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a-tale-never-told · 6 months

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A Talentless Decision.

[Part 1]

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*Natsumi looks up at the ceiling above, currently lying down on Hajime's bed, surrounded by all types of pictures from his youth, and a stuffed 4ft teddy bear on the left side of the pillow. She curiously looks at the teddy bear, and then proceeds to grab the teddy bear and inspect it closely *

I never thought Hinata would actually have something as weird and childish as a teddy bear. He seems like the last person to actually have something as weird as this shit!.

CREAK!

*Suddenly, the door starts to slightly creak open. Natsumi, sensing immediate danger, starts to move back and puts her right hand into her pocket to retrieve something. However, once she starts to look at who's coming in, she starts to retrieve her hand out of her pocket and calms down, as a familiar face walks inside and shuts the door behind him...*

SLAM!

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Tch! Took you long enough! What the hell took you so long?

What do you think I was doing? I was talking to my parents!. And can you please explain to me why you're lying down on my bed?

We-Well, it was comfy! Excuse me for actually trying to get some rest after you almost killed both of us!

How many times do I need to say it was an accident!? And it's not like your taxi driver was that good of a driver either!

Chaffuer, bitch! Get it right in your braindead head of yours or are you just bulit like that!

It's still the same thing! And at the very least, I'm not an utterly, annoying asshole that whines about the littlest of things!!

*takes out a pocket knife from her right pocket* SAY THAT AGAIN!! Say that comment again, motherfucker!! Say it again, and I'll shove this knife right down your fucking throat!! You want that, do you? DO YOU!?

*Both of them stand completely still as if time has completely stopped. Natsumi is currently holding the knife a quarter inch away from Hajime's throat with a death glare towards him, nearly piercing his flesh!. Hajime is currently standing motionless, aside from the absolutely panicked expression on his face, unsure of what to do or say in this moment...*

... *puts the knife back in her pocket* Sorry, I just don't appreciate it when people say shit to me like that. It gets fucking annoying real quick.

Yo-You were holding the knife at MY THROAT!! What does that say about you then if you're so willing to casually threaten anyone who disagrees with you!? Are you insane!?

Look, I don't have time for this shit! It's late and I wanna go to bed, alright? And stop whining like a fucking baby! I wasn't actually going to kill you, ya know?

Well, that still doesn't excuse you for putting that knife at my throat!. What if that knife actually penetrated my lungs? What would've you done then, huh? What would your response be?

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I understand that you might have felt threatened by my response, and I completely apologize for that! But that doesn't give you the excuse to vocally threaten people with a weapon when they openly disagree with you or your opinions! That's not how the world works! And you need to learn from this! A lot actually!

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a-tale-never-told · 4 months

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Kazuichi, if he treats you like shit constantly, making you doubt your self-worth, and just doesn't seem to care about you, you don't have a father. You have a sperm donor.

S-Sperm Donor? What does that even mean? I know that my dad might've been a bit flawed with his judgment, but let's not go THAT far!

‘Sides, despite what happened on that day, he's not that bad of a person, trust me. He just has a lotta issues that he needs to deal with personally.

And how can you be so sure of that? After all of the physical and verbal abuse that he tossed upon you?

Because I know how he behaves and acts. This isn't the first time he's done this to me, at least on a level such as what happened that day. Unlike other abusive fathers I've seen, he actually has the decency to regret his actions, mostly.

Hell, he couldn't even look me in the eyes when we were eating breakfast, or whenever I was on summer break and helping him out with runnin' the bike shop. Probably didn't wanna look at me after what happened, out of remorse or shame.

Doesn't give him an excuse for all of the abusive crap he did. To be fair, I might've gone a little bit overboard during that night, and we haven't really apologized for what happened, but it's still not an excuse for his shitty behavior.

And after all of the crappy things we've said to each other over five hours that night, I don't even wanna say anything to him, out of concern that I'd make him pissed off at me if we ever decide to hold a conversation about what happened.

Still, he's not an awful guy, he just has a lotta personal stuff that he needs to deal with, and a whole of them in fact.

#danganronpa #sdr2 #super danganronpa 2 #kazuichi souda #hajime hinata #a tale never told #DR #twlight syndrome arc #anonymous

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a-tale-never-told · 5 months

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Oh great so the sexy soup incident still occurred here. Wait…how did that even happen? Teruteru made the aphrodisiacs with Seiko’s help yes, but normally everyone goes horny because of a certain Ultimate Gremlin slipping it into the soup as a cruel prank. But she isn’t even a student here so how that still carry out as normal?

Ummm... It's a pretty long story. See, I dunno how it actually happened or what occurred behind closed doors with Hanamura and Kimura, but what I DO know is that during one of Miss Yukizome's attempts to make us bond, something strangely happened...

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April 15, 2012, Mid-Afternoon, Class 77th-B Homeroom.

Alright! Does everybody have a plate? Now, put your hands together.!

ALL IN UNISON: THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD!!

Give me some seconds, man!!

Ah! I'll get it!

*Takes a bite* Mmmmm...

*As Chiaki begins to chew through her food, she feels a savory flavor coming up on her taste buds, as the feelings of happiness wash over her, with a rainbow coming behind her.*

Haaahhh...

So, what do you think? It's absolutely the most divine culinary cuisine you've ever eaten, right?

Hmm... I've had better.

That's all I get after you ate that thing?! How ungrateful!

Oi! TeruTeru, where the hell are my seconds? I'm starving over here.

C-Coming! Though, maybe you start trying this thing called "Chewing". Helps a lot actually with preventing awful stomach digestion.

Yeah, I'm kind of inclined to agree with Hanamura on this. Akane, it's definitely far from healthy if you're constantly eating faster than us every time.

C'mon, live your life a little more, will ya?! Besides, Doctors said that I've got one hell of a stomach if I'm able to stuff this much meat down my throat, so it's all perfectly fine! No need to worry.

*Sigh* Whatever you say...

The entire dish is simply marvelous from beginning to end! The flavors are exquisite and edible at the same time. It's just simply great! I can't wipe this grin off my face!

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a-tale-never-told · 6 months

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The Twilight Syndrome Gang

[Part 1]

*Hope's Peak Academy, September 11th, 2012, 9:03am*

*As the morning sun begins to rise on yet another day in the city of Kyoto, six young girls sit in a picnic-like area located inside the currently closed Hope's Peak. Ever since the murder of Mr Simmons, Hope's Peak has been temporarily shut down as a response to the murder, and while the official manhunt for the killer is still going on as of late, the girls take this amount of time to make up for lost time*

So, Honami? May I ask why exactly are we here? Especially given that the school isn't even open untill next week.

*Currently, Mahiru is sitting next to her best friend and neighbor, Honami Sato, as the rest of the group is positioned to form a circle, with Ibuki and Mikan sitting next to each other, and Mikan also bordering Chiaki, who is currently on her video game console. Rounding out the rest of the group is a blond-haired, blue-eyed, girl with a dark teal dress with puffed sleeves and a red ribbon on her chest, sitting next to Chiaki and Mahiru.*

Yes, I am quite intrigued as to why you brought all of us here, given the current status of the academy?

You heard the woman, Santos! It's time to talk, talk, talk! So? What did ya get for us!?

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First off, it's Sato, Ibuki. And second, the reason I brought you all here is for all of us to spend well-needed quality time, and for you guys to give me some well-needed input on the current situation that's been unfolding as of late.

Oh? Do tell, please?

Gladly, so you guys know what's been going on at Hope's Peak lately right? About the murder of one of the Reserve Course Teachers a few weeks ago?

Who hasn't heard of it at this point? It's all over the rest of the news around the city! Newspapers, television, radio, and other means of communication have covered this event, and the police are still continuing the investigation as far as I'm concerned.

Yes, but that's the point. I don't think the police are seeing the brighter picture here, is that I don't think it's just one person. According to what I got from my dad, they believe that the suspect impersonated one of the police officers while they were removing the body from the car. Hence the body must've been taken away before the autopsy.

But it doesn't make that much sense to me, because there's absolutely no way one guy pulled it all off by himself! He had to have some help or backup with him, I'm sure of it! It just simply isn't possible with the level of security in that station.

Is there any evidence to prove that someone inside the police force was actually working with the culprit? If so, what exactly was the motivation to do all of this? Could the insider be an old friend of the culprit and feel like he wanted to repay a favor? Or were the two working together from the beginning, and he just waited untill he received the signal to act?

I have no exact clue as to what went on in there, but I'm 100% sure that there was a mole in the police force that actively worked together with the culprit to kill Simmons and dispose of the body before anyone found who killed him. At least that's my theory anyway. I don't have enough evidence to prove that yet, but I've been trying to read several articles related to that.

Hmm?

I-Is there S-Something wrong, Sonia?

Do not fret, Tsumiki, I am simply more concerned about who on the contrary is the culprit because we have not the slightest clue as to who it is. All we can do is point out hypotheticals and try to guess who truly is the imposter in the city.

I dunno, dude. Probably some kind of street punks? There's a lot of them in this city, ya know?

I have to disagree with that, this is far too clean and well-thought-out for some street gang to pull off something like this. Perhaps a serial killer?

I'm afraid not, as this is simply less bloody and savage for a serial killer to do. They usually have some kind of calling card or modus operandi to commit their murders, but this is simply far too complicated to identify the clear motive behind all of this.

M-Maybe Y-Yakuza!?

Honestly? I wouldn't even be surprised at this point. But as much as my gut instinct is telling me that it is the case, I don't believe that the Kuzuryus did all of this, but It's a guarantee at this point...

#mod talks #a tale never told #danganronpa #super danganronpa 2 #dr2 #danganronpa 3 #dr3 #story chapter #twlight syndrome arc #honami sato #mahiru koizumi #ibuki mioda #mikan tsumiki #chiaki nanami #sonia nevermind

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a-tale-never-told · 8 months

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A Tale as old as time ( Start of arc)

August 31, 2043, Hinata- Nanami residence

?: Alright we are going live in 3, 2, 1! Roll it!.

Agent Murphy: So Hinata, I'm going to ask you a few questions, is that okay with you? You could take some time a bit before you answer.

Uh... No that's fine! Really. Just tell me what you want to tell me.

Agent Murphy: You're an easy guy to talk to, I like that. But anyway, let's get to the point. Hinata..., looking back on your activities during the early 2010s and looking at yourself now, what would you tell your son about what you did then?

Flashback sequence

*Soviet troops cross into Manchuria on August 9th. They reach the city of Harbin on August 21st. Crowds of liberated Chinese citizens cheer and congratulate their arrival in the city*.

*Representatives from both the United States and the Soviet Union sign the agreement on August 26, 1946. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of the United States and Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko of the Soviet Army signed the treaty along with the Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu. Macarthur and Emperor Hirohito take one for the cameras. The division areas are finalized*.

*Soviet T54 tanks march and open fire on student protesters and other rioters, first in Hungary in 1956 and in Prague in 1968. Several people were killed in both riots and thousands more were injured. A savage response, this would be a tactic that would be repeated again in the 1980s*.

"Those are not riots, but rebellions. People rebel because of oppression and conditions. Conditions that make it impossible to live, no matter if things get good or not. People are tired of this and when they get tired, they rebel. No rebellion is born out of violence, it's born out of the conditions" US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, December 1961.

*R12 MRBM missiles being shown at a red square parade. These missiles were used in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962,, the closest humanity has come to extinction. An American P2 Neptune patrol airplane shadows a Soviet cargo freighter carrying il 28 beagle bombers. Sh 3 sea kings fly over Key West, Florida. The Soviet submarine B 59 is being observed by a Seabat ( Variant of the Choctaw helicopter) off the coast of Cuba*.

"Una Revolución!" Fidel Castro, 1960.

*Communist guerillas raise their guns as a show of strength against the Sandinista government in Grenada sponsored by the United States. Meanwhile, Dutch protesters in Amsterdam march to protest the installment of more Minuteman missiles in Europe. US President Ronald Reagan sits with Margaret Thatcher at Camp David, Maryland in December 1984. Reagan and Thatcher would be vocal opponents of Communism*

*President George H. W. Bush Meets with several of his advisors in 1992 to discuss the growing issues in the Middle East and Asia, more specifically Japan. President Bill Clinton signs a peace treaty between Israel and Jordan, much to the ire of Egypt. US Ambassador George W. Bush meets with Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations Vladimir Putin in Shanghai*.

"I believe that Communism is the new vanguard of the world, a Spread of freedom. A new world with freedom away from the capitalist oppressors and the corrupt. A new Japan for all Japanese Citizens, be they old or very young, even if it has to be fought with the sword and spear" Yuki Tateyama, General Secretary of the Communist party of Japan, November 2009

tape recording stops*

Cuts to the US Senate building and President John Mcain takes the stand. Mcain stands in front of Congress, facing a crowd of Republicans and Democrats

John Mcain: Global Communism, Marxism, Leninism, and the rest are THE single greatest to not only our National Security but to the security of the Free world. Worse than the Ku Klux Klan, worse than any hurricane, even worse than the Narco drug dealers and Mafia!. They have almost half of the Third World underneath their Iron Curtain! And no nation, I believe is more to blame for the spread than North Japan! Because of their support, half of the developing nations are socialist in nature and are allied with the Russians. Democracy is at stake! So I ask you all here, Republicans and Democrats, to put aside the grudges and work together in times that truly try men's souls.

end of flashback

Well... Let's just say that it wasn't really easy. I don't really think anyone can claim the fact that they just ended an era of conflict that went on for a century.

I didn't really expect to be a hero or a legend in my home country. I was just a person who wanted to be special, to feel like I was someone, to have a talent in something. I'm sure many of us can relate to having that feeling. That's why I signed up for Hope's Peak, despite the issues going on.

But... I honestly let that judgment get to me a bit. I didn't know what I was getting into, what I was about to see, what I was about to face, I had no idea how exactly bad things were over there. I suppose that maybe... my son does have a right to know what his dad did during that time, so he can try to learn and not be like me, to live a good and special life that my younger self wished he had.

So I will tell you because this has to be told, to let those know that things like this can never happen again. I just hope that the rest of the world is more calmer now and more safe than it was back then. So buckle up, this is going to get wild. It all started a few months ago...

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a-tale-never-told · 8 months

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Where it all began.

August 30th, 2012, 9:30 am

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*Hajime is currently asleep in his room, tucked under the blankets*

DING!DING! DING!DING! DING! DING!

AHHHHH. THUMP!!

*The sound of the alarm clock ringing forces Hajime awake. In the process, he falls off the bed and onto the floor*.

Owwwww!

*Hajime slowly and groggy starts to get up from the floor*.

Ugh! Okay, okay Hajime, you're starting a new day. It's just normal routine, you got this, you pretty much got this. Okay... here we go.

Alright, let's see what time I woke up, surely it can't be that bad, can it?

*He looks at the alarm clock with the sign pointing to the number 9 and the bottom sign pointing to the 30 mark*.

Wait? 9: 30?!!.

Crap! I'm late for class. I've got to change and get there quick!

Immediately, Hajime rushes out into the bathroom, closing the door shut. Taking off his clothes, he proceeds to go into the bathtub and turn on the shower water.

( Cue Rags to Riches by Tony Bennet.

(Oh yeah, that was me alright, a worrying man for a lot of things really. I knew that Hope's Peak had huge standards and so it bothered me if I was late. I showed up a few times late, but it never went to this extent. Sometimes, I still think of that morning, moving in a rush)

SLAM!!.

*Hajime rushes out of the shower and proceeds to change into his uniform. He then starts getting his history essay papers and notes, then rushes down the stairs into the kitchen, trying to find his breakfast.

( Come on, come on, where is it?! I know Mom usually never forgets to pack me some food, even though I'm already old enough to do it)

Wait! There it is!

Right there on Hiroshi's work desk, is Hinata's breakfast along with a note. He goes to the desk and grabs his breakfast and the note.

They left me a note? Guess they went to work already. I'd better read this "opens the note" Me and your mom went off to work, and we left you breakfast on my work desk. Please wake up early, and if anything, take the car from the garage and drive to school. We'll be back when you come home. Don't be late. Love you son, and remember, talent is everything, Hiroshi".

( Classic dad)

*After putting the note in his pocket, Hajime grabs his breakfast and then heads for the garage, seeing his 1962 Ford Thunderbird. He gets in the car and proceeds to put the keys in the ignition, starting it up.

( My teacher's gonna kill me for sleeping late)

*Hajime hits the pedals and the car starts to move and take off, heading for Hope's Peak Academy*.

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a-tale-never-told · 4 months

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Okay, okay! I'll tell you why I went to Hope's Peak in the first place. Just... promise me you won't tell anyone about the reasons why I wanted to attend there, okay? It's kinda sensitive for me to say.

Absolutely. I swear that I won't tell any part of this to anybody besides you and me, alright? Now what are the main reasons of why'd you decided to attend Hope's Peak in the first place?

Well, it's not that complicated. I mean, I first started out as a mechanic cuz my family ran a bike shop. We didn’t have a lotta work or money, and oftentimes, we were balancing between makin' a decent living for ourselves, and almost on the verge of going broke. So I just spent time taking stuff apart and puttin’ it together to impress potential customers, to help my folks with the expenses that we'd often had to pay for buying stuff.

I always just kinda made stuff for me, y’know? I had my own ideas and I wanted to make ‘em. But my folks always got pissed at me over it, calling ‘em "worthless toys," and saying that I ain't gonna make a career buildin' anything besides bikes. And that's not to mention the issues going on at home.

Family issues? No offense, but I'd never taken you for a guy who has parental issues, considering how laidback you seem to be.

It’s a lot to go into, but…well, my mom wasn’t a great…anything

She was kind of a stalker who followed Dad through high school, but nobody else wanted to date him, so the two of them just sorta ended up together. And when they did, she didn’t even let him look at other women. Not even ones he wasn’t interested in.

And she didn’t do much to help him around the house or improve our situation. He ran the bike shop, did the cooking, cleaning, and just…a lot of things for me. He was stressed out a lot of the time, and so…he kinda took it out on me. I don’t blame him though.

Mom hardly gave a shit about me anyway. If I was a girl, maybe she’d be better to me, maybe she’d have been worse. I dunno.

However, they finally got divorced back in 2008, and since then, things started to improve for me and Dad. We ended up makin' more money than we used to thanks to a genius advertising campaign I'd come up with for the bike shop. The amount of money that we've raised was sizeable enough that we were able to move out of the cruddy apartment we'd been living in since I was a child.

So, we settled on making a livin' in the countryside, bought this gorgeous, summer vacation house, and even started up our own automotive repair shop to pay off the expenses that came up when we'd moved in. At the same time though, there was this nagging, weird feeling in the back of my head.

I couldn't quite put down what I was feeling, but then I realized that I felt obligated to owe my dad something in compensation for all the hard work and sacrifices he'd put in to make sure I had a healthy upbringing, even if it means dealing with my crappy excuse of a mom. The problem is, I didn't know how to repay him for all of that. After all, he'd always exclude me from doin' most of the work, calling me young and inexperienced when it came to handling bigger projects.

But, when I overheard that a talent scout from Hope's Peak was searching for people with skilled talents like me, I decided to sign up for the opportunity to attend not only because I like makin' and fixin' things, but also to prove a point to my old man that I'm capable of taking over the family business once he retires, and trying my hardest to impress him. I was excited to be enrolled there... sorta.

Oh?

Hope's Peak... isn't what it's cracked up to be. Behind this mask of politeness and sincerity, the school is packed with racist, selfish, rotten, jerkasses who'll basically do nothin' more than betray each other for the pettiest of reasons. And the teachers aren't any better, teaching us that talent is everything we're supposed to live up to in society, or how commies are the new Nazis or something comparable to that.

At the same time, I didn't really bother to pay attention to all of that political crap and occasionally ignored it whenever I could. All I was concerned about was impressing my dad and creating some sweet, radical, gadgets for everyday use.

While we're on the subject of Hope's Peak, how exactly did your dad officially react to you attending Hope's Peak? He must've been overjoyed to hear that you got recognized as being part of an elite group of talented people, right?

...!

S-Souda-kun? What's with that terrified expression on your face? Did something happen between you and your dad?

... See, my old man's really not a bad person, but he's not what I would've liked to call the calmest person that I've known. Even though he and Mom had been divorced for four years now, he hasn't really recovered from the aftereffects of the divorce. Probably affected him a whole more than I'd thought. But when he figured out that I was attending Hope's Peak... it wasn't gonna end well for both of us.

The moment I'd arrived home, he started yelling at me to my face, gettin' pissed off over how I'd never explained to him that I was attending the academy, which is understandable. What wasn't was when he started to insult and mock the rest of the student body, calling them "low-life bigoted freaks that only embody the absolute worst of society" and how Hope's Peak is nothing more than a school shoving down vile, shitty propaganda about talents and white supremacy, while being run by corrupt, greedy assholes.

Looking back, it's perfectly clear to see that he wasn't wrong about this school and how it works, but back then, I was too stupid and naive to even listen to whatever damm reasons he'd had, and I certainly wasn't going to take his insults laying down, after I just built a career for myself. It all escalated into a full-blown argument about me attending.

However, I took it one step too far when I called him a drunken coward, calling him out for all of his crappy mistakes as a father, and then... I brought up the whole divorce situation that happened a while back. Out of all the stuff I've said to him that day, bringing up the divorce was the last straw for him, and he...he...

He slapped me... hit me so damm hard that I collapsed to the floor, holding my cheek, all red. My dad kinda always had a particular habit of taking his anger out on me whenever he was stressed... but this hurt way more than the other times it'd happen... at least back then, he didn't directly call me a failure... an embarrassment... and wished that I'd never was born...

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a-tale-never-told · 4 months

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A Manly Talk(Rewrite of A Conplict Man)

Man... What an odd and bizarre experience that must've been for you. I mean, I always assumed that most of Nanami-San's classmates were a bit eccentric, judging by her descriptions of them. but I had absolutely zero idea as to how insane most of 'em are. Must be hard having to deal with all of that, I assume?

Oh, don't even get me started, dude. Most of the time, It's just usually throughout the entire day, somethin' absolutely batshit happens to occur while I'm at my dorms, working on whatever spiced-up gadgets I can assemble in my free time. It's so freakin' irritating and annoying to put up with!

You and me both. I honestly think I wouldn't be able to handle that overwhelming amount of anxiety and pressure to deal with everything all at once. I'd would've just given up and called it an honest day if I'm being truthful with you. And I'd thought Class 76th was the more eccentric one of the bunch!

Nope. They're absolutely sane, compared to the rest of us. At least they didn't have people who speak nonstop gibberish or always blabber about some demonic crap! Makes me think that I'm one of the more level-headed, actually normal guys in the academy if I'm being serious.

Hope's Peak isn't a stranger to recruiting some weird, erratic, and downright uncanny people a lot of the time. As long as you're talented and you pay the required amount of money, it doesn't matter what kind of people are attending this school.

Sounds pretty stupid to me, considering that we've had people with incredibly shady talents attending this school before, do I even need to mention Ted Chikatilo, Ultimate PyroTechnician? I get it's his talent, but the guy's a literal arsonist. He's been itching for a chance to literally set the whole academy on fire, and yet he's still attending as a senior in the Main Course.

Guy's a deranged, wacky, psycho, there's no doubt about it. He can't even stare at a smoking plate of takoyaki without having some sort of creepy organism about the wonderful joys of flames. Gives me the fuckin' creeps every time I'd look at him.

Since we're on the topic of discussing Hope's Peak, there is something that I'm kinda curious about. Mind answering that for me?

??? Hold It! Halt the recording, Danny!

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August 31st, 2043, Mid-afternoon, Hinata-Nanami residence.

*Upon hearing Murphy's command, the cameraman proceeds to halt the recording near the 15th-minute mark during the conversation with Kazuichi, much to Hajime's confusion and befuddlement *

Um...? Can somebody please give me a reasonable explanation as to why we'd just stopped the recording?

Agent Murphy: Well, according to our lead camera expert, Daniel, this particular section of the film reel wasn't supposed to be aired, as it was supposed to be saved for a subsequent recording that would've been untill we reached the near climax of your story. But somehow, we've ended up with this recurring reel by mistake.

Agent Murphy: Now, I'm not a person who's a valuable expert in the fields of photography and cinematography respectively, but it's evidently clear that this tape recording wasn't supposed to be aired, let alone featured at an earlier time than usual. Care to explain what I'm talking about, Hinata?

Hold up, you'd think I've been the one meddling around with the video recordings? I've been resting on the chair throughout the entire interview and now you're accusing me of tampering with evidence?!

Agent Murphy: I'm not accusing you, I'm simply demanding an explanation from you because this entire sequence from around the first quarter of the recording has been rather suspiciously stretched together. So tell me, Hinata: Did you alter the recordings tapes or are you clear of any charges of illegally falsifying evidence?

...!

Agent Murphy: I'd know that you're an intelligent young man with a rather honest way of thinking. So I'm confident that you'll give us an understandable reason as to why you're committing an attempted breach of the contract. May I need to remind you that this is all funded and sanctioned by the United States Marine Corps? So you'll be facing a rather lengthy time in prison if you don't confess now.

...!

Okay, okay! Maybe, I'd probably altered a little bit of footage from what it originally was, but could you seriously blame me for doing that? Yeah, perhaps I've gone way overboard with the whole showing footage idea, but I was impatient about showing this.

Agent Murphy: That's not an excuse! It doesn't excuse you from interfering with federal equipment and technology to suit your own ends! I understand that you're getting worn out from waiting this long, but that's not an explanation for trying to skip important events.

I don't think you understand the picture here, Hubert! It's not just because of me wanting to rush everything up. It's because the people have a fucking right to know what exactly happened that day.

I've lost so many wonderful, kindhearted, genuine people throughout my entire life as a student in Hope's Peak, people who totally didn't deserve the fates decided for them, all because of a conflict that we weren't even a fucking part of! We didn't join of our own volition! We had no damm choice! No free will whatsoever! And yet you're expecting me to calm the hell down and save all of the truth for later?!

Innocent civilians DIED because of you! You've heard that? They're DEAD! GONE! DEPARTED! Their loved ones now have to live with the depressing fact that they were murdered all because of a conflict about bullshit ideals and political nonsense! I regretted every single decision, every single action I'd taken to prevent more bloodshed and deaths from happening and YOU want to hide the reality of the true story from them, simply because it'd make you all guilty by proxy.

Agent Murphy: That's never the intention I wanted! I didn't want countless innocents to be caught up in our confrontation with the Soviets! But you'd have to understand that no matter the outcome, people were going to perish regardless of your and your associates's involvement! I'm not trying to hide anything remotely truthful from you! So get your damm priorities straight and snap out of it, Hajime!!

I...I'm truly sorry for the sudden outburst. It's just that ever since the Cold War ended and I retired to have a family with Chiaki, I've been suffering endless mental relapses. Doctors explained to me as a result of the overwhelming amounts of trauma I'd gotten during my adventures, it leads to me reliving all of the truly fucked up stuff I've experienced.

Agent Murphy: It's completely understandable how you would react to all of this. But you're gonna have to understand that it's all over now. The Cold War had reached its conclusion thanks to the efforts of you and your friends. Japan is now reunified, and an ever-long-lasting piece has now been established, all thanks to you and the contributions you've made to making the world a better place.

Agent Murphy: However, it's becoming rather obvious that you still possess some unresolved issues, due to how much stress and anxiety you've dealt with in the span of a decade. May I suggest recommending a therapy session to clear up any lingering issues you might have? With that psychologist woman, Gekkougahara if I'm not mistaken?

Yeah. Gekkougahara-San, the former Ultimate Therapist. She's been a great source of encouragement throughout the years for both me and the rest of my friends and family. If it weren't for her efforts and being supportive of me whenever I was in a bad place, I'd probably never be as confident as I am now. Seriously though, it's been a long while since I've ever spoken to her.

Agent Murphy: Well, why don't you go seek some advice from her on how to deal with your mental problems? I'd always go to a therapist for some sense of clarity and advice on an issue that I didn't know how to resolve and since Gekkougahara's methods of psychology were talented enough to grant her a position within Hope's Peak, maybe you should reach her or any other therapist you've known to help you.

Y'know... that's actually not bad advice. I've become so accustomed to always suspecting and training myself for some eventual threat, that it's becoming difficult for me to readjust back to a normal life. All I wanna do now is just spend family time with my kid, my beautiful wife, and my old friends.

Anyway, I believe we got a bit sidetracked from what we're talking about, so I'll let you install the true recording back into the film camera if that's fine with you. and Murphy?

Agent Murphy: Yes?

Thanks for having my back, man. I can't stress how much effort you're putting into releasing this documentary to millions of people. That takes dedication and effort, and I can't stress how much assistance you've done for us.

Agent Murphy: My pleasure. After all, I knew that I needed to repay you all eventually for your hard work, and I figured this was a way of expressing gratitude and showing my appreciation for everything you've done for us. But enough explanations, let's resume the recording.

Couldn't agree more with that statement myself, Hubert.

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Monday, September 11th, Souda residence, Late afternoon

Huh? S-Sure, I'd be willing to answer that for you. So, what's the question you wanna ask? Is something wrong? Did anybody hurt you on the way here? Did you suffer an incident on the speedway? Those highways are filled with a lot of traffic these days, y'know?

Nothing like that, but I appreciate the concern. I just had an epiphany since last week, and I was wondering if you could clear up any doubts I'd might have while explaining what I'm gonna say. Is that okay with you?

I don't mind much, bro. Just...Tell me what's on your mind. Surely, it can't be that much of a weird question, right? There's gotta be a reason for why you want to discuss this in private. Otherwise, why would you be just telling me this, all of a sudden?

I just wanna know what brought you all the way here to register into Hope's Peak? I know that the obvious answer is that you're exceptionally talented in your craft, but I want to hear why you've been accepted into Hope's Peak and your reasons for coming there.

W-Whoa, what's with the tone, man? Didn't I just explain the main reasons why I wanted to enroll at Hope's Peak? So what's with you demanding some kind of explanation? What'd I look like to ya, a damm moron?!

Seriously? Because I've don't think that you've explained the entire story thoroughly to me. There's gotta be some explanation or motive that you'd had for registering there in the first place. So I'll ask this question again: Why did you register at Hope's Peak?

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Yeah, about the whole Big Bird thing. Back in the 80s, Big Bird was supposed to get on a spaceship called the Challenger, but the costume was too big to fit. Good thing too because the space shuttle ended up blowing up on live TV. It was also watched by schoolchildren in classrooms because one of the astronauts was a teacher. That shit was traumatizing enough for them, could you imagine what would have happened to them if Big Bird actually had gotten on board?

Dear god...

Okay, y'know what? Scratch that idea of ever putting Big Bird inside the spaceship, or just anything space-related at all. Hell, don't even invent the space shuttle, at all! Why the hell do we need space shuttles of all things? It's not like we're taking people and forcing them to repopulate other planets!

Not that getting Sesame Street involved in space exploration was even a good idea in the first place. Seriously, who even considered that idea?

Probably some hard-working employee at NASA who had officially watched the show, and might've seen one or two episodes of Sesame Street. The death of a schoolteacher is already particularly bad enough, but imagine if Big Bird was actually inside the shuttle because of some dumb suggestion from an employee.

Yeah, that's extremely fucked up, dude. Poor children are going to be traumatized by just watching Big Bird explode alongside the entirety of the crew. At least they didn't have to see his blood or yellow feathers splattered all over the place.

Okay, I think we've heard enough about space exploration topics for today! Let's stop before this entire conversation gives me an aneurysm.

Man... I don't even know what to say. If there's anything that this ask accomplished, it's making me actually avoid Sesame Street. I honestly can't even look at or watch the show without even thinking about Big Bird's guts spraying all over the floor. Needless to say, I don't think I can look at Sesame Street the same way again.

Amen, man. Amen.

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Just 25,000 mph? The Parker Solar Probe which we use to monitor the Sun can reach speeds of 394,736 mph. So fast that it would take half a minute to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It needs to be that fast because its literally designed to dip into the upper atomsphere of the sun and come back out without being completely destroyed.

Aww man, really?! B-But that's impossible! There's no way a space probe can move at hypersonic speeds, faster and greater than the speed of light! And coming back unscathed from the Sun?! How does that even work?!

Well, it appears that humanity has advanced further than I thought it would. Pretty suprising, but with the other unbelivable stories I've heard about this world, It's to be expected.

Heh! Well, I'll be dammed. You guys somehow managed to assemble a space probe that's not only significantly faster than the Saturn V rocket, but also succeeded in putting into the atmosphere of the sun and coming back unscathed, with no malfunctions or technical difficulties whatsoever.

Count me impressed! I dunno how it was actually possible, but you somehow made an even greater achievement than the Apollo 11 moon landings. Good on you, NASA! You'd outdone yourselves!

Okay, that's a massive exaggeration, but it's still a really noteworthy achievement in terms of astronomy and space travel. And even then, 25,000mph is still an enormous amount of maximum speed, especially in terms of rockets and for the '60s.

If this is how space exploration has advanced since 2012, imagine how it will be in the next 20 to 30 years. Honesty, what's next? Human settlements on Mars? Laser guns that replace assault rifles? Big Bird from Sesame Street actually getting into a rocket and flying straight to Jupiter or Venus?

Wait, what the hell was I saying with that last one?

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The Abode of a Mechanic.

*Monday, September 11th, Souda residence, Late afternoon*

Okay! It's almost finished! Just need to add the remaining components and we'll be ready to-

BEEP!

Huh? Well, who's coming around here at this time and hour? I was certainly sure that we wouldn't be getting any customers today.

*He peers his head out the window to see a green, small-sized car, outside of the entrance. Upon seeing this, Kazuichi puts down his tools and makes for the door to confront the stranger*

Hey! Come out of the car and show yourself! What are you doing at my house, uninvited? Show yourself, will ya?!

*The stranger does as told, coming out of the car and revealing himself*

Well, you never officially sent me an invitation to your house, so you really aren't on any grounds to complain about being uninvited to some special event.

Tch! Whatever, man. Forgive me for trying to protect my home from unwanted visitors like yourself. Now explain who you are and what the hell are you doing here before I force you out of the premises, okay?

My name's Hajime Hinata. I was driving to your house this afternoon to see if you could do me a little favor. See, one of my dad's cars got extremely damaged in a driving accident last weekend, and I was wondering if you could repair it? After all, you're the Ultimate Mechanic, right?

Well, yeah, I could. But you said your name is Hinata, right? Hajime Hinata, to be exact?

Y-Yeah? What's the matter with me introducing myself? Is something wrong?

...

Oh, so you're the guy Nanami was talking about! Well, that makes a whole lot more sense now, doesn't it?

*Kazuichi, without warning, frantically begins to shake Hajime's hand*

W-What are you doing?

Heh. Apologies for the rude welcome, pal. Didn't recognize you there for a minute. Name's Kazuichi Souda. I'm the Ultimate Mechanic. Nice to meet ya.

A pleasure to meet you as well, man. I've heard that you know me because of Chiaki, right? Do you know her?

Know her? I'm one of her classmates from Hope's Peak! She's a rather sweet-hearted gal, y'know? I'm supposing you're her old friend from the Reserve Course, aren't you?

Yeah. I've actually known her since when we were at elementary school together in Toyko. So, she's a very close friend to me personally.

Elementary? Dude, you've gotta tell me how you both met. Come to think of it, Chiaki never did tell me how she first met you. All I have gotten from her was that you two met when you were in the Reserve Course. There's so much history that I'm missing out on!

And why do you want to know about this in particular? Is it something that is truly valuable and important to you?

No, man! I just thought that it would be pretty cool and fascinating to hear about your history with Nanami, considering that she seems to have you in high esteem or something. So I just wanted to get your point of view on how you officially met Chiaki, considering that you're her childhood friend.

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Well... I guess it couldn't hurt to at least explain to you the entire story of how we first met each other. But in the meantime, is there someplace where I can wash up a bit?

Sure thing, dude! The restrooms are on the left corner of the house if you need to wash yourself up. Considering that you look tired and sweaty, you might want to get a change of clothes the next time we meet, though.

I'll... be sure to keep that in mind.

Sweet! By the way, where's the car that you said needed repair? After all, your car looked pretty well refined and undamaged to me.

Well...*points to an incoming pickup truck* you'll see what I mean by that.

*Kazuichi turns his head around to see the pickup truck carrying the smoking, burnt remains of what was once a majestic car. The front hood, doors, and the rear bottom of the car had been torn off their hinges, and the windshields were absolutely shattered and all over the place. Two frontal tires were missing from the vehicle, while the other two looked flattened and deflated, and to top it all out, the interior looked as if it had caught fire*

Holy shit... how are you even still alive after that crash, man?!

Honestly, I have absolutely no idea as to how exactly I survived that to begin with. I got extremely lucky on that one, and considering the amount of car crashes that happen often, this was a particularly brutal one. I'm surprised that it took this long for anyone to pick this vehicle up.

Well, I'll... see what I can do from here. In the meantime, you just wash off and make yourself at home, alright? I'll let you know when I'm finished inspecting the damage to the car and how we're going to find a way to fix it if we even can repair it at this point.

Sure thing. Thanks again for letting me stay here man. I appreciate it.

No problem, man! It's the least I can do after treating you poorly earlier!

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I honestly wouldn't blame her for getting pissed. What Nagito said earlier was uncalled for, dude. But at least it would be nowhere near as bad compared to the absolute roasting he would get if that was Chiaki's mom he was talking to.

Pardon me, but why are we bringing Chaiki's mother into this?

Have you ever heard of a person who goes by the name of Harumi Nanami?

No, I have not? Is she highly famous or something? Because I know that Chiaki comes from a rich family, but I never understood how she reached that level of success at all. Care to elaborate on that fact?

Well, let's just say that in 1980, an infamous murder happened at the Takamatsu Junior High School in Toyko. It began like any other normal school day, but the homeroom teacher for Class 2-B, Mizuki Yumiko didn't show up for class that day.

S-So what happened to her? Did they ever find where she was?

Eventually, they did, just... not in the way everyone was expecting. She was found dismembered, with her body parts placed into separate trash bags near the school incinerator, most likely to dispose of the evidence as quickly as possible.

Oh my goodness...

The police were stumped on how to conduct the investigation, even when one of the bags was opened and discovered by two students. One of the students managed to piece together who exactly committed the murder and led the police to the killer, a disgruntled former student of Mizuki.

That quick?! I would've expected an investigation to take months to piece together, yet she solved that in just a few seconds!. How is that even conceivably possible?!

Trust me, I have no idea how she did it, but within a day after solving the murder case, Harumi became the police's best forensics investigator, despite being a woman. In fact, she's probably the main reason why the police force hasn't utterly collapsed on itself due to the political and societal backlash it's been getting since the '60s.

My underlying theory is that they're keeping her within the confines of law enforcement simply because of her unique and incredibly talented abilities as a forensics expert. After all, not many people can hold the claim of having solved and deduced 450 cases before in the span of four to five years.

HOW MANY?!

F-Four hundred and fifty?! B-But that's unrealistically impossible!!

Nope, it's entirely realistic and believable for someone like her to accomplish that. She even formed a crew of some of the most well-renowned, highly skilled, and accomplished members in the law enforcement world, consisting of the police commissioner's son, his best friend, a lawyer, and the heir to the Kirigiri Clan, under her leadership.

She's so well respected in fact that she even received two medals from not only the Prime Minister but also the Purple Heart from United States President Ronald Reagan himself, alongside Class 49, due to her contributions to fighting for the free world and her severe crackdown on narcotics and drug trafficking, despite her being from the Reserve Course.

You're joking, right? This can't be real. It can't! There's absolutely no possibility that one person managed to accomplish the record of 450 CASES in the span of a decade, but also got awarded two highly prestigious medals by the Prime Minister and by Ronald Regan of all people! And being from the Reserve Course no less!! I'm... speechless right now.

I mean, that's why they call her names like "The Terror Of Toyko" for a reason, I guess? But she's really an incredible person and kindhearted as well from what Chiaki described of her.

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Now, I bring this all up due to this simple fact: With a reputation as infamous and highly feared among multiple crime syndicates and criminals the world over as Harumi, whilst still being a member of the Reserve Course, you would think somebody would learn how to give respect to talentless people coming from the Reserve Course, but Nagito unfortunately doesn't understand that.

So what you're basically saying is that Harumi is most likely going to absolutely murder Komaeda the moment he utters even a single sentence about his beliefs on talent and the Reserve Course to her, correct?

Yep! I don't think she'll resort to murder, as that isn't what it appears like from a distance as well as considering her position in law enforcement, but considering Komaeda's statements earlier, she's going to be less than pleased if she meets him in person. Picking a fight with someone as insecure as Hajime is already low for your reputation, but picking a brawl with someone who has incredibly close ties to the legendary Class 49?

Yeah, Nagito's basically screwed himself over at this point. There's no doubt about it, it's just a matter of time before he'll eventually get his comeuppance.

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Okay so you two ladies have a plan on what to do with Hajime but how are the others reacting to this? Mahiru, Honami and Sonia are hardly gonna sit on their asses and do nothing about it.

Of course not! Do you think we would just stand by and let Komaeda get away with what is clearly a violation of not only Hope's Peak laws but also potentially harm and murder one of my closest friends? I honestly think not!

Quite. We are desperately trying to analyze the situation and come up with a plan. But you must understand that we are running into the fact that we don't even know where Hinata's home address is or how we can contact him on time!

From what I can tell, Nagito's going to TeruTeru's for the duration of the time that Hope's Peak is shut down, so we can take solstice in the sense that's he nowhere near where Hinata is, since Hanamura lives in the city, as well as the fact that he doesn't have Hajime's phone number or address.

But we need to take into account every single possibility that could happen. Nagito is an extremely dangerous and wildly unpredictable individual, and there's no telling the lengths of how extreme he's taking this.

If there's anything that I know about Hajime, it's that he usually has a good head on his shoulders and is able to think quick on his feet. He can blend in, and disappear when available or at will.

My guess? He's already at Kauzichi's as we speak, trying to hide from sight or getting caught. He'll be at his house and lying in his bed, sleeping comfortably in no time. As for us, all we can do is try to prevent Nagito from going anywhere near Hajime once classes resume again.

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It's also funny that despite technically working together during WW2, Germany and Japan really didn't get along that much, only allied by their mutual hatred of Russia. In fact, some higher ups thought that the two would go to war on each other once the Allies were defeated

I can understand why. Given their respective ideologies of Japan being an imperialist state at the time, as well as Nazi Germany being a fascist, Anti-Semitic state, that significantly despises other races who don't uphold their racist, classist standards, it automatically makes sense as to why the two nations did not cooperate much during the conflict.

We also have to consider the fact that Germany simply couldn't supply Japan with financial aid and weaponry, due to the geographical differences between Europe and Asia making it near impossible for the German Navy to even supply them from their naval ships. Also, the US and Royal Navies had an unquestionable dominant naval presence in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and Atlantic Oceans, so any U-boat crossing into Japan would've been obliterated by the Americans the moment that it was discovered.

So while they were certainly on the same side, they did not cooperate nor had anything in common aside from territorial ambitions in Europe and the Pacific, and their mutual hatred of Soviet Russia.

Whoa... Man, nobody really likes the Russians, huh?

Definitely. However, that simply didn't stop them from capturing control of the islands and the entirety of Eastern Europe and Asia in their sphere of influence. And look where we are situated now.

If there is any country in the world that generates so much controversy and hatred in this world, so much so that almost everyone universally unites against them, it's definitely Russia.

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Out of curiousity, does Nagito have any other hobbies that you know of besides simping over Ultimates and this school?

Well, I haven't spent much time with Nagito personally to know what he does as a hobby, but I do see him walking around the School library in the afternoons, carrying a few books to his dorm room.

One of the books that was interesting in particular to me was All Quiet On The Western Front, a war novel published in the 30s by Erich Maria Remarque, and one of the books that my mother owns at home.

Basically, the plot is about a soldier by the name of Paul Bamer, who enlisted in the German Army during WW1, alongside their classmates. At first, these men are actually enthusiastic and very excited to fight for their country in the war. After all, who wouldn't be overcome with patriotism during such an eventful time like the early 1910s?

But as the story progresses, it becomes obvious clear that they have zero idea of what they are getting themselves into, as the horrors of the Western Front and the trivialities and nightmare fuel of trench warfare start to shatter their morale into pieces rather quickly, and almost all of them die by the time the conflict ended in 1918. It's a honestly tragic novel that really hits you personally when you read it yourself.

I know none of you are history experts, but let's just analyze this for a second: These men were young and incredibly proud of themselves for being part of the military, yet they barely knew what exactly they signed in for, just like mostly every solider on both sides during the war. Nobody could've predicted just how destructive and catastrophic the conflict was going to end up becoming.

When I say "trench warfare" I don't mean it as a statement or as a hyperbole. No, I mean it quite literally, they were fighting in trenches throughout the duration of the conflict, on all sides. It wasn't just the Germans that adopted this strategy of warfare, the British, the French, the Americans, and others adopted this tactic universally throughout the war.

Here's how life typically went for soldiers in the trenches: On the quiet front, soldiers typically would routinely clean their weapons and be tasked with maintaining the trenches by day, and the nighttime routine consisted of fixing barbed wire across the trench. On an active front, however, things were completely different from the quiet front in multiple ways.

In an active front, commanders would insist that the soldiers constantly harass their opponents on the front lines, and as a result sniper fire, mortars, and ESPECIALLY heavy artillery claimed thousands to millions of lives on both sides. If you went on a massive offensive, chances are that you won't get to survive to tell your grandchildren about what you experienced.

Conditions were absolutely atrocious, as lice and rat infestations became near-universal in the trenches. Body parts and corpses wouldn't be retrieved from the walls simply because it was often too dangerous to actually put the effort to do it, due to the constant gunfire and artillery barrage. Restroom facilities look like they were created during the Stone Age, and do I even need to bring up the extreme weather?

I think you understand the vivid picture by now. Trench warfare can honestly be compared to Hell, and I genuinely mean that. Modern warfare is already brutal and horrifying enough, but trench warfare takes it to tremendously high levels of disturbing, especially for those who suffer from claustrophobia. In short, it was definitely far from a good time and I think Erich portrayed that depiction of trench warfare fantastically in the novel.

Wow... you must've been really knowledgeable about that type of subject, aren't you? To dissect a literal war novel that's been published in the 30s.

I mean... my mom is a war photographer, and as her daughter, I have a reason to be well-informed about events like this. Especially since this hits very personally to me, considering my mom's profession. It's a really well-written novel, and I highly recommend it.

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