Welcome to Cromartie High—a melting pot of underachievers and overzealous bullies, where the fist rules, and the student body has the combined I.Q. of a rusty nail. After a whole lot of bad judgment and a little bad luck, Takashi Kamiyama is now attending this academy of dunces. Here, his only homework will be defending himself against the foul-mouthed robots, semi-intelligent apes, and masked villains that roam the halls of Cromartie High School! Parody of various Bancho manga, with the mangaka also making use of Ryoichi Ikegami's style. A live-action movie was made. --- - **Won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 2002, which it shared with Beck**