Fukushuu Kyoushitsu

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Alternatives: Synonyms: Revenge Classroom
Japanese: 復讐教室
Author: Yamazaki, Karasu
Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Status: Finished
Publish: 2013-06-01 to 2016-10-01
Serialization: E★Everystar

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3.5
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Alternatives: Synonyms: Revenge Classroom
Japanese: 復讐教室
Author: Yamazaki, Karasu
Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Status: Finished
Publish: 2013-06-01 to 2016-10-01
Serialization: E★Everystar
Score
3.5
18 Votes
33.33%
33.33%
5.56%
5.56%
22.22%
0 Reading
0 Want to read
0 Read
Summary
After suffering from horrific harassment at the hands of her classmates, Ayana Fujisawa has learned to simply remain quiet and wait for it to be over. However, when the bullying escalates and she is purposely pushed into traffic, Ayana is admitted into the hospital. She realizes that if she doesn't fight back, things will only get worse—and eventually, she might even be killed.

In Ayana's mind, there is only one option: brutal revenge on those who have ruthlessly bullied her, those who have stood idly by and laughed, and those who have done nothing to help her in her torment.

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Fukushuu Kyoushitsu review
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69thStreet8
Apr 07, 2021
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu, or Revenge Classroom, is about a middle school girl who is inexplicably bullied by her classmates. One day, after being pushed out into the middle of the road and nearly being killed by a car, she decides that she's had enough of the bullying, and goes from being the victim to the hunter.

(Spoilers ahead. Ye be warned.)

Story: Revenge Classroom is...well, it's torture porn. Lots of blood, gore, all that. The plot is fairly predictable as she goes from one classmate to another in her checklist, even going so far as to recruit a couple of them to help her. And by recruit, I mean manipulate one, and blackmail the other.

The ways she destroys her various classmates are...interesting, I suppose, some more than others. Sometimes she acts through other people, and sometimes she does the deed herself.

Art: The art really varies in quality. When looking straight on at a character, it can be quite beautiful, but when viewed in profile, or anything other than straight on, faces tend to distort to ridiculous proportions, from pointed chins that should reach down to a character's collarbone, to misaligned features. And for some strange reason, there's often a line drawn horizontally across any given character's face, beneath their eyes. I have absolutely no idea what that's supposed to be or why it's there.

On the plus side, as characters start to devolve into madness, they develop slitted pupils, which gives them a distinctly sinister appearance. (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni did this better, I'm afraid, but good try.)

Character: Oh, boy. The characters are pretty much cardboard cutouts there to die/go insane/be tortured in various ways. Many of them are evil just for the sake of being evil, and the few who actually managed to wring a drop or two of sympathy from me were on screen for so little time that they didn't make an impression at all. Even now, I couldn't tell you a single character's name. They're that forgettable.

Enjoyment: Two words: Trainwreck Syndrome. As the chapters progressed, I got more and more frustrated.

Why does it take nearly half the classroom to be absent before any adult starts thinking maybe something isn't quite right?

Why was there no investigation launched immediately after people started to go missing?

Why did no one think that the girl who was terribly bullied [i]might[/i] just have something to do with all of this?

Why do the police not put the remaining classmates in protective custody when it's clear they're being targeted?

Any sympathy I might have had for the main character rapidly evaporated. She goes from a bullied girl to an outright psychopath, becoming far worse than the bullies she wanted revenge on. Even when people start dying, she shows perhaps a moment or two of remorse, but then shrugs it off and goes right back to her hitlist, even targeting people who had absolutely nothing to do with her bullying.

I don't know if she was meant to be a likable protagonist, or if the author just decided to make everyone in this universe batshit insane, but he definitely missed the mark on the former.

Overall: This is one massive dumpster fire of a manga. It's poorly executed, and makes you want to tear your hair out in frustration at times, but it's such a big trainwreck that when you come to the end of a chapter, you [i]have[/i] to see how things could possibly get worse in the next one.
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu review
by
k_la_anne13
Apr 07, 2021
Story: 7/10
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu has an unoriginal premise but with an interesting execution, the methodical way the protagonist initiated her quest for revenge makes for a good story and a few chapters are fun to read because of it. Flashbacks are used to provide emotion or context to scenes that would otherwise feel out of place which is good, but ultimately the series suffers from how convoluted keeping track of the history each of the characters has with each other becomes.

Art: 8/10
The tone for the series is set in the art, everywhere seems to be a little morose or disgusting and can make you feel unsettled during particularly emotional scenes. The character's facial expressions stand out and really emphasize moments in the story where you're meant to understand how they're feeling, especially during the more dark scenes.

Characters: 5/10
As mentioned in the story sections, it becomes tedious to try and keep track of who's affiliated with who and part of that is because some of the main characters are so forgettable. A lot of the male characters also suffer from over the top shounen cliches that feel out of place in the story.

Enjoyment: 6/10
It's really fun to read but by the end of it I felt like I had been cheated. Despite so much happening only a handful of chapters felt relevant to telling the main story while the rest may as well have not even happened.

Overall: 7/10
I think Fukushuu Kyoushitsu is definitely worth reading. It's entertaining and intriguing enough to occupy your time, especially if you like stories with dark and depressing themes.
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu review
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Zanudikotik9
Apr 07, 2021
Revenge Classroom is exactly the same thing you've probably seen in many other typical edgy works; lots of gore, shock factor, dumb characters and ridiculous plot twists that make no sense. What truly makes it work is...absolutely nothing actually, I have no real idea why anyone would like this.

The story is basically the main character taking revenge on everyone in her class because...reasons. Like sure, quite a few of the characters are despicable (and by despicable I mean that's their only personality trait), but she basically sets out to murder everyone including bystanders and even people who may have helped her in the past.

What truly baffles me is the LOGIC. She has no reason why she's hurting a good portion of the people she's hurting, and she feels little guilt about her actions. Her motives are basic, but somehow has no problem being every bit as bad as the bullies who murdered her. Actually, I don't think any of her bullies murdered someone, so she's actually worse than they are.

She's extremely self-centered and bitchy, refusing to be sympathetic to other people and their issues, instead preferring to view the world through her shallow and extremely narrow mindset. I can't think of any reason why any sane person would sympathize with her.

The sad part is that the manga portrays everyone who opposes her as though they're evil, savage people who we're supposed to despise, rather than our main character not realizing that, you know, they're human beings with their own set of issues. And yes, some of our victims are simply people our main character didn't try to understand then put the blame on them. It makes absolutely no sense.

The other characters can literally be described with one line; the seemingly perfect class rep who's not so perfect, the dude who acts tough and turns out to be a coward, the clingy (calling yuri undertones folks) friend who helps her out, and so on. All of their traits are taken to extremes, but that's all that's memorable about them. In fact, I marathoned all 14 chapters available at the time of this writing less than 15 minutes ago and I can't even remember their names. Yes, they're so forgettable that you remember their deaths/getting bullied more than their actual personalities. I'm not kidding.

Can I mention how almost everything that happens in this manga is so overblown and ridiculous that it removes reader engagement completely? Seriously, the characters here need to chill the hell out and stop overreacting to everything. Nothing is portrayed in a morally gray, subtle way and everything is just...one dimensional and bland, hoping that we, the readers will fall for this.

The manga also has a bizarre habit of making itself seem way more intelligent than it actual is. First couple of chapters, for example; the main character apparently planned some elaborate revenge for two whole months, and that revenge involved putting a letter in a delinquent's bicycle to beat up another delinquent. Yes, it's just as anti-climactic as I just described it.

Artwork looks alright, nothing to really write home about but nothing too exceptional. So pretty average.

Overall, if you enjoy stupid, self-centered leads who refuse to sympathize with others and see the world through one perspective and refuse to budge on that or care about anything other than herself, as well as ridiculously simplistic strategies, edginess so over the top that it makes Akame ga Kill look subtle, then I can safely say that this manga is for you.

Unless you enjoy intentionally reading bad manga (like I do) please stay away.
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu review
by
muntasir1239
Apr 07, 2021
This was literally the biggest waste of time I've ever spent. Spoiler-free, here's my thoughts.

Story - 5 (At best)
When starting out, you realize the character is already in a terrible situation. As with most revenge types, you're interested in how she's going to...well...get revenge. It starts out with minor characters who didn't really do too much getting in trouble. As you progress to the real antagonists, however, it slowly becomes more of a forgive fest than revenge. Which in the case of some characters, don't need to be forgiven but should of been the actual targets of revenge. It's like the author decided to completely change their characters in the middle of a chapter to be good guys. Too many "surprise twists" and hidden villains to actually progress with our main characters. The end was obviously rushed. The author probably realized they messed up any character development they did and wanted it to end.

Art - 7 (Actually isn't that bad)
The art was really clean and well done. It was stylized perfectly for a dark setting like a revenge story. The artist knew how to get expressions across really well.

Character - 5 (Read story section for my issue)
As I've mentioned above, the characters are all over the place that you end up hating them all. It becomes a chore to actually try and care about these characters. When you have characters go from rapist to secret protector, you know the author was just pulling out whatever he could to try and finish the story.

Enjoyment - 5 (I wanted it to end early)
I enjoyed it at first because she was truly planning on revenge. But after the first victim realized that the sword on the cover was just for show. It picks up the pace later on, but at that point most characters end up changing their personalities completely. Too much changes to actually enjoy it.

Overall - 5
What else can I say. If you're very bored and have bounds of money to just spend, then sure buy this and go on a mediocre journey. You can do better though. It isn't even revenge most of the book, as stated earlier. With all that said, I regret this book.
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu review
by
GGShang9
Apr 07, 2021
So, what is revenge classroom about?
Well, that's simple. It's about revenge.
Story- 10
I haven't really seen many manga or anime that do this.
They take someone who's been bullied, and in this case, the protagonist, Ayana, is consistently raped and stolen from, among other things.
And then, she's almost killed when pushed in front of a car.
And what does she decide to do?
Ruin the lives of everyone in her classroom. Gather information, and put plans into motion. Simple, yet the sheer anticipation kept me hooked in the story.
It's strangely invigorating, watching Ayana plan and execute her revenge.
Art- 9
The art fits the story and genres of the story extremely well. Ayana just has that sort of "Hey, I might be insane!" Kind of atmosphere. But, when the characters need to, they look cute. The artist also isn't afraid to show blood or death scenes.
So, again, the art fits the tone if the story extremely well.
Characters- 10
The characters are one of the reasons that I can't put this damn manga down, even with only 10 chapters currently out.
So, there's the main character, Ayana, who I've already explained.
Then there's her two sidekicks.
Ai, who is almost as demented as Ayana.
And the other one, who's simply trying to support his family.
The targets of Ayana's revenge are also well-done.
There's hardly a single one that's one-dimensional.
From a girl oppressed by her parents to a pair of suggestedly homosexual Highschool prostitutes, they're all captivating.
Enjoyment- 10
This was a diamond in the rough moment for me.
If it wasn't obvious from the way I went on about it, I really, really, enjoy this manga.
Overall- 10
It's an amazing manga with so much to offer.
If you're looking for a good psychological story, give this a try. I can guarantee that you won't regret it.
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