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After I had watched and enjoyed the prison school anime I was excited to see where the story went so I picked this as the first manga I would ever read. I started this manga, well aware of the reputation of its ending being trash. Despite that, I thought that it wouldn't be that bad or that people were being overly dramatic about how it ended. I was wrong. The first 2/3 or so of this series is one of the funniest things I have ever read, and if it had stayed around that quality I would have fully endorsed this manga and ... given it a 9 or a 10. However, as soon as the Cavalry Battle Arc starts, this manga becomes one of the most tedious and unfunny things I have ever had the displeasure to read. It drags on for way too long and while the attempts at humor are in the same vein as early jokes, it is only absurd in an unfunny way. I was relieved as soon as that arc ended, and was eager for the series to go back to the highs that it had before, however, that did not happen. While the story does get a bit better, the story never really goes back to the peaks of the earlier volumes. And then the ending happens, which is one of the most random and abrupt I have ever read. I don't even think it would have been bad if there had been some buildup to it but we don't see any of that. I have heard somewhere that the manga is only on hiatus, and if that is the case then maybe this series can improve. Overall, this manga is not that bad, with an incredible first 2/3 before it takes a nosedive in quality. The only aspect that stays consistent is the incredible artwork.
7/10 (everything before the cavalry arc saves this score)

This is mainly just a recap of the last couple of episodes of the show, with some sequel material added on as a bonus. However, with the way the main show ended, the new stuff doesn't add a whole lot. The main premise of the new material is that Hibiya and Kotoko are waiting at the apartment to find out if Hideki made it into college. There really isn't much more to it than that. It is still nice to see an epilogue of sorts for the anime, but it only feels like three or four minutes of new content. If you ... liked the show and want to see a bit more then it is worth watching, but if you didn't absolutely love the show, then this is a very skippable entry.