MK Pg 1.07
As Hirose was living by himself, there was no one that forced him to go to school, so as a result, he was often late. After being late consecutively for a entire month, he was warned to clean up his act by a third year teacher. After being warned, his absence increased. It seemed that he hated school.
Hirose actually was just a child not familiar with school. He was unable to fit in with his classmates and was bad at keeping on good terms with his teachers. He didn’t dislike studying itself, but being stuck with the others while at school, he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable. Previously, as to avoid his parents from making a commotion, he always went to school, however when they left, he became slack and started to miss classes. It wasn’t as serious as to be regarded as refusing to go to school but it could probably be best attributed as being lazy.
After giving several warnings without any improvement, Hirose’s teacher buried his head into his hands in frustration. In the end, the teacher took Hirose to Gotou.
“People are like kusaya.” Gotou said. “While you aren’t used to them, they seem to smell so offensive that it’s unbearable however if you get used to them, they have quite a nice flavor. Just because it smells bad doesn’t mean you should never eat it till the day you die.”
In response to this, Hirose replied that he didn’t mind a lifetime without eating it. At that time, Hirose had really planned to escape deep into the mountains and live hidden away. Despite that, Gotou’s words comforted him and from then on he became a bit more open to the others. The situation improved during his three years at high school.
