[NERDY STUDENT]
My name is Ponkotsu Masayoshi.
I'm 16 years old.
I go to Bakufu High, but I'm a total nerd and not quite popular.
Recently, the delinquents in my school have been targeting my teacher.
Could you do something to stop it?
[BOKKI, leans back into his chair]
[BOKKI]
I don't see why not.
Why's the guy being targeted?
[MASAYOSHI]
Well you see…
He's quite the passionate teacher and doesn't really give his students a break.
He's constantly droning on about the era before the Bakufu War under the Shikage Shogunate.
We're all too young to remember but still.
I kinda feel bad for him though…
Which is why I'm here!
[BOKKI]
So basically he's just overdoing it and people find it annoying and resent him?
[MASAYOSHI, nods]
[BOKKI, sighs]
Alright.
I can start tomorrow.
[MASAYOSHI]
Great, thanks!
[MASAYOSHI, leaves]
[BOKKI, stumbles down to the mochi shop]
[Soba is cleaning, Tadashi is asleep at the register, and Goro is making mochi by himself in the back]
[BOKKI]
Soooobaaaa…
[SOBA, perks up]
Oh, hey Bokki.
What's up?
[BOKKI]
So I got another job…
[SOBA]
So soon already?
[BOKKI]
Mhm.
And I need your help…
[SOBA, laughs]
Ohhh no you don't
I heard everything from Tadashi
The cat suit, the name calling, everything.
[BOKKI, laughs]
This job isn't nearly as humiliating
All I need you to do is go to school.
[SOBA]
I don't wanna go to school again!
I only graduated a year ago!
[BOKKI]
Tough luck.
I need someone young for this job.
I've been tasked with helping protect some teacher from delinquents but I think there's more to him than we realize.
[SOBA, groans]
Fine.
[BOKKI, grins]
Awesome, we start tomorrow.
[The next day, Bokki wakes up Soba at 6:00 am]
[BOKKI]
Time for school!
[SOBA, wakes up]
God I didn't miss waking up this early…
[SOBA, rubs his eyes and sees Bokki]
[Bokki stands in front of him triumphantly in short shorts and a Bakufu High gym t-shirt]
[SOBA]
Why are you dressed like that…
[BOKKI]
Introducing…
Bakufu High's new gym teacher!
[SOBA, groans and rubs his temples]
Alright, let's go.
[The two start heading out to the school]
[Once they arrive, they meet Masayoshi at the front gate]
[BOKKI]
Soba, this is Ponkotsu Masayoshi.
Stick by him while you're here.
[SOBA, out stretches his hand]
Nice to meet you, Masayoshi.
[The two shake hands]
[MASAYOSHI]
Likewise, Soba.
[BOKKI]
Welp, go on and head to class boys.
I got a gym class to administer.
[The two nod and leave to their homeroom]
[SOBA]
So what's our homeroom?
[MASAYOSHI]
History, with Mr. Sho.
[SOBA]
Alright, I always enjoyed history when I was still in school.
[MASAYOSHI, nods]
Yeah, I like his class.
But be warned, he can be quite the handful.
[They enter the class and sit together]
[A few minutes pass until Mr. Sho barges through the classrooms door]
[MR. SHO, panting]
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
WE'VE GOT A NEW STUDENT IN THE CLASS TODAY!
[MR. SHO, points at Soba]
YAKI SOBA!
PLEASE COME UP!
[SOBA, walks up to the front of the class]
Good morning everyone.
I'm Yaki Soba.
[DELINQUENT, starts laughing]
Like the food?!
[SOBA, nods]
Yeah, what about it?
[DELINQUENT, scoffs]
Nothin'
[MR. SHO]
WELL, SOBA!
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME IN THIS CLASS!
[SOBA, goes back to his seat and gives Masayoshi a look]
[MASAYOSHI, chuckles]
Told you he's a handful.