Report 115

Plot
Before Ryō collapsed, he was feeling depressed about the lack of success with Chizuru. Kento was trying to cheer him up, telling him that they were still getting good data, that failures are inevitable when doing an experiment, and that Ryō could use the experience to improve for the next time. However, this did not improve his mood, as he was worried about Chizuru because there would not be another chance for her after her ReLIFE ended.

As Ryō woke up, An was at the side of his bed and worrying about him, but he immediately switched the topic to the choice of next year's subject. An exploded on him, as while she had always looked up to him as someone who could do anything and had taught her to always keep on trying, he was now all depressed and giving up on Chizuru after one failure. Taking this to heart, Ryō understood that it was his job as a support not to give in.

Ryō met with Chizuru and told her that her progress was not sufficient to refer her to a company, and apologized to her for not being able to support her properly. In response, Chizuru admitted that she had never expected to be able to change or to succeed in the experiment. However, having understood that to help Chizuru he had to change the way she thought about the experiment, Ryō told her that he believed she could succeed if she gave it another year, and asked if she wanted to continue the experiment.

Trivia

 * The events in this chapter took place sometime in the first two months of 2013.