Yeah, those 2 aren't really his friends. So far it seems they only look for him when there is trouble...
They reminded me of the fucking mushroom from bokutachi ga yarimashita.
*Sigh* And he worked so hard to get into a good school. Tsk he shouldn't have sacrificed his studies and possible love life like this :/
Oh yeah, sure.... GREAT FRIENDS, they know he's trying to better himself and stop being a thug, but they fucked it all up out of their own selfishness and then get all happy when he failed.
These guys are the definition of Bad Influence.
On defense of the bad friend one of them when to get revenge on him after he let himself be beat up in the bathroom, which among other things was gonna happen regardless.
If you want to point fingers do it at the grown ups that look away from the shit hole of situation letting them fence for themselves.