Sasami-san@Ganbaranai Chapter 8

Real Problems

“There’s nothing to do...”

In the middle of class of Konohanasakuya Academy, in the middle of the classroom of first year right-side class, Tsurugi yawned like a child.

As if it was natural.

“At least from now, take off your clothes Tsukuyomi”

She spat these violent words to Onii-chan, who was, unusually, sitting with correct posture.

“Why? I don’t understand.”

As if almost excited to talk with Tsurugi, Onii-chan replied.

“If I talk off my clothes, I’ll get arrested as expected.”

“Go ahead and get arrested. I want to see you get despised by your students, abandoned by your coworkers, and scorned by the police. I want to in appear in a talk show, testify in tears. “He was a teacher who started doing problematic things b...but, to think he would do such a thing......” , and- ohoh”

By the way, Tsurugi and Onii-chan were stacking Jenga on the platform, playing while neglecting the students.

Tsurugi awkwardly stretched her arm out, and took out a scary peice.

Although the hole-filled tower swayed left and right, it barely hung on with balance, and didn’t collapse.

“Yeah! It didn’t collapse! Don’t forget there’s a punishment if you lose! I’ll stomp that foolhardiness that challenged me while laughing. “

“You overcame it well.....”

Getting up a little on his fold up chair, he extended his arms and pulled one out with no difficulty. The tower didn’t tremble at all.

Tsurugi that was smiling, in an instant became pale.

“Uooo!? What are you!? Why can you take it out so easily!?”

“I have always been good at these things, so these superficial games come easy to me”

“Kuuu, you’re brazen even though you’re Tsukuyomi! Weren’t you the type of character that fails at whatever he does and cries “Uwaan, Tsurugi-sensei! Help me!”!?”

“When did I behave like No* takun?”

“Nnininini.....”

Tsurugi was crying, "it’s not this piece, or that piece", while choosing, with a stern face.

She gave up; it was impossible even if you pulled just a little, and she staggered with face about to cry.

“However, is having this much free time okay.....”

Onii-chan glanced at the students.

Since low fertility hit Konohanasakuya Academy, the number of students is low, so first graders only have three classes(it’s “the right classroom” and “the left classrooom” and “the heart classroom”).

Despite this, the politicians dumped taxes into education for no reason, and now there are leftover teachers.

Although the “applied teaching” in the afternoon is taught by a professional teacher, the “basic education” in the homeroom during the morning and the afternoon is held responsible by each classes “home room teacher” and “vice teacher.”

Although the “vice teacher” is the assistant of the “home room teacher”, Onii-chan pushes jobs to Tsurugi in bulk, so she actually does most of the work.

“Besides the afternoon that requires expertise, the morning doesn’t have anything difficult.”

While Tsurugi was slowly trying to take a piece out.

“Anyway, the old teacher's custom of 'lets teach anything and everything' is wrong. You can’t do anything about those without motivation. There’s no point if the students don’t personally think 'I want to learn.' Because the traditional education system mass produces idiots, a reform happened, and the way schools were taught was changed.”

Although he behavior was childlike, her demeanor was that of an adult.

“The school isn’t amusement park. There’s no need for teachers to think 'let’s make it fun for them'; there’s no value or point to it. It won’t even help the student. Giving widespread knowledge evenly, in other words, making them use rote memorization, only mass produces students that 'seem intelligent.'”

Tsurugi said indifferently, without even a hint of irritation.

“They're able to solve problems like the model but can’t think for themselves, can’t even apply it, can’t judge for themselves, and make lethargic and pointless children(not pr0create lul). The previous generation generation of teachers are incompetent and only look away from the problem by just covering the surface.”

Tsurugi clicked her tongue, and sat crisscrossed on a fold up chair.

“Schools are losing their meaning, education's losing its effect, schools are like prisons that became a place to wait as the time passes.

If you look, students are digesting the texts of “core education.”

The basics of all sorts of studies --language, mathematics, physical fitness-- the time spent strengthening those is called “basic education.” The students who had their concentration disrupted from their morning class were basically asleep (there were apparently a lot who actually slept) in the afternoon in traditional classes currently had no meaning.

If that’s the case then, they put the simple tasks that didn’t require to use your head in the afternoon.

If it’s strengthening language, then it’s writing kanji, making sentences, reading, and correcting other’s sentences.

There’s no need to read literary works, no need to indiscriminately memorize grammar.

Earnestly moving your hands and coming in touch with sentences is the best way to put on verbal aptitude.

For topics that are any more advanced, let the students pick things that they themselves are interested, and hit them with it passionately during the afternoon; that was “applied education.”

“Well, when we were kids class was time for sleeping, getting by the teacher’s questions, and overcoming the test with overnight cramming, and just doing it skillfully. Instead of wasting your youth like that, wouldn’t it be better to suffer a bit but gain skills?”

Because she was talking while doing delicate work, Tsurugi’s fingertips trembled, and the Jenga all too soon collapsed.

“Ahh, damn it!”

In front of Tsurugi who had her head down, Onii-chan did a little dance.

“Yatta! It’s my win! With this, Tsurugi-sensei has to write tomorrow’s class’s plan! You promised when we started the match!”

“Shut up! BA-KA! BA-KA! Don’t get ahead of yourself! Even though I lost the game, I’m winning when it comes to life BA-KA! Or rather, winning a game and getting overjoyed is childish, BA-KABA-KA!”

While making a commotion.

“Funyaa”

In the very front desk, Kagami, who had been proudly sleeping, picked up her head.

@ @ @

“Sensei, Nee-san, it’s loud, so be quiet”

As usual, Kagami had a blank expression that made it hard to tell what she was thinking.

“It is the middle of the class by the way. Isn't that attitude a bit embarrassing for a teacher? As a student, as your little sister, I can’t face the world.”

“Says the girl sleeping all her might until just now is a little.....”

Tsurugi unpleasantly, gazed at her presence-less sister.

“Funyaa”

Kagami raised her usual voice, showing her thick workbook that she was just using as a pillow.

“Any ways, Nee-san. Today, I have no one to check my answer with.”

Checking answers in things like workbooks was a hassle for teachers, so they make the student next to them do it.

But as Kagami said, the seat next to her was empty.

“Or rather, it seems that there are awful lot of absences.....”

Onii-chan looked around the classroom.

It wasn't to the point of having to close classes, the student population was reduced to a quarter.

Kagami sighed as if shocked.

“Recently it’s been like this a lot”

“Is that so?”

“You should have noticed. You are a teacher after all.”

“The teachers are less interested in the students more than they might think.”

“I did not want to know that kind of unpleasant reality.”

“Aah! The way you guys talk is so irratating! Talk more clearly!”

Tsurugi interrupted Onii-chan and Kagami's carefree conversation.

“Isn’t it strange! It’s clear! Why are there so many absences, even though it’s not the turn of the year! Not passing the “Basic Education” class will make them get held back without mercy, so it should be the one that students attend as much as possible.....!”

Tsurugi shook her lab coat as she jumped onto her chair, and looked around the classroom.

“Is it that a strange disease is spreading.....? Or is it some sort of special 'alteration'.....?”

“It probably isn’t a disease”

Kagami whispered, while getting out a laptop from her school bag.

“The reason is probably inside the laptop.”

During “Basic Education” you can listen to music or look at movies while learning, as long as you’re not bothering anyone. That’s why there were a lot of those who are fiddling with their cell phones and personal computers.

No one really complained about them making noise, since almost all of the students were listening to music while concentrating on their workbooks, and the situation around them didn’t bother them.

“Look at this”

Kagami turned the personal computer to face Onii-chan’s group, and showed it to them, pointing to it.

In there was-----.

“The other half of Class Right of First Grade”

The characters were displayed in creepy dark brown gothic font.

Right next to the characters existed an area, the inside of that was a miniature classroom.

Inside that classroom was big muscular men with armor, and beauties with pointed ears, and creatures that you can’t understand with tons of tentacles sticking out. “Won’t class end sooner?” “Or rather is there any meaning in basic education? Will it be of any use in society?” “Ahh-, Tsurugi-chan lost. Angry Tsurugi-chan is so cute♪” Conversations that didn’t fit were being exchanged.

The words were being displayed like manga speech bubbles and there even some conversations that weren’t even public and had a bubble with “only “comrades” can see.”

“..... What, what is this? Is it a game?”

Though Tsurugi looked like she was interested in the game, Kagami shook her head in disagreement

“This is the 'Yamatanooroti SNS' popular among young people nowadays.”

Kagami looked triumphant.

“Social・Network・Service..... making a 'society' in the net world, there you find friends, small talk, and make all sorts of relationships. In addition to all of these things, 'Yamatanooroti SNS' is abuzz for having a near perfect sense of living in a virtual society. Users are estimated to be about three hundred thousand, and the fact that the current prime minister and many celebrities are using it, is making it the sensation everywhere.

Still with no expression, Kagami looked toward her bigger sister with a dubious face.

“Or rather nee-san, do you really not know? Isn’t it pretty famous?”

“I use the my p.c. as a game console, so these communication ones are a little..... but, so what about this?”

As expected. Kagami didn’t even raise a brow to her grimacing sister.

“To put it simply”

Kagami pointed to the little group passing secret messages, and lightly said.

“This child and this child are students who skipped school today. Their usernames are nicknames so their real ones are unknown, but at my level research it's simple. These children are in “Yamatanooroti SNS” from morning to night, and forgetting the natural conduct of 'going to school' in reality, or ignoring it and playing in the net world.”

“If this is true, then I can’t overlook as a teacher.....”

Tsurugi looked at the p.c.’s monitor with suspicion.

“Is this 'Yamatanooroti SNS' that interesting? It is true that school recently isn’t a fun thing, however, if you don’t go through with it and graduate, then no company will hire you- does this really have enough appeal to the point of absorbing you and destroying your life?”

“Well.....”

Kagami seemed sleepy.

“I don’t have the ability to judge things like 'fun' or 'interesting'.”

“That's true”

Sighing, Tsurugi face turned a little serious.

“Is this 'Yamatanooroti SNS' a service anyone can use? Let’s test to see what it's like.”

“For onee-san to be interested.....”

Kagami muttered somewhat meekly.

“Is it a 'alteration'?”

“Who knows. However we need to smash anything suspicious, particularly if we can get our hands on it before it's too late. But, if there are three hundred thousand users..... even if it were a 'alteration' it would be quite big of a scale, and it would mean trouble if we carelessly stuck our hands in. Make Tama participate as well, and the Yagami Three Sisters will deal with it by combining their strength.”

Then Tsurugi looked to the Onii-chan who was watching over their course of action.

“Oi, Tsukuyomi? You imouto-san had a ton of p.c.s correct......?”

“Eh? Aah, yes. She had about ten I believe. What about that?”

“Let us borrow a few will ya..... no, because it’s this occasion, let’s have you and the imouto-san help us. If it were a “modification,” it would be caused by you guys anyways, so I’ll have to make you guys work until it’s solved..... Ishishishishishii ”

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doraemon_characters#Main_characters

Translator: Katsura

Editor: Carlothan

Co-Editor and QC: Editor-kun

Editors Note: Sorry for being so late. The world has been keeping us quite busy. Hopefully we will pick up speed on this. On the bright side, this is untranslated material. I am excited.