Koko wa Ima kara Rinri desu (From Now On We Begin Ethics / ここは今から倫理です。)

Please note that there is sexual violence portrayed in this drama

NIGHT DRAMA

Ichiko...

Mm...

Ichiko...

Mm...

- Ichiko... - Mm...

Ichiko...

Is it consensual?

Huh?

Is it consensual?

Oh, shit.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing.

If it's a serious relationship, then it's fine.

It's just the wrong time and place.

We shall now begin Ethics.

He's here. He's here. He's here. He's here.

He's finally here! He's finally here! He's finally here!

FROM NOW

ON WE

BEGIN ETHICS。

Episode 1 of 8

I want to be a school teacher. I made my decision in the summer of my freshman year of junior high.

But the trouble was, I had never met a "good teacher" before.

What's up, third year!

Wake up everyone. Say smile!

Ms. Minami.

Smile.

Ah... That's a fruitless effort. You can't even read the atmosphere in the room!

No, no. I mean, this is a warning, um...

I... I was just curious if... if you were okay.

Well, if you're not okay at all, then... a...

You lack self-confidence! You're not ready to be an educator!

You! You're the reason every class is canceled...

Listen to me, goddammit!

Why the hell are you dressed like that?

Huh? Do you really think I can afford to spend my time thinking about such nonsense?

HUH!?

Ah...Power harassment. Moral harassment.

Fukagawa-san, you're raising your skirt a bit too high.

I don't have to tell you, Aizawa-san.

Eh? A lot of people say this is cute.

On top of that, sexual harassment!

Eh... The end of the first century B.C.

and the next 200 years are known as the Pax Romana...

Your teacher will tell you this twice because it's important.

Pax Romana was a long period of peace and minimal expansion of military force by Roman Empire...

We can't hear a word you're saying!

If you can't provide the minimum level of service expected of you, how are you a member of society?

You're just making a living out of it.

Every single one of them...

I didn't have an ideal image of what I wanted to be.

But then...

I've... finally found it.

ETHICS

I feel sleepy.

We shall now begin Ethics.

An elective available for 3rd year. Ethics teacher, Takayanagi.

I look forward to teaching you for this year.

My name is Takayanagi.

Yes.

Blech, Aizawa Ichiko!

Mm...

Ethics is a subject that you almost never have trouble with in the future, even if you don't learn it.

It does not come up as often in daily lives like geography or history,

nor does it have the practicality of math or English.

There are almost no jobs where the knowledge gained in this class is useful.

If there is one situation where this knowledge is often useful,

it is when death is approaching.

Death

Ethics is mainly used when you are all alone.

When there is nothing left to believe in, when death is imminent,

people seek salvation through religion.

Constantly distressed... Depressed.

"What am I living for?"

The philosophers of the past spent their whole lives worrying about it.

Happiness

"Men should be like this"

"Women can't do that",

who made that decision?

"I want to die."

Live

Ethics is an elective subject,

but it is actually a required subject in life.

Even if it's not relevant to you now,

you'll learn about it well throughout this year.

Look forward to it.

Those eyes

are the eyes of someone who has been through a lot.

I can tell. I've been bullied my whole life.

There was no teacher who could help me back then.

That's why I want to be a teacher who can help.

To be a teacher who can be there for those who are bullied.

I want to be the kind of teacher who can stand up to people

like Aizawa Ichiko.

Ah, Teacher...

You're totally my type, Teacher.

What about you, Teacher? What kind of girl is your type?

Well, whatever your type is, it doesn't matter, does it?

You like them sexy, right?

Your facial expression hasn't changed at all.

It's the same as last year when we met here.

Hey, Teacher. I want to see more of your expressions.

I'm sorry to say, but I prefer women who have class.

Huh?

You lack class.

What's that? It doesn't have to be like that,

as long as it's erotic, right? Right? You're a man, after all, Teacher.

- Do you know what an oiran is? - Huh? What's that?

They were the highest class prostitute during the Edo period.

Huh?

What do you think was needed

for them to become an oiran?

Their face to begin with.

And the rest is whether they're good at sex, right?

Then maybe I can become one. I'm often told that I'm good at it.

You don't stand a chance.

To become an oiran, you must have class.

Classics and literature, go, shogi, dancing and singing, shamisen, koto, tea ceremony, flower arrangement.

These women learned calligraphy and even their handwriting was beautiful.

In other words, sexual appeal isn't the only way to charm people.

Ah, of course, I'm not condoning

the prostitution work these women were subjected to.

For starters, why not join a calligraphy club?

Calli... what?

Well then, let's meet again in Ethics time.

Eh...

I knew it, Teacher Takayanagi is amazing!

That's it for today's topics.

Now I will teach about the ideologies of the Greeks.

If you are interested, there are some books in the library of this school,

so you should read them.

Ah, sorry...

- WHOA!!! - Eh? What is it?

No, no, no, no, um...

I'm sorry.

E... Excuse me.

That book! I... I want to read it too...

Hmm... Wanna read it together?

Eh?

I still have other books I want to read, so you can read this in the meantime.

Do you want to?

- Why? - Eh?

Studying in the library... Aizawa-san, you're even more...

Eh? How do you know my name?

Because you're famous, Aizawa-san.

- An idiot, right? - N... No, you're not.

I don't mind, though.

As I thought, I'm not good at this.

You're studying oiran?

Hey. Boys usually want to do erotic things, don't they?

- Eh? - You wanna have sex with me, don't you?

Um... Um... Um... Um...

Usually, they all want to do it, though, mostly boys.

But Takayana is something different.

Something about "class"? ...he said, "I have to have it."

Yeah, I guess so.

Eh... You look scary. Are you angry?

I'm not.

What... Thank goodness.

Ever since I was little, I've been afraid of men's faces when they're quiet.

I don't mind that people smile at me when we are having sex.

But when Takayana told me that I don't have class,

I thought that maybe it's not just erotic things that make people smile.

Finished reading that book yet?

Eh... Ah, not yet.

I'm sorry, but can I borrow it?

I'm a very slow reader, but I wanted to make sure I read it before my next class.

The only time Takayana talks to me is when we're talking about Ethics.

You like Teacher Takayanagi.

Huh?

Ichiko.

Ah... Masaya.

I've been looking for you, but why are you ignoring my text?

What?