HSHK Chapter 18

Evil Switch (悪良スイッチ) is the eighteenth chapter of the spin-off Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun.

Summary
Hanako comes into the bathroom, excited to show Nene and Kou a strange new device he found. He trips and right when the device was about to fall on Nene, Kou rushes to protect Nene, ends up getting hit by the beam from the device instead, and passes out. Hanako explains when the black switch on the device is pressed, it releases a beam of evil thoughts towards the human who gets hit with it. Once Hanako is done explaining, Kou wakes up. Nene is relieved that Kou is okay and reaches her hand out towards him. He suddenly slaps it away and calls her a “radish.” Hanako is surprised at Kou’s sudden outburst and realizes the beam of evil thoughts worked. Nene slums in the corner of the bathroom, shaken up by the insult. Kou declares he wants to become ruler of the school and Hanako remarks on how Kou sounds like a stereotypical villain. When Kou starts vandalizing the school’s bathroom, Hanako cries out to Yashiro to get a hold of herself, who still appears to be in a state of shock. Teru conveniently shows up and Hanako asks him to deal with his delinquent brother. Teru goes over to Kou and asks him what is wrong with a look of concern. Kou tells Teru to “shut up” and calls him an idiot. Teru is shocked at his words and freezes up. Kou runs out the bathroom to cause more trouble. Hanako grabs Nene and goes after Kou. As Hanako and Nene look for Kou, they spot a crying student. They soon find out about all the troubles Kou has caused.


 * Satou’s candy was eaten by Kou
 * Kou stuck chewed up gum on Yako’s fur
 * Akane’s hanitaro was scribbled all over by Kou

They apologize on Kou’s behalf and Nene asks if Kou can be turned back to normal. Hanako explains if they use the beam of conscience on Kou, it’ll cancel out the beam from earlier and Kou should turn back to normal. They find Kou laying at the bottom of the school’s staircase with students tending to him. Hanako attempts to blast Kou with the beam of conscience, but ends up hitting the Mokke instead. Kou runs off and spots Mitsuba in a window. Before Nene could warn Mitsuba about Kou’s new behavior, Kou puts his leg up against him and threatens to hurt Mitsuba. Mitsuba transforms into his School Mystery form and slams Kou face down into the ground without breaking a sweat. Kou was hit with the conscience beam and turned back to normal. It ends with Kou apologizing to Satou and promising to make it up to him.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Hanako
 * Yashiro Nene
 * Minamoto Kou
 * Mokke
 * Minamoto Teru
 * Yokoo
 * Satou
 * Nagisa
 * Yako
 * Tsuchigomori
 * Aoi Akane
 * Mitsuba Sousuke

Trivia

 * Kou grew a devil-like appearance after getting hit from the beam of evil
 * Kou somehow got his hands on spray paint to vandalize the school bathroom
 * Even Teru was weak to Kou’s insults
 * Yako still pretends to a cat for Nagisa after chapter 14
 * Satou managed to get limited edition candy
 * Kou somehow forced the students to get music, juice, a fan, and a massage for him
 * The Mokke became a good supernatural after getting hit with the conscience beam