Star Children 3

Reserved

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Kida Masashi
#3 Class A
Star Children
Ranked in the 150s among 218 people. Basically, "bottom half"...

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So among all 218 in the Astronaut Department
Your rank is 157, Yuuto

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And Gaku is... 153rd
Shit, better than me

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Hehehe, I'm above you
I- It's not that far off
//Both of us are in the bottom half

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...Speaking of which

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Isn't this class A?
...Yeah
//The best class out of the four
nb: Is this some kind of a mistake!?

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Why do you think we ended up in class A!?
I have no idea

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We couldn't talk to the astronauts at the banquet yesterday, so I thought it was over
Right. Yuuto, did you cheat or something?
How would I cheat here!!?

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Subaru-kun, Fujino-kun

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Hey, good morning
Man~~~ It's you, Makime
Good morning, Makime-kun

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Did I do something bad?
N- No, that's not it at all

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But still, I'm glad
That both of you were able to get into class A

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I was worried~~~
When I heard that you weren't able to talk to the astronauts at the banquet yesterday

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After all, for us who aim for Sirius
Getting into class A is indispensable

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That's true... I'm glad I got into this class
...But how?

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There's a total of 30 students in class A

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According to the report on scholastic and physical achievements prior enrollment, distributed to everyone in class A this morning
Out of the total of 218 ASCANs, I'm 157th and Gaku is 153rd

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There are others in the 50s and the 70s...

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But the rest are all above 30!!

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Makime, what you said about the banquet being the last examination
Maybe it was a mistake

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Well...
If that's the case, I'm sorry

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Or maybe they saw through to my hidden talents
Hahaha

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By the way, what rank are you, Makine?
//...Let's see, 1st!?
It was a fluke

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Amazing, such a huge difference with Yuuto
Shut up

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Hey hey, it's you two!!
The guys with the shitty ranking!!

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What kind of a trick did you use, Subaru Yuuto?
Did you cry and beg your daddy Subaru Daichi, who's on the moon now?

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What!?
Yuuto, you're Subaru Daichi's son!?

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Get me an autograph!!
No

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Are you stupid?
You didn't know?

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Shut up!!
Who are you!?

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Me?
I'm Kaburagi Sousuke, ranked 2nd

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S... 2nd?

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You're lying!! There's no way you'd be 2nd with a face like that!!
Someone like you doesn't have the right to comment on people's faces!!

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Tch!
//We got into class A on our real abilities
When trash like you gets mixed in, it pisses me off

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I won't say anything bad
So withdraw from class A before you start dragging me down!!

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No

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I haven't done anything to feel guilty about
I'm not here to play around

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So I won't do anything to drag you down, Kaburagi-kun!!

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Yeah, anyone can say anything they want
If all you had to do is say, no one would ever face any hardship

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You bastard

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beep

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Thanks for waiting!!
ASCANs!!

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Oops

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What's up with this door!? I'm still here, but it closes already
It's broken!!

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Ahem

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Thanks for waiting, ASCANs!!
I am the instructor in charge of your class A, Jigami Maya!!

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...This person
Is the homeroom teacher...

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I am
In Canopus, a top grade astronaut!!

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Ohhh~~~!!
Hmph
//"Show me the money" types, huh

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Without further ado, I'm going to explain your future curriculum to you!!

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You, class A, are the chosen 30 students
You will have a special curriculum different from other classes

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And for that, first...

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You will be split up into four person teams!!

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Four person teams!?

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From now on, you will participate in activities and train within your teams

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You are free to choose your team members
You can use the achievement ranking report distributed this morning, or you can talk to everyone and pick who you like

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However, it's possible that some teams won't get formed due to mutual interference
So I've set up some pairs in advance

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I've paired you up based on your ranking from top to bottom

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In other words, those ranked 1st and 2nd are a pair
3rd and 4th are another pair

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...Which means

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Geh, I have to pair up with Yuuto
Geh... Gaku's rank is above me, so I can't even say anything back to him

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The way to decide the teams
Use this ranking table for that as well!!

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When two pairs come to an agreement, place a check mark next to the other pair
That will form the team!!

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You have until 12 pm to decide on your teams
Until then you can all move about freely

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However, and I think you realize this, there are 30 students in class A
Once four person teams are formed, there will necessarily be one pair left over

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If they can't find a team by 12 pm
The remaining pair...

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Will be expelled
From class A!!

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Wha...
For real!?

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Expelled...
That's sudden...

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The explanation is over!!
Dismissed!!

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Hey, what are we going to do, Yuuto?

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Hahahaha

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This is pretty simple!!
There's no need for us to be worried about being expelled!!

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Everyone, please listen up!!

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You can see it from the ranking data
For some reason, there are two students in this class who stand out with their low ranking

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They are these two!!
Wha...!

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If you don't want to get expelled, and since we will train in teams from now on
There's no advantage in teaming up with low-ranked guys

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In that case, if we exclude these two from the start and form teams
Our class A won't have to worry about being expelled, and we'll be able to calmly face the training that's coming up

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Kaburagi, you bastard!!

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Yeah, that's true
Not a bad idea
Yup
Why are those two in class A to begin with?
H... Hey...

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It seems we're all in agreement overall
And now, everyone
//Let's carefully pick our teams

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Alright, let's go
Who do we want to team up with?

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H- Hey, Makime!!
Team up with us!!

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Hey hey, are you stupid?
There's no one who'd want to team up with low-ranked guys like you

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Shut up!!
I didn't ask you!!

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Huh!?
Did you forget already!?

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I'm ranked 2nd
Makime and I are a pair

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I'm sorry
That's how it is, and I can't decide this on my own

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Let's go, Makime!
Y- Yeah

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Gnnnnn
That Kaburagi bastard...

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And why aren't you saying anything, Yuuto!!?
Say something back at him!!

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No...
I think it's just as Kaburagi-kun said

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Even you, Yuuto, what are you saying!?

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But it's true
In this situation, no one will want to team up with us

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C- Certainly, they made pairs based on the ranking, and those who don't find a team get expelled
It's as if the rules were designed to fail us from the start

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...Yeah
So then, we have no choice but go cry ourselves to sleep in these conditions!?

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...But
If you look at it another way

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Isn't this our chance?

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Ch...
Chance!?

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We don't belong in class A begin with, if you only look at the ranking
And we don't know the reason we ended up in class A

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That much is true
So why?

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Like I said, we don't know
What!?
It's useless to think about what we don't know

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But the reality is that we are in class A

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Therefore, whether we use this chance or lose it is up to us...
Right?

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He... hehe
That's so true!!

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I also want to give one hell of a surprise to that bastard Kaburagi!

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But what are we going to do?
After being prejudiced like that by Kaburagi, no one will even talk to us

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...In that case
We'll start something up ourselves

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Makime-kun, Kaburagi-kun
Would you team up with us?

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Ranked 9th and 10th?
Hmph, out of the question

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It's alright!! There are still some higher rankers left
But it would be safer to go to someone ranked lower

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Tch! No one decent is coming!
That 3rd-4th pair dared to put our proposal on hold

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sfx: Piron
Hmm, an email!?

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Hey, look at this...

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That lowest ranked pair
Looks like they're going to do something

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Assembling people using the email feature of this ranking table worked like a charm

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Surprisingly, they came
Yeah
Alright, let's do it!!

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Everyone, thank you very much for coming

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The reason we assembled you is none other

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Than to announce the conditions for a pair we'd want to team up with

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Hey, what are they talking about!!?
Don't they understand their position!?

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Who we want to team up with

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Is the pair who would aim to go to Jupiter with us

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Ju- Jupiter!?
Is this a joke!?

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Hey, don't mess around!!
After the accident with the Jupitneer, all manned space exploration missions beyond Mars have been frozen!!

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We know that

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But Amami Kousei
Said back then, "We won't give up"

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However difficult and desperate the situation might be
I will go to Jupiter and rescue the Jupitneer 11

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Yeah, but come on...
To think that they're alive...

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I understand your feelings very well, Subaru-kun

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But with the main engine damaged
Even if the backup is online and is able to support life function, it's unnatural that ever since the accident there has been no communication and no signal

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I understand the desire to believe that the Jupitneer 11 survived
But to act based on your faith in something with such low probability

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Is just a gamble

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We are those who aim to become astronauts
If we act on our hopes, no matter how many lives we have, they won't be enough

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However...

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I think that what Makime says is correct

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Gaku!?

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...Just kidding
It's payback for that other time

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What Yuuto wants to say
Isn't wrong either

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What do you mean?

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The biggest part of this class is
Aiming to join Sirius, right?

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Sirius is
The vanguard that goes to planets or deep space regions that no one has gone to before

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For those who want to be in Sirius, saying things like "I haven't been there, so I don't know"
Or "The probability is low so we mustn't" is out of the question

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Makime

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Yuuto understands what you're saying perfectly
But we

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We want to team up with the guys who want to be in Sirius
The real Sirius, where "we won't know unless we go there!"

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And so
If you're here, we want you to come forward

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We couldn't think of any other way but this
//If you're not here, we'll have no choice but to give up
But we want the pair we team up with to share our goals

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Wh- what do we do?
Y- Yeah~~~
Well, but you know
It's probably useless

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Hah, that's right
There's no way there'd be someone to come forward

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Alright

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!!

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We'll
Team up with you
nb: Who's the savior of the lowest ranked pair!?

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The interview with Kida-sensei is on the next page!!