Character Relationship Map: Ekskul

Characters

• Joshua (played by Ramon Y. Tungka) — protagonist

  Joshua is the film’s central character, a student who buys a gun and barricades himself in the school counselor’s office with six hostages. Flashbacks show him enduring severe bullying by a school gan...

• Sabina (played by Sheila Marcia) — supporting

  Sabina is a beautiful but introverted student who sympathizes with Joshua. The flashbacks show that she has a brief relationship with him, offering a contrast to the hostility and bullying he experien...

• Cathy (played by Metha Yunatria) — supporting

  Cathy is a popular student who has a brief relationship with Joshua in the events shown through flashbacks. During the school siege, she is among the female hostages Joshua eventually releases. Her co...

• Jerry (played by Teguh Leo) — supporting

  Jerry is one of the male hostages Joshua keeps after releasing the female hostages. He is connected to the school gang that tormented Joshua, and Joshua hangs him from the school roof after announcing...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Joshua → Cathy (Brief Romantic Relationship) — Cathy is connected to Joshua through a short-lived relationship before the hostage crisis.

  The flashbacks depict Joshua's brief relationship with Cathy, who is described as a popular student.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Joshua → Sabina (Social Sympathetic Acquaintance) — Sabina offers emotional sympathy within Joshua's otherwise hostile school environment.

  The flashbacks show Sabina as an introverted girl who sympathized with Joshua.

• Joshua → Jerry (Conflict Arch Enemy) — Jerry represents the central school-based source of Joshua's humiliation and retaliation.

  Jerry is identified as the leader of the school gang that tormented Joshua. Joshua later hangs Jerry from the school roof during the hostage crisis.

Story Analysis

A bullied student turns a school hostage crisis into an act of revenge before choosing self-destruction.

Plot Progression

1. A School Under Siege — Joshua appears in a psychiatric office before the story reveals a massive police deployment around his school. He has barricaded himself with six hostages.
2. The Wounds Behind the Gun — Flashbacks show Joshua being abused by the school gang and humiliated at the school gate and toilet. His brief relationship with Cathy and Sabina's sympathy provide contrasting memories.
3. Negotiating His Anger — Police negotiations begin while Joshua explains his frustration to the people listening and to the national press. He releases the female hostages but keeps the male gang members.
4. Judgement at the School — Joshua declares judgement time and recreates the humiliations inflicted on him. He summons the students to watch before hanging Jerry from the school roof.
5. The Final Bullet — Joshua rejects a surrender plea even after police reveal that he has only one bullet. When officers approach the roof, he uses the gun to kill himself.