Manga Review: Yankee-Kun To Megane-Chan

March 25, 2012
Posted by DarrenW

Dear Otakus,

Zzzz... It's nearing the end of march and my package hasn't arrived yet!!! XD So I guess I'll postpone the post I intended to make and do the review. I also apologize to you readers! This is the first actual week I had a decent break.

And YES, today I'll be reviewing a classic school-based / juvenile / romance / comedy manga, "Yankee-Kun To Megane-Chan"!!!

Mangaka: Miki Yoshikawa

Ever wondered what a life of a juvenile delinquent is? Well look no further! This manga will explain it all!  If we head down to the boy's toilet at Mon Shiro High School, and peering over the cubicle door, we will find Shinagawa Daichi, Year 2  High School student. Juvenile. Dangerous. Using the cubicle as his hangout, this guy hardly even comes to class.

WAIT. HUH? WHO'S PEERING INTO THE CUBICLE?

Shinagawa Daichi

Yes! It's the geeky (and retarded) Adachi Hana, who is Shinagawa's class rep! (And a girl btw). With locked hair, spectacles and an appearance that shouts out (Class-rep), she's actually not very smart, and lacks common sense (Which explains the toilet peeping). She's concerned about Shinagawa's behaviour, and as the class rep, decides that she must do something about it!

So begins the adventure of two very unlikely students, though the two of them are actually very similar.

Adachi Hana

Further down the road, more companions join the two, as Shinagawa and Adachi get into the student council. (That was a shock) They are, Seiya Chiba, Rinka Himeji and Gaku Izumi, of which all of them have their own problems coping with life. With Adachi and Shingawa, they work together to solve each others' issues, and unknowingly their own secrets become revealed. (Not gonna give spoilers.)

Adachi Hana XD

I'm not going to give you guys spoilers because I honestly think that this manga is damn awesome and I don't want to spoil your fun.

For plot, there are general plots as well as volume plots, which all goes to say that its quite well developed and structured. The plot is also easy to understand if you are/were a student in school, and the plot lines are also well varied and the scope is wide.

Main Characters

Izumi with Seaweed

No deviation of theme whatsoever. Delinquent life is very well portrayed in this episode, with gang scenes, gang life, fights and stuff. (Don't get the wrong idea, there's no blood/gore). There is also friendship, romance, growing up, and school-life.

Hand Signals

The art has also been kept consistent, though I'm not really a fan of the style, but an exceptional job especially because it has over 170 chapters.

Some points to note. Yankee-Kun to Megane-Chan is actually a good manga to read mainly because of its humour. The slapstick / retarded scenes make it exceptionally funny and amusing, especially when the chapter becomes too serious sometimes.


Overall impression was quite good. I was very impressed at the development of the manga over the many volumes it has published. You really get the sense of maturity in the characters as the years go by (In the manga that is).

Yankee-Kun to Megane-Chan has 166 chapters (23 volumes), which started serialization in 2006, and is scanlated by Mahou-X Scans, available on MangaFox. It also has a drama with 10 episodes. (Didn't know until I did the review) and the english name "Flunk Punk Rumble" (WTH WHO IN THE WORLD THOUGHT OF THIS NAME).

And it still hasn't ended yet!

Hint: If I don't get my package I'll put another manga review. GE??
DarrenW
Edited by FayeA