But how could she accept something like that? She might not gather any useful information by going there, and they might even treat her as someone with good Academic Ability and ask her questions. Wouldn't it be awful if she couldn't answer them?
Then Hachiman continued, "Hirata probably had no choice. Although only Kiyotaka Ayanokoji voluntarily withdrew, judging from the situation, there are still others in Class D who want to leave school."
"He was worried that those people would affect the others and weaken their resolve to study. And if the students voluntarily withdrawing couldn't even keep up with the current study sessions, then their prospects after graduation would be worrying too."
"That was probably what Hirata was thinking," Hachiman said.
"..." Kamuro said. "Looking at it that way, Hirata seems like an excessively nice guy."
"He really is a good person," Hachiman said.
Although Kushida and Ichinose were both angels at school, Kushida's kindness was built upon her desire to grow closer to others, while Ichinose had no ulterior motive. Still, the only person who could rally so many people and think on behalf of so many others was Hirata.
Although Hirata had initially been kind to others out of guilt over failing to save his friend, he had already moved on. The fact that he could consider the futures of so many students and make decisions accordingly made him, without question, an exceptionally good person.
Seen that way, having a friend like Hirata was not such a bad thing.
That was probably an aftereffect of the three-way conference.
Hachiman had told Kushida's mother that he had only three and a half friends, and that half-friend had been Hirata.
Given Hirata's character, it seemed that becoming genuine friends with him would not be bad either.
It was just