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In its nearly thirty-year history, the all-boys Shirokin Gakuin High School has never had a female teacher. Now they are getting two. When the twenty-three-year-old Kumiko Yamaguchi is appointed as the new homeroom teacher of Class 3D, all the other teachers are aghast. After all, the wildest, most infamous students are all gathered in Class 3D. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kumiko is out on a mixer, when she happens to save Minami from a beat down. Shinohara and Kashiwagi went after the delinquents, but they failed to catch them. Kumiko does not report the incident, but the school still learns one of their students was injured. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

After a series of purse snatching incidents occur near the school, the teachers wonder if anyone in Class 3D is the culprit. After all, Uchiyama is behind on his tuition and his mother has been working two jobs to make ends meet. However, Kumiko found out something about Uchiyama the other teachers are unaware of, and vows to do her best to help her student. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

In the midst of preparing for the midterm exams, Kumiko happens to learn about Shizuka's secret part-time job. If the school ever finds out, Shizuka could be fired. Kumiko is worried sick, but Shizuka is confident no one will ever know. That is why she is shocked speechless when Mr. Sawatari confronts her about her unsavory afterschool activities. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Shin happens to learn Kumiko could be the next leader of the Oedo Family when he finds her lost cellphone. The Oedo Family begs him to keep it a secret, but Shin can use this information to his advantage. He observes Kumiko carefully as he decides what to do with her secret. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

A competitive Kumiko is all fired up for the upcoming school sports competition. Kumiko has already put together a game-winning plan, but most of her students could care less. Besides, Class 3D has no hope of winning since they do not have enough students to enter all four events of the competition. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kumiko befriends Shin's little sister Natsumi, who was waiting for him at the school gates. When Natsumi tells her Shin has been living on his own due to friction with their father, Kumiko manages to get herself involved in the broken father-son relationship. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kikuno is ready to leave for her overnight workshop when an unexpected visitor appears at the school. It is a surprise visit from her seven-year-old son, but she cannot look after him, so she entrusts him to Kumiko. When Kumiko arrives home that night, the Oedo Family goes into an uproar looking after their young charge. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Shirokin Gakuin High School is full of school spirit when their volleyball team makes it to the nationals. Kumiko is eager to join in the festive mood and suggests forming a cheerleading squad with Shizuka and Kikuno, but they turn her down. So she ropes her students into her plans. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kumiko finally gets to be alone with Mr. Shinohara! She is on cloud nine until she sees him with another woman. Heartbroken, Kumiko luckily gets a chance to go on a date with an elite, handsome teacher. However, her students think he is too good for her. Determined to prove them wrong, she accepts the date, making Tetsu nervous about the Oedo Family's future. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kumiko gets too emotional when she learns her students are at the police station. They are there to receive a commendation for capturing a wanted criminal. Kumai's father also gets a little carried away, prompting the embarrassed Kumai to lash out at him. After fists start flying, Kumiko tries to intervene, only to meet with a painful blow. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kumiko finds herself in a bind when a gossip magazine publishes an article outing her as the fourth generation leader of a yakuza group. The school is inundated with calls and Mr. Sawatari and Mr. Washio treat her coldly. Her only comfort is in her students, who still see her as Yankumi, their homeroom teacher. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

With classes behind them, there are only ten days left to Shirokin Gakuin’s graduation. Kumiko is brimming with pride, knowing that each one of her students has made it to graduation. Meanwhile, the students were planning a secret graduation trip to make their final memories together before setting off on their own unique paths. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV