Hokenshitsu no Sensei to Koakuma na Kaichou (保健室のセンセーと小悪魔な会長) Review

The Hokenshitsu no Sensei to… series has put out three games so far.

The first one came out over a year ago: Hokenshitsu no Sensei to Shabondama Chuudoku no Joshu.

The second was last month: Hokenshitsu no Sensei to Goth Loli no Koui.

And not even a month later, here’s the third, Hokenshitsu no Sensei to Koakuma na Kaichou. As the title says, this one’s heroine is the student council president, Tsukimori Rin.

Rin’s setup was already laid out pretty clearly in the first two games. Her bloodline is weird — she’s the mixed-race child of a “soul person” and a human, with a soul person’s powers and a human’s body. That’s her biggest advantage, and also where most of her grief comes from.

One of the series’ main themes is the irreconcilable conflict between “soul people” and humans, and what this game wants to push is Love and Peace between the two.

But yeah, we all know how that goes. Look at how people hate each other in the real world — can a world of “love and peace” actually happen? Would it even last?

People can’t understand each other. Sooner or later some misunderstanding starts the war right back up. Never mind that one side is literally dead and the other isn’t.

Japan loves this kind of thing though — everybody hold hands, be loving, be peaceful. The theme is stale, sure, but that’s not the game’s biggest problem. The biggest problem is simple: it’s boring.

This is volume three and the game still opens with a huge common route that rehashes most of the first two games. Volume one’s little-loli “past-life yuri destiny” with the protagonist was actually kind of touching. Volume two’s goth loli and the “Ainu genocide tragedy” made you feel something too. Volume three… the president’s whole “love and peace” pitch just doesn’t land.

There’s not much to say about this one. The president keeps insisting on figuring out her own identity, keeps wanting to be the bridge between “soul people” and humans, all that noise, and none of it goes anywhere special. Then they awkwardly shoehorn in a romance, throw in some sex, and it’s over.

I genuinely don’t get why this game needed a pointless third volume. Maybe that was the plan from the start? Or maybe the series needed a “grand theme” to elevate things and wrap it all up?

My guess is the latter. Otherwise this third volume wouldn’t have shown up so fast — barely a month after volume two, rushed out the door. Probably they just wanted to get the whole thing released and be done with it.

I still like that “Konana” girl, but this series should stop here. Just let it die quietly. Like I’ve said in every one of these reviews: if you like the premise, the first volume is all you need.