Flunk Punk Rumble
Flunk Punk Rumble, known in Japan as , is a Japanese 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 has been collected into 23 "tankōbon" volumes by Kodansha, which has also released an official guidebook. 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 its first ever anime adaption — a crossover anime adaptation "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo x Yankee-kun to Megane-chan" (山田くんと7人の魔女×ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん 夢の共演コラボアニメーション) which was included in the first DVD and Blu-ray Disc box sets of "Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches" anime television series adaptation of the manga by the same author. 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. All of them also appear in the anime crossover between Flunk Punk Rumble and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, "Yankee-kun na Yamada-kun to Megane-chan to Majo". Media. Manga. 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. There is also a one-shot called "Fairy Megane" (volume #11) containing some of the characters from this manga as well as some "Fairy Tail" characters as part of a crossover. The title is derived from combining "Yankee-kun to Megane-chan" and "Fairy Tail". Live action. A live action drama began airing on April 23, 2010 and ran for a total of 10 episodes. The theme song "Loose Leaf" was sung by Hilcrhyme.