Main Story/Season 1/Act 1/Friends in Tokyo 1

Friends in Tokyo 1 Translation: Dreaming Translations
Chapter 7
	Awakened after the intense experience we just had, Kiritani-sensei sent us off to the dorms without even giving a decent explanation.
Senri Nito	Ooh~ Looks like the first-years outside of the Elite Class are still gathered.
Takaomi Shishimaru	…Tch. All these people, it’s so fuckin’ loud.
Touji Harimiya	I believe the number of students enrolled this year is around 1500, no? As they say, even the long-serving military leaders of Japan who once made a name for themselves are, at the time of battle, insignificant when compared to the soldiers they lead.
Senri Nito	Uh, no, I don’t really think there’s any need to compare them…
Yuma Mochizuki	1500… it’s amazing that so many people can fit into one room.
	I pulled out my mini sketchbook and began drawing a rough sketch of the scene.
Senri Nito	Uwah, you really are good, Yumapi!
Yuma Mochizuki	I saw it in the admission pamphlet, but the real thing is totally different after all. I want to observe everything up close and draw it perfectly, down to the last corner. The baths and such already looked amazing from the photos, too.
Touji Harimiya	If I recall, rather than murals, the baths are decorated using projection mapping.
Senri Nito	Ah! I remember them saying something like, “you can enjoy hot springs from all around the world any day of the week”.
Touji Harimiya	As expected of a such a first-class academy. Obviously, this is the only kind of place the great I could enroll in.
Senri Nito	This guy must have dropped a few screws from his brain somewhere…
Yuma Mochizuki	(Surely the baths are surprisingly spacious too, with lots of equipment I’ve never seen before prepared…)
	… I need to go sketch it. Right now.
Senri Nito	Eh? Wai—Yumapi, where do you think you’re going?
	Nito grabbed my wrist and I turned to look at him as I wondered.
Yuma Mochizuki	… Why did you stop me?
	Back on the island, no one would ever try to stop me at a time like this.
Senri Nito	Because! They’re going to explain the dorm system to us right now! We have to be here for it.
	But… I want to draw. Right now.
Yuma Mochizuki	… Let go.
Senri Nito	No can do!
Touji Harimiya	Today’s location for the baths is Hieropolis, Turkey, the Harimiya family’s favorite summer retreat. I’d like to relax and warm up there.
Yuma Mochizuki	Yeah. I made sure my sketchbook is totally waterproof.
Senri Nito	Hello? Can I please not be the only boring guy here????
Takaomi Shishimaru	Why are you looking at me…
????	Everyone, your attention please.
Yuma Mochizuki	(Ah…)
????	First of all, congratulations on your admission.
Shigure Hakka	My name is Shigure Hakka, of the second-year class. The majority of third-years are in training overseas at the moment, so I and Shibutani will be explaining the matters of dormitory life in their stead.
Yuma Mochizuki	(This “Shibutani” person… I wonder where they are?)
Senri Nito	Geh!? What was that!? G—G-g-g-ghost?!
Touji Harimiya	No, I see it as well…
Yuma Mochizuki	It’s staring at us…?
Shigure Hakka	Shibutani, if you don’t feel like coming out, I will proceed.
Kasuka Shibutani	…..Why…… have to….
Senri Nito	Uwah, he’s saying something, creepy.
Shigure Hakka	At Shinonome Academy, there are four dormitories: White, Black, Red, and Green. Male students will live in the White and Black dorms. Normally, there are four people to a room. However, this year, as per the acting Chairman’s idea, it has changed to two people to a room for the Elite Class.
Senri Nito	A double, huh…
Touji Harimiya	I was promised a private space, so I’m a bit worried.
Shigure Hakka	I have here a message from the Chairman. He says, “Everyone please get along. Parentheses, heart, parentheses”.
Touji Harimiya	I suppose if it’s an idea from the Chairman, it cannot be helped.
Yuma Mochizuki	(Get along…)
Kiichi Saruwatari (flashback)	First, two people will perform lives as a unit, and from the popularity acquired by that performance – in other words, the number of followers – we will determine one’s “charisma”. From now on, you will create true bonds here at Shinonome Academy.
	— In other words, those who isolate themselves from their surroundings, or don’t create anything more than superficial bonds, will not be able to secure the position of the academy’s top student.
Shigure Hakka	By the way, it seems the students of the Elite Class who will be rooming together were decided by the dormitory managers at their own discretion and judgment.
Yuma Mochizuki	(I wonder who I’ll end up rooming with…)
	I wonder if I’ll be able to form a bond with them that can really be called “true friendship”.
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