How often can you say that the bullies was the best part of the story
It's certainly pretty impressive how much character-building they (well lead meanie Endou mostly tbf; we don't even learn the names of the other two) get by way of hints dropped over the span of the maybe two dozen, tops, panels they appear in throughout the story. This level of "show don't tell" takes skill.
Kinda hard to tell, but it looks like the main bully is also the one erasing the board at the school,
That's definitely Endou; same hairstyle, same scars on the right forearm, same black thigh-high socks (apparently her favourite look). Plus her monologue there would be a complete non sequitur from anyone else.
so it's very possible that she genuinely had a thing for her teacher (backed up by her Internet search for Sakamaki's pseudonym) but just didn't know a healthy way to try to make a relationship out of it. This would also imply that she accepts that Sakamaki and Honda are together and she won't try to get between them.
The one doing the search is actually the nameless friend with hair bun, Endou herself remaining silent and apparently lost in thought in that scene, but otherwise yeah. Note in particular her utterly stunned expression after Honda's bold declaration (and starting to make out with Sensei then and there) - if you look closely there's motion lines around her visible lower leg I'm tolerably certain indicate shaking, presumably from the emotional shock. The other two actually seem to be giving her reassuring pats on the back with faces that can be taken to express both sympathy and resignation - "guess that's game over then."
From what we're shown of both her and how clearly upset she is over her loss it's pretty remarkable how graceful she is about it. Apparently the trio just... quietly left the restrooms without further ado after the climax of the confrontation and their later actions are limited to one of them idly and rather wistfully wondering about what Honda and Sensei are currently up to (ie. if they're fucking), and Endou with her own hand wiping the smear campaign off the classroom board (while engaged in some rather sardonic-sounding self-reflection), implying that shit's over and done with as far as she's concerned.
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