Prison School

Ooh, I gotta check it out. The anime looks a lot better than i thought it would.

Random thought; if ever they reach the later arc; one must wonder how the hell they would handle the only explicit sex scene (so far).

I come back after many months, and we're only on page 2.

I haven't touched the manga in quite a while. Well, in a month or two. I think I stopped around Hana and Kiyoshi under the blankets. Time to binge.

So busy though. @_@

This series.

This series.

This series.

INSANITY.

I take it this series is not your cup of tea, Handle? Did you start watching the anime?

I binged through the manga some months ago and I haven't laughed as hard in a long time. This series is indeed insane, but the sheer attention to detail and clear planning of the whole thing make it really consistent madness. Regarding more recent developments of the manga, I really enjoyed Ouroboros, and the manga's assertion that Hana is the objective best girl. Self-explanatory, I suppose.

SO-NO-CHI NO SA-DA-ME!

Ouroboros was glorious. SUCK! SPIT! NO, MOVE!

edited 13th Jul '15 6:40:53 AM by TheHandle

A PLASTIC BOTTLE! SUCH A LOGICAL DEDUCTION!

NAZCA HIEROGLYPHS!

OH MY GOD YOU STEPPED RIGHT ON IT, AND WITH SUCH PANACHE TOO!

SELF-AWARENESS FTW!

THE SUPER-FUN QUIZ!

KIYOSHI, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR DILEMMA!

CONGRATULATIONS, KIYOSHI, YOU DODGED A HUGE ONE! NOW THINK, THINK FAST!

KIYOSHI TAKES A THIRD OPTION! WOW, KIYOSHI, YOU'RE SO SMART!

WAY TO BAIT THE DOG, KIYOSHI! TRULY, YOUR MOTIVATIONS ARE PURE IN THEIR IMPURITY!

YOU'RE A FOUL ONE, CHIYO-CHAN, YOU REAALY AAAARE A HEEEL!

I would mock your non-accomplishment, President, and the pride tht you take on it, but, after all, it is you who said the thing about the trees and the vistas.

WRONG! SO ENTERTAININGLY WRONG!

IS THAT THE FACE OF A MAN WHO SLIGHLY PISSED HIMSELF?!

This is sick, sad, and hilarious.

edited 13th Jul '15 2:18:32 PM by TheHandle

A BOLD, MANLY DECLARATION!

OH MY GOD! IT'S A PLUTONIAN/MODEUS SITUATION!

FINALLY THE TENSION IS RESOLVED! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!

WAIT, NO, THIS IS RAPE! MARI, STOP!

think I just came, of slapstick perfection. This is a humour heaven. Indeed, I have reached beyond laughter into a blissful serenity.

Who knew reptiles could represent a crowning moment of heart-warming?

There is only one track that can adequately convey the scale, planning, and magnificent bastardry of Mari's plan. Truly, she is worthy of the Morally Ambiguous Doctorate. All hail Mari, cum laude, ex honoris!

FAT CHANCE!

Brilliant pickup line, daddy!

edited 13th Jul '15 3:21:47 PM by TheHandle

A DOCUMENTARY INDEED!

Strange Bedfellows, those too. This manga is truly exploiting the Ouroboros for all it's worth.

That fourth panel is worthy of Oyasumi Pun Pun...

THESE PORFECT TEARS!

edited 13th Jul '15 4:05:07 PM by TheHandle

Glad you're enjoying it.

Enjoying it? It is perfect. And fills me with so much nostalgia. Teens are so incompetent, so lacking in perspective, so abundant in energy...

AN AWAKENED BEING!

EDIT:Indeed, tell me, how is a man who has been peed on supposed to live? And I know exactly the right music for the moment where the floodgates open...

edited 13th Jul '15 4:15:21 PM by TheHandle

Aaaand I sprinted right over the cliffhanger and into the abyss of expectation.

IS THE VP BACK?! HOW SO?!

eh

Anyway, I'm glad to see you changed your tune, Handle. What was that about this series being sick and ridiculous and not having any sympathy for the characters?

WHATEVER GAVE YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT I MEANT THOSE WERE BAD THINGS? This story is sick and wrong, and it is all the more magnificent for it...

Episode 2 of the anime is out. Seeing this episode almost feels like it was dedicated to the chairman's ass-man antics and Hana's urine exploits.

Holy shit this series

I haven't screamed at an anime since the end of Denki-gai.

Kana Hana so good

Prison School Ep.03 reminds me why Gakuto is one of the best characters an MC could have.

if i might make a suggestion don't read on foxmanga. the quality of the scans is usually quite bad and they watermark the images. kissmanga and batoto are better alternatives although i don't believe that batoto hosts prison school because of their mature content policies.

fun fact: akira hiramoto (creator of this series) is also the author of a fictionalized account of Robert Johson's life called Me and the Devil Blues. it's pretty much the furthest possible thing from Kangoku Gakuen in that's a serious drama with elements of magical realism.

edited 25th Jul '15 10:38:48 AM by wehrmacht

I heard this was something he wrote out of spite when Me & The Devil Blues didn't sell or something.

Makes perfect sense. Moliere had the exact same problem, which is why the satire in his comedy is so savage.

Late to tell everyone, but episode 4 of Prison School is out.

I seriously don't know what to feel when it comes to this series at times. For instance you got someone like Meiko who's a bitch but then you see her past as a victim of bullying and she reverts to being submissive and meek for some time. The USC's punishment would have felt like karma if not for the fact that the ASC are worse.

Was she ever really a bitch, though? I mean, her (presumable) reaction to being told that the guys were getting off on the way she was treating them was to go 'Well, when you put in like that, I suppose I can see how that's not really an effective punishment', and then change absolutely nothing about her behavior.

So, I mean, there's no way we're looking at genuine antipathy there.

One of the best things about this series is definitely the fact that women actually get treated by people by the narrative, with their own struggles and desires. Most male-oriented series don't even bother showing women's thoughts or what they want out of life, but Prison School is very explicit about how the friendship between Mari and Meiko is tremendously important for the both of them.

I really, really liked the part in the flashback where they say that they're proud of each other, and about wanting to live life without shame. That sort of thing is really important, and it was treated so nicely that I didn't expect it from a series so relentless ecchi. A lot of other things about how the girls have unusual interests or talents (sumo, karate, idol potential) really highlights how much thought the author must have put into these characters. They really have a lot more depth than you'd expect.

The plot point about Kate having an infatuation with Mari was pretty impressive too. Not the sort of thing I'd have expected. Most kinds of homosexual attraction in manga remain purely subtextual or played for laughs, but it was treated relatively serious here, and it ended up concluding an important arc. It says something about this series; I'm not sure what but it says something.

edited 2nd Aug '15 12:26:50 PM by Crinias

Like I said it's diffcult for me to understand how I'm supposed to feel about some of this stuff. My point was Meiko wasn't a very nice person when we first meet her and it's not like she was doing it for them at first. There's also her helping Mari's attempts to get the boys expelled. And really them getting off on it doesn't make it less wrong.

It says something I'll admit. I just don't know if that something is good or bad.

edited 2nd Aug '15 12:42:47 PM by windleopard

Speaking broadly, it says that this is show that makes a point of portraying the cast as flawed and human.