[Yusuke shakes his head.] I'm not offended. Though it does seem everyone knew besides me... I only learned the truth after last week's executions, when Akira told me himself.

Even so... I never expected he would actually erase anyone. I thought he would find a way to avoid it, right until the end.

[he was naive, and he let his own high opinion of his friend run contrary to the reality of their situation...]

In hindsight, if I had been able to look at the situation more rationally, I probably would not have struggled as I did.