Winter Anime Season 2015

Ugh...This winter season of anime has been abysmal...
The only good show that was really worth watching was One Punch man(which was only 12 episodes, should have been a full season),  The first few episodes at the beginning could be counted as a "monster of the week" show, but once the story began to build up, it became something else entirely.   The climax of the half-season was put quite well together, and I was definitely sitting on the edge of my seat for this.  Even though the show is starting to become over-hyped like many mainstream anime, I still can't wait for a season 2.










Heavy Object got my hopes up, but with the heavy censoring killed any excitement I had for the series(curse you spontaneous beams of light!), not to mention FUNimation​'s awful streaming quality did not help at all.  I've read the light novels, so it is a decent story, but I will be waiting till the blu-rays come out for it.











Then there was the anime Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon, which started off decent, but decided to head in a direction that was forced, killing any buildup that occurred previously, putting the story dead in the water.  A not so typical story about magic, witches and persecution, Anti-Magic Academy thankfully does its job in providing action packed fighting scenes, but character buildup is weak, leaving many characters feeling flat and boring.  As I mentioned before, it has a great start, but falls flat on its face once the ball starts rolling.  It thankfully did not reduce itself to relying totally on fan service to keep viewers entertained like the next series.

Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan (Chivalry of a Failed Knight)failed as an anime in my mind...and boy am I glad I stopped watching it and went straight to the light novel.  The differences between the light novel and the anime were practically like comparing someone who bakes a cake, just stares at it and doesn't eat it to someone who bakes a cake, dresses it with icing and happily eats to their satisfaction.  This reminds me so much of the train wreck that was The Irregular of Magic High School anime, in that the elements and details that made the story have life and originality(and generally made the story great) were ripped out for the anime and what you got was a sad state of a montage of just fan service or simply a story told as if it were from the mind of a 5 year old.











Then there was Comet Lucifer...that was just like a ripoff of Eureka with even more unrealistic elements...I won't go into the details of what those were, because watching it, one should know it immediately. It is that glaringly obvious,  That aside, it was fairly interesting at first, but it became progressively harder to watch, to the point where I didn't want to see any more.

The last show that I watched(aside from the anime that continued from previous seasons) was God Eater.

This one seemed like it was trying so hard to set it apart from mainstream shows like Attack on Titan, that it missed important facts such the laws of physics. Of course, with unrealistic shows like this one, you kinda have to throw logic out the window here.  I tried doing it, but after the 5th episode, I said, "That's it, I'm done."  The fight scenes were cool, and props for the main character not being a total moron.   Naivety will only get you so far.  The characters were starting to grow on me, but I just couldn't keep up with the series.  Some of you might disagree with me, but I won't be picking this show back up anytime soon...probably never.

Chapter 5

Ryuuto replies with:

1) "Leave it to me, Shunsuke. I can handle it."

2) "I'll be fine. I can handle a bit of mud."

3) "I should be alright, since I have an information beast at my heels."

4) "If I ever require help, I've got a dependable senpai, Senpai."

      At this response, Shunsuke smiled and nodded in approval. “After hearing that, I believe you really can do it.” Ryuuto said his goodbyes and they headed in different directions. The sun began to set as Ryuuto made it back to his house. His mother was in the kitchen preparing dinner as he walked in and headed towards his room. During dinner, he mentioned of his eventful re-encounter with Nagisa and her brother at school, as both his parents were still on good terms with their parents. Having discussed it for awhile, it was decided that they would plan a get together in the future. Now having finished dinner, Ryuuto was in his room, upstairs working on his homework, and began to recall events at the rooftop. Suddenly glancing at the a photo on his desk, it was of both him and Nagisa standing in the rain under an umbrella. Ryuuto was smiling, but Nagisa had a bit of an unreadable expression. It almost looked like she was smiling, but there had to be something more than there appeared to be on the surface. It was also the last photo he had with Nagisa before they suddenly moved. Ryuuto smiled as he recalled the scene. He never figured out what was bothering her on that day. He had initially blamed the rain for her strange mood, then when Nagisa moved, he came to the conclusion that it was the upcoming move that was the cause.

      In any case, he was happy now that Nagisa had returned and would be spending more time with her like in 3 years prior. Now that he had Nagisa's contact information, he would be able to plan out with much more confidence than he had shown to Shunsuke. Looking back at his homework, he decided to finish and go to bed. The last thing he needed was to give unnecessary worry to his parents when he takes on the role of being the student council president. Setting his alarm clock to the usual time and jumping into bed, he falls asleep fairly quickly.



      Waking up the next day, Ryuuto turns off his annoying alarm clock and heads down to eat breakfast. Quickly eating and completing his morning routine, he grabs his bike and heads out. The cool, late spring air whizzes by his face as he makes his way to school. Parking his bike at the bicycle corral, he walks into the large crowd of students heading inside. Today seems a more typical day, unlike yesterday when Nagisa was handing out flyers. Akagami Ringo was as at the gate as usual, directing traffic and maintaining order. Running into Kyousuke at the shoe lockers, the two talk about trivial things as they head to the classroom. if they were to turn around, out of the crowd behind them, they would find Nakajou Yuna following them. She decided to run up alongside Ryuuto as if they were best friends. Ryuuto looks over and says, “Good morning.” Yuna returns the greeting, but suddenly grabs Ryuuto's hand. She leans over as she pulls him closer and she whispers in his ear, “The spider waits for the fly, but fails to notice the bird and the lizard nearby. Be careful of Takezawa.” She then points at the tall, lanky looking student off in the distance with her eyes.



Ryuuto chooses to:

1. say, “Thanks, I will keep that in mind.”

2. Tease Yuna

3. say nothing, grab Yuna's hand, and keep walking.

As Ryuuto says this, he briefly looks over at the tall, lanky looking student and thinks to himself. That must be one of Takezawa's lackeys. I haven't even applied to become a candidate yet and there's already someone I should be careful of nearby. Could Takezawa already have found out about my intentions? While Ryuuto was pondering this, Kyousuke interrupted his thoughts.

      “Ryuuto-kyun, your thoughts are showing on your face.”

      “Huh?” Ryuuto's face changed from one of concern to surprise.

       “Oh. Let's go. The first bell should ring soon.”

      Having responded to Kyousuke, Ryuuto proceeded on to class. He sat down and class began. Today started out with World History, a class that Ryuuto had little interest in, and would be able to pass the time pondering Yuna's earlier words, “The spider waits for the fly, but fails to notice the bird and the lizard nearby. Be careful of Takezawa,” echoing in his mind. Once I put my application in for presidency, I will eventually come under heavy scrutiny by the general affairs department. Which is why before I actually apply, I must do some investigation of my own of the general affairs department.

      Having thought a bit, Ryuuto decided to investigate during lunch. Time passed quickly and it was already lunch time. Having brought his bento as usual, but wolfed it down faster than usual, leaving Kyousuke a little surprised. Grabbing his bag, he told Kyousuke to meet him in the library. “Oka, Ish gonna bef a phew minnots bepho *gulp* before I can get over there,” (Okay, it's gonna be a few minutes before I get over there) Kyousuke said with a bit of a mouthful. Ryuuto hurried over to the library. The reason Ryuuto went to the library, was to access the past student council records, as they were kept there for the student's free use. He walked over to find the librarian returning some books to a shelf. He asked her where the records were kept, and was directed over to a shelving unit that was against the wall, away from the other bookshelves. Looking it over, it was a messy bookshelf, with papers sticking out of folders, books in disarray, and papers laying in stacks unorganized. It seems that this shelf was managed by the student council, as any librarian would have already organized it by now. However, this shelf was deemed under the jurisdiction of the student council, so it was managed by the student council. For it to be this disorganized indicated either a lack of management or a lack of caring. While this shelf was handled by the general affairs and secretary departments, after reading a bit of the school's history of the student council from a bound book entitled “Student Council 2010-2012,” Ryuuto came to realize that while both departments had a shared responsibility, most of the keeping of the paperwork was done by the Secretary department, which would explain why it was in its current state.

      Looking through both previous and current available student council records, Ryuuto came to the conclusion that the struggle for succession to the presidency was a common one for all of the departments. In the previous Student council, there was a scandal done by the general affairs to secretly portion out financial funding to clubs that which the general affairs favored, and funding was cut for the ones they did not favor. The Secretary department found the discrepancy in the numbers when the numbers didn't add up. The clubs that were receiving their ill-gotten funding were forcibly suspended for that year, and the general affairs that were responsible for the incident were removed from power. Looking back at the names listed in the General Affairs department, Ryuuto noticed an interesting name: Takezawa Keito. Takezawa was not that common of a name, so Ryuuto felt safe to assume that Takezawa Keito was Takezawa Kouhei's older brother.

      Just as he was pondering this, Kyousuke showed up. “So, did you find anything, Ryuuto-kyun?” "...Kyousuke, didn't I already say to not call me that? It's disgusting." Ryuuto said with disgust. “Aww, don't be like that. So, did you find anything?” Kyousuke asked with a smile. “I think I found something interesting. It seems likely that Takezawa's older brother was in the General Affairs department as well. It seems he was involved in that scandal with the club funding two years ago,” said Ryuuto with a bit of confidence. “So, do you think he's trying to become president like his older brother who was unable to?” Kyousuke asked. “It's a possibility, but the reasoning is only based on guesses. After all, I've never met him to ask him.” Despite Kouhei's older brother's scandal, Kouhei is still seen as a lofty figure in school, which enabled him to even join the student council. His grades are top notch. He is pretty athletic and there are plenty of girls who would chase after him. After looking through a bit more of the records, Ryuuto decided that he had gleaned all the pertinent information he could. Lunch break was almost over anyway. Ryuuto began to clean up his mess. “Kyousuke, I'm going to be doing a bit more investigating after school, would you like to come along?” Ryuuto asks.



Kyousuke chooses to:

1. suggest tailing the lackey that was eyeing Ryuuto this morning.

2. refuse and do some information gathering from his ties to several gangs in the area.

3. think a bit more.



      “I unfortunately already have some business in that area, but Ryuuto-kyun should be able to tail the person from this morning if you want to know what is really going on. Also, don't forget that the deadline for the application should be coming up soon. Itou should know when.” Ryuuto knew when Kyousuke mentioned “that” area, he meant his ties to the various gangs in the parts surrounding the school. Having decided to go with tailing Takezawa's lackey, Ryuuto said his goodbyes and proceeded to make his way toward the main gate.

      Ryuuto decided it was better to maintain distance from the gate, rather than wait conspicuously at the actual gate. There was still a crowd of students socializing between the main entrance and the gate. Ryuuto decided he would wait here amonst the crowd while he believed the lackey would appear, as the east and west gates were less commonly used due to the train station being closest from the main gate. Of course, there was also the possibility the guy would be going to his club meeting, at which Ryuuto would be forced to choose other options of collecting information on Takezawa and the General Affairs department.



      After looking around in the crowd and watching the gate periodically, Ryuuto noticed one of his good friends, Ueshima Kazuto, was leaving the main entrance, but wasn't heading to the main gate. Kazuto was one of his classmates from middle school; the two got along great and became good friends. When he joined Red Hawk High school, he joined the Kendo club. Ryuuto assumed that Kazuto was heading to the dojo, which happened to be near the main gate.



Ryuuto chooses to:


1. Call out to Ueshima Kazuto.

2. Continue to wait patiently for Takezawa's lackey to appear.

3. Give up on waiting and seek out other means of gathering information on Takezawa.

4. Look for Nagisa.



      While he was aware calling out to his friend might draw some attention, Ryuuto determined that with the crowd around him being noisy and talkative, he should be able prevent too much attention being drawn to him. “Hey Kazuto-kun!” Ryuuto calls out to Kazuto who was walking in the direction of the dojo, hears someone calling to him and turns around. Kazuto looks into the crowd in the courtyard and notices Ryuuto emerging. “Ryuuto-kun, I didn't see you there. Walk with me for a bit.” Ryuuto smiles and walks up beside Kazuto as he begins to head toward the dojo. The even though the dojo was considered “close” to the main gate, it was still quite a distance to walk there from the main entrance. On the way, the two were talking about Kendo. Ryuuto took Kendo when he was in elementary school, but for a certain reason, quit the first year of middle school. Even though he no longer practiced seriously, Kazuto would spar with him occasionally so that he could gain a some insights into his own form and improve himself. As they arrived outside of the dojo, Kazuto invited him in.

      “Ryuuto-kun, do you want to have a go at it once before you leave?”

       “I only have time for one round, but sure.”

       Kazuto smiled before turning around to push open the door. As soon as he walked in, he stopped, and unceremoniously dropped his bag on the floor. As Ryuuto walked in, he looked on in shock as the previously beautifully kept dojo was trashed. There were broken shinai on the floor, random garbage strewn about and broken glass.



Ryuuto chooses to:



1. Ask about the vandalism

2. not ask about the vandalism, but offer to help clean up

3. Call Nagisa's phone.

Updates

I'm still alive!

Sorry for the lack of updates.  The forum I was playing the game on died, so I was at a bit of a loss as to whether or not I could continue the story..as I had thought I had lost a good portion while I was waiting for enough material to be written to post it here. Thankfully I had saved the posts on my computer, so the material was not lost, well most of it.  All my posts were saved, with the exception of one post made by one of the last players of the game.  Which, could be re-written, as it contributed very little to the story.

So, as of now, I am writing the story by myself, and will have a new post every week, or ASAP,   Each post will contain around 4 choices, so plenty of content there.   Also, I have decided that, under my discretion, I may choose to create a poll for one of the last choices and let the readers choose what should happen next.   This will only happen occasionally, as I do have a certain direction I want to go with the story, and don't plan on getting sidetracked too often. (lol)


Anyway, look forward to the coming weeks as I continue this exciting story!

I expect to have a new chapter by this Sunday!

I Choose Your Adventure Chapter 4

Nagisa chooses to:

1. Leave school having completed her student council work, and act like nothing happened.
2. Run back to Ryuuto for help.
3. Follow Yuna secretly in an attempt to discover her aim.
4. Continue to investigate the "trap" that Yuna mentioned.

----- Nagisa realizes she made a blunder by speaking too much and getting emotional towards Yuna's questioning. However much regret she may be feeling however, she decided to return home. It'd become known anyway if I run for president. She can just hear the words of Ryuuto's logic resound in her head. Whatever will happen now, will happen; she'll cross that bridge when it arrives.

----- As Nagisa left the roof and proceeded to leave school, Ryuuto was still on the roof. As the crimson skies began to envelop the scenery, he releases a small sigh and turns his face towards his close friend Kyousuke. "So how much did you hear?"
----- "Just the important bits and pieces." Kyousuke lets loose a smile, with a mixture of emotions hiding behind them.
----- "So you know what we need to do now, right?" Ryuuto asks Kyousuke a simple question they both knew the answer to.
----- ""We crush the competition."" They both said in unison. After a moment of seriousness, they both burst out in a small fit of laughter.
----- "How long has it been, I wonder... since you had the resolve to do anything this serious."
----- "It's certainly been a while, indeed." Ryuuto pauses for a brief moment as he soaks in the horizon's scenery one last time. "Shall we head off, then?"


Ryuuto chooses to:
1) Head home for the day, planning steps on what do to with Kyousuke.
2) Head home for the day (alone), leaving anything to do for the next day.
3) Head home for the day, while having something to do on the way home.
4) Stick around the campus with business to do.

Having finished gazing at the horizon, Ryuuto began to think about how he was going to win the presidency. While Kyousuke and he had done some crazy things in middle school that normal people would rule out as impossible, Ryuuto knew it was unwise to underestimate how hard it was to win the presidency. After all, the high school he went to was not your average private school. The classes were not only harder, but the expectations and power were also higher as well. The Student Council wielded power that made normal students at normal high schools gape in shock and awe. While it would be exaggerated to compare their power to a small country, this school was large and vast. Its number of students nearly reached in the tens of thousands. Because of the school's open policy to encourage self-governance and management, the students in the student council and clubs that have partnered with the student council to run the school. The school itself had its own store, which was managed for students by the students. Teachers would oversee the work but most of the work was done by the students. The teachers main role was a “hands off” approach and would be mostly limited to teaching lessons and guidance to assist in managing the school.

Walking down the hallway with Kyousuke, they entered the classroom to get their book bags as they prepared to go home. While club time had already started, both Kyousuke and Ryuuto were in the “Go Home” club. As they left the classroom, they managed to bump in to the troublesome person, known as Akagami Ringo, a member of the Disciplinary Committee. “What are you two loitering in the hallway for? Don't you know its against school rules to loiter in the hallway?” Hearing this and seeing the angry expression on Ringo's face, Ryuuto let out a sigh. “Yes, yes, we will be on our way. We were just leaving.” At this, Ringo's face revealed a frown. “What club are you two going to? I will walk you there so you will not make trouble for others.” The school, as part of its open policy, required students to join a club. While just about any club would be approved, not every club would receive adequate funding, so quite a few clubs would contain mostly ghost members. Both Ryuuto and Kyousuke were ghost members of the Cooking club. Not wanting to have to deal with such a troublesome person, both Ryuuto and Kyousuke replied, ““The Cooking club.”” Ringo stopped for a moment and a look of suspicion floated on her face. “Isn't the Cooking club's clubroom the opposite direction?” As Ryuuto was about to respond, Kyousuke interrupted him, “We were thinking about the upcoming cooking competition in June, two months from now, and didn't realize we were wandering in the wrong direction. Thank you Akagami-san for directing us. Let's go Ryuuto-kyun!” Kyousuke grabbed Ryuuto's hand and ran in the opposite direction, escaping from her vision. “Hey! No running in the halls!” could be heard at a distance as Ringo attempted to chase after them.

Running down a flight of stairs and hiding in an empty classroom, both Ryuuto and Kyousuke were panting heavily as Ringo's shouts could be heard in the distance, growing fainter. “Lost her!” Ryuuto managed to say while breathing heavily. “Let's hope we don't run into her tomorrow, or we will be screwed for sure!” Kyousuke added. The two walked together as they left the building and headed for one of the many entrance gates to the school. Since there were clubs meeting in the courtyard, the two did not stand out in the slightest. Having reached the bike parking, Ryuuto grabbed his bike and the two parted and headed in opposite directions. “See you tomorrow!” Kyousuke said as he left the gate. Ryuuto waved back as he got on his bike. As Ryuuto was biking down the street, he saw out of the corner of his eye a moped with a girl on the back, hair flowing in the wind. This scene brought him back to his current dilemma. How to become president! Nagisa said she had some dirt on Takezawa, but without knowing this information, I won't be able to make a clear battle strategy to defeat him. When Ryuuto became serious, he was the cold and calculating type. Unless cornered, Ryuuto was not willing to do anything too underhanded to achieve his goals. Ryuuto decided that to formulate his strategy, he would need Nagisa first. However, He still has not exchanged contact details with her yet, putting a hold on his plans. Noticing that the moped was stopped at a red light, Ryuuto decides to try and catch up. He was nearly there and the light was still red. “Nagisa!” he shouted, drawing the attention of those around him, but failing to grab her attention. Ignoring the stares and with some time still left, Ryuuto got closer and shouted again, "Nagisa," but still failed to bring any reaction from the passenger nor driver. Seeing the light turn green and feeling he had run out of time, he shouts again, “Nagi-chan!” This time both the rider and driver turn around at the same time, while being honked at by the cars behind them. The driver pulls over to the sidewalk a bit of distance away as Ryuuto biked over to where they parked.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Reintroduce himself to Nagisa's brother, and find a way to bring up contact information with Nagisa.
2. Directly ask for Nagisa's phone number, while giving a vague reason why.
3. Ask Nagisa's brother if he can talk to Nagisa in private after reintroducing himself.
4. Invite the Itou siblings to a nearby cafe to chat.

----- After finally catching up to the siblings, he climbs off his bike and faces the two of them. "Sorry about stopping the both of you like this," Ryuuto says as he bows his head, then raises his head once more. "I'm Takahashi Ryuuto."
----- "Wait, that Ryuuto?" Nagisa's brother asks. "It's been a while since we've talked, man. How've you been?"
----- "Indeed, it's been ages, Shunsuke-san." Ryuuto and Shunsuke greet each other with a firm handshake after a long absence of communication. "I've been good. I just saw the both of you while I was on my way home and just thought to call out to you."
----- "I see, I see. It's good to know you still live here, Ryuuto. After coming back to this town, it's changed quite a bit from what I remember."
----- "Shall we exchange contact info since we're all here?"
----- "Oh, sure, sure." Shunsuke takes out his phone as Ryuuto does, too. With the advent of technology, they share contacts with a simple measure and Ryuuto turns to Nagisa and asks,
----- "How about you, Nagisa? It's been a while." A remnant of a pout existed on Nagisa's face as she stared at Ryuuto this whole time, but as soon as Ryuuto turned to look at her, the pout suddenly vanished from her facial expressions.
----- "Yes, indeed. It's been about 10 minutes, I suppose?" She gives a small laugh as she exchanges contacts with Ryuuto. Mission accomplished, Ryuuto thought.
----- "So Ryuuto, you want to drop by a café so we can catch up a bit?" Shunsuke asks.

Ryuuto chooses to:
1) Take Shunsuke up on his offer, and chat with the Itou siblings.
2) Decline the offer, but promise another time.

Ryuuto looks back at Shunsuke and responds, “Yeah, a café would be nice. There's actually one that just happens to be a block up the road that I like to visit every now and then.” Shunsuke thought for a moment, then said, “You mean Café Rosa? That's the one where Nagisa begs me all the time to go to because she loves their special parfaits.” At that moment, Ryuuto's gaze floated to Nagisa's face as she blushed and said, “Who begged you? I just asked you about it the other day, that's all...” At Nagisa's response, Shunsuke laughed. Even Ryuuto's face broke out into a grin as they walked towards the café.

After they arrived, Ryuuto chose a table and they sat down. Shunsuke ordered his favorite herbal tea, while Nagisa didn't hesitate to order a special parfait called, “the Royal Flower,” and Ryuuto decided to have a café latte. As the drinks and the parfait came out, Ryuuto was mildly shocked when he saw the massive parfait topped with various fruits and sweets which made it look like a flower worthy of being given to royalty. Nagisa happily dug into the parfait while Shunsuke struck up a conversation with Ryuuto. “Ryuuto, how is that café latte?” Ryuuto took a sip then responds, “Ah, its good. Ever since you got me into drinking coffee, I have been trying various types.” As he drank his café latte, Ryuuto began to reminiscence his childhood with Shuunsuke. To him, Shunsuke was like his older brother, where he had none. Ryuuto was an only child, so naturally he treated Shunsuke and Nagisa as close siblings. He had been hurt deeply when they left without much of an explanation. Only after Nagisa's explanation on the rooftop was he able to grasp and understand their reasoning. “So, earlier, Nagisa explained why you two left so suddenly those 3 years ago. I never would have placed that frightening incident in connection with you two.” A look of sadness and regret floated on Shunsuke's eyes. Like Ryuuto, Shunsuke also saw Ryuuto as family, not just as close friends. After all, when they were much younger, they spent their days playing in the park, capturing bugs, playing games and getting into trouble, things young boys would do at that age. “Then I also want to apologize to Ryuuto for leaving you in the dark all this time,” bowing his head as he said this. Seeing the older brother bow his head to Ryuuto made him a bit uncomfortable, “Its okay now Shunsuke,” he said returning an awkward smile. “Now that that is over with, there is something that concerns me Ryuuto.” Seeing the atmosphere change quickly brought Ryuuto out of his reminiscing. “Our chance meeting seems a bit too coincidental to be merely coincidence. For you to chase after us in that situation makes me a bit curious. Did something happen?” Shunsuke asks. Hesitating for a moment, Ryuuto responds, “You could say that.” Hearing the conversation head in that direction, Nagisa stops eating her beautiful partfait and looks at Ryuuto's eyes.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Explain to Shunsuke what transpired on the rooftop earlier.
2. Explain to Shunsuke what transpired on the rooftop, but leave out the details of him deciding to run for president.
3. Try to pass it off as something not worth mentioning.

----- After briefly explaining about what occurred on the rooftop with Nagisa, Ryuuto felt this is where it gets important. "... and so, I've decided to run for president in Nagisa's stead."
----- "Wha-?!" In response to Ryuuto's final line, Shunsuke could do nothing but exclaim in surprise. But before he could say any more, Ryuuto put his hand up to stop Shunsuke from saying anything more.
----- "I get what you want to say, but this is something I've decided to do for the benefit of the both of you. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but if Nagisa becomes the student figurehead of the school, she'd stand out and it'd be easier to target her; and if the moped becomes approved as a viable transportation method for the school, it'll help you easier than having to sneak around all the time when coming and going to school." Shunsuke stares at Ryuuto in silence for a while, and before long gives a sigh of resignation.
----- "So you've gotten it all thought out, huh..." Shunsuke leans back in his seat, and gives Ryuuto a serious look of approval. "I'll leave it to you then, Ryuuto."
----- As time passed, they talked about a couple more things and before long, they all decided it was time to leave. Shunsuke grabbed the bill and paid for them all, they then met outside. As Nagisa was getting ready for the ride home, Shunsuke pulled Ryuuto off to the side real quick, "I know you have this all thought out, and anything I say to you would be fruitless, but regardless I need to give you some advice as a senpai." Shunsuke lowered his voice almost to a whisper, but just enough to where Nagisa couldn't hear them. "That school's politics are dangerous. Make sure you're prepared before you step into that muddy world."

Ryuuto replies with:
1) "Leave it to me, Shunsuke. I can handle it."
2) "I'll be fine. I can handle a bit of mud."
3) "I should be alright, since I have an information beast at my heels."
4) "If I ever require help, I've got a dependable senpai, Senpai."

I Choose Your Adventure chapter 3

Here's your weekly dose of I choose your adventure! This week was a little shorter though. Hopefully it will be longer next week.


Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Ask about why her family moved away.
2. Ask about her current situation involving as to why they need to take a moped to school.
3. Ask about her life up until now(in general).
4. Ask her why she joined the student council(The Nagi-chan he knew liked breaking the rules)


----- Ryuuto decides that it was not time to be intending to catch up with Nagisa right now was a good idea. Nor questioning why she's even in the student council now; it's clearly to help cover the moped situation into being just baseless rumors, but now it seems to have finally backfired. So Ryuuto decides to ask the important question, "So Itou," Nagisa clearly twitched her eyebrows at how Ryuuto called her name, "Why are you taking the moped to school? I need a clear answer."

----- "... Nagi-chan."
----- "Huh?"
----- "Start calling me Nagi-chan again now that you've remembered me." Nagisa said in a stern voice.
----- "There's no way I can call you Nagi-chan now."
----- "Then I'll compromise with just Nagisa."
----- "... Fine," Ryuuto sighs, "But quit changing the subject now. The moped explanation, if you would please."

----- Nagisa slowly turns her head off into the horizon, clearly visible from the rooftop. A simple breeze passes by from where she gazes, making her hair flutter in the soft wind. "It'll take a while to explain the whole situation, but I suppose I should start from the top from when I had to move. Is that fine?"


Ryuuto chooses to:
1) Deny the entire explanation, and coerce for the moped answer.
2) Agree to listen to the entire story. 
3) Agree to listen to the entire story (but lose focus halfway through and miss some information).
4) Agree to listen to the entire story, to only get interrupted by a third party.

"Yeah, that's fine. Go ahead." Nagisa took a deep breath before she began to tell her story. "I'm sorry Ryuu-chan that I wasn't able explain this to you that day we moved away. You see, my father had to move because of work. It just so happens that he works for the government. Because of the disastrous event at that time, we weren't allowed to tell people we were moving for safety reasons, as people from the government and their families were being targeted. We moved practically to the other side of the country, so there was no way for me to contact you. When we were able to move back, it seems like you had already forgotten about me. The moped is something my father decided out of careful consideration. While they can be dangerous to drive, it was decided as the most cost efficient. You see, even though that event has long since passed, my father felt that having a moped with his driving skills ingrained in my brother would provide a means to escape should anything happen.

As Nagisa said this, he thought back to the disastrous event that happened at the beginning of his middle school first year. A group of terrorists, known as Red Ashes, infiltrated the government and was able to kill several well known government officials and politicians. The country was in uproar and the government took several measures to protect its officials and families of officials. It was to be expected that one of those measures was to relocate their families to a more secure location.

"But, since my father's decision was in conflict with the school's policy, we were at a loss as to what to do about it. Of course, my father tried already to contact the board of education to make an exception, but because he was not allowed to reveal that he worked for the government, the board of education was not satisfied with my father's reasons. I told my father I would take care of it, since the student council can change school policy as well. So, this is where you come in Ryuu-chan. I need to become the student council president in order to make this change. Will you, or will you not help me become the student council president?" Nagisa stood there in anticipation of Ryuuto's answer.

"I..."

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Help Nagisa in her cause
2. Reject Nagisa in her cause and try to find an alternative to using a moped.
3. Become president instead asking for Nagisa's support
4. Hug Nagisa.

----- "I..." Ryuuto pauses briefly, contemplating a certain aspect. "I don't think you should become president, Nagisa."
----- "What--"
----- "Let me finish," Ryuuto raises his hand towards Nagisa. "I'll take your place and become president." Nagisa stares dumbfounded towards Ryuuto even as he continues talking. "Since the voluntary applications are valid, and both the SC officers publicly denied the ascension to President, they both can't vie for the seat; if they did, there'd just be problems for both of you no matter what. As a third party applicant I'd be free from the politics regarding the SC, and since there isn't any solid evidence between you and I being associated with each other for the past few years, it'll be that much easier to take any opposition head-on. And the biggest reason isn't the process of becoming president for you, it's the simple act of you becoming president that would be most dangerous for me to leave you in."
----- "Eh?"
----- "If you were to become a figurehead of a school's student council, you won't be able to stay in hiding any longer against any dark forces. Not to mention, if you do manage to change the school rules about the moped, it'd just look unfavorable for your image if you start showing up via moped from then on; as if you became president just to change that."
----- "But wouldn't you be doing the same thing?" Nagisa asked.
----- "Essentially, I would be; but I plan on using a bicycle to commute to this school until I graduate. So tweaking the rules a bit will just make me look like a benevolent president who wanted to help make the school better."
----- "But, are you sure you'll become the president?"

Ryuuto chooses to say:
1) "Of course. Do you not trust my ability?"
2) "Yeah, sure; it sounds exciting."
3) "On second thought, maybe I won't become president."

Nagisa stands there dumbfounded for a moment, but then quickly recovers and an indescribable expression surfaces on her face. "You really have changed, Ryuu-chan. The you back then would just pass something like this off as bothersome and leave the consequences to others." "Only if it didn't concern us," Ryuuto interjected. Sensing an approaching presence from behind the rooftop door, Nagisa leans in closer and whispers in his ear, "I'll be counting on Ryuu-chan from now on." Immediately after she says this, she dashes towards the door. Opening it, she bumps into Kyousuke. After apologizing quickly, she dashes down the stairs, leaving Kyousuke stunned for a moment. As the door closes, Nagisa is already down the flight of stairs, leaving Ryuuto feeling like he forgot something, when she almost bumps into Yuna. "Where are you going in such a hurry?" asks Yuna with a not-all-too curious look on her face. Nagisa manages to utter an apology, then attempts to walk past Yuna, but is blocked by her. "Move aside, please," Nagisa says in a hurried manner. "Not until you answer a few questions," Yuna responds with an arrogant smile.

Realizing it was futile to try and force her way past someone that was physically stronger than her, Nagisa reluctantly says, "Okay, what do you want to know?" Seeing her obedient reaction, Yuna was tempted to force her against the wall, but decided against it. "The first thing I want to know is, what is your relationship with Takahashi Ryuuto?" Hearing this unsurprising question, Nagisa looks up at Yuna and replies, "Ryuuto is someone very important to me. You will know how close, soon enough." Somewhat satisfied with her answer, Yuna responds, "Second question: What are you really planning? I find it hard to believe with what is at stake you would really let Takezawa win like this. Even if you get Ryuuto's help, its doubtful he will even accomplish anything, let alone overcome Takezawa's trap." A look of determination floats on Nagisa's face as she shouts at Yuna, "You don't even know what Ryuuto is really capable of, or that he can become pr-" Nagisa hurriedly stops herself from saying that last word. "Oh, what were you about to say? I believe I just got all the answers that I needed." With a laugh, Yuna turns around to leave.

Nagisa chooses to:

1. Leave school having completed her student council work, and act like nothing happened.
2. Run back to Ryuuto for help.
3. Follow Yuna secretly in an attempt to discover her aim.
4. Continue to investigate the "trap" that Yuna mentioned.

I Choose Your Adventure! Chapter 2

This is the continuation of the story! I will continue to post weekly updates to this game. I hope you all enjoy!

Ryuuto chooses to:
1. Meet Itou Nagisa on the roof by himself after school.
2. Bring Kyousuke and meet Itou Nagisa on the roof after school.
3. Tease Yuna about meeting Nagisa after school into getting her to come along.
4. Forget Nagisa and ask to meet Yuna at the school gate after school.

The invitation was directed at him for some reason, but Ryuuto had nothing to answer with. Kyousuke, however, had a smile plastered across his face as if he was enjoying every minute of life. "Of course you're going, right Ryuuto?" Kyousuke asks in his usual flippant voice.
"I don't exactly have a reason to go, do I?"
"But you also don't have a reason to not go, do you?"
"Hey wait, if you're going, then I'm go--" Yuna tried to say, but
"No, I don't think you should this time, Nakajou-chan." Kyousuke cut her off with that line in almost a serious tone of voice. Before the silence of the conversation could permeate any further, Kyousuke made his next move. "Well, I'll excuse myself here, then. See you tomorrow, Ryuu-kyun."
In his usual fashion of irritating Ryuuto, he took his leave there along with his tray.
"... So? What do you plan on doing to Itou-san while on the roof?" Yuna asks with an intimidating aura.

Ryuuto chooses to:
1) Escape quickly without answering Yuna.
2) Answer Yuna in a vague manner.
3) Answer Yuna in a direct manner.
4) Answer Yuna without knowing of Nagisa's goal.


"I'm not going to do anything to Itou but hear her out. And, even if both Kyousuke and I tell you not to come, you're still going to come anyway, right?" Ryuuto responses inquisitively. "ehe, you figured me out." Yuna said reluctantly. Ryuuto sighs at her remark, then reluctantly stands up, taking his tray with him, as lunch time was nearly over. "I guess I'll see you at the rooftop after school?" Yuna says as Ryuuto was leaving with a smirk. "Yeah." Ryuuto reluctantly said. After school ends, Ryuuto made his way to the rooftop with Yuna following behind Ryuuto as he opens the door to the rooftop. Kyousuke was already there waiting. He looks up at Ryuuto as he enters and with an indifferent smile when he sees Yuna following him out. Before Ryuuto had the chance to say anything, the door behind him opened, revealing Nagisa with a troubled face. Sensing the atmosphere, Kyousuke took action and dragged Yuna back inside while she was complaining. After their presence left the rooftop, Ryuuto spoke. "Well, before you say anything, what did I do to deserve your complete and undivided attention?" Ryuuto's concern was expected, as Nagisa was considered one of the top beauties in the school and this could bring out unwanted attention and rumors spreading.

"Takahashi Ryuuto-kun, I chose you because I felt you were someone I could trust. Saotome-kun was out because of what he does on the side, and you know that better than anyone." Saotome Kyousuke was an information dealer. If he got direct information from her, it might be easily bought from those she did not want to know about it. "Why not ask Nakajou-san or one of your friends?" Ryuuto asked. "This is something that I can only ask you," she said with resignation. Not trusting Yuna-chan makes sense, although she can keep secrets, she's not the type to actually take action unless it suits her. A touch of concern drifted on Ryuuto's face as he pondered this.

"Go on.." Nagisa exhaled once then began, "What Saotome-kun said at lunch was only part of the reason I can't accept the presidency. Akagami Ringo will definitely say something if I try to accept the presidency, and my brother will be suspended or expelled. For certain reasons, we have to take a moped to school and it's not just out of convenience. The reason I called you out here is to tell you something that must stay between us." Nagisa says sternly. Ryuuto nods and she continues, "What I said earlier about the student council falling apart is not the entire truth. While I may be the secretary, I know that Takezawa Kouhei, the head of general affairs is secretly building up power to take the presidency. Although he initially refused the president's call for succession, I still have reasons to believe that he won't give up that easily. I also hold some cards that will undermine his presidency. Because I have only avoided responding to the president's call for succession, I believe he will try to prevent me from accepting the presidency. Before I tell you any more, I need to know if you are willing to help me defeat Takezawa or not."

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Accept Nagisa's proposal.
2. Accept Nagisa's proposal but maintain a certain distance.
3. Ask Nagisa "What's in it for him?"
4. Accept Nagisa's proposal and ask Kyousuke for help.
5. Think deeply about the information presented.


Being told key pieces of information one after the other, Ryuuto needed a moment to chew on the pieces themselves. In an unexaggerated movement, he brought his right arm up and rested his hand on his forehead as he looked towards the sky. The sun was still at an odd angle, and the shadows started to stretch ever onwards.

"Bring down Takezawa, huh..." Ryuuto muttered in an exasperated tone. First of all, there's the whole internal power struggle between the two parties of Nagisa and Takezawa. Between the two, they each have dirt they can smear on the other to prevent them from succeeding in becoming a full-fledged presidential candidate. The current president is retiring, along with the other two senpai members, and they at least must be somewhat aware of what's going on; which would explain why they'd advertise for election candidates to step forth. But that has also added a fuel to Takezawa's ambition of gaining as much firepower as possible to believe he can aim for presidency without error. Then the more docile option of Nagisa as president has an undisclosed secret to which they intentionally break a school regulation, while trying their utmost to keep it a secret.

With a voice loaded with expectations, Nagisa soon asks,
"Well?"


Ryuuto chooses to:
1) Join Nagisa in her cause to overturn Takezawa, with hopes of Nagisa gaining presidency.
2) Join Nagisa in her cause to overturn Takezawa, with the plan of having a third party student gain presidency.
3) Refuse to help Nagisa outright.

4) Refuse to offer assistance, until you've heard more.

After pondering a bit more, Ryuuto decides that there has to me more to this than Nagisa is telling him, not referring to the dirt that she holds on Takezawa. "Before I can accept your proposal, I have a few questions of my own." A noticeable frown showed on Nagisa's face as he said this. "First is that I think there's more to it that you're not telling me as to why it has to be me. I mean, I haven't known you long enough to say that we are close friends to give you an impression as to why I can be trusted. Who is to say that after this, I could go to Kyousuke and tell me everything you told me! Please tell me the real reason it has to be me." Sighing at this, Nagisa folded her arms, shifting her weight slightly to her left, shaking her head and confessed, "As expected of Ryuu-chan." Suddenly, like a lightning bolt hit him, memories of his childhood flooded his brain as he stood there frozen with a stupefied look on his face. "Na-Nagi-chan?!" This so called "Nagi-chan" was his next door neighbor and childhood friend who moved away suddenly in the middle of first year in his middle school days. Up until now, he hadn't gotten a real explanation as to why they moved away. "Do you remember now?" Nagisa asked while smiling calmly, revealing no trace of the earlier awkwardness she had exhibited. "Yeah. Now I have even more questions!" Ryuuto said excitedly.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Ask about why her family moved away.
2. Ask about her current situation involving as to why they need to take a moped to school.
3. Ask about her life up until now(in general).
4. Ask her why she joined the student council(The Nagi-chan he knew liked breaking the rules)

I Choose Your Adventure!

So, I'm playing this forum game that's a spin-off of the "Choose your own adventure" novels where each poster makes a choice left by the previous poster, describes what happens based on the choice made, then makes his/her own contribution to the story and then provides a list of choices for the next poster to make.  It started off quite simple and has become something quite interesting to read. 


I will be updating the story here as the game progresses. Hopefully it won't spiral out of control too much.

Story:

In a land far, far away...or actually quite close, was the city of Red Hawk. There was a teenage boy of 17 by the name of Takahashi Ryuuto who was on his way to school. He decided to go by bike today, as the summer air had not set in yet, so it was quite comfortable. As he got closer to school, he could see the uniforms of his high school, with girls clad in their summer uniforms. As he got to the school gate, he noticed a girl that was drawing quite amount of attention. She was not only very cute, but she also appeared to be handing out some kind of flyer.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Take a flyer, smile, say "thank you", and head inside.

2. Take a flyer, and try to make conversation.

3. Ignore her and head inside.

4. Cause a disturbance by taking all of her flyers. 

Upon getting closer to the flyer girl, their eyes meet and she offers him a flyer. He takes it without hesitation and says, "Thanks" with a small smile before continuing onwards. After walking on a bit, he takes a good long look at the flyer.

It reads:

Volunteers wanted!

Student Council elections beginning!

For those that want to help this year 

become more than just a memory,

please send in an application!

Ryuuto chooses to:

1) Ignore the flyer's information and continue walking.

2) Stop walking, glance back at the girl, and ask where/how to apply.

3) Hesitate in figuring out what to do. 

After reading it's contents, Ryuuto says, almost inaudible,

"...Student Council, huh?"

And then continues his way to the bicycle parking, stuffing the flyer in his pocket like it was never read. He thought about throwing it away, but them he looked again to the girl, now at a bigger distance, and gave up the idea. Maybe it was because he didn't want the girl seeing him doing that, because the girl was doing her best... or just because she reminded him of his past.

On his way to his classroom, after entering the school building, Ryuuto started feeling a bit restless. It was not like there was something unusual happening, but... he just felt that there was something about the students behavior, mainly on the upperclassmen, that was a little off. And then, as he was trying to wash that feeling away...

"Ryuuuuu-kyun~!"

...a bother appeared.

"...Kyousuke, didn't I already say to not call me that? It's disgusting."

"Don't say it~! I know that you always feel your heart beating fast when called that way~!"

Kyousuke Saotome, a blond-haired delinquent with "different tastes" that has being by Ryuuto's side since their elementary school days. Ryuuto would call their relationship an "unremovable curse."

However, at least this time, him popping up without being invited might actually be useful.

Since "his curse" has contacts within many "gangs" inside (and outside) the school, he could gather a lot of information, what made him a famous informant that sells almost all types of information - at big prices.

So, of course, if there was anything strange happening on the school grounds, he would certainly know, but... "What would he ask me in return for the information?" was a question that Ryuuto would really want not to be answered. Hence, between that mortifying mood and the unknown "payment",

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Ask Kyousuke if he knows about it.

2. Leave Kyousuke behind and go to class.

3. Try to get it out of Kyousuke "from his own will".

4. Stay still, without moving, so that he might go away after some time. 

Although Ryuuto was curious about the strange atmosphere, he knew better than to directly ask about it here. Akagami Ringo, a part of the Disciplinary committee, was well known for her strict interpretation of school rules. Dragging Kyousuke into the classroom, He indirectly asked about it by bringing up the girl who was at the school gate handing out flyers. "The girl at the gate?" Kyousuke asks. "She's Itou Nagisa, one of the most beautiful girls in our grade, possibly the whole school. She's also on the student council, which would explain why she was handing out flyers this morning. Why do you ask?" Kyousuke asks giving a mischeivious look at Ryuuto. "She may be one of the prettiest girls in school, but there was a strange atmosphere surrounding her, and I don't mean the gawking idiots who only think with their dicks." Ryuuto said dejectedly. "Hmm, there are some interesting rumors floating around, would you like to hear them?" Kyousuke asks with a wry smile.

Ryuuto ponders a bit, and instead of pulling out his PSP to play, he looks directly in Kyousuke's eyes with a serious look on his eyes. "Let's hear it." Surprisingly, this response did not come from Ryuuto's mouth, but the girl next to his seat, named Nakajou Yuna. Both boys turned to look at her and and the air becomes awkward as the girl has just suddenly jumped in their conversation. Kyousuke responds by telling her, "I have information to draw possible reasons why people were reacting the way they did at the school gate earlier, but I don't give it out so easily. Ryuuto and I have a 'special' relationship so if you want in, you gotta pay up." Yuna stares at Kyousuke for a split second before her face became a disgruntled one with the response of, "Stingy." Kyousuke shrugs his shoulders and responds, "What, I'm not asking for much, I usually trade in favors for this kind of information, so its not like I'm asking for much." Kyousuke smiles back in a way that doesn't fit his age. "Fine, but a favor does not count for a date," Yuna responds with a bit of aggression. "Naturally," said Kyousuke with a big grin. 

"Let's start with possible reason #1. At the end of last week, Sakoda Kazufumi, the soccer club captain confessed to Nagisa, but was unsurprisingly rejected. After all, Nagisa has been confessed to tons of popular people but were all rejected. However, Kazufumi is different. The rumor going around is that Kazufumi has ties to the Black Widow gang. The Black Widow gang is known for their violence and the police are often involved. But, however, it does not appear that anything has actually happened on the surface yet, if that is really the case.

Possible reason #2: The student council is working behind the scenes on removing an old rule that doesn't allow students to drive or ride mopeds to school and Akagami Ringo is working to fight against that change. The hidden reason is that very few people know that Nagisa's older brother has and drives his own moped. This obviously is a violation of school policy, but it is believed that Nagisa is using her power in the student council to hide this fact from the administration. 

And the third and final possible reason is that Nagisa has a boyfriend. Although this one isn't too reliable, as this source has been wrong before."

Having listened to these "possible reasons", Ryuuto ponders for a minute but is interrupted by the morning bell as homeroom is about to start.

After homeroom, because today was Monday, the first period was Mathematics. Several people were yawning as if they didn't get enough sleep last night. The teacher was busy writing problems on the board when suddenly, a folded up piece of notebook paper landed on Ryuuto's desk. Having not been paying attention to either the teacher nor his surroundings, Ryuuto was unable to see which direction the note had come from.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. open and read the note

2. crumple the note and throw it at Kyousuke behind him.

3. Grab the note quickly and place it in his school bag. 

4. Crumple the note and throw it at the teacher. 

After thinking on it for a moment, Ryuuto chooses to avoid this trouble in the form of a note. He quietly crumples it up and tosses it to the seat behind him,where Kyousuke receives it and instantly opens it up to read it. As if warning of a great danger, Kyousuke whispers to Ryuuto "Dude, you should r--" but, 

"You two, quiet down! Saotome-kun, answer the question on the board." The teacher caught the two before anything else could be exchanged. 

As Kyousuke glances at the problem on the board, 

y=3x+b ; x=2

he swiftly calculates the answer and proceeds to the board to complete it.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1) Wait for Kyousuke to solve the problem before asking what the note was about.

2) Disregard the note (and Kyousuke) entirely.

3) Reach around and grab the note itself. 

Having somewhat regretting his decision to not read the note, Ryuuto decides to ask Kyousuke about the note when he returns to his desk. This was due to Kyousuke's reaction before he was summoned to the front of the class, letting the curiosity get the better of himself. However, Ryuuto knew better than to ask about it during class. As soon as first period ended, Ryuuto turns around and asks, "Kyousuke, why did you pass me a note turning class? Couldn't you have waited for a better time?" Ryuuto's concern was expected, as the math teacher, Fujimoto was known for having eyes like a hawk and enjoyed teaching troublemakers a lesson. "Dude, it wasn't me, but you did read the note, right?" Ryuuto could see genuine concern in Kyousuke's eyes when he said this. He originally wanted to play it off, but decided against it. "No, but I could sense a troublesome aura coming from the note, which is why I passed it to you." "Leaving all the troublesome things to me, how thoughtful." Kyousuke sighed. "So, Normally I would expect you to ask me what was in the note, but it seems you are one step ahead of me." Ryuuto's face turned to that of puzzlement. "What are you talking about?" "Ryuuto, you took the note back, right?" Kyousuke asks. "No, I didn't. I told you I wanted to avoid troublesome things." As if not believing him, Kyousuke replies, "What, you're not cute when you're not honest, but I'll forgive you and tell you what it said. 'Do not pursue after Itou Nagisa if you want to be able to show your face at school.'" "What, so I'm being threatened now?" Ryuuto chose to ignore the prior disgusting comment Kyousuke made in order to draw attention away from that. "Looks like it. It seems someone else overheard our discussion before homeroom." A look of seriousness was reflected in Kyousuke's eyes. "It seems someone is under the impression that I'm after Itou Nagisa. I wasn't interested in her at first, but now it seems I shouldn't leave her alone." Takahashi Ryuuto was not the type to actively pursue danger. It was only once he is threatened that he will take action. 

Time flew by and it was time for lunch. "Kyousuke, let's go to the cafeteria today." A mild look of shock appeared on Kyousuke's face as he said, "What are you saying? I thought you, the Master of boxed lunches, hated going to the cafeteria?" Rather than give a proper answer, Ryuuto started walking faster and turned his head back in response, "Let's go or we won't make it in time." Hearing that Kyousuke ran behind him. When they arrived at the cafeteria, they could hear the bustle of students buying lunches which could almost be called a "war zone." They got in line and quickly grabbed their food. Walking back while trying to find a seat, Ryuuto noticed an area in the packed cafeteria that was seemingly vacant. Ryuuto also noticed that within this vacancy was his target of interest, Itou Nagisa. Ryuuto calmly walked over to the table and asked, "Are these seats taken?" Nagisa looked up and calmly shook her head. Having sat down across from Nagisa, Ryuuto began to enjoy his meal set A, which was the curry rice meal. Sitting next to him was Kyousuke. "Itou-san, may I sit here?" a cute girly voice asked. Kyousuke looked up to notice Nakajou Yuna standing there. Nagisa nodded and Yuna sat down and asked, "I wonder what made the 'Master of Boxed Lunches' not only visit the cafeteria but directly across Itou-san?" Takahashi Ryuuto was well known for how much effort he put into making his boxed lunches and how he never visited the cafeteria, so this kind of remark was not strange for him. "Just felt like it." His half assed response failed to place any shock on Nakajou Yuna's face.

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Ask Nagisa directly about the note he received in first period.

2. Engage in lively conversation with Nagisa in hopes to find answers.

3. Tell them both about the note he received and ask them both about it.

4. Calmly eat his meal and wait for something to happen. 

Because Ryuuto felt directly probing the individual herself about the note's threat was in bad taste, not to mention with other people that can eavesdrop on the conversation are abundant, he chose to table that for another chance meeting. So Ryuuto opens up with an inquiry towards Nagisa, "Itou, you were the one handing out the flyers this morning for the student council right? Did anyone volunteer yet?"

As if taken by surprise by the sudden question directed towards her, she was speechless for a moment before replying, "Ah, y-yes. No one has yet to put in an application so far. At this rate, the president will retire without finding a new replacement." For a split-second, Nagisa had looked truly worried, which made Ryuuto feel even more curious.

"Isn't the seat of president decided from within the student council? Sort of like an inherited title?" Kyousuke cuts in before Ryuuto could, 

"That is normally the case for this school, however, both the vice-president and accountant are third-years and will be graduating along with the president this year, so only the general affairs and secretary will be left, and..." Nagisa lowers her voice just a bit, but not too low to the point of whispering in the loud cafeteria, "the two remaining refused to vie for the presidential seat, so the only remaining choice would be to hold elections for any interested parties."

So in other words, the council is falling apart to a certain degree, and this is almost a last resort, is it? Ryuuto ponders. "So basically you're falling apart, Itou-chan?" Kyousuke cuts in, as if reading the others' minds. 

"Ah..." With a hint of embarrassment, "I suppose you could put it that way. Ehe." 

Ryuuto chooses to:

1) Continue forth with conversations.

2) Finish lunch and excuse yourself.

3) Decide to bring up the note, anyway. 

Ryuuto, having become a little impatient, decides that he must ask a more direct question about Itou Nagisa's circumstances.
"So, Itou-san, I understand that no one currently in the student council wants to be president, but why couldn't you become one?" Itou Nagisa's face stiffened briefly before returning to her usual smile. Nervously, she responded, "It is nice that you think I could become president, but I am currently unable to. Why do you ask?" In response, Ryuuto decides to press further. "I have heard some interesting rumors concerning your older brother." Nagisa's face seemed to relax a bit. "I don't know what you have heard, but this isn't about my older brother, Shunsuke." Nakajou Yuna, who was being silent and listening this entire time decided to speak up. "Seems like Kyousuke's information this morning was false." With a look of surprise, Kyousuke shakes his head. "Itou-chan, its not good to lie." "What are you talking about?" Nagisa responds with a bit of disbelief. "I'm talking about how your older brother and you ride his moped to school every day and hide-mffmff--" Nagisa suddenly leaned across the table covering Kyousuke's mouth with both her hands. The Cafeteria became abruptly silent. With her face flushed, she sat back down with her head lowered in embarrassment, trying to avoid the sudden gazes by her sudden action. As the cafeteria gradually returned to normal volume, Nagisa's face also returned to its normal pigment. "Ryuuto-kun....-the roof..." Nagisa mumbled. "What?" Ryuuto asked.
"Meet me on the rooftop after school." Nagisa said a little bit louder, with a tinge of red on her face. With that, Nagisa quickly grabbed her tray to return it and briskly walked out of the cafeteria. Ryuuto had a look of puzzlement on his face while Kyousuke had on his usual smile. "Well, are you going to go?" Yuna asks. 

Ryuuto chooses to:

1. Meet Itou Nagisa on the roof by himself after school.

2. Bring Kyousuke and meet Itou Nagisa on the roof after school.

3. Tease Yuna about meeting Nagisa after school into getting her to come along.

4. Forget Nagisa and ask to meet Yuna at the school gate after school.