School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei
{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image = GaikyuHotei.jpg
|caption = First volume cover
|ja_kanji = 学糾法廷
|genre = Comedy thriller{{cite web|title=The Official Website for School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei|url=https://www.viz.com/school-judgment|publisher=Viz Media|accessdate=April 26, 2019}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type = manga
|author = Nobuaki Enoki
|illustrator = Takeshi Obata
|publisher = Shueisha
|publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
|NA = Viz Media
}}
|demographic = Shōnen
|imprint = Jump Comics
|magazine = {{ubl|Weekly Shōnen Jump|Shōnen Jump+|{{noitalic|(final chapter)}}}}
|magazine_en = {{English manga magazines
|NA = Weekly Shonen Jump
}}
|published =
|first = December 1, 2014
|last = May 27, 2015
|volumes = 3
|volume_list = #Volume list
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei|学糾法廷|Gakkyū Hōtei|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written by Nobuaki Enoki and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It is a relaunch of the manga Gakkyu Hotei that was published on the Jump Live smartphone manga service in 2013. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2014 to May 2015, and finished on the Shōnen Jump+ platform. Its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes. Viz Media published the first three chapters for its "Jump Start" initiative and then began to simulpublish the series in December 2014.
Premise
The story revolves around children (specifically the 12-year-old main character Abaku Inugami) solving adult crimes in court at their elementary school, ranging from murder to drug usage in terms of criminal acts. Abaku has a skill called Ronpa, which is the act of using arguments to refute another's theories and verbally defeat them. He is a transfer student at Tenbin Elementary School which has recently declared the Classroom Arbitration Session system, and is used the way that if any disputes happen, they will be settled in a courtroom.{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|title=School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/gakkyu-hotei/school-judgment/gn-1/.98153|website=Anime News Network|date=January 30, 2016|accessdate=December 24, 2018}} There is also a rival for Inugami called Pine Hanzuki, who tries to prosecute the guilty people in her own cute but also ruthless way.
Publication
School Judgement: Gakkyu Hotei is written by Nobuaki Enoki and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It is a relaunch of the manga Gakkyu Hotei, written and illustrated by Enoki, and published on Shueisha's Jump Live smartphone manga service in 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「斉木楠雄のΨ難」Flashアニメ化、新増刊ジャンプLIVEで|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/94525|website=Natalie|accessdate=July 12, 2020|language=ja|date=July 8, 2013}} It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 1, 2014, to May 11, 2015, and then moved over to Shōnen Jump+, so it would be able to wrap the final arc.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Death Note's Obata to Relaunch Gakkyū Hōtei Grade-School Legal Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-05/death-note-obata-to-relaunch-gakkyu-hotei-grade-school-legal-manga/.80694|website=Anime News Network|date=November 5, 2014|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Gakkyu Hotei, Cyborg Roggy Manga End in Shonen Jump on Monday|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-07/gakkyu-hotei-cyborg-roggy-manga-end-in-shonen-jump-on-monday/.87908|website=Anime News Network|date=May 7, 2015|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:小畑健×榎伸晃の法廷ミステリー「学糾法廷」最終回、ジャンプ＋で完結編も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/146730|website=Natalie|accessdate=July 12, 2020|language=ja|date=May 11, 2015}} The 24th and last chapter was released on May 27, 2015.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Shonen Jump+ Publishes Final Chapter of Gakkyu Hotei Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-28/shonen-jump-publishes-final-chapter-of-gakkyu-hotei-manga/.88624|website=Anime News Network|date=May 28, 2015|accessdate=December 24, 2018}} Shueisha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from May 1 to August 4, 2015.
Viz Media published the first three chapters for its "Jump Start" initiative and then began to simulpublish the series in December 2014.{{cite web|last=Green|first1=Scott|title=English "Shonen Jump" To Continue "Gakkyu Hotei: School Judgement"|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/12/21-1/english-shonen-jump-to-continue-gakkyu-hotei-school-judgement|website=Crunchroll|date=December 22, 2014|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}
= Volume list =
{{Graphic novel list/header
|Language = Japanese
|Width = 70%
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 1
|OriginalRelDate = May 1, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:学糾法廷 1|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880415-6|publisher=Shueisha|accessdate=December 24, 2018|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160113051645/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880415-6&mode=1|archivedate=January 13, 2016|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-880415-6
|LicensedRelDate = February 2, 2016{{cite web|title=School Judgment, Vol. 1: Gakkyu Hotei|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/school-judgment-gakkyu-hotei-volume-1/product/3795|publisher=Viz Media|accessdate=December 24, 2018|language=en}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-8566-6
|ChapterListCol1 =
- 01. "The Suzuki Murder and Dismemberment Case"
- 02. "The Suzuki Murder and Dismemberment Case 2"
- 03. "The Pretty Idol Airi Takanashi Photo Voyeurism Case"
- 04. "The Pretty Idol Airi Takanashi Photo Voyeurism Case 2"
|ChapterListCol2 =
- 05. "The Shuichi Higashide Cheating Case"
- 06. "The Shuichi Higashide Cheating Case 2"
- 07. "Beware of the Magical Powder"
}}
{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 2
|OriginalRelDate = July 3, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:学糾法廷 2|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880430-9|publisher=Shueisha|accessdate=December 24, 2018|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160113051705/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880430-9&mode=1|archivedate=January 13, 2016|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-880430-9
|LicensedRelDate = April 5, 2016{{cite web|title=School Judgment, Vol. 2: Gakkyu Hotei|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/school-judgment-gakkyu-hotei-volume-2/product/3796|publisher=Viz Media|accessdate=December 24, 2018|language=en}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-8567-3
|ChapterListCol1 =
- 08. "Beware of the Magical Powder 2"
- 09. "Beware of the Magical Powder 3"
- 10. "The Inu-Saru Reunion"
- 11. "Civil Trial Arc (1): The Investigation"
- 12. "Civil Trial Arc (2): The Courtroom"
|ChapterListCol2 =
- 13. "Civil Trial Arc (3): The Staircase of Truth"
- 14. "Evil Spirit 5-Meter Deep"
- 15. "Evil Spirit 5-Meter Deep 2"
- 16. "Evil Spirit 5-Meter Deep 3"
}}
{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 3
|OriginalRelDate = August 4, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:学糾法廷 3|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880466-8|publisher=Shueisha|accessdate=December 24, 2018|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160113051724/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880466-8&mode=1|archivedate=January 13, 2016|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-880466-8
|LicensedRelDate = June 7, 2016{{cite web|title=School Judgment, Vol. 3: Gakkyu Hotei|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/school-judgment-gakkyu-hotei-volume-3/product/4792|publisher=Viz Media|accessdate=December 24, 2018|language=en}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-8568-0
|ChapterListCol1 =
- 17. "The Beginning of the End"
- 18. "Dog vs. Pheasant"
- 19. "I'm Not Afraid"
- 20. "The Key"
- 21. "Where the Ogre Dwells"
|ChapterListCol2 =
- 22. "The Session That Started It All
- One Shot: "Part A: Case Arc"
- One Shot: "Part B: Courtroom Arc"
}}
{{Graphic novel list/footer}}
Reception
Leroy Douresseaux from ComicBookBin called the first volume "a little weird, but it is surprisingly entertaining", praising as well Obata's artwork.{{cite web|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy|title=School Judgment: Gakyu Hotei Vol. 1 Review|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/schooljudgment001.html|website=Comic Book Bin|date=February 2, 2016|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/gakkyu.html|Official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.viz.com/school-judgment|Official website at Viz Media}}
- {{ann|manga|16556|noparen=true}}
{{Takeshi Obata}}
{{Weekly Shōnen Jump - 2010–2019}}
Category:Comedy anime and manga