Toyosaki Academy, founded less than ten years ago, maintains a free school spirit, and its University acceptance rate is neither outstanding nor poor.
But if you really want to talk about academic results, other strong schools in Tokyo would just smile without speaking; a large number of University-prep high schools could easily outperform it.
The top student of the third year was, of course, Kasumigaoka Utaha.
Her excellent humanities scores and average science scores created a significant gap between her and the second-place student in the third year.
It wasn't whether Kasumigaoka Utaha had the ability to get into a top National University Corporation, Aki Tomoya was looking at whether the people below her had that ability.
Unfortunately, the reality was that while Toyosaki Academy wasn't lacking students capable of getting into good private universities, it seemed few would choose National University Corporations.
Of course, Aki Tomoya was referring to National University Corporations of the quasi-top tier or higher.
So he had never cared about his academic ranking at Toyosaki Academy.
This first-place position was really just so-so.
In this school with an average deviation score that is moderately below average, there was only one person Aki Tomoya admired.
That person was none other than the first-place student of the third year, Kasumigaoka Utaha.
"But it's not bad. This way, the future tutoring fees, as agreed, my parents will cover them."
Under Kamigō Yoshihiko's surprised gaze, Aki Tomoya's attention returned to the list.
The person who achieved this first place in the year didn't have any particularly special reaction, as if it were an ordinary occurrence.
Besides Kamigō Yoshihiko, no one had noticed Aki Tomoya's small mutterings just now.
"Keep it up!"
Kamigō Yoshihiko patted Aki Tomoya's shoulder.
Compared to the previous Aki Tomoya with unremarkable grades, the current him was already very impressive. It was quite good to reach this point in just one semester.
Aki Tomoya smiled and didn't say much. Now he just waited for the report card and test papers to come down.
He had finished looking at the results board, and the person who should be most satisfied was Kamigō Yoshihiko.
This friend of Aki Tomoya was even more excited than him.
And at school, many people were also discussing this with relish.
After all, Aki Tomoya had only used one semester to take the first-place position in the year.
Compared to the inevitable result of Kasumigaoka Utaha, everyone preferred events full of unexpectedness.
In the afternoon, everyone's report cards were distributed to the students.
As Aki Tomoya expected, the humanities subjects were still significantly weaker than the science subjects, but they weren't too bad either.
Compared to the midterm exam, there was a clear sign of improvement.
After the results came out and he looked at the score for each subject, he heard Kamigō Yoshihiko's exaggerated shout from beside him.
"Grand Slam!!!"
Like a loud cheer for a home run on a baseball field, Kamigō Yoshihiko stood on his chair, holding up his report card, and shouted loudly.
His exaggerated reaction attracted the attention of everyone in the classroom.
However, this time, surrounded by everyone's gaze, Kamigō Yoshihiko said with immense pride: "Passed all subjects!"
He didn't fail any subject, successfully passed, and avoided the crisis of having to attend supplementary classes at school during the summer break.
Kamigō Yoshihiko had never hoped for excellent results in this final exam; just passing everything successfully was enough for him to brag about.
"Boss, I really owe you this time!"
He rushed over, wanting to hug Aki Tomoya tightly, but the latter dodged his bear hug with a quick movement.
Just passing everything makes him this happy? If he ever got a good score, would he have a brain hemorrhage?
After the results came out, naturally, some were happy and some were sad.
Those like Kamigō Yoshihiko who just barely passed all subjects naturally breathed a sigh of relief.
Those who failed, however, weren't happy at all when they thought about having to return to school for supplementary classes during the summer break as scheduled by the school regulations.
"Aki-kun, thank you, my final exam results also improved quite a bit this time."
Kato Megumi walked over and thanked him.
She was also a member of the final exam study group.
Regarding her results this time, although she couldn't compare to Aki Tomoya, she was already very satisfied.
"That's all thanks to Kato-san's own effort. If you work a bit harder, maybe you can even raise your target University aspirations a little!"
Aki Tomoya shook his head. He didn't help that much; Kato Megumi's improvement this time was mostly due to her own effort.
He felt that he had mostly just provided Kato Megumi with a learning environment.
"Aki-kun is joking. To aim higher, just studying at school won't be enough."
Kato Megumi took his words as teasing.
Knowing herself well, Kato Megumi understood that if she were to truly aim much higher, it would likely be a bit difficult.
With the release of the results list and the approaching summer break, the school became lively again after the intense final exams.
Not only students, but also many teachers were discussing Aki Tomoya.
After all, compared to last year, his change over one semester was quite significant.
…
"Six hundred and seventy-two, not bad, Aki-kun, the first semester is a great success!"
Mr. Tsubota extended his palm, wanting to high-five Aki Tomoya to celebrate.
Seeing this, Aki Tomoya instinctively extended his palm, but he didn't cheer along with Mr. Tsubota.
When he reacted, a wry smile appeared on his face: "I didn't do well in humanities…"
"Indeed, humanities are still an issue, but this is only the first semester. Our battle is just officially beginning now!"
Mr. Tsubota maintained that optimistic attitude, infecting Aki Tomoya with his optimism.
This was only the very beginning of the first semester. From the start of school in April to mid-July, it had only been a little over three months. Achieving this level should be celebrated!
"Of course, we can't relax at all. Our goal is Tokyo University, we must never forget that!"
Mr. Tsubota looked at Aki Tomoya with determined eyes.
They needed to maintain an optimistic attitude while also not becoming complacent with a little success. Their road was still long.
Starting officially from the starting line, the finish line of Tokyo University seemed distant, but it wasn't truly unattainable.
"Harumi Sensei, Aki-kun's final exam results are out, would you like to take a look? You're in charge of his humanities, right?"
Mr. Tsubota waved the report card in his hand towards Harumi Junko at this moment.
Recently, Harumi Junko had also been changing. She, who had been saying she wanted Aki Tomoya to get into Tokyo University, finally showed some enthusiasm after thirteen years.
"Aki Tomoya's results? Please, I must see them!"
Harumi Junko walked over quickly. As a tutoring teacher at the Academy, and with Aki Tomoya being a key student to focus on, this matter was naturally her responsibility.
As teachers, they also needed to check the students' actual situation at all times.
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