Woo, once again I’m late to the party. I finally started reading Yankee-Kun to Megane-Chan. It’s probably a good thing that I was late because the first chapters are so-so.
Here’s the description if knew of this manga :
“The story starts with a seemingly unassuming class rep Adachi Hana who has taken an interest in the school’s known delinquent, Shinagawa Daichi. Just what is her reason for following Daichi and wanting him to go on the class field trip?”
I somehow concluded that this manga was about some diligent Class-rep-like girl who decided to reform the class delinquent to be a fitting member of society.
BOY was I wrong !
Turns out Megane-chan is a former delinquent and a quite strong and feared one at that. And that is why she felt a connection with Yankee-Kun. Also turns out that Megane- chan, against all stereotypes…is pretty retarded. And by retarded I mean…stupid…extremely stupid.
She sucks in class ( so much that she repeated once already ) , fails to present any kind of logic, is crude, selfish, thinks with her stomach and seems to have no redeeming quality.
Well no ok, to be fair, she does have a big heart and really want to help people out.
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The story in the first 3 volumes thus follow the adventures of Yankee-Kun (Shinagawa Daichi) and Megane-Chan (Adachi Hana) trough their freshman years, and I suppose their getting accustomed to each other. Sadly, the first 2 vol are actually not that interesting.
Things eventually get better when the 3rd gang member joins in, Chiba Seiya , the sweet , tall and shy classmate with the glare of death.
Chiba is the somewhat comic relief of the manga. He gets his own 2 chapter mini-arc in chapter 3 and 4, too suddenly be forgotten until chapter 19. Chiba suffers from frequent bullying due to his involuntary glare of death that makes him look like he picks up fight with anyone when in reality he’s pretty chicken.
Not long after that the 3 friends pass on the 2nd year and are joined by Himeji Rinka , Hana’s underclassman from her previous school who had a pretty strong entrance, and while not as stupid as Hana, is almost as particular.
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But the real deal begins when Hana decides to be candidate for student council… yeah… a bunch of delinquent in the student council. Crazy idea right ? …Until they actually get elected.
They are joined by their final (gang?) member : Izumi Gaku . The second best student after Chiba…who happens to also be a former Yankee.
Interestingly enough, He and Daichi become BEST buds from the get-go.
While the formula didn’t change much and it pretty much stayed the same manga with more characters, the fact that delinquents became Student council makes the manga 10 times better simply for the Irony.
It gets better, while on a “student council retreat” during the summer, they meet the former student council.
The former president is actually a pretty cool and laid back guy……until someone calls him the forbidden word “ Girl” and he instantly turns into a blood thirsty , hungry for battle , super vicious delinquent.
It is then explained that it’s almost a tradition in the school to have a student council composed of erm “strong” elements, for the school attracts “particular” students.
But while composed of delinquents, they are actually good people with big hearts, even if they can get pretty sidetracked at times…
Helping bullied students here and there, making geeks look more confident, etc.
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There appears to be some sort of subplot with Hana, not being a simple girl ( or rather former delinquent), but the manga doesn’t dwelve too much into that so far. or rather , at least not what I read so far.
If you don’t read this manga yet and have some spare time, I highly recommend you start reading it.
here’s to hoping it gets an anime soon.
