[Fukawa's eyes go wide. Not that it'd been attempted-- but that they'd been able to succesfully save someone like that.]
....the reality is... what happened back then-- what you did was incredible. And I'm glad you did it. If... you didn't... I never would have met Choromatsu-kun. The reality is... saving people like that... isn't realistic in this situation.
In Hope's Peak... there was one as well. A suicide. Ogami Sakura. She was... as terrifying looking a person as you could imagine. She was the Ultimate Martial Artist and... probably the strongest person in the world. We all judged her harshly and without hesitation.
She... killed herself. But because of the way we treated her, one of my classmates... tried to cover up her suicide as a murder because she felt... we all deserved to die for what we'd done. And... she was probably right.
Ogami Sakura was... a good person. She... made mistakes... but she tried to atone for them. But all we could do was hate. Trying to make peace with those of us who distrusted her-- she was met with nothing but fear and distrust and violence. So much that she... felt that committing suicide was the only way. Not... because she hated us... but... because she wanted to stand by us.
She sacrificed herself to stop the killing... even though we never forgave her. Even though I attacked her. Even so she was still willing to make that choice to do what she believed in. To protect us and stop that horrible game. She died with a damn smile on her face... confident that we'd find her note and that she could save us.
...but the note she left was tampered with and we all fought with each other a long time before we realized... the truth.
Choromatsu-kun... what he did was wrong. But... it was his choice. He faced his mistakes the way he wanted to. That's why... this time... I wanted to forgive him. And that's why... I want to keep my promise. I want to save him. I'm not going to give up on the promises I've made to the loved ones I've lost. And... I'm going to protect as many people as I can, even if I can't save them all right now. In the end, I... want to defy those expectations and... save everyone. I just... need to live a little longer... I know a way has to exist.
cw: suicide mention
....the reality is... what happened back then-- what you did was incredible. And I'm glad you did it. If... you didn't... I never would have met Choromatsu-kun. The reality is... saving people like that... isn't realistic in this situation.
In Hope's Peak... there was one as well. A suicide. Ogami Sakura. She was... as terrifying looking a person as you could imagine. She was the Ultimate Martial Artist and... probably the strongest person in the world. We all judged her harshly and without hesitation.
She... killed herself. But because of the way we treated her, one of my classmates... tried to cover up her suicide as a murder because she felt... we all deserved to die for what we'd done. And... she was probably right.
Ogami Sakura was... a good person. She... made mistakes... but she tried to atone for them. But all we could do was hate. Trying to make peace with those of us who distrusted her-- she was met with nothing but fear and distrust and violence. So much that she... felt that committing suicide was the only way. Not... because she hated us... but... because she wanted to stand by us.
She sacrificed herself to stop the killing... even though we never forgave her. Even though I attacked her. Even so she was still willing to make that choice to do what she believed in. To protect us and stop that horrible game. She died with a damn smile on her face... confident that we'd find her note and that she could save us.
...but the note she left was tampered with and we all fought with each other a long time before we realized... the truth.
Choromatsu-kun... what he did was wrong. But... it was his choice. He faced his mistakes the way he wanted to. That's why... this time... I wanted to forgive him. And that's why... I want to keep my promise. I want to save him. I'm not going to give up on the promises I've made to the loved ones I've lost. And... I'm going to protect as many people as I can, even if I can't save them all right now. In the end, I... want to defy those expectations and... save everyone. I just... need to live a little longer... I know a way has to exist.