is a Japanese

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series written by Nobuaki Enoki and illustrated by

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. It is a relaunch of the manga ''Gakkyu Hotei'' that was published on the ''Jump Live'' smartphone manga service in 2013. It was serialized in

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's ''

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'' from December 2014 to May 2015, and finished on the ''

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'' platform. Its chapters were collected in three ''

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'' volumes.

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published the first three chapters for its "Jump Start" initiative and then began to simulpublish the series in December 2014.

Premise

The story revolves around children (specifically the 12-year-old main character Abaku Inugami) solving adult crimes in court at their elementary school, ranging from murder to drug usage in terms of criminal acts. Abaku has a skill called Ronpa, which is the act of using arguments to refute another's theories and verbally defeat them. He is a transfer student at Tenbin Elementary School which has recently declared the Classroom Arbitration Session system, and is used the way that if any disputes happen, they will be settled in a courtroom. There is also a rival for Inugami called Pine Hanzuki, who tries to prosecute the guilty people in her own cute but also ruthless way.

Publication

''School Judgement: Gakkyu Hotei'' is written by Nobuaki Enoki and illustrated by

. It is a relaunch of the manga ''Gakkyu Hotei'', written and illustrated by Enoki, and published on

's ''Jump Live'' smartphone manga service in 2013. It was serialized in ''

'' from December 1, 2014, to May 11, 2015, and then moved over to ''

'', so it would be able to wrap the final arc. The 24th and last chapter was released on May 27, 2015. Shueisha collected its chapters in three ''

'' volumes, released from May 1 to August 4, 2015.

published the first three chapters for its "Jump Start" initiative and then began to simulpublish the series in December 2014.

Volume list

Reception

Leroy Douresseaux from ''ComicBookBin'' called the first volume "a little weird, but it is surprisingly entertaining", praising as well Obata's artwork.

References

External links

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