“Even though I had publicly stated that I wanted to study at the University of Tokyo’s third-class science department, I had a sense of pride that if I quit here, I would be a loser.” A second-year student at a private high school in Nagoya at the time was charged with attempted murder and other crimes in a jury trial for the stabbing of three people, including students taking the Common University Admissions Test, in January 2022 in Tokyo Daimae, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The defense and prosecution of the 19-year-old man were questioned on the 17th at the Tokyo District Court. The man was worried that his classmates would make fun of him, so he was unable to change his career aspirations even though his grades had dropped, and the shock of being dumped by a girl he had consulted led him to consider suicide. He revealed.
Investigators inspect the area where test takers were stabbed in January 2022 in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.
◆ “Abomination, blunder” that I was the only one who failed the high school entrance exam
When the man was in middle school, he took the entrance exam for a private school outside Aichi Prefecture. All of his friends who were taking the test with him passed, but he was the only one who failed. “I couldn’t forgive myself for my abominable behavior and blunders,” he said. “So I thought I would try to get rid of my reputation by going to Grade 3 science, which is the most difficult subject, and make amends.”
Furthermore, in December of his third year of junior high school, he was dumped by the girl he liked, which led him to pursue a higher education. She began to think, “I can’t do anything other than study, so I have no choice but to make up for it.Rather than clinging to one woman, I should use her title to move up and get her recognition.”
◆ “The only way to get recognized is to study.”
After entering a preparatory school in Nagoya, the man openly announced in front of his classmates that he wanted to study at the University of Tokyo’s third-level science department, “so that I would never be able to escape from my goal of becoming a third-level science major.” There were times when his aspirations wavered, but he said, “Even though I told everyone I shouldn’t run away, I threatened myself and implied to myself that the only way to be accepted by those around me was to study.”
Meanwhile, the boy’s grades declined around the fall of his second year in high school, and at a three-way meeting in September, his homeroom teacher advised him to change his desired career path. He became worried, saying, “Even though I announced it to everyone around me, people will make fun of me if I quit.”
In early November, the man consulted a different woman than the one who dumped him in middle school about his grades. He was also advised by women that “Maybe you should lower your standards.” Furthermore, the man wanted to take a break from his studies, so he asked the woman to go out with her later, but she declined. The man said, “I cried on the spot for an hour.” A combination of “miscellaneous thoughts such as his grades and issues with women” led him to consider committing suicide by seppuku around mid-November.
Tried to make my own gun
In mid-November, he used a kitchen knife he had at home to hit his stomach, but “I thought it was scary.” When asked by his lawyer why he did not consult his family and others, he answered, “If my grades went down and I even said I wanted to die, I felt like I was a loser.” In December, he tried to make his own gun to kill himself, but “I didn’t have the materials,” he said.
Unable to commit suicide, the man said, “Let’s escape from the current situation, let’s go to a place where no one knows me.” In early January of the following year, he took the “cheapest” express bus to Tokyo, which arrived early on January 15th. Buy tickets. Later, he realized that it was the day of the common test, and that the University of Tokyo was also the venue. He thought, “If I were to die, I would do it by committing seppuku in front of the Yasuda Auditorium, the symbol of the University of Tokyo.If I became a bad person who was no longer needed in society, I would be overwhelmed with remorse and die.”
◆When a classmate says, “Even if you didn’t graduate from the University of Tokyo”…
On this day, prior to the defendant’s questioning, the man’s high school classmate was also questioned as a witness.
According to this classmate, during his second year of high school, the man told his classmates, “In the future, I want to go to Africa and build a hospital to improve poor children and underdeveloped medical care.” When a classmate said, “You can achieve this even if you didn’t graduate from the University of Tokyo,” he replied, “If you want to be active in the world, you have to attend the University of Tokyo. Anything else will be seen as irrelevant.” When the boy’s classmate said, “I don’t think that’s the case,” the boy reportedly started crying. His classmate had good grades in high school, so a man once told him that he was born with something different.
According to classmates, before the incident, the man had started falling asleep during class and bringing in large quantities of energy drinks. Even when classmates tried to talk to them, they were often rejected. A classmate said, “It was obvious that his demeanor had changed, but I couldn’t do anything but do what was expected, and I really regret it.If I had made him realize that university entrance exams are not everything, this wouldn’t have happened.” I regret it.
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The defendant questioned the man on the 17th in detail about the circumstances leading up to the incident. Questions of the defendant will continue on the 18th.
2023-10-17 11:06:39
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