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August 8, 2009 Nagito received his invitation letter to attend Hope’s Peak as the very first Ultimate Lucky Student while he was bedridden in hospital.
A month later, just when Hajime had given up the thought of attending Hope’s Peak, admission for the first batch of the Reserve Course School opened.
Nagito joined Hope’s Peak’s class 77-B, while Hajime enrolled in the Reserve Course’s class 1-A.
Hajime lived with his parents few train stops away from Hope’s Peak, while Nagito lived at dorm exclusives to the Ultimates in the south quarter of Hope’s Peak complex.
The short distance from the complex entrance to the fountain in central plaza was the only time they could encounter each other. From there, Hajime took the west path to the Reserve Course School area and Nagito took the east path to Hope’s Peak Main School area.
The first time they met was through their friendship with Chiaki. They barely acknowledged each other and never even called each other by name (it was just “Oi” or “Hey, you!”). Hajime felt inferior towards the Ultimates while Nagito didn’t want to get involved with ordinary people.
Nagito was suspended shortly after Hajime dropped out and agreed to be Kamukura Project subject, so neither was aware of the other’s disappearance.
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➡:nagito: Chiaki's snobby friend. Hate this guy. He made me felt inferior.
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➡:hajime: He’s unfortunately my type, but I don’t want to get involved with him.
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Strangers basically.
This version of Hajime liked Chiaki. For him, Nagito was just a snobby classmate of her, though he can see Nagito was oddly pretty for a guy.
While Hajime’s appearance caught Nagito’s eyes, his views were too warped for him to see Hajime in a romantic way and looked down on him.
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translation by @shishiut
July 23, 2010 The deadline to sign the project consent form was the last day before summer break. Hajime and his parents signed the form and he dropped out from Reserve Course.
July 26, 2010 → April 2, 2011 Hajime spent eight months undergoing brainwashing and preparation for the surgery.
April 3, 2011 The day before new school year ceremony, Hajime underwent the operation that turned him into Izuru. He spent his time underground before he met Junko Enoshima.
October 4, 2010 → October 4, 2011 During his suspension Nagito traveled from place to place. He hadn’t planned to travel, but he always ended up in various places. He returned exactly a year later during Student Council Massacre and class 77-B graduation.
October 4, 2011 Nagito came back to Hope’s Peak a year later.
$$ \begin{aligned} \Huge {\mathsf{WIP}} \end{aligned} $$
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➡:izuru: Worship.
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Worship/Unhealthy obsession. Very one sided.
Izuru did not have a romantic or sexual attraction as if the part of his brain that was capable of them had been disabled.
From the moment he saw Izuru, Nagito knew that he was the one he’d been searching all of his life. He didn’t even registered being shot and when he regained consciousness, he questioned whether any of it had been real. Even as a remnant, Nagito remembered him, he yearned and wandered off in hopes of meeting him again.
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October 4, 2011 Class 77-B graduated and scattered. Class 78 took shelter in Hope’s Peak old school building and Komaru got abducted.
$$ \begin{aligned} {\mathsf{***}} \end{aligned} $$