Somewhere in Asia there is a city that cannot be found called Tokyo-to. That is however, pointless, as everyone just calls it Tokyo, anyway. It used to be that the two hottest things in the streets of Tokyo-to were the Punks wearing magnetically driven in-line Skates powered by newly developed "Netrium" batteries, and "Jet Set Radio", a pirate radio station manned by the DJ "Professor K", that played nothing but non-stop, hard-core music.
It used to be that those street punks, nicknamed "Rudies", by the people of Tokyo-to, and the police, roamed the streets and covered them with their personal graffiti, tagging them at will. It was their way of expressing themselves to the world, or so they claimed. The people however didn't see it that way. Sure they were young, and everyone does foolish things in their youth, but those "Rudies" were vandalising private properties. It didn't matter if car, building or billboard, it if was a flat surface, it was taggable. Clashes with the local police, and the captain, captain Onishima were constant, and happened on a nearly daily basis, ineffective as they were.
Ever since the "21st Century project" had been co-founded, by both the Metropolitan Government, and the Rokkaku group, a financial conglomerate, things were tense. Not every young person was a Rudie, but every one of them was treated with the same amount of disrespect and suspicion by the police. Things threatened to topple over into even more violence than the occasional brute force used by the local police force (and then promptly denied), something had to be done.
The higher ups at Tokyo-to then had an idea…. despite protests from Captain Onishima, who was more anxious than ever to put them behind bars, or at least, juvie, an alternate plan was formed...this plan, designed to give the young teens something to do instead of merely wandering around tagging what had been previously wiped clean, educate them, and give them values they could carry on. In short, the project was designed to school them.
While at first, reactions were mixed, with one captured kid even going so far as to say "What the hell kind of bull do they think we'll put up with?", language notwithstanding, for a 15 year old, sunglasses wearing boy, the city of Tokyo-to was forced to take measures. If you were caught, or one of your friends in your gang of "Rudies" was, either you, and all of your friends went to the school, or the captured kid would be thrown a more severe sentence. Despite claims of fascism, Tokyo-to couldn't be found on any map, so it sort of ruled itself.
The streets had been ready to explode, and this had been the alternative found. Not everyone was happy with it, but the higher ups were hoping for the best...Most "Rudies" had been forced to go to school already. Little radios with Jet Set Radio and earbuds set to listen to Professor K coming along. They were inspected at the entrance for Spray paint, that, however, didn't mean that they wouldn't do it didn't plan on learning anything, but when you shove dozens of teenage kids, who are used to the freedom of "Netrium" in-line skates, and to do whatever the heck they want, in rooms, and force them to sit still…
Well you get very interesting interesting results.
This is their story...