Report 160

Plot
In Arata's counseling meeting, he is told by Ms. Amatsu that even though he wants to go to the internal university, he still needs put effort into his studies to pass the entrance exams. After the meeting he reflects that while the university admissions are irrelevant to him, for the students they can be a great source of worry about their future. Arata recalls that when making the same choice in the past he just wanted to leave the countryside and go to any university in Tokyo, having been impressed by the big city, which he finds very embarrassing now. While he was worried about his future too, his only plans were to get a secure job and a family, and he realizes how differently his life turned out from what he imagined.

Arata returns to the classroom and tells Rena she is up next, and that since she wants to go to Aoba university, she should not have any trouble being accepted. Before she leaves for the meeting, Rena tries to muster her courage to ask if Arata knows about Kazuomi's plans, but fails to do so.

In the evening Arata and reports to Ryō that he told Ms. Amatsu he wants to go to Aoba university like he asked him to, as it would be easiest for the company to arrange. In his report Ryō writes that even though the university admissions are irrelevant to Arata personally, he is likely to become involved in Rena and Kazuomi's troubles, noting that he is likely to face a similar situation as he did with Michiru in his old company.

Trivia

 * The events of this chapter took place on.