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279. I learned that my uncle used to be in the Classics Club and grew curious about it.Copy !req
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472. One day, I asked him something about the Classics Club.Copy !req
473. But for some reason, unlike other questions, he didn't want to answer me.Copy !req
474. He didn't want to?Copy !req
475. He didn't.Copy !req
476. I bugged him about it until
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477. But when I heard his answer, I...Copy !req
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479. I cried.Copy !req
480. I don't know if I was scared
or sad, but I cried like a baby.Copy !req
481. You cried...Copy !req
482. My mother ran over
to calm me down.Copy !req
483. But my uncle didn't
try to comfort me at all.Copy !req
484. It was a big shock to me at the time, and I can't remember anything else.Copy !req
485. But when I was in middle school, I became curious about it again.Copy !req
486. Why didn't he want to answer me?Copy !req
487. Why didn't he comfort me?Copy !req
488. Since then,Copy !req
489. I've tried everything I could think of.Copy !req
490. Our relations with the Sekitani family broke down, but I've tried asking them about it as best I could...Copy !req
491. But I just can't remember!Copy !req
492. That's why I thought that the Classics Club would be my last hope when I entered Kamiyama High.Copy !req
493. So that was your "personal reason".Copy !req
494. But I didn't know that the Classics club was just a step away from termination.Copy !req
495. I tried asking the teachers in the staff room,Copy !req
496. but it's been 45 years since my uncle was in high school, and none of them knew him.Copy !req
497. So...Copy !req
498. why are you asking me for help?Copy !req
499. Because...Copy !req
500. Because I think you could find an
answer which I couldn't even imagine!Copy !req
501. Like with that lock, or the book.Copy !req
502. And like you did with that recruitment flyer!Copy !req
503. I think that you can lead me to the answer!Copy !req
504. Don't get the wrong idea.Copy !req
505. That was all just luck.Copy !req
506. Then let me rely on that luck!Copy !req
507. I'm not interested.Copy !req
508. This is an issue which could quite possibly affect Chitanda's entire outlook on life.Copy !req
509. You think an energy conservationist like myself would take even an ounce of responsibility for that?Copy !req
510. Not a chance.Copy !req
511. Why just me?Copy !req
512. I'm sure there are other people you can rely on.Copy !req
513. Just use force of numbers.Copy !req
514. Why don't you ask your friends too?Copy !req
515. Oreki-san...Copy !req
516. I do not want to go around and tell people about my past.Copy !req
517. This isn't...Copy !req
518. something I can ask just anyone.Copy !req
519. Sorry.Copy !req
520. Kamiyama FestivalCopy !req
521. I know that I'm asking a lot,Copy !req
522. and that I shouldn't drag
you into a search for my past.Copy !req
523. But...Copy !req
524. You're not as nice about it as my uncle, but you answered me too.Copy !req
525. Well, sorry I'm not nice.Copy !req
526. I may have seen something of my uncle in you.Copy !req
527. High school lasts three years.Copy !req
528. You have time plenty of time to remember.Copy !req
529. I want to remember before my uncle dies.Copy !req
530. Dies?Copy !req
531. Yes.Copy !req
532. Apparently, by law, a person can be declared deceased if they have been missing for over seven years.Copy !req
533. I see.Copy !req
534. My uncle's family wants closure in this matter.Copy !req
535. It isn't much, but they plan to hold a funeral.Copy !req
536. So...Copy !req
537. I want to keep what he told me in my heart...Copy !req
538. when I attend the funeral.Copy !req
539. I'm sorry.Copy !req
540. Houtarou...Copy !req
541. You don't have anything better to do anyway, right?Copy !req
542. I can't take responsibility for you.Copy !req
543. So I won't say I accept your request.Copy !req
544. But I'll keep what you've told me in mind.Copy !req
545. If I find anything which might
help you remember, I'll tell you.Copy !req
546. Kamiyama FestivalCopy !req
547. If you have trouble understanding what it means, I'll help you with that, too.Copy !req
548. Yes?Copy !req
549. If you're alright with that, I'll help.Copy !req
550. Thank you so much.Copy !req
551. I will take any help you can provide.Copy !req
552. Okay.Copy !req
553. High school life...Copy !req
554. isn't all rosy.Copy !req
555. Take exams, for example.Copy !req
556. Midterms have begun at Kamiyama High.Copy !req
557. While they're held, all club activities are put on hold.Copy !req
558. Of course, the Classics Club is no exception.Copy !req
559. But since we don't actually do
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562. Kami
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563. You would think we would just carry on as usual,Copy !req
564. but since we can't borrow the room key, we're stuck.Copy !req
565. Okay, time's up.Copy !req
566. Midterms are over at last.Copy !req
567. Geez...Copy !req
568. Greetings.Copy !req
569. I am currently in Istanbul.Copy !req
570. I made a bit of a mistake,Copy !req
571. so I'm lying low in the Japanese Consulate right now and haven't had a chance to see the city yet.Copy !req
572. What did you do this time, Sis?Copy !req
573. This trip has been such a thrill.Copy !req
574. I'm sure that I won't regret it 10 years from now.Copy !req
575. By the way, how's the Classics Club?Copy !req
576. Any new members?Copy !req
577. Also, I'm curious, so let me ask you:Copy !req
578. Feel like writing an anthology?Copy !req
579. The Classics Club used to publish an
anthology at the cultural festival every year.Copy !req
580. Do you plan to continue that tradition?Copy !req
581. I thought you might not know where to start if you did.Copy !req
582. You won't find the old ones in the school library.Copy !req
583. You need to search the club room.Copy !req
584. There's an unused chemical
safebox with the back issues in it.Copy !req
585. It's not locked.Copy !req
586. I'll give you a call when I arrive in Pristina.Copy !req
587. Sincerely yours, Oreki TomoeCopy !req
588. A chemical safebox?Copy !req
589. Talk about good timing...Copy !req
590. ShoumanCopy !req
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592. All creation teems with life, and trees and grasses grow full.Copy !req
593. HyoukaCopy !req
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597. Really?Copy !req
598. Yeah.Copy !req
599. I brought the letter with me.Copy !req
600. I see.Copy !req
601. A chemical safebox, huh?Copy !req
602. There isn't one here.Copy !req
603. Now that you mention it,
I don't remember seeing one.Copy !req
604. So where are the archives then?Copy !req
605. Where could they be?Copy !req
606. Calm down, Chii-chan!Copy !req
607. "Chii-chan"?Copy !req
608. Chitanda, the letter just says they're in the chemical safebox in the club room.Copy !req
609. My sister graduated two years ago.Copy !req
610. The club room has changed to a different classroom since then.Copy !req
611. I see. So that's why.Copy !req
612. So do you know where it was two years ago?Copy !req
613. I asked our supervisor.Copy !req
614. He said it was the Biology Prep Room.Copy !req
615. Wow, you're actually on top of things for a change.Copy !req
616. I'm just being efficient.Copy !req
617. Excited, are you?Copy !req
618. I am not.Copy !req
619. I'm not the excitable type.Copy !req
620. Let's go then!Copy !req
621. Oh right, where is Fukube-san?Copy !req
622. He's at the Sewing Club. He said something about getting ahead in summer fashion.Copy !req
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625. Huh? It's locked...Copy !req
626. Is anyone there?Copy !req
627. Hey, sorry.Copy !req
628. I had the door locked.Copy !req
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631. No, we're not.Copy !req
632. Is this the Wall Newspaper Club's room?Copy !req
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634. This smell... perfume?Copy !req
635. No, deodorant?Copy !req
636. So, did you need something?Copy !req
637. I'm Chitanda Eru, the president of the Classics Club.Copy !req
638. You're Tougaito-senpai from class 3-E, aren't you?Copy !req
639. How do you know my name?Copy !req
640. I saw you at the Manninbashi house last year.Copy !req
641. At the Manninbashi house?Copy !req
642. Wait, are you Chitanda as in the shrine farms?Copy !req
643. Yes! My father owes a lot to you.Copy !req
644. No, no. Not at all.Copy !req
645. I see, you're Chitanda's...Copy !req
646. Why's he so nervous?Copy !req
647. So is there something I can help you with?Copy !req
648. Yes.Copy !req
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652. Oh yeah, I guess that was when I was a first-year.Copy !req
653. In that case...Copy !req
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655. No, I haven't...Copy !req
656. Is that so? Thank you.Copy !req
657. Don't leave!Copy !req
658. I'm sorry, but they should be here!Copy !req
659. Please let us search for them!Copy !req
660. Sorry, but I already said they're not here.Copy !req
661. But...Copy !req
662. Guess we'll go back then.Copy !req
663. Wait!Copy !req
664. Don't you think he's acting suspicious?Copy !req
665. I do.Copy !req
666. Then don't go back!Copy !req
667. I'm terribly sorry, but you'll
have to try somewhere else.Copy !req
668. But we were told that
they were in this room!Copy !req
669. If they aren't here, we'll have
to search the whole school!Copy !req
670. The whole school...Copy !req
671. That's not funny.Copy !req
672. We'll only take a little of your time!Copy !req
673. Please let us search the room!Copy !req
674. Please from me, too.Copy !req
675. I don't really want outsiders in the club's room...Copy !req
676. Senpai!Copy !req
677. This may be your club's room, but it's also a classroom, right?Copy !req
678. Who are you?Copy !req
679. Ibara Mayaka from the Classics Club.Copy !req
680. Biology Prep RoomCopy !req
681. Biology Prep RoomCopy !req
682. Fine.Copy !req
683. Go ahead and look.Copy !req
684. Just don't make a mess of things, please.Copy !req
685. Where are the other members?Copy !req
686. They're out today.Copy !req
687. I was thinking about what to put in the June issue.Copy !req
688. Executive Committee Interviews -> this year's Kanya FestivalCopy !req
689. - > someone to go buy stuffCopy !req
690. list of stuff we need upCopy !req
691. Club Interviews -> list of clubs to interview upCopy !req
692. OCopy !req
693. OCopy !req
694. OCopy !req
695. OCopy !req
696. InfoCopy !req
697. XCopy !req
698. PracticeCopy !req
699. NewsCopy !req
700. OtherCopy !req
701. NeedCopy !req
702. - Kami High Monthly No. 496Copy !req
703. ・ Second years - school tripCopy !req
704. ・ definite must doCopy !req
705. ・ student competitionCopy !req
706. OCopy !req
707. JuneCopy !req
708. Sawayama interviewsCopy !req
709. Sawayama interviewsCopy !req
710. 1 day 1 ideaCopy !req
711. ・ about work experience dayCopy !req
712. ACopy !req
713. The paper's called "Kami High Monthly".Copy !req
714. It's got quite a history.Copy !req
715. We're almost at the 500 issue mark.Copy !req
716. It doesn't look like they're here.Copy !req
717. Kami High MonthlyCopy !req
718. It does look that way...Copy !req
719. What do we do now?Copy !req
720. Oreki?Copy !req
721. Senpai,Copy !req
722. when you switched club rooms, was anything removed from this room?Copy !req
723. I think I remember moving a few cardboard boxes outside.Copy !req
724. Just cardboard boxes?Copy !req
725. Yeah.Copy !req
726. Which would mean...Copy !req
727. But that's more work than I want to bother with.Copy !req
728. Maybe I can make him do it for me.Copy !req
729. Sorry,Copy !req
730. but it looks like there are quite a few things in this room.Copy !req
731. It'll take a while to look through all of it.Copy !req
732. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to ask our supervisor to help us perform a complete search of the room.Copy !req
733. Would you mind?Copy !req
734. You can't do that.Copy !req
735. I told you not to make a mess.Copy !req
736. But if they're not here, we back to square one!Copy !req
737. We'll be sure to put everything back in its place—Copy !req
738. I said no!Copy !req
739. But...Copy !req
740. I'm busy here!Copy !req
741. You think I have time for your "complete search"?Copy !req
742. Your club anthologies aren't here!Copy !req
743. Do you understand? Get out!Copy !req
744. Bingo.Copy !req
745. Senpai,Copy !req
746. we're looking for a chemical safebox.Copy !req
747. What'd you say?Copy !req
748. The anthologies should be in there.Copy !req
749. If you know where it is, we won't have to bother you any further.Copy !req
750. By the way, we're headed to the library now.Copy !req
751. If you happen to stumble upon our anthologies after we leave, could you put them in the Geography Prep Room?Copy !req
752. The door's unlocked.Copy !req
753. Y-You...Copy !req
754. You... Me...Copy !req
755. You, what?Copy !req
756. Fine.Copy !req
757. I'll do that if I find them.Copy !req
758. Thank you.Copy !req
759. Alright, let's go.Copy !req
760. Hey, first-year.Copy !req
761. I don't think I got your name.Copy !req
762. Oreki Houtarou.Copy !req
763. I'm sorry about this.Copy !req
764. Hey, Oreki...Copy !req
765. Why are we waiting around here?Copy !req
766. Energy conservation.Copy !req
767. What's that supposed to mean?Copy !req
768. By the way, Chitanda, what is
the Tougaito family known for?Copy !req
769. Let's see...Copy !req
770. They were very influential in middle school education...Copy !req
771. A good part of their family is in education.Copy !req
772. That makes sense.Copy !req
773. Five minutes.Copy !req
774. We should head back now.Copy !req
775. Geography Prep RoomCopy !req
776. Geography Prep RoomCopy !req
777. Oh look, they're here.Copy !req
778. No. 28
Kamiyama High SchoolCopy !req
779. HyoukaCopy !req
780. Classics
ClubCopy !req
781. The anthologies...Copy !req
782. Wait a second, Oreki!Copy !req
783. How did you do that?Copy !req
784. What did you do?Copy !req
785. Just a bit of blackmail.Copy !req
786. Blackmail?Copy !req
787. Yeah,Copy !req
788. Ibara...Copy !req
789. Can you keep a secret?Copy !req
790. What?Copy !req
791. I won't tell anyone if you say not to.Copy !req
792. Good.Copy !req
793. Then let's start from the top.Copy !req
794. When Tougaito first came out of the room, he was clearly on his toes.Copy !req
795. That's true.Copy !req
796. Now, what about inside the room?Copy !req
797. The window was open and he had the fan on.Copy !req
798. But the way it was placed, it could easily
have blown his manuscript out the window.Copy !req
799. He just wanted some fresh air.Copy !req
800. Exactly.Copy !req
801. Now, why did he want some fresh air?Copy !req
802. More precisely, why did he lock the door from the inside and install an infrared sensor outside—Copy !req
803. Hold...Copy !req
804. Hold on,Copy !req
805. what's this about an infrared sensor?Copy !req
806. Oh.Copy !req
807. There were a pair of strange boxes in the hallway.Copy !req
808. Assuming that thing with the
antenna on the table was a receiver,Copy !req
809. then when someone walks by
those boxes, it would sound an alarm.Copy !req
810. How in the world did you figure that out?Copy !req
811. Well, that would just be circumstantial evidence.Copy !req
812. More importantly, why would he rush to get fresh air into the room whenever someone came near the room?Copy !req
813. To get rid of a smell?Copy !req
814. That would be the answer.Copy !req
815. He also smelled like spray-on deodorant.Copy !req
816. And what smell could he be so desparate to hide?Copy !req
817. Cigarette smoke.Copy !req
818. As an heir to a family with a stake in education,Copy !req
819. he can't be caught doing anything illegal.Copy !req
820. I see.Copy !req
821. If Chitanda didn't have a cold, she
would have been able to tell instantly.Copy !req
822. But wait, where were the anthologies?Copy !req
823. In the chemical safebox, obviously.Copy !req
824. O-re-ki...Copy !req
825. I'm not making fun of you.Copy !req
826. The chemical safebox was under that makeshift table.Copy !req
827. He probably hides his cigarettes and lighters in there, too.Copy !req
828. That's why he got so jumpy when I said
I wanted to call our supervisor in to search.Copy !req
829. I knew it. You're weird.Copy !req
830. What about me? You're calling a
standard-issue normal person weird.Copy !req
831. Hey, everyone!Copy !req
832. Sunflower!Copy !req
833. Satoshi, we found the back issues of the anthology.Copy !req
834. Hey, you did.Copy !req
835. So this is what they're like.Copy !req
836. They really did it all by hand 40 years ago!Copy !req
837. Find something, Chitanda?Copy !req
838. Looks like they used stencil printing.Copy !req
839. Specifically, mimeograph printing.Copy !req
840. Machines for that were invented back in the Meiji Era.Copy !req
841. Find something?Copy !req
842. The school probably didn't have a photocopier back in the 70's.Copy !req
843. Oreki-san.Copy !req
844. See?Copy !req
845. Come with me.Copy !req
846. They used a photocopier for this one.Copy !req
847. Oh, I see!Copy !req
848. This.Copy !req
849. Hyouka.Copy !req
850. Number two.Copy !req
851. When I was younger, I found this.Copy !req
852. I took it to my uncle and asked what it was.Copy !req
853. You remember now?Copy !req
854. Look inside.Copy !req
855. There's something about my uncle written in it.Copy !req
856. Something happened.Copy !req
857. 45 years ago, in the Classics Club.Copy !req
858. The cultural festival has come again this year.Copy !req
859. A year has passed since Sekitani-senpai left.Copy !req
860. In this past year, he has turned from a hero into a legend.Copy !req
861. Our conflict, our sacrifices, and even his kind smileCopy !req
862. will fade gently into the mists of time.Copy !req
863. No, it's better that way.Copy !req
864. It must be forgotten,Copy !req
865. because it was, most definitely, not the story of a hero.Copy !req
866. Eventually, all subjectivity on the matter will be lost,Copy !req
867. and it will all be viewed from a
historical perspective, as a classic.Copy !req
868. One day, we ourselves will be the classics of the future.Copy !req
869. October 13, 1968Copy !req
870. Kooriyama YoukoCopy !req
871. "Last year" in this preface would be 45 years ago.Copy !req
872. Which means that this "Sekitani-senpai" in the Classics Club was my uncle.Copy !req
873. The answer which my uncle gave me must also have had something to do with the Classics Club.Copy !req
874. Isn't that good enough?Copy !req
875. But I can't remember what it was...Copy !req
876. It's right there...Copy !req
877. It's right there, but I can't!Copy !req
878. What did my uncle tell me that day?Copy !req
879. What happened to my uncle 45 years ago?Copy !req
880. You'll just have to look harder.Copy !req
881. But this says it must be forgotten.Copy !req
882. If I look harder, I might meet with despair.Copy !req
883. Is it some truth that is better left forgotten?Copy !req
884. Something from 45 years ago?Copy !req
885. It isn't?Copy !req
886. It isn't.Copy !req
887. It's written right here.Copy !req
888. "It will all be viewed from a historical perspective, as a classic."Copy !req
889. It's already history.Copy !req
890. I see.Copy !req
891. And while I said "look harder",Copy !req
892. this second issue says it was "last year".Copy !req
893. So we just have to read the first issue—Copy !req
894. Wait, what the heck?Copy !req
895. The first issue is missing!Copy !req
896. konya koi ni kawaruCopy !req
897. Tonight's the night we fall in loveCopy !req
898. shiawase na yume de aouCopy !req
899. Let's meet in our sweet dreamsCopy !req
900. kitto ne mitsukete neCopy !req
901. Please come and find meCopy !req
902. madoromi no yakusokuCopy !req
903. A promise for when we sleepCopy !req
904. mebaeteta nukumori atatakakute tomadouCopy !req
905. I felt a growing warmth; it felt so nice that I couldn't thinkCopy !req
906. konna kimochi wo mada anata wa wakaranai noCopy !req
907. But these feelings I have, you still don't know they're hereCopy !req
908. sono shisen ni wa imi nante betsu ni nai hazuCopy !req
909. I don't think there's anything special in how you look at meCopy !req
910. datte tomodachi ni shiteru no to onajiCopy !req
911. It's the same way you look at your friendsCopy !req
912. akegata ni kieteku chiisana negaiboshiCopy !req
913. Fading into the dawn, my tiny wishing starCopy !req
914. yoru no aida de no mahouCopy !req
915. Magic that lasts only the nightCopy !req
916. konya koi ni kawaruCopy !req
917. Tonight's the night we fall in loveCopy !req
918. shiawase na yume de aouCopy !req
919. Let's meet in our sweet dreamsCopy !req
920. kitto ne mitsukete neCopy !req
921. Please come and find meCopy !req
922. madoromi no yakusokuCopy !req
923. A promise for when we sleepCopy !req
924. Next time: The Antiquity of the Classics Club and Their Glory.Copy !req
925. The Antiquity of the Classics Club and Their GloryCopy !req