sometime during the year, kitagawa daiichi junior high had lost funding, causing a forced close. the school was close in the area, so those students had transferred to your school. tobio was not very popular with people, as most were afraid of him. he never really understood why, but that was the way it was. the teachers hadn't been assigning much work due to the school year soon coming to a close, so most classes were free periods. incidentally, you ended up with the exact same schedule.