Shuuya Nanahara is having an emo time of it, and gets a slap from Yoshitoki for his troubles. He gets dragged away from the zone before it goes BOOM, and they find a truck to nap in. After a pretty freaky dream, Yoshitoki calls him out on his emo, and then they set off.

Yuka Nakagawa surprises Megumi Etou, and an awkward conversation quickly goes downhill. Guns are drawn and screaming ensues, and then triggers are pulled. [D6]

FTD Part One: VOTE – Yuka Nakagawa vs. Megumi Etou

Megumi: (2) 1
Yuka: (2) 2

(Vote ended as a tie, and last vote is discarded. Yuka wins 2-1.)

RESULT: Yuka KILLS Megumi.

Mizuho Inada's having a hard time keeping her God on a leash as he's wanting her to kill Sakura. Then Yuko wanders out of the bushes, gives a brief rundown on who she's been with what's happened, and then, when talking about Megumi, utters the fatal line - “I only wounded her.” Mizuho gets her protective-streak freak on, and goes for the gun. [D8]

FTD Part One

Shogo Kawada gets shot twice, and loses use of his right arm. A flashback shows that this is possibly the greatest example of cosmic irony in the known universe. After escaping the zone, he goes back to where Yuka is, only to find she's not there. And then he runs into Kazuo. Again. [C7-D7]

Yuka Nakagawa shoots Megumi, and they talk while Megumi's dying, and then Megumi pulls a knife and goes for Yuka. So Yuka, having a large rock to hand, batters Megumi round the head with it. As she's sitting there thinking, Sakimochi pops up to say that no-one's died. Knowing that he's wrong, she turns to look at the body... but it's not there. [D6]

Yuko Sakaki realises that she's done a Hillary and mis-spoke, and appeals to the calm, rational Sakura for help. When that proves ineffective, she goes for the gun that Mizuho's holding. [D8]

FTD Part Two – Mizuho Inada vs. Yuko Sakaki

Mizuho – 4
Yuko – 0

RESULT: Mizuho KILLS Yuko.

Shuuya Nanahara gets the cold hard facts from Yoshitoki about what it means to be the main man's sidekick. A breakdown and recovery later, they're heading off somewhere, when Megumi etou falls out of the bushes and into his arms. [D6]

Megumi Etou takes the shot at Yuka, misses, and gets shot. She tries to stab Yuka, but Yuka's got a damn great big rock and wallops her with it. As she's turned away, Megumi's escaped, and found Shuuya. She gets to pass on her final message of Yukie's crush on Shuuya before a singalong and her death. [D6]

DEATH: Megumi Etou. Eight to go.

Yuka Nakagawa follows the trail of blood to where Shuuya and Yoshitoki are, and she and Shuuya have a long conversation peppered with inappropriate jokes and odd statements. And then Shuuya decides to take her out of the game. [D6]

FTD Part One

Yoshitoki Kuninobu drags Shuuya away after the abortive attempt on Kazuo and Shogo, and they go somewhere quiet for a nap. Yoshitoki's pondering just how easy it would be to put Shuuya out of his misery, before waking the other boy up and going for a walk in the woods.

Well, so much for being caught up on a post by post basis. </grump>

Shogo Kawada puts Chisato out of the Game, and then realises he's been watched by Yuka Nakagawa throughout the whole, violent act. He goes chasing after her, and they eventually hash out an alliance. He's shocked to hear Hirono's name on the report. [C7]

Sakura Ogawa is having an introspective time of it, coming up for twelve hours with no Shuuya. She decides to go back for her gun, but only manages to find her bag and map. She's listening to the report as her brother and H6S are loading up the equipment for their raid on the island. As she moves off to pastures new, she links up with Mizuho, and learns a few home truths about Shuuya. [D8-D6-E8-D8 ]

Megumi Etou is emoing under a cherry tree, internally trying to decide what to do.

Yukja Nakagawa and Shogo have a heart to heart and agree not to kill each other for the time being. Just as they've reached detenté, a shot goes off and Yuka – in a tactically suicidal yet brilliant move – goes running towards it. [C7]

Shuuya Nanahara finally meets up with Yoshitoki Kuninobu and they sit down for a bit, discussing what's gone on. Somehow, I get the feeling that Yohi's not being entirely truthful with Shuuya here. Anyway, there's a race to the mountains, and Yoshi's got the GPS, and leads Shuuya straight into a Zone where five people are all concentrated and it's a DOUBLE VOTE!!!! [G8-C7]

VOTE: Shuuya Nanahara vs. Kazuo Kiriyama

KILL: 1
WOUND: 2
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Shuuya WOUNDS Kazuo

VOTE: Shuuya Nanahara vs. Shogo Kawada

KILL: 1
WOUND: 2
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Shuuya WOUNDS Shogo

Yuka Nakagawa sees the result of the four-way firefight, and flees, trying to deal with the fact that Shuuya had attempted on Shogo. I believe this is called a “paradigm shift”. Anywhore, she tries to cheer herself up by telling herself she can still win., which freaks her out even more. [C7-D6]

Kazuo Kiriyama gets shot twice, then gets up and makes a tactical retreat with an unseemly amount of haste. He's trying to decide what to do next when Shogo approaches him. [C7-D7]

Kasumi Ren flies in on a Special Government transport to deliver Report Ten, with NO deaths, NO NPC's and FIVE zones. See? The Government isn't totally cruel. Even Program Directors get conjugal visits at Christmas. *SHOT TO HELL* [G7]

Megumi Etou is contemplating her mortality as she's wandering around the island, and she comes across a kitbag. Drinking the water and eating the bread, she notes down ten Danger Zones from memory, and then spies another fallen lump that may or may not be a body... [D4-D6]

...which it is. Megumi Etou is in the position that she never thought she'd be - on top of looking down on Hirono Shimizu. She finally gets to say the words that she's held back all these years, and ends up screaming at the corpse before rushing off to be violently sick. And then Yuka appears behind her. Meg's not having a very good day, is she?? [D6]

Mizuho Inada gives her side of the story to a horrified Shuuya, just as Kayoko puts in an appearance. She recalls how she and Megumi decided to join Kayoko's Tea Ceremony club, and then Shuuya kills Kayoko, and she runs away, too scared of him to think clearly. [E8]

Yoshitoki Kuninobu kills Toshinori Oda in one of the weirdest kills ever seen in a BR – and that, kids, is definitely saying something. He runs away from a maddened Kayoko and into the tangerine trees, only to trip over someone's bag and finds himself a gun. Go team Nobu!! [D5-F8-G8]

Shuuya Nanahara accidentally-on-purpose slashes Kayoko's throat open. Mizuho takes off for parts unknown, and he goes through the bags, and finds himself a tracker. AHA!!! We are also let into why Kouki Abe took the job of handyman at Charity House. The plot is like my homemade custard, thickening visibly. [E8]

Megumi Etou's mother rips her husband a new one for suggesting they get busy replacin' Megumi when she's not even died yet. On the report, she learns of the deaths, and grits her teeth against the pain of the gunshot wound in her arm. [D4]

Kazuo Kiriyama - Oh, here we go again. Right. Kazuo Kiriyama stops thinking of butterflies and starts looking around for food. Finding the corpse of Shinji Mimura, he also discovers some instant rice and goes to a house to cook it. And he gets to thinking that he should be more scared. And then – I can't believe I'm saying this. And then, he manages to trap himself in an inescapable thought loop of ever increasing fear.[D7-D8-C7]

I'm convinced Tomar's doing this to fuck with us, guys. \o/

Kazuo Kiriyama eventually gets himself out of this logic trap with a punch to the wall that convinces him that he's still feeling. After he's eaten the rice, he goes down the mountain, running as fast as he can, and as he spots someone, he decides to kill them to see what feelings this evokes. [C7]

VOTE: Kazuo Kiriyama vs. Shogo Kawada

KILL: 2
WOUND: 3
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Kazuo WOUNDS Shogo

Yoshitoki Kuninobu takes a potshot in the dark and nearly wings Shuuya with it. The boys sit down and have a long heart-to-heart over the game, assigned weapons and just about every other subject under the sun. As they move off, Yoshitoki takes control of the GPS unit as they move towards everyone else. As Kazuo attempts on Shogo, Yoshitoki attempts on Kazuo, drawn by the latter's scream. [G8-C7]

VOTE: Yoshitoki Kuninobu vs. Kazuo Kiriyama

KILL: 2
WOUND: 3
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Yoshitoki WOUNDS Kazuo.

Kinpatsu Sakimochi brings Report Nine, with NO deaths, FIVE zones and NO NPC's. From the tone of voice, he's getting a little pissed off with the class. Gulp. [G7]

Mizuho Inada's headlong flight away from the truth is interrupted when she can run no longer. She then starts hearing voices, and gets the once-in-a-lifetime experience of holding a rational, intelligent conversation with her necklace. It tells her that if she kills all the rest of the people on the island, it will save Lady Eto of the Pure Heart. Guess it didn't quite get the newsflash, huh? Just as the Crystal falls silent, who should come along but Sakura Ogawa?? [E8-D8]

Yuko Sakaki takes comfort from the fact that Satomi was a confirmed agnostic in the matter of her death. As she's ambling along, pondering Life, God and the Universe, she comes across two girls, and crouches down to listen. [D8-E8]

Shuuya Nanahara runs towards the exploded lighthouse, and almost crashes headfirst into Mizuho Inada. Who's got Shinji's gun. A flashback reveals why he's stayed in the orphanage for so long, and the lengths that Shuuya's prepared to go to to find out his past. Also guest starring Mr. Abe, on the run and loving every minute of it!! [C7-E8]

Megumi Etou shoots Yukie Utsumi, and as Yuko goes crashing through the window and Mayumi falls over dead, she goes over to try and help the class representative. [C4]

Yuko Sakaki gets a knife through the palm from Kazuo for sassing at Hirono, and then runs while the getting is good. She sits down by tree to catch her breath, wondering why she's not heard her Pastor's voice, when she hears an explosion. [D6-D8]

Kayoko Kotohiki gets to watch from front-row seats as Toshinori Oda gets his face smashed in by Yoshitoki Kuninobu. Karma's such a bitch, sometimes. Kayoko threatens Yoshitoki with a gruesome death should he ever cross her path again, and he scampers off, bloody Wiimote in hand. And then she sets off for the lighthouse. OHOHOHO. [D5]

Kazuo Kiriyama Gives Hirono a bollocking for making him hurt Yuko, and she throws down, which ends with him crushing her windpipe. He doesn't realise he's killed her, and when he does, he...

...

...Am I reading this right??

…

. . .

I am. He cries. Kazuo Kiriyama cries himself to sleep.

Guys. I have nothing. D: [D6-D7]

Yuka Nakagawa's father is ruminating on what the Government promised him to exempt his daughter from the Program, and how that's come back to bite him in the ass.

Shuuya Nanahara has a few words with Mizuho about Shinji's gun, and there's – for once – no major firefight like you would expect. It's at that point that Kayoko comes blundering out of the bushes, waving a gun, and the whole thing goes to hell. Turns out that the guest appearance by Mr. Abe is the herald of a much bigger plot, as Sakura's brother is working hand in glove with the old man to bust them off the island. [E8] FTD Part 1

Kayoko Kotohiki joins the ranks of Class 3B that start hearing voices after major trauma is this class populated by crazy kids or psychics? and gets told to kill Shuuya because of his association with Yoshitoki. Being a meek little girl, she obeys. [E8] FTD Part 2

Fight To The Death: Shuuya Nanahara vs. Kayoko Kotohiki

Shuuya: 4
Kayoko: 0

Result: Shuuya KILLS Kayoko. NINE LEFT.

Megumi Etou spends Yukie's final moments recalling what happened one day in school, and she tells Yukie that she knows about the rep's crush on Shuuya. Yukie slips away at that point, and Megumi screams her lungs out at the unfairness of it all. [C4-D4]

Kinpatsu Sakimochi brings it with Report Eight, SIX dead, FIVE zones and no NPCs. [G7]

Kinpatsu Sakimochi signs on for Report Seven, with SIX dead, ONE NPC and Five Zones... to come later. [G7]

Ryuhei Sasagawa departs this plane of existence with no fuss, no muss. [C7-B7] DEATH: Ryuhei Sasagawa

Mizuho Inada is contemplating life at the top of the lighthouse when Yoji Kuramoto walk in the door. He starts to go off on an unhinged rant about the unfairness of not getting gun when Mizuho, sick of his emo bullshit, shoots him to shut him up. And then has to run away as she recalled that he said that he'd turned on the gas downstairs. It's only when she gets far enough away not to be hit by falling debris does the lighthouse explode. [C10] DEATH: Yoji Kuramoto

Yuko Sakaki gets the hell out of Dodge after shooting the shit out of Mayumi. Running southwards, she stops at a stream to have a drink, and then hears voices. For a wonder in a BR, they're ACTUAL voices, and not “head” voices. However, it's a pissed-off Hirono and a blissed-out Kazuo. Looks like God's forsaken this member of his flock for the time being. [C4-D6]

Shogo Kawada hears gunfire in the near distance and sets out to investigate. On finding Ryuhei's dead body, he decides that enough is enough, and puts his game!face on. Finding someone nearby, he opens fire. [D7-C7]

VOTE: Shogo Kawada vs. Chisato Matsui

KILL: 3
WOUND: 1
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Shogo KILLS Chisato.

Yuka Nakagawa takes a few moments out to consider the implications of the report, and gets hung up on the mention of Yukie's name. She unconsciously mirrors Shogo's game of Spot-The-Enemy, and comes to the conclusion that she can trust about twenty per cent of the class. [D6-D7-C7]

Chisato Matsui curses Shogo with her dying breath. :| [C7]

Kazuo Kiriyama and Hirono Shimizu are bickering still when Yuko comes into view. There's a lot of snark back and forth, and Kazuo jumps between them to stop them from pointing guns at each other. It seems that while he's got emotions back, he's completely lost his COMMON SENSE. Hirono gets shot, and then she convinces Kazuo to try and cut Yuko's head off. [D6]

VOTE: Kazuo Kiriyama vs. Yuko Sakaki

KILL: 1
WOUND: 5
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Kazuo WOUNDS Yuko.

Megumi Etou's mother is contemplating life post-Program without Megumi, and life post-Program with Megumi. She talks with her husband about the class, and the use of past tense triggers another bout of crying. Being the cold, emotionless man that he is, her husband suggests trying for another baby. NO. NO, YOU DO NOT SAY THAT. EVER. [Shiroiwa]

Sakura Ogawa is SERIOUSLY PMSing OMG just about to go take a nap when the report comes on, and she learns of Shou's death. She doesn't feel like giving Shuuya the 411 so she decides to take a nap instead. When she wakes up, she's alone, with a gun and nobody to supervise her, so she goes for a walk. And encounters two girls. [E4-F8-D8]

VOTE: Sakura Ogawa v. Yumiko Kusaka

KILL: 3
WOUND: 1
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Sakura KILLS Yumiko

DEATH: Yoshimi Yahagi

Megumi Etou doesn't have a lot to add to the previous post, except for a LOT of guns going off in various directions. And without further ado: [C4]

VOTE: Megumi Etou vs. Yuko Sakaki

INTERCEPTED. See Below.

VOTE: Mayumi Tendo vs. Yuko Sakaki

KILL: 0
WOUND: 1
FAIL: 5

RESULT: Mayumi MISSES Yuko

VOTE: Yuko Sakaki vs. Megumi Etou

KILL: 0
WOUND: 6
MISS: 1

RESULT: Yuko WOUNDS Megumi.

VOTE: Yuko Sakaki vs. Mayumi Tendo

KILL: 6
WOUND: 1
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Yuko KILLS Mayumi.

Yumiko Kusaka waits for Yoshimi to wake up. When she does, she is not impressed with the class clown tackling her and makes it clear she's gonna cut a bitch. They move to a house and shelter from the storm, and Yoshimi wants to know why Yumiko's been crying. [F8]

Yukie Utsumi has a few moments of Not Getting It while bullets fly around. And then it all comes into focus, and she throws herself into the path of the bullets meant for Yuko. [C4]

INTERCEPTION: Megumi Etou vs. Yukie Utsumi

KILL: 4
WOUND: 2
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Megumi KILLS Yukie.

Yuka Nakagawa confesses to yutaka that her dad passed prohibited pamphlets around and got arrested for it when she was younger. They listen to the report for a bit, and then start discussing horror movies and their escape plan. And then the little voice at the back of Yuka's mind say play the game, and she ignores it... [F7-D7]

Shuuya Nanahara returns to the lookout point where he so very nearly died and listens to the report. As he's jiggling about with a boulder at the very edge of the cliff, if dislodges and falls. Much like the Potterdammerung of which the Prophets spake, rocks fall, and everyone dies. Well, not everyone. [E4-C7]

VOTE: Shuuya Nanahara vs. Yutaka Seto

KILL: 6
WOUND: 0
MISS: 0

Result: Shuuya KILLS Yutaka

Kazuo Kiriyama has never freaked anyone else out like he's currently freaking Hirono out OH YES, IT REALLY IS THAT BIG. She resists the urge to shoot him, but only just. They move out to the Shrine, on a BIG ADVENTURE. [B7-D6]

Yoshitoki Kuninobu is lamenting on the loss of Noriko, and thinking that he could have done something to save Mitsuru and Keita. As he is walking along, he spies two forms under a tree, and yelling at the top of his voice, throws his Wiimote at them. [F6-D5]

VOTE: Yoshitoki Kuninobu vs. Toshinori Oda

Oda Forfeits the vote.

RESULT: Yoshitoki KILLS Toshinori

Yuka Nakagawa is explaining the finer points of a special effect when one happens right next to her and Yutaka is crushed to death by a falling boulder. It's at about this point when we're... *checks* ...sixteen remaining that she starts to take it seriously. [D7-D6]

Mizuho Inada is at the top of the lighthouse and thinking things through, specifically how close to a Danger Zone she was when she stumbled on the body of Yukiko Kitano. As she ponders this more, Who should walk in but Yoji Kuramoto?? [D8-C10]

Chisato Matsui makes her way from the clinic to the lookout point after taking Kazushi's rations. She's a cold fish, this one. She's also now hearing voices. As she approaches the platform, she sees someone, and opens fire. [D8-C7]

VOTE: Chisato Matsui vs. Ryuhei Sasagawa

KILL: 2
WOUND: 1
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Chisato KILLS Ryuhei.

Toshinori Oda and Kayoko are listening to the report, and crossing off names. As the foretold storm draws in, they go to sleep, and Toshinori spoons up to her. D'awww. [D5]

Shuuya Nanahara gets away with murder as Kazuo gets struck by lightning. After he goes over the cliff, Shuuya makes his way to the house to find Ogawa and some sympathy, but finds that the house is lacking in both. As he finds out that Kazuo didn't die from the report, he decides to find Sakura and Yoshitoki, and leaves.

Shogo Kawada investigates a gunshot and finds Fumiyo bleeding out. He sits with her and after enquiring after her favourite memory, he puts her out of her misery with the shotgun. [D6-D7] DEATH: Fumiyo Fujiyoshi

Kinpatsu Sakimochi at Command Central rocks out for Report The Sixth, with one death and no NPCings.

Megumi Etou wakes up to the sound of the report, and Mayumi's confession that she killed Noriko. As Yukie starts ordering people to get food and water, she gets suspicious of Yuko's insistence on getting the water, and gives the first bottle to Mayumi...[C4]

Yuko Sakaki is debating ht epros and cons of poisoning the water while everyone's asleep. Before she can do anything, though, they wake up. So she volunteers to get the water. You know, as you do. [C4]

Chisato Matsui has a slight attack of emo while she's listening to the report. Banging down her Uzi, it goes off and turns Kazushi's stomach into ribbons. She tries to stem the bleeding, before he demands the gun and kills himself. [D8] DEATH: Kazushi Niida

Yuko Sakaki is having second thoughts over whether or not poisoning the other three girls would be the right thing to do, and in the end, she decides it's not. However, Megumi instantly kills the mood when she returns with the accusation she's done something. This isn't going to end well... [C4]

Yutaka Seto and Yuka Nakagawa make a plan to get out of their comfort zone before it becomes a danger zone, and they go for a walk together. This will give Yutaka time to come up with a plan. [H8-F7]

Megumi Etou slaps the water out of Yuko's hand, and asks her what the hell she thinks she's playing at. There's a bit of back-and-forth, with accusations and counter-charges flying through the air, and then Mayumi goes for the gun lying on the table. Yuko drops the bomb that Mayumi killed Noriko, and everyone goes, “Oh, shit.” There's another round of screaming, Megumi gets outed as a liar, and then Yukie takes charge. She drops another bombshell that Yuko killed Satomi by accident, and Yuko gives up the poison, and goes for a gun, and holy SHIT, guys. That was a post and a half. *GOES TO LIE DOWN.* [C4]

Yutaka Seto doesn't run away from danger – he runs towards it, and tackles Yoshimi to the ground, stunning her. He's that attractive up close, ladies. He then gets The Clue, and he and Yuka run in the opposite direction. [E8-H8]

Kinpatsu Sakimochi gives the kids a kick in the pants with Report Five. No deaths, two NPCs and five zones. [G7]

Yumiko Kusaka gets shot in the arm and then has to deal with a stunned Yoshimi. She thinks on the loss of Yukiko, and tries not to feel too guilty about her death. [E8-F8]

Megumi Etou is very suspicious of the way Yuko's acting. And Yuko knows that Megumi knows something's wrong. Mayumi, on the other hand, enters into a secret agreement in class with Megumi, and they agree not to tell on each other. [C4]

Yuko Sakaki tries to go to sleep, but is awake to hear the revelation that Mayumi killed Noriko. She gets up to make a public service announcement, and tries to pretend it's all going swimmingly. [C4]

Shuuya Nanahara gets talking to Kazuo Kiriyama, and they have a nice little discussion going before Kazuo whips his Nodachi out and attacks Shuuya. He misses the first time, and then goes for the second blow... [C7]

Kazuo Kiriyama makes a fatal mistake. DON'T WAVE A STORM AROUND IN A LIGHTNING STORM. Just as he goes to stab Shuuya, a bolt of lightning strikes him, and he starts to feel pain. And then he falls off the cliff. [C7]

Megumi Etousits down with Mayumi Tendo, and they start to go through her sketchbook. The revelation that she drew all the dead people in the class is second in its shock factor to finding out that Mayumi killed Noriko. [C4]

Yuka Nakagawa lets Yutaka break into a house so that they can get a good night's sleep. She freaks out on him, and they eventually calm down. She falls asleep, and wakes up just as dawn breaks. [H8]

Kazuo Kiriyama wakes up to find that he can feel. And the first thing he does? Is catch a butterfly. And then he makes a mud pie. And I'm gonna wrap this up here because I think I've hallucinated this entire post. [C7-B7]

Shuuya Nanahara has a moment next to the body of Shinji Mimura. After they move on to the tangerine grove, Shuuya climbs a tree to get some tangerines and decides to stay there for a bit. [D8-E8]

Chisato Matsui and Kazushi Niida go for a walk, ostensibly to stop Chisato from killing anyone else. Flashback!Chisato holds a sleepover to try and smooth over any bad feelings over her pro-Government stance. [H9-E8]

Mizuho Inada expresses shock and regret over accidentally killing Shinji. A flashback reveals that while she has no problem killing SAIs, she has a problem with her cat killing birds. [D8]

Sakura Ogawa is being bombarded with tangerines from Shuuya's position in the tree. He falls out of it, and his verbal response causes Sakura to kiss him. SHE'S EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW, OKAY??? [E8]

Shogo Kawada is busy making lists, and trying to stop the onset of pneumonia. While he was with Keiko, they went to a local beauty spot and he gave her some blue flowers. [F4-D6]

Ryuhei Sasagawa has bedded down for the night in an abandoned cabin, and is contemplating mortality, Darwinism, and the fact he's not got a weapon worth mentioning. CRY MOAR, BITCH. [G9-C7]

Shuuya Nanahara has gone into a cabin with Ogawa, seen that Tadakatsu's been gutted like a pig, and slammed the door. Settling down in another room, he realises that he's lost his map and goes outside to look for it. Clever boy, that one =D[E8-E4-D6]

Megumi Etou and the girls bunk down for the night in the shrine, and Megumi and Yukie have a heart-to-heart over the class rep position. Mayumi Tendo shows up and joins them, and Megumi notices Yuko looking at her with her beady little eyes. [C4]

Kazuo Kiriyama has got the collars, weapons and food from Keita and Mitsuru and made a move. He runs across Shuuya Nanahara and the two converse, and Shuuya becomes party to Kazuo's plan. Such as it is. [F6-C7]

Yuka Nakagawa shoots at someone, and spends the rest of the time hysterically thinking about what would happen, and who she may have shot. Her family at home seem to be imploding under the strain as well. [E8]

Kayoko Kotohiki sees Oda kill Motobuchi and then blacks out. Just as she comes to, she hears Oda opening a major can of whup-ass on someone. Turns out it's Hiroki Sugimura, and after he's dead, Kayoko and Toshinori have a little heart-to-heart. By which they agree to disagree. [G5]

Yoshitoki Kuninobu examines the class list of those who've bought it, SOCing as he goes. And then he hears Sugimura's name comes up on the Report, and he starts to lose it. He leaves a note for Yuka and Yutaka and then leaves to go and find Noriko. [F6]

Toshinori Oda gives Hiroki a lesson in orthodontistry from hell. After Kayoko expresses her disgust and shock, he starts flirting with her. As you do. [G5-D5]

Shuuya Nanahara has a recall of the old caretaker at the Charity House, and how he gave his old guitar to Shuuya after he was taken away for listening to rock music. He and Sakura Ogawa then make a move to find Shinji. [D10]

Sakura Ogawa listens to the report, hears Kazuhiko's name mentioned, and goes to choke herself, only to have Shuuya stop her. Later on, they both stumble across Shinji's body, and they stop to have a moment. [C10-D8]

Kazuo Kiriyama sees his plans go up in smoke when Keita kills Mitsuru, and from there it just goes to hell. He recalls how failure affects people differently, and while he's backflipping all over the place, he tosses a knife at Keita. [F6]

VOTE: Kazuo Kiriyama vs. Keita Iijima

VOTE FORFEITED

RESULT: Kazuo kills Keita.

Kinpatsu Sakimochi weighs in with the Fourth report, with eight dead, five zones, and no sweep.

Megumi Etou and the girls wander a bit further around the island and end up at the shrine. A flashback shows how Megumi went to a shrine before the Island and was given a yen to use for good luck. YEAH THAT WORKED. [B5-C4]

Yuko Sakaki gets to the shrine and then beds down for the night. She's woken up by a cool breeze and the door being opened, and Yukie calling for Mayumi Tendo. [B5-C4]

Shinji Mimura's death post, lamenting on the failure to change the world and the Government. And that he only got to kiss Shuuya once. SHOTSHOTSHOT.

Megumi Etou has just run into Yukie and Yuko after the announcement to the island. On discoursing with them, Yuko asks why Megumi has got two weapons. She says that she must be the lucky one that got given two weapons. WHOOPS. [B7]

Yuko Sakaki is one part paranoia, one part suspicion, mixed with a little dash of terror and left to steep for a day in her own misery. She catches Megumi out in a lie, which immediately makes her suspect. [B7]

Kazushi Niida wakes up and finds himself in the Program. On walking outside, he trips over Yoshio Akamatsu, literally, and then smashes the banjo he’d been given as a weapon. This boy’s got a lot of catch-up to play. [G8-H9]

Kazuo Kiriyama has a whale of a time. Right now, He’s killed Yuichiro, forced Mitsuru to eat a piece of paper, and then had to distract Keita from the news of Yuichiro’s death. All while feeling nothing, of course. [H6-F6] DEATH: Yuichiro Takiguchi

Chisato Matsui loses the friend who taught her all there is to know about drugs, anorexia and ADD. Realising that she can’t go on being a little rebel, she turns into a lovely, young Government lover, up to and including agreeing with the Battle Royale Act. On the island, she puts theory into practise YET AGAIN and shoots Izumi and Tatsumichi, killing them both. [H9]

Yutaka Seto has a flashback to when he ran Mitsuko Souma down in a hallway and apologised to her. On the island, he and Yuka decide to go for a walk to stretch their legs, and they leave a note for Yoshitoki, so that he doesn’t freak out. [F6-F7]

Megumi Etou goes to grab her map from her bag when the report sounds – and unexpectedly hauls out the gun that Yuko took from Satomi. Realising that they must have played, she freaks out. She doesn’t know that Yuko knows she’s lying about the second weapon. And Yukie? Is totally oblivious to the tension and drama that’s about to explode. [B7-B5]

Yuka Nakagawa and Yutaka Seto go for a walk, and find some tangerine trees. They’re just about to sit down and start munching, when Yuka spots a couple of figures in the distance. Realising that one of them is Yoshimi, she assumes the other is Hirono, and fires a shot. However, it’s Yumiko. [F7-E8]

VOTE: Yuka Nakagawa vs. Yumiko Kusaka

KILL: 1
WOUND: 7
FAIL: 1

RESULT: Yuka Wounds Yumiko

Mayumi Tendo comes face to face with Noriko Nakagawa, and a small scuffle ensues, ending with Noriko dying from a tree branch to the eyeball. A flashback reveals that Mayumi’s boyfriend at the time was killed by a hit and run driver after he climbs out of her window following an illicit encounter. [A8]

Keita Iijima has a sneaking suspicion of what happened to Yuichiro when Kazuo took him away and didn’t return. On hearing his name on the report, he assumes the worst, and then takes direct action. Killing Mitsuru, he then takes aim at Kazuo, and fires. [F6]

VOTE: Keita Iijima vs. Kazuo Kiriyama

KILL: 0
WOUND: 4
FAIL: 2

RESULT: Keita Wounds Kazuo.

Ryuhei Sasagawa is running around, not doing a whole lot, but he makes the discovery that the utilities are still on, and that he can utilise them when he needs to. [E7-E9-G9]

Kinpatsu Sakimochi with the News At Six tells us that there are FOUR dead, FIVE new Danger Zones and FOUR characters NPC’d. [G7]

Chisato Matsui is walking along, bitching to herself about life, when she just happens to run into Shou on the edge of a cliff. Just as he’s about to take down the names on the report, he’s headbutted off the cliff by Chisato. What’s even funnier about this is that he doesn’t get to hear Kazuhiko’s name on the report. I’m SO going to hell. [H9-D10] DEATH: Shou Tsukioka

Shinji Mimura takes off from the lighthouse to investigate the gunshots that he heard and runs across a small tent. Waiting for the owner to return, he’s a little surprised to see Takako come out of the forest and even more surprised when she attacks him. [C10-D8]

Yumiko Kusaka realises that throwing grenades at her classmates isn’t the best way to convince them you’re not playing. She and Yoshimi Yahagi then start their Epic Adventure around the island, taking in the sights, sounds, smells and three Reports. [G9-E8]

Mayumi Tendo is really not having a good Program. She misses a few of the danger zones, and then sits down on a swing to do some drawing. Turns out, the swing belongs to the guy who is her boyfriend back home. Small world, hey? [F9-A8]

Shuuya Nanahara listens to the report with Sakura, and they both go a little nuts on hearing Hiroki’s and Kazuhiko’s names. Sakura responds by trying to throttle herself, which Shuuya stops. [C10-D10]

Chisato Matsui runs halfway across the island after killing Shou, dodging around because she’s got no idea where the Danger Zones are. She reaches her next destination in time to see Izumi and Tatsumichi, and proceeds to fire at them both. [D10-H9]

VOTE: Chisato Matsui vs. Izumi Kanai:

KILL: 5
WOUND: 4
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Chisato Kills Izumi.

VOTE: Chisato Matsui vs. Tatsumichi Oki

KILL: 7
WOUND: 2
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Chisato Kills Tatsumichi.

Mizuho Inada recalls a time at school when she tried to telepathically make Shinji fall in love with her, and how it never worked. She comes across him just after Takako’s leapt at him, and adds to his woes by firing a crossbow bolt at him. [H8-D8]

VOTE: Mizuho Inada vs. Shinji Mimura

KILL: 10
WOUND: 0
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Mizuho Kills Shinji.

Shinji Mimura puts Takako out of her misery, and begins to go to work on her collar as soon as she’s dead. Just after her collar starts beeping, an arrow flies at him from the forest. [D8] DEATH: Takako Chigusa

Shuuya Nanahara gives a rendition of a Clapton song, and is a very lucky boy not to be taken away and SHOT FOR SUCH DECADENCE OMG. Back on Zee Island, Sakura finally wakes up, and eats the stew that Shinji put together before being let in on the plan to escape. [C10]

Kazuo Kiriyama is still bored. His musings on being challenged *COUGH* take on many forms, and as he and Mitsuru approach Yuichiro and Keita, he wonders how they would feel about joining him. [J6-H6]

Keita Iijima and Yuichiro are approached by Kazuo and Mitsuru, and they agree to join forces. Kazuo then leaves Keita and Mitsuru alone, taking Yuichiro away, who promptly kicks it in an as-yet undisclosed fashion. Kazuo’s all like, “…He’ll meet us somewhere else.” YEAH RIGHT. [H6]

Yuka Nakagawa recalls a time when Satomi was studying with her. I say studying. Yuka was talking. The soldiers also visit the Nakagawa residence, and it transpires that Yuka’s father did something that made the Government choose her class for the Program. [F6]

Yutaka Seto is packing for the class trip, and his thoughts veer off into what should happen versus what will happen. After Sakimochi’s done with the report, he’s looking to cheer Yuka up, but realises that he’s out of jokes. ONOES. [F6]

Sakura Ogawa and Kayoko Kotohiki are paired up for a speaking presentation on tea ceremony, and they do really well at it. In the lighthouse, she shoots down Shuuya’s escape plans with a little bit of backstory and muses on why Shou left her. [C10]

Mizuho Inada met her friend Kaori Minami after a bad game of football. She picks Kaori’s body up and arranges it in one of the houses, although nothing like as screwed up as some previous versions have been XD. [H8]

Yukie Utsumi flashes back to happier times as each name is read out by Sakimochi on the report. She makes a promise to herself that her classmates did not die in vain, and that she will escape with the rest of the class. [I6]

Megumi Etou ransacks a few houses before finding a megaphone. Taking it with her, she sets up a meet on the north mountain for all the people who aren’t playing, and then waits with a gun drawn. The first two people to join her are Yuko and Yukie. [F9-E9-C7-B7]

Yuko Sakaki Gets done with killing Satomi Noda, and Yukie tries to cover it oup as best she can. They then move off, but not before Yuko makes the discovery that she has been given a small vial of poison. [I6-B7]

Ryuhei Sasagawa gets a nasty stomach bug and ends up in hospital. The good thing about this is that he’s not a fat bastard any more. Okay.

Hiroki Sugimura is running along, and trips over the dead body of Motobuchi. Pulling out the tracker, he goes racing after the only two people left in the zone. One turns out to be Kayoko. The other? Is Oda. And he’s got a gun. So Hiroki attacks. [G5]

VOTE: Hiroki Sugimura vs. Toshinori Oda

KILL: 0
WOUND: 3
FAIL: 5

RESULT: Hiroki’s attack FAILS.

Yuka Nakagawa and Yutaka Seto listen to the report, let it sink in, and then get in with the srs bznz of discussing movies and the date that they’ll go on when they get out of the Program. With Super Secret Government Fugitive flavour ice-cream!! [F6]

Shogo Kawada and Hirono Shimizu make a break for it, getting chased by a crossbow-wielding Mizuho Inada. They break into a car and get it running, just in time to evade her. On a merry drive across the island, they hear the report, watch Oda and Sugimura fight, and then crash into a tree. [H8-F4]

Mizuho Inada moves from the docks to the residential area, just in time to see Kaori get shot, Megumi run off, and Shogo and Hirono drive away after killing her friend. I think we can forgive a small bout of Emo, guys. [H9-H8]

Megumi Etou hears the dying voice of Kaori Minami, and takes the gun and her locket and swears bloody revenge on Hirono. And then runs away. [H9-H8]

Shinji Mimura shows off how house-trained he is by whipping up a stew in three seconds a few minutes, and he and Shuuya chow down while waiting for Sakura to awaken. [C10]

Chisato Matsui drops the gun, and her bag, and everything else useful to her when she lands in the water. She’s trying to get Kazuhiko out of the water when he’s shot to pieces by a patrol boat that’s crept up out of nowhere. She misses the report, and barely makes it to shore. [H9]

Toshinori Oda recalls Kayoko asking him to teach her the violin, as well as a run-in with her father. On the island, he narrowly dodges an attack by Hiroki, before pulling the guns out and opening fire. [G5]

VOTE: Toshinori Oda vs. Hiroki Sugimura

KILL: 8
WOUND: 2
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Hiroki is KILLED.

Megumi Etou finds more tears to cry over her dead friends, but then hears the report, and finds she has. The only memory she has now of Kaori is contained in the locket she stole as she ran away. [H8-F9]

Chisato Matsui, outside of the Program, meets a girl who tells her she’s crazy. And in-game, she meets up with Kazuhiko who got a little bit sidetracked from his threesome. [H8]

Hirono Shimizu and Shogo Kawada are under attack. From Kaori Minami. I know, I laughed too. After a bit of ducking and diving, they both jump through a window and land in a pile, before Hirono manages to extricate herself and shoot the shit out of Kaori Minami. [H8] DEATH: Kaori Minami

Keita Iijima indulges in a small bout of emo with Yuichiro, as they discuss girls and flowers. They decide that a flower as a gift to the ones they care for will be a nice gesture. [H8-H6]

Sakura Ogawa has a rebellious brother who wants to get her off the island. After listening to the report, Sakura starts hyperventilating, and Shou is forced to watch as she chokes herself, forcing herself to black out. [C10]

Mayumi Tendo goes from distraught to enraged in nought seconds flat and vents her rage by punching Tadakatsu’s face in. Even though he’s, you know, DEAD. A flashback reveals how Mayumi once cleaned the entire house while her mother was out being very fiscally responsible with her body, only to be shown a complete lack of gratitude. [E4-F9]

Yutaka Seto manages to stab himself with his own fork before being invited in to join Yoshitoki and Yuka inside the house. There, they plot the overthrow of the program through the medium of COMEDY. [F6]

Yoji Kuramoto takes off from one end of the island to the other, intent on warning everyone that Kazuo Kiriyama is a killer. Thanks for the 411, BB. Unfortunately for him, he runs into Mitsuko Souma. OHSNAP. [I6-E3]

Kinpatsu Sakimochi joins in with Report the Second, with four dead, five Danger Zones, and no NPC sweep. Yatta!! [G7]

Chisato Matsui turns into a cokehead as well as using cigarettes in an attempt to get the sleek look. It doesn’t work. She falls over and blacks out. Back on the island, it’s evident that she’s not lost nearly enough weight when a small jump is enough to send the dock crashing into the sea. [H8-H9]

Shuuya Nanahara and Shinji Mimura catch their breath and figure out that they are wired for sound better than the studios of Shuuya’s rock idols. They decide to make their way to the lighthouse, and when they get there, they find Sakura Ogawa laid out and asleep. So they take her inside. [E9-C10]

Shogo Kawada and Hirono have an innuendo-laden conversation regarding weapons, loads, and things going off in people’s faces. Yeah, there’s some serious tension going on here. And then, he agrees to stay with her for a bit. You just know this is going to end well. [I7-H8]

Kazuo Kiriyama tells Mitsuru the plan – and that he killed Hiroshi. If that’s not enough to get you running for the hills, Mitsu, you deserve your place in the Challenged group. A flashback reveals where Kazuo got this insane idea from. Therapists. [J6]

Hiroki Sugimura is waxing poetic as he is running across the island – up until he collapses, and blacks out. He comes to just in time to hear the report and take down all the necessary information that Sakimochi’s dishing out. [G6-G5]

Shuuya Nanahara and Shinji Mimura find a computer. And a car battery. And a phone. And after Shinji’s done with his technical hoodoo, Sakimochi sets off their collars, chasing them away from the tourist association. And then totally pwns them with a warning phone call. And then Shuuya faints. HOW MANLY. [H8-E9]

Yukie Utsumi catches the report, and the news that Haruka died triggers a flashback to when she looked after Yukie and her mother. At that point, Satomi Noda wanders in with a pissed-off expression and a levelled machine-gun. [I6]

Ryuhei Sasagawa recalls a time when he got trapped by bullies, and on the island decides that it’s better to be able to move quick than to be well armed. He leaves the bulk of all his items under a bush, and makes his way to the mountains. [G7-E7]

Mizuho Inada is daydreamiung of Shinji when the report airs. She takes down all the information, then wakes Megumi, and shares the joyous news. They make a move to pastures new shortly afterwards. [H8]

Megumi Etou and Mizuho get to the Harbour. As Mizuho investigates a building, Megumi sees the ships on the horizon and realises that Sakimochi wasn’t lying. Back home, her mother discovers the book of poetry and finds out that her girl’s got a crush on the resident rockstar. [H8-H9]

Izumi Kanai is witness to a bizarre attack – Chisato Matsui flailing all over Tatsumichi Ooki with a hard hat. It leaves him with a broken collarbone, though, and they hole up together. Only Ooki ends up on guard, and Niida decides it’s time get rid of his virginity. Izumi, being the nearest female, doesn’t get given the option. [H8-H9]

Yuko Sakaki is cowering away from the crazy Satomi with a gun, and comes to the conclusion that shooting to disable her is the best course of action. When I say disable, I actually mean a shot through the head. That disabled her, all right. [I6] DEATH: Satomi Noda

Kinpatsu Sakimochi, Our Great And Shining Leader, gives us Report Number One, with four deaths, four NPCings, one claim and four danger zones. [G7]

Hirono Shimizu is… again in school. This is getting beyond a joke, now. But to be fair, she’s playing a bastard version of Shag, Marry, Push Off Cliff. And then Shogo walks in, and she somewhat Loses Her Cool. On the island, it’s almost ironic how the scene replays itself. She trips over a lamp cord and falls across the room before she gets a good look at him. Unresolved sexual tension? What tension? [H8]

Mayumi Tendo has the pleasure of listening to the report with her hands buried up to the wrists in the gore of Tadakatsu’s gaping throat. Poor dear. [E8-E4]

Keita Iijima is found by Yuichiro Takiguchi, and there is a lack of trust, building to a sort-of trust, with a large side of Just Not Getting It. They both make a move for another location. [H8]

Kayoko Kotohiki sees the start of a new day.. .and Kyoichi Motobuchi coming towards her with a gun. She fires at him, but forgot to load the gun, so she runs away from him. And then blacks out. *Golf clap* [I6-G5]

Toshinori Oda is being a very busy little boy. He takes the information off the report, gets shot by Motobuchi, who then goes to shoot Kayoko. Unfortunately for him, Oda’s got a gun, and a bulletproof vest, and he shoots Motobuchi in the head, and then piggybacks Kayoko away from the scene of the crime. After taking the guns, naturally. [E4-G5] DEATH: Kyoichi Motobuchi

Tatsumichi Ooki is talking to Izumi about what weapon he got given, and she pulls amachine gun out of her bag. Awkward. And then, to make things even more interesting, Kazushi Niida walks out of the treeline and plops himself down. Ménage à trois, anyone? [H8]

Fumiyo Fujiyoshi is wending her merry way towards the Northern Mountains with Yukiko in tow, when Yukiko decides she needs to use the loo. She runs off to squat behind a bush, and Fumiyo takes five to read the map. She comes to the conclusion that she’s got the zones mixed up and that she’s actually a lot nearer a danger zone at about the same time that Yukiko’s head gets blown off by her collar. Whoops. [C8] DEATH: Yukiko Kitano

Sakura Ogawa has been caught red-handed in a little white lie by Shou. But it’s all okay, as he takes time out to let her know how things stand, and what he wanted before the Program happened. They call a sort-of truce, and wait for Kazuhiko to show up. [C10]

Chisato Matsui has a mother that catches on to her eating disorder – and takes her to a clinic for it. Back on the island, she takes a run at Izumi and Tatsumichi, aiming for the jock. [G8-H8]

VOTE: Chisato Matsui vs. Tatsumichi Ooki

KILL: 1
WOUND: 11
FAIL: 0

RESULT: Tatsumichi is WOUNDED.

Mayumi Tendo is emoing hard over her current circumstances. Which is understandable. She flashes back to when she went to a drive-in movie theater and her beau left her to go hang out with another girl. That’s gotta hurt. Only not so much as she gets the number of another guy. [G7-E8]

Shinji Mimura takes a moment to explain The Facts Of Life to Shuuya. And then they plot their escape. Shinji’s looking for stuff that’ll help them. Shuuya just wants a guitar. [E6-H8]

Hiroki Sugimura finds himself in a nightmare – and then wakes up to find himself in The Program. *snort* As you do. He’s not got a lot on his mind as he runs out of the classroom, just that he has to save someone. [G7-G6]

Yutaka Seto recalls the watching of porn and the making of bombs at school, which I was under the impression were not on the curriculum. On the island, he comes across Yoshitoki Kuninobu, and waits to see what will happen next. [G7-F6]

Mizuho Inada remembers when she almost had it out with Hirono in the school corridor – but was to chicken to follow through. Back in the present, she comforts Megumi before they both move on to pastures new. [G8-H8]

Megumi Etou joins us for a true monster of a post – she’s currently with Mizuho and they break into a house, and just as they are about to settle in for the night, she sees Hirono through the window. Uh-oh. [G8-H8]

Izumi Kanai is rudely intruded upon by Tatsumichi Ooki, and she remembers a swimsuit-shopping expedition from before The Trip. They agree to team up and see where it leads them. [H8]

Yoshitoki Kuninobu gets a knock on the door from a Nakagawa. Problem is, it’s Yuka, not Noriko. They bitch and snark at each other for a bit, before he realises he’s in a hopeless situation. [F6]

Yumiko Kusaka’s mother has a little bit of a breakdown when her son tells her that she’s in the Program. Not much else to add, except for the laughter. Dear God, the laughter. *shiver* [G9]

Yoji Kuramoto has a broken leg in the flashback where Kazushi Niida wants to “boink the bitches.” On the island, he nearly has a close encounter with another classmate, but instead witnesses Kazuo kill Hiroshi. ONOEZ. [I6]

Yukie Utsumi catches up with Yuko and convinces her to go into one of the houses and warm up. There’s the promise of marshmallows. A sense of stranger danger, Yuko has not got. [G7-I6]

Fumiyo Fujiyoshi’s examination of her allocated weapon brings a flashback of what happened in the days after she killed her grandmother. She then sneaks up and ambushes Yukiko Kitano with a NINJA HUG. [F7]

Hirono Shimizu… is in school. I’m just gonna stop here, and go and lie down to get over the shock.

…
[~ELEVATOR MUSIC~]
…

Okay. And back. Turns out, she’s only there because she’s bored. And on the island, she has the last laugh on the entire class by quoting Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out”. Yes, it is out. Forever. Well played, Hirono. Well played. [G7-H8]

Noriko Nakagawa regales us with a flashback that honestly wouldn’t look out of place in a Dave Pelzer book, and then runs off into the depths of the island, convinced that there will be a happy ending to the Program. OHOHOHO. [G7-F8]

Toshinori Oda got loved up… but then she dumped him to move to America for the rock ‘n’ roll. How rude. Just after he wakes up, he sees the spirit of his dead aunt who tells him to open up to love and not think like a sexist pig. [E4]

Keita Iijima does what a lot of people do in the Program – rant and rail at the top of their voices at the injustice, before realising that it could bring players to him. So he shuts up. There’s a flashback which shows just why he’s a coward and averse to pain. [H8]

Yumiko Kusaka reveals a little bit about her mother’s life, and inadvertently reveals herself to the person who’s crept up on her while she’s at the clinic by falling off the sofa. CLEVER GIRL THAT ONE. [G9]

Chisato Matsui tries to bring Haruka round just as Yoshimi Yahagi exits the school and begins the two-minute countdown before G7 goes explodey. She wakes her up, only to have Haruka go for her jugular. In a desperate move, she chokes Haruka to death with a fleshlight.

…The jokes just write themselves, here. [G7-G8] DEATH: Haruka Tanizawa. Thirty-eight to go.

Mitsuru Numai meets up with Kazoo Kiriyama, and doesn’t seem to notice that Hiroshi’s body is gently swaying in the surf. A flashback shows that he and the rest of the gang all got tattoos, and he thought he’d be a hardass and get a huge pair of guns done. Silly boy. [H7-J6]

Shuuya Nanahara feels like he’s leaving Yoshitoki out when the basketball teams are announced. On the island, however, he runs into Shinji Mimura, who appears to have a plan. As always. [G7-E6]

Yumiko Kusaka finds herself in the Program, and without Yukiko waiting for her. This is a disturbing turn of events, but nowhere near as disturbing as finding two grenades in her bag. [G7-G9]

Yuka Nakagawa’s woken up to the fact that dead bodies don’t look anything life the movies. As a result, she’s contemplating playing to find out if she can make them look just like the movies. And she’s been allocated a gun. God help us all. [G7]

Kaori Minami is having a hard time deciding what mood she wants to be in – so she’ll be in ALL OF THEM. On leaving the class room, she is called out to by Yukie, and she runs away. So much for being someone that everyone can trust to go to for help.

Yutaka Seto is going to BRING DOWN THE PROGRAM. With a Fork. And a plan. Which will follow later. Right now? He’s got to find someone he trusts. And that's not Shinji. [G7]

Tatsumichi Oki realises that he doesn’t know ANYONE in the class. Except for Izumi, who he bought coffee for last week, and went swimsuit-shopping with. And that’s who he sees running through the woods a few seconds later. [G7-H8]

Keita Iijima wakes up in the Program, and after being kicked out of the class, he makes a run for one of the houses. Whilst he ponders on what to do, he examines his weapon, and thinks about trying to meet up with Shinji – until he remembers how badly the last meeting with Shinji went. LOL. [G7-H8]

Kazuo Kiriyama decided internally to play the game, and asking Hiroshi how competent he is, proceeds to kill him. As you do. He throws the body into the surf, just as Mitsuru Numai strolls up. DUN DUN DUNNNNNN… [J6] DEATH: Hiroshi Kuronaga. Thirty-nine to go.

Yuko Sakaki recalls a time when she learnt what friends are for. They help you to come in second place in PE lessons. On the Island, she sits by the surf and thinks of safety. [H6-I6]

Yoshimi Yahagi is the last one out of the classroom, and finds that there is nobody waiting for her. None of the bitches, and even no Yoji. She’s heartbroken. Dearie, even I could have told you they won’t wait for you. And she’s off. [G7-G9]

Yuka Nakagawa is quietly freaking the hell out over being in the Program, her thoughts chasing themselves round and round with regards to her family. She doesn’t think that she can play the game. Which is fair enough, until she sees a house with a blinking light on, and creeps up to see who’s taken up residence. You just know this is going to end well. [G7-F6]