Fukushuu Kyoushitsu

After stumbling upon this series and seeing a couple of pages I decided to check it out because it looked gory and the name sounded interesting. It's a good thing that I didn't expect much, because that's just about what I got. This is one of the edgiest manga I have ever read. Story: 2/10 The story revolves around the main character who is bullied for whatever reason by various classmates. It's not really explained, she's just really bulliable I suppose. She holds no dislikable qualities, and hasnt done anything to harbor any ill feelings from her classmates. She passively takes it until she's nearly killed bybeing pushed into traffic. This enlightening experience pushes her punish all of her classmates, whether involved in her bullying or bystanders, thus the name "Revenge Classroom". The main character uses various methods to ruin the lives of those around her and destroy the class. She wrecks her classmates socially, psychologically, and physically. One surprising thing is the list of targets excludes her teachers and school staff. You know, people who directly observe school issues and have the authority to deal with it. But somehow the girl so passive about her bullying is now decides to go after those who were as powerless to save her as she was to save herself in the start. Her first realization after getting hit by the car was "kill or be killed" but screw that let's take everyone out whether they intend to harm you or not. Characters: 1/10 The characters are just plot devices to drive the edginess of the story. There is nothing here. Everyone's crazy, an asshole, incompetent, or a coward, actively screwing themselves over. Art: 4/10 The art conveys what it needs to in no exceptional fashion. Not terrible, not good either. Fails to convey emotion and is unappealing Entertainment: 4/10 Will prove to be the manga's only redeeming quality. There is some entertainment to be had in the crazy events of the novel, but they'll grow old quickly because the story backing it is so weak and nonsensical. The main character hatches various plan and is maniacally manipulative which may hold reader's interest and serve as the main reason to read Overall: 2/10 I'm not going further because the manga just loses it's appeal. And when translations take time that becomes a huge issue. If the whole thing was done I may have finished it to see how everything turned out. Dumb fun at best, this is nothing to look to deep into.

I don't usually write reviews for ongoing series, especially not so early on, but I feel I should make an exception for the sake of giving this manga a good early analysis. Also, a fair warning, if this review seems excessively long, feel free to skip to "Summary." I originally found this manga through a series randomizer. This one popped up and I noticed it's genres included "horror" and "psychological," so I thought that I may as well give it a try, seeing as my first impression based on the synopsis and picture painted this manga as a good, enjoyable, dark manga, and in many waysI was spot on. But, as always, first impressions, especially those you form before you even begin to read a manga, are sometimes false. -Story- 8 Ayana is bullied, hard. Not the normal type where it's a couple kids just teasing someone. Not the teen drama bullying here. We're talking full on physical, psychological, and emotion torture. The other students in her class ostracize, physically abuse, and even rape her, as well as steal her belongings, on a regular basis. So, one day, while waiting on a crosswalk, she is pushed (presumably by one of her classmates) right in front of a car and is nearly killed as a result. This incident, however, awakens a demon inside her called revenge. She wants revenge against every student in her class, including those who stood by and watched as she was constantly abused. Now, in terms of originality, this story is something very fresh in a stale setting, the classroom setting. The mangaka forces the most extreme case of bullying into a lax school setting and sees what would result. I think it's safe to say that, if executed properly, this manga could become a very interesting, well paced, well thought-out series that could compete even with the higher tiered manga. However, now we run into the trouble of the execution of this original idea, and that is where we run into our first problem, believe-ability. It's difficult to imagine that a case of bullying as extreme as this could exist. Our human nature tells us that we would ideally care for all of those around us, or, by social contract, "pretend" to care for the sake of the relationships we selfishly desire. The story does NOT contradict either of these ideas. The bullies constantly unite against a single individual with the expectation of improving their social standing or, at least, to not be associated with that individual and hold their social standing. The primary issue isn't the believe-ability of the situation that Ayana is in, it is how the situation escalated to the level it is. Basically, why is she being bullied "so hard" and how did it begin in the first place? This question has yet to be answered (which doesn't mean it will not be later on). That is the primary detriment this manga has on me so far -Art- 10 As with many mangas, the artwork is phenomenal. It can be both aesthetically pleasing and horrifying. This especially enforces the tone the manga tries to invoke. The character designs also reveal a bit about the characters themselves, some of their motives behind their actions, and their social standing. I do want to mention specifically the character design of Ayana. She is designed very well to look like both, a normal student (albeit, a lonely one) and, what I like to call, a being of vengeance. This gives her a two-way contrast from the rest of her class. -Character- 8 As I mention in the "Art" section, the characters, while occasionally having little (for lack of an appropriate word) screen time, are shown well in attitude and behavior, as well as their hidden motives being able to be analyzed through their designs, facial expressions, and subtle actions. -Enjoyment- 9 As stated before through my first impression, this manga looked like an interesting and enjoyable read. I could just watch a girl get revenge against one classmate after another until only she remains on top. This was a misjudgment on my part. While her aim is to get revenge against her classmates, one after another, there are consequences for her actions, and for her classmates' actions. This is probably my favorite quality that makes this manga shine, in my eyes. Summary: -Overall- 9 This manga is more cerebral than one may first notice. Each character can be analyzed through a lot of their qualities and actions, and, while the premise may seem unbelievable in terms of the extent of the characters' actions, it is very real. Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment on my profile any questions, compliments, or criticisms about my review, about this manga, or anything really.

I really, really enjoyed this manga. By the time I reached the latest chapter -- chapter nine as of currently -- I was nearly bouncing off the wall with adrenaline and demands for more. Such 'revenge against bullies' type manga often has this effect. Really, it's essentially their purpose. Our hero achieves 'justice' against despicable people and, in the process, makes the readers feel good that 'bad people' get their due punishment and the bullied gets a sense of closure. Fukushuu Kyoushitsu is exceptionally good at this for a few reasons, but first and foremost is that the main hero, Ayana, uses her smarts rather than asword to administer justice in a 'reap what you sow' sort of way. That is she often uses the vices of her bullies in order to get them punished. This is a surprising good method to go about it. To begin, it teaches you what her bullies did to her and, simultaneously, also introduces their method of downfall. From then on, you're left wondering how she will utilize their vice in order to bring them down. It also helps that 'feel good' feeling because you're seeing people sort of bring about their own downfall (even if Ayana does help things along). The manga does have its flaws. The issue, I think, is that it doesn't weave its subplots well. For example, shortly after her revenge begins, a series of 'revelations' begin happening. This is expected and normal, but the author doesn't go about it very well. The revelations would have us believe in things that, frankly, seems contradictory/absurd/overly convenient in the context of what happened. If the revelations were to be believe, then had Ayana just waited a week or two, then things would have completely turned around for her. Bullying stopped, possibly a new boyfriend, and etc. Really? The manga is also building up some other subplots that hasn't gotten far, but it already has that 'conspiracy' vibe going on. It remains to be seen how well the author does it, but I'm not confident so far. Still, for what it's worth, Fukushuu Kyoushitsu has been a really fun manga to read and I do recommend it. The subplots are enough of a background then that its nonsensical progress won't be a real distraction to the fun of the main plot.

Revenge Classroom is exactly the same thing you've probably seen in many other typical edgy works; lots of gore, shock factor, dumb characters and ridiculous plot twists that make no sense. What truly makes it work is...absolutely nothing actually, I have no real idea why anyone would like this. The story is basically the main character taking revenge on everyone in her class because...reasons. Like sure, quite a few of the characters are despicable (and by despicable I mean that's their only personality trait), but she basically sets out to murder everyone including bystanders and even people who may have helped her in the past. What trulybaffles me is the LOGIC. She has no reason why she's hurting a good portion of the people she's hurting, and she feels little guilt about her actions. Her motives are basic, but somehow has no problem being every bit as bad as the bullies who murdered her. Actually, I don't think any of her bullies murdered someone, so she's actually worse than they are. She's extremely self-centered and bitchy, refusing to be sympathetic to other people and their issues, instead preferring to view the world through her shallow and extremely narrow mindset. I can't think of any reason why any sane person would sympathize with her. The sad part is that the manga portrays everyone who opposes her as though they're evil, savage people who we're supposed to despise, rather than our main character not realizing that, you know, they're human beings with their own set of issues. And yes, some of our victims are simply people our main character didn't try to understand then put the blame on them. It makes absolutely no sense. The other characters can literally be described with one line; the seemingly perfect class rep who's not so perfect, the dude who acts tough and turns out to be a coward, the clingy (calling yuri undertones folks) friend who helps her out, and so on. All of their traits are taken to extremes, but that's all that's memorable about them. In fact, I marathoned all 14 chapters available at the time of this writing less than 15 minutes ago and I can't even remember their names. Yes, they're so forgettable that you remember their deaths/getting bullied more than their actual personalities. I'm not kidding. Can I mention how almost everything that happens in this manga is so overblown and ridiculous that it removes reader engagement completely? Seriously, the characters here need to chill the hell out and stop overreacting to everything. Nothing is portrayed in a morally gray, subtle way and everything is just...one dimensional and bland, hoping that we, the readers will fall for this. The manga also has a bizarre habit of making itself seem way more intelligent than it actual is. First couple of chapters, for example; the main character apparently planned some elaborate revenge for two whole months, and that revenge involved putting a letter in a delinquent's bicycle to beat up another delinquent. Yes, it's just as anti-climactic as I just described it. Artwork looks alright, nothing to really write home about but nothing too exceptional. So pretty average. Overall, if you enjoy stupid, self-centered leads who refuse to sympathize with others and see the world through one perspective and refuse to budge on that or care about anything other than herself, as well as ridiculously simplistic strategies, edginess so over the top that it makes Akame ga Kill look subtle, then I can safely say that this manga is for you. Unless you enjoy intentionally reading bad manga (like I do) please stay away.