The One Sitting Next To Me Is A Real Japanese! Volumes 1
Everything Is the Same
“No, that's not true. We've put in a lot of effort for everything that's needed. My club has struggled to get to this point. I can't accept your statement.”
“What underlies you being so confident with all of that? Our club is more trying than your club. My club has already scored some achievements to give to the school. As a fellow chairman everyone here should understand how important that is. On the other side ... You can only bark about effort, in fact all you do is play around.”
“If based on your opinion, then my club is the one who is more worthy. I can be sure that mine also does a lot compared to your club.”
Currently, the room that is used as a meeting room is in a heated situation. The table arranged in a circle in the classroom turns into a tension that can be felt by anyone when standing in the middle. The entire extracurricular chairman gathered inside, staring intently at each other with all sides not wanting anyone to budge.
Previously, the heated situation that was happening now had not happened before. Even if you could say, the situation that threatens and mocks each other 180° degrees is different from the initial situation of starting a meeting.
“Please, calm down. There's no point in yelling at each other, is there?”
Yuuki, who was in front of them as the meeting leader had already tried to mediate the heated situation for a number of times, but still had not succeeded.
In case the situation is like now happening, Yuuki has prepared some conditions and also the advice of the chairman of OSIS, Sylvia so that the situation is not conducive to be resolved properly.
However, the dispute that should not have happened actually became big and made a plan that should have gone straight, turned in an unwanted direction. In fact, still not reaching an agreement and continuing to argue, the discussion room had already turned into a dispute with profanity.
Yuuki had already tried to think of something that could make all parties compromise, but the entire party completely refused to budge at all.
Why ... Why everything ....
Initially, Yuuki as the chairman to lead the meeting today carried out his duties as the meeting leader properly. Open the event and explain why the meeting was held, then explain clearly the entire school budget for the entire extracurricular.
In that stage, everything went smoothly even if viewed, most of the people who attended the meeting looked very unenthusiastic or interested. They yawn and play around with their own busyness.
Although the chairman brought his club treasurer with them, the financial statements that were brought and held were completely untouched even Yuuki felt that the very important thing in this meeting had no value in their eyes.
Yuuki who noticed and noticed this from the beginning of the meeting began to try to hold back the resentment in his heart. He was just the first time running the task of being the leader of a budget meeting for the first time, maybe there is a procedure needed to run the process, he is still thinking positively about it.
But, even after a long time he explained in detail the entire budget, the uninterested situation that most chairmen emitted there was still there. Some of them even fell asleep.
“Are you all listening!?”
Yuuki who could not stand the situation started to go up. His voice got a little higher and then tried to ask questions with a bit of ridicule to the club leaders. He began to question one by one the club's chairman about their circumstances, but was always answered briefly. Until finally he decided to let them freely speak to express their opinions. And the result of that is a state that is heating up now.
Even when arguing hotly, what they were arguing about had absolutely no core to resolve. Just like the saying “tong empty loud sounds”, or like a deaf person talking to another deaf person. Yuuki who sensed that was getting fed up.
“Please, please calm down first!”
While desperately trying to raise his voice to restore the situation to a conducive one, Yuuki's heart was already on the verge of a boundary. Even for Yuuki and the head of the girl club who did not have great guts, being surrounded by many older guys felt a little creepy.
In addition, every suggestion he made was rejected outright, and continued to get harsh words from many people who argued there. As expected, even Yuuki would be extremely overwhelmed mentally.
He managed to survive so far simply because of his sense of responsibility for the work he received and his high competitive spirit. But even so, already fed up with the non-serious people around him, as well as the mental stress of abusive words that were not even of any use, he was already barely able to anymore.
Everything ... Everything is the same. What's different than before? This is all no different than it used to be ....
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“Best awards in group presentations are given to .. Team B!”
The sound of applause filled the classroom. Among them was only one person, a young girl who bit her lips and lowered her head. Yuuki was already a 4th grader back then. She attended a certain Sd school in Tokyo, Japan.
At that moment, Yuuki only realized that he was different from the people around him. The trigger is ... group presentation tasks performed in class.
The disciples were divided into groups of four or five people. They will spend two weeks researching on a topic, and collect the content they research on a large paper and present it.
The topic that Yuuki group presented was, “jobs in the area around”. They interview shops in the neighborhood around the school and family members about their work to find out what they are doing in their work. That is a trivial topic that SD children can do.
Every after school, he conducts a series of interviews in shops in the area assigned to him until dinner time arrives. What he researched in one week was enough to fill an entire notebook. However, he expected perfection on the day of the meeting with the group.
Yuuki was stunned to hear the other members' confessions in the group.
“Ah. Excuse me. I haven't done it”
“Here is a bakery, and this is a clothing store. Eh? Fill their work? Of course, if it's a bakery they sell bread, and if it's a clothing store, they sell clothes, ‘kan?”
“Sorry, I'm only half way ~. But, there's still one more week. I'm sure this will be fine.”
Too many excuses .. From Yuuki's point of view, what they did was too lazy. Even if all the information obtained from the other three were combined, the information was not even worth half of the information Yuuki had researched.
That's reality. But most importantly, despite all this, for the three of them who showed no signs of hurrying or apologizing, Yuuki was shocked and furious. As the three of them looked at the notebook Yuuki had collected, his anger exploded.
“Whoah, what the hell is this. You are too serious about this task”
“Rinches once. Surely we will not use everything, yes ‘kan?”
“Iroha .. what can not read, all this?”
The three of them looked at each other, with eyes that looked surprised. They smile stiffly as if saying “Aa ~ aah, she's already past”.
Eh? What is this, my fault?
Right after such doubt flashed through his mind, anger was also sticking out from the bottom of Yuuki's stomach.
No, it wasn't my fault. I just work seriously to the best of my ability on a given task. I'm not wrong. They are the wrong ones.
His anger and disgust exploded instantly. Yuuki was too young to suppress that.
“Hey, why don't you guys do this seriously?”
His eyes glare. Emotional Elementary students react sensitively to sharp words spoken in a denouncing tone. From there, it didn't take long to spark a heated debate.
Master immediately intervened because they were in the classroom, but in that short time a estrangement appeared between Yuuki and the other three members, making it impossible for them to cooperate.
“If you don't like it too much, just do it yourself !!”
The words thrown by one of the members in the group made Yuuki even more stubborn. Then, with time left, Yuuki tried to take the content of her presentation to the level she liked the most. However, there was a limit to what one person could do and the resulting presentation was not close to the level Yuuki wanted. As a result, the award that Yuuki was after fell to another group.
Yuuki could not understand it.
A classmate who does not take the assigned task seriously. Those who do not feel defeated and laugh foolishly.
Had everyone considered him as serious as I am, we would never have lost. No, if I do it myself from the start, I will definitely win! I'm different from the others. I'm the only one who's serious, and I'm the only one who's taking this seriously. I really thought about winning.
When she realized this, Yuuki stopped expecting others to do the same.
No one can match my level. They don't take it as seriously as I do, with the same level of seriousness. They can do whatever they want. I will never be defeated by those who never try and be motivated. When you guys play around, I'll be above everyone.
I don't need to work with anyone else. I'll do everything myself. Rather, it is too troublesome to deal with such a thing as a half-intent or a sense of responsibility.
Even as he grew up, and acquired social skills to some extent, Yuuki's life principles remained unchanged. No, it just gets stronger every year. The lack of motivation from his classmates, the disappointment in others that awakens whenever he realizes how low their levels are, without him noticing, it turns into an unconscious condescending attitude towards those around him.
After she realized this, in order to avoid conflict with those around her, Yuuki began to limit himself in dealing with others. Totally aloof. He has a talent and competitive spirit that sets him apart from everyone else. That's the reason behind his attitude.
