Chapter 5

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**I'm Sure You Guys Have Much to Say, Don't 'Cha?** is the fifth chapter of the Tomodachi Game manga series.

## Short Summary

They discuss the previous backbiting card, which revealed that Sawaragi Shiho used to date Mikasa Tenji and currently has feelings for Katagiri Yuuichi. Shibe confronts Yuuichi about this and tensions rise. Shiho explains that her relationship with Tenji was fake and they were only acting as a couple to please their parents. Meanwhile, Tenji confesses his love for Shiho and accuses Shibe of being jealous. The group suspects each other of writing the backbiting card. The game continues with new backbiting cards: one about Shibe bathing with his mother, one about Yuuichi not showering for a week, and one claiming that Shiho had plastic surgery. Shiho's popularity suffers, and Kokorogi discovers a backbiting card accusing her of being a prostitute in junior high. The chapter ends with an anonymous message stating that more friendships will be broken and that they had stolen the school trip fees which allowed them to participate in the Tomodachi Game.

## Long Summary

The chapter starts with starts off with a recap from Chapter 4, showing that a backbiting card was submitted saying "The one Sawaragi Shiho likes is Katagiri Yuuichi, and the same Sawaragi Shiho in the past dated Mikasa Tenji!". Tsuniko says the most popular thing that breaks friendships are love affairs. She further describes the love polygon of Shibe liking Shiho, Shiho liking Katagiri Yuuichi, and Yuuichi cherishing his friendship with Shibe while Shiho has dated Tenji in the past. Tsuniko ends her commentary by saying that if someone dated another person in the past, they shouldn't be criticised, but it's not something that can be easily concluded, especially for men. Manabu-sensei shows the God votes, they all were in 5th votes except for Shiho who was in 1st place with 100% of the votes meaning she advanced five spaces while others advanced 1 space. Shiho lost 500k yen, but the other four landed on a "No Change" space meaning they suffered no loss of yen.

Manabu-sensei announced a free time until the next backbite submission, and he allowed them to talk, even taunting them, saying, "I'm sure you guys have much to say don't 'cha?". Shibe unsuprisngly agrees with Manabu's statement. Yuuichi tries to tell Shibe that it isn't the right time for this, but Shibe doesn't comply, saying that this is important to him and that because of Yuuichi's calmness, he must of known Shiho liked him. Shibe starts to get angry, saying they were trying to make a laughing stock out of him, but Tenji appears behind him with a hand on his shoulder, telling him a man's jealousy is unsightly. However, this attempt fails, and Shibe tells him he has no say in this. Regardless of this Tenji reminds him that he is Shiho's ex-boyfriend meaning he has always been more aware about her.

Shiho yells and tells Tenji to stop talking in a way that could be misunderstood. Shibe questions what she means by that. Shiho tells Yuuichi to listen carefully as she begins to explain how Mikasa Tenji was her childhood friend; her father was a policeman and Tenji's was a prosecutor, and they were both close buddies. Her father had suggested that Tenji should be her husband and Tenji's father agreed, this lead them to act like they were dating in front of both of their parents, and this lasted up until Tenji's dad passed away 2 years ago, Tenji transferred school but they then met up again last year in high school. Shibe simply laughs at this, saying that this means there was nothing between Shiho and Tenji. Shibe tells Manabu that the backbiting card should be considered a lie. Manabu-sensei responds, saying since there was zero romance between the two, it should be a lie. Shiho agrees, but surprisingly, Tenji doesn't. He confesses that he really did love her, and even now he loves her. Then he lets out another confession, that Shibe made him sick with his actions towards Sawaragi, especially the moment he gave Shiho a surprise kiss.

Shibe says he could of just told him he liked her but Tenji says there's no way he could tell her because he knew Shiho liked Yuuichi and it would hurt her mentally. Shibe, however, takes actions without consideration. Shibe then tells Tenji that something is wrong with him for writing that message down on the backbiting card, but Tenji disagrees, saying it was Shibe who wrote it. Shibe points out that, that would be impossible, as there would be no way anyone else could've known about Tenji's and Shiho's past. Tenji makes a rebuttal; he says he'd never write down something nobody else knew about, then he tells him to think before he speaks because he comes off looking stupid. This insult angers Shibe, leading him to grab Tenji and lift him up by his shirt. Shibe asks him why he would make the backbite card, and Tenji says it because he's jealous. He explains that Shibe had heard the rumour of Shiho liking Yuuichi and Tenji and Shiho's past relationship, so to find out if they were true he wrote it down on the backbiting card. Tenji then finishes this off by saying Shibe was jealous of his and Yuuichi's relationship with Shiho and calls him an ordinary friend. Shibe gets very angry and is about to punch Tenji before Yuuichi intervenes and tells them not to do things that will make Shiho sad.

Meanwhile, Kokorogi asks Shiho if she's ok and asks if she actually likes Yuuichi; she says Tenji and Shibe like her. Kokorogi then starts going on a tangent about how Shiho is beautiful and smart and that all the boys, even Yuuichi, will end up liking her and how she thinks that's unfair. This leaves Shiho rather speechless, but Yuuichi calls them over. Tsuniko asks Maria who she thinks backbit them. Maria says she's probably suspicious of Shibe and then Tenji because he knew about the contents of the two backbiting entries, she believes Yuuichi might be planning something and that Kokorogi is least suspicious. Tsuniko says that at least one of them is a big liar. Maria calls them silly, saying the game is over when their pace falls apart. It is now the fourth round of the game. Yuuichi tells Shiho he put in a blank sheet and that she should do the same.

Everyone meets up and say they have put in a blank sheet. Manabu-sensei announces the submissions, and surprising enough, there were 3 submissions. The first one was "Shibe Makato bathed with his mother until the second year of junior-high!", the second one was "Katagiri Yuuichi didn't shower for an entire week once!" and finally, the third one, "Truth is, Sawaragi Shiho underwent plastic surgery". Manabu-sensei shows the voting results and Shiho has 96% votes, Yuuichi had 3%, and Shibe had 1%. Tenji and Kokorogi went forward one space and lost 100k yen leaving them debt 700k, Shibe moved 3 spaces and got the same treatment, Yuuichi moved 4 spaces, losing 500k yen, leaving him with a debt of 1.1M debt and Shiho advanced 5 spaces, lost 500K yen and came out with a debt of 1.6M. Shibe asks Shiho if the plastic surgery backbite was a lie, Tenji tells her it was only in junior high. Shiho asks Shibe if she had undergone plastic surgery would he have ever become her friend. Shibe can't respond.

Tsuniko says that when two people are together, they will unconsciously and consciously consider whether their partner provides them with any merit, for example it may be because its fun to be with them, because you won't be bullied, or because you'll get paid for it. She further states that there is no lack of humans who deliberately stick with inferior people to feel superior. Kokorogi says that even if Shiho did have plastic surgery, it doesn't matter. Shiho thanks her but it turns out say Kokorogi just said this to test if she really did have plastic surgery. It is now the fifth round ,and there was only one backbiting entry, it says "Kokorogi was a prostitute in junior high". Kokorogi believes it was Shiho who wrote it since she's the only one who knows about it and she begins to burst into tears.

At the end there is anonymous speech saying they broke one of the friendships and need to break more and if he doesn't there won't be a point to the field trip fees he stole and the participation in the Tomodachi game.

## Characters

* Yuuichi Katagiri
* Makoto Shibe
* Tenji Mikasa
* Yutori Kokorogi
* Shiho Sawaragi
* Manabu