Flunk Punk Rumble | |
Cover of the first volume of Flunk Punk Rumble as published by Kodansha
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ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん (Yankee-kun to Megane-chan) |
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Genre | Slice of life story, Romantic comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Miki Yoshikawa |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Original run | October 18, 2006 – May 18, 2011 |
Volumes | 23 |
Television drama | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | April 23, 2010 – June 25, 2010 |
Episodes | 10 |
Original video animation | |
Yankee-kun na Yamada-kun to Megane-chan to Majo | |
Directed by | Tomoki Takuno |
Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
Studio | Liden Films |
Released | August 28, 2015 |
Runtime | 30 minutes |
Flunk Punk Rumble, known in Japan as Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (Japanese: ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん? Hepburn: Yankī-kun to Megane-chan) is a 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. It ended on May 18, 2011, with a total of 211 chapters. The manga is collected into tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, which has released 22 volumes and an official guidebook as of April 15, 2011. Reviews of the series have been very positive. 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 and three in English. It received crossover anime adaptation Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo x Yankee-kun to Megane-chan which was included in the first DVD and Blu-ray Disc box sets of Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo anime television series adaptation of the manga by the same author.
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.