Horikita Defend Kushida Y2V5

Horikita Defend Kushida Y2V5 Live Translation by Trollcity

After kushida let out some secret of the students in the class, horikita come to put a stop to her action.

"Don't overstep your boundaries, Kushida-san. If you say any more than that, you won't be able to take it back." (Hori)

"Huh? We're finally at the interesting part. Don't interrupt me, Horikita-san." (Kushida)

"I can't let you continue. I won't listen to any more of these unsightly stories." (Hori)
"Is the truth I'm saying really that unsightly?" (Kushida)

"That's right. At the very least, I don't think these secrets you're spilling are nice to listen to. But you're not the only one I think is acting in an unsightly manner. I think the exact same towards all those people whose secrets you spilled and are now whispering around demanding your expulsion." (Hori)

"Why us as well!? We haven't done anything wrong!" (some random girl)

"All of you told your secrets to Kushida-san. Let me ask you, why did you do that?" (Horikita)
"T-That's because we thought Kushida-san was trustworthy! And yet..." (some random girl)

"That's right. Kushida-san was trusted by everyone in the class. Usually, it isn't easy to earn someone's trust. Even more so if it's entrusting them with the type of secret you wouldn't want anyone else to know about. Most people only have a handful of people they can trust with things like that. Of course, Kushida-san is at fault for telling others your secrets like this. It's no surprise that you're all shocked that she had a hidden side behind her mask. But doesn't everyone have a public mask they use and a true self hidden beneath it?" (Horikita)

"But isn't the issue here that she kept insisting on voting for expulsion? Isn't that an unforgivable offence?" (some random girl)

"That's true. In order to expel either Ayanokouji-kun or I, she made an unbelievably selfish choice. We need to make her feel the weight of her decision. And the way to do that isn't by voting to expel her but by making use of her skills and having her repay us many times over." (Hori)

"Could you possibly be suggesting we don't expel Kushida-san?" (some random classmate)

"That's right. I want Kushida-san to remain in our class." (Hori)

"Huh? You suddenly interrupted in the middle of everything so I was wondering what you were going to say, but it's this?" (some random girl)

"Why the hell are you defending someone like me? There's no way you'd nominate someone else to expel, right? Or do you want me to stay here to use as a punching bag? That's some nice hobby you got there." (Kushida)
"Sorry to tell you, but I'm not one for telling jokes. I'm being completely serious here." (Hori)
"If that's what you're seriously thinking, I'll change your mind right now. Want me to plunge this class into hell?" (Kushida)
"But what I saw you say just now didn't really look like 'hell' to me?" (Hori)
"...Oh really? Then what did you make of it? Please enlighten me." (Kushida)

"It was just a foolish, hillarious broadcast of your unsightliness. I could only see you as a fool." (Hori)
"Huh?" (Kushida)

"It's true that you're better academically than the average person. But your brain is terribly lacking in the most important places. During middle school, didn't you break your class by revealing everyone's secrets after your secret got exposed? In order to reflect on those mistakes, you decided to come to this school but by a stroke of luck, you happened to meet me who was from the same middle school. And then soon after enrolling, your hidden personality was also exposed to Ayanokouji-kun. What a joke. Not only that. Even though I had absolutely zero interest in your past, you just decided that you couldn't bear my existence and continuouslyt tried to expel me. You even tried to take advantage and strike a deal with Ayanokouji-kun but that ended up being used against you instead. And this is the result of everything? You obsessed too hard over voting to expel someone and ended up being caught in it yourself." (Hori)

"You don't even know how I feel so don't go running your mouth! I want to be number one! Even if I always have to be engulfed in stress, I want to feel a sense of superiority over others! Since you were a hindrance to that, I tried to get rid of you. What's wrong with that?!" (Kushida)

"You say I don't know how you feel? Of course I don't know how you feel. Your only purpose in life was to listen to other people's worries and collect them like stamps. You were never able to find someone to talk to about your own feelings." (Hori)

"Your personality is a bit of a problem but that's the same for me. But you put a lot more effort than me into making up for your weaknesses." (Hori)

"Don't tell such hillarious lies. Everything that you comes out of your mouth is annoying to listen to." (Kushida)

"All I'm saying is the truth which you so happen to love so much. I honestly think your talent and effort in befriending so many people is something worthy of praise and is something that I'm jealous of not being able to do." (Hori)

"Just now, we were being harassed by Kushida-san and yet you think that's worthy of praise?" (some random girl)

"Pretending to be nice. Acting as a nice character every day. And you people think that's terrible? That's what you call being superficial. Reconsider for yourselves how difficult it is to be nice every single day. Do all of you have the talent to show your smile to everyone, lend a hand to anyone needing help and listen to other people's worries?" (Hori)

"Stop. Just stop already. I don't want to hear any more of that garbage come out of your mouth." (Kushida)

"Why? Since you're good at reading people's hearts, you should understand, right? I have no intention of making fun of you or humiliating you. I'm wholeheartedly praising you." (Hori)

"It will be a huge loss if we expel you since you have a talent that nobody else has." (Hori)
"Shut up!" (Kushida)

"That's why I am unable to agree with expelling Kushida-san. I want to take a bet and utilise her strengths the best we can." (Hori)
"I told you to shut up, didn't I?!" (Kushida)

"You don't understand, do you? It was after knowing your true self that I held a high evaluation of you." (Hori)

[Illustration here]

"Sorry for interrupting you in the middle of your discussion but it's almost the end of the break time. What will you do?" (Chabashira)

"There's not enough time. Anyone who wants to pick Kushida-san, please switch your nomination to me instead. I'll continue my explanation afterwards." (Hori)

"D-Don't joke around! You're going to expel me, aren't you?! Hurry up and nominate and vote for me already!" (Kushida)

"I'm not joking at all. Like I've said all along, you're going to take responsibility as the chief perpetrator of this situation. I won't accept you being expelled as the penalty. If you do that, I will laugh at you forever. You will forever become a joke." (Hori)

"Time's up. We will now begin voting for Horikita who received more than half of the nominations." (Chabashira)

(Horikita received one vote for expulsion, 37 against)

"It's the break time now so I'm going to say it again. I'm against expelling Kushida-san." (Hori)

"But Horikita-san, if you're going to defend Kushida-san, does that mean you plan on letting the time run out?" (Hirata)

"I know that preventing Kushida-san's expulsion isn't the end. I have my own answer prepared." (Hori)

"In order to avoid failing this special exam, someone needs to be expelled." (Hori)
"Please wait." (Kiyo)

"Kushida was the only student to continue to vote to expel so we decided that she would be who we expel. But as Horikita said, she is a talented student. In that case, we have no choice but to take a different approach." (Kiyo)

"Hold up, Ayanokouji. Everyone in the class ended up voting to expel because they knew they weren't the traitor. Are you just going to ignore that and name someone to expel now? No one will be happy with that!" (Ike)

"I'm sure Ike isn't the only one here who is unsatisfied. But despite that, we're going to have to make a decision. We can only choose the fairest method available." (Kiyo)

"Fairest... There's no way a method like that exists..." (I don't know who said this)

"This is the choice to earn class points by expelling someone. People will have their reservations about the word 'expel' but in essence this is the same as when we decided to expel the traitor who voted to expel. We're just changing the criteria for choosing the expulsion target. To put it simply, students with leadership skills such as Horikita or students who can control the class' momentum such as Yosuke or Kei will naturally be excluded from selection. Of course, if you think I'm biased in my selection, you can feel free to object." (Kiyo)

"And in this choice it's better if we don't include metrics such as future potential. There's no way of knowing how much someone will grow in the future. OAA is the only way to make a fair decision." (Kiyo)

[Continue to ayanokouji group conflict]
[link: https://pastebin.com/yufBjqDa]