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Plot
Growing up as an orphan, Hinako is shocked to learn that she has an older twin brother called Hikaru. Born as a yakuza, Hikaru requests Hinako to switch places with him at Shishiku Academy, an all-boys school overrun with Japan's toughest delinquents, and become the new yakuza boss.
Cast
| Characters | Japanese[6] | English[7] |
|---|---|---|
| Hinako Nakayama | Hibiku Yamamura | Apphia Yu |
| Totomaru Minowa | KENN[2] | Austin Tindle |
| Haruo Sakaguchi | Takashi Kondō | Christopher Wehkamp |
| Houoh Onigashima | Tomoaki Maeno[2] | Jarrod Greene |
| Takayuki Konparu | Shouta Aoi[2] | Joel McDonald |
| Rintaro Kira | Yoshimasa Hosoya[2] | Orion Pitts |
| Yuta Mirako | Tetsuya Kakihara[2] | Ricco Fajardo |
| Hikaru Onigashima | Tsubasa Yonaga | Terri Doty |
| Toshiya Murata | Toshiyan | Alejandro Saab |
| Kenta Shimamura | kenty | Brandon McInnis |
| Tora Tanaka | Tora* | Stephen Fu |
| Sakuya Nakajima | sakuya. | Daman Mills |
Production and development
Production of the anime was announced in December 2016.[8] The opening theme song is "Love Sniper" and the ending theme song "Gankō Signal" was performed by Love Desire.[9] Crunchyroll streamed the series.[9] Funimation licensed the series and premiered the dub on May 11, 2017.[10]
Episode list
| No. | Official English title Original Japanese title |
Original airdate | English airdate |
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