TV-Series
Description
"Medaka Box S2" continues the narrative of Medaka Kurokami, the charismatic and overwhelmingly capable student council president of Hakoniwa Academy, as she leads the Student Council in managing the school's suggestion box, known as the Medaka Box. The second season shifts focus from the episodic problem-solving format of the first season to a more serialized storyline, delving deeper into the peculiar and often surreal challenges faced by the council.
The series introduces the concept of "Abnormals," individuals with extraordinary abilities that defy conventional logic. Medaka, an Abnormal herself, is joined by her childhood friend Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, who lacks such powers but compensates with determination and loyalty. Together, they confront a series of increasingly bizarre and dangerous adversaries, many of whom are also Abnormals. The council's mission evolves from addressing mundane student concerns to engaging in high-stakes battles against these superhuman opponents.
A significant arc in the second season revolves around the Flask Plan, a secretive project aimed at creating and controlling Abnormals. Medaka and her team uncover the existence of the Thirteen Party, a group of elite Abnormals who serve as the primary antagonists. Each member of the Thirteen Party possesses unique and formidable abilities, presenting Medaka and her allies with complex challenges. The narrative explores themes of power, morality, and the ethical implications of manipulating human potential.
Key characters include Medaka, whose overwhelming strength and idealism drive the council's actions; Zenkichi, whose grounded perspective often contrasts with Medaka's grandiose ambitions; and other council members like Akune Kouki and Kikaijima Mogana, who contribute their own skills and insights. The series also introduces new characters, such as the enigmatic Kumagawa Misogi, whose nihilistic worldview and unpredictable behavior add layers of complexity to the story.
The second season maintains a balance between action-packed sequences and character-driven moments, with a focus on the evolving dynamics within the Student Council and their interactions with the Thirteen Party. The narrative builds toward a climactic confrontation that tests the limits of Medaka's abilities and ideals, while also challenging the council's unity and resolve. The series concludes with a resolution that ties together the central conflicts while leaving room for further exploration of its richly developed world.
The series introduces the concept of "Abnormals," individuals with extraordinary abilities that defy conventional logic. Medaka, an Abnormal herself, is joined by her childhood friend Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, who lacks such powers but compensates with determination and loyalty. Together, they confront a series of increasingly bizarre and dangerous adversaries, many of whom are also Abnormals. The council's mission evolves from addressing mundane student concerns to engaging in high-stakes battles against these superhuman opponents.
A significant arc in the second season revolves around the Flask Plan, a secretive project aimed at creating and controlling Abnormals. Medaka and her team uncover the existence of the Thirteen Party, a group of elite Abnormals who serve as the primary antagonists. Each member of the Thirteen Party possesses unique and formidable abilities, presenting Medaka and her allies with complex challenges. The narrative explores themes of power, morality, and the ethical implications of manipulating human potential.
Key characters include Medaka, whose overwhelming strength and idealism drive the council's actions; Zenkichi, whose grounded perspective often contrasts with Medaka's grandiose ambitions; and other council members like Akune Kouki and Kikaijima Mogana, who contribute their own skills and insights. The series also introduces new characters, such as the enigmatic Kumagawa Misogi, whose nihilistic worldview and unpredictable behavior add layers of complexity to the story.
The second season maintains a balance between action-packed sequences and character-driven moments, with a focus on the evolving dynamics within the Student Council and their interactions with the Thirteen Party. The narrative builds toward a climactic confrontation that tests the limits of Medaka's abilities and ideals, while also challenging the council's unity and resolve. The series concludes with a resolution that ties together the central conflicts while leaving room for further exploration of its richly developed world.
Episodes
Staffel 1
1Normal - Special - and Abnormal
The episode opens with Hakoniwa Academy repairing damage from Medaka Kurokami's previous battle against Myouri Unzen. Chairman Shiranui summons Medaka to his office and reveals the Flask Plan,a secret project studying superhuman students known as Abnormals. He invites Medaka to join Class 13, the group of Abnormals participating in the plan. Medaka refuses the invitation. The chairman warns her that refusing carries consequences. Myouga Unzen, Myouri's older sister, attacks Medaka without provocation. She wields iron balls and chains as weapons and speaks only in numerical strings. Medaka adopts a pacifist stance and refuses to strike back against Myouga. Nekomi Nabeshima intervenes and engages Myouga in combat, defending the student council president. The episode establishes the Flask Plan as the central conflict, replacing Medaka's previous suggestion box activities. Medaka now faces organized enemies from Class 13 who will fight for her spot in the plan. The student council must prepare for direct combat against Abnormals who view Medaka as a rival rather than a problem-solver. Medaka's refusal to join the Flask Plan puts the entire student council in immediate danger from the Abnormals seeking to eliminate her.
3Crush You Today!
Medaka and Zenkichi arrive at the clock tower to meet Miyakonojou. Zenkichi lands a kick that sends Miyakonojou over the edge,but Miyakonojou commands his legs to anchor against the wall and survives. Miyakonojou outlines the Flask Plan: the creation of perfect humans using Hakoniwa Academy as a testing ground. He invites Medaka to become his wife in the new world order and leaves her to consider the offer. Medaka refuses to accept the plan and decides to infiltrate the Flask Plan's underground facility. She dons a lab coat and proceeds with Zenkichi to the entrance. A massive door blocks their path and only allows entry to Abnormals. Medaka inputs a ten-digit code with one million possible combinations and passes through without difficulty. Zenkichi, a normal human, cannot follow. Kikaijima and Akune arrive, alerted by Shiranui. Kikaijima deciphers Medaka's hint and also passes through. Akune strikes the door one thousand times and destroys it, proving that effort can overcome inherent limitations. Inside, the group navigates a labyrinth. Kikaijima emits a piercing scream that resonates through the corridors, allowing Medaka to map the entire structure from a single position. Takachiko Chigusa, a member of Class 13 and a combat science specialist, intercepts the group. Chigusa challenges Medaka to participate in a live combat experiment, and Medaka accepts without hesitation. The episode closes as the first direct confrontation with the Flask Plan's enforcers begins.
4The Monster I've Sought
Takachiho Shigusa,a member of Class 13, intercepts Medaka Kurokami and the student council inside the underground labyrinth. He carries a USB drive containing the Flask Plan's research data and claims to be the strongest of the Thirteen Party. Takachiho offers the data as a prize if Medaka can defeat him. His abnormality consists of hyper-accelerated reflexes that operate without brain input, functioning like an autopilot system. Medaka discovers she possesses the opposite condition: she has no reflexes at all and controls her body entirely through conscious manual commands. She sacrifices an arm to steal the USB drive, but Takachiho retrieves it and reveals he joined the Flask Plan specifically to find a worthy opponent. Medaka activates the Kurokami Phantom technique, moving faster than sound and landing a decisive blow. The impact destroys the USB drive and leaves Medaka's muscles torn from the strain. Both combatants collapse from their injuries, but Medaka rises first. She agrees to finish the fight by exchanging punches directly without evasion. Takachiho's reflexes fail due to exhaustion, and Medaka wins by activating a newly acquired reflex ability from her brother's training. Takachiho accepts defeat, having found the monster he sought. Medaka proceeds to the next floor, where the killer Kei Munakata waits for her.
5You Can't Be Killed
Medaka Kurokami remains injured from her previous battle and cannot fight. The student council encounters Kei Munakata,a member of the Thirteen Party, in an outdoor Japanese garden setting. Munakata claims to avoid conflict but carries an arsenal of concealed weapons and declares his willingness to kill anyone who threatens the Flask Plan. Maguro Kurokami, Medaka's older brother, arrives and orders her to rest, forcing Zenkichi Hitoyoshi to fight in her place. Zenkichi deflects a barrage of attacks from Munakata, including swords, pistols, and a rocket launcher. After Zenkichi disarms Munakata and believes the fight ends, Munakata attacks from behind with a hidden blade. Zenkichi reveals a final technique to counter the surprise attack and defeats Munakata. The episode omits Munakata's backstory flashback from the manga, where he acted as an assassin to highlight the falsehood of his claims. Medaka's inability to participate leaves the group dependent on Zenkichi's strength for this victory. With Munakata defeated, the student council prepares to advance further into the Flask Plan's headquarters. Medaka still needs time to recover, leaving her brother Maguro as an uncertain ally for the battles ahead.
6Please Become My Something
Kouki Akune separates from the rest of the group and encounters an opponent designated as Black White,a young woman with bandages covering her face and a knife embedded in her head. Black White offers Kouki a deal while another enemy, Best Pain, attempts to assassinate him. The episode shifts into an extended flashback sequence showing Kouki's middle school days before Medaka Kurokami arrived at the academy. During that time, Kouki operated as a feared figure known as the Destroyer, pursuing his own destructive mission. The flashback also reveals a younger Zenkichi Hitoyoshi as a hooligan until Medaka intervened and redirected his behavior. Medaka approaches Kouki with the same intention of reforming him, though she misreads aspects of his personal situation. The narrative returns to the present where Kouki, isolated from his allies, activates fighting techniques he had suppressed since his Destroyer days. He engages Best Pain and Black White in one-on-one combat while additional flashbacks provide background on both antagonists. Naze, the current mastermind of the Flask Plan, and her experimental cyborg companion Koga serve as the opposing forces behind this confrontation. Kouki struggles against the combined pressure of two enemies while managing the weight of his past identity. Maguro Kurokami appears unexpectedly at the episode's close, shifting the balance of the ongoing battle.
7The Lovely Name
Maguro Kurokami arrives and gives Akune advice on how to defeat Koga,codenamed Best Pain. Maguro himself focuses his attention on Naze Youka, also known as Black White, instead of the ongoing battle. Maguro and Naze engage in a strip judo wager, betting on the outcome of the fight between Akune and Koga. Akune attempts to disable Koga by dislocating her joints, but her super-fast healing ability repairs the damage almost instantly. Maguro's analytical skills help Akune identify Koga's actual weakness. Akune exploits that weakness and successfully defeats Koga in combat. Maguro demands that Naze remove her mask as his prize for winning the wager. Naze removes her mask, revealing herself to be Kurokami Kujira, a member of the Kurokami family. She declares that she views her family's immense wealth and talent as a curse rather than a blessing. Kujira explains that she has chosen to pursue a path of pure suffering and hell instead of embracing her privileged lineage. The revelation shocks Maguro, who realizes his victory may have made the situation worse for everyone involved. With Naze Youka unmasked as a Kurokami, the Student Council now faces an opponent tied directly to Medaka's own family.
8I Don't Want to See You Cry
Naze regains some lost memories of her role in the Kurokami family but still shows no interest in her ailing brother Maguro or her sister Medaka. Medaku regards Naze as both an enemy and a sister,trusting her completely. Medaka offers to replace Maguro as Naze's test subject for a formula that suppresses abnormalities. Naze injects Medaka with the formula and disables both sisters. Medaka shakes off the suppression effect and returns to her feet. Naze then offers an antidote, but the injection instead erases Medaka's memories. Medaka loses her memory and falls unconscious. Oudo Miyakonojou arrives and takes Medaka away for brainwashing. The remaining student council members find themselves injured and without their leader. Several former enemies appear and offer unexpected assistance to the student council. A new opposing force called the Plus Six arrives to support Naze and Miyakonojou, deepening the conflict. Zenkichi and the others must now rescue Medaka while facing both the brainwashed Kurokami and the newly arrived enemies.
9Kurokami Medaka (Rev)
Oudo's forces capture Medaka Kurokami and begin her brainwashing process. Hitoyoshi Zenkichi and Akune Kouki lie unconscious from previous battles. Kikaijima Mogana stands as the only conscious Student Council member facing Yukuhashi. Yukuhashi releases a sleeping gas,but Kikaijima's trained lung capacity resists its effects. Yukuhashi reads Kikaijima's mind, allowing him to anticipate and counter her attacks. Kikaijima discovers Yukuhashi feels any pain he reads from his opponent's thoughts. She rips off a fingernail, causing Yukuhashi to experience the same intense pain. This tactic forces Yukuhashi to collapse, giving Kikaijima the victory. Oudo arrives and takes control of the newly awakened Hitoyoshi. Oudo forces Hitoyoshi to strangle Kikaijima against his will. The brainwashing of Medaka completes, transforming her personality entirely. With Medaka now under Oudo's control, the Student Council faces their own president as the next obstacle.
10How to make everyone happy
Kurokami Medaka returns to the student council room as a revised version of herself,designated Medaka (Rev). She announces the immediate disbanding of the student council and declares her intention to marry Oudo Miyakonojou. Medaka (Rev) states her goal to complete the Flask Plan and become the perfect human being. Zenkichi Hitoyoshi refuses to accept this transformation and insists that she has been brainwashed. Medaka (Rev) denies any brainwashing, claiming she has simply awakened to her true potential. She dismisses Zenkichi, Akune, and Kikaijima from their council positions when they reject joining the Flask Plan. Zenkichi attacks Medaka to provoke a response from the original personality trapped inside. During the fight, the narrative shifts to a flashback of Medaka's childhood. Young Medaka struggles to connect with others because her exceptional abilities isolate her from normal children. Her first meeting with Zenkichi occurs when he approaches her without fear or awe, treating her as an ordinary person. Back in the present, Medaka fights Zenkichi while tears stream down her face, unable to stop her own actions. Zenkichi recalls their first meeting as well, and this shared memory breaks through the brainwashing. Medaka reverts to her original personality, and the student council reunites to confront the Flask Plan directly in the coming battle.
11That's All She Wrote!
Oudo Miyakonojou invites Medaka and her group to the basement level of the 13th Party to settle their conflict. The basement contains a massive series of computers designed to analyze Abnormals for Oudo's Flask Plan. Oudo seeks to use the data from these experiments to create a perfect world under his control. He views the students of the academy as guinea pigs for his early-stage research. A flashback reveals Oudo at age six,refusing to use his Abnormal abilities and treating life as a test to achieve greatness without them. Medaka demonstrates that she has mastered her Abnormality even further over the course of fighting the 13th Party. Her sister reluctantly confirms this increased mastery during the confrontation. Oudo struggles to accept that someone has grown beyond his own capabilities, as he sees himself as a king and Medaka as merely a monster. The episode clarifies the darkness within Medaka and how that aspect impacts her actions and those around her. Oudo's inability to truly understand Medaka's nature becomes his critical weakness as she carries herself with overwhelming force. The fight concludes with Medaka's group preparing for the next phase, as the Flask Plan's mastermind still holds unknown cards.
12Good Loser Kumagawa
Najimi Ajimu,the founder of Hakoniwa Academy, introduces this episode as a side story separate from the main plot. The episode follows Misogi Kumagawa before his transfer to Hakoniwa Academy, during his time as student council president at another school called Fishtank. Kumagawa assists his council colleague Saki Sukinasaki after someone forcibly changes her hair color against her will. The culprit reveals himself as Fude Ezumachi, a loner student with the ability to control and manipulate colors. Ezumachi holds a grudge against Kumagawa for the previous student council president's removal. Kumagawa accepts the challenge and deploys his ability called All Fiction, which can erase anything from existence. He uses this power to remove colors from the world entirely, demonstrating the terrifying scope of his capabilities. The conflict resolves with Kumagawa defeating Ezumachi while also searching for someone strong enough to eventually defeat Ajimu. This special episode concludes the second season by shifting focus entirely away from Medaka Kurokami and her council. The closing scenes establish Kumagawa as a central figure whose pursuit of a worthy opponent sets up future conflicts at Hakoniwa Academy.
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Music
Opening
Kuribayashi Minami
Ending
Misato Aki
Misato Aki