Title: ヤンキー母校に帰る Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru
English Title: Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2005
Episode: 01
Cast:
- 櫻井翔 Sakurai Shō
- 松田翔太 Matsuda Shota
- 風間俊介 Kazama Shunsuke
- 木村了 Kimura Ryo
- 原田夏希 Harada Natsuki
- 上吉原陽 Kamiyoshihara Yo
- 西洋亮 Nishi Yosuke
SYNOPSIS
The Hokusei Yoichi High School is located in Yoichi town, Hokkaido prefecture in Japan. In 1988, the private high school started a policy of accepting drop-outs or delinquents from all over the country.
Yoshīe Hiroyuki is 17 years old, and he is from Nagano prefecture. He is a second year transfer student. He is extremely aggressive, and he can be very violent. His father has given up on him, and has even told Hiroyuki that he should never come back.
Takahashi Noriyuki is 21 years old, and he is from Hiroshima prefecture. He is a third year transfer student. He usually speaks normally, but he speaks in Hiroshima dialect when he is really angry.
Izumi Mamoru is 17 years old, and he is from Sapporo city, Hokkaido prefecture. He is a third year transfer student. He likes driving motorcycles really fast, and he may be involved in a bike gang.
Mukai Keiji is 17 years old, and he is from Saitama prefecture. He is a second year transfer student. He stopped going to school when he was in middle school, but he wants to start attending a regular high school.
REVIEW
Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru is about a private high school who started a policy of accepting drop-outs from all over high school. The delinquents have caused so many problems, that even their parents have given up on them.
On one hand, I think it's great that Hokusei Yoichi High School has become a place where people who had nowhere to go can stay. On the other hand, I don't think it's a good idea to lump all the so-called problem students in one place.
Takahashi Noriyuki: You've got this many guys here who once ruled their home turf. Everyone is desperate. Who's above, and who's below; of course, there will be disagreement.
Adachi Toshiko: So what?
Takahashi Noriyuki: If you are looked down on and you admit defeat, then you'll just keep on losing. Everyone is thinking to avoid that.
Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru showed the importance of teachers and schools. I suppose schools felt like home, teachers served as parental figures, and friends became family for some people.
Related:
ヤンキー母校に帰る Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru (2003)
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ヤンキー母校に帰る Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru
