Episode 13
Crown the Champion
Day 37
Bankai Tribe
Meilin goes up to Light and gives him a high-five.
"You are awesome!" she tells Light. "That strategy of yours was brilliant!"
"If Erika made it to the final three, she would have wiped out everyone else in jury votes," Light states. "I had to get rid of her."
"The best part is that Erika has no idea that I was behind the plan to get her out," Light says. "I can even truthfully tell her that I didn't vote for her."
"What now? That's what I'm wondering," Ryoko says. "Light had no qualms in voting out a girl who he pretended to be in love with, so I would imagine he'd feel the same about me."
Haruhi has walked away from the others for a moment, giving Light an opportunity to talk strategy with Meilin.
"As long as Haruhi doesn't win immunity, she's out," Light tells Meilin. "All three of us gang up on her and take her out."
"Excellent," Meilin replies.
"These people are just riding my coattails all the way to the final three," Light says. "At which point I will make my claim that I have been the only one actually playing this game."
"I realize that I'm going to have to win immunity at this point to stay around," Haruhi says. "It's not fair that I had to play my plushie at that point, or I would have been guaranteed a spot in the final three! But as leader of the SOS Brigade, I will make sure to win immunity!"
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, guys!" Jet Black shouts to the players.
The players walk into the immunity challenge area.
"First things first, I'll take back the Immunity Beads of Subjugation," Jet states. "Sit!"
Light falls to the ground, enabling Jet to easily snatch the necklace off his neck.
"For the final time, immunity is back up for grabs," Jet says. "Let's get to today's immunity challenge. I will hide this necklace somewhere in this area of trees. To make it more difficult, the four of you will be blindfolded. The one of you who finds the necklace first wins immunity and a guaranteed 1-in-3 shot at winning this game."
The players put on their blindfolds while Jet goes off into the woods to hide the necklace. He comes back after a few minutes.
"For immunity, and a guaranteed spot at the final Tribal Council!" Jet shouts. "Survivors ready? Go!"
The players stumble out into the forest area where the necklace has been hidden. Almost immediately, Meilin trips over a root and falls down.
"Meilin is down only seconds into this challenge!" Jet announces with glee.
While Meilin struggles to get up, the other players continue to hunt blindly, feeling with their hands everywhere they go, hoping to find the necklace. Haruhi begins to wonder way out of the designated area where the necklace has been hidden.
"Haruhi, you're going the wrong way!" Jet shouts.
Haruhi stumbles back in the other direction, but still has little clue as to where she is going. Ryoko, meanwhile, stumbles right into a tree.
"Ryoko hits a tree!" Jet gleefully yells.
Light begins to come close to the necklace, with Meilin close behind him, with them both feeling the ground in front of themselves, hoping to find the necklace. Light turns toward the left, and Meilin toward the right, as they hope to find the necklace. A few minutes later, one of the players finally picks up the necklace.
"Meilin wins immunity!" Jet shouts.
Meilin takes off her blindfold, jumps up in the air and celebrates. The others take off their blindfolds in frustration. They then return to the front of the forest area, where Jet addresses them.
"Congratulations, Meilin, you are safe from tomorrow night's Tribal Council," Jet states. "As long as you don't give up the necklace, that is – you will get your chance at addressing the jury in the final Tribal Council. The rest of you, I got nothing for you – one of you's going home, on the 38th day of this game."
The players trudge back toward the camp, with Meilin particularly excited.
"If there was any chance I was going home, it just got eliminated," Meilin says. "I can't believe it – after all the close calls, I'm going to the final three."
Bankai Tribe
That evening, Meilin is still beaming over her immunity victory, while Light talks with Ryoko.
"Obviously our only choice is to take out Haruhi," Light tells her.
"Well, you're a real genius," Ryoko replies.
"But now there's a problem, one that popped up with Meilin's victory," he adds.
"What's that?" Ryoko asks.
"Since she's immune, the person with the most previous votes is myself," Light states. "That means that if the vote went 2-2, and came down to a tiebreaker, I would end up going."
"So basically, your life in this game comes down to whether we can get Meilin's vote," Ryoko responds.
"Yes," Light says. "And tomorrow we'll have to sell her hard on voting out Haruhi."
"With Light, it's all about him," Ryoko says. "He pretended to care about Erika for so long, then pulled off a huge blindside to get rid of her. Now he expects me to care about him? Maybe this is my chance to blindside him, and rid this game of its biggest mastermind."
Day 38
Bankai Tribe
That afternoon, the four players are sitting together, eating by the fire. Haruhi brings up her prospects in the next vote.
"You all hate me, so I'm probably going home," Haruhi states.
"You got that right," Ryoko replies.
"That's not fair!" Haruhi whines. "If I could have saved my plushie for tonight, I'd be safe."
"You couldn't, though, and that's why you're on the chopping block," Light says.
"When making this vote, you've got to be thinking about who's going to get the most jury votes," Light says. "Meilin? I can't see her getting many. And Ryoko simply rode my coattails the whole way. Haruhi, though, is a wild card. Kyon would definitely vote for her, and she may get a couple more from people. I think it's best to get rid of her, rather than try to turn on Ryoko."
"I've got to think carefully about this vote, on who I want to take to the final three with me," Meilin says. "Light seems like such a backstabber, I don't know how he could possibly win. It's pretty much down to Haruhi and Ryoko, but I don't know if I could get Light to vote against Ryoko."
Later, Meilin talks to Haruhi alone.
"I could help you out," she tells her.
"How?" Haruhi asks.
"Just vote for Ryoko," Meilin states. "We could then get a 2-2 tie."
"I don't believe you, but whatever, I'll do it," Haruhi replies.
"I'm in a bad position here, but I don't have much of a choice in what to do," Haruhi says. "I'd rather vote for Light, but if Meilin tells me to vote for Ryoko, I've got to go with her. It's so unfair!"
That evening, Light talks with Ryoko for the last time before Tribal Council.
"It's finally time for us to claim our spot in the final three," Light says. "This is how I planned it from Day 6."
"You're joking, Light," Ryoko says. "There's no way you thought that far ahead."
"Quite the contrary," Light replies. "While I haven't gotten every single little move right along the way, it's all worked toward the ultimate goal, of having you by my side at the final Tribal Council."
"So you had it planned that I would be with you this far, but not Erika?" Ryoko questions Light.
"Absolutely," Light responds. "Almost everything I told to Erika was a lie – especially anything about me being in love with her. She swallowed it all up, and she got played like a violin."
"Light sure is dumb," Ryoko says. "Doesn't he think I'm going to come out and say what he's told me here at the final Tribal Council? He's going to have everyone against him. I'd love to vote him out, but it might be nice sitting next to someone who's going to get constantly blasted by the jury."
Tribal Council
The players walk into the Tribal Council area with their torches ablaze. They set them down, then take their seats across from Jet Black.
"We'll now bring in the members of our jury," Jet states. "Rei, Kaji, Misato, Kyon, Rangiku, and Erika, voted out last Tribal Council."
Erika waves to Light happily as she joins the other players on the jury bench.
"38 days," Jet states. "A long time to be out here in this forest. But you've gotten so close – and now one of you is going to fall one day short of being here the whole way. How does affect the way you go into this final Tribal Council, Haruhi?"
"I don't know if that affects anything," Haruhi replies. "I think what affects me most is that the immunity plushie was not allowed to be played here, costing me a shot at the final three."
"So, you figure you're going home tonight?" Jet asks her.
"Pretty much," Haruhi states.
"Meilin, the rest of you have talked it over, I assume, and pretty much made it known to Haruhi that she's going home?" Jet wonders.
"You could say that, but even then, there's a little bit of a chance that someone's going to switch their vote in an attempt to save Haruhi," Meilin says.
"But if the three of you know that simply by banding together, you've got spots in the final three, why would you have second thoughts?" Jet questions.
"There's still the thought about who you'd like to go up against in the final three," Light replies. "So if I want to go up against Haruhi and Meilin, I vote out Ryoko."
"Does that concern you, Ryoko?" Jet asks.
"Absolutely," Ryoko responds. "I never know what Light's got up his sleeve. His mind has all these crazy sub-strategies thought up, and I have no clue at any moment if he's going to backstab me like he has so many other people."
"Well, let's get to the vote," Jet says. "This is the final time you'll be voting someone out, and Meilin, you have the Immunity Beads of Subjugation. I know you're not giving them up."
"You got that right, Jet," Meilin replies.
"Okay," Jet says. "In that case, it is time to vote. Haruhi, you're up first."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Haruhi gets up from her seat and heads toward the voting area.
Haruhi goes to vote.
"I'm putting in my vote for you, Ryoko, and hoping for help," Haruhi says.
Light goes to vote.
Meilin goes to vote.
Ryoko goes to vote.
After Ryoko comes back from voting, Jet says, "I'll go tally the votes."
Jet goes to the voting booth, gathers the votes and rearranges them, then returns to the players.
"If anyone has… oops, sorry, can't play one tonight!" Jet says, with Haruhi looking angrily at him. "Once the votes have been read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to return to the world of the living immediately. I'll read the votes."
Jet pulls out the first vote. "Ryoko," he states, with Ryoko giving little reaction to the vote.
He pulls out the next vote. "Haruhi," he reads. "One vote Haruhi, one vote Ryoko."
Jet takes out the third vote. "Haruhi," he reads. "Two votes Haruhi, one vote Ryoko, one vote left."
Haruhi looks on sadly as Jet is about to read the last vote. He pulls it out and opens it up slowly.
"Ryoko," he reads. "We have a tie, 2 votes Ryoko, 2 votes Haruhi."
Haruhi looks up in amazement, while Ryoko looks around, confused.
"We will have a revote," Jet states. "But first, each of you will give a reason that you should be the one who stays. Haruhi, go ahead."
"I'm the leader of the SOS Brigade!" Haruhi exclaims. "Isn't that enough?"
"And you, Ryoko," Jet says.
"Haruhi has a much better chance at winning the jury vote than I do," Ryoko states. "You're better off taking her out while you have the chance."
"Okay, it is time to revote. Haruhi and Ryoko, you will not take place in this vote, it will just be Light and Meilin voting, and Light, you're up first."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Light gets up to vote.
Light goes to vote.
Meilin goes to vote.
After Meilin comes back from voting, Jet states, "I'll go tally the votes."
Jet takes the votes, gathers them and rearranges them, then returns to the players.
"Again, once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to return to the world of the living immediately," Jet states. "I'll read the votes."
He pulls out the first vote. "Ryoko," he reads. "One vote Ryoko, one vote left."
Jet takes out the last vote and opens it very slowly, as Ryoko looks on nervously.
"Haruhi."
Haruhi sighs heavily upon seeing her name.
"We have another tie, 1-1, between Ryoko and Haruhi," Jet states. "That means that we will go to votes in previous Tribal Councils. How many have you had, Ryoko?"
"How am I supposed to remember?" Ryoko asks. "There have been a lot of votes."
"Okay, I'll tell you," Jet says. "You've had three. Now with Haruhi, keep in mind that all the votes she received when she played immunity plushies were cancelled out. So the number of votes she had in previous Tribal Councils is… 6."
Haruhi looks down in disgust, while Ryoko claps her hands.
"That's enough," Jet states. "Haruhi, you need to bring me your torch."
Haruhi slowly gets up, takes her torch, and holds it out before Jet.
"Haruhi, the tribe has spoken," Jet says, snuffing out her torch with his snuffer. "It's time for you to go."
Haruhi walks through the gate to the world of the living.
"Well, you did it," Jet tells the three remaining players. "You have made it as far as you can in this game. Tomorrow night, you will get your shot at addressing the jury and making your case that you deserve to win this game. Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."
"I guess I didn't want to win badly enough," Haruhi says. "I needed to make more friends, like my friends at the SOS Brigade. And maybe I shouldn't have voted out Kyon, he may have helped me out. Oh well, that was really fun!"
(Who voted for whom:
Haruhi – Ryoko
Light – Haruhi, Haruhi
Meilin – Ryoko, Ryoko
Ryoko – Haruhi)
Day 39
Bankai Tribe
Light, Ryoko and Meilin go together to the treemail area that morning, where they find a feast awaiting them.
"Awesome!" Meilin shouts, as she begins to eat.
"Last night was a close call," Ryoko says. "I got a surprise vote – I'm assuming from Meilin. If then Light would have flipped, I could have gone. I'm just thankful to still be here."
As Ryoko sits down to eat, she asks about what happened the previous night.
"So, who was it that voted for me?" she asks.
Meilin raises her hand while eating a piece of chicken.
"Why?" Ryoko questions.
"It was strategic," Meilin replies. "That's all I can say."
"I voted for Ryoko in an attempt to get Haruhi's jury vote," Meilin says. "Now there's the possibility that Haruhi will vote for me because she saw that I put in an attempt to keep her in the game. Of course, that would have backfired had Ryoko lost the tiebreaker, but that's a chance I had to take."
"So," Light wonders, "which of the three of us do you think is going to win?"
"Oh, probably you," Ryoko replies, while eating some grapes. "You've outstrategized us the whole way, and you'll probably find a way to do it again."
"But don't think I won't go down without a fight, Light," Ryoko says.
"I'm not sure," Meilin says. "I'm looking forward to it, regardless of the result. It should be fun."
"I definitely think it's going to be fun," Light adds.
"That's because it's going to be a coronation of the game's best player, me," Light says. "I've got everything figured out. Maybe I won't shut them out, but coming up with four out of seven votes shouldn't be too difficult."
"Oh, by the way, there's a piece of paper here," Meilin says.
"Let me see that," Ryoko says, picking up the piece of paper. "Oh, a poem. I'll read it:
Time to remember those who lost
To get here this far, their places it cost
So time for the rites of passage
Which should be an ego massage."
"That doesn't even rhyme," Meilin comments.
"Whatever," Ryoko says. "I guess we have to follow this map on the back."
Later in the day, after the players have finished eating and gathered all of their things, they set out on their journey.
"You get enough to eat, Ryo-ohki?" Ryoko asks her cabbit.
"Meow!" Ryo-ohki responds.
"Okay, let's go," Ryoko says.
Rites of Passage
The players walk up to the first staff, which has a small wooden plate with the name of the first player voted out.
"Ed," Ryoko says. "Know anything about him?"
"Ed was a girl," Meilin replies.
"Shows how much I know," Ryoko replies.
"Survivor, voting, tribes, challenges, Ed no like," Ed says. "Ed rather play chess."
The players take Ed's nameplate with them, then walk up to the next staff.
"Kakashi, the first person I aligned with," Ryoko comments.
"You know, you're lucky I didn't choose to vote you out instead of Kakashi, or you would have been out right at the beginning," Light says.
"It was a rocky start," Ryoko remarks.
"I never got much of a chance in this game," Kakashi says. "I was in an alliance of two against four, making my chances nearly impossible."
The players walk toward the next staff, this one belonging to Misty.
"The first person who was gunning for me," Meilin comments. "I'm pretty lucky to have survived that vote, because I was injured at the time."
"It still isn't fair that the tribe kept Meilin over me," Misty says. "If not, I may be where she is right now."
The players come up to the next staff, seeing that it belongs to Usagi.
"I didn't really know much about Usagi at all before she was voted out," Light says.
"My time out here wasn't very good, I really didn't like it all that much," Usagi says. "I'm glad it's over."
The players walk up towards the next staff, which belongs to Misa.
"Anyone know anything about this Misa?" Ryoko asks.
The other two shake their heads.
"In all the commotion over who was going to be leader of our tribe, I ended up being the one knocked out, and it's really not fair," Misa says. "I didn't deserve to go."
Ryoko, Light and Meilin move on to Koga's staff.
"I have this vote to thank you for keeping me in this game," Ryoko states. "Without your turning on Koga, I'd be gone."
"It was a good strategical move, that ended up paying off big time by the fact that you ended up staying loyal to me the rest of the game," Light adds.
"Light was such a little backstabber," Koga says. "He turned on me for little reason. Ryoko definitely deserved to be put out then, not to be in the final three."
The players come up to Mihoshi's staff.
"Another player who voted against me, but got cast out," Meilin says.
"It was a really strange time for me out here," Mihoshi says. "I don't think many people liked me, but I just can't figure out why."
The contestants walk up to Shikamaru's staff.
"Boy, was that a close call," Meilin comments. "Fortunately, Spike took out Shikamaru, who wanted to go anyway; otherwise I would have gone then."
"This game was so boring," Shikamaru says. "Nothing was fun about it at all."
The players continue on their way, coming to Al's staff.
"Another close call," Meilin says. "If Spike doesn't vote for Al, I was a goner."
"I got a raw deal," Al says. "They kept Meilin over me, even though it was not in their own best interests to keep her. I guess it ultimately cost them, one way or another."
The contestants make their way to Li's staff.
"My Li!" Meilin says. "It's no fair that he was voted out. He and I could have made a great alliance late in the game."
"He snitched on us," Light says. "That's why he had to go."
"I made a bad move by making Light angry," Li says. "If I could have just stayed under the radar, I would have been fine."
The players walk up to InuYasha's staff.
"He was always making a big stink over whether he was the tribe leader," Ryoko states. "Obviously he wasn't, or he wouldn't have been voted out."
"I wanted to be leader of my tribe so badly, and I deserved to be," InuYasha says. "I guess that's what made everyone so upset at me to vote me out."
The players come up to Spike's staff.
"Spike saved my life in this game twice, yet I turned on him and helped take him out," Meilin comments. "I guess that's how this game works."
"If not for a bizarre fire-making tiebreaker challenge, I'm still in this game," Spike says. "I made some bad moves early on that came back to haunt me there, though. I should have gotten rid of Meilin when I had the chance."
Ryoko, Light and Meilin walk up to Maes's staff.
"Voting out Maes was one of our key moves," Light says. "Without that move, there would have possibly been a stronger alliance than ours when the merge came along."
"That was pretty big," Ryoko adds. "I'm glad we were able to get rid of him when we did."
"This game was pretty enjoyable for me," Maes says. "I did pretty well, I have to say. I certainly would have liked to have gone farther, though."
The players come up to the next staff, belonging to Kenpachi.
"Another guy who was all about being the leader," Ryoko says.
"He can say this, at least: he beat InuYasha," Light comments.
"I was hoping that I was going to get some good fights while I was out here, and I did get one good one with InuYasha," Kenpachi says. "Still, that wasn't enough for me. Playing a strategical game with thinking involved isn't my cup of tea."
The contestants walk up to Rei's staff.
"Rei really helped me out, and it's too bad that she had to go," Meilin remarks.
"No, it isn't – because I would have possibly been voted out," Light replies.
"My fire powers really came in handy out here," Rei says. "It's unfortunate that they were no longer necessary when I got voted out."
The players come up to the staff belonging to Kaji.
"We really blindsided him," Ryoko comments.
"My plan was genius, getting him out when Haruhi played the first plushie," Light says.
"Light was such a backstabber, turning on me when the plan was to vote for Haruhi," Kaji says. "He sure won't be getting my vote."
The contestants walk towards Misato's staff.
"Your sub-strategy really paid off here," Ryoko remarks.
"I'm so glad I thought ahead to give her those votes," Light says. "That worked out beautifully."
"Who knows how Light knew Haruhi had another plushie, or what he was thinking," Misato says. "All I can say is that he won't be getting my vote."
The players walk up to the staff belonging to Kyon.
"Oh, Kyon," Meilin says. "I wish I could have done as much for you as you did for me. You were loyal and true. If we had switched places, I'd be giving you my jury vote."
"Meilin and I definitely had a connection from day one," Kyon says. "She and I stuck it out and made it a long way together. It's too bad we couldn't be sitting there at the final Tribal Council on the same side."
The contestants come up to Rangiku's staff.
"Rangiku hated me," Meilin comments. "I can't believe how many times I thwarted her attempts to get rid of me."
"She also got fooled pretty badly at that last Tribal Council of hers," Light says. "You played that one brilliantly, Ryoko."
"Thank you, Light," Ryoko replies.
"If I could have played this game with all men, I would have won easily," Rangiku says. "Only Kyon was able to resist my charm, and that cost me numbers. Then Light pulls one over me at the end. My vote may be about forgiving and forgetting."
The players walk up to Erika's staff, and Light cannot stop himself from smiling big.
"Erika, you got completely fooled," Light says. "I fooled you like no one else could, and you fell for my trap. If you were here, you'd win it all, but instead you're on the jury. Exactly as planned."
"Light said that my spot in this game was secure, but then it suddenly wasn't," Erika says. "I still don't understand what happened there. Maybe at the final Tribal Council I'll get an answer."
The players finally come up to the last staff, belonging to Haruhi.
"Haruhi, Haruhi, Haruhi," Meilin says. "That's all I heard from Kyon after the last merge."
"She sure was a character," Ryoko comments.
"If not the leader of our tribe," Light adds.
"I did the SOS Brigade proud by making very far in this game," Haruhi says. "Plus I made it farther than Kyon – if that even counts for anything."
The players then take all the wooden nameplates of all the contestants voted out, which they have been collecting the whole time along their journey, and place them in a fire pit. Light then uses the flint and knife given to them there to create a fire and burn the nameplates.
"It's been a long journey," Ryoko remarks.
"Now for the grand finale," Meilin says.
"We're about to crown the champion," Light says. "Which I think will be very obvious."
The players then grab their things, which they had brought with them, and head off toward the final Tribal Council.
Tribal Council
The players set their torches down, then take their seats across from Jet Black.
"We now bring in the members of our jury," Jet states, as the jury members walk into the Tribal Council area. "Rei, Kaji, Misato, Kyon, Rangiku, Erika, and, voted out last Tribal Council, Haruhi."
The jury members take their seats across from the final three.
"Tonight, the balance of power shifts over to the jury," Jet states. "The fate of this game rests in their hands. They will make the decision on who ends up as the sole Survivor."
The three players notice that the faces on the other side of the Tribal Council area do not look too friendly.
"Okay, first, the three of you will each give an opening statement to the jury, making your case on why you should be selected as the winner," Jet says. "We'll start with you, Meilin."
"Hello, everyone," Meilin says with a wave. "These past 39 days have taught me a lot about myself, that I can overcome just about anything. Only seconds into this competition, I fell and got hurt, and I was on the chopping block almost immediately. Yet from that point forward I have worked as hard as I could to make sure I would not only stay in this game, but advance far into it. And now, I think I'm as surprised as you are that I'm here in the final three."
"Thank you, Meilin," Jet says. "We move on to you, Ryoko."
"I've really proven myself to be a competitor out here, and a winner," Ryoko states. "I won a bunch of immunity and reward challenges. That's not to mention the fact that I climbed from a minority alliance in my first tribe to the strongest alliance in this game, the one I shared with Light all the way to this point. Clearly I have the credentials to be chosen as champion."
"Finally, we'll move on to Light," Jet states. "Go ahead, Light."
"The motto of this game is outwit, outplay, outlast," Light says. "And there is no doubt that I have outwitted and outplayed all of you on my way to outlasting you to the final three. Kaji, Misato, Kyon, Rangiku, Haruhi – all of you were ousted from this game because of my superior strategy. You just have to admit, I was the better player. Look at my opponents and try to give me even one reason why they deserve to win. Ryoko? She simply rode my coattails all the way to this point. And Meilin simply got lucky from vote to vote; we only kept her around because she was so unlikable. There's no reason either of them should get any votes."
"Okay, thank you all for your statements," Jet says. "In a moment, the jury will get their chance to ask you questions and gather all the information they need to make a huge decision, on who will be the sole Survivor. I'll give you a moment to think about what you're going to say."
After a short break, Jet calls up the first player to speak. "Erika, you're up first," he says.
Erika walks up in front of the players, looking pretty sad.
"I want to know: why and how was I voted out?" she asks.
"You can know that I didn't vote for you," Light replies.
"Light's a snake," Ryoko says. "He was the one who came up with the plan to vote you out. He told me to tell Meilin to vote you out. Neither of us understood his plan, but then he conned you into giving up the immunity necklace, and when you did, we went through with the plan."
"Is this true?" Erika asks Light.
"Erika, I love you-" Light begins to say.
"Light, you're nothing but a liar and a fake!" Erika cries. "You told me lies from the first day out here: that you were in love with me, that you were in it to help me. I clearly see that you're a total liar!"
Erika cries as she goes back to her seat.
"Next up, Kyon," Jet says.
Kyon walks up in front of the final three. "I've got questions for all of you," he says. "First, Meilin, why did you put hardly any effort into trying to save me, after all I did to keep you around early on in this game?"
"I'm sorry," Meilin replies. "I felt helpless. I didn't know how to convince Haruhi to change her vote, nor did I know how we could do anything about Light's alliance. Thinking back on that moment, I should have tried to break up Light's alliance then, instead of letting him get his way."
Kyon then turns to Ryoko. "Ryoko, I really want to know, what have you even done out here in 39 days?" he asks. "From what I can tell, you did absolutely nothing but vote for whoever Light told you to, in every single vote. There's no reason a puppet deserves to win this game."
"I am not a puppet!" Ryoko snaps. "I played this game just as hard as anyone else. If it meant getting some help from Light along the way, so be it."
"And you, Light," Kyon says. "You may be a mastermind, making all the decisions to vote all of us out, but how do you think that makes us feel? Do you think we like the fact that you were our downfall in this game?"
"I beat you," Light replies. "I won, and you lost. That's the way it goes. To the victor go the spoils."
"Is that all you need?" Jet asks Kyon.
"Yes," Kyon says, as he goes back to his seat.
"Next up is Rangiku," Jet states.
"Hello, you three," Rangiku says, as she stands up in front of them. "Light, I want to know, why did you and Ryoko go back on the plan to give me immunity if one of your alliance members won it?"
"Because we wanted you out, that's why," Light replies. "Simple as that."
"So, you're a liar," Rangiku responds.
"It was superior strategy," Light says.
"Ryoko, you have anything else to say?" Rangiku asks.
"I never had any intention of giving up immunity, until Light put all sorts of pressure on me about it, so then I gave it up to the person who least needed it," Ryoko replies.
"Okay," Rangiku says. "Meilin, I can only say that I am shocked that you are sitting there and I am standing here. You survived by the skin of your teeth a million times, it seemed. I really don't know what else to say to you."
She walks back to her seat.
"Next up, Haruhi," Jet states.
Haruhi walks up in front of the final three.
"I just want to know, Light and Ryoko: did either of you consider me to be the leader of the Sokyoku tribe?" Haruhi asks.
"Absolutely," Light says. "You made the decisions for us in challenges, when others were not willing to make them. You were our true leader."
"I don't know what Light's talking about," Ryoko responds. "Neither of us cared about who called themselves the leader. We knew we were calling the shots in the tribe the whole time."
Haruhi pouts as she walks back to her seat.
"Okay, Kaji's up," Jet says.
Kaji takes his spot in front of the final three.
"Light, you went about getting rid of me in a very underhanded way," Kaji states. "What do you have to say about that?"
"It was the right move," Light replies. "By voting you out, it opened the door for my alliance to dominate the game."
"So, you think your strategy of lying to people and switching your votes behind their backs was better than that of, say, Meilin's, who stayed true to her word?" Kaji asks.
"I don't think Meilin was any more truthful than we were," Light responds. "She just didn't vote for you, and that's why you're not mad at her."
"Hmmm… seems to me like someone played the perfect game for 38 ½ days," Kaji responds.
Kaji goes back to his seat.
"Next up, Misato," Jet says.
"Hi," Misato says to the final three. "Light, lying was an epidemic for you. You did the same thing to me that you did to Kaji. And that's okay with you?"
"If it helped me get this far, sure," Light replies. "Face it, wouldn't you rather be here than there?"
"I'd rather keep my integrity, thank you very much," Misato replies. "And you, Ryoko, may not have told Light's lies, but you certainly went along with his underhanded moves. How does that make you any better than him?"
"I was simply playing the game, not telling the lies," Ryoko says. "I think there's a fundamental difference there."
"Maybe to you, but I really don't think so," Misato replies.
"Is that all you need?" Jet asks.
"Sure," Misato sighs, walking back to her seat.
"Finally, we've got Rei," Jet states.
Rei walks up in front of the players.
"Meilin, you were part of our alliance for a while," Rei says. "I want to thank you for staying loyal to me, unlike these two."
"Thank you," Meilin says.
"Now do you think that your gameplay was better than that of these two, who controlled the votes, while you just got along?" Rei asks.
"The only person on the jury who I actually voted for when she got voted out was Erika, and I was simply trying to save myself there," Meilin replies. "So, only Erika really has the right to be upset at me, and even in that case, she should realize that I wasn't going to lie down to allow her to remain in the game."
"Very interesting," Rei says. "I think everyone on the jury ought to listen carefully to what Meilin said there. I also think that the jury should pay close attention to what Ryoko's done in this game – which is absolutely nothing. And Light, well, his gameplay speaks for itself. If you really think about it, there's only one choice."
"Thank you, Rei," Jet states, as Rei goes back to her seat. "In a moment, each of you on the jury will get to vote for who you think deserves to win this game. Remember, you will be voting for a winner. I'll give you a few minutes to think about it."
After a short break, Jet addresses the players again.
"Okay, after 39 days, it's about time that we choose the winner of this game," Jet says. "Now, for the final time, it is time to vote. Erika, you're up first."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as Erika gets up from her seat.
Erika goes to vote.
"With everything that happened tonight, my mind has completely changed," Erika says.
Haruhi goes to vote.
Kaji goes to vote.
Kyon goes to vote.
"I couldn't be happier to be writing your name down, Meilin," Kyon says. "You are a true survivor."
Misato goes to vote.
Rangiku goes to vote.
"If you would have told me a few weeks ago I'd be voting for you, I'd have thought you were crazy," Rangiku says.
Rei goes to vote.
After Rei comes back from voting, Jet states, "I'll go get the votes."
Jet walks over to the voting booth, takes the voting urn, then returns to the players.
"Light, Ryoko, Meilin, jury, thank you for a great 39 days of Survivor: Seireitei Forest," he says. "I will see you at Sokyoku Hill in several months for the reading of the votes."
Jet walks out of the Tribal Council area, where he walks along a path out of the Seireitei Forest. As he makes his way out of the forest, he walks past tons of Soul Reapers, climbing a long staircase. Finally, he reaches the top of Sokyoku Hill, where a large crowd of people is sitting in chairs, cheering. The final three and the jury are also sitting there around a fire. As Jet approaches the crowd, they begin to cheer wildly. Jet acknowledges their cheers as he walks up to his spot in front of everyone.
"Thank you, thank you," Jet announces. "Let's get to it."
The crowd continues to cheer.
"Word on the street says this is the best Survivor that took place in Seireitei Forest ever!" Jet announces.
The crowd cheers louder.
"Okay, after all this time, it is time to get to the votes," Jet states. "There are seven votes. It takes four to win, or three if the other two players receive one vote each. For the final time, I will read the votes."
The crowd goes into a hush as Jet pulls out the first vote and opens it. "Meilin," he reads, as the crowd cheers loudly.
Meilin smiles warmly upon seeing her name.
Jet pulls out the second vote and opens it slowly. "Meilin," he reads, to more cheers. "Two votes Meilin."
Meilin puts her hands in front of her face in surprise after seeing this vote.
Jet takes out the third vote, and opens it even slower. "Meilin," he reads. "Three votes Meilin."
At this point, the crowd is in an all-out frenzy. Meilin has her hands over her face in shock. Ryoko looks disinterested and Light looks flat-out angry.
"If this is a vote for Meilin, we have a winner," Jet states.
He pulls out the fourth vote, opening it extremely slowly.
"The winner of Survivor: Seireitei Forest," Jet states. "Meilin."
Meilin jumps into the air in jubilation while the crowd explodes into cheers. She is quickly embraced by Kyon, who rushes over to her. The other jury members also come over to congratulate her. As they do, the players who did not make the jury begin to join them, and Meilin immediately finds Li and hugs him warmly.
"We've had tons of thrills and spills over 39 days in the Seireitei Forest, and in the end, a unanimous winner," Jet says. "Stay with us as we address everything that happened during our time there in our live reunion."
The Survivor theme "Ancient Voices" plays quietly while Meilin continues to celebrate with Li.