Cromartie High School -

: One of the most famous absurd scenes involves a student eating a classmate's pencil, highlighting the bizarre lack of logic in the school.

While there isn't a famous "Cromartie School Newspaper" within the plot, the show itself is a parody of 1970s and 80s "delinquent" (yankii) manga, often mimicking the gritty art style of Ryoichi Ikegami on low-quality newsprint-style pages. Cromartie High School

: Published in paperback by ADV Manga , though the release was cut short at Volume 12 due to the company's closure. : One of the most famous absurd scenes

: A trope used to describe characters like Takenouchi , who has a fierce reputation purely based on hearsay and his "scary" appearance rather than actual combat. : A trope used to describe characters like

The series often uses paper and stationery as part of its absurd, deadpan humor: