Mental Out 36

Chapter 36

01

Kuroko: Oh, right. I have a message from the Itatsu Twins*.
Text: The clique leaders show their support for Kamino!
Kamino: A message?
Title: Chapter 36
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
        Art: Nogi Yasuhito
        Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

Between panels: *Tokiwadai nickname for the Iori-Tatsuki pair.

Kuroko: "You can't just withdraw from the election because you lost."
Kuroko: "Don't think you can escape, you dirty sneak."
Kuroko: "Did you think that Kitarou hair looked cool?"
Kuroko(outside): It's all insults.
Kamino: Oh?

Kamino: Such obvious provocation.
Kamino: But I was already going to stay in the election.
Kamino: That duel was a draw.

Kamino: We really were different.

02

SFX: Reach

Kuroko: Hold my hand up like this and I can see the scars.
Kuroko: As a girl, I'm not sure what to think about it...
Kuroko: but it's also something I'm proud of.

Kuroko: So if I could get rid of them...
Kuroko: I probably would miss them.

Kuroko: I think I understand...
Kuroko: your sorrow a little bit.

Kamino: Did I look that hurt?

03

Kamino: But I see this...
Kamino: as the sign of a new beginning.

Kamino: You're more of a rule-breaker than I thought, Shirai-san.
Kuroko: Leave me alone.

Kamino: I'm fine.
Kamino: I realize now just how loved I was.
SFX: Slap

04

Kamino: I just wish she could have made it shoot lasers.
Kamino(small): Just kidding.
Kuroko: Huh?
PG: Really? What color would you like?

Kamino: You can do that?
Kuroko: You can do that?
PG: For the romance of it.
PG: I could do it for you too.
Kuroko: No, thank you.

05

PG: Hm. Too bad.
Kamino: God, such power.

Kamino: If she can change someone's body that much...
Kamino: she was probably serious about...
Kamino: turning espers into Gemstones.

Kamino: Oh, right. Shirai-san.
Kamino: How is Kokuchou-san's condition?

Kamino: With Synthesize Grid so deep inside her...
Kamino: it would have done serious damage to her brain and spine.

Kuroko: About that.

06

Kuroko: Nothing was wrong with her.

Kamino: ...Huh?

Kuroko: The hospital released her after half a day.
Kuroko(outside): They said she had monstrous stamina.

Kamino: They really found nothing? Even on a brain scan?
Kuroko: Y-yes, that's right.

Kamino: Kokuchou-san was one of the Pleiades Sisters like me.
Kamino: But she still reached her adaptation limit...
Kamino: so she shouldn't have been able to fully keep it from affecting her.

Kamino: It must have done something to her.

07

Kamino: How do I explain this?

Girls: The Last Dance is the best event...
Girls: in the election because all the clique leaders gather in a single room.

Girls: It's a legal chance to meet those VIPs you normally couldn't even approach.
Girls: To be blunt, it's a fan service event.
Girls: Isn't that too blunt?

08

Girls: And this time both Level 5s will be there.
Girls: Misaka-san announced she would be supporting Gaouin-san...
Girls: but that was mostly just letting her use her name, so this came as a surprise.

Girls: Could it be to hold the Shokuhou Clique in check?
Girls: Hmm. That...
Girls: isn't Misaka-san's style.

Girls: The top three cliques will advance to the next phase.
Girls: So the Gaouin Clique has no real reason to make an attack now.
Right of Shokuhou/Gaouin: Tentative Ranking
Left of Shokuhou/Gaouin: Top 3 are final candidates
Right of Kamino/Kokuchou: One will be #3
Right of Iori: #4 and below become electors in the next phase

Girls: Then why...?
Girls(outside): Hmm
Girls: It could be...

09

Girls: She's here to say...
Girls: "Don't you betray us".

Girls: Not every clique member will vote for her own clique!
Girls(small): Votes are anonymous

Girls: Right! It's important to appeal to your own base.
Girls: So the clique leader called in a favor to apply pressure.
Girls(small): Pressure not to betray her!
Girls: And it'll work knowing how Misaka-san can glare...
Girls: I will never interrupt her when she's using the restroom.

Girls: We need to keep an eye on our girls to make sure they vote for us...
Girl: Okay?
SFX: Glare
Girls: Wah!? I get it, I get it!

10

Mikoto: Your boobs already take up extra space...
Mikoto: so could you keep closer to the edge?
Misaki(outside): Sigh
Misaki: Are boobs all you ever think about?
Mikoto: Huh!?

Girls: Tokiwadai's top two are flirting right in front of us...
Girls: It's like a dream❤
Girls: You can feel the hostility in their insults.

Girls: No, they are the best of friends!
Girls: Can't you hear the lack of restraint brought by intimacy?

Girls: They are sworn rivals.
Girls: Can't you hear the air straining with killer intent?

SFX: Crackle

11

Girls: The trust visible at the root of their open insults is a precious thing!
Girls: Don't you understand the beauty of the deadly love born of mutual understanding of their strength!?
Kobayashi: Oh, the effect they have on these sheltered girls.
Kobayashi(outside): It's sinful

Mikoto: Hey.
Mikoto: Did something happen to Gaouin-san?

Misaki: To Gaouin-san?

Mikoto: Remember when we analyzed that data?
Mikoto: She hasn't been herself since.

12

Misaki: I see what you mean.
Misaki(outside): Normally, she would be calling us "precious" or something.
Mikoto: I'm here because I'm worried.
Misaki: Oh, that explains it.

13

Misaki(thought): She's the spitting image...
Misaki: But in this case...

Mikoto: We shouldn't interfere?
Misaki: Yes.

Mikoto: Then I won't pry.

Misaki: That's for the best, don't you think?

14

Misaki: Sometimes just being with someone...
Misaki: can do wonders.
Mikoto: Talking from experience?
Misaki: General knowledge☆

Misaki: Although if a tactless meathead like you screws it up...
Misaki: I'm worried spears will start raining from the sky.
Mikoto: You should worry about blood raining from the sky instead.

Misaki: Also, aren't you forgetting something?
Misaki: I'm your greatest enemy right now.
Misaki: Gaouin-san's weakness is a great opportunity for me, you know?

Text: Dog eat dog!