Botchan is one of Japan's most popular novels for young people for
its meditations upon Japanese culture, lively characters, and
coming-of-age theme. The titular character is a young, headstrong
and reckless youth who is nevertheless possessed of a serious sense
of honor and integrity. Although his temper and impulsiveness
create problems, Botchan's moral convictions underpin his journey:
indeed, whether he will compromise his morals is the central
question. After taking a job as a junior teacher in a local middle
school, Botchan comes into conflict with Red Shirt; his school's
eloquent but manipulative and conniving head teacher. Vying for the
hand of a local beauty, Red Shirt will stop at nothing to achieve
his aims, using his position and the system to undermine or defeat
others. However a hot tempered but justice-seeking mathematics
teacher, Yama Arashi, is determined to oppose such underhand
behavior. Who will Botchan side with in the end?
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