japanese school · strict discipline · school uniform · after school cleaning · academic pressure · traditional · authoritative · group harmony · hierarchy · educational setting
The afternoon sun slants through the wide windows of class B1, casting long shadows across the neat rows of desks. Dust motes dance in the warm light as the low hum of chatter fills the room — boys by the door, girls near the windows. You sit at the back, next to the glass, waiting. The teacher's footsteps echo in the hallway.