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digitalemperor) wrote2013-03-01 03:07 pm
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Memory 22
Memory: Significant Positive - Talking with Anri about how to try to find Mika (vol 1, chapter 8, part 4)
Game: Game (played)
Game Master: Three of Three
Day: 200
Notes: [Memories take the form of a friendship bracelet. Putting it on to receive memories. Three uses.] 1/3 taken
“Are you OK?”
Mikado had brought Anri to a nearby café, hoping that it’d help her calm down a little.
After being seated, Mikado ordered two ice cream floats, but then he realized that that seemed rather childish and regretted it.
“Um…thank you, just now…for saving me.”
“Ah, it was nothing really! And besides, the person who saved you was really that Izaya guy!”
“But…”
—Ah ah ah, what am I supposed to say? If only Masaomi was here…
Although he was pretty flustered, it’d be rather weird if he didn’t say anything. So Mikado opened his mouth to start a conversation:
“Were those girls just now from your middle school?”
Anri nodded in response to his question.
“I see…so, those girls were always bothering you in junior high, and there was this amazing girl called Mika who’d always stand up for you, but now that Mika’s gone, they’ve come back to harass you again?”
After hearing Mikado’s proffered conjecture, Anri froze momentarily:
“How…how did you know all that?!”
“Ah…don’t worry, I just guessed based on what I put together from what you guys were talking about just now…but that’s not important. This Mika person—is she the Harima Mika from our class?”
On hearing Mikado’s question, Anri regained her composure and began to explain:
“Uh…yes it is that Harima Mika. Harima-san’s been absent these few days hasn’t she? Well that’s because she hasn’t been home since the day before the entrance ceremony.”
“…Why?”
Isn’t this something the police should be handling? Mikado thought, his eyes widened. Anri seemed to know what he was thinking and shook her head gently:
“To be exact, she’s not really missing. Because Harima-san did leave a message for me and her family. She said something like ‘I’ve gone on a journey to relieve a broken heart, don’t worry about me.’, or maybe it was something about which train she’d taken to where…”
“A broken heart? Did something happen to her?”
“That…”
Mikado’s question had only served to make Anri prevaricate.
For whatever reason, Anri hesitantly lowered her head.
“You don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. The only person I might tell, is currently busy having an affair with a woman who has kids.”
Mikado had just said he’d keep quiet about it, but then he’d gone and said he might blab about it later right after that. But Anri didn’t feel anything contradictory about what he’d said, and thought for a while, and warned:
“But, can you promise me you won’t be too shocked after I tell you…”
“After witnessing all that, I don’t think I’ll be surprised by anything anymore.”
To put her at ease, Mikado gave her a bright grin. As he’d been friends with Masaomi since they were in elementary school, Mikado had developed a talent for comforting people.
Perhaps it was because Anri had been placated by Mikado’s smile, because she just blurted the truth out:
“Harima-san—is a stalker.”
Pfft!
Mikado’s steady smile remained, but he’d spit out the melting ice cream from his mouth.
After hearing the whole story, Mikado tried to regain his composure and rearrange his thoughts.
“I see…so Harima-san was stalking…uh, sorry, I mean courting the head of welfare, Yagiri-kun, and he rejected her, so she went on a trip to relieve her broken heart?”
From what Anri had said, Harima Mika seemed to have been doing these weird things ever since she started junior high. After falling in love at first said, she would be known to pick the lock on the door of the object of her affection’s home and break into it; or she’d find out where he was going when he went out, and she’d come along, unwelcome, and she’d even tell him “Thank you for inviting me out!”. She had obviously been altering the facts in her head.
Although she acted like that, but she got good grades and she was from a rich family. After enrolling in Raira Academy, she’d rented an apartment to live in by herself, and the rent was over a hundred thousand yen. Although the school had built a student dormitory nearby, but it was still a fair distance from the school, so most of the students stayed in their own homes. Some decided to live by themselves, even though they were still so young. Mikado was a good example of this. And Anri too had rented a cheap apartment a distance away from the school.
—Harima-san sure is a troublemaker.
And after meeting Seiji, she’d decided that he was her soulmate. Then, she’d turn up at his house every day. But on the day of the entrance ceremony, she’d didn’t show up in school. According to Seiji, he’d firmly rejected her advances the day before the ceremony, and had even threatened call the police. After that, Mika had stopped turning up.
As Mikado listening to Anri’s recount, he was practically breaking out in cold sweat. From what she had said, Mika had sat between himself and Seiji during the entrance examination. Mikado thought that, by some strange turn of events, that ‘uninvited guest’ might even have ended up targeting him; and he secretly rejoiced that he hadn’t saved this girl. But then again, even if he had wanted to save her, he wouldn’t have been able to.
Mikado discreetly gathered these thoughts that no one would be able to guess he would have and at the same time, earnestly suggested to Anri:
“I think, you should call her.”
“I could never get through…I think she switched off her phone after sending that message…and when I sent her a message asking her why she wouldn’t turn on her phone, she replied that if she heard a familiar voice, she’d want to go home…”
“I see…uh…I think it’s better if we analyze the situation first…no, I think to be safe, we should send her a message, and hint to her that if she doesn’t turn on her phone, we’ll call the police or something like that. What do you think?”
Mikado started coming up with a lot of ideas, but all of them sounded pretty lame and weren’t really feasible. And the hours flew past just like that.
“So, were you Harima-san’s best friend?”
“…I think so, but I don’t know for sure…but we were always together. I can’t really do many things right, and I’m not good at talking to people, but Harima-san helped me and she was always with me…”
After hearing what Anri had to say, Mikado felt that their relationship couldn’t be so simple. He’d seen situations like this before when he was surfing the Net. And pertaining to the darkness hidden behind such things, there were a surprising number of detailed descriptions online.
“And, although Harima-san’s grades could have gotten her into a better school, she still chose the same school as me…I felt really bad…”
—That’s probably only because she didn’t want to lose the benefits of having a convenient lackey like you by her side…
Mikado had to swallow these words which had crawled up his throat back down. Deep down, he was glad Masaomi wasn’t here. If this was an Internet chatroom, he’d have just unreservedly told her this flat out.
—But, maybe it’d better if I tell her.
As he thought that, Mikado began battling with his conscience. On seeing Mikado subconsciously averting his gaze, Anri’s mouth curved into a smile:
“It’s OK, I know.”
At having been seen through, Mikado frantically asked, “K-Know what?”
“I know she was just using me to look good. So, I was using her as well. I thought life would be easier with her around, that I couldn’t live without depending on her. The only reason I volunteered to be a class representative was because Harima-san would have wanted to become one, and I decided to do it in her stead before she came back—”
Anri’s words cleared all of Mikado’s doubts. So that time in class, when she turned in his direction, she wasn’t really looking at anyone, but at Mika’s vacant table. And Masaomi had been sitting there.
As Mikado made sense of this, Anri went ahead and stated her opinion:
“But, it was mainly for my own satisfaction. I thought maybe if I became a class representative, I could surpass her…I’m horrible, aren’t I?”
Mikado didn’t wait for her to finish before throwing out an icy remark:
“In my opinion, I think what’s horrible is telling people all that.”
“—”
“It sounds like you’re trying to get someone to forgive you. In my opinion, it’s a good thing that you want to surpass Harima-san, so you should hold your head high and be more confident.”
After spilling out everything that had been in his mind, Mikado began to regret it greatly. He felt that he’d said too much. Perhaps it’d because they’d hit it off, and he’d been getting more tense as they’d talked, and thus hadn’t been able to restrain himself and poured out all the thoughts he’d normally keep to himself.
He was afraid Anri would get angry, so he withdrew his head nervously and looked up at her. But she didn’t seem angry or upset.
“You’re right…thank you.”
On seeing her slightly bewildered smile, Mikado thought about it seriously.
—To reduce someone like her to the role of a lackey…just how beautiful is this Harima person?
Surely it couldn’t be just because she was taking advantage of Anri’s personality?
Mikado couldn’t help but wonder.
Note:
-Ice cream floats with Anri ///
-Talking to Anri for the first time really
-A lot of information on Harima Mika and Anri's friendship and backstory
-Mika isss a stalker
-She's targeting that Seiji guy
-Anri is bullied because of her dark personality and Mika used to protect her
-Anri wants to surpass Mika
-plus 100 ability to comfort others
-plus 100 willingness to coldly interject when he feels someone is dumb
-plus/minus confidence boosts on speaking his mind! Ability to speak his mind more, second guessing after
What we learned:
This is a lot of information and a lot of bonding with Anri /// as well as some background info on Anri, Mika and their school (the school has dorms but Anri and Mikado both choose to live on their own. Apparently Mika's a rich girl) etc. MASSIVE CRUSH ON ANRI but she's not really a good friend yet. This is the big start though! They spend hours talking in this memory, trying to solve Anri's missing friend problem, and by the end Mikado feels a lot closer to her even if it's still a really new thing.
NOTE: the whole meeting Anri arc is different in the novels than it is in the anime!
Game: Game (played)
Game Master: Three of Three
Day: 200
Notes: [Memories take the form of a friendship bracelet. Putting it on to receive memories. Three uses.] 1/3 taken
“Are you OK?”
Mikado had brought Anri to a nearby café, hoping that it’d help her calm down a little.
After being seated, Mikado ordered two ice cream floats, but then he realized that that seemed rather childish and regretted it.
“Um…thank you, just now…for saving me.”
“Ah, it was nothing really! And besides, the person who saved you was really that Izaya guy!”
“But…”
—Ah ah ah, what am I supposed to say? If only Masaomi was here…
Although he was pretty flustered, it’d be rather weird if he didn’t say anything. So Mikado opened his mouth to start a conversation:
“Were those girls just now from your middle school?”
Anri nodded in response to his question.
“I see…so, those girls were always bothering you in junior high, and there was this amazing girl called Mika who’d always stand up for you, but now that Mika’s gone, they’ve come back to harass you again?”
After hearing Mikado’s proffered conjecture, Anri froze momentarily:
“How…how did you know all that?!”
“Ah…don’t worry, I just guessed based on what I put together from what you guys were talking about just now…but that’s not important. This Mika person—is she the Harima Mika from our class?”
On hearing Mikado’s question, Anri regained her composure and began to explain:
“Uh…yes it is that Harima Mika. Harima-san’s been absent these few days hasn’t she? Well that’s because she hasn’t been home since the day before the entrance ceremony.”
“…Why?”
Isn’t this something the police should be handling? Mikado thought, his eyes widened. Anri seemed to know what he was thinking and shook her head gently:
“To be exact, she’s not really missing. Because Harima-san did leave a message for me and her family. She said something like ‘I’ve gone on a journey to relieve a broken heart, don’t worry about me.’, or maybe it was something about which train she’d taken to where…”
“A broken heart? Did something happen to her?”
“That…”
Mikado’s question had only served to make Anri prevaricate.
For whatever reason, Anri hesitantly lowered her head.
“You don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. The only person I might tell, is currently busy having an affair with a woman who has kids.”
Mikado had just said he’d keep quiet about it, but then he’d gone and said he might blab about it later right after that. But Anri didn’t feel anything contradictory about what he’d said, and thought for a while, and warned:
“But, can you promise me you won’t be too shocked after I tell you…”
“After witnessing all that, I don’t think I’ll be surprised by anything anymore.”
To put her at ease, Mikado gave her a bright grin. As he’d been friends with Masaomi since they were in elementary school, Mikado had developed a talent for comforting people.
Perhaps it was because Anri had been placated by Mikado’s smile, because she just blurted the truth out:
“Harima-san—is a stalker.”
Pfft!
Mikado’s steady smile remained, but he’d spit out the melting ice cream from his mouth.
After hearing the whole story, Mikado tried to regain his composure and rearrange his thoughts.
“I see…so Harima-san was stalking…uh, sorry, I mean courting the head of welfare, Yagiri-kun, and he rejected her, so she went on a trip to relieve her broken heart?”
From what Anri had said, Harima Mika seemed to have been doing these weird things ever since she started junior high. After falling in love at first said, she would be known to pick the lock on the door of the object of her affection’s home and break into it; or she’d find out where he was going when he went out, and she’d come along, unwelcome, and she’d even tell him “Thank you for inviting me out!”. She had obviously been altering the facts in her head.
Although she acted like that, but she got good grades and she was from a rich family. After enrolling in Raira Academy, she’d rented an apartment to live in by herself, and the rent was over a hundred thousand yen. Although the school had built a student dormitory nearby, but it was still a fair distance from the school, so most of the students stayed in their own homes. Some decided to live by themselves, even though they were still so young. Mikado was a good example of this. And Anri too had rented a cheap apartment a distance away from the school.
—Harima-san sure is a troublemaker.
And after meeting Seiji, she’d decided that he was her soulmate. Then, she’d turn up at his house every day. But on the day of the entrance ceremony, she’d didn’t show up in school. According to Seiji, he’d firmly rejected her advances the day before the ceremony, and had even threatened call the police. After that, Mika had stopped turning up.
As Mikado listening to Anri’s recount, he was practically breaking out in cold sweat. From what she had said, Mika had sat between himself and Seiji during the entrance examination. Mikado thought that, by some strange turn of events, that ‘uninvited guest’ might even have ended up targeting him; and he secretly rejoiced that he hadn’t saved this girl. But then again, even if he had wanted to save her, he wouldn’t have been able to.
Mikado discreetly gathered these thoughts that no one would be able to guess he would have and at the same time, earnestly suggested to Anri:
“I think, you should call her.”
“I could never get through…I think she switched off her phone after sending that message…and when I sent her a message asking her why she wouldn’t turn on her phone, she replied that if she heard a familiar voice, she’d want to go home…”
“I see…uh…I think it’s better if we analyze the situation first…no, I think to be safe, we should send her a message, and hint to her that if she doesn’t turn on her phone, we’ll call the police or something like that. What do you think?”
Mikado started coming up with a lot of ideas, but all of them sounded pretty lame and weren’t really feasible. And the hours flew past just like that.
“So, were you Harima-san’s best friend?”
“…I think so, but I don’t know for sure…but we were always together. I can’t really do many things right, and I’m not good at talking to people, but Harima-san helped me and she was always with me…”
After hearing what Anri had to say, Mikado felt that their relationship couldn’t be so simple. He’d seen situations like this before when he was surfing the Net. And pertaining to the darkness hidden behind such things, there were a surprising number of detailed descriptions online.
“And, although Harima-san’s grades could have gotten her into a better school, she still chose the same school as me…I felt really bad…”
—That’s probably only because she didn’t want to lose the benefits of having a convenient lackey like you by her side…
Mikado had to swallow these words which had crawled up his throat back down. Deep down, he was glad Masaomi wasn’t here. If this was an Internet chatroom, he’d have just unreservedly told her this flat out.
—But, maybe it’d better if I tell her.
As he thought that, Mikado began battling with his conscience. On seeing Mikado subconsciously averting his gaze, Anri’s mouth curved into a smile:
“It’s OK, I know.”
At having been seen through, Mikado frantically asked, “K-Know what?”
“I know she was just using me to look good. So, I was using her as well. I thought life would be easier with her around, that I couldn’t live without depending on her. The only reason I volunteered to be a class representative was because Harima-san would have wanted to become one, and I decided to do it in her stead before she came back—”
Anri’s words cleared all of Mikado’s doubts. So that time in class, when she turned in his direction, she wasn’t really looking at anyone, but at Mika’s vacant table. And Masaomi had been sitting there.
As Mikado made sense of this, Anri went ahead and stated her opinion:
“But, it was mainly for my own satisfaction. I thought maybe if I became a class representative, I could surpass her…I’m horrible, aren’t I?”
Mikado didn’t wait for her to finish before throwing out an icy remark:
“In my opinion, I think what’s horrible is telling people all that.”
“—”
“It sounds like you’re trying to get someone to forgive you. In my opinion, it’s a good thing that you want to surpass Harima-san, so you should hold your head high and be more confident.”
After spilling out everything that had been in his mind, Mikado began to regret it greatly. He felt that he’d said too much. Perhaps it’d because they’d hit it off, and he’d been getting more tense as they’d talked, and thus hadn’t been able to restrain himself and poured out all the thoughts he’d normally keep to himself.
He was afraid Anri would get angry, so he withdrew his head nervously and looked up at her. But she didn’t seem angry or upset.
“You’re right…thank you.”
On seeing her slightly bewildered smile, Mikado thought about it seriously.
—To reduce someone like her to the role of a lackey…just how beautiful is this Harima person?
Surely it couldn’t be just because she was taking advantage of Anri’s personality?
Mikado couldn’t help but wonder.
Note:
-Ice cream floats with Anri ///
-Talking to Anri for the first time really
-A lot of information on Harima Mika and Anri's friendship and backstory
-Mika isss a stalker
-She's targeting that Seiji guy
-Anri is bullied because of her dark personality and Mika used to protect her
-Anri wants to surpass Mika
-plus 100 ability to comfort others
-plus 100 willingness to coldly interject when he feels someone is dumb
-plus/minus confidence boosts on speaking his mind! Ability to speak his mind more, second guessing after
What we learned:
This is a lot of information and a lot of bonding with Anri /// as well as some background info on Anri, Mika and their school (the school has dorms but Anri and Mikado both choose to live on their own. Apparently Mika's a rich girl) etc. MASSIVE CRUSH ON ANRI but she's not really a good friend yet. This is the big start though! They spend hours talking in this memory, trying to solve Anri's missing friend problem, and by the end Mikado feels a lot closer to her even if it's still a really new thing.
NOTE: the whole meeting Anri arc is different in the novels than it is in the anime!