@jimmysuzuki: And here I thought we'd got us a real love detector, but your right. But if there is a girl, e.g. Ranna, who is still in love with him while wearing the beads, we know it is true.
I see a vision of the near future: Good guy will take off his beads as he wants a change of heart, because he won't be able to stomach to be separated from his crush and then he won't be able to stomach the thought, that his woman gets f**ked by that wimp. Gonna rip him to shreds! He'll take the other gremlins too and the gang comes riding into the town on the back of that teacher. (This I see the clearest. It's a two page panel. Perspective from the asphalt, slightly tilted up right onto the face of that monk, who has a gag in his mouth. Everyone is in the scene. The shot is diagonal from the front-left side. Typical villain gang comes into town perspective.) It will be a heart breaking battle between king-fu kohais and sempais. The drama! *sheads tears* I'm sorry. I'm alright again.