Our plan to obtain the DTO project plan and appeal to the chairman ended in failure,
and we ended up just waiting to be expelled.
We didn't feel any drive to fight back, any anger,
or even any sorrow at this point.
All of our spirits had been utterly broken.
Kiyoshi-dono, as long as we are cleaning the lavatory,
if we answer nature first, we can kill two birds with one stone!
With one exception.
Two birds with one stone, how?
That's okay.
Leave it to you, Gakuto. Great idea.
Come, my chums! Let us relieve ourselves!
Yours truly's idea is free of charge this time,
and you are free to use it!
His spirit wasn't so much broken as it was demolished...
It appears that they have completely accepted their expulsions, haven't they?
They are so submissive, it's almost anticlimactic.
In just a few more days, we will finally purge the school of this scum.
Won't that be refreshing?
Yes, ma'am.
Da-da-da-da, dare to escape
Ge-ge-ge-ge, let's get away
Zun-zun-zun-zun, prison, prison
Reach out and grab your freedom
A-na-na-na, dig a tunnel
Jai-jai-jai-jai jailbreak
Zun-zun-zun-zun, prison, prison
Get out from under their rule
(Judge) What can you do
(Innocent) once you get free?
(Judge) I can be in love
(Guilty) with the one I adore
(Prison) But once you're in love
(Breakout) you bind and are bound
You wind up a warden
Ah, it's a prison
Pri-Prison, a prison of love
I want to escape, except
Pri-Prison, a prison of love
there is no escape
Pri-Prison, a prison of love
No matter how far you run
the world is a boundless love--
the heart is an endless love--
--prison
"It's a Bum-derful Life"
The boys' food.
Thank you.
The day after next...
The chairman will approve it, and your expulsion will be formally concluded.
They say that in America, in the state of Texas,
they once allowed condemned prisoners to choose their last meal.
If you think about it, the day after tomorrow will be your execution day.
So, tell me what you'd like to eat.
Uh, well, I'd like hamburger.
Steak.
I'll take katsudon.
I'll stick with my regular menu.
Dirty Four-eyes, what about you?
Yours truly would like to eat deep-fried grasshoppers over rice!
The fancy variety, it goes without saying.
Very well. Approved.
Approved?!
Um, is it okay if I change my order?
To what?
As an appetizer, I'd like Madam Vice President's crop,
and for the main dish, I'd like a storm of toe-kicks and stomping,
then finally, for dessert, I'd like Madam Vice President to spit on me.
Anything other than food items denied. That is all.
The day after next is our last day, huh?
"It's Chiyo. How are you? I know, there's no way you're okay.
If you can write a reply, leave a little bit of bread,
and please place your message inside it."
Chiyo-chan... What a great girl.
Damn, I can't believe I'm splitting up with her, too.
I spied that.
Chums! Kiyoshi-dono has received a note from a girl!
So? What's the harm?
Mm-hmm.
This is all over anyways...
Over? That certainly is true.
If we use this, we can nullify our expulsion, after all.
Huh?
I see our means of escape!
Gakuto, tell me you're intentionally pretending to go nuts.
Like Oishi Kuranosuke, right?
That's cool.
Hurry and tell us what the plan is!
We'll mix ourselves in with the leftover food, too, and get out that way!
I'll go with the soup!
You mix in with the bread crumbs!
Come, gentlemen! Let us escape with haste from this world of oppression!
That's Gakuto for you. Incredible.
Brilliant idea.
Two more days, huh?
"Chiyo-chan, thanks. And now farewell."
"Chiyo-chan, thanks.
And now, farewell."
Are Kiyoshi-kun and the others really getting expelled tomorrow?
Here are your last suppers.
Eat them with gratitude.
--Awesome! --This looks delicious.
Yours truly's looks the most scrumptious of them all, to be sure!
Gakuto, are you seriously planning to eat that?
Come back to your senses! Those are grasshoppers!
You really shouldn't eat that.
Won't you upset your stomach?
Shaddup! Don't touch my grasshoppers!
I get it! You're all out to take away yours truly's delicious dinner!
If that's your game...
Come at me like you mean to kill me!
Knock it off!
Shut up and eat!
Wow, I've never had meat this tender before.
Ah, this is good.
It's great to be able to eat whatever you like.
Huh?
Another missive without any future?
I declare, Kiyoshi, what a horny toad of a prisoner you are!
Hey, are you okay?
Just how devastating was that?
I just had... a flash...!
I just had a way to escape come to me in a flash!
What, are we going to ride your grasshoppers out of here?
This is no time for you to be so ridiculous!
Hurry up and finish your meals.
What sort of disgusting food is this?
What is it? Grasshoppers over rice, right?
Grasshoppers?! What are they doing in here?!
How mean! This is someone's idea of a dirty trick!
What are you talking about? You said you wanted to eat it, didn't you?
I do not recall saying that!
You don't mean, you're...
You're back in your right mind?!
Right mind, nothing. Why is yours truly the only one with this eccentric fare?
Never mind about that! Gakuto, you thought of something, didn't you?!
Mm-hmm. Kiyoshi-dono, when I saw the note you got from Chiyo-dono,
I thought of something-- One last means of escape.
Are you working on something, Chairman?
Mm-hmm, I had some miscellaneous business left over... here.
Miscellaneous business, you say?
Miscellaneous business... yes!
Well, very well. Tomorrow is the day that I tell that schoolyard scum that they are expelled.
Please do not delay in processing your duties.
Yeah, I will do... so.
Also, could I ask you to no longer do your "miscellaneous business" at school?
It's disgusting.
Please excuse me.
I need some blinds, don't... I?
...and that is how the plan works. We move on it starting tomorrow, gentlemen!
Hm-hm, you are so astonished at yours truly's brilliant plan
that it appears to have left you speechless.
No, it's not that.
Hmm?
Any way you cut it, that's crazy.
We do it in full knowledge that it is crazy!
I mean, tomorrow, we're all going to be expelled!
Huh?
What? Do you mean that that many days have already elapsed?
What do we do?! However you look at it, this plan needs two more days!
What do we do? That's what we'd like to know!
If we are to be expelled tomorrow morning,
then this plan is impossible.
Suppertime is over.
There's something I want you to fill out now.
"Withdrawal Request"
Your withdrawal requests.
You know, once you guys are gone, this school will be quiet again.
Don't tell me... she's going to miss us after we're gone...?
Well, that will be a relief.
She is quivering all over. Does this mean she will miss us when we are gone?
Madam Vice President-dono, wipe away those tears.
We, too, will never forget the days that we spent with you, Madam Vice President.
Why, you...
Do not waste food!
Fill out your withdrawal requests, you scum!
I thought it was a tender moment there, but I was completely wrong.
Is your head okay, Gakuto?
Of course it is not okay.
There's no time for rest. Let's put your plan into action.
It is impossible. Yours truly's plan will require more time.
We'll manage something.
Something like what? We are all out of options.
We'll write out an appeal to the chairman.
To the chairman?
Yeah. We'll attach an appeal along with our withdrawal forms.
If we plead that the Underground Student Council set this "DTO" trap for us...
Yes... it might buy us a few days while he investigates.
If we're given a reprieve...
...then during that time, we might obtain the DTO evidence with Gakuto-kun's plan.
But isn't it a little thin to pin our hopes on?
Remember, Shingo! We can't afford to leave this school just yet!
At least not until summer...
...and the wet T-shirt contest!
We can't give up! Or don't you want to see nipples through wet T-shirts?
Yeah, I do. Of course I do, don't you know?!
I can't hear you! What do you want to see?!
Nipples! Pointy nipples through wet T-shirts!
I wanna see them so bad!!
Then, don't give up hope until the very end!
Hmm...
"Eryngii Mushrooms"
It feels like I've forgotten something.
In the nurse's office, that one day...
What was it? It seems like it was something that can't be undone...
Have you finished writing, scum?
Yes, ma'am.
"Withdrawal Request" "Appeal"
What is this?
It's an appeal.
An appeal, you say?
I know it won't do much good,
but we wanted the chairman to read how sorry we were.
Please! They are our final feelings on the matter!
Hmph, how pitiful, when you know it won't do any good.
Very well, I'll allow it.
Thank you very much!
It's late.
Never mind our breakfast, no one is coming.
Are we really going to be expelled today?
That depends on whether the chairman reads our appeal,
and comes down here.
Maybe it really is hopeless.
It's all right. I'm sure he read it.
Then why isn't the chairman coming down here?
Well, I...
The vice president! Which means...
As scheduled, you are to be expelled today.
All of you, out of the prison.
I order you to go collect all of your belongings that are still in the dorms.
This is your last task. I don't want any trace-- so much as a single hair-- to remain here.
"Appeal"
I-Is that...?
How cruel of you, Madam Vice President-dono!
How could you tear up our appeal?!
This is beyond cruel! I thought you agreed!
No talking!
Keep quiet and walk!
Those boys are being expelled today.
I guess I won't get to pay that idiot Kiyoshi back after all.
Well, when I see him for the last time, I'll make do with punching him in the stomach.
What was it? I came close to remembering something yesterday, too.
But why...?
Almost there...
It all ends now.
For you, these really are your "Thirteen Steps."
Do you have any last words?
Why don't you let me be the one...
...to hear any of their last...
...words?!
Chairman!
What is the chairman doing here? I know I tore up their appeal.
What did you do?
Now, let's return to the prison. I need to have a word with you.
Can I get a cup of...
...tea?!
Oh, yes.
Why did the chairman come down here?
I am unaware.
The vice president tore up our appeal.
Why those rotten...
Just how did they do it?
A dummy.
A dummy?
Yeah. That appeal that we wrote was a dummy.
I put the real contender into my withdrawal request.
I figured that after throwing out our appeal, the vice president would let it go to her head,
and not closely check the withdrawal requests.
You are a genius!
That's just like the ploy used by the famous strategist Pang Tong at the Battle of Red Cliffs!
I'm not sure what that was, but you're probably right.
So, what did you write on your withdrawal request?
Well, I...
I received your message. But let me come right out and say this--
As an educator, intimidation is something I do not give in... to!
Intimidation?!
Sure enough, it's something that the chairman is trying to hide.
"I know about the hidden treasure you buried behind the school."
I had to use what I saw back then in order to call the chairman out.
It's my trump card to get the chairman to postpone our expulsions.
Damn it, I can't hear them from here!
Hana...?
Where is he?
That bastard, Kiyoshi!
Where is he?!
You misunderstand.
I didn't think you would hear us out unless I mentioned that.
We really were set up by the Underground Student Council.
I already heard about this.
There is no credible evidence for it, is... there?
No, not yet. But...
One more week! No, even given three more days, we can find the proof!
I see. You want more time to gather your evidence.
Which is to say, you seek to have your expulsions postponed... right?
All right, then...
Buttocks or breasts-- which do you pre... fer?
Between buttocks and breasts, you ask?
Buttocks and breasts... yes!
If forced to choose, yours truly would say boob--
Gakuto, guys, would you let me field this one?
Kiyoshi-dono...
Right now, the chairman is testing us.
Remember! I know it had to be...
Yeah! It was...
The buttocks are what we like best!
Hmph, we are of the same... mind.
Allow me to share with you one of my life's mottos.
"Nobody who is an ass man can be all...
...bad!"
I was right!
Then, you will postpone our expulsions, right?
No, I still cannot approve it... yet.
I do not yet know if you really are ass men... you see.
Why did you choose... butts?
A true ass man would be able to answer.
Why would you not say breasts, but instead... butts?
Is this one answer going to determine our whole lives?
This is almost like...
..the riddle of the Sphinx!
What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? That one?
Yes. And legend says that those who did not answer correctly...
...were killed and eaten by the Sphinx!
Our answer is also going to determine...
...whether or not we're expelled!
Then again, on the other hand,
if we overcome this question, we get to survive!
Oh...
Kiyoshi, you're so right!
I was just thinking the same thing.
If we put all of our heads together, we might pull this off!
No, you... can't.
There will be no discussion. When speaking of one's tastes,
common-denominator answers mean nothing.
The reason why the desires within you spring forth--
that is what I wish to hear...
...from you.
Kiyoshi-kun, you're the one who said you liked them.
You be the one to answer... me!
Take it easy, Hana!
Move! That idiot Kiyoshi is in there, right?!
Hold on! Get rid of that dangerous knife!
What on earth happened?!
What happened?! What happened was, you see...
His... and my... you know...
I'll kill him! I'll kill him, then take my own life!
Oh, no! If I leave Hana alone like this,
the Underground Student Council's position will be in jeopardy!
Forgive me, Hana.
Now then...
It's no use!
I can't think of anything! I mean,
I actually like boobs over butts, after all!
I can say any number of good things about boobs.
They have nipples! They make milk!
They're far and away softer than butts!
It's no use! No matter what I think of, I can't find any reasons why butts are better than boobs!
The answer that the hero Oedipus gave to the Sphinx's riddle...
...was "man."
Right after they are born, they are babies crawling around.
When they grow up, they stand alone on two legs,
and when they get old, they use a cane, giving them three legs.
Kiyoshi-dono, you must become our hero, Oedipus!
Gakuto, I hate to ask, but could you keep quiet for a minute?
I can't afford to listen to your vast knowledge right now.
Ah! I'm sorry!
Hold on. Am I wrong to be overthinking it?
Yeah! There's no reason why you like something!
Just like when that mountain climber was asked why he climbed the mountain,
and he said, "Because the mountain is there," I can just say "Because the butt is there," can't I?!
Would it be okay if I offered you a slight... hint?
In the past, I've asked this question in various places,
and I have been disappointed by many people.
By the answer that "There is no basis for why someone likes a...
...thing."
"No reason." "Meiyou liyou."
Not to mention the George Mallory-inspired "Because the butt is there."
But once you say out loud that you like buttocks,
without a reason, it is nothing more than an evasive answer.
I have given you plenty of time. I think I should hear your answer now, don't...
...you?
It's no use... I can't come up with anything...
A butt...?
Why is there a butt in the window?
No, wait! I'm wrong! Those are...
Boobs! The vice president's ass-like boobs!
What in the world are they talking about in there?
They're so similar...
Human development, and the evolution of mankind...
They're so similar... Boobs and butts...
That's it! Boobs... Boobs...!
Mankind...
Back when we still walked on all fours, we always had in front of us... the butt.
Then, from the time mankind started walking on two legs,
we stopped having butts stuck in our faces all the time,
and in their place, what appeared in front of our faces... were boobs!
Women grew larger breasts, to take the place of buttocks.
The original source of life is the buttocks!
Boobs are just a substitute!
Boobs are nothing more than a pale imitation of the buttocks!
If asked what you'd rather have, a copy or an original,
naturally, I would choose the original!
Boobs jut out forward due to the processes of evolution,
keeping the buttocks further back and to the rear hidden!
However, that is where the grace of the Eros of the buttocks is--
That's enough.
You have more than conveyed to me that you are a true ass man.
That was a great answer, kindred spirit of...
...mine.
Then, does that mean...
Like I said, nobody who is an ass man can be all bad.
Your expulsion will be post... poned.
What was that?
However, the maximum reprieve that I can give you is one... day.
That is much too brief! If we could at least have three days...!
If a man is earnest, it is possible for him to accomplish a thing in one... day.
What is the meaning of postponing their expulsion, Chairman?
I have decided that there is room to question whether their expulsion is justified... or not.
Their expulsion is a matter of course! What are you trying to do now?
Madam President, that is not for you, a student, to determine, but for me.
Unless a one-day extension somehow creates a problem... for you?
Now, if you'll excuse... me.
Um, thank you very much.
You were a tremendous help to us, Madam Vice President.
Wha--?
We managed to make it through that, but only a single day?
This is no time to be depressed.
Up until now, we were moments from execution.
But from out of that darkness, small though it may be, we can see a light shining forth.
It may be like an incredibly fine spider's thread,
but we now have our foot in the door of a way to get out of this.
Kiyoshi-dono...
You're absolutely right.
All right. What lies beyond that light...
...is our future. As well as...
...the wet T-shirt contest!
This is no time to be down in the dumps!
Mm-hmm!
Now, gents, let us put the plan that yours truly thought up into effect tonight,
and see that it succeeds!
Yeah!
How did they get postponed?!
Why did the prisoners offer you their thanks?!
I do not know.
You don't know?
You heard what they were saying in the prison, didn't you?
Well... the chairman and the boys' conversation was mostly... that is...
...they were talking about butts.
In any case, it is just one day. We will not let them do anything.
Would you please allow me to handle their final day?
I won't let that scum pull anything.
Falling in love with someone is
a trap programmed into our genes
Our desires have already gotten underway
Lots of things happen day to day
Lots of things happen in innocence
They wrench our hearts as we grapple with them
Don't you touch, let me touch your heart
Pry it open and punish me even more
With all our minds, we submissively fall in love
Love & Peace, Fight!
We want to have you
We want to know everything
Grant us permission for our dreams
We don't need any love
On second thought, give us some
You can't put handcuffs on adolescence
Next time on Prison School:
"Eryngii Brockovich"