School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei, Vol. 1

At this school, there’s only one way to settle a dispute—in a court of law!

At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute—in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country…who also happen to be elementary school students.

The accused this time is a boy named Tento. His crime? The murder of a beloved member of the classroom! Luckily for him, the state has sent him a defense attorney—Abaku Inugami. But is this wild young lawyer skilled enough to ronpa his client off the hook?

Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei "New Hope" award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G., and the smash-hit manga Death Note. All You Need Is Kill is his latest work following the hugely successful series Bakuman.