Mission 28 (
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George Glooman's father, the president of Glooman Pharmaceuticals, is speaking to his secretary. He tells him that as of the tenth of next month, he will no longer be president of the company. The secretary mentions the Desmond Group, but the president cuts him off and tells him that the company was in dire straits financially. George, overhearing the conversation behind the office door, hears his father say how he is unsure how to tell his son that the company will cease to exist in a month.
A month later, the students of Eden Academy are cleaning the school grounds. Becky comments to Anya how calm things are now that midterms are over. Anya says that Loid is probably more relaxed since she dodged getting a Tonitrus Bolt, which makes Becky ask whether he is strict or gets angry. Anya says he is a monster, and Becky sympathizes with having parents with high expectations but is also attracted to the idea of a monster Loid.
Damian's Desmond Style Rolling Sweep
Their conversation is interrupted by Damian, who performs a move he calls "Desmond Style Rolling Sweep," which flings a bunch of dirt into Anya and Becky's faces and causes them to cough. Emile and Ewen both compliment Damian on his cleaning skills, followed by more classmates surrounding Damian who shower him with compliments and suggest having a study group with him before the next exam. Becky annoyedly looks at Damian and complains about how obnoxious he is, but Anya instead says that she wants to join Damian's study group. Becky pauses for a moment, then comments that she forgot Anya had a thing for Damian, which makes Anya wonder what this "thing" is.
George glares at Damian
As they are talking, Anya overhears George's negative thoughts toward Damian. Anya asks Becky who George is, and Becky explains that he is a classmate of theirs. George questions how Damian was able to get a Stella Star despite getting his butler to hire a spy to change Damian's test scores to make him fail. Anya is shocked to learn that George is the person who hired Daybreak, having heard about the spy through Loid's thoughts. Becky asks Anya if she likes Damian, but Anya ignores the question to ask more about George. Becky is shocked, believing that Anya will fall for any guy, and tells her that she should stay away from George because of how gloomy he is.
George pretends Damian hit him
George pulls himself together and tells himself that he can still get Damian expelled. He pulls out a cigarette butt from his jacket and pretends to pick it up from the ground by Damian. He accuses Damian of smoking and calls a teacher over to get him in trouble. Damian grabs George's shoulder and tells him to stop, but George punches himself to the ground to make it look like Damian attacked him. When the teacher arrives and asks what happened, George lies that he found a cigarette butt on the ground and got punched by Damian when he tried to call the teacher.
Anya defends Damian from George's accusations
The teacher demands an explanation from Damian, ignoring Emile and Ewen's protests due to their closeness to Damian. To everyone's surprise, Anya comes to Damian's defense and tells the teacher what really happened. The teacher, feeling a little scared of Anya, leaves and tells the students not to call him over for nonsense again. Damian blushes while Becky squeals, believing this is some romantic moment between him and Anya. Becky tells Anya that Damian probably knows exactly how she feels now, but Anya is still confused. Damian and George both question Anya why she helped Damian. Damian then turns and asks George why he is trying to get him in trouble, to which George begins to cry out that his whole life is over.
George explains his unfortunate situation to his classmates
After calming down, George explains that, as of today, his family company is bankrupt. Damian asks what that has to do with him, and George responds that it was the Desmond Group, Damian's family company, that drove the Gloomans out of business. George believed that if Damian had gotten expelled, his family would have been too distracted to mess with Glooman Pharmaceuticals. Damian denies George's claim, and Becky agrees, saying George went too far. George concedes but says it does not matter as he will be leaving Eden. Damian questions this, and George explains that his family will be out on the street tomorrow following their bankruptcy. George expresses envy toward Damian and his family and compares them to the trash he sees himself as. Emile and Ewen tell George that Damian's family has nothing to do with Damian's own success and that he earned his Stella Star.
George bursts into tears and cries about how he wanted to spend springtime at school, and then starts picking up trash while calling himself trash. Damian offers to buy George juice, which at first George glares at him for doing but then accepts the offer. After finishing the juice, he tells them he never got to order the deluxe caviar bowl at the cafeteria, and he will regret leaving school without having eaten it. Damian helps fulfill George's desires, getting him the bowl, then reluctantly lending him his Stella Star to let him experience it.
George realizes how nice his classmates are
Before George can make his next request, Emile stops him, telling him he is really pushing his luck, which leads George to start talking about how sad his life is going to be from now on, believing he will be sold into slavery in Westalis. Anya tries to cheer him up by telling him that things will be okay and that Westalis is a peaceful country. While shocked by how little Anya knows of Westalis, George is happy that all his classmates are being so nice to him. George bursts into tears and asks for one last thing: to sing the school chorus together with them. Becky is the first to start singing, and eventually, the students of Cecile Hall join together in a heartfelt song, all except Anya, who looks on in disbelief.
Cecile Hall says goodbye to George
At the end of school, Damian gives George his favorite stationery set, and the rest of Cecile Hall gives their own belongings to him as well. The students wish George farewell and tell him that he will always be a part of Cecile Hall. After getting home, Anya tells Loid and Yor about George and what happened today. While Yor is touched by the story, Loid points out that Glooman Pharmaceuticals being bought out is not the same as them going bankrupt. When George arrives home, his father tells him that the Desmond Group saved their company from insolvency, though he has lost his title as president. George asks if that means he can still go to school, to which his father tells him of course, and asks if he did his homework. George returns to Eden the next day, with all the students looking at him in disgust. Walking down the hall, Becky tells George to return all the gifts, Damian tells him to repay him for the juice, and Anya simply pats his shoulder in pity.
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Trivia[]
- During George's farewell scene, his back-turned peace sign was based on a moment from former Nogizaka46 member Nanami Hashimoto's graduation concert.[2]
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