Shiritsu Araiso Koutou Gakkou Seitokai Shikkoubu (The Executive Committee)

Volume 1. Chapters 1 - 7

 

Chapter 1

 

7

 

Katsuragi: Hmm … 3rd year class 6 … 3rd year class 6 …

 

This is bad.  It’s the first day of school and I’m lost.  Why is this school so big?

 

Voice: Forgive me.

 

I won’t do it again.  I know I’m in the wrong.

 

Voice 2: Swear …

 

Katsuragi: What’s going on?

 

Voice: I swear.

 

Voice 3: You don’t sound sincere.

 

Voice: Ouch!

 

Katsuragi: *anger*

 

8

 

Katsuragi: What are you doing?

 

That day, it was the first time I met them.

 

Tokito: Who are you?  We’re the Executive Committee.

 

Katsuragi: The minute our eyes met, I knew I couldn’t tear myself away from their gaze.

 

“School rule number 5: The students in the Executive Committee are the most bright and most athletic in the school, with a strong sense of justice, they wear the badge of the Executive Committee on their arm, and are authorized to maintain law and order in the school.

 

10

 

Katsuragi: And no one else can defy them.  Wait, what does this mean?

 

Tokito: It’s the school rules.  When wearing this badge, we are the law in this school.

 

Anyway, we were only teaching this jerk a lesson for messing up the changing rooms.

 

Katsuragi: You look like the mafia instead.  Did you have to use so much force?

 

Tokito: That was because he resisted our discipline.

 

Katsuragi: What a bunch of weirdoes.  One has drooping eyes and the other has slanted eyes.

 

11

 

Katsuragi: Why are we in the same class?

 

Kubota: *Smiles* This must be fate Tokito san.  Please show me favour (Japanese and Chinese greeting to express a wish to get along by asking the other party to show one favour).

 

Kubota: I’m the cute Kubota.

 

Tokito: I’m the beautiful Tokito.  Call me Tokito oniichan (big brother).

 

Katsuragi: I see.

 

Girl: About the Executive Committee?

 

12

 

Girl 2: Kubota and Tokito are the best.  They’re so sauve and they are really cute.

 

Katsuragi: Is it so?  I really don’t understand them.

 

As I found out, the Executive Committee is made out of 5 persons but the 2 of them are the most influential of the bunch - new members are chosen by the existing members.  Although, the others are also not to be trifled with, Kubota and Tokito standout in the school due to their daring antics.

 

Girl: But don’t you think the 2 of them are a little you know …

 

Katsuragi: What?  Are you saying?

 

Girl 2: Are you telling us that they are having an affair?  Really … aren’t you stating the obvious?

 

Girl 2: Oooh, the power of real love.  They’re always together … so sweet.

 

Girl: I hear they’re living together.

 

Katsuragi: Uhm, thanks.  I had about enough.

 

13

 

Katsuragi: This school is a little weird but it’s a little better than my old school, which was way too strict …

 

Boy: I’m telling you I don’t have anymore monies to pay you with.

 

Bully: Are you trying to mess with us?  We will release the photos …

 

Boy: But I have paid you a lot already.  Give me back the negatives please.

 

Bully: Well it’s still not enough.  If you don’t want to die of embarrassment, pay up!

 

Katsuragi: This is disgusting?  Isn’t this blackmail?  What shall I do?

 

14

 

Katsuragi: Is Kubota and Tokito around?

 

Kubota: Yo?

 

Katsuragi: Why are you gambling and smoking in school?

 

Tokito: You should knock before entering a room.

 

15

 

Katsuragi: We can discuss this later.  There’s someone bullying a junior!

 

Tokito: Them again?  They never do learn do they?  This is what, the 5th time?  You mean their stupid antics still work?

 

Katsuragi: Wait, you are telling me you knew about them bullying students and didn’t do a single thing?  What is the Executive Committee for?

 

Tokito: Let me see how to phrase this?  Well, we hate persons who depend on others to protect them.  As such, bully victims are idiots.

 

Kubota: They have to learn …

 

Katsuragi: Enough!

 

16

 

Katsuragi: Low class, idiot!

 

I don’t believe it!  Why is the school’s discipline being handled by people like that?

 

Bespectacled boy: *enters* Hi I’m from the photographic club, is Kubota-san around?

 

EC member: Eh …

 

Bespectacled boy: What are you doing?

 

This is what you asked for.

 

Kubota: Thank you, my you guys are efficient.

 

Bespectacled boy: I spent a lot of effort on this.  The club’s expenses next year will need your favour (Japanese way of saying, please make sure my club’s expenses next year are met).

 

You guys never change do you?  You specialize in such dirty tactics, but then again, that’s what I admire about you.

 

17

 

Kubota: Ha, guess it’s in our nature.

 

Boy: Ugh (calls to his friend).

 

Bully: If you had co-operated like we told you too, this won’t have happened.

 

*Boy holds out money*

 

Katsuragi: No, you can’t give them the money.

 

Boy: Huh?

 

18

 

Bully: Who are you?

 

Katsuragi: I don’t know what photos you are blackmailing him with but he doesn’t have to put up with idiots like you.

 

*Boy clutches money*

 

Katsuragi: That’s the spirit.

 

Bully: You meddler!

 

Katsuragi: Uhh …

 

Tokito: Alright, enough is enough.

 

19

 

Tokito: We’re the Executive Committee, protectors of the weak.

 

Katsuragi: Kubota-san, Tokito-san …

 

Bully 2: It’s the Executive Committee.

 

Bully: What’s this?  Huh?

 

20

 

Kubota: We’ve got 24 snapshots of compromising photos of you.  Now what say we exchange these for those negatives in your possession.  I can’t stand looking at them …

 

Tokito: If you’re not satisfied, why don’t you trying snatching them back.

 

Bully: Damn!

 

Kubota: But you know it’s a futile attempt.

 

21

 

Bully: Alright, I know what to do.  Here you go.

 

Katsuragi: What’s this?

 

Bullies: Thank you.

 

Katsuragi: They just want to act cool.

 

Kubota: No need to thank us, we’ve already stuck the photos all around school already (and the negatives we’ve given you are fakes).  Be smarter the next time you try things like this ok?

 

Oh hear you go.  Katsuragi-san, this is for you.

 

Katsuragi: Huh?  Are you serious?

 

Kubota: We happen to be looking for one more member.

 

Intelligence, strength, justice … if it’s you, I think it’ll be alright.  And we do need a girl on the team.  It makes work more convenient.

 

22

 

Kubota: This is fate isn’t it?

 

Katsuragi: I guess so.

 

Tokita: What are these?  The photos are well taken.

 

Kubota: Didn’t you know?  This used to be an all-boys school so we have quite a lot of gays.

 

But we’re not.

 

Katsuragi: I think I rather not have known.

 

 

 

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