EP 2: THE SHINAZUGAWA SHOWDOWN

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The Staff Room of Regret

(Teachers sip tea nervously. Rengoku hums. Tengen polishes his nails. Gyomei dabs his eyes. The door suddenly SLAMS open.)

Sanemi: ALRIGHT, EVERYONE. NOBODY SAY A WORD ABOUT GENYA.

Goto: (dead inside) You just guaranteed everyone will.

Akaza: (grinning) How bad is it, Shinazugawa-sensei?

Sanemi: HE FAILED MATH AGAIN! 2 OUT OF 20! TWO!

Tengen: (dramatic gasp) Unflashy performance.

Kanae: (trying to comfort) But he did so well in Biology!

Sanemi: THAT’S THE POINT! HE MEMORIZED THE ENTIRE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM! HOW DOES HE DO THAT AND STILL THINK “X² + 3X = 5” IS A CURSE SPELL?!

Rengoku: SLAMS DESK EVEN THE STRONGEST FALL TO THE DEMON CALLED ALGEBRA!

Gyomei: sniff sniff A tragic brotherly bond… full of… decimals and pain… sniff

Obanai: (coldly) You graded him yourself.

Sanemi: AND I SHOWED MERCY! (beat) Okay, fine, I deducted only five marks for handwriting.

Goto: (muttering) You’ve doomed him.

(A sudden knock. The door opens slowly… and there he is — the younger brother himself.)

Genya: (sweating) …I’m here.

(Everyone goes silent. Tension so thick you could slice it with Haganezuka’s knife collection.)

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The Confrontation

Sanemi: Sit.

Genya: (sits instantly) Yes sir— I mean— bro— I mean— sensei—

Sanemi: (glares) Wrong again.

Rengoku: booming YOUR COURAGE IS COMMENDABLE, GENYA-KUN!

Genya: (whispering) Please stop encouraging him.

Gyomei: sniff Such trembling emotion… the raw fear of kinship… sniff

Goto: (quietly) I’m taking notes for a future horror novel.

Sanemi: So, care to explain THIS? holds up paper full of wrong equations

Genya: (sweating) The numbers looked… unfriendly.

Sanemi: UNFRIENDLY?! THEY’RE NUMBERS, NOT DEMONS!

Akaza: (snickering) Bro, you yell like they owe you rent.

Sanemi: (snaps) SHUT IT, AKAZA!

Kanae: (softly) But he did get full marks in Biology!

Genya: (proudly) Yeah! I even labeled all the endocrine glands!

(Teachers murmur in surprise. Gyomei gasps, clutching his rosary.)

Gyomei: A MIRACLE OF SCIENCE AND SPIRIT!

Rengoku: fire blazing in his eyes TRULY, A REDEMPTION ARC WORTHY OF PRAISE!

(And then—from the hallway—)

Sanemi: (shouting from earlier memory) “WHY CAN’T YOU DO MATH LIKE THAT, YOU MATHLESS POTATO?!”

Tengen: (wheezing) OH, HE ACTUALLY SAID IT AGAIN!

Goto: (deadpan) This staff room needs soundproof walls.

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Teacher Feedback Time

Akaza: (smirks) Physics — good understanding, strong logic. Might punch the calculator, but he gets force.

Obanai: Chemistry — precise. Doesn’t explode things. Acceptable.

Kanae: Biology — star student! (beams) I’d make him my assistant if I could!

Rengoku: History — PASSIONATE! His essay about the Warring States almost made me cry!

Tengen: Arts — questionable color sense, but his shading? Flashy!

Kyogai: Music — offbeat, but has rhythm in spirit.

Haganezuka: Home Ec — stabbed the fabric twice but didn’t bleed. Improvement.

Goto: English — wrote an entire essay on “Why Math Should Be Outlawed.” Spelling perfect. Emotion: 10/10.

(Laughter spreads. Sanemi’s vein twitches.)

Sanemi: (muttering) You’re all enjoying this too much.

Tomioka: (quietly) I didn’t laugh.

Tengen: That’s because you never laugh, bro.

Tomioka: (stares blankly) Correct.

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The Family-Turned-Faculty Breakdown

Sanemi: (slams paper) GENYA. YOU’RE GROUNDED UNTIL YOU CAN SOLVE THIS EQUATION.

Genya: (sweating) How long’s that gonna take—

Sanemi: YEARS IF YOU KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS!

Gyomei: sniff sniff Brotherly affection… expressed through volume… sniff

Rengoku: THE FLAMES OF LOVE BURN BRIGHT IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD!

Kanae: (smiling) Or just burn.

Akaza: (grinning) I’d pay to see that tutoring session live.

Goto: (groaning) We’d have to evacuate the school.

Tengen: (laughing) BROTHERHOOD, BUT MAKE IT FLASHY!

(Sanemi takes a deep breath… and to everyone’s shock, softens.)

Sanemi: …You did good in the other subjects, kid. Don’t get cocky, though.

Genya: (eyes wide) W-wait… did you just— compliment me?

Sanemi: (gritting teeth) It was an academic acknowledgment, not a compliment.

Rengoku: SLAMS DESK THAT’S STILL PROGRESS!

Gyomei: bawls SUCH GROWTH… SUCH FRATERNAL LOVE…!

Kanae: (gently) You should be proud, Shinazugawa-sensei.

Sanemi: (grumbles) Yeah, yeah. If he fails next time, I’m moving to another school.

(Genya smiles quietly. The teachers exchange warm glances — until—)

Goto: (checking next appointment) Uh… Mrs. Kocho’s coming next…

(Everyone freezes. Akaza actually drops his pen. Rengoku looks terrified. Sanemi groans audibly.)

Tengen: FLASH WARNING: THE KOCHO SISTERS ARE NEXT.

(Kyogai’s drum sounds in the background: “DOKO DOKO DOOM.”)

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