Faculty of Medicine in Japan is a six-year system, and the first two years are spent studying preliminary courses with different focuses in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, which is divided into different categories. This is a characteristic of Tokyo University.
The two years in the Faculty of Liberal Arts maintain a certain level of competition. Even if you get into Tokyo University through Liberal Arts II, you have a chance to transfer to Liberal Arts I and be officially divided into faculties like the Faculty of Law in the third year.
In the Todai Faculty of Science III class in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, or rather, during his first week at Tokyo University, Aki Tomoya felt that his classmates were roughly no different from him. The difference lay in their family background, upbringing, and the details revealed in their words and actions.
Cliques exist everywhere, including at University. With so many people, within a week, most have probably found people they get along with to befriend. As for status hierarchies, that depends on the person, but at least in Aki Tomoya's eyes, everyone had just started University and had many things to be busy with.
Among the ninety-six people in the Todai Faculty of Science III class in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Aki Tomoya had nodding acquaintances with most within a week, but he only had a good relationship with one person.
Incidentally, the gender ratio in the Todai Faculty of Science III class in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Tokyo University is also severely imbalanced.
"Aki, are you a native of Tokyo?"
Takagi, whom he met at the entrance ceremony, was a person without airs, and also had a friendly attitude towards everyone.
This young master, whose family is said to run a large University Hospital, got into Todai Faculty of Science III with a rank of fifteenth, sitting one seat away from Aki Tomoya during the exam but being someone in the upper ranks.
It was this kind of fate, plus sitting next to each other at the entrance ceremony, that he had a good relationship with this Takagi.
"That's right."
"Ah, then you're the only Kanto person I know who isn't annoying."
"...None of our classmates are annoying, right?"
Takagi came from Kyoto. According to him, because his Father wanted him to go to Kyoto University, he came to take the Tokyo University entrance exam alone, planning to have some peace and quiet at least during University.
He was probably a bit annoyed that his whole path was planned out, so Takagi resisted a little. In his words: "Most of the Doctors at my family's University Hospital are from Kyoto University. Seeing them is annoying. I definitely want to bring in a bunch of Tokyo University people in the future."
These words have a taste of 'a new emperor brings new officials.' Accepting the reality of inheriting the University Hospital doesn't mean having to always obey the constraints of home. He's a guy with ideas.
At the same time, it also made Aki Tomoya feel like this guy might have picked him first among their classmates, giving him a feeling of being a guinea pig.
"Isn't that Suzuya very annoying?"
Takagi pointed to a boy at the front of the classroom, who was the student representative who took the oath at the entrance ceremony. Aki Tomoya also had a deep impression of that person.
After all, he was the guy ranked first, the one who reigned over the other ninety-five people.
Likewise, that person was also the most popular person among their classmates.
"In the first year, he's already impatient to recruit his followers among his classmates. A guy who can't even reach the shadow of a feudal lord is also unusually arrogant, isn't he stupid?"
"..."
"Don't look at me with that kind of gaze. I'm different from that guy. I came to Tokyo University to make friends."
"Then I'm truly flattered."
Among the ninety-six classmates, Aki Tomoya wasn't a lone wolf. When he met someone he got along well with, like Takagi, he could chat openly.
Forming groups of three or five isn't a bad phenomenon; a person can't live alone. Likewise, there were also a few lone wolves in the classroom.
"There's a mixer tonight, want to go?"
There's a lot of time that can be scheduled at University. Besides studying, social interaction is essential. The key is scheduling and self-discipline, and the most common topic of conversation is probably mixers.
And in the Todai Faculty of Science III classroom with an imbalanced gender ratio, the topic of mixers would definitely be popular.
"I don't mind, but you probably didn't just invite me, right?"
"Of course. There's another capable person. Just the two of us from Tokyo University going isn't enough to go around, cough, not enough people!"
"Takagi-kun, are you essentially a playboy?"
"No, no, I haven't had a girlfriend yet, but I have decent luck with women, I guess."
This method of false modesty makes one not know where to start complaining.
But Aki Tomoya readily accepted this mixer. A friend like Takagi is worth making, whether it's his current demeanor or his background.
During his six years at Tokyo University, while not falling behind, Aki Tomoya doesn't plan to be an arrogant lone wolf.
Besides, even wolves are pack animals.
"I'll give you a heads-up, there are girls from Waseda and Keio, but none from our Tokyo University!"
"A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow?"
"No, there are too few girls in our Todai Faculty of Science III. It's a bit difficult to keep it in-house."
This heavy tone conveyed an equally heavy topic.
After this, Aki Tomoya met another boy through Takagi who was also pulled in to make up the numbers, just like him.
"Majima, this is Aki. For tonight's mixer, we'll be relying on the two of you to carry the show!"
The sudden Kansai dialect reminded Aki Tomoya and Majima next to him that this was a young master from Kyoto.
"Nice to meet you, Aki-kun."
Majima was tall, with a handsome and clear-cut face, an open, sunny, and attractive young man.
Seeing the equally good-looking Takagi, Aki Tomoya considered whether he should take off his glasses and also fix himself up properly.
"Nice to meet you, Mashima-kun."
"Majima has a girlfriend. He's really just here to make up the numbers."
Meanwhile, Takagi reminded him.
Coming to a mixer with a girlfriend basically means he has nothing to do except make up the numbers.
So, Takagi gave Aki Tomoya an ambiguous look.
This guy is really cunning inside, and ultimately not a restless person, but everything he does seems to have a purpose.
"Just don't play too late. My house has a curfew. I haven't decided to move out and live alone yet."
"See? This guy is a good boy! It's really not easy being the son of a University Professor!"
It seems these two are both from Doctor families; one's family runs a large University Hospital, and the other's Father is a University Professor.
"I accidentally got mixed in between two impressive people."
For his first University mixer, Aki Tomoya was a guest at a high-end Japanese restaurant with two classmates he had just met.
However, this mixer was different from what he had imagined. The trio from Tokyo University seemed out of place.
Or rather, most people kept their distance from them.
"Did we scare others?"
Aki Tomoya quietly asked Takagi next to him. The atmosphere of the mixer seemed a bit different from what he had expected.
"No choice. Takagi-kun invited himself this time. If there were girls from the Faculty of Medicine here, it would be better."
Takagi didn't answer, and Majima quietly explained.
"Three people from Tokyo University Todai Faculty of Science III, mistakenly entering a mixer of prestigious Universities without even medical students. Sharks entering a fishpond, no, saying fishpond isn't good, they entered a river."
Perhaps feeling that calling Sophia University and Bunkyo a fishpond was wrong, Takagi finally changed his words. At the same time, judging by his appearance, he didn't feel depressed about the current situation; instead, he seemed to be enjoying it.
"Takagi, you didn't bring us here to stir up trouble, did you?"
Aki Tomoya asked cautiously,
"No way! Besides, don't your eyes get tired seeing the same Faculty of Medicine students every day? When I first asked if the three of us from Tokyo University could join the mixer, who knew that as soon as we said we were from Todai Faculty of Science III, they treated us like aliens? I was really troubled!"
Takagi immediately protested.
He had no such thoughts as 'understanding the common people' or using his identity to enjoy admiring gazes.
Apart from them, everyone else was either from Keio, Sophia University, or Bunkyo. They could also walk with their heads held high, just without people from the Faculty of Medicine.
Coincidentally, they were interested in people from Tokyo University, but had a slight prejudice against people from Tokyo University Todai Faculty of Science III.
"This is prejudice against us!"
Takagi grumbled in dissatisfaction, but in his heart, he decided that next time he would honestly find girls from other departments at Tokyo University, or girls from the Faculty of Medicine at other universities for a mixer.
"Hmm, how about finding girls from the Faculty of Literature I next time? If we have medical lawsuits in the future, they'll be perfect helpers!"
Even if no one approached him, Takagi could entertain himself. At this moment, he even started joking with the two people beside him.
"Takagi-kun really has a unique way of thinking!"
Didn't he say he wasn't planning to keep things in-house?
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