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Examples
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Whoever defeats the current bancho becomes the new one, ruler of the technical high school Souka has just transferred into.
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Due to a slapstick series of events, Souka winds up knocking out the existing bancho, becoming school chief.
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Hideyoshi is the bancho of a local agricultural school, and during a mountain field trip, they meet while he is chasing a runaway lamb.
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In course of time the constant removals to this district made it so crowded, its ways so intricate, that one who lived in the Bancho [u] (Ban ward) was not expected to know the locality; a wide departure from the original checker board design on which it had been laid out, and hence the characters [bancho [u]] (Bancho [u]) used at one time.
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This third person action game has you starring as an ambitious young gangster (bancho) who lacks street cred.
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Becoming the one bancho to rule them all requires a wide repertoire of fighting moves, and you have an entire nation's worth to learn and incorporate into your strategy.
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Once Sawako becomes bancho Vichy-tan will sleep with the fishes.
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Just as she starts adapting, circumstances push her into the role of the school’s bancho, leader of all of its warring forces.
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In following chapters, Souka winds up challenged by a junior who wants to claim the bancho title, and later, a rival for Souka’s attention is introduced.
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The first thing you need to know is that “bancho” means something like “gang boss” or “chief”, since it’s untranslated throughout the book.
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