Prison — School

While the plot drives the story, the characters drive the emotional investment.

Gakuto is widely considered the breakout character. He is a self-sabotaging genius. He can formulate complex strategies involving water displacement, guard patrol patterns, and psychological warfare, but he lacks basic social awareness. His loyalty to the "code of the Three Kingdoms" leads him to make incredible sacrifices (most famously, soiling his own reputation in front of the girl he likes). Gakuto represents the lengths men will go to for their "bros," turning a gross-out comedy into an unlikely story of male bonding. Prison School

One cannot discuss the art without addressing the controversy. Prison School is famous (or infamous) for its hyper-focus on the lower body. Hiramoto has a very specific artistic fixation on the buttocks, often drawing them with anatomical precision that borders on medical illustration. While this is undeniably the source of the series' ecchi label, it also serves as a symbol of the boys' obsession. It is the object of their desire and the instrument of their torture. While the plot drives the story, the characters