All language subtitles for SEA2 EP3

"New entrants, congratulations
on entering high school."

Episode 13: Hesitant Spring

"Funado High School welcomes you
from the bottom of our hearts."

Welcome to Funado High School

Funado Monthly

360 New Students

"Okay, so the newspaper club's been following
a series of arsons that began last fall."

"This column has tracked the history
of the incidents meticulously

in an attempt to discern
a pattern behind them."

"As a result, we managed to
predict the fires that occurred

in the Tsuno area in February
and in the Hinodemachi area in March."

"We speculate this heinous arsonist will target
Kaminomachi 3-chome or Kazan next."

"We will continue to
follow this matter closely."

"The newspaper club would happily
welcome any ambitious new students."

"Urino Takahiko."

Nice one, Urino.
You totally turned it around.

Thanks to your advice.

Some kids in my class
were talking about it, too.

Mine, too.

So what about your girlfriend?
What does she think?

Doesn't look like it went well.

It went fine.

In fact, you could say it went too well.

Nitta got transfered so he's out of the picture,
and I managed to swap the article.

But...

She won't be smiling when
she sees this article, I don't think.

Urino, you're out of line.

Either keep your promises or get out.

You're a pain in the ass.

I only agreed it with the guidance counselor,
Nitta, that I'd stop after the April issue.

But Nitta's gone now.

I don't care about Nitta. I meant going against
what we decided in the editorial meetings.

All we decided in the meeting
was that I'd get a quarter-page.

Are you trying to be funny?

Not at all.

I prepared two different articles.

One would've ended the serial.

The other was a backup we could
swap in if circumstances changed.

And they changed completely.

Whatever. Just say you're sorry.

Have you ever considered
how much effort I put into these articles?

I didn't just go up to the principal and
ask him to write something like you did.

Who do you think you are, Urino?

No one ever asked you to do this.

Those articles you're so proud of
are just ripped from local newspapers!

You don't get it, do you?

I'm the one who discovered
the pattern behind the arsons.

Only I could have written them!

You never could have produced them!

I understand Urino's perspective.

Dojima.

It's true that Urino puts
a lot of work into them.

They aren't anything like what I expected.

Good job.

But that doesn't give you the right
to insult Monchi's articles.

Urino, let me ask you something.

Yes?

It's true that Nitta was the one who told you
to stop writing about the arsons.

But did you consider that his position
might be that of the whole guidance office?

I had an excuse lined up for when
you wrote an article revealing your methods.

But for this? I've got nothing.

Nitta's accusations were so wild,
I figured it was just him.

It's easy to assume that. I did, too.

But we never got confirmation.

Well, we'll just have to wait
to see how they react.

We might get away with it.

Next point...

This Month's Column

At the end of the article,
you try to recruit new members.

It's the April issue.
I figured it was only natural.

Normally, sure.

But you're asking people to join if
they're interested in these serial arsons.

I don't recall asking you to pick
the club's activities for the year.

I was just asking as a columnist.

The newspaper club has
its own separate ad, right?

That doesn't mean you can just
write anything you want in your column.

What you write needs to track
with the rest of the newspaper.

We aren't hiring employees for you.

You keep getting ahead of yourself.

No one asked you for any of this.

Third point.

If you lost sight of things because these
articles are so important to you, I sympathize.

But I'm sorry, Urino.
I just don't trust you enough.

If you really do have an article
revealing your trick, show it to me.

Of course he doesn't have one.

Funado Monthly doesn't belong to you alone.

I found it.

I found the common thread
between all four fires.

Really?

Yeah.

I can predict the target of
the next arson if I follow this thread.

That's amazing.
I don't even know where I'd start.

First up, let's review.

Hamae in October.

Nishimori in November.

Kozashi in December.

And last week was here in Akanebe.

They're all on the west side.

But they're all pretty far from each other.

Yeah. It was a pain even by bike.

It might be because they're trying
to avoid someone narrowing it down.

The arsonist would have a hard time
if their whole area was being patrolled.

Okay, next.

What do you think happens
when there's a fire?

It causes a commotion
and gets in the newspaper?

Be more specific.

Who would a local witness report to
when they first see a fire?

The fire department.

Bingo.

I looked it up, and aside from Hamae,
which no one reported,

a different station responded to each fire.

I see.

Based on that, I looked up everything.

Phone books, address books,
hazard maps. Absolutely everything.

That's a lot of work.

And at last, I discovered it.

The Kira City fire safety plans.

Kira City Fire Station List

The names of each fire station, their locations and their areas of service are as given below:

Name

Location

Areas of Service

Kazan Station

Touma Station

Tsuno Station

Akanebe Station

Kozashi Station

Nishimori Station

Hamae Station

Kira City Kazan-cho 4-chome-11

Kira City Touma-cho 3-chome-20

Kira City Tsuno-cho 1-chome-15

Kira City Akanebe-cho 1-chome-20

Kira City Kozashi-cho 4-chome 12

Kira City Nishimori-cho 2-chome-15

Kira City Hamae-cho 4-chome-20

Kaminomachi 3-chome, Kazan

Touma-cho, Kajiya-cho, Hinodemachi

Tsuno-cho, Kibiki-cho

Akanebe-cho, Akanebe Higashi Shincho

Kozashi-cho

Nishimori-cho, former Dougasato

Hamae-cho (including mountain forests)

What is this?

What's Kanou and Hinokicho
got to do with anything?

No. It's backwards. From the bottom up.

Kira City Fire Station List

The names of each fire station, their locations and their areas of service are as given below:

Name

Location

Areas of Service

Kazan Station

Touma Station

Tsuno Station

Akanebe Station

Kozashi Station

Nishimori Station

Hamae Station

Kira City Kazan-cho 4-chome-11

Kira City Touma-cho 3-chome-20

Kira City Tsuno-cho 1-chome-15

Kira City Akanebe-cho 1-chome-20

Kira City Kozashi-cho 4-chome 12

Kira City Nishimori-cho 2-chome-15

Kira City Hamae-cho 4-chome-20

Kaminomachi 3-chome, Kazan

Touma-cho, Kajiya-cho, Hinodemachi

Tsuno-cho, Kibiki-cho

Akanebe-cho, Akanebe Higashi Shincho

Kozashi-cho

Nishimori-cho, former Dougasato

Hamae-cho (including mountain forests)

Hamae, Nishimori, Kozashi,
Akanebe, Tsuno, Touma...

You're right.

If this is right, the next target is
in the service area of Kazan Station.

Kazan Station

Kira City Kazan-cho 4-chome-11

Kaminomachi 3-chome, Kazan

I suspect the arsonist is someone in the
fire department or who works for the city.

It's a coincidence. There's no way.

What would be the point
of setting fires by this list?

Nobody even knows about this list.

Not nobody. Someone made that list.
And they delivered it to institutions.

I suspect Urino is right.

What I don't get is the arsonist's purpose.

They're careful about
which stations the trucks come from.

It's either intimidation
or some kind of test.

Right.

What made you realize this?

My brother's a firefighter.

I've seen documents like this at home.

That makes sense.

I screwed up.

I should have thought it through.

It's a good thing your other article
got published, if only by luck.

What are you talking about?

This reveal article is written more
or less how I said it should be.

But, Monchi, what would've happened
if this article was published?

The guidance office would be off our backs,

and we could stop writing this nonsense—

But that wouldn't have stopped the arsons.

In fact, if there were more suspicious fires,

the newspaper club would've been
in an even more dangerous position.

Why would we?

The days of the week, the escalation
of the fires, the fire safety plans.

Are those all the commonalities you noticed?

I don't intend on making you spill it.

Just tell me whether you have more or not.

Actually, I do.

That's the sense of caution I lacked.

Monchi, if we'd run the article revealing it all,
copycat arsons would've been indistinguishable.

What if they'd said our newspaper
was inspiring copycats?

Best-case, we'd just get shut down.

We happened to be saved
by Urino's rash decision.

I'm definitely not cut out
for this kind of thing.

I should've discussed it first.

Urino.

Yes?

I'm a third-year. I have exams soon.

This is a good opportunity.

I'm stepping down from the presidency.

You and Itsukaichi, choose one of you two
to be president and make it work.

Thank you for your service.

I see.

That must have been rough.

Nah.

Thanks for letting me know, Monchi-kun.

You're finally out.

You were waiting for me?

Yeah.

I was about to head home.

Let's walk together.

Okay.

That sounds good, but first...

Meiyoudou Bookstore

Meiyoudou Bookstore

Meiyoudou Bookstore

Meiyoudou Bookstore

Meiyoudou

Bookstore

You're the president now, huh?

Congrats.

Yeah. Thanks.

I was waiting because I was worried.

About what?

Well, you see, I thought
if you became president,

you might start pursuing
those arsons even more.

Not just the arsons.

I intend to go after the actual culprit.

I've found a pattern to their targets.

I'm going to catch them in the act
and turn them in to the police.

I wouldn't even mind
apprehending them myself.

Funado Monthly's gonna be totally different.

Even though you couldn't
accomplish that with Dojima-kun there?

Yeah. He didn't do anything.
His leaving makes no difference.

Don't you trust me?

Do you believe in Dojima more?

I'm the one who knows all the secrets.

Dojima doesn't know anything.

Dojima-kun is...

Yeah, he's dependable.

Useful.

But that's not what I'm trying to say.

Then—

Listen...

Listen, don't get angry
over what I'm about to say.

I don't mind try-hards.

But what I really like is
people who don't do anything.

People who don't do anything?

That's right. I'm an ordinary person.

And I like ordinary people.

I'm different.

I'm not like that.

I'm not some idle commoner.

I've got this. Don't worry.

Just wait. You'll be
so impressed in three months.

Listen to me, Urino-kun.

I won't.

That's not right.

When someone asks you to listen, you listen.

You did say you've got this, though, Urino-kun.

You're going to impress me, right?

Yeah.

Okay. I'll look forward to that.

You can have this. As a keepsake.

Young
Adult

Dojima Kengo

Osanai Yuki

Urino Takahiko

Itsukaichi

Hokujo

Serial arson incidents

Never mind.

Ah, the jerk hung up.

Dojima Kengo

Hey.

Need something?

You could start by raising your head.

You didn't need to be in such a hurry.

Pretty sure I did.
It's rarely good news when you call.

Sorry about that.

That call the other day was weird, too.

The other day?

You asked me to send a photo of that van.

Yeah. This is related to that, too.

It all started in September.

An intense Urino Takahiko-kun insisted
on writing about matters outside school,

and you told him no.

You told him no because
if that idea had gone through,

he might have written about the abduction.

Isn't that right?

That was one reason.

And then, Osanai-san made contact with you.

What did you think?

I found her knowledge of the club's
internal affairs suspicious.

I also thought she should've known
she wasn't going to change my mind.

Yeah.

There's a simple answer to your first point.

Someone in the newspaper club
knows Osanai-san.

Yup.

Monchi.

They've been in the same class
since last year, I think.

They have?

Yeah.

I see. It would make sense
if Monchi had told her, but...

Did Monchi-kun agree with writing
about things outside school?

He was dead against it.

Okay, next.

You said she wouldn't have been able
to change your mind, correct?

But I don't think that's true.

What do you mean?

You were against Urino-kun's idea
because you were trying to protect Osanai-san.

But...

I don't want you writing about summer break,
but anything else would be lovely.

That single comment made it unnecessary
for you to be so against it.

Osanai-san was definitely telling you
to agree with Urino-kun's proposal.

So Osanai and Urino are acquainted?

Yup, most likely.

Monchi-kun was against Urino's idea, too.

Hang on. Something's not right.

Urino did end up taking over the column,

but Itsukaichi was the one
who floated the idea.

Osanai-san must have been the one
influencing Itsukaichi-kun, too.

What for?

Why would she meddle
with the newspaper club?

That's where the photo you sent me comes in.

Remember when that van
burned by the river in Tsuno?

That was the van in the photo.

The van in the photo? That was...

The van used to abduct Osanai-san.

It was set alight by the river.

Exactly as predicted in Funado Monthly.

Jogoro. You don't mean to say Osanai's...

Do you think Osanai-san's
the kind of person to set a van on fire?

You might be hard-pressed
to put it past her.

Yeah.

But it seems too lacking
in subtlety to be her doing.

An accomplice?

Urino?

Osanai-san and Urino-kun may be
a lot more than just acquaintances.

Yoshiguchi might know something about that.

It's been a while since we talked.

Oh, right. You know each other.

Oh, yes, that's right.

By the way, there's something
I wanted to ask you.

Me?

Ah!

Do you know Osanai-san? Osanai Yuki.

Oh, that's what you want?

Your ex, right?

Could you tell me anything
you might know about her?

In particular, about a
second-year called Urino-kun.

They're dating, those two.

So they are.

What's this? You're bothered
by what your ex is up to?

I didn't have you down as such a loser.

Uh, well...

It's not that Jogoro
wants to know about Osanai.

Think of it more as a question
from me about Urino.

Hmm.

Thanks.

Sorry for bothering you during your break.

Huh? That's it?

You aren't going to ask about Tokiko?

Nakamaru-san?

No way!

Yes way.

I never would've noticed.

She's involved in this situation?

When would that have happened?

Yup. She's dating two guys.

Huh?

Tokiko's always switching guys.

This is the second time she's done it.

Plus, there's a college student
who's her main interest.

Oh, come to think of it,
including you, she's got three guys.

Jogoro, can I ask you something?

Oh, Nakamaru Tokiko-san is someone
I'm in a relationship with right now.

Not about that.

Why are you so interested in this case?

Why?

I can't think of any reason
for you to get involved

in the newspaper club's problems
or the serial arsons.

There's a chance Osanai-san's
going around starting fires.

I can't just ignore it.

Even though you broke up?

That's right. Seems I am a bit of a loser.

Forget that. Anyway, did you
figure something out?

Yeah.

I suspect this case can be solved
with some information manipulation.