Lesson #196 – Sayonara.

(Nagisa) Nagase arrived at the hospital where (Eikichi) Onizuka is warded, and she is stunned after she sees him on life support. (Ryuji) Danma asked her on why she is late, and tells her that she doesn’t have to have that worried look on her face because Onizuka is simply “resting”. (Urumi) Kanzaki is seen slumping on his bedside, alongside with (Azusa) Fuyutsuki while (Kunio) Murai and (Taadaki) Kusano are standing silently behind Danma. Danma started to clench his fist, as if he is holding something back, and muttered that Onizuka used to act aggressively all the time, so his conditions now is just normal (webmaster note: or Danma wants to say that Onizuka always encountered such sickness, take your pick). He assured her that she doesn’t have to think hard, because Onizuka will get off the bed in no time. Danma is now shown trying to force a smile, as he asked Nagisa whether she agrees if he says that it’s impossible for Onizuka to die. Suddenly, he whacked the table next to the bed with Onizuka is still in coma, and screamed that Onizuka is a species of man that is invincible, and he will not die under any circumstances. Nagisa is speechless when she hears him…

Back to the police station, (Shiro) Shibuya is still biting his thumb as the detective who interrogates him is asked by a colleague whether Shibuya has talked, but the detective replied in the negative. His colleague sighed, and commented that kids nowadays are too explosive, and wants to kill for petty reasons. He continued, trying to say that the kids doesn’t even know how to fight, when suddenly the detective snapped, and asked the colleague whether he has contacted Shibuya’s parents. The colleague replied, saying that he have obtained Shibuya’s records from his school to get his parents to come to the police station, and in the process he has also heard that Shibuya has been living alone for nearly half a year, with the school’s headmaster as the guardian. The detective is shocked to hear him.

Shibuya started to remember how he has been told that there is something wrong with his mind, as a policewoman tells the detective that Shibuya’s parents doesn’t want to come to the police station, and they instead urged the police to find someone else to bail Shibuya out. The detective becomes angry when he hears her, and lashed at the parents for ignoring what their son have done. He wondered on what have happened to Japanese parents nowadays, while Shibuya himself reminisced on how his mother tells a teacher from his former school that she will not do such a “dirty” thing, and accused Shibuya of hallucinating. Shibuya also remembers how her mom tells the teacher that her husband and she are pondering whether to sent Shibuya to a mental hospital (webmaster note: This flashback is just like what Shibuya have in Lesson #194).

Meanwhile, the detective attempted to talk with Shibuya’s mother to ask her to come to the police station, as Shibuya started to silently ask his parents on why they wants to send him to a mental hospital, and wondered whether they doesn’t want him anymore. The detective tells his mother over the phone that the police don’t know what to do with Shibuya anymore. Suddenly, the detective is shocked when he hears Shibuya’s mother telling him that they (Shibuya’s parents) are scared of Shibuya, as Shibuya now has become angry at his parents for looking down on him. The detective did not believe what Shibuya’s mother has said, and started to scold her for being irresponsible when suddenly he realized that Shibuya is standing right behind him, with the detective’s gun on his hands. He promptly shoots the detective’s leg, and Shibuya started to laugh, saying that the detective deserved it.

A commotion started to happen in the police station, as the detective screamed, asking the fleeing Shibuya on what he is doing. His colleagues started to attend on him, when (Noboru) Yoshikawa is shocked to learn that Shibuya has escaped. Meanwhile, Shibuya who is back on the streets, asked himself on why all people wanted to dump him like an unwanted stray dog, and vowed to kill all people who look down on him. He then ripped the petrol tank of his bike, and vowed that he will burn all his enemies to ashes.

Switching to the school, inside the server room, (Misuzu) Daimon lashed at (Ryoko) Sakurai for saying that she (Sakurai) believed on her, when she herself doesn’t come to the school when Daimon burned it down. Sakurai is silent as Daimon continued, saying that Sakurai only know pretending that she believes on her students as she cheats them. She reminded Sakurai, that she has told her to befriend other students, and that schools do not exist just to study, but for other purposes too. Daimon then accused her of being a liar and that everything Sakurai has said to her in the past are all lies.

Daimon then accused the people like Sakurai who runs private schools as greedy bastards who put profits above everything else, thus they doesn’t have any right to say anything about making a perfect school. She continued, saying that she knows now the true meaning of the word “friend” (webmaster note: actually there’s 2 words that symbolize “friend” there, but as both of them translate to “friend” anyway, I left out the other one), and its all bullshit. She tells Sakurai that she doesn’t learn it from anyone, but from Sakurai. Daimon now started to have a flashback…

[Flashback mode on]

A student tells a friend that her classmate Daimon’s father is now in jail for arson, and that he commits the crime because he was fired and wants to take revenge. The friends is shocked to hear it, and exclaimed that the rumor she have heard all along is true. Daimon is shown sitting at her desk, when the rumormonger continued, saying that she have heard that the fire that erupts inside the trash bin in another class is caused by Daimon…

[Flashback off]

Daimon then tells Sakurai that she never thought that the friends she has made will become enemies in the next day. She continued, saying that she has originally respected them as friends, and tells them her secrets, but instead she becomes their sitting duck for abuse merely two days after that. Daimon reiterated, saying that what has happened to her is a reality, and such cases also happened everywhere else. She reminded her that the condition at the Kichiyouji Private School has become worse since Sakurai last worked as a teacher 20 years ago, and it is all because of the fault of teachers like Sakurai who have created an invisible barrier between the students and teachers, and then pretend to ignore that the barrier is not there. Daimon then started to have another flashback…

[Flashback mode on]

A female student asked a male student, wondering whether the news about Daimon sending him love letters is right, and whether the male students wanted to befriend her. The male student laughed, saying that the female student is insane, and that he promptly throws away the letter when he received it. He continued, not realizing that Daimon is listening from around the corner, that Daimon is infested by the ‘arson bugs’ which have the tendencies to release flames, and that he is finished if he is also infected by such a bug. In the next scene, Sakurai is shown trying to comfort the crying Daimon, and she says that a few students are jealous of Daimon because she is beautiful, famous and smart, plus because the school they are in is a private school filled with outstanding kids, those who jumped classes (webmaster note: meaning that a student is promoted from Year 1 to Year 3 automatically, not skipping classes) always have the desire to outsmart the rest of their classmates…

[Flashback mode off]

The angry Daimon then commented that what Sakurai is saying in the flashback is actually to tell her that everyone is born “evil” from the start, quoting some Japanese philosopher, and that everyone is being nice when in face-to-face contact with someone, when actually they will look down upon that someone deep inside their heart. She continued, saying that messages in bulletin boards are more dangerous, because there you can find lots of anonymous people spreading lies and gossip against someone else, using the boards as a medium to spread their anger and dissatisfaction to the whole world. People like them will laugh at the misfortune of others, and will also bully them if given the chance. Daimon started to laugh, saying that Japanese people likes to satisfy themselves by casting misfortune upon others, and that such people are shameless to say the least. She asked Sakurai on why she should believe people like that, as she started to have yet another flashback…

[Flashback mode on]

Sakurai continued telling the sad Daimon that everyone is just jealous of her, because they failed to compete with someone who entered the school with “jump class” results, so they will combine forces to bully those who excel more than them. Sakurai explained that all people will surely not feeling good when they founds out that someone is better than them, so when a chance to bully that someone comes, they will surely grab that chance.

[Flashback mode off]

Daimon then tells Sakurai that because of the reason she have said earlier, she wants to train a group of student that will never bow to the unfair world. Those students will never believe on anyone, will never be influenced and believes solely on the strength and energy of oneself, to become the resilient kids molded in her vision.

Suddenly, Sakurai asked Daimon whether such kids can be considered resilient, and exclaimed that such kids aren’t ‘resilient’, and that they are only faking it. She continued, telling Daimon that a truly resilient person is someone who didn’t always put his own interest above all else. A resilient kid is someone who can reach out to others and feels their pain. Daimon interjected, saying that Sakurai is only speaking crap. She lashed at her, asking whether Sakurai is really qualified to speak such words, and guessed that Sakurai has always been impatient with her, and that what she have said is just a lip-service. Daimon then started to have another flashback…

[Flashback mode on]

Sakurai touched Daimon’s hand and exclaimed that she doesn’t have to worry about anything, because she (Sakurai) will always believe in her forever. She added that she will always support her, and that she will help her…

[Flashback mode off]

Daimon then started to remind Sakurai that she actually believes on her, that Sakurai will save her. Sakurai replied that she does, but Daimon countered, asking on why Sakurai didn’t come to save her at that time…. (Daimon has another flashback here)

[Flashback mode on]

Daimon is shown trying to burn a pile of trash laced with gasoline, as she started to cry when she does it…

[Flashback mode off]

Daimon then tells Sakurai that she has waited for her to come after she started to burn the school, but she didn’t. She asked her on why Sakurai did not come to save her, and speculates that Sakurai have not believed what Daimon has told her, and she thoughts that Daimon is trying to cheat her. Daimon then started to have another flashback…

[Flashback mode on]

A fireman is trying to wake a semi-conscious Daimon, and he urged her to hang-on. He then tells a colleague to call the ambulance, because Daimon has suffered heavy burns. Daimon is squirming with pain, with her back heavily burned…

[Flashback mode off]

Daimon then removed her coats and shows the scar on her back, and asked Sakurai about why she should believe on her after she suffers such a heavy burns. She continued, asking on why she should believe on anyone else after what have happened to her. Suddenly, Sakurai puts her own coat around Daimon covering the scar, as she commented that Daimon is so pitiful. Sakurai exclaimed that the scar must have inconvenienced her for a long time, but she (Sakurai) has always being proud because of that very scar.

Daimon is puzzled when she hears her, and Sakurai explained that Daimon must have forgotten, but actually Sakurai did come to the school at that time. Sakurai then lifted her shirt to show a similar scar on her back, shocking Daimon in the process. The stunned Daimon can only listened as Sakurai continued, saying that she has come to the burning school and rescued her from the fire….

[Flashback mode on]

A glimpse of Sakurai is shown carrying Daimon on her back, braving her way through the burning hallway.

[Flashback mode off]

The speechless Daimon then started to speak, asking whether Sakurai has really come to save her at that time, but both of them do not realize that somewhere else in the school, Shibuya has started to make his own fire….

FINISHED.