Within the manga , there is a name that arouses both passion and hatred among fans: Akira Hiramoto ( Prison School ). This name may not sound familiar at first, but you've certainly heard of one of his most famous works: “Prison School”. What self-respecting otaku doesn't know or at least have heard of this series?
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However, it is quite possible that you only came into contact with the anime made by JCSTAFF back in 2015, during the Japanese summer. Maybe you even felt like diving into the manga, but were bombarded with warnings not to do so. This is where Akira Hiramoto's bad reputation comes in, as fans complain that “he doesn't know how to give a decent ending to his stories”.
“Prison School” revolves around Kiyoshi Fujino, one of five boys enrolled at the Hachimitsu Institute, which is basically a girls' paradise with a dash of hell for them. Things get complicated when these guys end up trapped at school by the tyranny of the Student Committee.
But this story is not just a war of the sexes. “Prison School” is known for its different scenes, bold design and a range of other things. And there’s no denying the feminine illustrations of the female characters.
Normally, manga focusing on girls leave something to be desired in terms of plot, but “Prison School” breaks this stigma. Despite moving at a slow pace, the story is punctuated by moments of comedy and sensuality, one after the other. However, some argue that the author ran out of creative ideas to maintain the manga's appearance, although there was an intriguing love triangle between Kiyoshi, Chiyo (the board president's sister and Kiyoshi's love interest), and Hana (the board secretary who falls in love with Kiyoshi after several interactions).
Just when it looked like one side would win, the other threw in their last trump card. Ultimately, neither emerged victorious, and the author ended the story abruptly and confusingly. Many argue that this outcome was in keeping with the absurd tone of the narrative from the beginning.
Fans themselves began to hope that a comedy manga like “Prison School” would suddenly turn into a story of love and relationships, which did not match the essence of the work. However, most were disappointed with the ending in which Chiyo becomes president of the student council to continue tormenting men, something completely out of her character profile, and this is considered one of the worst endings in manga history.
The impact was such that, even trying to make new stories like “RaW Hero” and “Futari Switch”, the author never managed to replicate the success of “Prison School” because his entire fan base turned their backs on him.
Fans commented on the anime these days:
- The ending is a big “fuck you”, there is no logic behind it, the characters act in contradiction to their original personality.
- Chiyo thought that Kiyoshi was a good guy, that he wasn't a liar or a pervert. When Chiyo saw him wearing Hana's panties, her perfect image of Kiyoshi was shattered. Realizing this and receiving a golden shower on her own birthday from a guy she respected sent her over the edge. We can assume that all that trauma turned her into a misandrist like her sister, which is why in the end Kiyoshi said that she hadn't changed at all since the beginning. “He was always a liar, and only Hana accepted him for who he was from the beginning.
- Well said, Chiyo had the exact opposite development to Mari, who started to hate boys for childish and insipid reasons until she was forced to work with them especially Kiyoshi (the real one, not the invention she played for Chiyo) reaching a point where I couldn't hate them anymore.
- If this was a normal anime series I would agree with you, but for an ecchi comedy I didn't want anything deep that would make me sad for a few days, I just wanted a happy and satisfying ending. “I'm the kind of person who becomes obsessed with the characters and the possible futures for them after everything is over.
- Somehow, the author managed to find a way to make all the characters in the love triangle unhappy and end it in the most unbearable way possible. It's rare to find a manga with a worse ending than Usagi Drop (because it trashes all the character development that happens before), but here we are.
Many fans liked the end of the story:
- The truth is that I really liked the story, with all those plans, counter plans and contingency plans! The author even managed to transform something as common as a kiss into something huge and overwhelming (at least for me). If it weren't for the extreme graphic violence, the first arc would be a masterpiece. I can only assume that the torture was introduced as a power fantasy for female readers, an attempt to draw them into an ecchi manga they wouldn't otherwise be interested in. I've even read comments from some where they happily declare that they are like Meiko or Hana. Yes, truly something to be proud of.
- I love Prison School, but that ending irritated me. So much time and effort invested in the characters only to throw them away seems almost like a “Fuck you” from the author. I'm convinced he did it on purpose.
- I just got to the end and… it left a bad taste in my mouth. Hana and Kiyoshi were the best and although I wanted them to end up together, I didn't want it to be because of sabotaging Chiyo. I wanted Kiyoshi to start appreciating what he had with Masa. In fact, Masa didn't even end up confessing and the last emotion we had from him towards her was anger. And that last “men are trash” panel was unnecessary. And since I'm complaining, the Cavalry Battle arc gave a new definition of how to make a very slow manga.
Finally, comment on whether you have read or watched Prison School.
Source: Reddit
