Oresama Teacher, Volume 17, Paperback/Izumi Tsubaki

Mafuyu is the no-nonsense, take-charge and hard-hitting leader of her high school gang. But when she gets expelled for being a delinquent, her mother, fed up with her daughter's wayward ways, sends Mafuyu to an isolated school far off in the country. Someone has been blackmailing members of the Public Morals Club into resigning Mafuyu and Hayasaka have figured out what got Akki and Okegawa to quit, but Yui rejoined the student council and they haven't seen him for days. Worried about their friend, they break into his room to find him. But Yui's defection wasn't coerced--and he's more determined than ever to protect Miyabi's interests Will this be the end to more that just their friendship? About the Author: Izumi Tsubaki began drawing manga in her first year of high school. She was soon selected to be in the top ten of Hana to Yume's HMC (Hana to Yume Mangaka Course), and subsequently won Hana to Yume's Big Challenge contest. Her debut title, Chijimete Distance (Shrink the Distance), ran in 2002 in Hana to Yume magazine, issue 17. In addition to The Magic Touch (originally published in Japan as Oyayubi kara Romance, or "Romance from the Thumbs"), she is currently working on the manga series Oresama Teacher (I'm the Teacher).