[ONIZUKA, MAIN ENTRANCE]
Spoiler: Such Japanese
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Eli is hopelessly lost in all of this; he can barely understand what anyone's saying, and what he does manage to translate inwardly doesn't make much sense. "[Doesn't anyone here speak any English,]" he gripes quietly while the others argue...or whatever it is they're doing; the stern-looking girl's tone makes it sound like an argument, if only a little bit. As she turns to the boy with whom she originally left the school and says something to him, the American kid looks to the others and asks,
"[I don't suppose any of you understand what I'm saying, do you...?]"
Should he strike out in this regard, he'll grimace and try to form a proper sentence with what little Japanese he knows. After a few seconds, he'll manage to piece together something along the lines of,
"Excuse me, do any of you speak English? I don't understand Japanese..."