The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which is furnished only with low, decrepit tables and worn-out straw tatami mats. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the “baka” of the title.