Houkago Hokenshitsu

Description

From Go! Comi:

Like most teenagers, Mashiro Ichijo has a secret. But Mashiro's secret is that he’s neither fully male nor female! So far, Mashiro's been able to live his life as a boy, but all this changes when he's informed of a new class he must take in order to graduate from his elite prep school. To pass, he must find the “Key”…and the only way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies: his classmates!

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

After School Nightmare

L'Infirmerie après les cours (French)

The Nurse's Office After School

После Школьного Кошмар

放課後保健室

방과후 양호실

Groups Scanlating

Cat Chan Scans

Konnichiwa

Translated Treasures

Latest Release(s)

v.1-5 c. by Cat Chan Scans 17 years ago

v.3 c.9 by Konnichiwa 18 years ago

v.3 c. by Translated Treasures & Varnalesa [Add] 18 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)
5 Volumes Bunko (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

4 topics, 21 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (972 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.24 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 11th, 2024 8:29pm PDT - 11 months ago

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Genre

Drama Gender Bender Mystery Psychological Romance School Life Shoujo Supernatural Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Akita Shoten

Serialized In (magazine)

Princess (Akita Shoten)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

Go! Comi (Defunct / 10 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #739

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Monthly Pos #1553 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2840

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6 Month Pos #3820

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Year Pos #4472

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On 913 reading lists

On 1117 wish lists

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Ending *Spoiler Alert.*

14 years ago

Advertising for the Next Work? :P

14 years ago

Isn't it shoujo-ai as well?

17 years ago

Reivew Question

18 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

wow

by dezin19
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I don't even know what to think about this one. I wonder if I'm the only one who found the end sad?

The whole story is about the main character being both boy and girl, and in the end, just ends up being a girl. It kinda felt like a rip-off. Half the main character dies. Just kinda left me feeling disappointed or something. And I also don't get the part where if you graduate you're reborn, but in the end everyone? was reborn.

But, don't let that deter you. It really is a good manga. Pretty original too.

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Recommended

by sakimichi
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

totally got hooked in reading this manga XD. It's a gender bender so i suppose you know what it means, but it's really thrilling and fun to read.

... Last updated 18 years ago

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The headtrip to end all headtrips.

by pearlesque
18 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I'm so hooked on this manga that I cry every time I find out that another chapter hasn't been released. Seriously, this is so brilliant. And so twisted and freaky. At first, it seems to be just another school drama about a gender dysphoric kid... But it's so much more than that. It's a search for identity in more ways than one, and it covers issues as diverse as dealing with sexual abuse, dealing with being a misfit and of course just dealing with being a bastard. (Indeed, one of the characters has to cope with the fact that he's pretty much a psychopath.)

I feel Mashiro's pain. S/he is the only decent individual in a system that's as crazy as it is cruel... I keep hoping that he'll be able to save not only himself but the other students from it as well.

For what it's worth, I'm bloody glad that no one can see my nightmares. Jesus. Reality is nasty enough as it is...

EDIT: Haha, I've decided to buy the manga. I can't wait... It's such a relief that the first four volumes are already licensed! Thanks to the scanslation groups for bringing it to my attention; I wouldn't have found out about this manga otherwise. 🙂

... Last updated 18 years ago

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Im hooked

by FarewellGoodnigh
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

I just picked up book one and two from my library this afternoon and I am absolutely hooked on this series. I agree in the fact that it is REALLY cracked out in the beginning but you get used to it after you start reading it. Here I am 4 books later and I can't stop reading till the end!!
I recommend this series completely if you are into genderbender and cracked out plot!!
HeeHee like me!!
-FarewellGoodnight 😀

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Give it a shot!

by missichigo
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'm hoping that everyone is willing to give this one time to get good, it seems very very very strange when you start it. I almost backed out of it alot of time, but the weirdness drew me in trying to figure out what was going on. It's really a great series and so well thought out. The twists and turns were mind blowing! At one point, I had to walk away and think about what just happened. XD It's really an amazing and well developed series.

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mind blowing.

by countingwounds
14 years ago

Rating: 9.3 / 10.0

Seriously. I mean, it's not so deep that you sit there and tilt your head, and think, and go... "OH!" ten days later. It's just... mind blowing and good and full of twists and turns and surprises. It really is a fast read! I agree though, at times the characters were SO annoying, especially the shifting love triangle as I think someone else mentioned. But it really did make up for it, and it almost made sense in a way?

Anyways I can not tell you how many times I passed this up! But really, don't, it was a lot better than my expectations!

I REALLY LOVED THE ENDING! I couldn't have pictured a better ending, really. It was the perfect place to end the series, which is weird because we as readers only got that slight glimpse into the REAL life of Ichijo; but it had that hopeful, expecting feeling when they both got on the same train, but it wasn't cheesy.

However, it brought sooo many questions to mind:

DID SOU AND KUREHA MAKE IT OUT?!? were their moms saved? Did they just die in the womb? Did they not graduate therefor??? I really wanted closure on this! I nearly cried when they were all in the circle...

Are the events in the "school" indicative of what events happen in the characters life?? For example, is Kureha destined to be raped, Sou destined to conjure up a sister, etc.? Will Ichijo have a relationship with Sou?!

Were all the mothers in that class in the same hospital?

I'm sure there were others... I just had to get them out! They're bugging me! If anyone would want to discuss them, I'd love to PM :D

I'm definitely reading it again at some point to see if I can get anything more out of it with all you learn... I'm sure it will be like reading a new story 🙂

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Oh wow.

by violentavenger
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This manga is easily one of the strangest series I've ever read. The ending was superb. The only reason I didn't give this a ten was because the characters are incredibly annoying and frustrating throughout it. However, the ending definitely saved everything. I highly recommend this manga. It's a quick manga, and you won't regret it.

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A Mixed Bag?

by Twilight_Moon
15 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

After School Nightmare's been a doozy of a ride - on one hand, I've loved it and sometimes I just couldn't stand it. Mashiro's indecisiveness, his weakness, and the melodramatic love triangle that shifts throughout the story..It's all quite thrilling, amusing - but it seems tiresome and exasperating all at once. I think After School Nightmare is just a bit too much to be good - a bit too absorbing and anxiety stricken.. But every moment, I've went on to keep reading. Psychologically,I've adored it especially with the imaginative depictions of each one's inner soul. I can't say I love it, but neither can I admit it was a waste of time. I've enjoyed it the whole way though, and I guess it's been a fun time reading~

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Really good.

by Oriolidae
15 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I really liked this story, and the theme about finding and accepting yourself for what you are. But the end was too abstract and contradicting compared to what has happened throughout the manga. This makes me drop the rating of Houkago Hokenshitsu.

The ending shouldn't keep you from reading it, though.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Read it!

by Miriette Le Fay
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I will not writte much about this story because I think same comments below are really good (like the big ones) and my english too is not the best.
One think I dindn't agree for the comments that I had already read was the ones that tell the manga was rather cliché that's not actually true and the people that has already read chapter 33 know that...
You must read it if you are looking for a interesting story and yes the way the characters behae is very anoying but nothing you couln't suport and they too have their reasons ... I too don't agree with the last comment Ichigo should has suported Sou but wouldn't you leave a person who says that might be using you 😕 ?... even the most simpatic person probably would kill his boyfriend after hear this.
Also the whole story about graduation has some misterious you would like to discover. 🙁
It's sad that nowadays people kill the mangakas when they do interesting and diferent storys ...

... Last updated 16 years ago

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