Ohisama

Ohisama is the ending theme of the anime, performed by the band Amesaki Annainin. The accompanying visuals were directed by Ai Yoshimura.

Visuals
The visuals for the ending are based on a single still from the manga, and depict the performance of a play put up by Class 2-A during the joint school festival between North High and East High.

The Play
The play is titled "Path to Heroism", and focuses on three heroes - Motoharu the leader, Afro Tadakuni, and a mysterious figure in a teddy bear suit. The act opens with the three on center stage standing below a large prop of the sun, issuing their heroic declarations (except for the Bear, who remains silent). Suddenly, a voice is heard behind them, and they turn around to see some figures on a hill.

It turns out to be the villain Vegeta (or a lookalike, anyway). With him stand his minions, including Megane the maid, Longface Hidenori and Catboy Karasawa, and they appear to be holding a damsel hostage. Vegeta mocks the heroes, and tells them they're outmatched. In the audience, Ringo's underlings are engrossed by the play. Ringo herself just seems confused, while North High's Student Council President looks confident.

The remaining stage lights fire up, and the hero trio realizes that they're surrounded by Vegeta's army of bizarrely-dressed minions. Vegeta tells them to attack, and the battle begins. Motoharu charges with his sword and quickly takes out several villains, while Tadakuni attacks two enemies with chest hair projectiles. The Bear remains completely inert, while enemies continue to fall all around him.

Shortly, all the lackeys are defeated. At this point, the damsel runs over in joy towards Motoharu, having somehow escaped from Vegeta. However, the Bear realizes it's a trap and finally springs into action, coming in between the two. He smacks the damsel in the face with so much force that she goes flying back into the hill prop, destroying it and bringing down Vegeta and Megane in the process.

Their enemies now vanquished, the trio turn to the audience and raise their arms towards the sun in a flourish of victory. The audience is unfortunately far from impressed, and the Vice President is sweating nervously. The scene zooms out to show the entire stage, with the sun now shining brightly.

Later, the cast are shown standing together for a class photograph in front of a messy blackboard. The photograph is then seen on someone's desk, next to a window in Class 2-A.

Acting Roles

 * Heroes:
 * Motoharu - the leader wearing a blue hero outfit, with a red cape and diadem. Also carrying a sword.
 * Tadakuni - hero wearing a huge afro and lots of fake chest hair. He throws clumps of chest hair to knock out enemies.
 * Boy in the Bear Costume - a silent figure in a brown teddy bear outfit. Has a strong right hook, which looks like it was genuinely used upon the damsel in distress.


 * Villains:
 * Unnamed student as Vegeta - sporting Vegeta's signature hairstyle and shoulder pads. Is the mastermind, but does no real fighting.
 * Megane - Vegeta's maid companion, wearing a typical maid costume. Responsible for keeping the damsel bound, and lets her go as a ploy to lure the heroes.
 * Unnamed student as the Damsel - wearing the North High uniform except for a blonde wig with a pink bow. Pretends to be captured by Vegeta and later freed, so that the heroes lower their guard.
 * Hidenori - minion wearing a mask that has a huge forehead and chin. Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Karasawa - minion wearing large cat paws and cat ears on his signature cap. Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Mitsuo - minion who is the only one wearing the normal school uniform with no extra get-up. Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Yoshitake - minion who appears to be controlled by puppet strings. When the strings are cut, he loses all his clothes except his tie and his undies (which have a large leaf attached to the center). Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Chapatsu - minion wearing a light blue sailor fuku. Defeated off-screen.
 * Unnamed student - minion with an eyepatch, black glove and a fully-bandaged arm. Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Unnamed student - minion wearing pants with a giant splotch between the legs. Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Unnamed student - minion with a nosebleed. Defeated by Tadakuni.
 * Unnamed student - minion whose shirt and pants which are cut off halfway down, leaving his stomach and legs exposed. Defeated by Tadakuni.
 * Unnamed student - minion wearing a pink shirt that reads ‘shota moe’. Defeated off-screen.
 * Unnamed student - minion with a pair of clips on his nips and another set holding his coat up like a cape. Defeated by Motoharu.
 * Unnamed student - minion with white face paint and a red design on it. Defeated by Motoharu.

Lyrics
Lyrics sourced from animelyrics.com (archive), with thanks to animeyay.


 * - indicates lines used in the TV ending.

Characters
In order of appearance:
 * Tadakuni
 * Motoharu
 * Boy in the Bear Costume
 * Hidenori
 * Boy in the Vegeta outfit
 * Boy playing the damsel
 * Megane
 * Karasawa
 * Ringo's underlings
 * Ringo
 * Vice President
 * Student Council President
 * Other Class 2-A students
 * Yoshitake
 * Mitsuo
 * Chapatsu

Credits
These credits are seen during the ED of Episode 2.
 * Music: Amesaki Annainin
 * Composition and Lyrics: Haretarō Amenochi
 * Storyboard: Ai Yoshimura
 * Director: Ai Yoshimura
 * Chief animation director: Yoshinori Yumoto
 * Animation director: Ayako Kurata
 * Key animation:
 * Akiko Toyoda
 * Rika Mishima
 * Kana Nishijima
 * Mina Tanaka
 * Ayako Kurata
 * Atsumi Koganemaru
 * Momoko Makiuchi
 * Aiko Ōura
 * Aya Yoshioka

Trivia

 * The ending sequence is based on a single image (the class picture of Class 2-A), which is the feature spread of Volume 2. Class 2-A's performance is anime-only.
 * In Episode 1, Ohisama can be heard during the last few seconds, when the next episode is being previewed.
 * The initial choice for the ED was "Hikizan" by Jinkaku Radio. The song was scrapped one month before the anime premiere due to a controversy surrounding the band, and Ohisama was chosen in its place. This late change required a re-animation of the ending sequence, which is why the complete ED was only ready by Episode 2.
 * In the play, Chapatsu's costume resembles the uniform worn by Haruhi Suzumiya.