The series revolves around the lives of two rough-and-tumble high school friends, Hiroshi Kato (加藤 浩志, Katō Hiroshi) and Toru Nakama (中間 徹, Nakama Tōru), who frequently cause trouble and start fights.

Toru and Hiroshi style their hair in punch perms and also adopt exaggerated swaggering gaits.

The manga also features an assortment of outlandish characters who also sport unusual fashions and hairstyles.

A video game, titled Be-Bop High School: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu (ビーバップハイスクール 高校生極楽伝説, Bi-Bappu Hai Sukuru: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu), was released on March 30, 1988, by Data East for the Nintendo Famicom console.

[21][22] In 1988, alongside Bonobono, Be-Bop High School won the 12th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.