Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School | |
Cover of the first novel of Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School as published by Fujimi Shobo
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リアル バウト ハイ スクール (Shoukan Kyoushi Riaru Bauto Hai Sukūru) |
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Genre | Martial arts |
Light novel | |
Written by | Reiji Saiga |
Illustrated by | Sora Inoue |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Dragon Magazine |
Original run | January 1997 – July 2010 |
Volumes | 19 |
Manga | |
Written by | Reiji Saiga |
Illustrated by | Sora Inoue |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Kadokawa Comics Dragon Jr. |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Dragon |
Original run | December 1998 – April 2003 |
Volumes | 6 |
Anime television series | |
Real Bout High School | |
Directed by | Shinichi Shoji |
Produced by | Takashi Watanabe Hiroyuki Soeda Masatoshi Otaka |
Written by | Aya Matsui |
Music by | Takeshi Yasuda |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Kids Station |
Original run | July 30, 2001 – October 22, 2001 |
Episodes | 13 |
Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School (Japanese: 召喚教師リアルバウトハイスクール Hepburn: Shoukan Kyoushi Riaru Bauto Hai Sukūru?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Reiji Saiga and illustrated by Sora Inoue. It was serialized in Dragon Magazine from 1997 to 2010. A manga adaptation by the same authors was serialized in Monthly Comic Dragon from 1998 to 2001. A 13-episode anime television series was produced by Gonzo in 2001. It is set in a school called Daimon High, where disagreements among the student body are settled by martial arts matches called K-Fights. (The "K" stands for kenka, meaning "street fight".)
The series in which both the manga, and the anime is based upon is the light novel series, written by Reiji Saiga. Original name is Shoukan Kyoushi Real bout High School (召喚教師リアルバウトハイスクール), and unlike the manga and anime, it centres around a teacher who works in Daimon high school. The main story line has 19 volumes, the EX line has 5 volumes, and the ED line has 3 volumes. However, the characters that appear in the novel are more or less identical to the manga and anime (with a few minor adjustments).
The story revolves around a school that doesn't break up fights, but rather, they grade them. The story introduces Ryoko Mitsurugi, Daimon High's Current reigning K-Fight Champion and self described Samurai Girl. It also introduces Shizuma Kusunagi, a traveling Street Fighter with mysterious powers. The manga, while comedic in the beginning, becomes more serious as Ryoko and Shizuma find themselves caught up in the machinations of several student councils and a criminal organization with Ryoko teaming up with a band of female fighters named after the historical Shinsengumi.