Handa-kun (はんだくん)

Okay now, be seated, everyone.

I'll be returning your midterm test results to you.

We'll be holding a supplementary exam in one week for those of you who failed.

How did you do?

Hey! No looking!

It was pretty easy, wasn't it?

No way anyone would need to take the supplementary exam.

Whoa... The room's so dirty.

I'm letting everyone use my place to study, so quit whining and shut up.

I'm kind of jealous you can live on your own, even though you were a delinquent.

From now on, let's use this place as the Handa Force's secret headquarters.

Well, if it's for Handa-san, I can't complain.

Come on, you two. Study seriously.

If two of our Handa Force members can't pass this exam,

there's no way we'll be able to face Handa-kun!

Okay...

First, let's make a sign for the Handa Force's secret headquarters.

Wait a sec, a secret headquarters shouldn't be putting up a sign.

A secret headquarters for the Handa Force was made without Handa-kun's knowledge.

Apparently, in our class,

there are three people who need to take the supplementary exam.

It's embarrassing that two of them are in the Handa Force.

But don't worry...

I, our grade's top scoring student, will tutor you both for one full week!

Whoa!

You were ranked 1st?

Yukicchi, where did you rank?

Average. Got a problem?

Hm?

What?

Well, it just dawned on me, but...

If Aizawa was ranked 1st...

...then what was Handa's rank?

That never crossed my mind.

I just thought he would naturally be ranked 1st.

That's right!

It says I'm ranked 1st, but something is definitely wrong...

If he isn't 1st, then maybe he's ranked 2nd.

Of course not!

You just made it sound like Handa lost to Aizawa.

But...

It's not like Handa not to be 1st.

He's right!

Handa-san should always be number one!

That means there's only one possibility...

He purposely failed to take 1st place.

What?!

Why would Handa do such a thing?

Um, let's get on with studying.

Handa-kun is a calligrapher before a student.

At school, he tries to avoid anything that would make him stand out.

So he wants to preserve his shadow-like presence, then...

I bet he's worried that letting his intellect show through his studies

would get in the way of his work.

Everyone's worrying about their future,

but he already has something important beyond just studying!

He's so cool!

Let's study.

Got it!

I'm gonna study for Handa-san!

Me too!

Do your best, Team Supplemental Exam!

Yeah!

You know, we should have invited the other person who has to take the exam.

You're right.

It would have been nice to see everyone in class clear the exam.

After all, any shame coming from the class is a shame to Handa-san.

That's a pretty pushy thing to say...

For Handa!

For Handa-kun!

For Handa-san!

Come on, let's study already...

I collated questions into these notebooks for the two of you.

See?

Whoa!

You're the best, Aizawa!

But just studying like normal at this point is...

This is...!

What revolution is as important as the Handa Revolution?

The 15th Shogun of the Tokugawa Clan is not Handa, but...?

Seek the value of Handa.

"Handa" is to "calligrapher" as "Oda Nobunaga" is to what?

You're a genius!

Genius aside, he's pretty imaginative.

Second-year students taking the supplemental exam,

please report to the Year 2 Class 7 room.

I did what I could.

Now, do your best!

Make a great country in 1192...

Make great poultry...

Crying in Nara in 794...

Gonna kill any cries, even from nightingales...

You guys may be stupid, but you're both awesome.

Why do we have to take the exam in Class 7?

Like everyone else, treat me 1.732 times...

Isn't, it obvious?

If you're treating, treat me to sushi...

It's because this is Handa-kun's class.

Ah, I see!

Coming in, Class 7 students.

Is Handa-kun's seat available?

I want to sit in his seat!

So, we have two idiots from Class 5 taking the supplementary exam.

Well, I am only interested in running.

That's not good...

I'm different from everyone else!

I wrote "Handa" as my name!

He's the number-one moron in our grade.

Now then, let's get this exam over with.

You! Dangerous Higashino!

Huh?

What the hell are you doing, trying to sit in Handa-san's desk?!

Huh?!

It says there we can sit wherever we want!

You're gonna dirty his desk with how easily you puke, idiot!

He's right! I'm the one who will sit here!

What do you mean, puke easily?

It's only a desk...

I'm here.

Guard Handa-san's desk with your life!

Even if he's not here, his desk is a sanctuary!

Once! Let me sit here just once!

Are you stupid?! Are you planning on having Handa sit where you once sat?!

Handa-kun?

Handa?!

Handa-san?

Why is Handa here?

Don't tell me the other person who has to take the exam...

...is Handa?!

Okay, now everyone who has to take the supplementary exam, take a seat.

Well, do your best.

There's no way Handa-san would have to take the supplementary exam!

Maybe he forgot to write his name?

No... There's no way he'd make a gaffe like that.

There's no way Handa would have to take the supplementary exam.

Was it the name? Did he forget to write his name down?

Nah, there's no way that would happen.

Handa taking the supplementary exam?

I thought he was smart.

Could he have forgotten to write his name down?

He wouldn't make a common mistake like that.

There's no way Handa-kun would take a supplementary exam.

There's no way he'd make the stupid mistake of forgetting to write his name down.

So then why is Handa...

...taking the supplementary exam?!

Stupid me...

I forgot to write my name down.

My score wasn't bad, either.

I would have placed 25th in my grade...

...which is pretty good, if only I hadn't forgotten to write my name.

It seems like it won't affect my school report since it was just an oversight, but...

If you do that on the final exam, you're done for.

I'm going to have you take the supplementary exam as a reminder of what you have done.

It's such a waste to have to spend my Sunday like this...

He's taking it like it's nothing?!

Why?

Why...?

Why?!

Why?

Why?!

Why?

Why?!

Why?

Hey!

I'm going to count that as cheating, you know?

Having to take a test in the same class as Handa-kun is so nerve-wracking.

Dang it... I need to focus.

15th Shogun of the Tokugawa Clan?

I'm pretty sure I studied this...

Um... Um...!

Ah...

Huh?

Ah...

Ah-choo!

Shoot...

That was pretty loud, in such a quiet place.

Sneeze...

Handa-san's sneeze...

I didn't expect to see the day I'd hear Handa-kun's sneeze so clearly.

What a rare experience.

Handa sneezes too.

I wonder if everyone's angry.

Well, yeah...

Handa is human, so it's only natural that he would sneeze too.

I feel closer to him now.

That was embarrassing.

Hm?

He's making scratching noises all of a sudden.

Maybe he can't control his writing because he's used to using brushes.

He's just scratching away at it...

I didn't know he had a habit like that.

This is a really rare experience.

From this very moment, that scratching is the trend for me to follow.

I'll give it a try, too.

I'm not sure if my answers are correct, but oddly enough, I can't stop writing.

And all because I want to make this noise.

I have to hand it to Speed Handa...

The scratching from his pen is instigating everyone.

Everyone in class is fighting together as one with Handa.

What's with all the noise today?