End Story Ougi Formula
数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 史[し]:history, もっとも:most/extremely, もっとも:but then/although|reasonable, 美しい[うつくしい]:beautiful/lovely, 式[しき]:equation|ceremony|style|, ご存じ[ごぞんじ]:knowing|(an) acquaintance
数学史上もっとも美しい式 をご存じだろうか?
End Story Ougi Formula
Do you know which mathematical equation is the most beautiful?
End Story Ougi Formula
プラス:plus/addition
イー ノ アイ パイ 上 プラス いち エクオール ゼロ
e to the power of i times pi plus one equals zero.
いわゆる:what is called/as it is called/the so-called, 等式[とうしき]:equality
いわゆるオイラーの等式である
This is also called Euler's identity.
自然[しぜん]:nature|natural|naturally, 対数[たいすう]:logarithm/log, 底[そこ]:bottom/sole, 底[てい]:base (logarithmic, exponential, number system)|base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.)|type, 円周率[えんしゅうりつ]:Pi (3.1415926..), 虚数[きょすう]:complex number/imaginary part/imaginary number
自然対数の底ｅと 円周率πと虚数ｉと １と０が
This is the epitome of elegance, combining the basis of the natural logarithm,
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 式[しき]:equation|ceremony|style|, 贅肉[ぜいにく]:excess flesh/flab, 収まる[おさまる]:to be in one's place|to be delivered|to be settled||, 等式[とうしき]:equality
一つの式に贅肉なく あるべくしてあるように収まるこの等式は
the imaginary number i, the circumference ratio pi, and the integers one and zero.
この世[このよ]:this world/the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead), 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state
もしもこの世に神様がいるとすれば
One might argue that this equation
最[さい]:the most/the extreme|prime, 有力[ゆうりょく]:influential/prominent|strong, 証拠[しょうこ]:evidence/proof, 物件[ぶっけん]:article/thing/object, あげる:to raise/to elevate|to do up (one's hair), 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 品[しな]:article|quality|flirtatiousness, 品[ほん]:court rank|level|chapter
その最有力の証拠物件としてあげられる一品だろう
is the most powerful possible evidence that God exists, creating it to impose order on reality.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
What's interesting— well, essentially, what's beautiful about it, is that this formula wasn't decided by us.
It's beautiful, but when you think about it, it's also frightening.
That said, Oshino Ougi,
とは言え[とはいえ]:though/although/be that as it may, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
とは言え忍野扇
転校生[てんこうせい]:transfer student/student changing schools, 公式[こうしき]:formal/official|formula (e.g. mathematical), 美しい[うつくしい]:beautiful/lovely, ひょっと:possibly/perhaps|unintentionally, 苦言[くげん]:candid advice/frank advice/honest opinion, 呈する[ていする]:to present|to show|to assume (e.g. a shape)
あの転校生ならば オイラーの公式の美しさについてさえ ひょっとすると苦言(くげん)を呈(てい)することだろう
the transfer student, would have dark things to say even about the beauty of Euler's identity.
風[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 風[かぜ]:wind|manner|cold
こんな風に
Like so:
確か[たしか]:sure|reliable|If I'm not mistaken, 美しい[うつくしい]:beautiful/lovely, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
ええ 確かに美しいですねえ 阿良々木先輩
Yes, it is undeniably beautiful, Araragi.
美しい[うつくしい]:beautiful/lovely, 卒倒[そっとう]:fainting/swooning
美しくて美しくて卒倒(そっとう)しちゃいそうです
I may just faint from its sheer beauty.
The most beautiful thing about it is that its solution is zero.
一番[いちばん]:number one|best|game||, 一番[ひとつがい]:pair/couple/brace, 美しい[うつくしい]:beautiful/lovely, 答[こたえ, いらえ]:answer/reply/response
一番美しいのは 答が０になるってところです
とは言え[とはいえ]:though/although/be that as it may, なんか:things like .../or something like that ... (often derogatory), なんか:something, 答[こたえ, いらえ]:answer/reply/response, 取り立てる[とりたてる]:to collect (debts)|to appoint|to emphasize, 計算[けいさん]:calculation/reckoning|forecast, てもいい:indicates concession or compromise|indicates permission
とは言え 私なんかは 答が０になるんなら 取り立てて計算しなくてもいいって思いますけれどね
And it's my feeling that because the answer is zero, nobody needs to bother with it.
やっぱり:too/also|still
それを聞いてやっぱり僕は思うわけだ
And that's what makes me think...
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 他[ほか]:other (place, thing, person)|outside|nothing except|, 他[た]:other (esp. people and abstract matters), 言い表す[いいあらわす]:to express (in words)|to confess
忍野扇は忍野扇で 他に言い表しようがないのだと
The only way to describe her is by saying that Ougi is just Ougi.
彼女の前ではすべてが０
The world around her exists as a zero gradient.
どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
彼女はどんならしからぬことをしても 彼女らしくなってしまうのだと
She assimilates everything.
今回[こんかい]:now/this time/lately, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend
というわけで今回は数学の物語だ
And so, this story is about mathematics.
勉強[べんきょう]:study|diligence|discount
お勉強をしよう
Let us study.
数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 構える[かまえる]:to set up (a house, store, etc.)|to have at the ready (e.g. a gun)|to adopt a posture||, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 向き[むき]:direction|suited to|tendency||, しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known, 砕く[くだく]:to break/to smash, 算数[さんすう]:arithmetic, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 言い換える[いいかえる]:to say in other words/to put another way/to express in different words
数学と言うと構えてしまう向きもあるかもしれないので 砕(くだ)いて算数の話と言い換えてもいい
If the idea of math fills you with apprehension, you might as well call it arithmetic instead.
いっそ:rather/sooner/preferably, もっと:(some) more/even more/longer, 端的[たんてき]:frank/direct/plain, 数[しばしば]:often/again and again/frequently, 数[かず]:number/amount, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
いっそもっと端的(たんてき)に 数の話と言ってしまっても
Or, to make it even more simple, call it a story of numbers.
なにせ:at any rate/anyhow, 数[しばしば]:often/again and again/frequently, 数[かず]:number/amount, 解[かい]:solution (of equation), 決まる[きまる]:to be decided/to be settled|to look good in (clothes), しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
なにせこれは 数の多さで解(かい)が決まってしまう話
After all, as you'll soon see, the conclusion is driven by the largest number.
即ち[すなわち]:that is/namely/i.e., 多数決[たすうけつ]:majority rule, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
即(すなわ)ち多数決の話なのだから
It's a story where the majority rules.
多数決[たすうけつ]:majority rule
多数決
Majority rule.
間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken, 真実[しんじつ, さな]:truth/reality, しまえる:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 唯一[ゆいいつ, ゆいつ]:only/sole/unique, 方法[ほうほう]:method/process/manner
間違ったことでも真実にしてしまえる 唯一の方法
The the only way to turn even our mistakes into the truth.
幸せ[しあわせ, しやわせ]:happiness/good fortune/luck, 示す[しめす]:to (take out and) show|to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)|to indicate, 合わせ[あわせ]:joint together/opposite/facing, 追求[ついきゅう]:pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.)/search/chase, 積み木[つみき]:(toy) building blocks/bricks|piled timber, 細工[さいく]:work/craftsmanship/tactics, 方式[ほうしき]:form/method/system
幸せではなく示し合わせを追求する 積み木細工の方式
It does not pursue individual happiness, but only cohesion constructed from consent.
達[たち]:pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific), 達[だち, ダチ]:friend, 不等式[ふとうしき]:inequality (expression)
僕達の不等式
Our expression of inequality.
達[たち]:pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific), 達[だち, ダチ]:friend, 不当[ふとう]:injustice/impropriety/unreasonableness, 式[しき]:equation|ceremony|style|
僕達の不当式
An expression of our inequality.
In equality
We are un
人類[じんるい]:mankind/humanity, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance, 発明[はつめい]:invention|intelligent|being enlightened, 言える[いえる]:to be possible to say/to be able to say, くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that
人類が本当の意味で発明したと言えるのは これくらいのものだろう
This is the only thing truly invented by mankind.
人類史[じんるいし]:human history, もっとも:most/extremely, もっとも:but then/although|reasonable, 醜い[みにくい]:ugly/unattractive|unsightly, 式[しき]:equation|ceremony|style|
そしてこれは 人類史上もっとも醜(みにく)い式である
And this is also the ugliest expression in human history.
Now, let us open the door
and start our adventure
Let us find the answer
leading to a true and just future
I want to do this, I want to do that
Enslaved by greed
,
I don't want this
I don't want that
,
I'm full of contradictions
When we are
all present
When all our lies
are present
Now, let us open the door
and start our adventure
Let us find the answer
leading to a true and just future
See the destruction we wrought
as we looked away
Hear the mistakes we amassed
with ears held
Pray we don't do it again
Ougi Formula Part One
End Story Ougi Formula
If there's anyone out there who's experienced
初対面[しょたいめん]:first meeting/first interview with, 後輩[こうはい]:junior (at work, school, etc.)/younger people/younger student, 謎[なぞ]:riddle/puzzle|enigmatic, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
もしも初対面の後輩と 謎めいた教室の中
二人[ふたり, ににん]:two persons/two people/pair, 閉じこめる[とじこめる]:to lock up/to shut up/to imprison, 既に[すでに, すんでに]:already/too late, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 経過[けいか]:passage/expiration/progress, 経験[けいけん]:experience, 持つ[もつ]:to hold (in one's hand)|to possess|to maintain||
二人きりで閉じこめられて 既に一時間が経過したという経験をお持ちの人がいるならば
being locked in a mysterious classroom alone with a younger girl they'd just met for more than an hour,
是非[ぜひ]:certainly/without fail|right and wrong, アドバイス:advice, 求める[もとめる]:to want|to request|to seek|
是非(ぜひ)ともアドバイスを求めたいところだった
I'd be really grateful for some advice right now.
駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
駄目ですね 阿良々木先輩
I wouldn't get my hopes up, Araragi.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance
ああ 今のは阿良々木先輩が駄目ですねっていう意味じゃありませんよ?
With the door, I mean, not with me.
色々[いろいろ]:various|various colors (colours), 試す[ためす]:to attempt/to test/to try out, 高窓[たかまど]:high window/clerestory window, やっぱり:too/also|still, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance
色々試してみましたけれど 大窓も高窓も やっぱりビクともしませんという意味です
I just meant that I already tried the windows and they didn't budge.
いや
Nah.
Given the circumstances, I don't think I could have misunderstood.
駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 誤解[ごかい]:misunderstanding, とても:very/awfully|(not) at all, 状況[じょうきょう]:state of affairs (around you)/situation/circumstances
僕が駄目っていう意味だなんて誤解を とてもするような状況じゃないと思うけれど
駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|
僕のほうも駄目だよ
The doors won't budge either.
鍵がかかる[かぎがかかる]:to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking), 風[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 風[かぜ]:wind|manner|cold
鍵がかかっているって風じゃなくて
But it doesn't feel locked.
接着剤[せっちゃくざい]:adhesive/glue, 固定[こてい]:fixation/fixing (e.g. salary, capital)|fixed handle, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
なんだか 接着剤か何かで固定されているみたいな感じなんだが
More like glued shut.
Yes. Like I just said, the windows are shut tight.
前述[ぜんじゅつ]:aforementioned/above-mentioned, 通り[とおり]:avenue|coming and going|flow (of water, air, etc.)||, 通り[どおり]:in accordance with|roughly|Street, 窓[まど]:window, まるっきり:completely/perfectly/totally, 微動[びどう]:slight tremor/slight movement/a quiver
ええ 前述の通り 窓もまるっきり微動だにしません
鍵[かぎ, カギ]:key|lock, 鍵[けん]:key (of a piano, etc.), 備え付ける[そなえつける]:to provide/to furnish/to equip, クレセント:crescent, 錠[じょう]:lock/padlock|tablet, 可動[かどう]:mobile/moveable
鍵について言いますと 備え付けられているクレセント錠 これは可動します
They can be unlocked by flipping the lock here.
However, the main window frame still just won't move.
肝心[かんじん]:essential/fundamental/crucial, 窓枠[まどわく]:window frame/sash, 可動[かどう]:mobile/moveable
ですが 肝心の窓枠のほうが可動しません
接着剤[せっちゃくざい]:adhesive/glue, 固定[こてい]:fixation/fixing (e.g. salary, capital)|fixed handle, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
そう 接着剤か何かで固定されている"みたいな感じ" ですか
Yes, like it was glued shut.
All right.
しょう:workman/artisan|craft, しょう:quotient|dealing/dealer
しょうがない
外部[がいぶ]:the outside|external, 助け[たすけ]:assistance/help/aid, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
外部からの助けを待とうぜ 扇ちゃん
Let's wait for help to arrive.
幸い[さいわい]:happiness/blessedness|luckily, 達[たち]:pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific), 達[だち, ダチ]:friend
幸い 僕達がここにいることは 神原が知ってるわけだし
Thankfully Kanbaru knows that we're here.
どうですかねえ
About that...
助け[たすけ]:assistance/help/aid, 当てにする[あてにする]:to count on/to expect someone to (provide help, etc.), 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
人の助けを当てにしますねえ 阿良々木先輩
So you're counting on being saved by others?
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried, 勝手に[かってに]:arbitrarily/of its own accord/voluntarily, 助かる[たすかる]:to be saved|to escape harm|to be helped
人は一人で勝手に助かるだけ
People can only save themselves.
Y'know?
なのに
I'm sorry.
失礼[しつれい, しつらい]:discourtesy|Excuse me|to leave|
失礼
叔父[おじ, はくふ]:uncle, 叔父[おとおじ]:uncle (one's father's younger brother), 主義[しゅぎ]:doctrine/rule/principle
これは叔父さんの主義でした
That's my uncle's philosophy.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 無関係[むかんけい]:unrelated
私にも阿良々木先輩にも無関係でしたね
It doesn't have anything to do with the two of us.
However, relying on your friends isn't such a bad thing, Araragi.
ともかく:anyhow/anyway/somehow or other, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 頼る[たよる]:to rely on/to have recourse to/to depend on, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing, ではある:to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
しかしそれはともかくとして 阿良々木先輩 仲間を頼るのは悪いことではありませんが
基本的[きほんてき]:fundamental/standard/basic, 私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us, 自力[じりき, じりょく]:one's own strength/one's own efforts|self-salvation, 脱出[だっしゅつ]:escape/break-out|prolapse, 試み[こころみ]:attempt/trial|endeavour (endeavor), 放棄[ほうき]:abandonment/renunciation/resignation
基本的には私達は 自力で脱出しようという試みを まだ放棄すべきではないと思いますよ
I just don't think we should abandon our hopes of escaping on our own yet.
Because...
なぜなら
時計[とけい, ときはかり]:watch/clock/timepiece, 針[はり, ち]:needle|hook|stinger||, 達[たち]:pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific), 達[だち, ダチ]:friend, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 秒[びょう]:second (60th min), 微動[びどう]:slight tremor/slight movement/a quiver, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother
時計の針は 僕達がこの教室に入ってきたあのときから 一分一秒分すらも 微動だにしていなかった
The hands of the clock did not advance by a single second since we entered the classroom.
電池[でんち]:battery/cell, 切れ[きれ]:piece|cloth|sharpness|, 切れ[ぎれ]:completely using up .../running out of .../exhausting ..., もちろん:of course/certainly/naturally
電池切れ というわけでは もちろん ないんでしょうねえ
Surely the battery is not dead.
End Story Ougi Formula
始まり[はじまり]:origin/beginning, 春休み[はるやすみ]:spring break/spring vacation, 金髪[きんぱつ, キンパツ]:blond hair, 金[おうごん, こがね]:gold, 金[かね, かな]:money|metal, 眼[め]:eye|eyesight|look||, 眼[まなこ]:eye|pupil and (dark) iris of the eye|insight||, 吸血鬼[きゅうけつき]:vampire/bloodsucker, 襲う[おそう]:to attack|to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)|to make a sudden visit, ちょうど:exactly/precisely|as if, ちょうど:supplies/furniture/fixtures, 半年[はんとし, はんねん]:half year, 経過[けいか]:passage/expiration/progress, 十[じゅう, とお]:ten, 十[シー]:ten, 下旬[げじゅん]:last third of a month/21st to the last day of a month
ことの始まりは 僕が春休み 金髪金眼の吸血鬼に襲われてから ちょうど半年が経過した 十月下旬のある日のことだった
This story begins exactly half a year after I was bitten by a blonde, golden-eyed vampire during the last third of October.
Naoetsu High
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
やあ阿良々木先輩!
Hey, Araragi!
It's me, Kanbaru Suruga!
河[かわ, がわ]:river/stream|the .... river, 河[ホー, かわ]:discarded tiles/discards
神原駿河だ!
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried
一人か!
Are you alone?
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried
一人だな!
You're alone!
実[じつ, じち]:truth|sincerity|content|, 実[み]:fruit|seed|(in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.|, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 紹介[しょうかい]:introduction/presentation/referral
実は阿良々木先輩に紹介したい子がいるのだ
You see, there is a girl I want to introduce to you!
Ain't she cute?!
可愛い[かわいい, かわゆい]:cute|dear|cute little
可愛いだろう?
で あの子 なんなんだ?
So what's the deal with her?
紹介[しょうかい]:introduction/presentation/referral
僕に紹介したいって
This girl you want to introduce me to?
相談[そうだん]:consultation/discussion, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 欲しい[ほしい]:wanted/wished for|I want (you) to
相談があると言うのだ 阿良々木先輩に だから会ってやって欲しいのだ
She said she wanted to talk to you and asked me to help her find you.
相談[そうだん]:consultation/discussion
その相談っていうのは何だ?
She wanted to talk to me?
詳しい[くわしい]:detailed/full|knowing very well
私も詳しくは聞いていないのだが
I dunno either,
怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, がらみ:about/concerning/related to, 相談[そうだん]:consultation/discussion, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
怪異がらみの相談らしい
but apparently it's about oddities.
みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
なんだか知っているみたいなんだ あの子
She seems to know a thing or two.
左手[ひだりて]:left hand|left-hand side/left-hand direction, 左手[ゆんで]:one's left hand/bow hand, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 血[ち]:blood/consanguinity
私の左手のことも知っていたし 阿良々木先輩の血のことも知っていた
She knew about my left arm and your blood too.
叔父[おじ, はくふ]:uncle, 叔父[おとおじ]:uncle (one's father's younger brother)
叔父さんに聞いた と言っている
She said her uncle told her.
叔父[おじ, はくふ]:uncle, 叔父[おとおじ]:uncle (one's father's younger brother)
叔父さん?
Her uncle?
間[あいだ, あわい]:space (between)|time (between)|span (temporal or spatial)||, 間[ま]:time|space|room, 転校[てんこう]:changing schools, してき:historic/historical, してき:pointing out/identification, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 年生[ねんせい]:pupil in ... year/student in ... year
あの子はこの間転校してきた一年生でな
She transferred into 10th grade a little while back.
驚く[おどろく]:to be surprised/to be astonished
なんと驚いたことに
And guess what?
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 姪っ子[めいっこ, めいご]:niece, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
忍野さんの姪っ子らしいのだ
She's apparently Oshino's niece!
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
名前を忍野扇と言う
She says her name is Oshino Ougi.
おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
おかしいんですよね
It's strange, right?
Indeed.
おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
おかしい
不思議[ふしぎ]:wonder/miracle/strange
不思議なんです
It's mysterious, right?
不思議[ふしぎ]:wonder/miracle/strange
不思議
Indeed.
怪しい[あやしい]:suspicious/dubious|charming
つまり 怪しいんです
It's suspicious.
怪しい[あやしい]:suspicious/dubious|charming
怪しくて...
Suspicious...
異なる[ことなる]:to differ/to vary/to disagree
異なる
Divergent.
Stairway
Geology Room
Physics Experiments
Biology Experiments
Storage
Chemistry Experiments
Storage
Audiovisual Room
3rd Floor
おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
おかしいんですよね
How odd.
Are you listening to me, Araragi?
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
あのう 聞いてくれてます? 阿良々木先輩
あ えっと...
Um...
校舎[こうしゃ]:school building, 過ぎる[すぎる]:to pass through|to pass (i.e. of time)|to have expired||, 過ぎる[よぎる]:to go by/to cross/to pass by
校舎が多過ぎるとか そういうことかな?
You were talking about the number of school buildings?
全校[ぜんこう]:the whole school, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 人数[にんずう, ひとかず]:the number of people|many people/a large number of people, 考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 棟[とう]:large building/building with a long roof|counter for buildings, apartments, etc., 棟[むね]:ridge (of roof)|back of a sword|counter for buildings, apartments, etc., 校舎[こうしゃ]:school building, 節約[せつやく]:economising/saving
全校生徒の人数を考えれば 一棟校舎が節約できるはずとか
How, considering the number of students, a single building would have been more economical?
全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely
全然違います
I was not.
愚か者[おろかもの]:fool
愚か者ですかあなたは
Are you some kind of fool?
私が言っているのはここです
This is what I'm talking about.
どこ?
What?
Stairway
Geology Room
Physics Experiments
Biology Experiments
Storage
Chemistry Experiments
Storage
Audiovisual Room
3rd Floor
This.
間取り[まどり]:plan of a house/arrangement of rooms/list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen, 変[へん]:strange|unexpected|change||
間取りが変なんですよ
The floor plan is odd.
変[へん]:strange|unexpected|change||, 不自然[ふしぜん]:unnatural/artificial/affected
変と言うか 不自然ですかね
Odd—or perhaps unnatural.
真上[まうえ]:just above/right overhead, 真下[ました]:right under/directly below, フロア:floor, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
ほら 真上と真下のフロアを見てください
Here, look at the floors right below and above.
それぞれ:each/respectively, ちゃんと:diligently/seriously|perfectly, 部屋[へや]:room|apartment|stable
それぞれちゃんと部屋があるでしょう?
Do you see the rooms at the end of the hall?
Audiovisual Room
真ん中[まんなか, まなか]:middle/centre/center, あたる:to be hit/to strike|to touch, 一室[いっしつ]:one room, 部屋[へや]:room|apartment|stable, おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
だったら その真ん中にあたるここにも 一室 部屋がないとおかしいんですよ
Isn't it strange that there's not a room on the floor between the two?
おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
おかしい
Huh...
But there is a room here on the third floor.
Audiovisual Room
三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 階[かい]:storey|stairs|stage (in chronostratigraphy)|, 階[しな]:article|quality|flirtatiousness, ちゃんと:diligently/seriously|perfectly, 部屋[へや]:room|apartment|stable
でも この三階にもちゃんと部屋はあるじゃないか
視聴覚[しちょうかく]:senses of seeing and hearing/audiovisual, 室[しつ]:room|wife (of someone of high rank)|scabbard|, 室[むろ]:greenhouse/icehouse/cellar
視聴覚室が
It's the audiovisual room.
図面[ずめん]:drawing/diagram/plans, 間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken
それは図面が間違っているんです
The plan is wrong there.
間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken, 一応[いちおう]:more or less|tentatively|just in case|
間違っていると言うか 一応
Or maybe not wrong, but...
現実[げんじつ]:reality/actuality/hard fact, 合わせる[あわせる]:to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)|to join together|to face||, 描く[えがく, かく]:to draw|to depict|to picture in one's mind|, 実際[じっさい]:practicality|reality|bhutakoti (limit of reality), 視聴覚[しちょうかく]:senses of seeing and hearing/audiovisual, 室[しつ]:room|wife (of someone of high rank)|scabbard|, 室[むろ]:greenhouse/icehouse/cellar
現実に合わせて描きはしているんですけれど しかし実際の視聴覚室はこんなに長くありません
It does show the auditorium in the correct place, but the real audiovisual room is not as long.
Audiovisual Room
LL Classroom
周囲[しゅうい]:surroundings/environs|circumference, 比較[ひかく]:comparison, 五[ご, いつ]:five, 五[ウー]:five, 倍[ばい]:twice/double|times, くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that, 縦長[たてなが]:oblong/vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes)/portrait orientation, 描く[えがく, かく]:to draw|to depict|to picture in one's mind|, 気付く[きづく]:to notice/to recognize/to recognise
周囲と比較すれば 一.五倍くらい 縦長に描かれていることに気付くでしょう?
You can see how, compared to the other room, it's about fifty percent longer, right?
Audiovisual Room
Teaching Materials
Audiovisual Room
Oh my, can it be that you don't trust me?
ひょっと:possibly/perhaps|unintentionally, 疑い[うたがい]:doubt/question/uncertainty, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
あれあれ? ひょっとして私をお疑いですか 阿良々木先輩
傷つく[きずつく]:to be wounded|to get hurt feelings|to get damaged, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 疑う[うたがう]:to doubt/to distrust/to be suspicious of, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
傷つくなあ 阿良々木先輩に疑われるだなんて
I am wounded.
Why would you do that?
疑う[うたがう]:to doubt/to distrust/to be suspicious of, 傷つく[きずつく]:to be wounded|to get hurt feelings|to get damaged, 好意[こうい]:good will/favor/favour, 寄せる[よせる]:to come near|to bring near|to deliver (opinion, news, etc.)||
いや 疑われて傷つくほど僕に好意を寄せてないだろ きみは
You couldn't possibly be so attached to me that my distrust would wound you.
慕う[したう]:to yearn for|to follow (someone)|to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.), 申し上げる[もうしあげる]:to say/to tell|to do, 簡単[かんたん]:simple/easy|brief, 騙す[だます]:to trick/to cheat|to coax, 愚か者[おろかもの]:fool
いえいえお慕い申し上げておりますよ 私は簡単に騙される愚か者のことを
No, no, I am quite attracted...
To fools who are easily deceived.
ミステリー:mystery, 小説[しょうせつ]:novel/(short) story, 風[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 風[かぜ]:wind|manner|cold, 見取る[みとる]:to perceive/to understand, 図[ず]:drawing/picture|sight, 実際[じっさい]:practicality|reality|bhutakoti (limit of reality), 一致[いっち]:coincidence|conformity|cooperation, 場合[ばあい]:case/situation, 大抵[たいてい]:mostly|probably|most||, 隠す[かくす]:to hide/to conceal, 部屋[へや]:room|apartment|stable
ミステリー小説ならば こういう風に見取り図と実際が一致しない場合は 大抵の場合 そこには隠し部屋があるものなんですけれどね
If this were a mystery novel, then a sketch that does not conform to reality would indicate a hidden room.
But suppose
ただ もしもこれが
that oddities are involved in this.
怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 現象[げんしょう]:phenomenon, 場合[ばあい]:case/situation
何らかの怪異現象だった場合
被害[ひがい]:(suffering) damage/injury/harm, 調査[ちょうさ]:investigation/examination/inquiry
被害が出る前に調査しておいたほうがいいんじゃないかと思いましてね
We should investigate it before anyone suffers.
End Story Ougi Formula
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
あれえ なんですかねえ この教室
Well, what is this classroom doing here?
図面[ずめん]:drawing/diagram/plans, 作り[つくり]:making|appearance (i.e. attire, make-up)|build (i.e. physique)||, 作り[づくり]:making/forming|form, 辺り[あたり, ほとり]:on the bank of|(in the) neighbourhood|around (Sunday, last year, etc...)|, 訪れる[おとずれる, おとづれる]:to visit/to call on|to arrive, 際[きわ, ぎわ]:edge/brink|time, 際[さい]:on the occasion of/circumstances/juncture
私が図面作りのためにこの辺りを訪れた際には こんなのありませんでしたけれどねえ
Why, when I came over here to do my sketch, it wasn't here.
なーぞでーすねー
How profoundly strange.
Let us investigate.
這入る[はいる]:to enter|to break into|to join||
とにかく... 中に這入ってみよう
And here we are.
至る[いたる]:to arrive at (e.g. a decision)|to lead to (a place)|to come
で 今に至るというわけだが
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
どう思いますか? 阿良々木先輩
What do you think, Araragi?
Nothing much, to be honest.
どう思うって... まあ どうもこうも
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 現象[げんしょう]:phenomenon, どういう:somehow/how/in what way
だけど扇ちゃん これがもしも怪異現象なんだとして どういう怪異なんだ?
But what sort of oddity would produce this, Ougi?
さてね
I don't know.
I'm not privy to my uncle's arcane knowledge.
叔父[おじ, はくふ]:uncle, 叔父[おとおじ]:uncle (one's father's younger brother), 古めかしい[ふるめかしい]:old-fashioned, 知識[ちしき]:knowledge/information, 持つ[もつ]:to hold (in one's hand)|to possess|to maintain||
私は叔父さんと違って そういう古めかしい知識は持っていないほうでして
漫画[まんが, マンガ]:cartoon/comic/comic strip, 映画[えいが]:movie/film, 出てくる[でてくる]:to come out/to appear/to turn up, メジャー:major, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
漫画や映画に出てくるようなメジャーな怪異しか知りません
I only know the major oddities that turn up in movies and comics.
Ougi
Koyomi
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
ただ阿良々木先輩
But there is one thing, Araragi,
言える[いえる]:to be possible to say/to be able to say
これだけは言えます
that I can tell.
怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, ふさわしい:appropriate/adequate/suitable, 理由[りゆう, わけ]:reason/pretext/motive
怪異にはそれにふさわしい理由がある ですよ
Oddities tend to have proportional reasons.
Closed
Which means, unraveling the reason why will lead us to our escape from here.
Closed
Which means, unraveling the reason why will lead us to our escape from here.
Closed
Which means, unraveling the reason why will lead us to our escape from here.
Closed
Which means, unraveling the reason why will lead us to our escape from here.
Closed
Which means, unraveling the reason why will lead us to our escape from here.
Closed
So, what reason would be behind us being locked in a classroom?
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 事態[じたい]:situation/(present) state of affairs/circumstances, どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), 理由[りゆう, わけ]:reason/pretext/motive
だとしても 教室から出られないという事態に どんな理由があるんだ?
時計[とけい, ときはかり]:watch/clock/timepiece, 停まる[とまる]:to stop (moving)|to stop (doing, working, being supplied)|to alight, 停まる[とどまる]:to remain/to abide|to be limited to
時計が停まっているってことにも
Even the clock has stopped.
時計[とけい, ときはかり]:watch/clock/timepiece, 停まる[とまる]:to stop (moving)|to stop (doing, working, being supplied)|to alight, 停まる[とどまる]:to remain/to abide|to be limited to, 案外[あんがい]:unexpectedly/surprisingly|unexpected
時計が停まっている時間がキーなんじゃありません? 案外
Perhaps the time it displays provides a clue.
あんな:such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)/so/that, あんな:Anna or Anwa era (968.8.13-970.3.25), デタラメ:irresponsible utterance/nonsense/bullshit, 指し示す[さししめす]:to indicate/to show/to point to, やっぱり:too/also|still, 違和感[いわかん]:uncomfortable feeling/feeling out of place|malaise
だって あんなデタラメな時間を指し示しているのは やっぱり違和感でしょう?
Are you not perturbed by this random time?
午後[ごご]:afternoon/p.m., 六[ろく, む]:six, 六[リュー]:six, 高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, 下校[げこう]:coming home from school, 時刻[じこく]:instant/time/moment
午後六時と言えばこの高校の下校時刻ですね
Six o'clock in the afternoon is when the students go home at this high school.
生徒[せいと]:pupil, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 帰る[かえる]:to return|to leave|to get home, いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good, 時間帯[じかんたい]:period of time/time slot/time zone, むしろ:rather/better/instead, むしろ:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 閉じ込める[とじこめる]:to lock up/to shut up/to imprison
生徒が教室から帰らなきゃいけない時間帯に むしろ生徒を教室に閉じ込めるという
At a time when the students are about to go home, they are instead locked inside the classroom.
現象[げんしょう]:phenomenon, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance
この現象の意味は 何なのでしょう
What could be the meaning of this?
下校[げこう]:coming home from school, 時刻[じこく]:instant/time/moment, 帰す[かえす]:to send (someone) back/to send (someone) home, 帰す[きす]:to come to (in the end)/to end in|to attribute
下校時刻なのに 帰さない...
They can't go home after school...
居残り[いのこり]:working overtime|detention/being kept in (e.g. after school), 授業[じゅぎょう]:lesson/class work/teaching
居残り授業ってことなんですかね
Perhaps it's a study session...
居残り[いのこり]:working overtime|detention/being kept in (e.g. after school)
居残り...
Study session...
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 居残り[いのこり]:working overtime|detention/being kept in (e.g. after school), 補習[ほしゅう]:supplementary lessons, 受ける[うける, ウケる]:to receive|to catch (e.g. a ball)|to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)||, 経験[けいけん]:experience
阿良々木先輩はありますか? 居残りの補習を受けた経験
Have you participated in a study session before, Araragi?
おつむ:head|brains/intelligence, 出来[しゅったい]:occurrence/happening/taking place, 出来[でき]:workmanship|grades|quality (e.g. of a crop)|, あんまり:remainder/rest|not very (with negative sentence), 身[み]:body|oneself|one's place|, 身[むくろ]:(dead) body/corpse, 覚え[おぼえ]:memory/sense/experience
私はこれでもおつむの出来はいいほうでしてね あんまり身に覚えがないんですけれど
Y'see, I'm relatively smart, so I have no experience with them.
あんまり:remainder/rest|not very (with negative sentence)
僕もあんまり...
Not really...
What? Really?
へえ そうなんですかあ
場合[ばあい]:case/situation, 居残り[いのこり]:working overtime|detention/being kept in (e.g. after school), 補習[ほしゅう]:supplementary lessons, 言いつける[いいつける]:to tell (to do)|to tell on (someone)|to often say, 大抵[たいてい]:mostly|probably|most||, サボる:to be truant/to play hooky/to skip school, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
僕の場合 居残りや補習を言いつけられても 大抵サボってしまうから
Actually, I just tend to skip them if I'm asked to show up.
去年[きょねん, こぞ]:last year, 一昨[いっさく]:one previous, 特に[とくに]:particularly/especially, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 年生[ねんせい]:pupil in ... year/student in ... year, なんか:things like .../or something like that ... (often derogatory), なんか:something
でも そう 去年や一昨年 特に一年生のときなんかは
Lately, but especially during 10th grade.
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 年生[ねんせい]:pupil in ... year/student in ... year
一年生のとき?
During 10th grade?
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
どうしました阿良々木先輩?
What's wrong, Araragi?
旗色[はたいろ, きしょく]:situation/outlook|one's allegiance, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing
旗色が悪いですよ
This looks pretty bad.
顔色[かおいろ, がんしょく]:complexion/one's colour|countenance, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing
じゃなくて 顔色が悪いですよ
I mean, you look pretty bad.
ん... そうか? ごめん
Really? Sorry...
目眩[めまい, げんうん]:dizziness/giddiness/vertigo
あ ちょっと... 目眩(めまい)が
I'm a bit dizzy...
You don't need to apologize.
謝る[あやまる]:to apologize/to apologise, 必要[ひつよう]:necessary/needed|necessity
謝る必要はありませんよ
謝る[あやまる]:to apologize/to apologise
ぜーんぜん 謝らなくていいんです
Not at all.
Perhaps having to take care of your underclassman has finally fazed you.
きっと:surely/undoubtedly|sternly, 頼りない[たよりない]:unreliable/undependable|helpless, 後輩[こうはい]:junior (at work, school, etc.)/younger people/younger student, 気が張る[きがはる]:to strain every nerve/to feel nervous, 疲れ[つかれ]:tiredness/fatigue
きっと 頼りない後輩を前に気が張っているから お疲れになったんじゃないですか?
辺[へん]:area|side|circumstances, 辺[へ, べ]:surrounding area|shore (of the sea)|suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc., 椅子[いす, イス]:chair/stool|post, 椅子[いし]:traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies), 座る[すわる]:to sit|to assume (a position)|to hold steady, いかが:how/in what way/how about
その辺の椅子に座ったらいかがです?
Why don't you sit on a chair somewhere?
Why did you sit there?
座る[すわる]:to sit|to assume (a position)|to hold steady
どうしてそこに座ったんです?
なんだ? どうしてと言われても...
What? Why do you ask?
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 勧める[すすめる]:to recommend/to advise/to encourage
扇ちゃんが勧めてくれたんじゃなかったっけ?
Didn't you ask me to sit down?
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, いっぱい:one defeat, いっぱい:amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.)/drink (usu. alcoholic)|full, 椅子[いす, イス]:chair/stool|post, 椅子[いし]:traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies), 席[せき]:seat|location (of a gathering, etc.)|position, 席[むしろ, えん]:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 選ぶ[えらぶ]:to choose/to select, 訊く[きく]:to hear|to listen (e.g. to music)|to ask||
いえいえ ですから 教室の中にはいっぱい椅子があるというのに どうしてその席を選んだのかを訊いたんです
No, I asked you why you sat down on that chair specifically.
なんとなく
I felt like it.
席[せき]:seat|location (of a gathering, etc.)|position, 席[むしろ, えん]:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 座る[すわる]:to sit|to assume (a position)|to hold steady, やすい:cheap/inexpensive|calm, やすい:easy|likely to .../have a tendency to ...
なんとなく その席が座りやすかった?
Was that chair the easiest to reach?
座り心地[すわりごこち]:level of comfort (of objects you sit on), 良い[よい]:good|sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer)|profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.)|
座り心地が良さそうだった?
Did it look most inviting?
座り心地[すわりごこち]:level of comfort (of objects you sit on), なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 椅子[いす, イス]:chair/stool|post, 椅子[いし]:traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies), 大して[たいして]:(not so) much/(not) very, 変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different
いや 座り心地なんて どの椅子も大して変わらないと思うけれど
No...
I think they're all more or less the same.
ただ その...
Just...
Just?
ただ その?
座る[すわる]:to sit|to assume (a position)|to hold steady, 慣れる[なれる]:to get used to|to become skilled in|to become tame
座り慣れている
I'm used to this one.
気がする[きがする]:to have a certain mood or feeling/to have a hunch
って気がして
I guess.
本当ですか?
Really?
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
え? 何? 何だって 扇ちゃん?
What did you say, Ougi?
Oh, I'm just cycling through all the possibilities.
可能性[かのうせい]:potentiality/likelihood/possibility, 総当たり[そうあたり]:round-robin/using all combinations/brute force (e.g. in code-breaking)
いえ 可能性を総当たりしているだけですよ
可能性[かのうせい]:potentiality/likelihood/possibility, ひょっと:possibly/perhaps|unintentionally, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 昔[むかし]:olden days/former, 椅子[いす, イス]:chair/stool|post, 椅子[いし]:traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies), 座る[すわる]:to sit|to assume (a position)|to hold steady, ことがある:(something) has occurred/to have done (something)|(something) happens on occasions
ひとつの可能性として ひょっとすると阿良々木先輩は 昔 その椅子に座ったことがあるから
One of them being that you sat on that chair in the past and so chose it without hesitation.
腰を落ち着ける[こしをおちつける]:to settle down, 迷う[まよう]:to lose one's way|to waver|to give into temptation|, 席[せき]:seat|location (of a gathering, etc.)|position, 席[むしろ, えん]:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 選ぶ[えらぶ]:to choose/to select
いざ腰を落ち着けるとなったとき 迷わずその席を選んだってことはありません?
そりゃあ:very/extremely|that is, 突飛[とっぴ]:erratic/offbeat/wild, 過ぎる[すぎる]:to pass through|to pass (i.e. of time)|to have expired||, 過ぎる[よぎる]:to go by/to cross/to pass by
いやあ そりゃあ突飛(とっぴ)過ぎるぜ
Isn't that a little far-fetched?
さっき:some time ago/just now, さっき:thirst for blood/bloodlust/determination to kill, 場所[ばしょ]:place|room|basho, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
ついさっきまで僕は こんな場所に教室があることも知らなかったし
I didn't even know there was a classroom here a little while ago.
初めて[はじめて]:for the first time|only after ... is it .../only when ... do you ..., 辺り[あたり, ほとり]:on the bank of|(in the) neighbourhood|around (Sunday, last year, etc...)|, 調査[ちょうさ]:investigation/examination/inquiry, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
私だって 初めてこの辺りに調査に来たときには こんな教室はなかったんです
This classroom wasn't here the first time I investigated the area.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 共[ども]:first-person plural (or singular)|second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to), 共[とも]:together with|same|both|, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 出現[しゅつげん]:appearance/arrival/make one's appearance
だけど 阿良々木先輩と共に来たときにはこの教室が出現した
It appeared when I came here with you.
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 関わる[かかわる]:to be affected|to be concerned with|to stick to (opinions), 考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, まったく:really/truly|indeed, 自然[しぜん]:nature|natural|naturally
なら この教室が阿良々木先輩に関わっていると考えるのは 私にとってはまったく自然なことです
So it's reasonable for me to assume that this is connected to you.
そうなるのか
I suppose.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 窓[まど]:window, 景色[けしき, けいしょく]:scenery/scene/landscape, 見覚え[みおぼえ]:remembrance/recollection/recognition, 気がする[きがする]:to have a certain mood or feeling/to have a hunch
それに 言ってたじゃないですか 阿良々木先輩 なんだかこの窓からの景色には見覚えがある気がするって
And didn't you say the view from the window was familiar?
え? そんなこと言ったっけ?
I said that?
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 這入る[はいる]:to enter|to break into|to join||, ばかり:only/merely|approximately, 頃[ころ, ごろ]:(approximate) time|suitable time (or condition)|time of year, 頃[けい]:qing (Chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu)
言いましたよ 教室に這入ったばかりの頃
Yes, when we entered the room.
閉じこめる[とじこめる]:to lock up/to shut up/to imprison, 気付く[きづく]:to notice/to recognize/to recognise
まだ閉じこめられたことに気付く前にです
Before we realized we were locked up.
記憶[きおく]:memory/recollection|storage
記憶にないけれど
I don't remember saying that...
はっきり:clearly/plainly|to be clear, 断言[だんげん]:assertion/declaration/affirmation, きっと:surely/undoubtedly|sternly
まあ そこまではっきりと断言するのだから きっと言ったのだろう
But I guess I must have, considering her confidence.
確か[たしか]:sure|reliable|If I'm not mistaken
確かに...
Yeah...
なんという:how (beautiful, etc.)
なんというか...
Now that I think about it...
記憶[きおく]:memory/recollection|storage, 刺激[しげき]:stimulus/impetus/incentive
記憶が 刺激され
It stimulates my memory...
Hello. What happened to you there, Araragi?
やおや:greengrocer, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
おやおや? どうしました 阿良々木先輩
思いつく[おもいつく]:to think of/to hit upon|to remember, 風[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 風[かぜ]:wind|manner|cold
何かを思いついたという風ではないですね
You look like you remembered something.
ひょっと:possibly/perhaps|unintentionally, 空気[くうき]:air|mood|someone with no presence, 読む[よむ]:to read|to count|to guess
ひょっとして私 空気読めないこと言っちゃいました?
Did I say something that offended you?
思い出す[おもいだす]:to recall/to remember/to recollect, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
思い出したくないことでも 思い出してしまいましたか?
Did you remember something you didn't want to?
いや そういうことじゃ ない
No, I didn't.
思い出す[おもいだす]:to recall/to remember/to recollect, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
思い出したことなんてない
I remembered nothing.
思い出す[おもいだす]:to recall/to remember/to recollect
そうだ 僕は何も思い出していない
Yes, I remembered nothing—
忘れる[わすれる]:to forget/to leave carelessly/to be forgetful of, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
だって 忘れたことなんてないのだから
Because I never forgot anything.
I could never forget any of it.
出来事[できごと, できこと]:incident/affair/happening, 忘れる[わすれる]:to forget/to leave carelessly/to be forgetful of
あの出来事を 忘れられるはずがないのだから
Class 1-3 Araragi Koyomi
書く[かく]:to write/to compose|to draw, 教科書[きょうかしょ]:textbook/coursebook/schoolbook
あれあれ? 阿良々木って書いてませんでした 今の教科書?
My, my, didn't that textbook have your name on it?
How odd. How strange.
おかしい:funny/amusing|strange, 不思議[ふしぎ]:wonder/miracle/strange
おかしいなあ 不思議だなあ
どうしてだろう
Why, I wonder.
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 教科書[きょうかしょ]:textbook/coursebook/schoolbook
どうしてこの教室に 阿良々木先輩の教科書があるんだろう?
Why is your textbook in this room?
Ougi...
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
扇ちゃん...
きみ 何か知ってるの?
Do you know something?
私は何も知りませんよ
I know nothing.
You're the one who knows everything.
あなたが知っているんです
Ougi...
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
扇ちゃん...
辺[へん]:area|side|circumstances, 辺[へ, べ]:surrounding area|shore (of the sea)|suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc., 日付[ひづけ]:date/dating
何かその辺に 日付がわかるものはないかな
Do you see anything that shows today's date?
日付[ひづけ]:date/dating
日付ですか?
The date?
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 何月[なんがつ]:what month, 何日[なんにち]:what day|how many days
今日が じゃなくて この教室が 何月何日かを知りたいんだ
What date is it today? In this classroom, I mean.
黒板[こくばん]:blackboard, 書く[かく]:to write/to compose|to draw
だったらそんなの 黒板に書いてあるじゃないですか
It says that right there on the blackboard.
ご覧[ごらん]:(please) try to|(please) look|seeing, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
ご覧くださいよ
Look.
There.
ほら
July 15th (Thu)
July 15th.
おっと:husband, おっと:uh-oh/oops/sorry, 七[しち, なな]:seven|hepta-, 七[チー]:seven
おっと 七月十五日だったんだ 今日
考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, 妥当[だとう]:valid/proper/right
ではこう考えるのが妥当でしょうか?
Then how about this?
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 七[しち, なな]:seven|hepta-, 七[チー]:seven, 木曜日[もくようび]:Thursday, 午後[ごご]:afternoon/p.m., 六[ろく, む]:six, 六[リュー]:six, 辺り[あたり, ほとり]:on the bank of|(in the) neighbourhood|around (Sunday, last year, etc...)|
この教室で 七月十五日 木曜日の午後六時辺りに 何かがあった と
In this classroom, on July 15th, a Thursday, around six in the afternoon, something important happened.
July 15th (Thu)
きっと:surely/undoubtedly|sternly, 無念[むねん]:regret/chagrin|freedom from obstructive thoughts
それはきっと無念なことだったのでしょう
I expect that it led to lingering unhappiness.
無念[むねん]:regret/chagrin|freedom from obstructive thoughts, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 形[かたち, よう]:form/shape|visage, 形[かた, がた]:shape|collateral|obverse of an old "zeni" coin, 結実[けつじつ]:fruition/fructification|being successful, 違い[ちがい]:difference/discrepancy
その無念がこうして 怪異という形で結実したに違いありません
And perhaps, in turn, it manifested itself as an oddity.
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 体育館[たいいくかん]:gymnasium, 向き合う[むきあう]:to be opposite/to face each other, 校舎[こうしゃ]:school building, 五[ご, いつ]:five, 五[ウー]:five, 階[かい]:storey|stairs|stage (in chronostratigraphy)|, 階[しな]:article|quality|flirtatiousness
あの教室 体育館に向き合った校舎の五階
The classroom was on the fifth floor of the building opposite the gym.
真ん中[まんなか, まなか]:middle/centre/center, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, 七[しち, なな]:seven|hepta-, 七[チー]:seven, 放課後[ほうかご]:after school, 開く[ひらく]:to open|to bloom|to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)||, 開く[あく]:to open (e.g. doors)|to open (e.g. business, etc.)|to be empty||, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly
その真ん中にあった一年三組で 七月十五日の放課後に開かれた学級会
The room that my class, 1-3, held a class meeting in, on July 15th after school.
裁判[さいばん]:trial/judgement/judgment, とも言う[ともいう]:also called, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly
裁判とも言うべき学級会
We ought to call it a trial.
とある:a certain ..., とある:according to/reads/reading, 事件[じけん]:event/affair/incident, 巡る[めぐる]:to go around|to return|to surround|, 達[たち]:pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific), 達[だち, ダチ]:friend, 互い[たがい]:mutual/reciprocal, 糾弾[きゅうだん]:censure/denunciation/(verbal) attack
とある事件を巡って 僕達は互いに糾弾(きゅうだん)しあった
We had a certain matter to talk about, and blamed each other for it.
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 渦中[かちゅう]:vortex/maelstrom/whirlpool, 裁判[さいばん]:trial/judgement/judgment, 中心[ちゅうしん]:center/centre|-centered, 中心[なかご]:core|tang (of a sword, etc.)|middle of a nest of boxes
そして僕は 一年三組の阿良々木暦は 渦中の裁判の中心にいたのだ
And I, Araragi Koyomi of class 1-3, was at the center of the judicial maelstrom.
そうだよ
Yes.
以来[いらい]:since/henceforth
あの日以来じゃないのか?
That was when it began.
あんな:such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)/so/that, あんな:Anna or Anwa era (968.8.13-970.3.25), 始める[はじめる]:to start|to open (e.g. a store)|to start ...
僕があんなことを言い出し始めたのは
That was when I started believing it.
友達[ともだち]:friend/companion
友達はいらない
"I don't need friends."
友達[ともだち]:friend/companion, 作る[つくる]:to make|to prepare (food)|to raise||, 強度[きょうど]:strength/intensity, 下がる[さがる]:to come down|to hang|to move back||
友達を作ると人間強度が下がるから
"You become less human when you make friends."
You used to often say that, no?
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 口癖[くちぐせ]:way of saying/favorite phrase/favourite phrase
阿良々木先輩の口癖でしたよね
もっとも:most/extremely, もっとも:but then/although|reasonable, 翼[つばさ, よく]:wing|Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)|counter for birds or bird wings, 縁がある[えんがある]:to be fated to/be linked by fate, 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two, 度[たび, たんび]:time (three times, each time, etc.)/times, 度[ど]:degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)|counter for occurrences and times|strength (of alcohol)
もっとも 羽川翼さんと縁があってからは 二度と言わなくなったそうですが
I believe it was Hanekawa Tsubasa who rid you of it.
出会い[であい]:meeting/rendezvous|confluence, 変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different
いやあ 人との出会いによって 人っていうのは変わっていくものですね
Well, we are all changed by the people we meet.
Let me ask out of curiosity.
好奇心[こうきしん]:curiosity/inquisitiveness, 訊く[きく]:to hear|to listen (e.g. to music)|to ask||
では 好奇心からお訊きしましょう
クラス:class, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different
このクラスでは阿良々木先輩は どう変わったのでしょう?
How did this class change you?
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, 皆[みんな, みな]:all/everyone|everything, 変える[かえる]:to change/to alter|to reform
一年三組の皆さんは あなたをどう変えたのでしょう?
How did class 1-3 change you?
変え[かえ]:changing/change
僕を 変え...
Change me...
I'm told your personality changed significantly between middle and high school.
中学[ちゅうがく]:middle school/junior high school, 時代[じだい]:period|the times|oldness|, 高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, だいぶ:lengthy (of a book, etc.)/voluminous|most (e.g. most part), だいぶ:considerably/greatly/a lot, 性格[せいかく]:character/personality/disposition, 変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different
中学時代のあなたと高校時代のあなたでは だいぶ性格が変わったと聞いていますよ?
原因[げんいん]:cause/origin/source, ひょっと:possibly/perhaps|unintentionally, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
その原因は ひょっとして この教室にあるんじゃないですか?
Could the reason be found in this classroom?
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
何があったんです 阿良々木先輩
What happened, Araragi,
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
この教室で あの日 あのとき
in this classroom, on that day, at that time?
話す[はなす]:to talk|to tell|to speak (a language), しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
話してしまいましょうよ 阿良々木先輩
Talk to me, Araragi.
暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac
阿良々木暦
Araragi Koyomi.
話す[はなす]:to talk|to tell|to speak (a language), 楽[らく]:comfort/ease|raku pottery
話せば楽になりますよ
Talking about it will ease the pain.
どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), 嫌[いや, や]:disagreeable/detestable/unpleasant, 思い出[おもいで]:memories/recollections/reminiscence, 話す[はなす]:to talk|to tell|to speak (a language), しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend
どんなに嫌な思い出も 話してしまえばただの物語です
No matter how harsh the memory, it is only a story when told.
物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend
物語...
A story...
あげる:to raise/to elevate|to do up (one's hair)
大丈夫 私が聞いてあげますから
Don't worry.
I'll listen to you faithfully.
見える[みえる]:to be seen|to look|to come, 見える[まみえる]:to have an audience|to face (an enemy)|to serve (esp. as one's wife), 結構[けっこう]:splendid|sufficient|well enough||, 話せる[はなせる]:to be able to speak/to be able to talk|to be understanding
私はこう見えて 結構話せる奴ですよ
Think what you will, but I am communicative.
出られないんだよ
We couldn't get out.
はい?
Excuse me?
出られないんだよ
We couldn't get out
犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal
犯人がわかるまでは
until we had found the culprit.
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
この教室からは 出してもらえないんだ
No one was allowed out of the classroom.
達[たち]:pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific), 達[だち, ダチ]:friend, 強いる[しいる]:to force/to compel/to coerce, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly
僕達がやったのは 僕達が僕達に強いたのは そういう学級会だった
The class meeting we ourselves held had that iron-clad rule.
信ずる[しんずる]:to believe/to believe in/to place trust in, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 議長を務める[ぎちょうをつとめる]:to act as chairman
信じられない話だけれど... 僕はそこで 議長を務めたりしたんだぜ
Believe it or not, I was the moderator.
End Story Ougi Formula
Two Years Ago
Private Naoetsu High School
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar
彼女の名は老倉(おいくら)育(そだち)
Her name is Oikura Sodachi.
本人[ほんにん]:the person himself, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||, たがる:wanting to .../eager to .../curious to ..., 実際[じっさい]:practicality|reality|bhutakoti (limit of reality)
本人はオイラーと呼ばれたがっているけれど 実際にはハウマッチと呼ばれている
She wants to be called Euler, but most call her How Much.
名字[みょうじ]:surname/family name, 由来[ゆらい]:origin/source/history, ニックネーム:nickname, ではある:to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
名字由来のニックネームではあるのだろうが
Euler is, of course, based on phonetic similarity with Oikura,
他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 値踏み[ねぶみ]:appraisal/estimation/evaluation
他人を値踏みするような目で見る彼女には
but considering how calculating of a person she is,
存外[ぞんがい]:beyond expectation/contrary to expectations/unexpectedly, 相応しい[ふさわしい]:appropriate/adequate/suitable
存外 相応しいと僕は思う
I think it would have been unexpectedly fitting.
Oikura Sodachi
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 委員長[いいんちょう]:committee chairman
老倉委員長
Class president Oikura.
呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
僕を呼んだのって お前?
It seems you called me here?
早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, 這入る[はいる]:to enter|to break into|to join||, なさる:to do
早く這入りなさい
Get in.
みんなあなたを待っているのよ
The others are waiting.
教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, メンバー:member/participant/attendee, 一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried, 欠ける[かける]:to be chipped|to be lacking|to be insufficient|, 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 勢揃い[せいぞろい]:array/muster/line-up, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother
教室の中には 一年三組のメンバーが 一人も欠けることなく全員 勢揃いしていたのである
The classroom held every student, without exception, of class 1-3.
End Story Ougi Formula
全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew
はあ 全員 ですか フルメンバーということですね
Every single one?
You might say the whole cast was there.
無人[むじん, ぶにん]:lack of help|unmanned/uninhabited, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 席[せき]:seat|location (of a gathering, etc.)|position, 席[むしろ, えん]:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 埋まる[うまる, うずまる]:to be buried|to overflow|to be repaid (e.g. debt)
今はこうして無人の教室ですが そのときは すべての席が埋まっていたというわけですか
So what looks like an empty classroom now had every seat filled back then.
なるほど:I see/That's right!/Indeed
なるほどなるほど
I see. I see.
光陰[こういん]:time/Father Time, 矢[や, さ]:arrow|wedge/chock, ごとし:like/as if/the same as, 十[じゅう, とお]:ten, 十[シー]:ten, 一日[いちにち, いちじつ]:one day|first day of the month, 一日[つきたち]:first day of the month|first ten days of the lunar month
光陰矢(こういんや)のごとし 十年一日(じゅうねんいちじつ)ですねえ
Time flies. It has been eons.
eons.
It has been eons.
Yeah. No, not eons. Only two years.
十[じゅう, とお]:ten, 十[シー]:ten, 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two
ああ... いや 十年じゃなくて二年だし
two years.
細かい[こまかい]:small|fine|minor|, 老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 教卓[きょうたく]:teacher's desk/teacher's lectern, 立つ[たつ]:to stand|to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)|to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
まあ 細かいことを言えば 老倉の奴は 教卓に立っていた
Anyway, to be specific, Oikura was at the front desk.
教卓[きょうたく]:teacher's desk/teacher's lectern
教卓の上にですか
Standing on the front desk?
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 奇抜[きばつ]:novel/original/striking, 委員長[いいんちょう]:committee chairman
老倉はそんな奇抜(きばつ)な委員長じゃねえよ
Oikura is not that eccentric.
教卓[きょうたく]:teacher's desk/teacher's lectern, 立つ[たつ]:to stand|to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)|to depart (on a plane, train, etc.), 宣言[せんげん]:declaration/proclamation/announcement
さておき 教卓に立って あいつは宣言したわけだ
Anyway, she stood at the front desk, and spoke thus:
臨時[りんじ]:temporary/special/extraordinary, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 開催[かいさい]:holding a meeting/opening an exhibition/hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
"では これから臨時学級会を開催します"
"Let us begin with this extraordinary class meeting."
不思議[ふしぎ]:wonder/miracle/strange
でも不思議ですね
I have a question.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 開催[かいさい]:holding a meeting/opening an exhibition/hosting (e.g. the Olympics), 直前[ちょくぜん]:just before
阿良々木先輩は その学級会が開催されることを 直前まで知らなかったんですよね?
You didn't know there would be a class meeting until you entered the classroom, right?
That was a simple transmission error.
単純[たんじゅん]:simplicity/simple/uncomplicated, 伝達[でんたつ]:transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity)/communication/delivery, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
それは単純な伝達ミス... だったらしい
クラス:class, 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 連絡網[れんらくもう]:network
その日のうちに クラスの全員に 連絡網というか...
Over the course of the day, information about the meeting was circulated through the grapevine.
折り畳む[おりたたむ]:to fold up/to fold into layers, 手紙[てがみ]:letter, メール:email, 出回る[でまわる]:to appear on the market/to be in season (e.g fruit)|to circulate widely, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
折り畳まれた手紙とか メールとか そんなのが出回っていたらしいんだが
They passed around cell phone messages and folded paper.
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 通[つう]:connoisseur/authority|counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., 届く[とどく]:to reach|to be attentive|to be delivered
それらが一通も 僕のところには届かなかったんだ
But they merely passed me by.
え? それって...
Does that mean...
風[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 風[かぜ]:wind|manner|cold, ぼっち:small point/knob|aloneness
今風に言うところの ぼっちって奴なんじゃ...
You were just as alone then as you are now?
You misunderstand.
誤解[ごかい]:misunderstanding
やや誤解だ
She doesn't misunderstand entirely, though.
Araragi Koyomi - Loner
~
Ougi, this is the story of how someone without friends decided he needed no friends.
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 友達がい[ともだちがい]:true friendship, 友達[ともだち]:friend/companion, 過程[かてい]:process/course/mechanism, 語る[かたる]:to talk about|to recite|to indicate, 物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend
扇ちゃん これは友達がいなかった奴が 友達がいらなくなるまでの過程を語る物語なんだ
Then regain your composure and resume.
姿勢を正す[しせいをただす]:to straighten oneself, いただく:to receive/to get|to eat
では姿勢を正して聞かせていただきましょう
臨時[りんじ]:temporary/special/extraordinary, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
その臨時学級会とやらの話を
Tell me of your class meeting.
学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 本日[ほんじつ]:today, 議題[ぎだい]:topic of discussion/agenda
学級会の 本日の議題を
Now, what was on the agenda?
End Story Ougi Formula
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 切り出す[きりだす]:to quarry|to begin to talk|to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)|
まずは老倉が こう切り出したんだ
Oikura opened with the following.
本日[ほんじつ]:today, 議題[ぎだい]:topic of discussion/agenda, 犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 当て[あて]:aim|expectations|something that can be relied upon||
本日の議題は"犯人当て"です
The only item on today's agenda is finding the culprit.
犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 特定[とくてい]:specific/particular|specifying, もしくは:or/otherwise, 自ら[おのずから]:naturally/as a matter of course, 自ら[みずから]:oneself|for one's self/personally, 名乗り出る[なのりでる]:to introduce oneself/to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought)/to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.), 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
犯人を特定するまで もしくは犯人が自ら名乗り出るまで 誰もこの教室から出しませんから
Until the culprit is determined or names himself, nobody is allowed out.
Don't test me.
おつもり:intention/plan|conviction
そのおつもりで
席[せき]:seat|location (of a gathering, etc.)|position, 席[むしろ, えん]:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 確認[かくにん]:confirmation/verification/validation
僕は 戦場ヶ原ひたぎの席を確認した
I looked over at Senjougahara Hitagi's seat.
とても:very/awfully|(not) at all, 病弱[びょうじゃく]:weak (constitution)/sickly/feeble, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 学期[がっき]:school term/semester, 半分[はんぶん]:half, 半分[はんぷん]:half minute, 登校[とうこう]:attendance (at school)/going to school, してき:historic/historical, してき:pointing out/identification, イメージ:(one's) image
彼女はとても病弱で 一学期の半分も登校してきていないイメージがある
She was seen as being of such frail constitution that she missed half of the first term.
That she was in attendance was a sign of the gravity of the situation.
出席[しゅっせき]:attendance/presence|to attend, かなり:considerably/fairly/quite, 事態[じたい]:situation/(present) state of affairs/circumstances, シリアス:serious
そんな彼女までこうして出席しているのだから かなり事態はシリアスだと思われる
The culprit...
犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 当て[あて]:aim|expectations|something that can be relied upon||
犯人当て
穏やか[おだやか]:calm/gentle/quiet
穏やかではありませんね
That doesn't sound nice.
一体[いったい]:...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?")|one object|one form||
一体何があったんですか
Just what could have happened?
Class 1-3 Curriculum Schedule
期末[きまつ]:end of term, 試験[しけん]:examination/exam|trial, 始まる[はじまる]:to begin|to happen (again)|to date (from), 前日[ぜんじつ, まえび]:previous day/day before/eve, 放課後[ほうかご]:after school
期末試験が始まる 前日の放課後
On the day before our term finals, after school,
参加[さんか]:participation, 希望者[きぼうしゃ]:applicant/candidate/person interested in doing something, 募る[つのる]:to grow violent/to become stronger|to invite contributions, etc., 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting
参加希望者を募って 教室で数学の勉強会があったんだ
there was a math study session here for anyone who was interested.
Term Final Exam Test Schedule
Health
Math
Japanese
IT
First Period
Second Period
July 8th (Thu)
July 9th (Fri)
(Modern, Classics)
Study Session Details
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 参加[さんか]:participation, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
老倉は これに参加したらしいんだけど
Oikura was there too.
A study session, huh?
勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting
へえ 勉強会?
Class 1-3 Test Ranking
Rank
Name
Aggregate
Japanese
Math
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
English
But once the marks were out, there was a difference of twenty points average
試験[しけん]:examination/exam|trial, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 後[あと]:behind|after|after one's death||, 後[のち]:later|future|after one's death|, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 参加[さんか]:participation, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 不参加[ふさんか]:abstention/nonparticipation, 間[あいだ, あわい]:space (between)|time (between)|span (temporal or spatial)||, 間[ま]:time|space|room
でも 試験が終わった後 勉強会に参加した生徒と 不参加だった生徒との間には
平均[へいきん, へいぎん]:average/mean|balance, 点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||, 点数[てんすう]:marks/points/score, 開き[ひらき]:opening/gap|dried and opened fish
平均して 20点ほど点数に開きがあった
between those who participated and those who didn't.
Aggregate
Japanese
Math
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
English
Oikura contended that such a large discrepancy meant foul play.
不正[ふせい]:injustice/unfairness/iniquity, 行為[こうい]:act/deed/conduct, 老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 思潮[しちょう]:trend of thought
これはなんらかの不正行為があったと見るべきだ ってのが老倉の思潮だった
何者[なにもの]:who/what kind of person, 職員室[しょくいんしつ]:staff room, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 試験[しけん]:examination/exam|trial, 問題[もんだい]:question (e.g. on a test)|problem (e.g. societal, political)|question (i.e. doubt)||, 入手[にゅうしゅ]:acquisition/obtaining/coming to hand, 内容[ないよう]:subject/contents/matter, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, さりげない:nonchalant/unconcerned/in a casual manner, 反映[はんえい]:reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.)/reflecting|influence
何者かが 職員室から数学の試験問題を入手し その試験の内容を 勉強会でさりげなく 反映させた
Someone obtained the exam questions from the staff room and brought up the test subjects in the study session.
Consequently, all those who participated got significantly higher marks.
勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 参加[さんか]:participation, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 成績[せいせき]:results/record/grades, 総じて[そうじて]:in general/generally|as a whole, 高い[たかい]:high/tall|expensive
だから勉強会に参加した生徒の成績が 総じて高くなった
神聖[しんせい]:holiness/sacredness/sanctity, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting
神聖なる勉強会を
If there is someone here
不可侵[ふかしん]:inviolability/sacredness/nonaggression, 期末[きまつ]:end of term, 試験[しけん]:examination/exam|trial, 汚す[よごす, けがす]:to pollute/to contaminate|to disgrace
そして不可侵の期末試験を汚した者がいるとすれば
who smeared the merits of our study session and violated the secrecy of the exam questions,
許す[ゆるす]:to permit|to exempt (from fine)|to confide in|, ではある:to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
それは許されることではありません
they must be punished.
勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 欠席[けっせき]:absence/non-attendance, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 無関係[むかんけい]:unrelated, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
勉強会に欠席した生徒も 自分は無関係だなんて思わないでください
And those who didn't participate are not out of the woods.
私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, 全体[ぜんたい]:whole/entirety/whatever (is the matter), 問題[もんだい]:question (e.g. on a test)|problem (e.g. societal, political)|question (i.e. doubt)||
これは私達 一年三組全体の問題です
This concerns the entirety of class 1-3.
繰り返す[くりかえす]:to repeat/to do something over again
繰り返しますが
Let me repeat.
犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 特定[とくてい]:specific/particular|specifying, もしくは:or/otherwise, 名乗り出る[なのりでる]:to introduce oneself/to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought)/to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.), 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school
犯人を特定するまで もしくは犯人が名乗り出るまで 誰もこの教室から出しませんから
Until the culprit is determined or names himself, nobody is allowed out.
おつもり:intention/plan|conviction
そのおつもりで
Don't test me.
End Story Ougi Formula
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 議長[ぎちょう]:chairman/speaker (e.g. of assembly)/president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), 座[ざ]:seat|status|gathering||, 譲り渡す[ゆずりわたす]:to hand over/to turn over/to cede
となるとこのあと 老倉先輩は議長の座を 阿良々木先輩に譲り渡したということですか?
So I presume that Oikura relinquished the position to you after that.
学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 議長[ぎちょう]:chairman/speaker (e.g. of assembly)/president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 務める[つとめる]:to work (for)|to serve (as)|to conduct a religious service, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
学級会の議長は 阿良々木先輩が務めたという話でしたよね?
You did say that you were the moderator of the class meeting.
ああ そうだ
Yes.
議長[ぎちょう]:chairman/speaker (e.g. of assembly)/president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), 交代[こうたい]:alternation/change/relief
そこで議長交代だ
I chaired the meeting from there.
Chair Araragi Koyomi
先[さき]:previous|point (e.g. pencil)|head (of a line)||, 先[せん]:former/previous|first move (in go, shogi, etc.), 指名[しめい]:name/nominate/designate
阿良々木先はどうして指名されたのでしょう?
Why did she pick you?
Class 1-3 Seating Chart
Kube Aizu
Sunahama Ruise
Oikura Sodachi
Koudou Sousho
Kijikiri Hoka
Mebe Miawa
Ashine Keiri
Fudou Shijima
勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 参加[さんか]:participation, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 場[ば]:place|field|occasion||, 場[じょう]:place/spot/grounds, 仕切る[しきる]:to partition|to direct|to settle accounts|, まずい:poor-quality/shoddy|unskillful, まずい:unappetising/unappetizing|unskillful
勉強会に参加した生徒が 場を仕切るのがまずいってことはわかるよな?
Surely you understand that nobody who was at the study session could moderate.
Madomura Kabe
Marizumi Hyoui
Haga Roka
Ukitobi Kyuuse
Fuyunami Sakaatsu
Higuma Sekirou
Hayamachi Seiko
Nagagutsu Chouka
Fukadoo Shimono
残り[のこり]:remnant/residue/remaining
かと言って 残りの誰でもいいってことにはならない
But you couldn't randomly pick any of the remaining kids either.
Arikure Biwa
Kikigoe Enji
Hishigata Jouro
Mizaki Meibi
Fukuishi Tenko
Shuui Tsuuma
Shinaniwa Ayazute
Daino Kiichigo
Kouma Okitada
なにせ:at any rate/anyhow, 議題[ぎだい]:topic of discussion/agenda, 中心[ちゅうしん]:center/centre|-centered, 中心[なかご]:core|tang (of a sword, etc.)|middle of a nest of boxes, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 試験[しけん]:examination/exam|trial
なにせ 議題の中心にあるのは数学の試験だ
At the heart of all this was a math exam.
試験[しけん]:examination/exam|trial, 問題[もんだい]:question (e.g. on a test)|problem (e.g. societal, political)|question (i.e. doubt)||, 検分[けんぶん]:inspection/examination/survey, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 及ぶ[およぶ]:to reach|to be up to the task|to compare with||, 避ける[さける, よける]:to avoid (physical contact with)|to avoid (situation)|to ward off
試験問題の検分に話が及ぶことは避けられない
It was quite possible that the investigation would concern the exam questions and their content.
That means someone with exceptionally bad marks in math couldn't be the chair either.
数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 成績[せいせき]:results/record/grades, あまり:remainder/rest|not very (with negative sentence), 任せる[まかせる]:to entrust (e.g. a task) to another|to passively leave to someone else's facilities|to leave to take its natural course||, ことになる:it has been decided (so) that/it has been arranged (so) that|it is the result (of)
じゃあ 数学の成績が あまりよくなかった者には 任せられないってことになるだろう?
はあ まあ そうですかね
I suppose it does.
勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 欠席[けっせき]:absence/non-attendance, もとい:(paper) cord for tying the hair, もとい:(in calisthenics) return to your original position!|er, rather (used in speech to correct yourself), 不参加[ふさんか]:abstention/nonparticipation, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 平均点[へいきんてん]:average mark/mean point, 参加者[さんかしゃ]:participant/entrant, 点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||, 低い[ひくい]:low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)|low (position)|short (height)|
でも 勉強会を欠席 もとい 勉強会に不参加だった生徒の平均点は 参加者より20点も低かったんでしょう?
But those who did not take part in the study session scored twenty points less on average.
不[ふ]:un-/non-/negative prefix, 不[ぶ]:un-/non-|bad ..., 参加者[さんかしゃ]:participant/entrant, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 匹敵[ひってき]:to be a match for/to rival/to equal, 好成績[こうせいせき]:good results, 高[たか, だか]:quantity/amount/volume, 高[こう]:high school|high-, 得点[とくてん]:score/points made/marks obtained, 収める[おさめる]:to dedicate|to supply|to store||, 生徒[せいと]:pupil
いるんですか? 不参加者の中に 勉強会参加者に匹敵する好成績高得点を収めた生徒が
Is there even someone among them who has marks on par with those from the study session?
そりゃあ:very/extremely|that is
いるよ そりゃあ
There was.
ただし:but/however/provided that, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 参加[さんか]:participation, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, 生徒[せいと]:pupil, 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||
ただし 勉強会に参加していた生徒全員よりもいい点をとったのは
There was someone who scored better than anybody in the study session.
僕だけだった
And that was me.
What?
議長[ぎちょう]:chairman/speaker (e.g. of assembly)/president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), 選ぶ[えらぶ]:to choose/to select
だから僕が 議長に選ばれたわけだ
That is why I was chosen as chair.
End Story Ougi Formula
点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||
１００点
Full marks.
Araragi Koyomi
点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||, 満点[まんてん]:perfect score/full marks|extremely
１００点満点で１００点
One hundred points out of one hundred.
期末[きまつ]:end of term, テスト:test, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 点数[てんすう]:marks/points/score
それが僕の 期末テストにおける数学の点数だった
That was my math score in the term finals.
Now, please proceed without further ado, Araragi.
迅速[じんそく]:quick/fast/rapid, 進行[しんこう]:moving forward (e.g. vehicle)|advance (work, procedure, etc)|progress (of a disease)|, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
さあ 迅速に進行してもらいましょうか 阿良々木
伝わる[つたわる]:to be handed down/to be introduced/to be transmitted, 老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 委員長[いいんちょう]:committee chairman, 病的[びょうてき]:abnormal, 嫌う[きらう]:to hate/to dislike/to loathe, 理由[りゆう, わけ]:reason/pretext/motive, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 得意[とくい]:triumph|pride|one's strong point|
もう伝わったとは思けど 老倉委員長が僕を病的なまでに嫌っている理由は 僕が数学が得意だからだ
I believe I told you this, but the reason Oikura pathologically hates me is because I'm quite good at math.
Oikura Sodachi
呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me), 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 点数[てんすう]:marks/points/score, 己[おのれ]:oneself (itself, etc.)|I|you||, 己[おれ, おらあ]:I/me, 上回る[うわまわる]:to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.)/to surpass/to be more than, 確信[かくしん]:conviction/belief/confidence
自分がオイラーと呼んでもらえないのは 数学の点数において 己を上回る僕のせいだと 彼女は強く確信しているんだ
She is convinced that the reason nobody will call her Euler is because I get better marks than she does.
Oikura Sodachi
Araragi Koyomi
じゃあ... まずは
All right.
勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 参加[さんか]:participation, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, 皆[みんな, みな]:all/everyone|everything, 手をあげる[てをあげる]:to raise one's hand or hands|to surrender|to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike)|, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
勉強会に参加していた皆さん 手をあげてください
Everyone who took part in the study session, please raise your hand.
結果[けっか]:result/consequence|coming to fruition, はっきり:clearly/plainly|to be clear, 勉強会[べんきょうかい]:study group/study meeting, 参加[さんか]:participation, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, 生徒[せいと]:pupil
その結果はっきりした 勉強会に参加していた生徒は 十九人だった
Nineteen people took part in the study session going by the count of their hands.
End Story Ougi Formula
容疑者[ようぎしゃ]:suspect (person), 絞る[しぼる]:to wring (towel, rag)|to squeeze (fruit to extract juice)|to rack (one's brains)||
へええ ではこれで 容疑者は十九人にまで絞られたというわけですね
So you narrowed down the suspects to one of those nineteen, huh?
わくわく:tremble/get nervous/excitedly
わくわくするなあ
How tremendously exciting.
不謹慎[ふきんしん]:indiscrete/imprudent/unscrupulous, 謹慎[きんしん]:self restraint/moderating one's behaviour|confinement to one's home, 処分[しょぶん]:disposal|punishment|putting down (e.g. diseased animal)
いや こんなことを言うのは不謹慎で謹慎処分ですかね うふふふ
Oh my, will I get detention now for being so tactless?
Let me spoil it now and tell you that the class meeting didn't uncover the culprit.
しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 判明[はんめい]:establishing/proving/ascertaining
もうここで言ってしまうけれど 扇ちゃん この学級会で 犯人が判明したりはしないぞ
Huh?
険悪[けんあく]:dangerous/perilous|stern (expression), ぐだぐだ:exhausted/tired|withered, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close
険悪になるだけ険悪になって まあ ぐだぐだになって何もわからないまま終わる
It was a class meeting as stormy as any, and it ends with all of us none the wiser.
そして
And—
I see!
あ そっか!
私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 脱出[だっしゅつ]:escape/break-out|prolapse, 方法[ほうほう]:method/process/manner, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
私達がこの教室から脱出する方法がわかりましたよ 阿良々木先輩
Then I know what we need to do to leave this room, Araragi.
私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us, 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two, 未解決[みかいけつ]:unsettled/pending/unresolved, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 事件[じけん]:event/affair/incident, 解決[かいけつ]:settlement/solution/resolution
つまり私達は 二年前に未解決に終わったその事件を 今こそ解決することで ここから出られるんです
We'll be able to leave this room by solving the case that went unsolved two years ago.
どういう:somehow/how/in what way, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance
どういう意味だい?
Explain.
犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 特定[とくてい]:specific/particular|specifying, 教室[きょうしつ]:classroom|department|single-room school, 老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
"犯人を特定するまでこの教室から誰も出さない"と 老倉先輩は言ったんでしょう?
Oikura said she wouldn't let anybody out until the culprit was determined.
逆[ぎゃく]:reverse|converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)|inverse (function), 逆[さか]:inverse/reverse, 事件[じけん]:event/affair/incident, 犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 特定[とくてい]:specific/particular|specifying, 私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us, 脱出[だっしゅつ]:escape/break-out|prolapse
逆に言うと その事件の犯人を特定することで 私達はここから脱出できる
Conversely, that means that by finding out the culprit, one can leave the room.
そういうことでしょう?
Don't you agree?
This here is the shape assumed by the regret and guilt of all students in class 1-3.
当時[とうじ]:at that time/in those days, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 三[さん, み]:three|tri-, 三[サン]:three, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, 皆[みんな, みな]:all/everyone|everything, 無念[むねん]:regret/chagrin|freedom from obstructive thoughts, 学校[がっこう]:school, 隙間[すきま]:crevice|spare moment|chink (in one's armor, armour), 形[かたち, よう]:form/shape|visage, 形[かた, がた]:shape|collateral|obverse of an old "zeni" coin
当時の一年三組の皆さんの 心にあった無念がこうして 学校の隙間で形になったということでしょう
学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 幽霊[ゆうれい]:ghost/specter/spectre
言うなら 学級会の幽霊ですねえ
Call it the ghost of your class meeting, if you want.
The ghost of our class meeting...
学級会[がっきゅうかい]:class meeting/classroom assembly, 幽霊[ゆうれい]:ghost/specter/spectre
学級会の幽霊...
囚われる[とらわれる]:to be caught/to be captured|to be seized with (fear, etc.), しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
そんなわけのわからないものに 僕は囚(とら)われてしまったって言うのか?
And because of something so inexplicable, I'm locked up in here?
なんで僕が...
Why me?
案外[あんがい]:unexpectedly/surprisingly|unexpected, 一番[いちばん]:number one|best|game||, 一番[ひとつがい]:pair/couple/brace, 気に病む[きにやむ]:to worry/to fret (over something)/to be worried, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
さてね 案外 それを一番気に病んでいるのが 阿良々木先輩だから かもしれませんね
Perhaps because you're the one most haunted by it.
July 15th (Thu)
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 人生[じんせい]:(human) life (i.e. conception to death), 一変[いっぺん]:complete change/about-face
阿良々木先輩の人生は その日 一変したわけですからね
Your life was fundamentally changed on that day.
一変[いっぺん]:complete change/about-face
一変
Fundamentally...
以来[いらい]:since/henceforth, 事件[じけん]:event/affair/incident, 考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, 避ける[さける, よける]:to avoid (physical contact with)|to avoid (situation)|to ward off
あなたはその日以来 その事件について考えることを避けてきた
You avoided thinking about what happened that day.
忌避[きひ]:evasion/shirking|challenge, してき:historic/historical, してき:pointing out/identification
忌避(きひ)してきた
You shirked it off.
忘れる[わすれる]:to forget/to leave carelessly/to be forgetful of, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, 一日[いちにち, いちじつ]:one day|first day of the month, 一日[つきたち]:first day of the month|first ten days of the lunar month
忘れた日なんて一日もないけれど 考えた日は一日もない
There wasn't a day where you'd forgotten about it, but there also wasn't a day where you thought about it.
遂に[ついに]:finally/at last|in the end, 過去[かこ]:the past|a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret)|past (tense)|, 向き合う[むきあう]:to be opposite/to face each other
だけど遂(つい)に来たんですよ 過去と向き合う日が
But now it has finally arrived—the day of reckoning.
謎[なぞ]:riddle/puzzle|enigmatic, 解き明かす[ときあかす]:to explain/to dispel doubts
謎を解き明かすべきときが
The time to solve the mystery.
End Story Ougi Formula
Ashine Keiri
Igami Michisada
Oikura Sodachi
Kikigoe Enji
Kijikiri Hoka
Kube Aizu
Gekizaka Nageki
Koudou Sousho
Shuui Tsuuma
Shuzawa Juudo
Suuchi Kokushi
Daino Kiichigo
Nagagutsu Chouka
Haga Roka
Higuma Sekirou
Hishigata Jouro
Fudou Shijima
Madomura Kabe
Yoki Shoukei
End Story Ougi Formula
How did the class trial develop?
We wrote down the names of those nineteen.
Arikure Biwa
But then Arikure said that it wasn't necessarily one of those nineteen.
Class 1-3 Seating Chart
Kube Aizu
Sunahama Ruise
Oikura Sodachi
Koudou Sousho
Kijikiri Hoka
Mebe Miawa
Ashine Keiri
Fudou Shijima
Madomura Kabe
Marizumi Hyoui
Haga Roka
Ukitobi Kyuuse
Fuyunami Sakaatsu
Higuma Sekirou
Hayamachi Seiko
Nagagutsu Chouka
Fukadoo Shimono
Arikure Biwa
Kikigoe Enji
Hishigata Jouro
Mizaki Meibi
Fukuishi Tenko
Shuui Tsuuma
Shinaniwa Ayazute
Daino Kiichigo
Kouma Okitada
End Story Ougi Formula
It could have also been someone who did not take part, but got a high score anyway.
Mebe Miawa 95 Hayamachi Seiko 92 Senjougahara Hitagi 98 Kouma Okitada 99 Araragi Koyomi 100
And so, that means you wound up on the list of suspects too, Araragi.
Yes, I did.
And then?
Marizumi said that there was no proof such a study session existed to begin with.
Marizumi Hyoui
That's getting pretty fundamental.
Study Session Details
However, it was soon testified that the claimed study session existed.
Sunahama arrived early in school on the day of the exam because she was on day duty,
Sunahama Ruise
and was stuck with having to clean up after the study session from the day before.
Clean up?
The desks weren't lined up, there was stuff on the board, and she had to take out a trash can full of candy wrappers.
Our homeroom teacher, Tetsujou, helped her because she arrived early too.
Tetsujou Komichi
What else did they argue about?
Higuma said that someone must have spread example questions in the study session like those in the test.
Higuma Sekirou
He said the culprit could be found by following that train of thought.
I see. That's a good idea.
Oikura couldn't forgive that.
And so Oikura...
Oikura couldn't forgive that.
She was persistent about continuing this "figuring out the culprit" ordeal.
Oikura couldn't forgive that.
She was persistent about continuing this "figuring out the culprit" ordeal.
Oikura couldn't forgive that.
She was persistent about continuing this "figuring out the culprit" ordeal.
Oikura couldn't forgive that.
She was persistent about continuing this "figuring out the culprit" ordeal.
Then let's take a look at the exam problems in greater detail.
Let's establish just how much the exam and study session problems overlapped
based on the testimony of those present.
And then, we will determine the culprit.
I won't allow anyone out of the classroom until then.
And then, we will determine the culprit.
I won't allow anyone out of the classroom until then.
And then, we will determine the culprit.
I won't allow anyone out of the classroom until then.
And then, we will determine the culprit.
I won't allow anyone out of the classroom until then.
And then, we will determine the culprit.
I won't allow anyone out of the classroom until then.
End Story Ougi Formula
That sounds like endless, ugly arguments, and fruitless exchanges.
I can see you embracing a deep hatred for the human animal amid that chaos.
You're wrong.
Oh, my.
Ougi, what drove me to desperation was not the argument.
It was the conclusion.
We felt like we were on
the right track.
Nobody expected it would end the way it did.
We went astray during the final stretches of our pursuit of justice.
I lost sight of my moral compass in that instant.
The conclusion? But you said you didn't find the culprit.
I suppose it's a little anticlimactic as far as outcomes go,
but enough for despair?
We didn't find the culprit.
But that doesn't mean we didn't determine who it was.
Huh?
That's the reason for my despair.
Coming to a decision beyond one's knowledge.
That's what drove me to despair.
I don't need friends.
I see, I see, I see.
Then, Araragi,
would you please tell me the rest?
The bell was about to ring.
Surely the patience of those inside the classroom was being tested after two hours of discussion.
What conclusion did you reach when patience ran out?
What did it come to?
How extremely fascinating.
I am so curious.
How I wish everyone would have lived happily after overcoming all that endless, unruly garbage.
We didn't find happiness—
But then, just what did we find?
Ougi Formula Part Two
End Story Ougi Formula
This pisses me off.
Just make me the culprit and we can all go.
Saying that shit isn't gonna help.
You covering for someone?
You know the culprit?
Is there even a culprit to begin with?
That's the basis for this whole argument! Don't start again with that shit.
Is there even someone here capable of stealing from the staff room?
Taking the ethics out of the equation, who could physically do that?
No, I'm actually talking about who has the balls to do it.
Are you retarded?
How's that gonna help us?
You're all lying!
I can't stand this.
Don't the computers have the exam questions these days?
I'm sorry, but would you please raise your hand before you speak?
You don't have to break into the staff room. You can hack their computer.
I said this before, but I think Oikura explained the last question to us. Not that I remember perfectly.
Then don't say it.
You realize that's libel, right?
You've always been like this.
Please raise your hand.
Man, I want to go!
Just go on without me.
You can't go home.
They might make you the culprit if you leave.
I don't care.
Please calm down, everyone.
Collect yourselves.
I can't calm down!
If you want to speak, ra—
Look, Araragi got full marks.
The test clearly couldn't have been that hard.
All that stuff about cheating and crimes is nonsense.
Hey, Senjougahara, what do you think?
I don't know.
Do your duty, Araragi.
That's easy for you to say.
Why was there only a study session for math, anyway?
There was a history study session too.
Why didn't you invite me?
If you were the homeroom teacher and taught math and your students had bad grades,
you'd be in a bad position, right?
It's for staff room cred.
Earns you brownie points with the principal.
That's not the reason.
Math is the most beautiful of all academic pursuits.
You're the only one who thinks that.
What the hell is the beauty in that?
That's just what you tell yourself.
You don't understand the beauty of mathematics?
Please stop fighting.
We aren't fighting, man!
Alibi, my ass! You don't even know when the crime was!
This can't continue.
I can't control it.
Stop it, Oikura.
This is too much.
Stop this before things get worse.
You whine like a dog.
Giving up even though you had a higher score?
Yup, sure, I give up.
I can't do it.
Nobody goes home until the culprit is determined.
We can't do that.
They'll all go home when the bell rings.
You know that!
I forgot how fiery her hatred for me is.
I hate you.
You really need to do something to fix that part of you.
What?! Coming from you?!
Listen up!
I believe that we've had quite enough discussion.
We will now come to a decision.
We'll take a vote on who the criminal is.
End Story Ougi Formula
Oh, I see.
Then I trust a large section of the class colluded to turn you into the culprit, Araragi.
No.
Oikura was the only one who voted for me.
What?
Suspect number six collected the most votes,
that being Oikura Sodachi.
I cannot forget that look of sheer disgust.
I believe I was swept up by it.
She never came back to school, neither to exams nor to class.
I think she is still covered for in the attendance record of a senior class somewhere here.
But I don't know which one.
Ever since then, I skipped school even more than before.
I felt an unspecific but lasting guilt going to a school that Oikura did not attend.
And I also never again scored full marks in mathematics.
I believe you shoulder too much.
Didn't someone say that Oikura was the prime suspect?
Nobody told her to plan that meeting.
It was her own decision.
She would have no reason to do that as the culprit.
I can assert on that alone that it wasn't her.
I see.
Assert, huh?
Anyway.
I saw what was right being fabricated out of thin air, witnessed an utterly absurd conclusion,
and lost a piece of me there.
A bit of my sanity, perhaps.
The majority of students raised their hand without conspiring to,
without communicating with each other.
I saw truth being decided.
I saw justice being decided.
I have never been so shocked.
I lost sight of the truth there.
No.
I lost it entirely.
Up until that point, I believed something like truth or justice existed.
Before then, I understood that you couldn't always do what's right and just,
but...
acknowledge
If many people
something,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
acknowledge
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
If many people
acknowledge
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
If many people
something,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
I realized that it can just become
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
I realized that it can just become
true and just.
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
I realized that it can just become
true and just.
even if it's false,
cruel, or stupid,
I realized that it can just become
even if it's false,
I came to realize that truth can be mass-produced like toy cars.
The right number of people establishes what is true and just.
The majority can manufacture justice.
And so I chose isolation over desolation.
"I don't need friends."
"You become less human when you make friends."
That was my only choice to protect my own personal truth and justice.
Well, that took a long time.
That was the story of Araragi Koyomi.
Thank you for listening, Ougi.
You were right.
It wasn't a big deal in the end.
I feel better now.
That's a problem.
We're not ready to have you feel better just yet, Araragi.
If this story ends with Oikura not being the culprit, then we'll be stuck in this room.
We must determine the culprit to escape.
We must do what you couldn't that day, without resorting to majority rule,
but alone as individuals.
You said Oikura's grudge produced this classroom, right?
Then there's a certain logic to me being trapped here.
Oikura perhaps
still hasn't forgiven me?
Just like that day
Does she still hate me?
No, I believe she has forgotten you, to be honest.
So how do you explain this room?
Didn't I tell you?
Your own heart gave rise to this classroom.
That's how I'm defining it.
Regret gave rise to this room.
If you had found the correct culprit back then, Oikura Sodachi's life would not have imploded.
You would not have lost justice.
You regret that and created this room.
You've been in search of the truth and justice you lost ever since then.
You created this classroom to find it again.
I...
Is that possible?
Could I have made this room?
But oddities have proportional reasons.
If so, my own self is reason enough for this.
You want to redo the class meeting?
And, together, find the culprit? The real one?
Oh, no, we already know the real one.
You know the real culprit too.
You know who the real prime suspect should have been.
It was quite obvious from listening to you.
The reason your empathy for Oikura's situation is stronger than it has to be
is because subconsciously you know the real culprit.
You would not have told the story this way otherwise.
This way?
What is she talking about?
What does she know?
I know nothing.
You know everything.
Araragi Koyomi.
I...
Gather the suspects, says Sherlock Holmes.
Let me stand in for Mr. Holmes here.
Now, let us mourn the sorry fool Oikura Sodachi, who was struck down by her own deeds,
and solemnly find the culprit she was seeking.
Since we are about to, I must add this.
Exorcising oddities is similar to solving mysteries— the procedure is important.
Reader, you now have all the clues.
End Story Ougi Formula
The culprit is your teacher, Tetsujou Komichi.
Ought I say more?
Please.
Why do you think it was her?
When I asked you whether all seats were filled when you entered the classroom,
you specified that Oikura's was empty.
But that means someone was sitting in your chair.
Someone must have been sitting there.
Like your homeroom teacher.
So, Araragi, it wasn't that you weren't
permitted to sit down by Oikura,
So, Araragi, it wasn't that you weren't
permitted to sit down by Oikura,
So, Araragi, it wasn't that you weren't
permitted to sit down by Oikura,
So, Araragi, it wasn't that you weren't
permitted to sit down by Oikura,
So, Araragi, it wasn't that you weren't
permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
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permitted to sit down by Oikura,
So, Araragi, it wasn't that you weren't
permitted to sit down by Oikura,
but perhaps you weren't able
to sit down in the first place.
but perhaps you weren't able
to sit down in the first place.
but perhaps you weren't able
to sit down in the first place.
but perhaps you weren't able
to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
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to sit down in the first place.
but perhaps you weren't able
to sit down in the first place.
but perhaps you weren't able
to sit down in the first place.
But that's not enough to prove that she's the culprit.
As the meeting degenerated, someone said it, right?
The homeroom teacher of class 1-3 is also their math teacher.
She wouldn't need to have knowledge of the questions.
She writes them.
She can adjust the questions to match the study session.
Sunahama was on day duty the next day
and complained about having to clean up after everyone from the study session.
You said Tetsujou Komichi helped her.
What did she help her with?
Hey, Araragi, what was it again?
Throwing out the trash? Rearranging desks?
Not that!
Wiping the blackboard.
Of course, a lot is written on the blackboard and erased again.
It wasn't possible to deduce all the contents of the study session that way.
So she gleaned a part of the study session.
Yes.
(Wed)
And since she's the teacher, she can adjust the exam problems to match the contents of the study session.
(Thu)
(Wed)
(Thu)
She had a couple of hours.
It was probably only enough to change some of them.
Now, uh... The motive?
The motivation for the crime? Why did she do it?
You know that too, Ougi?
This is a pointless crime if a student were to blame.
If the entire class got good grades, their personal deviation from the average would decline.
Rank
Name
Aggregate
Japanese
Math
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
English
However, there is one person whose standing improves if the entire class receives good grades.
Class 1-3 Test Ranking
Aggregate
Japanese
Math
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
English
And that person is the math teacher.
Tetsujou Komichi
Their ability to teach would be rewarded.
Did I miss something?
No.
I see.
Then let's go home.
You can leave, Araragi.
I can leave?
Huh?
I thought it was a strange line.
What do you mean?
Oh, perhaps you don't know this.
Vampires need permission to enter rooms and buildings.
Right...
Can't say I've ever had to get it.
Well, Shinobu is pretty special.
Anyway, this was about not being able to leave instead of enter, so I wanted to reference it.
Just to put you at ease.
That made it sound like you imprisoned me here, Ougi.
Now that's not fair.
I would never imprison you.
Why would I do that?
You've been a prisoner of your past for two whole years.
Right?
Let me speculate.
I believe it is only natural that you felt betrayed when your teacher, a moral figurehead, cheated.
She then atoned by using her influence to keep Oikura from failing grades due to no attendance.
Atoned?
No. That's all self-serving.
She wants to believe she's a great human being.
What threw me into despair...
Now the next one.
Number six.
All who believe that I, Oikura Sodachi, am the culprit, please raise your hand.
What threw me into despair was that our teacher, Tetsujou Komichi, sitting among my classmates,
raised her hand without hesitation.
End Story Ougi Formula
The next day I went to the audiovisual room on a whim before going to my own classroom.
Or, well, to the space adjacent it.
Needless to say, there was no abandoned classroom there.
There was no dead space like in Ougi's notebook either.
There was just nothing there.
Not then, not now.
No hidden room, no secret, no investigation.
No disturbing truth.
No class meeting.
No majority vote.
It was all in the past and done with.
Tetsujou Komichi isn't in the staff room anymore.
That's not to say that she quit out of guilt or was sacked.
Tetsujou Komichi
Maternity Leave
She became pregnant and went on maternity leave.
Congratulations.
She is unlikely to return before I graduate.
I don't believe I'll ever see her again.
I feel nothing about that.
Besides, when I saw her raise her hand two years ago,
she stopped being a teacher or an adult to me.
Good morning, Araragi.
Oh, good morning, Hanekawa.
Bad timing.
What?
You shouldn't come into the classroom right now.
All right.
Araragi, you know how there's an empty seat in our class, right?
Yeah...
It's a spare, right?
What?
Is a ghost sitting there right now or what?
Just so you know, ghosts aren't enough to scare me anymore.
It wasn't a ghost was sitting there.
It was a person.
A classmate came back to school who hasn't been here in a long time.
Really now...?
So that desk—
It's theirs, right?
I didn't know we had another classmate.
So why shouldn't I come in?
Because it's Oikura.
Oikura Sodachi.
She spent those two years studying alone at home.
It's almost like she waited for Miss Tetsujou to leave.
You don't get along with her, right?
I hear your laughter near me
You were supposed to be there forever
I breathed onto the classroom window and wrote your name
only to panic and wipe it with my sleeve
I heard your voice from the hallway
and went home in hurry to hide my feelings
At some point I became unable
to talk to you normally
I can hear your laughter a ways away
You were supposed to be next to me forever
You knew how I felt
even when I said nothing
Now I know how important you were to me,
but we will never see each other again
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