Matsumori Days

Here at the Matsumori Daily, we are always interested in interviewing our fellow students. Today, we have the rising star of the debate club, Umehara Joruri. The transcript of our interview as follows:


Matsumori Daily: Perhaps you'd like to tell us about your rise to fame in the debate club?

Umehara Joruri: Fame, huh? I don't know about that, but here goes. When I first came in to the debate club last year, I was already hearing lots of rumors about Masako. "Don't mess with Mitsuya" was the most common one. I didn't think much about them. But when our adviser pitted the entire club against her, I knew something was wrong. I offered to help her, but she politely refused. She said that she'd rather be defeated, and show everyone that she isn't infallible, than to win and keep her reputation.

MD: Interesting. Then what?

UJ: Well, our team was doing their best, but Masako was all over us. It's like, she knew exactly what research we'd use. She refuted everything we shot at her. It was pretty annoying. However, I noticed something odd, and just blurted out my observation. To be more accurate, both me and Masako said the same thing at pretty much the same time. When that happened, there was a dead silence for, I don't know at least a minute.

MD: Hence the saying "When Mitsuya and Umehera agree, there is no response"?

UJ: Well, it happened at least twice more before that rumor really got going. But yeah, that's the basis of it.

MD: Did you win that first debate?

UJ: In the end, we conceded to Masako. It was a very odd day for the club, on all ends.

MD: Well, with that out of the way, would you mind telling about your family?

UJ: My dad's a money lender at the bank. He's done some lending on the side as well, so he has a lot of people to call debts on. From what I understand, he reigned mom with one of his deals. Don't take that to mean that he treats her like an object, though! No way!

MD: Any brothers or sisters?

UJ: No. I'm an only child.

MD: How about your hobbies?

UJ: You mean outside of debate club? I don't think I do anything terribly interesting. I hang with my friends, listen to music, or generally do whatever I want.

MD: I see. Any other personal tidbit you want to share?

UJ: You hit the high points with your first few questions. So, not really.


Another successful interview! Please join us next time, where we interview the captain of the Kendo team, Nosaka Kojiro!