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Flunk Punk Rumble
File:Yankee-kun to Megane-chan vol01 Cover.jpg
Cover of the first volume of Flunk Punk Rumble as published by Kodansha
ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん
(Yankee-kun to Megane-chan)
GenreSlice of life story, Romantic comedy
Manga
Written byMiki Yoshikawa
Published byKodansha
English publisherSingapore Chuang Yi
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 18, 2006 – present
Volumes19

Flunk Punk Rumble, known in Japan as Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん, Yankī-kun to Megane-chan) is an ongoing manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series began as a three-part short story that was later developed into a full series and serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine starting October 18, 2006. The manga is collected into tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, who has released 21 volumes and an official guidebook as of June 17, 2010.[1][2] Reviews of the series have been very positive.[3] The series has been licensed in Chinese and English by the Singaporean publishing company Chuang Yi under the title Flunk Punk Rumble. As of February 24, 2010, they have released nine volumes in Chinese[4] and three in English.[5]

Plot

Daichi Shinagawa was just a Yankee (Japanese term for delinquent) who wanted nothing to do with his high school life. Hana Adachi, the dedicated class representative, however would not allow it and constantly bothers him to be involved in school life. Shinagawa is first confused on why she keeps pestering him until he discovers her secret. While she may look like a typical class representative stereotype, Adachi is actually not very smart and lacks common sense, and Shinagawa eventually learns that Adachi is a former delinquent. Regretting being a yankee during her middle school years, Adachi decides to change her ways to achieve her dream of becoming the best class representative. She decides to help Shinagawa so he will not continue to make the same mistake that she did. Thus begins the adventures of these two unlikely friends and their classmates at Mon Shiro High School.

Characters

Main characters

Daichi Shinagawa (品川 大地, Shinagawa Daichi)
The male protagonist of the story. Also known as "Yankee-kun," Shinagawa is a short-tempered delinquent who does not like to be bothered and has no plans for his high school life. That is until he meets Adachi, a former delinquent who convinces him to change his path else he might regret it like she did. At first he is merely pestered by Adachi into becoming more active in school, but gradually changes throughout the series: from small things such as not smoking and avoiding class to even becoming co-vice president of his class. He hates to study but is pretty good in math. He is also an honorable person who will try everything to protect others, becoming an integral member in his newfound group of friends.
His mother is a lawyer while his father, whose personality is similar to his, is a renowned doctor. Later in the series, it is revealed that due to innate talent and his being very hard working, he was one of the top students in a reputable private elementary school. Upon realizing that delinquents were bothering his number one rival in studies, Shizuku Hachioji (八王子 雫, Hachioji Shizuku), interfering with her ability to study, Shinagawa became directly involved to save her. His involvement in a fight with those delinquents resulted in him being kicked out of the school. Although he made a promise with Shizuku to meet again in university, his grades had already begun to slip, eventually losing interest in studies entirely and subsequently becoming a student with poor grades. This event marks his becoming a delinquent and his changed look (he previously had black hair and wore glasses).
He initially has a love-hate relationship with Hana Adachi, liking her due to her nature to help others no matter what, but becoming annoyed with her due to her idiocy, lack of common sense, and forcing him to help with her bizarre plans and antics. In a bonus chapter, it is shown that Shinagawa decided to attend Mon Shiro only after seeing a beautiful girl, who was actually Adachi without glasses and with loose hair (something he didn't realize until much later), at his entrance exam. Although he always bicker with Adachi, he would do anything so that he won't hurt or upset her. He later admits to liking her and even gets jealous when her former middle school classmate tells Shinagawa his intentions to ask her out, but Adachi remains oblivious to Shinagawa's feelings.
Hana Adachi (足立 花, Adachi Hana)
The female protagonist of the story. Adachi is the class representative and later, the student council president. Despite her appearance as the quiet and dutiful class rep, she lacks common sense and often has the worst grades in class. Having been a delinquent before attending high school, she initially does not know how to interact with normal students so she hangs around Shinagawa, forcing him to be more active in school. Since she desires to be a normal student, Adachi tries not to use her monstrous fighting abilities and had even changed her appearance; she ties her hair in pigtails and wears glasses despite having great eye sight. When she starts attending school without glasses and pigtails, her popularity among the student body skyrockets, but after Shinagawa's father did not take her seriously during an argument, she goes back to wearing them.
Not much is known about her past besides her status as a fearsome delinquent during middle school, with the mention of her name striking fear in anyone who knows her reputation. She is even shown to have influence over Yakuza gansters. Also, it is mentioned that she left her main residence in order to live with her grandma. However, after being accepted into a high profile university, she decides to go back home despite the consequences that might befall her. According to her grandma, she did this for Shinagawa's sake.
Seiya Chiba (千葉 星矢, Chiba Seiya)
A tall, bespectacled, fearsome-looking student with noticeable scar extending across his forehead and left eyebrow. When first introduced, he became a hikikomori a week after he got into trouble with a gang. Adachi and Shinagawa beat the gang (without knowing they themselves were the cause of his self-isolation) which allows him overcome his fears. When they forget about him, he is shattered again. Adachi tries to get him to attend school and take the exams, but he refuses, saying he is afraid of sitting next to Shinagawa. But Shinagawa realizes that Chiba is merely looking for Adachi's attention, and tells him to attend school and take the exams or she will never visit him again. Chiba is very smart and rich, and his mother is young and beautiful. He has a habit of unknowingly glaring at people which often cause a misunderstanding. He is very smart and almost always scores 100 marks for his tests, except for one occasion in chapter 67, where it is shown that he scored 94 marks on a math test, 2 marks lower than Shinagawa.In later latest chapters, it is shown that he has a crush on Makoto which seems obvious to everyone around him, however Makoto doesn't seem to have noticed yet.
Rinka Himeji (姫路 凜風, Himeji Rinka)
Adachi's kohai from middle school who transfers to Adachi's high school in Volume 3, Chapter 23. Known as "The Bloody Pantheress", she was a Yankee and Hana's right hand man back in middle school. She is still very devoted to Adachi, and has been ever since Adachi saved her and they became friends. While Adachi has reformed herself to become a good student, Himeji on the other hand still acts like a delinquent and believes that Chiba and Shinagawa are her subordinates. She has a bad relationship with her family because she is adopted, and when she told them that she wanted to move to Adachi's school, they kicked her out of their home. Adachi took her to live at her house after finding out about it, after Himeji had spent a night sleeping in Shinagawa's bed. In chapter 56 she is shown to have a crush on Shinagawa. Like Hana, she has very strange way of thinking.
Gaku Izumi (和泉 岳, Izumi Gaku)
Student council Vice President along with Shinagawa. The two often fight over being the better Vice President. He is very good at fighting, even being able to block Adachi's kick, but he cannot beat Adachi in a fight. He is also good at studying (his grades are second in the entire grade) and he gets really hyped up over the smallest things. A running joke is that he is incredibly verbose and from time to time others think him socially awkward. He used to be in a motor cycle gang and still loves to wear his old gang outfit. He is close friends with Kagawa.

Other Mon Shiro students

Kasukabe (春日部)
A fellow classmate of Shinagawa and Adachi. She is one of the few girls that talks to Shinagawa without being afraid of him. She is dating Sagami, a student from another school.
Makoto Kumagaya (熊谷 真, Kumagaya Makoto)
Student in Shinagawa's year, first appeared in chapter 39 and was thought have been a boy because her game avatar was male. Since she wouldn't come out of the game world, she was helped by the student council (especially Chiba), and thus became good friends with the student council members. It is mentioned in Chapter 50 that she still occasionally plays the online game with Shinagawa. She's a very outgoing type of girl. She is unaware that Chiba has since developed a crush on her.
Kawasaki (川崎)
Kumagaya's childhood friend who is concerned about her playing games and not attending school. She was upset that she would lose him as he grew apart and started having interest in girls, leading to her behavior.
Hikaru Akita (秋田 光, Akita Hikaru)
A third-year student who is the former student council president, he is always seen with a fan in his hand. He seems to be an easy-going person. Like most of the cast, he is also a former delinquent, and will fly in a rage upon being called a girl - when he is in this state, even Shinagawa and Izumi fear him. It is shown that the only way to get him to calm down is for a girl to kick him in his private parts. Akita's girlfriend is Shinagawa's older sister and they both attend the same university.
Itsuki Kagawa (香川 樹, Kagawa Itsuki)
A third-year student who joined Mon Shiro High School solely to be in Student Council, which he believes is a Bozoko, or a biker gang. On the first day he gets into a fight with Akira Kitami because he rejected to be his friend. Later, they become friends. He is good friends with Gaku Izumi, and was once his underling. He later runs for the President of Student Council hoping to make Monshiro High the strongest. After becoming President he is surprised to find that, while the rest of the student council are under the impression that Adachi does nothing, she in fact keeps detailed records of every single student that attends Monshiro, keeping special tabs on those students who are in danger of expulsion so that she can help them to enjoy school life as she has. Though she tells him that this task is difficult and time consuming, she knows that he'll be able to handle it just a she has, because he has his friends there to help him, just like her friends have helped her.
Akira Kitami (北見 明, Kitami Akira)
A third-year delinquent who just wants to make friends, but is unable to come off friendly. He later makes friends with Kagawa, and on occasion hangouts with the student council with Kagawa. Later on, he runs for Student Council as the Vice-President along side Anna in hopes of making more friends. He and his group eventually win the election after their rival candidates concede. After the School's Sports Festival he develops a crush on Anna. In an attempt to get to know her better he, Kagawa and Anna begin a tradition of going to an Ice Cream shop together after school each day.
Nacchi and Macchi
First introduced as a part of Shinagawa's trash team during the festival. 'Guy-gals' that are never apart, and they idolize Shinagawa. They later run for the secretary and Treasurer positions in Student Council believing they are Shinagawa's successors. After winning the Election they are shocked and dismayed to find that all paper work for the student council is done solely by the Secretary and Treasurer positions, previously held by Chiba and Himeji.
Anna Ichinomiya (一宮 杏奈, Ichinomiya Anna)
She first appears as an air head who loves hair and makeup re-taking a test alone with Shinagawa as the test proctor. Later on, they discover she won a medal for her cheer leading skills and eventually helps them practice for the sports festival. Though her teaching is effective in the long run, she is prone to kicking and punching if anyone is to interrupt her. She eventually becomes Student Council Vice-President along with Kitami.

Other characters

Sagami (相模)
A delinquent from an all boys high school. He first appears when he and his gang try to find Shinagawa at his highschool after having a fight with him. Adachi helps Shinagawa escape but were soon found by Sagami's gang. He tries to harass Adachi, a fatal mistake when he suddenly realizes who she is and she attacks him. When the gang realizes who they are dealing with, they flee in terror. He is dating Kasukabe, thanks to Adachi helping him confess his feeling for Kasukabe, on the condition that he cleans up his act in the future.
Seiun Nerima (練馬 青雲, Nerima Seiun)
Shinagawa's childhood friend who attends the same school as Sagami. He finds ugly girls attractive and gets into trouble with the Yakuza after unknowingly dating a gangster's wife online. He is secretly saved from this situation by Adachi.
Arisa Oomiya (大宮 有砂, Ōmiya Arisa)
A blonde teenage girl introduced in chapter 11. She is a hotheaded but honest girl whose attitude is reminiscent of Shinagawa. Adachi and Shinagawa meet her when her father (who Shinagawa has saved from committing suicide) asks them take money to her at the Shibuya District so that she can come home to celebrate New Year's with her family. But she refuses, instead staying with her friend Misora. However, it becomes clear that Misora is extorting money from her. Oomiya had become friends with Misora because she made her "cool" and because she didn't mind giving Misora money. When the money given by Oomiya's father isn't enough for Misora, and Misora fails to use Adachi for more money, she has Oomiya kidnapped and sold into a prostitution ring at a Love hotel. Oomiya is saved by Adachi and agrees to go home to her father with Adachi and Shinagawa.
Kairi Shinagawa (品川 海里, Shinagawa Kairi)
Shinagawa's older sister. She and her brother share the same lazy, stubborn, and brutally honest attitude, but Kairi tends to be a bit nicer than her brother. Her boyfriend is Akita, the former student council leader. In a recent story arc (starting from chapter 185), it is shown that she is also taking the transfer exam to enter the same university as Shinagawa. This is shown to be probably because she does not want to be the odd one out in the family as their parents are also graduates of said university.
You Adachi (足立 葉, Adachi You)
Adachi's delinquent younger brother. Like Adachi, You has excellent fighting abilities and is capable of taking on the boys of Mon Shiro's Student Council on his own. However, unlike his sister, You is an all-around genius. He both fears and admires his sister, and his goal was to conquer the nation with her, but she had left the main house and put her delinquent days behind her. He too leaves home and attempts to live with Adachi, but after she refuses, he starts living with Shinagawa.

Media

Manga volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 February 16, 2007[6]978-4-06-363799-1March 04, 2008[5]978-981-276-416-4
2 April 04, 2007[7]978-4-06-363825-7August 12, 2008[5]978-981-276-480-5
3 June 15, 2007[8]978-4-06-363846-2January 20, 2009[5]978-981-276-759-2
4 September 08, 2007[9]978-4-06-363871-4——
5 November 16, 2007[10]978-4-06-363917-9——
6 January 17, 2008[11]978-4-06-363943-8——
7 April 17, 2008[12]978-4-06-363976-6——
8 June 17, 2008[13]978-4-06-384006-3——
9 September 17, 2008[14]978-4-06-384043-8——
10 November 17, 2008[15]978-4-06-384067-4——
11 February 17, 2009[16]978-4-06-384101-5——
12 April 17, 2009[17]978-4-06-384123-7——
13 July 17, 2009[18]978-4-06-384160-2——
14 October 16, 2009[19]978-4-06-384186-2——
15 January 15, 2010[20]978-4-06-384236-4——
16 March 17, 2010[21]978-4-06-384268-5——
17 May 17, 2010[22]978-4-06-384298-2——
18 June 17, 2010[23]978-4-06-384313-2——
19 September 17, 2010[24]978-4-06-384363-7——
20 November 17, 2010[25]978-4-06-384397-2——
21 January 17, 2011[1]978-4-06-384427-6——

There is also a one-shot containing some of the characters from this manga as well as some Fairy Tail characters (Fairy Megane)

Live action

A live action drama began airing on April 23, 2010 and ran for a total of 10 episodes[26]. The theme song "Loose Leaf" was sung by Hilcrhyme.

Cast[27]
Guests

References

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