History YMMV / PrisonSchool

* HoYay: Gakuto has gotten this with Kiyoshi and Jo.

** Shingo is the most hated of the five boys among the Prison School fandom due to his hypocritical and selfish behavior.

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: In retrospect, the author Akira Hiramoto may had hinted his intention to end the manga back in the 3rd story arc. Unlike most examples of this trope, [[spoiler:no one was killed in the series, but the status quo was completely changed by featuring the destruction of the Prison. Not only that, the author abruptly ended all on-going plot threads and hastily concluded Kiyoshi and Andre's romance lives, with only the latter getting an EarnYourHappyEnding. What sealed the deal for this trope is that the [[TrollingCreator author promised the fans a "much improved" epilogue when they purchase the final volume of the manga]] - It didn't conclude anything, and was clearly a waste of money for the fans who purchased it for the epilogue]].
* TrollingCreator: With respect to that manga's ending. The final serialized chapter was released on December 2017 with an abrupt DownerEnding, with author Akira Hiramoto promising a "much improved" epilogue on the release of the final volume (April 2018). Fans eagerly waited four months only to find that this epilogue was nothing more than [[spoiler:a few panels of the boys dreaming about the Wet T-Shirts Contest with neither background explanation nor conclusion]].

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:Meiko under Kate's leadership. At first she appears as one of the manga's most vicious antagonists, obeying Mari's every word and being the executive agent for the Academy's totalitarian and punishing system. However, it is soon revealed that she was in fact, a ShrinkingViolet who was hated and constantly bullied all her life, and only the friendship with Mari gave her a reason to live and stand up for herself to become the confident and shameless woman she was known to be. Meiko's attitude was less due out of an inherent hatred of men but more of the result of pleasing [[StrawFeminist Mari]] as her only meaning in life (to the point of begging for punishment if she failed her in any way and volunteering to take all of the harshest labour from her), and when Kate framed her for starting a fire that apparently killed Mari's most valued baby crows, she was broken so much by her failure that she reverted to her submissive and timid personality, providing Kate and her cronies more imperatives to abuse her.]]

* MemeticBadass: The Chairman gets this reputation after [[spoiler:enduring a devastating car crash]] without injury. Combined with his reveal of surprisingly good wilderness survival skills, jokes quickly sprang up in the fandom about him having learned them from battling through the South American jungle in his search for the perfect ass.

** Mari [[spoiler: [[QuestionableConsent tricking Kate into lesbian sex under false pretence.]]]]

** While the Official Student Council are seen as the "villains" of the second arc due to their harsh treatment of the Underground Student Council, Kate does point that their treatment of the USC members is honestly NotSoDifferent from how the USC members punished the boys. Both groups are abusive to their prisoners to the point of Human Rights Violations (the Stanford Prison Experiment even being referenced) and aren't above using blackmail. Even Kate tricking Meiko into thinking she'd burned alive a nest of Mari's baby crows is almost identical to the time Mari made it look like her crows were eating Joe's ants in order to provoke a violent reaction from him. [[spoiler:In both cases, the animals turned out to be perfectly safe]]. After everything the USC did to the boys, it [[LaserGuidedKarma only seem fair that their punishment should be the same]]. However, this does end when they [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog imprison the clearly innocent Kiyoshi and Chiyo]]]], and when Kate admits that [[spoiler: the whole punishment is not out of justice or feminist ideology but only [[{{Revenge}} her personal plan to get back at Mari for dethroning her as the best]]]].

* {{Wangst}}: Hana's whining during her turn as a prisoner. Played for laughs ("That's karma bitch") as well as [[spoiler:part of Mari's plan to make Hana the ReverseMole]].

* BrokenBase: The anime is either a great adaptation that got the crazy tone of the manga down perfectly, or it's a rushed and censored trainwreck that people can't get immersed in due to uneven pacing. [[note]]Some episodes cram in as many as '''eight''' chapters.[[/note]]

** Hana is far and away the most popular character within the western fandom. Despite firmly being a supporting character throughout the first three story arcs and being far less prominent than both Mari and Meiko, she has topped every western popularity poll by a sizable margin. Her massive popularity was mostly due to her comedic entanglements with the main character Kiyoshi and to some extent her popular Anime VA Kana Hanazawa. Her popularity might have possibly influenced the author's decision to give her a major role in the final story arc.

* CatharsisFactor: The imprisonment and harsh treatment of Underground Student Council is seen as the most satisfying event in the manga. Especially when Mari attempts to gain the higher moral ground by remarking that she expects Mari to try and provoke her and her underlings to extend their sentences, and the [[http://www.funmanga.com/uploads/chapters/5810/88/p_00014.png look on her face]] when she is reminded that she did the same thing to the boys.

** Hana is far and away the most popular character within the western fandom. Despite firmly being a supporting character throughout the first three story arcs and being far less prominent than both Mari and Meiko, she has topped every western popularity poll by a sizable margin. Her massive popularity was mostly due to her comedic entanglements with the main character Kiyoshi and to some extent her popular Anime VA Kana Hanazawa.

* FanPreferredCouple: Kiyoshi has made it clear on multiple occasions that his feelings are for Chiyo. [[http://forums.mangafox.me/showthread.php?t=480197 Despite this a lot of fans would rather see him end up with Hana instead]]. This is mainly due to Chiyo coming across as a generic NiceGirl to a lot of readers, her and Kiyoshi's relationship not being fleshed out until well into the series and some of the most memorable and hilarious scenes in the series occurring whenever Kiyoshi and Hana are alone.

* TheScrappy: Chiyo Kurihara is seen as a generic NiceGirl with little fleshing out of her character. It doesn't help that her rival for Kiyoshi, [[TsunDere Hana]], is a huge EnsembleDarkhorse. The funny thing is that Chiyo probably wouldn't be that unpopular if she was in a conventional high school drama. It was unfortunate that Prison School made her stuck out like a sore thumb among a cast full of peculiar characters, though she does get RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in the arcs following the Calvary battle, due to getting more characterization in general.

* DesignatedVillain: Kate of the ASC in the second and third story arc (USC's imprisonment and the sports festival, respectively). Although [[{{Revenge}} her motivation]] was wrong, her actions weren't really any worse off than what Mari did during the boys' imprisonment - Its karma for the USC. Hence she was the main antagonist only because she happened to be in a personal feud with Mari AND happened to [[SillyReasonForWar replace the USC's previous Wet T-shirt contest with a clamming event.]]

* NeverLiveItDown: The series as a whole will never live down how dragged out the cavalry battle between the two student councils was.

* CatharsisFactor: The imprisonment and harsh treatment of Underground Student Council is seen as the most satisfying event in the manga. Especially when Mari attempts to gain the higher moral ground by remarking that she expects Mari to try and provoke her and her underlings to extend their sentences, and the [[https://www.mangahere.co/manga/kangoku_gakuen/c089/13.html look on her face]] when she is reminded that she did the same thing to the boys.

** Similarly, despite the cruelty they suffer at the hands of the USC, the boys ''are'' guilty of their original charge of voyeurism on any number of unconsenting girls.

* TheScrappy: Chiyo Kurihara is seen as a generic NiceGirl with little fleshing out of her character. It doesn't help that her rival for Kiyoshi, [[TsunDere Hana]], is a huge EnsembleDarkhorse. The funny thing is that Chiyo probably wouldn't be that unpopular if she was in a conventional high school drama. It was unfortunate that Prison School made her stuck out like a sore thumb among a cast full of peculiar characters.

** The events surrounding Chiyo's birthday has also reached a breaking point amongst readers due to the slow pacing of having four stories going on at the same time. These four stories being: '''A)''' Kiyoshi trying to confess to Chiyo at the birthday location while Hana tries to reveal her own feelings for Kiyoshi, '''B)''' Meiko and Kate trying to reach the airport to stop Mari from leaving, '''C)''' Andre and Risa becoming an OfficialCouple, and '''D)''' The rest of the core supporting characters going down river on the bottle raft to reach the birthday loation, but end up getting themselves lost. With the exception of the Andre and Risa plotline, the rest have basically been dragged out with many back-to-back chapters of everyone simply trying to reach their final destination. Kiyoshi keeps getting roadblocked on the way to the birthday location, Meiko and Kate have a rough time getting to the airport, and the Gakuto, Shingo, Joe, Anzu, Satou, Mayumi group remain lost drifting further down the river on the bottle raft away from the birthday location.

** The events surrounding Chiyo's birthday has also reached a breaking point amongst readers due to the slow pacing of having four stories going on at the same time. These four stories being: '''A)''' Kiyoshi trying to confess to Chiyo at the birthday location while Hana tries to reveal her own feelings for Kiyoshi, '''B)''' Meiko and Kate trying to reach the airport to stop Mari from leaving, '''C)'' Andre and Risa becoming an OfficialCouple, and '''D)''' The rest of the core supporting characters going down river on the bottle raft to reach the birthday loation, but end up getting themselves lost. With the exception of the Andre and Risa plotline, the rest have basically been dragged out with many back-to-back chapters of everyone simply trying to reach their final destination. Kiyoshi keeps getting roadblocked on the way to the birthday location, Meiko and Kate have a rough time getting to the airport, and the Gakuto, Shingo, Joe, Anzu, Satou, Mayumi group remain lost drifting further down the river on the bottle raft away from the birthday location.

* ArcFatigue: The Horseback challenge between the two Student Councils ended up suffering from this due to the large amount of focus being placed on the characters doing crazy antics to one another rather than actually competing to complete the Horseback game. Hell, even '''Mayumi''' of all characters (Chiyo's friend) got a chapter focused on her. Chairman Kurihara's wilderness side-adventure that's been going on at the same time as the Horseback challenge hasn't helped either. The arc proved to be so divisive because of its plot and length that readership for the series took a severe nosedive by the time it ended.

** The Chairman is also deeply beloved for being a CoolOldGuy and genuinely ReasonableAuthorityFigure while also having a limitless obsession with asses.
** Gakuto is near-universally liked due to his unexpectedly admirable UndyingLoyalty and [[HeroicSacrifice consistent willingness to sacrifice his own happiness for the sake of others]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The second story arc (USC's imprisonment) can be this for some readers. On the USC's side it was karma for what they had earlier done to the boys, but on the ASC's side it was clear that Kate's no angel and her mistreatment of the USC was largely out of revenge and her own selfish motives. The boys' main motivation for teaming up with the USC against the ASC was largely lust-driven and with little nobility. Arguably, none of the main players in the second story arc was worth rooting for - at least in the beginning.

** Kate making Meiko think she'd burned alive a nest of baby crows. It destroys her self-confidence completely and reduces her into TheWoobie.

* TheScrappy: Chiyo Kurihara is seen as a generic NiceGirl with little fleshing out of her character. It doesn't help that her rival for Kiyoshi, [[TsunDere Hana]], is a huge EnsembleDarkhorse.

* {{Wangst}}: Hana's whining during her turn as a prisoner. Although it could also be [[spoiler:part of Mari's plan to make Hana the ReverseMole]].

** For Chiyo-Kiyoshi and Hana-Kiyoshi shippers: Hana's actions during the Sports Festival's Cavalry match and right after, where she shares part of the responsibility for ruining Kiyoshi's social life at school and also requests for Chiyo not to socialize with Kiyoshi ostensibly out of concern for Chiyo's reputation. Did Hana ruin Kiyoshi's reputation for the greater goal of ensuring the USC's survival, or did she do that so that no other girl would get close to Kiyoshi? Did Hana asked Chiyo to avoid Kiyoshi out of concern for Chiyo's reputation or she did not want Chiyo to get close to Kiyoshi? Even more debatable would be the part where Hana tore up the memo Chiyo requested to be passed to Kiyoshi... Did she sabotage the message unintentionally (From a fit of uncontrollable envy) or intentionally?

* CreepyCute: Occasionally but noticeably Hana Midorikawa, in the first story arc when she was one of the antagonists. Her eyes hints of coldness and malice while smiling at her captives/victim or contemplating malicious actions. Overlaps with TheFakeCutie.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hana is far and away the most popular character within the western fandom. Despite firmly being a supporting character throughout the first three arcs and being far less prominent than both Mari and Meiko, she has topped every western popularity poll by a sizable margin.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hana is clearly the most popular Prison School character, at least in the west at the time of this writing. Prison School's first 3 story arcs clearly showed that Hana was meant to be a supporting character who was almost never a key player in any main plot while Mari was intended to be the main antagonist/protagonist. Just look at the poll results:
** [[http://www.strawpoll.me/10841048/r Favourite Prison School character]]
** [[http://www.strawpoll.me/7099987/r Next expected sexual situation in Prison School]]
** [[http://prison-school.wikia.com/wiki/Prison_School_Wiki:Polls Prison School Wiki poll results]]

** For Chiyo-Kiyoshi and Hana-Kiyoshi shippers: Hana's actions during the Sports Festival's Cavalry match and right after, where she shares part of the responsibility for ruining Kiyoshi's social life at school and also requests for Chiyo not to socialize with Kiyoshi ostensibly out of concern for Chiyo's reputation. Did Hana ruin Kiyoshi's reputation for the greater goal of ensuring the USC's survival, or did she do that so that no other girl would get close to Kiyoshi? Did Hana asked Chiyo to avoid Kiyoshi out of concern for Chiyo's reputation or she did not want Chiyo to get close to Kiyoshi? Even more debatable would be the part where Hana tore up the memo Chiyo requested to be passed to Kiyoshi... Did she sabotage the message intentionally or did she do that in an uncontrolled fit of jealousy?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Kate, Mari's arch-nemesis for the position of Student Council President and eventually becomes her chief torturer. While Kate is the main antagonist of the second arc, and shows tendencies of being an AlphaBitch, it is also equally arguable that her actions are justified and Mari and the Underground Student Council really did deserve all the crap she imposes onto them because of their numerous human rights violations e.g. illegal imprisonment, torture, forced labour, etc. just for peeping, while Kate never acted all that viciously to anybody else who committed minor felonies, even to the boys, unless they help Mari in some way. Besides, the only reason the [[EnemyMine boys decided to forge an alliance with Mari]] in the first place was because Kate's administration [[SillyReasonForWar replaced the USC's previous Wet T-shirt contest with a clamming event.]]