like his grandfather, father and brother who are able to maintain
full marks in their tests, or else he will be lashed by his
father. Hearing him, the obasan laughed, saying that 87 points
is still 87 points, no matter what he is doing. She then added
that 87 points is good, and it reflects Teshigawara's true
capabilities. Teshigawara tried to protest, but suddenly the
obasan asked him whether he had ever considered trying and
get zero marks, and Teshigawara is shocked. The obasan then
gives him some examples, like deliberately putting wrong answers,
or not to answer the questions at all. Teshigawara protested,
saying that his father will surely kill him if he do just
that, but the obasan replied again that doing such things
for once will do no harm to him. She then explained that she
just wanted to convey the message that he should not study
just to get full marks, and asked him again about his ambitions
to become an anthropologist (webmaster note: Is this the name
for someone who studies insects?). She exclaimed that he had
such ambitions because he feels that studying insects is more
fun than getting full marks, and such life is more suitable
for him too.
The obasan continued, telling Teshigawara that living according
to the path that others had set up for him is easy, but if
he wants to sway from the path, he had to become braver, because
others may perceive his actions as heretical, but doing such
things may enable him to see a different world than the one
he sees when he followed the path. She then wished Teshigawara
to become someone who is brave and strong, and he must be
able to start everything all over again from nothing, and
when he puts down the heavy burden, he will surely feels free
and comfortable…
Teshigawara is stunned as he remembered the moments he had
with the obasan, and he silently called out for her. He now
realized that everything that had happened now is caused by
the fact that he is not used to starting all over again from
the scratch, and he remembers again on how he once wants desperately
to throw the burden of being part of Teshigawara's family
but he is scared of doing so, and in the end, he have to carry
the burden until now, even that he realized that he had lost
everything.
He suddenly smiled and laughed as he exclaimed that he really
had lost everything, but he is still taking into consideration
the feelings of his parents and also the "elite"
status the family has. Then he thanked Onizuka, saying that
he knows now why he hate Onizuka so much, and as Teshigawara
wants to tell the reason, Onizuka approached him and asked
him to get down first from the fence before talking, because
Teshigawara had wasted too much of his time already. Teshigawara
ignored him, and instead starting to lean backwards, shocking
Onizuka, Fuyutsuki and (Ryoko) Sakurai.
As Teshigawara falls from the top of the building, he smiled
as he silently thinks that he hated Onizuka because he is
jealous of him, particularly about his lifestyle. Fuyutsuki
screams his name, and so are Takeru, while the free-falling
Teshigawara started to smile, while thinking that he actually
wants to have similar lifestyles just like Onizuka, who doesn't
have any worries about marks, other people's views and everything
but still respected by others. Teshigawara thinks of being
able to drink with friends everyday, and laughed and cried
anytime he wants, and he really hoped to have such a lifestyle.
He then resigned himself to the fact that everything is already
over, because he will not be able to bring himself to forgiveness,
and he doesn't have the will to live again. As he approached
the ground, he silently bid Onizuka goodbye, and being able
to meet him really makes him…
Suddenly, the rain pipes started to detach itself from the
building's walls, and Teshigawara is shocked to see that he
is floating on the air, just inches from the ground. He then
hears Onizuka's voice lashing at him asking on who gives him
permission to die when the "special class" is still
not over. Then Onizuka is shown holding Teshigawara's leg
with one hand, and Teshigawara looked up to see Onizuka holding
the wrecked rain pipes with his other hand. Suddenly, the
hand that holds the rain pipes slipped, and both of them fall
to the ground unharmed.
Onizuka groaned in pain, saying that his shoulder bones must
had been broken, and started to curse Teshigawara again, saying
that with such a "special class", Teshigawara not
only have to pay for the tuition fees, but also the hospitalization
costs. Teshigawara asked him on why he must save him, and
Onizuka replied that if Teshigawara dies, no other students
will want to enroll in his "special class" anymore,
plus the tuition fee had not been paid yet. Teshigawara is
shocked to hear him, and Onizuka started to tell him that
the fee cost Teshigawara 20 million yen, and Teshigawara must
pay the fees without any discount. Teshigawara accused him
of blackmail attempt, but Onizuka lashed at him to shut up
and just pay, adding that Onizuka will accept payments in
interest-free installments too. So before Teshigawara pays
the fees, he is forbidden to commit suicide, or else Onizuka
himself will step in and kill him.
Onizuka then tells him to work hard to pay for the debt,
forgetting all the bad experiences and started to work hard
for the future, so he will not have time to think about nasty
things. He then continued, saying that Teshigawara will surely
succeed and builds a huge building for his business, and he
will be able then to show to his father that he earned more
money than him. At that time, Teshigawara will be able then
to show his father that even that Teshigawara is weak in his
studies, he will still be able to create a successful career,
because Teshigawara is not a worthless person anymore.
Teshigawara smiled as he heard Onizuka's words, and Onizuka
commented that if Teshigawara understands him now, he should
surrender himself to Saejima, who coincidentally arrived from
the top of the building along with the others. Onizuka exclaimed
that a man should take responsibility of everything he had
done, and Teshigawara thanked him. Hearing him, Onizuka replied
that he should atone for his sins and come out from behind
the bars quickly, adding that as long as he is still alive,
the chance of him to start all over again will still present.
Teshigawara started to have teary eyes, and Onizuka continued,
saying that when the time comes, both of them should go out
and have a drink together while eating steaks….
FINISHED.
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