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Episode 14 -	The Fellow Called Boss
	banchō to yobareta otoko
	[The Man Who Was Called "School Gang Leader"]
First aired -	3rd January 1997

It is a day much like any other in Umi no Hoshi town, but today a new threat to the town's peace has arrived. A tough-looking gang of leather jacketed youths has transferred to Sasami's class under the preposterous excuse of being elementary school students. The leader is a beefy fellow known only as "Boss" (Banchō - literally "school gang leader"), and his sidekicks are the monkey-like Chibiroku, lanky knife-juggler Dosumasa and the bespectacled Gariko. No sooner has Boss and his gang been introduced to the class than he declares his intention to take over the school. He asks to meet the strongest person in the school, and when he is met is with blank looks all around, he shakes down Konoha for the answer. The dazed Konoha randomly points to another classmate, who in turn points to another, until the only person left is Sasami. Boss advances on her menacingly. Fortunately, Sasami is quite literally saved by the bell as homeroom ends and Mihoshi asks Boss and his gang to find seats for the first lesson. Strangely, Boss and his gang mistake Sasami for a boy!

Tsunami and Ramia watch the scene with interest, unable to decide if the gargantuan Boss is really a human or not. Tsunami decides to look him up in her magical dictionary and finds him described as "generally a large being that inhabits schools; increases subordinates with brute force; reigns over all using a school as his haunt; likes include fighting, weaklings, friendship, duty, humanity, manhood, etc.". Tsunami remains puzzled, but Ramia finds inspiration for another of her devious plans.

Lunch time arrives, and Sasami is profoundly relieved that Boss is nowhere to be seen. As Misao takes the lid off her bentō (box lunch), she discovers the word "transform" written on her portion of rice. Her eyes glaze over and she walks out of the classroom in a daze. Outside the window, Rumiya watches...

Meanwhile, Boss and his gang sit on the school roof, plotting their showdown with Sasami. As they are writing a letter of challenge, Pixy Misa appears and tells them that the strongest person in the school is not Sasami but in fact Pretty Sammy. Gariko looks up Pretty Sammy in his dictionary, where she is described as "rescues the weak, crushes the strong; a pretty cute fighter for justice". Boss decides to write a new challenge letter.

At the end of the school day, Sasami goes to her locker and finds Ryo-Ohki waiting inside clutching the challenge letter from Boss. The letter claims that Boss and his gang have abducted Misao and instructs Sasami to send Pretty Sammy to the roof to get her back. Sasami has no choice but to transform and face Boss and his cronies.

Sammy heads for the school roof, but her route there is patrolled by Boss' gang members. First she meets Chibiroku, who tells her she must fight the entire gang before she can face Boss himself. Chibiroku's strength lies in his speed, and he leaps around the room too quickly for Sammy to fight back. Ryo-Ohki, however, has a suggestion; just let him wear himself out running around! The plan works, and before long Chibiroku is too puffed out to fight on. A swift clout on the head with Sammy's baton is all it takes to defeat him.

Sammy's second obstacle is Dosumasa, who juggles his knives in a most dangerous fashion. In fact, he manages to cut his own hand before he can pose any real threat, and Sammy knocks him out while he is rolling around in pain.

The third and final member of Boss' gang, Gariko, awaits Sammy on the third floor. However, his boastful introductory speech is so long-winded that it gives Sammy plenty of time to rush up to him and clobber him with her baton!

Sammy finally reaches the roof, where Boss and Pixy Misa are waiting. Boss squares up to fight Sammy, but she sees no reason to fight him, so simply dodges each punch he throws. Boss soon has Sammy cornered against the railings and throws his finishing punch, but Sammy dodges and Boss crashes through the barrier. As he plummets to the ground, Misa uses her magic to increase his size tenfold. Grasping Sammy in one gigantic hand, Boss threatens to crush her. However, his gang members, having regained consciousness, arrive on the roof and stop him. They tearfully explain that the only reason they looked up to him was because he could fight unaided, and that using magic to win would be dishonourable. Boss is so touched by their speech that he bursts into tears and releases Sammy. Free from Boss' grip, Sammy casts the Pretty Coquettish Bomber spell to return him to his original size. He apologises to Pretty Sammy for all the the trouble he caused.

The next day, Mihoshi announces that Boss and his gang have transferred again. However, Boss has left a message for Sammy; he promises that after he has trained some more, he will return and fight her again.

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