I've had enough. This is ridiculous.
Manyuda-san, don't you have an opinion?
Surely you can...
Put a sock in it, Sumeragi. Stop bothering me.
Let me give you my impartial opinion.
Judging by the circumstances, the traitor is...
Yumeko Jabami.
I dare say she's acting alone.
Apart from when the rules were explained, there was no time to make
a pact with anyone else.
So the second traitor merely rode on Yumeko's coat tails.
No way, that doesn't make sense.
Why not?
The game was devised by Terano Totobami and Yumeko, right?
In which case, it's fair to assume they were in cahoots.
She probably said "If everyone loses I'll give you some votes."
Making a side bet outside of the game
would guarantee them some kind of reward.
It's clear-cut.
If you agree, we can deal with it, or we can carry on and get this over with.
Do you seriously...
Do you seriously... mean that?
Yumeko would devise a game just to ensure she got votes?
That surely can't be right.
You saw through the madness that makes Yumeko Jabami, by her very nature,
a slave to gambling
and factored that in, right?
You are the real deal.
I was so proud of beating you.
And yet,
are you so weak-minded you can't even see it?
Weak-minded, you say. Me?
The round 3 discussion period is over.
Let's move on to the deposits.
Round 3.
The number of coins you have paid together in tax is 15.
The payout is six coins each.
This is hopeless.
Yumeko-senpai, is there anything we can do?
Oh, no.
Losing is so intense.
No one trusts me. And I can't trust any of them.
If this continues, I'll lose.
No doubt about it.
The hopelessness and the risk is exquisite.
To be the sole loser and keep all the risk just for myself...
Would be such a shame.
Lose with me, Manyuda-san.
Yumeko-senpai!
You want a final taste of it, don't you?
Sumeragi, you said I was weak-minded.
Well, you might be right.
But I just realized something, thanks to Yumeko Jabami.
You've found a way to turn it around?
Turn it around? Oh no.
All someone as weak-minded as me can do is hold people back.
I'm just along for the ride.
Yes, yes, he's right!
You know, wouldn't it be frustrating if the traitors won
and we were the only losers?
As if I'd let that happen.
If I die, I'm taking you all down with me.
From now on, the number of coins
- I pay in tax will be... - The tax I'll pay is...
- ...zero. - ...zero.
Zero?
From now on, we won't pay any tax.
We'll all go down together.
So, that's your game.
Then I won't put any in either.
What are you thinking, Ibara? That means we'll all lose.
If you want to avoid total annihilation,
all you have to do is stick your money in the tax box.
I see. They're blackmailing us.
Right now, no one can trust anyone else.
Even if they're pretending the doubts remain.
We're being forced to pay tax because we can't trust one another.
What's wrong? Still in two minds?
Come, let's meet our doom together, Itsuki Sumeragi.
So that's it.
Pretty clever stuff, Manyuda-senpai.
Tell me something I don't know.
Discussion is over.
Now, place your coins in the boxes.
SUMERAGI
Those two. I might have known.
Quite a turnaround in one move.
All the same, they're not there yet.
I'll pitch in to help them win.
Round 4 is over.
Well now, round 4 saw a sudden increase in zero coin offerings.
And the number of coins in the tax deposit box is...
Twenty-five!
All right!
Which means everyone deposited all five coins.
The payout is ten coins each.
So we have our first 100 percent tax payment!
Hey, we did it.
That means we got the traitors to pay up, right?
All five players paid all five coins. That's quite something.
Everyone uniting despite the fact that the game is unfair
and we can't trust each other.
That's a victory for the public good.
I'm delighted to have witnessed such a turn of events.
On that note, the fifth and final round will now commence.
How's it looking, Manyuda-san?
Did things become clear to you in that last round?
Oh yes, everything became clear.
Come on, then. Let's oust the traitors.
- What? - Eh?
But didn't we all just pay five coins in tax?
The traitors slipped through the net.
No. In fact, that's what's convinced me.
In The Greater Good Game,
where trust in each other is essential,
there was someone who had no trust to begin with,
someone who pretended to be virtuous
while manipulating us and ruining our trust...
The name of the traitor is...
Miroslava Honebami.
Along with...
Itsuki Sumeragi.
What? Mira and Sumeragi are the traitors?
What you on about?
Throughout the game,
I could only assume that the traitors were conspiring.
Sidestepping Jabami's strategy
then changing tack and paying tax
without fear of betrayal.
They must have conspired somehow.
Come on, I told you already, discussion beforehand was impossible.
During the game, all eyes are on us.
How the hell did they conspire?
You're right, conspiring was impossible.
But leaving instructions...
Somewhere no one would see you, where you weren't exposed.
Behind closed doors.
Eh?
In the deposit rooms.
You could leave instructions for the next person.
Obviously, such conduct is unfair, but
you wouldn't stop it, would you?
Well, no, we wouldn't.
- It's not forbidden. - Wait!
Why me? Just because it's possible?
Sumeragi and I never met before.
Even if it was me, why would she obey me?
That's true. She has no reason to.
But what if the note said:
"I will give you my five coins.
Please put them all in your personal fund box"?
What?
So she just left the coins and didn't put them in either box?
There's no rule against that either.
And people stand to gain by obeying such instructions.
If you obey the instructions, you might get coins next time, too.
As for evidence, you can just screw up the note.
You've no reason not to obey.
People can be manipulated with money, even when they don't trust you.
Like society itself.
The nerve!
I'm with you up to this point.
But any two consecutive players could have pulled this off.
Pray tell us then
why I'm the traitor.
Because of Yumeko Jabami being in there.
In this game, only one person can be expelled,
meaning two traitors working together are bound to win, whilst the rest lose.
Yumeko never goes in for that sort of gamble.
So two consecutive players unconnected to her are responsible.
If it wasn't me, that just leaves you, Itsuki Sumeragi.
Assuming Sumeragi and Miroslava are the traitors,
we can roughly calculate how many coins everyone has.
The person currently with the most coins is you...
Miroslava Honebami!
I recommend that you be eliminated.
You poor thing. Sumeragi-san got you good and proper, didn't she?
You had it coming, as you were way ahead in first place.
- Eliminate her. - Eliminate her.
In accordance with three players
the elimination has now been approved.
Miroslava Honebami's elimination is decided.
Sumeragi.
Did you realize from the start?
That someone would catch on to our scheme and eliminate me but not you?
Yeah. I'm sorry. But that's the nature of the game.
Sumeragi!
The Honebami family business is cleaning.
An instrument of torture for driving out impurities.
Intrigue was never my thing, but nonetheless,
you completely fooled me.
Brilliant.
Oh, thanks.
So, are you in love with the boy in the glasses?
What?
- Let me go! - Sumeragi's...
She's fine!
In round 4,
when Yumeko Jabami and Manyuda made their zero-coin declarations,
you instructed me to pay the full amount.
If it was so you could win, the instruction was unnecessary.
Yet you still gave it.
Was that so you could help someone else win?
I've no idea what you mean. What does it matter anyway?
What the...?
Looks like they're having fun.
To think your plan was so trivial. No wonder I was taken in.
It's strange having a conversation like this
with someone who was recently your opponent.
Is that what gambling's about?
Itsuki Sumeragi, I'll keep your secret.
After all, the two of us were partners in a conspiracy.
All rounds are now complete.
I will now reveal the final results.
In fifth place, the now eliminated Miroslava Honebami.
In fourth, with 40 coins, is Kaede Manyuda.
In joint second, with 41 coins each, Yumeko Jabami and Ibara Obami.
And current champion in The Greater Good Game,
in first place...
With an impressive 45 coins, is Itsuki Sumeragi.
Pretty clever stuff, Sumeragi.
Well done.
Thanks!
Now, let's proceed to the settlement stage of the game.
Miroslava Honebami, in fifth place, was eliminated,
and therefore forfeits her 17 votes.
Kaede Manyuda in fourth has a net balance of zero votes.
Yumeko Jabami and Ibara Obami in joint second receive 16 votes each.
And in first place, Itsuki Sumeragi
receives 100 votes.
The bookmaker is Terano Totobami.
All transactions will be conducted by her.
Sorry about that, Terano.
In my opinion, Kirari is not fit to be a leader.
She is egotistic and shows no restraint.
She doesn't have the mettle to unite a clan.
The person who should be leader is you, Terano.
I want you to win.
Is that why you went along with Sumeragi's betrayal?
I thought I could take most of them down with me.
But in the end it just cost you your votes.
Never mind.
I'm satisfied with the outcome.
Does everyone know what a side bet is?
It's when a third party, not in the game,
tries to predict the finishing order.
It's a gamble within a gamble, you might say.
Sumeragi, don't tell me...
As you may have guessed, there was a side bet on The Greater Good Game.
The only ones who knew about it were the player involved
and a member of the Election Committee.
The individuals involved
were Itsuki Sumeragi and Terano Totobami.
They bet on
whether Mr. Kaede Manyuda would win or lose.
On whether he would amass 40 coins.
Miss Terano said he would, Miss Sumeragi said he wouldn't,
and they each bet 150 votes.
Mr. Manyuda did amass 40 coins, so Miss Terano won.
As a result,
Miss Sumeragi owes Miss Terano 150 votes.
She won 100 votes and owes 150.
So the winner is actually the loser.
What the hell is this?
So all this time you were up against us,
150 more votes were up for grabs?
When we devised the game,
you were already planning this, weren't you?
Maybe.
You must have known I would set something up.
That's why you approached me. Am I wrong?
You actually bet on me failing?
What are you playing at?
And why?
Why did you help me?
I couldn't have won without your cooperation.
Why let yourself be defeated?
Is that all you aspire to? Sumeragi!
Manyuda, come on.
Don't you get it?
- Manyuda-san, you're surprisingly dense. - Huh?
Oh, that's funny.
Do you mind, Yumeko-senpai?
When Totobami-san suggested the side bet,
I realized that it was a gamble
in which we risked our election chances.
But I knew I couldn't lose.
I knew if Manyuda-san lost
I would win a large number of votes.
If Manyuda-san won, I would lose my votes,
but I'd discover he wasn't a fool.
So the side bet was a win-win situation.
Whatever happened, I won a prize.
Stop talking drivel! That's just...
Another excuse.
Or to put it another way...
If you lost, she'd know what kind of person you are.
If you won, she would lose a large number of votes.
With one of those outcomes certain,
she would lose either way.
But that was what was so good about it.
Because winning and losing are two sides of the same coin.
Like the time you swapped supreme power as a member of the School Council
in exchange for your freedom.
For Sumeragi-san, what she most wanted to learn from this game
was not what others intended, but what was in her own heart.
And she finally found out.
She chose defeat of her own accord.
A magnificent gamble, was it not?
To choose how you die is also to choose how you live.
I won't have it.
I just will not have it.
That's nothing more than pity.
That she would go so far as to sacrifice herself to save me,
I simply won't accept it!
Save you?
You still don't get it, do you, Manyuda-san?
Please don't underestimate me.
Surely the reason I saved you goes without saying.
You're my accomplice!
Because saving you means saving myself, because I believe in you.
And that's why I haven't lost.
The outcome of the gamble is down to you.
I, Itsuki Sumeragi, am withdrawing from the election contest.
EPISODE 8 THE UNDEFEATABLE GIRL
Terano Totobami has 168 votes, and is steadily increasing her total.
At this rate, she'll eventually catch up with us.
Should we do something before she wins more votes from us?
Why?
That Terano would make it this far was clear from the start.
It's not exactly a problem.
Leave it... Leave it to me.
I'll get rid of those that threaten you, Mrs. President.
Expulsion, suspension, bribery, intimidation.
Whatever it takes, I'll do it.
- Sayaka. - Oh, yes?
We won't be doing that.
The unpredictable outcome is what makes the aquarium such fun.
Being devoured by an exotic species is so entertaining.
Yumeko, please carry on stirring the tank.
Mrs. President.
There's a game I'd like to try.
A really exciting game...
- That's not what I like about her. - I wanna do it with Yumeko, too!
I'll dedicate my victory to her