OH YEAH HARUTO SAID WE SHOULD TRY CONTACTING HIS GRANDPARENTS AT SINCE THEY CAN BE HELPFUL IN THE MISSION
Wait, really?
So it really is Haruka-kun and Asuna-chan?
Man, I haven't seen them in so long! Maybe we can finally catch up after all this time...
Wait, so...who are they?
When Hiroshi and I were in high school, those two were our closest friends. We'd do everything together: go on double dates, festivals, school events, one time we went to an onsen.
Life kinda took us in different directions, and we eventually fell out of touch.
Wow, huh...
Surprised I had a life before you? Crazy, right?
Jokes aside, I'm sure I have their number somewhere, and if not I can find it.
Wait so, you guys were friends in high school, and they're also the grandparents of our son-in-law.
Maybe. I don't know if they have kids, but if so, we may have the other fourth of this equation.
I'd also like to see if maybe I can help connect everyone else's family trees as well. Maybe that could help us learn something?
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Yeah I can see why this really disturbs you, but hey, no matter what happens, your loved ones will be there to help
Yeah, Keiko-san and I talked to her earlier this month, remember? We helped talk about our issues.
Sayuri-chan's a sweet girl.
Isn't she? She's the cutest!
Sayuri...Kaede and Erika...
She was angry and resentful before, and yeah, we saw the bad future where it all goes wrong.
But imagine what we'll see when all this is over. We'll get to see our little girl grow up and have kids of her own.
...Yeah. We will, huh?
I don't mean to derail this at all, but there's something I wanted to ask. They said her name's Akamatsu Kaede, right?
Yeah? Sayuri-chan knows someone named Akamatsu Haruto in 2030.
Funny, Hiroshi and I used to know someone with that name.
It couldn't be the same family, could it?
Mom, we've had plenty of major coincidences since this started. It 100% could be them.
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Just because Review Anon isn't here right now, don't think we aren't willing to break out the clipboard and beat it over your head again! Honestly Hajime, the fact that you're so concerned about taking a life, even the life of someone as awful as Wallpaper-chan, should be proof enough that you're nothing like her, or Kamakura-Crack Idea Anon
Ow, okay! I'm listening now, I promise!
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*hugs Hajimemes*
...Thank you.
I'm sorry for being difficult, this is just...still a lot to deal with all at once. But, we've got ways to handle this. It'll be okay, I'm sure of it.
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Shit like this is why we're setting you up with a 2030 therapist. They could probably explain it better than we ever could; as well preventing you from getting arrested or them becoming the Basilisk's next victim
...You're probably right about that. Don't need me using up any more resets, do we?
...Sorry, that wasn't as funny as I thought it'd be.
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So what... are you seriously suggesting that you want to keep Shirogane alive, have Masa waste decades of her life to hunt her down and that Sayuri and her kids hate you? I'm sorry Hajime but it's already been decided, Shirogane is going to die like it or not and if you can't accept it then sit this out, you can't be trusted on this mission and I fear your going to let that women go so for the sake of the mission - your sitting this out.
...You're right. You're right, I just need to stay out of this.
They can handle it, it'll be their responsibility, and they're okay with having that responsibility. Maybe they won't have to do it, and they can get Megumi-san to help us again.
It's fine. It'll all be fine. Everything's going to work out, somehow.
Haji?
Yeah?
Everyone's doing this because they want the future to be better. Because they believe in you too. Don't forget that, okay?
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I know that you're saying all this because of your trauma, but by God that I want to shake you like a maracas to see if those braincells of you start working again, Hajime.
This is real life, not a videogame where you can get the Golden Ending where nobody dies if you try to be nice enough, people will die no matter what to do, and that is what it should happen!
Hajime, you're human, you can't control everything in the universe and make it behind to your will, and you can't save everyone, even in the best timeline, but that doesn't mean that you will become again the hopeless murderer with a massive bystander syndrome that you were as the Steering Committee's, and Junko's, lab rat.
Trying to force the world to give you the perfect videogame ending you want is just going to break you more than you already are once reality hits you back.
...
Hajime, can I ask you a very simple question?
You don't want Shirogane to do all this, do you?
No. God, no.
Then sit this one out. I think it'll be better for you that.
You don't have to get involved, right? Nothing they said implied you had to.
...No, I...I guess I don't.
So don't. Stay at home, work on getting a job, hang out with Hibiki, just do something else.
Something other than this, sitting around and blaming yourself for everything. That's not going to help with anything, especially not this.
...
...Sorry. I'll just...I'll stop now.
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Stop it man! You're sounding exactly like the shitty politicians who passed the death of personality law, I'm so tired of hearing this bullshit of "when they die, they're gone forever" like yeah that's the goddamn point dude!
Do you even understand what it's like? Watching that happen to someone?
...Fuyuhiko once told me something: the first time you kill someone, you learn you can sleep at night afterward or you can't. You're either haunted by it, or you're not.
...And I haven't slept well in a long time.
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Seriously though, Hajime, I don’t hate you for this. I think we need to deal with Shirogane, but you aren’t a bad man for wanting a better alternative. Nor are you a bad man if we kill Shirogane.
...Sitting out makes me feel like a coward. But participating...feels even worse.
And I know...I know we made a bad decision once, with you-know-who, but...at least we can come back from that one. At least we can solve that.
When somebody dies...they're gone. Forever. That's something you can't ever undo, no matter what.
Have you ever thought about that? You're taking an entire person out of this world. Someone with a life of their own, who could've lived for years or even decades...before you pulled the trigger.
Chiaki told me Storm knew that. And...he thought it was the best feeling in the world.
...And I hate the idea that you could do it, and then the world is a better place. That's just not an idea I'm comfortable with.
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No one is asking you to get rid of your morals, Hajime, God no. It's just that, there are going to be times when you will have to compromise with your morals. Especially since we've *already seen what will happen if we let Shirogane live.* It's awful to go through that, but that's just how reality is sometimes. It's all shades of gray, and not every solution is going to have a nice, pretty bow to it. I just hope by the end of it, you'll be able to make peace with it eventually.
...How am I supposed to make peace with any of this?
I stick to my morals and people die. I drop those morals and people still die! So what the hell am I supposed to do?! Just nothing?!
...Hajime, I meant what I said before. I'll kill her for you if that makes things easier.
Same here.
That's not what I want at all!
Just...why? What's the point?
What's the point of having any sense of morality if it's just gonna get dropped when things get serious? When we need it most, it's almost always the first thing that gets thrown away.
Sticking to your principles should never be more important than your life. Especially not now.
Hajime...these people are the ones who started all this. Shirogane is targeting our family- all these families- because of what Enoshima wants.
It's not immoral or wrong to defend yourself against people who want to kill you.
...
...I want to believe you. But...I just can't accept that killing is ever okay. Not after what I did before...
You're not a killer, Haji. We know that.
I don't ever want to go back to that. I just feel like, even by agreeing to this...I'm making it happen all over again.
And now...now I understand why Nakamura hates the phrase "for the greater good."
I know, nothing I'm saying makes any sense. I'm just...still trying to process all this...
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What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
That no matter what I do, people die.
That's apparently all that happens with me! Now we know it even happens to my grandkids!
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Hi guys ^^
Are you telling me that Erika was in Kaede place during the killing game?
*On the car ride back*
Among a lot of things we learned back there.
...
Haji?
Hajime? You've been quiet this whole time. Are you alright?
...No. I'm not.
I'm not trying to diminish anything here, but Hajime, isn't the whole point of all this to change the future?
If you stop Shirogane, then none of that will ever have happened, right? So...does it really matter?
Yes. It does matter.
I just...I hate this. I hate everything about this. I hate that we really don't have a choice here, that it's all we can do to stop Shirogane...
...I hate her even more...
And I hate myself for being stupid enough to think that...
That what? Killing is wrong?
...That things could ever actually change with me.
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Oh, oh! One last thing before we go. Could you try to set up Hajime and Nikei with a 2030 therapist? If there's one thing we've learned from this whole endeavor is that they both need help for the issues badly. By talking with someone from the future, it would ensure A. They get the help they need without getting arrested. And, B. ensures the therapist themself does not become snake food
We're already working on that.
After this mission, I'm certain it's a necessity.
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Anyone else going to sit this mission out?
There's no shame if you decide to sit this one out.
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...No. I'm onboard.
As if I didn't have enough reasons to hate this bitch, now I find out what she does to my granddaughter...
She needs to die. Painfully.
Just point out where we need to go and we'll be there.
I may not like this, but if it's the only way, then we'll do whatever's necessary.
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...I knew you would all be up to this.
But please, all of you be careful out there. Shirogane is not someone to take lightly.
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Anything else Sunako?
No, that's it.
Are you satisfied now, Yomiuri-san?
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Well? Isn't this what you wanted? I'm surprised you didn't say a single damn thing that entire presentation.
Or are you going to complain some more, since apparently nothing ever satisfies you?
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Huh? Well, I...um...well, I wasn't going to... I was just...
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Do you at least see ? This is exactly why I didn't tell you all until now, because I knew this was going to cause problems, and that this is all you'd be thinking about afterward.
I knew Hinata-san was going to take this especially hard. It's not like I thought I knew better than you all, I was trying to keep you all motivated. Because I knew this was going to be a difficult mission even at the best of times.
Did you think I held off because I liked Esumi-san better than you? Would you have preferred being the sole survivor of this organization, and then spending 40 years hunting down Shirogane?
Would learning all this early on, before you could do anything about it, would that have improved anything for you, Yomiuri-san? Do you honestly believe that?
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...No. Y-You were right.
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Not everyone keeps secrets out of spite. Sometimes, the truth really is better saved until you're prepared for it.
I hope you can take that lesson to heart.
Whatever role you feel suited to on this mission, I wish you the best of luck.
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Considering the tight deadlines the group has had before, I think a week is enough to take down this parasite
Yeah...it's plenty of time.
And that means you guys should get on it. Do whatever you need to do.
Right now, I just...I wanna go home. I have a lot to think about.
Hajime?
Mom, please. Not...Not now.
...
Haji?
If you want, we can come with you.
Yes. A-And I'd...I'd like to back to Hope's Peak, please. I want to see Kotoko.
C'mon, guys...
Indeed...
Just...catch me up on everything when you have a plan, alright?
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I'm...sorry you had to see all this, Hinata-san. I truly am.
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It's alright. It had to happen eventually.
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*looks at Mayumi with a strange look* what are you, a pyromaniac?
When the situation calls for it!
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