diff --git a/th01/end/end.cpp b/th01/end/end.cpp
index c6361580..02cd45ef 100644
--- a/th01/end/end.cpp
+++ b/th01/end/end.cpp
@@ -504,17 +504,19 @@ void verdict_title_calculate_and_render(void)
 		(VERDICT_LEFT - VERDICT_TITLE_LEFT_OFFSET + VERDICT_TITLE_PADDED_W),
 		verdict_line_top(12),
 		FX_TITLE,
-		"%s\0 EASY \0NORMAL\0 HARD \0LUNATIC",
+		"%s",
 		VERDICT_TITLES[group][level]
 	);
 }
 
 void verdict_animate_and_regist(void)
 {
-	struct hack { const char *str[RANK_COUNT]; }; // XXX
-	extern const hack ranks;
-
-	struct hack RANKS = ranks;
+	const char* RANKS[RANK_COUNT] = {
+		" EASY ",
+		"NORMAL",
+		" HARD ",
+		"LUNATIC"
+	};
 
 	grp_palette_black_out(10);
 
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@ void verdict_animate_and_regist(void)
 	);
 	frame_delay(30);
 
-	verdict_line_render1(2, VERDICT_RANK"%s", RANKS.str[rank]);
+	verdict_line_render1(2, VERDICT_RANK"%s", RANKS[rank]);
 
 	// Should really all be %10lu (with the superflous right-padding removed
 	// from the strings) if you're already using `long`s here. Scoreplayers
diff --git a/th01/shiftjis/end.hpp b/th01/shiftjis/end.hpp
index ebefb203..da954ea8 100644
--- a/th01/shiftjis/end.hpp
+++ b/th01/shiftjis/end.hpp
@@ -52,5 +52,26 @@ static const pixel_t VERDICT_TITLE_PADDED_W = shiftjis_w(VERDICT_TITLE "    ");
 
 static const int VERDICT_GROUPS = 3;
 static const int VERDICT_LEVELS = 6;
-extern const unsigned char *VERDICT_TITLES[VERDICT_GROUPS][VERDICT_LEVELS];
+const unsigned char *VERDICT_TITLES[VERDICT_GROUPS][VERDICT_LEVELS] = { {
+	"　モンキー　",
+	"　類人猿",
+	"ホモサピエンス",
+	"　超人",
+	"　靈神　",
+	"　神を超越"
+}, {
+	"お子様ゲーマー",
+	"似非スコアラー",
+	"ミドルスコアラー",
+	"ハイスコアラー",
+	"スーパーゲーマー",
+	"ゲーマーを超越",
+}, {
+	"腐ったみかん",
+	"ザックームの実",
+	"禁断の林檎",
+	"世界樹の葉",
+	"黄帝九鼎神丹経",
+	"　アムリタ"
+} };
 // --------------
diff --git a/th01_fuuin.asm b/th01_fuuin.asm
index a51195e3..bf6d16c1 100644
--- a/th01_fuuin.asm
+++ b/th01_fuuin.asm
@@ -235,54 +235,6 @@ include th01/hiscore/regist_name[data].asm
 include th01/hardware/grppfnfx[data].asm
 include th01/hiscore/scorelod[data].asm
 include th01/hiscore/regist[data].asm
-public _VERDICT_TITLES
-_VERDICT_TITLES label dword
-		dd aB@gvguglbB@		; "　モンキー　"
-		dd aB@cRlio		; "　類人猿"
-		dd aGzgvgtgsgggugx	; "ホモサピエンス"
-		dd aB@tRl		; "　超人"
-		dd aB@sR_b@		; "　靈神　"
-		dd aB@r_v		; "　神を超越"
-		dd aVioqclgqbGB		; "お子様ゲーマー"
-		dd aOcf			; "似非スコアラー"
-		dd aGGhglgxgrgagib	; "ミドルスコアラー"
-		dd aGngcgxgrgagib	; "ハイスコアラー"
-		dd aGxbGpbGqbGB		; "スーパーゲーマー"
-		dd aGqbGBV		; "ゲーマーを超越"
-		dd aXevVVViv		; "腐ったみかん"
-		dd aGugbgnbGavO		; "ザックームの実"
-		dd aLTfvCMc		; "禁断の林檎"
-		dd aRvkeo		; "世界樹の葉"
-		dd aIitsluucr_tomo	; "黄帝九鼎神丹経"
-		dd aB@gagagkg		; "　アムリタ"
-public _ranks
-_ranks	label dword
-	dd DGROUP:0763h
-	dd DGROUP:076Ah
-	dd DGROUP:0771h
-	dd DGROUP:0778h
-
-; Group 0
-aB@gvguglbB@	db '　モンキー　',0
-aB@cRlio	db '　類人猿',0
-aGzgvgtgsgggugx	db 'ホモサピエンス',0
-aB@tRl		db '　超人',0
-aB@sR_b@	db '　靈神　',0
-aB@r_v		db '　神を超越',0
-; Group 1
-aVioqclgqbGB	db 'お子様ゲーマー',0
-aOcf		db '似非スコアラー',0
-aGGhglgxgrgagib	db 'ミドルスコアラー',0
-aGngcgxgrgagib	db 'ハイスコアラー',0
-aGxbGpbGqbGB	db 'スーパーゲーマー',0
-aGqbGBV		db 'ゲーマーを超越',0
-; Group 2
-aXevVVViv	db '腐ったみかん',0
-aGugbgnbGavO	db 'ザックームの実',0
-aLTfvCMc	db '禁断の林檎',0
-aRvkeo		db '世界樹の葉',0
-aIitsluucr_tomo	db '黄帝九鼎神丹経',0
-aB@gagagkg	db '　アムリタ',0
 
 	; th01/hardware/palette[data].asm
 	extern _z_Palettes:rgb_t:COLOR_COUNT