“High School Boys and the Radio DJ” is the 15th chapter of the manga.
Cover Page[]
A still in which Hidenori is playfully putting Yoshitake in a choke-hold.
Detailed Summary[]
The trio are gathered at Tadakuni’s home as usual. Tadakuni is lying down with a book while the others are seated at a low table. Hidenori then announces Hidenori Tabata’s Talking FS, a ‘radio show about teens, by teens, for teens’ hosted by himself. He then introduces his guest, singer-songwriter Yoshī C. Tenryūji (played by Yoshitake). He begins to ask Yoshī about his recent work, but only gets confused responses like ‘What?’, ‘Whose?’ and ‘Why?’ in return, upon which he gives up and asks him what’s wrong with his character. Moving on, he announces the next segment, in which they read out mail regarding complaints about teenagers (brought to the listeners by Square Enix).
Yoshī loses his bearings again
Holding up an imaginary letter, he reads out the first mail, from ‘Megalo-don of Kanagawa’, which asks why high school boys are rude to their mothers. Hidenori passes the question over to Yoshī, but he spaces out and forgets what it was. Hidenori tells him not to break character and tries to prompt him, but fumbles the guest's name in the process, which Yoshī himself fumbles as 'Tengenji' while trying to correct him. Yoshī then says that mothers don’t talk to their children much except when asking them to do chores or scolding them, which alienates them. After a short silence, a disappointed Hidenori confesses that he had expected to hear a joke about the topic instead.
Hidenori then moves on to the next question, promising ‘Megalo-don’ the program's sticker as a prize. ‘Dorian of Fukuoka’ asks why high school boys always dress sloppily. He once again turns it over to Yoshī, who says there can only be one answer: their mothers buy their clothes too large. Hidenori seems exasperated with the repeated focus on mothers, but Yoshī goes on to say that most teenage boys’ flaws could be attributed to their mothers, seeing as they were part of their mothers to begin with. A confused Hidenori cuts him off and announces the end of the show, apologising to the listeners for Yoshī not being able to get a hold of his character. Yoshī apologizes as well. Hidenori promises that the next guest would be a special one, and they then sign off.
Hidenori yells at Tadakuni for a reaction
After a brief silence, Hidenori yells at Tadakuni to say something, but he merely glares at them and gets back to reading. Hidenori then signs off (to the readers) for the week.
Characters[]
In order of appearance:
Notes[]
- Hidenori's surname is revealed to be Tabata.