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Don’t Turn Your Back on Them
The next day or so, Yamaguchi goes to school, introduces herself and tells the staff she’s looking forward to working with them. The Rijichou is shocked. She can’t believe that this tiny slip of a woman can handle 3D.
In response, Yamaguchi whips her head around. Sawatari isn't bothered that much. “Er...despite her appearance, she can be quite intense when she's angry. In any case, she excels at seizing the hearts and souls of the students!”
The compliment makes Yamaguchi bashful, but Hatoyama says she can’t do it because she’s a woman. She doesn’t take that well. Tsuruoka adds, “We’re talking about ‘that 3D!’”
Yamaguchi wonders. “That?”
Sakura joins in. “She’ll be sent to the hospital in no time.” Yamaguchi echoes her. “Sent to the hospital.”
Aoi says, “Apparently, you mustn’t turn your back on them.”
Yamaguchi gets a bad feeling about this. She doesn’t want to believe what we viewers already know is true.
The Rijichou steps forward with a slightly frightening smile on her face. She says she’s counting on Yamaguchi and that she must already be prepared since she’s taking over 3D.
Now Yamaguchi’s worries for real. “Prepared?” While she’s rolling the word around her tongue, Sawatari tells her to change into her warm-ups. It finally hits her!
“Yappari! – I knew it!” Her bad feeling was justified. She was a lamb and Sawatari was leading her to slaughter.
Later, after she changes her clothes, the two of them make their way across the school grounds. Near their destination, they encounter Baba Masayoshi, the P.E. (gym) teacher from Kurogin. He’s taken over for the P.E. teacher who quit the day before. Chances are the former P.E. was previously the homeroom teacher of 3D. Gym teachers are usually asked to deal with difficult students because of their physicality.
Anyway, it’s clear Baba is still in love with Yamaguchi. She’s freaked out because his attentions are unwanted and because he knows her family secret. Thankfully, after talking to him, she realizes he’s still an airhead and he’s forgotten the secret. Instead, he’s overjoyed that fate brought them together again. As he contemplates this, the other two slip away, leaving him alone.
Sawatari points out the location of 3D and he reminds her that both their heads will depend on her success. He says they should go and meet the students, but like before, he flees with his tail between his legs, leaving her to fend for herself.
Bravely, she walks down the corridor leading to 3D, alone. Outside the door, she does her FIGHT-Oh thing by extending her hand and pumping herself up with an imaginary team with their hands piled on top of each other’s.
Then she walks through the gates of hell. The students are still noisy and creating havoc. She says good morning and they ignore her. She screams good morning and they pause just long enough for her to introduce herself. She says she’s Yamaguchi Kumiko, she teaches math, she’s single, and her nickname is Yankumi. The students could care less. They ignore her. The mayhem continues.
As she tries in vain to get them to settle down, the blond boy attempts to claim another student’s seat. His compatriot, the pimp-looking boy, Kamiya Shunsuke, cheers him on. His new nickname is Maestro.
The boy with the cinnamon-colored hair calls out the name Honjo...the blond guy. Everyone in the class freezes. As he tells Honjo to cut it out, he looks as though he’d rather be shot in between the eyes than be there. Like a good doggy, Honjo “The Muscle” Kengo follows the orders obediently.
Since the class is still froze, the potential atama, now known as Ogata “Low-Key” Yamato, rises and demands to know what the hell they’re looking at. Although significantly quieter, the others lapse into chaos again. Ogata, who appears to be carrying around a year’s worth of tension, stretches his neck. He’s a time bomb ten seconds away from exploding.
Yankumi quickly sizes up the situation and wonders if he’s the class leader. Years of experience has taught her that if she can control the head of a beast, she can control the body. Ogata is in her sights now. He’s the one she has to win over first.
She’s mistaken. A few seconds later, someone flings the door open. It’s the beautiful peacock and his chicks. He announces that they’ve arrived and the other students scurry to their seats. One even complains that he’s early. Apparently, class doesn’t begin until he gets there.
Yankumi is confused. Now she wonders if he’s the leader.
We discover that the peacock’s name is Kazama “His Prettiness” Ren. Once seated, he and his gang and Ogata’s gang glare at each other. Actually, Ogata glares. Kazama mocks him. Fearing the worst might happen right then and there; Yankumi crosses the room and asks Kazama and company if they aren’t late (things are seldom said or done directly in this society). They seem surprised that she’s speaking to them. Kazama ignores her and asks Wakatsuki, a fellow students, who she is. He says that she’s their new homeroom teacher.
Yankumi reintroduces herself. No response. Mini-peacock, Kuraki “Party” Satoru, talks about how hot Takano Aoi is. Ichimura “LuciousLips” Ririya prefers nurse Sakura. Kazama agrees, prompting Kuraki to pull out a deck of cards.
Yankumi snatches the deck away from Kuraki and tells him that cards are for break time. He gets pissed and tries to deck her. She ducks and he ends up flying across the floor. Now you can hear a pin drop. The students are completely silent. All of a sudden, they’re afraid of Yankumi.
Since her goal isn’t to beat them into submission, she pretends that someone dropped 100 yen on the floor and Kuraki went flying accidentally. After she picks it up, she forces it into Kuraki’s hands, telling him that money is important. That done, she announces she'll take attendance.
Angry, Kuraki kicks a chair and ends up hurting his ankle. Honjo and Kamiya are amused. Kuraki is incensed. He and Ichimura look to take out the others. They go at it. The class chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
Interestingly enough, neither Ogata nor Kazama make any attempt to join in the fray. Apparently, leadership has its perks. Or perhaps they’re only required to fight each other because they’re at the top of the ladder. Ogata’s glare intensifies and Kazama continues to mock him.
Page 1 - Hell is an
Page 2 - The Return of Yamaguchi Kumiko
Page 4 - Don’t Turn Your Back on Them
Page 6 - Cheers, Crime and Boyz on the Loose
Page 8 - Misconduct, Punishment and a Lie
Page 12 - The Fight to Save an Innocent
Page 13 - Redemption: A Leader is Born
Page 14 - To Protect What is Important