Sakigake!! Otokojuku - Season 1

Episodes

The Principal's Fearsome Idea: Starting Tomorrow, You're All Shaving Your Heads!!

Following the loss of his last hair, Principal Edajima decrees that all First Years must shave their heads, unless one student can perform the Head Seal. This involves writing the word "man" (男) on the Principal's head. All the attempts by the students fail until Momotaro tricks the principal into putting on a helmet with a stamp on the inside performing the Head Seal . Instructor Oni-Hige then has his own head shaved as the result of losing a bet with Momotaro.

May 2, 1988

Season 1Episode 10

The Second-Years Strike Back: Don't Look Down On Us Cause We're Younger

Tsubakiyama chases his pet squirrel onto the Second Years' lawn but balk at punishing him when Momotaro appears. The instructors are concerned at the Second Year's cowardice. Principal Edajima calls back the former head Second Year student, Akashi Gouji to take on Momotaro. On his return he invites the First Year students to a 2nd-Year head's Reinstatement Ceremony. After humiliating the former acting head Edogawa and some First Year students, he engages in a sword fight to the death with Momotaro. The Principal decides to use the fight as an opportunity to stage a public contest on Ganryu Island. The school then sells tickets to raise the necessary funds to pay the school's bills.

May 9, 1988

Season 1Episode 11

Swords Clash on Ganryu Island! Showdown! Momo Vs Akashi

On the day of the planned sword contest on Ganryu Island, Momotaro decides that he doesn't want to fight and be part of a tawdry money-raising spectacle. Togashi volunteers to take Momotaro's place, but is outclassed and wounded. When Akashi is about to deliver the killing stroke, Momotaro arrives to represent the First Year students. The battle between Momotaro and Akashi is fierce, but Momotaro uses his own spirit to counteract the Rock-Slicing Sword technique of Akashi and defeats him. Unfortunately the instructors bet all of the ticket money on Akashi and lost the lot, so the school no longer has the money to pay its debts.

May 16, 1988

Season 1Episode 12

A Breakwater Mother Tale, Otokojuku-style: Even Delinquents Need a Mother

Togashi is in Harajuku with no money and no girl and rescues an old lady from a thug. She takes him home, mistaking him for her lost son. Togashi goes to leave, but the old lady leads him to believe she has a fortune saved. To get his hands on the money, Togashi buys food and cooks for her, and visits her every afternoon after school. Other students join him as well. Later the thug tells Togashi that she is a drinking, gambling, lying hag so he abandons her. She is then taken by Yakuza to whom she owes money. When she's about to be killed Togashi intervenes but is beaten by the Yakuza. Then Momotaro and the others arrive and rescue them both.

May 23, 1988

Season 1Episode 13

Bloody Boxing? The Enemy is the Super Police Academy

Three months after enrolling, the students a Super Police Academy aeroplane drops a group of parachutists into the Otokojuku. Principal Edajima reveals that he has enrolled 30 Super Police Academy for training at the Otokojuku. The leader Keith Jackson brought gifts of chocolate and gum as his father did in the post-war period which infuriates Togashi but the instructors love it. Mick Kong, a huge African American also greets Momotaro, but with a vice-like handshake signalling a less than friendly visit. As tensions between the Japanese and American students rise, Principal Edajima sets up a Picaresque Boxing Match using spiked iron gloves, stating that true friendship is born in battle. The first bout is between Genji Togashi and Mick Kong. Togashi eventually wins after taking a punishing beating.

May 30, 1988

Season 1Episode 14

Friend or Foe? The Man of the Steel Mach Punch Arrives: His Name is J

The second bout of the Picaresque Boxing Match of Japanese and American students is between Keith Jackson and Gokukoji Hidemaro. Meanwhile another SPA student arrives and is challenged by the Second Year student Akashi. Going by the name of J, he shatters Akashi's unbreakable sword with his magnum steel knuckles, and continues to the boxing stadium. Tazawa coaches Hidemaro but the strategy fails completely and Hidemaro is knocked out of the ring. The score is one win each. Momotaro next enters the ring and is challenged by J. J fells Momotaro with a super fast punch which Momotaro doesn't see. Momotaro then blindfolds himself to use his Mind's Eye to fight. Unfortunately Momotaro is unpracticed in the technique and is not really blind and takes a beating. Akashi cuts Momotaro's eyelids so he really cannot see, and he rejoins the fight. Now blinded, Momotaro's Mind's Eye is opened, and he beats J. Principal Edajima's strategy worked. Following the match, the Americans and Japanese share a bond of friendship, and J decides to stay at the Otokojuku.

Jun 6, 1988

Season 1Episode 15

Chapter of Mighty Rivals. The Struggle Begins: Otokojuku Vs Great Kanto Student Alliance

Oni-Hige is put in charge of the school while Principal Edajima goes to Kansai. The instructors see this as an opportunity to make some money to replace the bonuses they have not received. To raise money, Oni-Hige resurrects the School Festival which was banned for 10 years due to many student fatalities. Meanwhile Akashi reveals that the aggressive Kanto Great Student Alliance plans to make Otokojuku the 100th school under their control. Akashi leaves it to Momotaro and the First Years to resolve. A thousand Kanto Great Student Alliance students arrive to take over the school, but Morita, Captain of the Guard says he needs only 30 men to make them surrender. As the battle is about to start, Oni-Hige interrupts and suggests a game of ruby instead, to protect the other visitors and make more money. Oni-Hige poisons the players who must reach the antidote at the other players' end with the steel ball containing a key within 20 minutes or die. The game begins.

Jun 13, 1988

Season 1Episode 16

All-Out Rugby Showdown. Momo, Bear Your Friends' Tears and Run!!

The violent rugby game between the Kanto Great Student Alliance and Otokojuku students begins with an all-out brawl. The Otokojuku students get the ball first, but it is taken by Morita, the Great Student Alliance's Captain of the Guard. He then uses his Linked Iron Axe Whip to clear a path through the Otokojuku students. Momotaro is the last line of defence at the goal line. All the student players begin to collapse from the poison except Morita who did not drink it. Morita attacks Momotaro viciously, but before he can deliver the killing blow, Momotaro strikes back and defeats him. All of the students recover because instead of poison, Oni-Hige had given them anaesthetic. When Rankiryuu accidentally reveals that the festival takings are going to be kept by the instructors, the Otokojuku students beat them up and Momotaro takes the money to a real charity. Afterwards, the Great Student Alliance's President kills Morita because of his failure.

Jun 20, 1988

Season 1Episode 17

"The Four Great Trials of Terror" Begin. What is on the Sacred Mt. Fuji

Date Omito, President of the Kanto Great Student Alliance arrives at the gate of Otokojuku with his students and immediately a fight breaks out between the two groups. Principal Edajima interrupts the fighting and suggests using the Four Great Trials of Terror on Mt. Fuji, involving four representatives from each side to settle the dispute. Otokojuku selects Momotaro, Togashi, J and the fourth member, Toramaru Ryuuji from the Prison of Penitence. Date Omito is joined by the Three Fists of the Great Student Alliance, Raiden, Hien and Gekkou.

Jun 27, 1988

Season 1Episode 18

Battle in the Sulfur Spring of Tears. The Last of J. This is the Spirit of the Yanks

The Otokojuku group arrive at the Temple of Hell's Treasure at the foot of Mt. Fuji with the four representatives wearing traditional white uniforms. The trial will be in the hands of the temple monks. The eight combatants enter tunnels which lead up Mt. Fuji from where they are guided by giant monks. Each team of four are shackled to a giant steel ball which they must push up the mountain. At four locations on the way, one representative from each team will be unshackled to fight to the death. Their fates will be reflected in eight candles burning at the temple below. J and Raiden are the first to fight at the site of 1,000 degree deadly sulphur springs. Raiden gets the upper hand by attacking and retreating with sharp blades in his shoes until J traps him and delivers his final Mach Punch before they both perish in the sulphur springs. Their two candles are extinguished.

Jul 4, 1988

Season 1Episode 19

A Real Man Dies Smiling! The Gutsy Togashi Clashes with the Beautiful Man Hien

With J's death, the three remaining Otokojuku representatives, Momotaro, Togashi and Toramaru carve the initial J on their arms in his memory. The two teams push their giant steel balls to the next site for the battle of the Midair Cliff. Togashi and Hien of the Birdman Fist are the next to fight, dangling in mid-air by holding onto ropes attached to the cliff. Hien has the advantage because of his aerial mobility. Togashi fights a desperate battle, but eventually succumbs and falls. As he falls a Rising Dragon Wind catches him an updraft, carrying him back up towards Hien, where in a final effort Togashi attacks Hien and they both fall to their deaths. Their two candles are extinguished.

Jul 11, 1988

Season 1Episode 20

Another Tearful Parting!! The Burning Man Toramaru Dies on the Icy Arena

The remaining representatives, Momotaro and Togashi, and Date and Gekkou push their giant steel balls to the next site of the Four Great Trials of Terror, to the Bridge of No Return. They take their steel balls across the narrow bridge, through the Wailing Cave to the Blazing Slab of Ice for the third trial. Toramaru and Gekkou prepare to fight on a melting pinnacle of ice and avoid falling to sharp stalagmites below. After some initial combat, Gekkou attacks with spinning half-moon blades but Togashi manages to withstand the attack. In anger Togashi retaliates with powerful farts. Gekkou's body heats up and reveals Raging Tattoos which turn his body into the hardness of steel. Togashi throws Gekkou onto the ice spikes below but he manages to climb back up and continue the fight. Togashi eventually manages to defeat Gekkou, but they are both crushed by falling ice. Their two candles are extinguished.

Jul 25, 1988

Season 1Episode 21

The Final Battle: Momo vs. Date: The Countdown to Death Has Begun

In the final of the Four Great Trials of Terror, Momotaro faces Date. Principal Edajima arrives at the temple where he reveals that he's the legendary fighter who survived the Four Great Trials of Terror 40 years ago. He brings with him the giant 300kg Unraisable Flag of Otokojuku. Hidemaro volunteers to lift it for Momotaro. Momotaro and Date push their steel balls to the summit to Mt. Fuji for the final contest, The Great Erupting Summit on the Battlefield of Heavenly Cords – asbestos ropes strung across the crater of Mt. Fuj and set alight at the edges. The fight commences, with Momotaro's sword against Date's flexible spear. While Hidemaro struggles to lift the giant flag, Principal Edajima explains why Date was expelled. 3 years ago he accepted a new bullying instructor's challenge to fight to the death and killed him. Hidemaro lifts the flag and the students begin the Great Chime Yell of support Momotaro. After a long fight on the Battlefield of Heavenly Cords, Date manages to impale Momotaro on the sharp horns of his helmet, from which escape is virtually impossible.

Aug 1, 1988

Season 1Episode 22

Conclusion of the Four Great Trials of Terror: Reunion With Friends! But the Next Enemy Is....

The Otokojuku continue the Great Chime Yell of support Momotaro while Hidemaro struggles to hold the heavy flag off the ground. Date still holds Momotaro impaled on the sharp horns of his helmet, but Momotaro won't give up. When Date tries to finish Momotaro, he breaks free and they both end up clinging to the burning ropes. In a final assault, Momotaro cuts Date, and they fall into the Lake of Red Acid which emits noxious fumes. The monks throw down a rope strong enough to support one of them, and the fight continues. Momotaro hears the Great Chime Yell which gives him strength in the final attack to defeat Date. Momotaro starts to carry Date up the rope to safety, but the rope is too weak and Date lets go. Momotaro is declared the winner, but when he is offered the Shadow Scroll of Victory, rejects the hollow honour. Date's candle flame dies. At the temple, the Otokojuku students rejoice, and find that Togashi, J and Toramaru's wounds have been treated and they are still alive. Momotaro emerges and is cheered by the First Years, but Principal Edajima considers their upcoming confrontation with the Third Years.

Aug 8, 1988

Season 1Episode 23

Invitation to Death from the Third Years: The Next Battleground is the Evil Tendo Shrine!

Momotaro, Togashi, J and Toramaru are ordered to report to the Head of the Third-Years, Daigouin Jaki at the Tendo Shrine . To get to him the must pass the Corridor of the Deity, filled with booby traps. J goes first and is separated from the others and his feet are encased in concrete by Third-Year Henshouki, Guardian of the Chamber of Hanging Acid. He must prevent a tray of sulphuric acid suspended above his head from falling while being attacked. J builds his anger until he can use his Mach Punch to escape. Next they face Dokugantetsu, Guardian of the Chamber of a Thousand Needles and Togashi takes the lead. Togashi seems driven as he traverses floor spikes and dodges spears for both sides.

Aug 15, 1988

Season 1Episode 24

The Gutsy Togashi's Tearful Confession! Daigouin Jaki Is My Brother's Murderer

Togashi continues his passage, while coming under attack from Dokugantetsu, until Daigouin Jaki stops them. He allows the First Years to pass to the third and final chamber. Meanwhile the Third Years look into Togashi's past and find that he wants revenge for the death of his brother. Togashi tells the First Years that three years earlier, his brother was killed by Daigouin Jaki six months after enrolling at Otokojuku, and that he enrolled at the school to take revenge. Toramaru takes the lead against Baron Dieno in the electrified Chamber of Purple Lightning. Toramaru defeats Baron Dieno and the four First Years are allowed to progress, but Togashi locks the others out so he can confront the giant Daigouin Jaki alone. Jaki tells Togashi of his brother's death in the Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight. Togashi attacks him but is easily beaten. He then reveals that he has 10 kg of dynamite strapped to his body, turning himself into a human bomb.

Aug 22, 1988

Season 1Episode 25

Entering the "Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight": Momo, This Is the Final Battle!

Togashi attacks Jaki with the dynamite strapped to his body. He is easily beaten back, but does not give up until Jaki cuts the fuse rendering the dynamite useless. Just as he stabs Togashi, Momotaro, J and Toramaru burst into the room. Momotaro saves Togashi and attacks Jaki but the giant is too strong and too fast. Their match is interrupted by Principal Edajima who announces that the Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight will take place. This is a contest between eight seniors and eight juniors every 3 years. The four First Years will be joined by the four they defeated in the Four Great Trials of Terror, Date, Raiden, Hien and Gekkou, who were saved and treated by the Third Years for this match. The eight Third years will consist of the three Corridor of the Deity Guardians, Henshouki, Dokugantetsu and Baron Dieno, the Four Lords, Rasetsu, Manjimaru, Senku and Eieki. They begin with the Burning Rod Ritual and the scene is set for the battle at 2am in 3 days time.

Aug 29, 1988

Season 1Episode 26

The Great Wall of the Eight Dragons That Leads To Hell! There's an Entrance, But No Exit!

The group of Eight juniors travel to the location of the Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight contest, the legendary Great Wall of Eight Dragons. Head Priest Wan Ta-Ren tells them that before entering they must perform the ritual of the Life Entrustment Stone. They hold chains which determine the fighting pairs and the fighting order: Raiden with J, Hien with Togashi, Gekkou with Toramaru, Date with Momotaro. The first challenge is in the Forest of a Hundred Magnetic Columns. Raiden and J climb the column, each wearing a magnetic shoe, and with a device to share which can neutralise the magnetic field. At the top, they face Manjimaru and Henshouki.

Sep 5, 1988

Season 1Episode 27

Raiden Dies: The First Years' Hard Fight! We're Counting on J's Mach Punch!

J and Henshouki start the match on the Forest of a Hundred Magnetic Columns, but J is outmanoeuvred, so Raiden takes over. Raiden is a match for Henshouki, but is tricked and stabbed by a hidden poisoned blade. He fights on, but succumbs to the stab wounds and the poison. J takes over and using his Mach Punch, defeats Henshouki who is then killed by Manjimaru for his failure.

Sep 12, 1988

Season 1Episode 28

A Messenger from Heaven? A Million Reinforcements: Come to the Desperate J!

J must now face Manjimaru. Head Priest Wan Ta-Ren says J has no chance against Manjimaru who has mastered the Evil Spirit Fists' Hundred-Man Poison Trial. In the first contact Manjimaru breaks J's left fist. Then an obscuring mist closes in favouring Manjimaru. Far below, the First Years try to raise the legendary Otokojuku Great Kite of Prayer but it fails to lift. J defensively retreats to the last column, prepared for a last attack which Manjimaru launches from above. They clash and both strike deadly blows. The Otokojuku First Years manage to launch the kite with Hidemaro on board who yells encouragement to J. J realises that he's fighting for them all and removes his knuckle Duster and strikes with his faster Flash Piston Punch. Manjimaru is badly wounded, but attacks again. J forces himself to use the Flash Piston Punch again and finally defeats Manjimaru. He descends carrying Raiden with him and attributes the win not to himself, but to all the First Years.

Sep 19, 1988

Season 1Episode 29

The Bridge That Went To Long: Tazawa and Matsuo Die at the Great Wall of the Eight Dragons!

The Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight contest moves to the second gate while J gets medical attention. Unfortunately the wall is broken preventing the First Years group progressing. Tazawa gets the students from a human bridge across the gulf so they can continue. Tazawa and Matsuo are the last of the human bridge to climb to safety, but cannot hold on so they let go to fall to their deaths rather than take anyone with them. Dokugantetsu and Senku prepare to meet the First Years and avenge the loss of the first round. The First Years pay tribute to their fallen comrades, Tazawa and Matsuo.

Sep 26, 1988

Season 1Episode 30

Hien's Agony! The Steel Yogo Mercilessly Attacks the Handsome Man

The Otokojuku group reaches the statue of the Dragon War God, but only the six warriors to fight in the Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight contest can proceed further. They reach the Ladder and Basin of the Dragon where Togashi's brother perished 3 years earlier. Only two combatants can fight at a time on the weak timber ladder bridge suspended above a basin of nitrous sulphuric acid. Togashi and Hien face Dokugantetsu and Senku. It is Hien and his Birdman Fist vs Dokugantetsu and his spinning blade disc. Dokugantetsu gets the upper hand, but when he is about to finish Hien Togashi gives him moral support via a Battle Blood Reinforcement and Hien rallies to keep fighting. Even when it appears that he has lost, Hien turns the tables and leaves Dokugantetsu suspended by a rope above the acid. Without pity, Senku cuts the rope and sends Dokugantetsu into the acid basin. Rather than switch out with Togashi, Hien stays on the wooden bridge and confronts Senku.

Oct 17, 1988

Season 1Episode 31

Round Four Has Begun! Finally Daigouin Jaki Takes the Stage!

Senku attacks Hien with his Thousand-Streak Mounted Wire Fist technique, using fine, flesh-cutting wires. Hien battles valiantly, and risks everything in a final attack in which he is fatally wounded, but also inflicts a heavy wound on Senku, giving Togashi an advantage. Meanwhile Tazawa and Matsuo are found alive by Principal Edajima who fills them in on the battle so far. Togashi's Brawling Fighter Style defeated Senku but left him in a critical condition. Round 3 was Rasetsu and Baron Deino vs Toramaru and Gekku. Gekku switched out with Date, and the battle was carried out at the Six Blazing Polar Stars. Date easily defeated Deino but Rasetsu was stronger, and Toramaru sacrificed himself to save Date. Toramaru was heavily wounded, but burning with rage, Date defeated Rasetsu. Then Momotaro and Gekkou faced Jaki and Eikei. Gekkou saw through Eikei's attacks, but was eventually mortally wounded by him. Eikei was then challenged by Momotaro who mortally wounded him with his own poisoned hand but who was then killed by Jaki. Before Jaki and Momotaro can commence to fight, Principal Edajima decrees that the contest will be held in the Battle of Crooked Balances.

Oct 24, 1988

Season 1Episode 32

The Final Battle! First-Years vs Third-Years! They're the Ones Who Will Die!

The final round, Battle of Crooked Balances, is to be fought on the summit of Mt. Tengatutou. Each group of students is put into a cage suspended above the valley, and the keys are swallowed by the opposing combatants Momotaro and Jaki. To free their friends, the victor will have to remove the key from the loser's body before the cage fallsinto the valley. Jaki attacks with his Deadly Wind Wave but Momotaro is evasive, reserving his energy and gathering his Ki. Momotaro focuses his Ki into his headband making a Stiff Cloth Fist Breaker, repelling Jaki's attack. As The battle wears on, Momotaro exhausts his Ki and is worn down by Jaki's attacks using his Spinning Weight Wire. Eventually Momotaro manages to catch the spinning weight, and throws it into the sky where it is struck by lightning which electrocutes Jaki.

Oct 31, 1988

Season 1Episode 33

Refine Your courage and spirit in man Otokojuku Farewell

Jaki is still not dead, but mortally wounded. He concedes defeat to Momotaro and plunges his hand into his own body to retrieve the key to free the First Years. The Third Years are about to plunge to their deaths, but Momotaro coughs up the key to their cage so that they can also be freed. He says there are no longer First Years and Third Years, just Otokojuku students. With the death of all of the Third Year contestants, the First Years are declared winners, however Momotaro and the other students feel that it was a waste of human life and blood. In response Principal Edajima just repeats his mantra" I am the Principal of Otokojuku, Edajima Heihachi!". Hien, Gekkou and Raiden appear from the shadows, healed by the skill and Chinese medicine of Head Priest Wan Ta-Ren. Togashi can finally farewell his brother after learning of his fate, and avenging his death.

Nov 7, 1988

Season 1Episode 34

Farewell, Otokojuku! Refine Your Manhood with Courage and Guts!

A month later, and almost a year since they enrolled, Momotaro, Togashi, J and Momotaro reminisce over the year's events. They meet Upperclassman Akashi who congratulates Momotaro on his success in the Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight contest and says his time at Otokojuku will refine his manhood. In the final scene the whole school honors them, including Principal Edajima.

Nov 14, 1988

Sakigake!! Otokojuku - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

Freedom and Youth? This is the Fabled Otokojuku

Otokojuku Breaks Loose! We Won't Let Anyone Get in Our Way

How's the Water? This is Otokojuku's Oil Bath

The Roppongi Skirt-chasing War! We Won't Lose to a Foreigner

Now it's War? The Dangerous Principal Edajima's Dutiless Battle

Professional Sumo at Otokojuku: The Dropout Tsubakiyama Vs Oniyokozuna

What Can You Do to Us, Second Years? Don't Get Cocky Just Cause You're Older

Otokojuku Goes to the Safari Park: We're the Kings of the Beasts!!

The Principal's Fearsome Idea: Starting Tomorrow, You're All Shaving Your Heads!!

The Second-Years Strike Back: Don't Look Down On Us Cause We're Younger

Swords Clash on Ganryu Island! Showdown! Momo Vs Akashi

A Breakwater Mother Tale, Otokojuku-style: Even Delinquents Need a Mother

Bloody Boxing? The Enemy is the Super Police Academy

Friend or Foe? The Man of the Steel Mach Punch Arrives: His Name is J

Chapter of Mighty Rivals. The Struggle Begins: Otokojuku Vs Great Kanto Student Alliance

All-Out Rugby Showdown. Momo, Bear Your Friends' Tears and Run!!

"The Four Great Trials of Terror" Begin. What is on the Sacred Mt. Fuji

Battle in the Sulfur Spring of Tears. The Last of J. This is the Spirit of the Yanks

A Real Man Dies Smiling! The Gutsy Togashi Clashes with the Beautiful Man Hien

Another Tearful Parting!! The Burning Man Toramaru Dies on the Icy Arena

The Final Battle: Momo vs. Date: The Countdown to Death Has Begun

Conclusion of the Four Great Trials of Terror: Reunion With Friends! But the Next Enemy Is....

Invitation to Death from the Third Years: The Next Battleground is the Evil Tendo Shrine!

The Gutsy Togashi's Tearful Confession! Daigouin Jaki Is My Brother's Murderer

Entering the "Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight": Momo, This Is the Final Battle!

The Great Wall of the Eight Dragons That Leads To Hell! There's an Entrance, But No Exit!

Raiden Dies: The First Years' Hard Fight! We're Counting on J's Mach Punch!

A Messenger from Heaven? A Million Reinforcements: Come to the Desperate J!

The Bridge That Went To Long: Tazawa and Matsuo Die at the Great Wall of the Eight Dragons!

Hien's Agony! The Steel Yogo Mercilessly Attacks the Handsome Man

Round Four Has Begun! Finally Daigouin Jaki Takes the Stage!

The Final Battle! First-Years vs Third-Years! They're the Ones Who Will Die!

Refine Your courage and spirit in man Otokojuku Farewell

Farewell, Otokojuku! Refine Your Manhood with Courage and Guts!

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