MIKA: "Did you get any sleep last night?"
YUKARI: "How could anyone sleep well after what happened..."
MIKA: "True..."
MIKA: "Seeing a ghost right in front of you like that and all..."
MIKA: "That DID really happen, right?"
MIKA: "I mean, it seemed real enough in the darkness..."
MIKA: "But this morning, when I saw the sun coming up, I kinda asked myself, if it really happened... you know."
CHISATO: "But all three of us saw it, remember?"
YUKARI: "......"
CHISATO: "Hey, Mika... Was T. K. ..."
CHISATO: "I mean, was Tatara Kimihiko, the one who took his own life, in any clubs?"
MIKA: "What? Uh..."
MIKA: "I do remember hearing that he quit the basketball club shortly before he killed himself."
YUKARI: "Quitting basketball during summer, huh... I actually did the same."
MIKA: "From what I've heard, he was treated horribly there, as well."
MIKA: "There were two guys from his class in the club – I only know that their names start with S. and K. – who apparently were particularly cruel to him."
MIKA: "Not only did they punch and kick him like it was the most natural thing to do, but they also seem to have coerced him into giving them money, and stuff like that."
YUKARI: "... They treated him that badly and he never resisted?!"
MIKA: "Well, people who are capable of resisting don't get bullied in the first place."
CHISATO: "And no one else ever tried to intervene, either?"
MIKA: "You'd be naive to expect anyone to step in."
MIKA: "Whoever did that, would become the new target the next day. Would you be prepared for that?"
CHISATO: "......"
MIKA: "No one would be willing to go that far for someone they don't even know well, normally."
YUKARI: "So, because no one ever helped him, he took his own life, became a ghost and is now out for revenge?"
YUKARI: "That sounds kinda wonky..."
CHISATO: "There has to be some reason for him to have turned into a ghost, though..."
CHISATO: "Please, let us investigate a little bit more. Perhaps we could talk to people that knew him?"
CHISATO: "The way it is now, his spirit will just be feared by everyone, but he'll never be able to rest in peace..."
YUKARI: "Personally, I think it's best not to get too involved in this..."
Testimony 1 A. from Class 1-C Basketball Club Member
GIRL A: "Oh... that..."
CHISATO: "You have heard that his ghost is supposed to appear in the gym?"
GIRL A: "Yes..."
YUKARI: "Do you believe that rumour?"
GIRL A: "I'm not sure... But everyone..."
GIRL A: "Everyone's saying it wouldn't be strange, if he really turned into a ghost..."
YUKARI: "Is it true he was bullied by the entire class?"
GIRL A: "Not exactly... I mean... It's not like we all decided to..."
YUKARI: "Did you bully him, as well?"
GIRL A: "......"
CHISATO: "It's not like we're trying to put the blame on you, we just..."
CHISATO: "We want to know why he felt so cornered that he decided to take his own life."
GIRL A: "...No matter what people did to him, T. would always laugh foolishly."
GIRL A: "Even when someone hit him, he'd just laugh... It was kinda... creepy?"
GIRL A: "He never resisted or showed any signs of hating it, so... so..."
YUKARI: "So that's why you bullied him?"
GIRL A: "It's not like we really bullied him or anything..."
GIRL A: "I mean, we were never the ones who hit him, you know... We did actively ignore him, though, and acted like he wasn't there."
YUKARI: "You..."
GIRL A: "Can I go now?"
GIRL A: "Talking about this is kinda unpleasant."
CHISATO: "Why?"
GIRL A: "Well, it's not really any of your business..."
Testimony 2 K. from Class 1-C Literary Club Member
GIRL K: "Could you please not talk to me about that?"
YUKARI: "Why? It happened in your class, didn't it?"
GIRL K: "I certainly didn't think it would come to this..."
CHISATO: "You've heard the rumour about his ghost appearing?
GIRL K: "I told you, I don't want to talk about this..."
YUKARI: "Are you scared?"
GIRL K: "I did hear some people say they saw him, but..."
GIRL K: "I don't think anybody should be talking about this..."
YUKARI: "But you can't just act like nothing happened."
GIRL K: "......"
CHISATO: "Do you perhaps have any idea, what could have caused T. to... turn out like this? Or what could have caused the rumour of his ghost to spread so much?"
GIRL K: "......"
YUKARI: "Don't just stay quiet, just because you don't like the subject! You do realise that you guys are to blame for this, right?"
GIRL K: "Perhaps he... holds a grudge against us... because no one ever helped him..."
GIRL K: "That's what everyone's been saying..."
GIRL K: "I mean, we girls might still be fine, but Saeki and his friends... might get killed eventually..."
GIRL K: "...Might get killed?"
GIRL K: "Saeki, and Kuroda... They are in the same basketball club that Tatara was a member of."
YUKARI: "S. and K., huh."
GIRL K: "Yes, well... At first it seemed like they got along well, but before long they treated him like he was their slave."
YUKARI: "And eventually they gouged him for money, beat him up et cetera?"
GIRL K: "But, I mean...! T. would just always laugh and never resisted!"
GIRL K: "So we all got carried away and..."
CHISATO: "But... isn't that strange?"
CHISATO: "Why would he always hang out with them when these guys were bullying him?"
GIRL K: "I don't know that much about it..."
GIRL K: "But it seems like he just didn't have any other place where he could belong..."
YUKARI: "You mean he'd endure bullying just for a place to belong?!"
YUKARI: "Did he have no pride?"
GIRL K: "Well, I think... He just had no other option left."
YUKARI: "What do you mean by that?"
GIRL K: "I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about this any further..."
GIRL K: "Please... forgive me..."
CHISATO: "......"
CHISATO: "Sorry to have bothered you. And thank you for talking to us."
Testimony 3 F. from Class 1-C Student Council Member
BOY F: "This again? Man, there really are a lot of people these days sticking their nose into this."
BOY F: "Ask me about him all you want, but all I can say is he didn't have much of a presence. As if he almost wasnt there."
YUKARI: "In other words, you paid no attention to him."
BOY F: "Well, yeah. I couldn't even tell you when he was there and when he wasn't."
BOY F: "He just never stood out, you know. Well, except for those times when Saeki and his friends were picking on him."
YUKARI: "I heard it was the whole class that bullied him, though?"
BOY F: "That's a vexing way of putting it."
BOY F: "There were the bullies and the bullied. And the students and teacher who tried not to get involved. That's all."
YUKARI: (This stupid brat...!)
BOY F: "Tatara was so timid and unconfident, his self-assertion was practically non-existent."
YUKARI: "So if someone's modest and quiet, that justifies bullying him?"
BOY F: "I'm not justifying it!"
BOY F: "I'm just saying... Be it school, world affairs, or whatever you like: In human society, things like bullying and fighting are just necessary, right?"
BOY F: "Being able to assert yourself, establishing an identiy..."
BOY F: "If you fail at these two, you simply cannot earn your right to life."
BOY F: "And he simply failed at both."
BOY F: "Tatara was born to be a target. And he was made one."
YUKARI: "You're saying he had no will of his own?"
BOY F: "Seriously... "
BOY F: "That's why I at least would have never expected him to actually commit suicide."
BOY F: "I mean, you need some determination for that, after all."
YUKARI: "So that surprised you?"
BOY F: "Yeah, definitely. Not to mention that story about him turning into a ghost..."
CHISATO: "You find it hard to believe?"
BOY F: "Well, of course?"
BOY F: "I mean, as I said, it never felt like he had any will of his own, so..."
BOY F: "By the way, as member of the student council I'm actually pretty busy, so could we finish this now?"
MIKA: "