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Here you can find synopsis of the chapters of Gakkou no Ojikan as they appear in the magazine where it's serialized, Margaret. (And remember to buy these tankobon if you like the summaries, it's the best way of thanking the authors and the synopsis are nothing compared to the real thing! ^^ )

All synopsis are by Zahara Medina, and cannot be used anywhere else without her permission. As she is just a student of Japanese, any help, comments or corrections are more than welcome! ^^;
Please, go to the Image Gallery to see the covers in full! ^^

Chapter 23 Chapter 24 .

Fast Index:

• Vol.01 parts: [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [06] [07]
• Vol.02(?) parts: [08] [09] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
• Vol.03(?) parts: [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
• Vol.04(?) parts: [22] [23] [24]

Note: B/w scans are from the magazine, where the print is in low quality paper and different ink colors so it sometimes scans pretty bad and leaves lots of noise in the picture. The tankoubon quality is, of course, much better (perfect, that is).

Chapter 1 (Sep'2003) [ vol.01 ]
An old man has died, and in his will, he leaves his dearest possession to his grand-daughter... Young Riku takes the train back home from school when she notices what a pretty faced guy is standing right next to her. He is really tall as well. When he notices her looking, she smiles slightly and Riku is embarrassed. Then the bus takes a jolt and she is pushed right into his arms! She apologizes profusely and is really happy she has a chance to talk to him... until someone behind her says what a bother her hair is. The cool guy says it's really cute, and after a couple of well chosen and not very nice words about it, the other guy takes the cool guy away. Riku spends the rest of the trip daydreaming...(^^) However when Riku arrives home, she notices an expensive car parked in front of her house. And inside, a woman takes a look at her and wonders why the old man chose such a kid. Riku wonders what the heck is going on and asks her father. As it turns out, Riku's dead mother's dad (of who Riku knew nothing about) has left her as the chairman of a school. The Magareto school is an elite school with junior and high school levels and 685 students. Riku refuses the post but the woman tells her to calm down and takes her to visit the school in question. However Riku's panic gives way while on the tour and she decides to run away. While running aimlessly through the halls, she crashes into a student...the cool guy from the train, Kaede-Kun! He helps her hide from the woman, then asks her how she found out his name. She explains that his friend called him like that in the train. He thought she might be a "little stalker"... (^^; ) He then takes her to another room and lends her a sports jacket, since with her uniform from another school everybody will notice her. Riku is really happy and puts the jacket on, but another student enters the room and demands to know what she is doing with his jacket! It turns out to be the short, blonde guy and Riku is depressed that it's not Kaede's jacket and starts to complain about how bad it smells. Kaede himself interrupts their fight and tells him that he lent it to her because his size is much better since he is small... (^^;;; ) They both then demand to know what her name is and she introduces herself, AOBO Riku. They recognize the family name and realize the rumors are true about the new school chairman. They both welcome her and she realizes that if she becomes the chairman, then she will spend her school life with these two.
Chapter 2 (Sep'2003) [ vol.01 ]
Riku is introduced to the students as the new school president (and manages to smack her head against the microphone, too ^^; ). After a short talk with two of the teachers (one being Natori-san, the same woman who went to her house) and Kaede, she arrives to her class, but the other students stay away from her and aren't too happy that she is in their class. She also finds out that she will be sitting right next to Maki! He isn't very pleased though... Riku wonders why he is always mad. During class, Maki suddenly announces his stomach is hurting and leaves the classroom. The teacher seems nervous but doesn't say anything. Right afterwards Kaede gives the same excuse and leaves as well. Riku decides to go check them out as well, and leaves while one of the girls in the class watches her. She eventually catches up with them and asks why they aren't going to the infirmary if they are hurting. They say they just want to go to sleep and that studying on their own is better than studying in class. Riku stops them again and tells them to go back to class. Maki gets really angry and yells at her that just because she is the president doesn't mean she can give them orders. Kaede is a bit worried but Riku slaps the back of Maki's head and tells them that it's not about being the president, but about saying something is wrong when it's wrong. She tells them those are her words as Riku, not as president. Maki simply says he hates her and leaves, Kaede follows him after excusing himself to Riku. Riku wonders what the heck is wrong with them.
Chapter 3 (Oct'2003) [ vol.01 ]
Riku makes friends with one of her classmates, Yuzuru HOUSHOU, who is also a member of the track team. In fact, she is the only member, and she also seems to have a problem with her ankle and is a bit sour over it, as she tells Riku she doesn't run fast at all. Riku wonders why the teacher didn't say anything about Maki and Kaede, and Yuzuru tells her they are treated in a different way because Kaede is very intelligent and got super-top grades and Maki has attitude problems and even hit a teacher. Yuzuru says that it seems Kaede has some interest in Maki. Riku wonders why Yuzuru calls Kaede by his first name and then realizes it's probably because she is his girlfriend! She says they've been together since junior high. Riku is a bit depressed but then cheers again when Yuzuru calls her Riku, since it's the first time someone (in the school) has called her by her first name (*). Kaede appears and tells Riku he had been looking for her, but his relationship with Yuzuru seems a bit strained. Once alone, Kaede apologizes for Maki's attitude and Riku says that he doesn't need to apologize to her, although he should to the teacher. Kaede finds this very amusing. He shows Riku his and Maki's favorite spot in the school, over the roof overlooking the campus. Riku tells Kaede that being chairwoman is no fun and that is a bit lonely because everybody stays away from her, but now that Kaede has showed her this great view of the school, she has a bit more understanding of the situation because she feels she has to protect something so pretty. Kaede tells Riku she will make a good chairwoman, and Riku says she hopes so. While they leave through a back path, they pass an open window of one of the offices. There Natori-sensei is talking with someone else and Yuzura's name is mentioned. Kaede makes Riku hide with him under the window so they can listen to the conversation. Although Riku is excited about being so close to him, she suddenly gets serious when Natori-sensei says that since Yuzuru can't run anymore, they should let go of her (expulse her from the school)! (* - The use of names in Japanese culture is too extensive to tell here, but basically Riku is very happy because in this case (school), first-name calling is used between friends or classmates you get along with, so Yuzuru is treating her like a normal classmate/friend-to-be as opposed to everybody else who are keeping their distance.)
Chapter 4 (Oct'2003) [ vol.01 ]
Next day at school, Riku arrives early in the morning to watch Yuzuru's morning training. Riku is still pondering about what she and Kaede heard the evening before and wants to talk to him about it as soon as possible. While she waits for him, she has a close encounter with Maki (^^). After she recovers from the shock of being so close to him, she asks him about Kaede, but Maki is mad at her because she keeps calling him "Makki" (which is the wrong way to pronounce his name). At the same time, Kaede talks to Yuzuru and asks if her leg hurts. She blushes but tells him it's not his problem, then leaves. At lunch break Riku asks Yuzuru to have lunch with her, intending to find more about her injury, but Kaede appears and asks if "they" can join them. Riku wonders about the "they," but soon finds out he was referring to Maki, of course. Riku notices how cold things are between Kaede and Yuzuru. As they leave the classroom, a teacher catches up with them to talk with Riku but then notices Yuzuru and says to her that she must be now trying to ingratiate herself with Riku so she can avoid being expulsed. Yuzuru tries to deny this but the teacher just keeps being mean to her. Yuzuru leaves and Riku runs after her. Meanwhile, Kaede and Maki have a couple of words with the teacher in their scary mode. Riku asks Yuzuru if it's true about her leaving the school. Riku tells her not to worry about what the teacher just said, but Yuzuru asks her to leave her alone for a bit. Kaede arrives shortly after and Riku asks him about Yuzuru's injury and why she has to leave the school. Kaede tells Riku that Yuzuru entered the school because of her athletics abilities ("recommendation for athletics"). She was a famous and very fast runner during middle school (jr. high) but then right after entering high school she had an accident with another competitor and wasn't able to make it to the inter-high (*). After recovery she still wasn't able to run as before. Riku thinks that it was an accident, so there should be no talk about leaving. She tells Kaede to leave it to her! But Natori-sensei dashes Riku's hopes right away. She tells her that it's the school's rules so there is no other way. She also tells Riku that since she is now the chairman, she should discard her personal feelings (when making decisions about the school). Riku walks away from the office room depressed and deep in thought, thinking that she was stupid to think that just because she was the chairwoman she could do anything she wanted. She even passes Maki without noticing him. Riku goes to the painting of her grandfather and wonders what she should do. She wonders what he would do in a situation like this one. Maki appears behind her and says that her grandfather would have expulsed Yuzuru right away because she had an injury, therefore she couldn't run. If she couldn't run then they don't want her and the things the school doesn't want must be cut off right away. Maki tells Riku that's the kind of person her grandfather was. Riku thinks that's awful, but Maki says that even she can't change anything, so she should give up about Yuzuru. But Riku gets angry and tells him that she is not giving up on her. Maki is surprised, but then smiles(?) and tells her to show him how she is different from her grandfather. Riku thinks that things become precious, so you must protect them, so of course she will do it. (* - Every year the winners of the high school sports competitions per province go to a national competition. This national is called "Inter-High" and usually happens during August, coinciding with the school summer holidays. Winning (or even accessing) the inter-high is a very big deal.)

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