Tomodachi Game V2 Special PR

TG Special -- PR - meterion

[127]
You guys could learn a thing or two from your class president and study harder.
Wooow, how many times did he get 100 points? As expected from Ken-chan.
We sure are no match against Ken-chan.

Wooow, Ken-chan got 1st place again.
Kyaaa, Ken-chan is so cool~!
We sure are no match against Ken-chan.

Bye bye, Ken-chan, We'll always be friends even after you transfer!
We'll never forget about you so Ken-chan, please don't forget about us!
Yeah! I'll never forget about anyone! We'll be friends forever!

[128]
Aaah~ Those days sure were nice~

[129]
H-Hi, hello, is this Mihoshi-senpai... Yes, of course, I can return it tomorrow!
Wh-what... Please don't say such scary things... Ha ha ha...
It'll be fine! I'll return the 5 million by next week.
Yes...right, I have a plan.
A plan!
[PR: would italicize plan]

[130]
Alright.
Hmmm.
...Yup./This actually looks pretty nice?
I was able to hide my belly with the corset,
I'm pretty lucky I'm not the type to get fat on my face.
Alright now.../I'll go say hi to my old friends.
Could that be.../Ken-chan?

[131]
I knew it, it's Ken-chan! It's been since elementary school!
(As expected of Ken-chan!)
(Nomura Hayato/ He was my best friend from elementary school. We were always together whenever we did anything... He never stood up against me which made him the best of my peanut gallery.)
...It's been a while, Ken-chan.
(I... I like you, Ken-chan.)
(Chigusa Kaede/ She was the cutest girl in the class. I was confessed to several times by her, but I had no interest in girls back then.  I wouldn't mind going out with her now.)
You guys sure haven't changed at all.
(Since elementary school.)
Now there's just two left...
Sooorry, did I make you all wait?

[132]
Ooh, it's Ken-chan!
(I went and got the Coke that Ken-chan likes.)
(Sakashita Kaito/He was always bullied in the class. I used to always protect him. You could say he was my minion.)
Ah, Uum... It's been a while... Ken-chan.
(Why does Ken-chan talk to a girl like me?)
(Uzaki Humi/ She was the most bland girl in the class. She was always forgotten and left out by the class, so I helped her out. She probably liked me.)
Kaito... You sure got big... in a lot of ways.
You really think so?
No no no no... No matter how you look at it, you got fat...!!
And...Uzaki, I didn't recognize you for a second.
Is... Is that so?

[133]
You became so pretty.
Ehhh!?
If Ken-chan... Tells me those kinds of things...
It... It'll make it hard for me...
She definitely still likes me!
Ken-chan, so what was the important business you had to talk about before the reunion?
Ha? What are you talking about?
I came here because you all told me to come here.
Which is a lie, of course! I told you guys to come here!
Eh, wh... what does that mean?
...!!

[134]
Ken-chan, behind you!!
O...Ouuuuch, what a rough welcome...

[135]
Ken-chan!?
Wha, Stop i-!?
Who the heck are you!
Kyaaa-!!
But... It's better this way.
...I feel bad, but you guys will...
become my sacrifice...
Now... take them to...
the Tomodachi Game...
...
Are...
na...
...

[136]
...chan.
Ken-chan.
U... Uuh
Ken-chan!
U...Uzaki...?
Ken-chan, are you okay?
Uwaaaaaa!!

[137]
Welcome to the Tomodachi Game Arena!
I'm your tour guide, Manabu-kun.

[138]
Tomodachi Game...?
From here, we will have you all participate in a super simple game.../and earn some money!
Every time you clear a game, you will get a reward of 2 million yen!
So it'll be a piece of cake to pay back that debt of 5 million yen! <3

[139]
5... 5 million yen debt!? I don't remember having something like that!
Ehh~, then maybe,
It's one of the other four's debt?
From that certain someone, the 5 million yen was split evenly into an individual debt of 1 million yen.
It's obvious because you are all friends that you would work together to pay it back <3
You all earn 2 million per game, so you can return 400 thousand per person...
...is how it usually works, but.../Today there's a special rule...

[CHART]
5M Yen Debt
divided by 5

[Reading from top left to right, in Z Pattern]
1M Yen Debt
Nomura
1M Yen Debt
Sakamoto
1M Yen Debt
Ken-chan
1M Yen Debt
Chigusa
1M Yen Debt
Uzaki
[/CHART]

[140]
Once it's game-over.../The remaining debt will be doubled.
So a 1 million yen debt becomes 2 million yen...?

The Tomodachi Game isn't something that you can participate in with an eentsy weentsy 5 million debt.
Or it wouldn't be as thrilling. (That's why we added that special rule.)

Wait a minute, are you forcing us to participate?
Of course, you can choose not to participate.
But in that case...

The first game will be considered a no-show, and the original debtor will take home the 5 million debt that doubles to 10 million.
One person with a 10 million debt...
But like that, everyone else can go home without any debt, right?
Y... Yeah, you're right! Besides, it's not our problem...!!

[141]
Of course we're going to participate.
Ke...Ken-chan...
B...But...

Just think about it. Think about the person who has this debt...
That person was troubled... And after facing that dilemma, decided to participate in this game.
And that person chose us as participants for this game…

[142]
Because they saw us as reliable friends!
And you all are just going to let them be?
That person who’s about to be left with a 10 million debt!!
...
Seriously,
You're amazing, Ken-chan...

[143]
This feeling... It's pretty nostalgic.

Let's participate, everyone!
We are friends... after all.
Yeah... It doesn't matter whose debt it is!
Yes...

Everyone...
It really was the right choice to bring you all here.

[144]
So eaaaasy~
You guys were always like this.
Wherever I go, you guys would just blindly follow me.
Really, you all were my followers.
Believers who worshipped my charisma!

This is a piece of cake. With this, I can easily reach my goal.
Seems like you all decided to participate./Let me explain the rules for the first game.

[145]
The first game is...
Tomodachi Janken!
[TL: Lit: “Friendship Rock Paper Scissors”]
The rules are super simple./Everyone will get 1 rock, 1 paper, and 1 scissors card, for a total of 3.
You can only use each card once.
On "shoot!", everyone will show their cards.
So that part's just like the normal rock paper scissors.

And when all three cards are used... If it ends in a draw, then you clear the game!
Eh... That's it?
You can even talk about what you will use before you use the card. Isn't it super easy?
...Indeed, this might be super easy.

[146]
However! There is one more small rule.
In the event you don't get a draw, then debt will transfer from the winner to the loser.
The price will be 500 thousand yen per victory!

For the details, look at this chart./The original debt was 1 million yen.
So in other words, the loser has to pay for 500 thousand yen of the winner's debt.

Well... It'll work out./These kind of things are pretty likely to end in a draw anyways.
You idiot!!

[CHART]
[Moving from squiggle, box, middle, right, left column]
~Total Amount: 5 Million Yen~
With 1 winner:
500,000 yen transfer
<-
The remaining four gain an additional 12,500 yen debt.

Winner
1M yen
|
V
500,000 yen debt

Losers
1M yen debt
|
V
1.125M yen debt

With 2 winners:
1M yen transfer
<-
The remaining 3 gain an additional 33,300 yen debt

Winners
1M yen debt
|
V
50,000 yen debt

Losers
1M yen debt
|
V
1.333 yen debt

With 3 winners:
1.5M yen transfer
<-
The remaining 2 gain an additional 75,000 yen debt

Winners
1M yen debt
|
V
500,000 yen debt

Losers
Debt 1M yen
1.75M yen debt

With 4 winners:
2M yen transfer
<-
The remaining gains an additional 2M yen debt

Winners
1M yen debt
|
V
500,000 yen debt

Loser
1M yen debt
|
V
3M yen debt
[/CHART]

[147]
We can't play this game without a plan!
We only have three cards.
What if we coincidentally do have a winner and a loser...?/Then you would be pushing your debt onto someone else.
I wouldn't be able to bear that...
I would just feel sorry... and shameful.
...Ken-chan.
Let's all use the same card!
That's the safest and surest way.

[148]
As expected of Ken-chan.
If Ken-chan says something, it sounds really convincing.
No way...
But I'm thankful everyone understands.

Scissors. Let's all use scissors.
Roger!/Yeah/Mmhmm/Okay!
 - This is one bubble with everyone saying different things.
...
...And...

I will use rock!!
and then
500 thousand of my debt will transfer
just like this!

[TABLE]
My card
Everyone else's card
I'm the only winner

My debt - 500,000 yen
Their debt - 1.125M yen
[/TABLE]

[149]
Afterwards, everyone will get mad so I'll go,
Sorry, I thought we were going to start with "rock" like in real rock paper scissors.
or whatever, and wing it.
And then next round,
I'll use scissors when everyone uses rock! That way, it will even out.
-is what I'll say.

But then I'll use paper!!
And then this will happen.
And again, I'll win by myself and the debt will transfer...
We'll end up losing the game so our debt will double, but that doesn't matter to me because I'll be at zero!!

It's genius!
I'm a genius!!
These kinds of games will always become harder as they go on!

So I'm going to end this as quickly as I can!
Everyone, here/we go-!
Rock, paper, scissors...!!

[TABLE]
My card
Everyone else's card
I'm again the only winner, so the debts transfer...
Me - 0 yen debt
Others - 1.25M yen debt

[150]
Shoot!!

[151]
EEEEEEEEE
EEHH!!?
Wha...
Why did everyone use paper!!
...Is what I want to say, but I can't!
Since I chose rock even after I told them all to choose scissors!!
Ken-chan!
Ye... Yeah?
Did... Did they figure it out...? My plan!?

[152]
As expected.
Ken-chan knew everything we were going to do.
We were all going to intentionally lose to Ken-chan./So we all used paper.
-???
We were all helped by Ken-chan back in elementary school.
And so...
If we were ever reunited...

[153]
We all... decided we would return the favor.
But you noticed that, and wanted to say "don't do something like that!"...
So you used rock...
knowing you would lose, right?
...Tha-

[154]
That's exactly right!
I can tell what you guys are thinking.
Don't think of returning any favors./Especially money...I'm not in any financial trouble!

As expected of Ken-chan!
I... I'm saved.
...I think?
...But what should I do? I'm the only one whose debt increased.
 I should try to clear this all up.

[TABLE]
-500,000 yen
-500,000 yen
-500,000 yen
-500,000 yen
-3M yen
[Box:]
Current debt totals
[/TABLE]

[155]
Next round we all will use rock, so...
Ken-chan, you should use paper.

That way, you would win by yourself.
-!!
Hey Manabu-kun, if Ken-chan wins, can you transfer the 2 million back to us?
I don't mind./As long as you guys are ok with it.

That way, we can clear the game by choosing scissors for the last round.
That's exactly it, Ken-chan!
I see! This is the best option for now.
I'll hold off the betrayal until the second game!!
Then here we go!
Reaaady! Rock, Paper, Scissors...

[TABLE]
-1M yen
-1M yen
-1M yen
-1M yen
-1M yen
[/TABLE]

[156]
Wait a second!!
...?
What's wrong, Ken-chan?
Wait... just wait.
What... what is this?
Isn't something strange going on?

The first round, I lost by myself because of a mix up...
The second round, in order to return the debt that increased, I'll use the card they told me to use...

[157]
Isn't this exactly,
the same exact plan that I had...!?
If I use paper exactly as I've been told...
And if they all use scissors to betray me-

I would lose by myself.
It would be game over and my debt will double to 10 million!!

...Bad... This is really bad...
Will they really... Use rock like they said...?
He-Hey, everyone...

[TABLE]
My remaining cards
Their remaining cards
[/TABLE]

[158]
What? Ken-chan.
What...?
Ah... No... Never mind.
Were they... always like this...!?
Sc... Scary.

[159]
It's no good...I just can't
Use paper right now...!!
If I use scissors, then when they all betray me and use scissors,
we'll end with a draw!
No...
I can't! I can't!
Am I an idiot! If I get spooked and use scissors,
and everyone uses rock without betraying me,
Then in the end, I will lose by myself!!

...What the heck is this...
Should I use paper and believe my friends,
or use scissors, those are my only two choices...!!

That's the Tomodachi Game,
Ken-chan <3

[TABLE]
(On the scale, from right to left)
Believe
Don't believe
[/TABLE]

[160]
This is a place where you are tested on whether you can believe your friends.
Try remembering it, what exactly are they to you, Ken-chan?
If you can answer that, then you should be able to find the right answer.

...Those guys are...
...to me,
Those guys are...
Would they actually ever hate me...?

[161]
Remember...
All those times…

Ken-chan, we are all your friends, forever!
Yea! We'll be friends forever!!

Those guys are,
to me...!!

[162]
We're all friends forever!
I... will use paper next!!

...
What's wrong, all of a sudden?
Were you actually suspicious of us?

[163]
Obviously, Ken-chan!
We're going to use rock next.

Yeah!
It's okay! There's no reason for them to betray me.
I'll believe in my friends.

That's right, Ken-chan.
The only way to beat this game is to not doubt your friends!
Let me start over! With these guys, I'll be able to get through the entire Tomodachi game.
Here we go, everyone!/Ready,
Rock, Paper, Scissors...

[164]
Wha!!?

[165]
...Why...!?
Amazing, it all went just as Nomura-kun said it would.
To be honest, I used to mess with him a lot,/and this kind of reminded me of back then.
Aah~! Wasn't there was that time where you'd manipulate him with compliments?

Wh...What do you mean...?
You knew everything all along!?
But... Since when? My acting was perfect...!!

From the very beginning, Ken-chan.
Eh...
We knew that you were the one who dragged us into this shady game,/ and we also knew that you were the debtor right off the bat.

[166]
You've always had this habit of making a fist with your thumb tucked in, even back then.
!?
I told everyone about it while you were unconscious.
(Was it really?)
(You sure do remember a lot)

Th... Then when you said you guys are returning the favor, during the game, that was...
That was obviously a lie to manipulate you.
...B... But I actually... helped you guys out back then...
At the very least, you all used to really like me, right?
...
Did we?
!/Yes you did!!

[167]
Nomura, you always said "as expected of Ken-chan" all the time...!!
Oh... That was because if I said it, you would act out and it was pretty funny... My bad.
(Now that I think about it, that could have been considered bullying.)
Chigusa... You asked me out!
Ahh~ But you know, it was one of those things where little girls like the boys who can run fast...It was just that.
(So embarrassing~)
You were pretty fast~

Sakashita, I helped you out when you were getting bullied!
Did you really...?/All I remember is buying you things you wanted, and you never even saying thanks.
Uzaki...
I liked being by myself... But you kept coming up to me so I just thought you had a crush on me...
To be honest, it was a little creepy.

You're lying.../I used to be everyone's hero.
I was the popular kid who got elected as class president,/and I was the genius who always got 100 points,/and I was good at sports...

[168]
In elementary school, no one wants to be the class president./They just pushed that duty onto you.
There's 2 types of popular people./The first is someone who's actually popular, and the second is just the class clown.
There's always those who say they were smart back in elementary school,/but how well you did in class doesn't really matter when you're an adult.
That's true with sports too. Even if you're the fastest in the class, it doesn't really matter in the future.

Th...Then what about...?/The promise that we'd always be friends... That promise...?
Hey Ken-chan.

[169]
We're 27 years old now.
None of us remember... Something so long ago.

So Ken-chan... No, Kenichi,
Just take a look at yourself right now.
U...Uuh.
...I...I'm...

[170]
I'm not Kenichi... It's Kenji......
The class reunion is probably over by now.
Isn't it okay with just four of us? The "friendly four" of 6th grade, class 2?
Yeah.

Memories become more beautifully nostalgic over time...

[171]
Especially if the person is a good-for-nothing now.
Ah, that's right./The Tomodachi Game is always looking for new applicants.
There is only one condition./That you have friends...
Who will never betray you...
However, I don't know if the friends you just thought of.../Actually think of you as their friend...