Genre : Sports(?), comedy, action(?), school, insinuation(?) Episodes: 12 +OVA Studio: Brain’s Base Tachibana is a model high school student with a strong sense of Justice. As student council president, star athlete and consistently highly ranked in academics, Tachibana is used to solving every problem and protecting the weak. That’s how this whole mess started...
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