Isifinyezo
Umlando ulandela uMedaka Kurokami, umfundi wokuqala waseHakoniwa Academy okhethe ukuba nguMongameli woMkhandlu wabafundi ngo-98% wamavoti. Ubhekana nalezi zicelo ngendlela engafanele, futhi ngalo lonke usizo ngomngani wakhe wobuntwana uZenkichi Hitoyoshi, usungula ibhokisi leziphakamiso. Ngesikhathi sokulandisa, izindawo zobuholi bomkhandlu wabafundi zabiwa nguye kwabanye abafundi abanjengoMogana Kikaijima noKouki Akune.
UMkhandlu Wabafundi ufunda ukuthi usihlalo wesikole usho ukuqala umsebenzi ukuze azame ngamandla abafundi abajwayelekile, iFlask Plan, ebizwa ngokuthi Okujwayelekile, ukuze ubenze babe Okungajwayelekile, ngabantu abanamandla angaphezu kwawomuntu. UMkhandlu Wabafundi uphikisana nabanye abafundi ababandakanyekayo ekusebenziseni lo msebenzi bese ungena ngaphakathi kwilabhoratri eyimfihlo yesikole.
Kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho, uMisogi Kumagawa ofisa ukufaka esikhundleni soMkhandlu wabafundi enye yezinselelo zakhe zeMedaka emqhudelwaneni woMkhandlu Wabafundi. Kusukela emandleni akhe, abafundi ababili bavulwa uphawu ngemuva kokuhlulwa kukaKumagawa futhi baqedela ukuthuthwa kwabo baya eHakoniwa Academy. Ama-2 athanda ukuba namandla kakhulu kunokungajwayelekile futhi abizwa nge- "Not Equals". Umholi wabo, u-Anshin'in, usabisa ngokuqala kabusha uhlelo lweFlask Plan lapho amaMedaka eseqedile, eshayela abazolandela ukuze baqeqeshwe nguMkhandlu Wabafundi. Yize kunjalo, isu elinembile lika-Anshin'in kuzoba ukuthi abe nokuma njengoMongameli woMkhandlu wabafundi waseZenkichi ehlasela uMedaka. UZenkichi uyaphumelela futhi wenza kanjalo ngokuzenzisa kokuthuthukisa impilo yabafundi. Uqinisekisa iMedaka ukuthi ivumele uhlelo lweFlask kulabo bantu abangafuni.
Uthathe umthwalo wakhe wokuba ngumongameli woMkhandlu Wabafundi, uMedaka kungekudala uyabandakanyeka kobuqhawe bokunquma umyeni wakhe. UMedaka uba ngumnqobi, ekhetha ukushada noZenkichi ngemuva kokuthi bobabili bangene futhi bangene kuye. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, umlingani osondelene noHansode Shiranui waseZenkichi uyashiya esikoleni. UZenkichi nemedaka bathola ukuthi uzogcina esengomunye umphathi we-Iihiko Shishime, oneminyaka engu-5000 ubudala. Uhlulwa yimedaka bese enyamalala ngemuva kokuyeka inyanga ukuba ishaye ibheke eMhlabeni, ukuze ivele futhi ngesikhathi senkonzo yokuphela konyaka. Ngemuva kokubuya kwakhe, thatha isikhundla sikababa wakhe ngaphambi kwenhlangano yenkampani yomndeni wakhe, iKurokami Group, kuphela abuye kamuva njengoba usihlalo omusha noMedaka benquma ukushiya lesi sikhungo. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi, uZenkichi, wayesebenze eqenjini leKurokami, eba yisisebenzi esisezingeni eliphakeme ngaphambi kokuhlangana naye, bobabili befunga ukuthi ngeke baphinde bahlukane.