Prison School vol. 4

It becomes clearer to me with each passing volume that there is nothing more to be done with the concept of sequential art as a medium after this.  Yes, all writers can stop writing, artists can stop drawing, and all inkers, assistants, colorists, and letterers can lay down their tools in the face of the godlike phallic monolith of raw un-festering genius that is “Prison School.”  Having one of its protagonists crap himself in the middle of class to obtain genuine sounds of gastrointestinal distress was only the tip of the iceberg of the magnificence demonstrated by mangaka Akira Hiramoto.  Vol. 4 not only has such sights to behold as burly and buxom Shadow Student Council member Meiko being flustered by an abnormally long nipple hair during an arm-wrestling match, but also the greatest challenge faced by Kiyoshi yet!  With the postponement of his and his friends’ expulsion on the line, can this avowed minion of the mammaries explain to the ass-loving Chairman why butts are better than boobs?  Such incredible drama is wrought from this most demanding test of his character!  Surely we have reached the pinnacle of the medium, standing so high that it causes all other works to weep in despair that their flaccid attempts cannot measure up to the massive girth of achievement demonstrated here.

Or maybe it’s just that “Prison School” is just superior garbage.

Rather than simply write something that appeals to fifteen-year-olds on their own, Hiramoto has managed to create something that does a better job of speaking to people in touch with their inner fifteen-year-old.  While Meiko alone covers all the bases (ALL OF THEM!) necessary to attract actual teenagers, the mangaka has consistently found ways to push the envelope of sexual titillation in entertaining ways.  Granted, this is only true if female boobs, butts, or… “Medusas” are relevant to your interests.  Then you’ve also got the issue of sexual assault and how its determination of “Who’s the victim here?” becomes downright ouroboros-like when Kiyoshi and Hana find themselves alone in the infirmary late in this volume.  “Prison School” has never been “for everyone,” but the relentless imagination it displays in its obvious goals of fanservice is second to none in my book.