Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
By Koji Kumeta
Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu, is not that teacher. Nozomu’s probably the most depressive man in Japan—so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu’s class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to “the Power of Negative Thinking?” A wickedly twisted comedy by Koji Kumeta!
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Volume 1
Nozomu Ishitoki is depressed. Very depressed. He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class e
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Volume 14
It’s spring which can only mean cherry blossoms, spring tidings, Golden Week, a new fiscal year, and warm weather! But leave it to Zetsubou-sensei to rain on everyone’s parade. Why do we always look at the flowers and forget to eat the dumplings? Why focus on spring tidings, when there are so many spring “chidlings“? What about the people have to work during Golden Week? And what about Zetsubou-sensei’s life-threatening outbreak of spring fever? Hilarity ensues in this newest volume of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei!
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Nozomu Ishitoki is depressed. Very depressed. He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class e
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Meet the most melancholy high school teacher in Japan: Nozomu Itoshiki, whose fashion sense is strictly nineteenth-century, whose personal goal is self-annihilation, and whose signature phrase is “I’m in despair!” He’s similar to Franz Kafka and Jean-Paul
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One of Zetsubou-sensei’s new students—a genius storyteller—can melt even her teacher’s black heart. Meanwhile, Chiri, the obsessive-compulsive girl who longs to marry Zetsubou-sensei, is thrilled when the morose young man actually invites her somewhere. H
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Suicidally depressed high school teacher Zetsubou-sensei, a man for whom the light at the end of the tunnel is the coroner inspecting his glazed eyes, continues his attempt to endure life’s suffering while teaching a classful of cute girls. Will Kafuka Fu
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Zetsubou-sensei has won a trip to a hot spring, but when he finds several of his students there in the bubbling pools, he launches into a tirade about the evils of detoxing. To Zetsubou-sensei, detoxing is a metaphor for sanitizing the world of the very c
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Those suffering from this peculiar condition, according to Zetsubou-sensei, blame themselves for everything that goes on around them. But as Zetsubou-sensei explores this affliction, he realizes that he himself is a victim! Luckily, the sensei has a foolp
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Zetsubou-sensei is angry again, and this time he’s turned his sights on Inconvenience. Modern-day inventions are supposed to make our lives more efficient, but the sensei sure doesn’t see it that way. TV remote controls are meant to save us time and energ
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November means that it’s time for the Shichigosan holiday, a rite of passage for all Japanese children. Of course, Zetsubou-sensei is quick to point out that rites of passage don’t end with childhood. There are many different rites of passage in the world
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Have you ever noticed the “reverse-boy-who-cried-wolf” phenomenon, where normally serious people tell jokes and nobody gets them? Are recent fashion trends in Japan sophisticated artistic expression, or just gaudy over-decoration? In volume 9, Zetsubou-se
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Zetsubou-sensei and the students go on several unusual class trips, including an archaeological expedition, the Museum of Unnatural History, and Daisan Sentaku City—the city of the inexplicable third alternative. You know, like, when you’re trying to deci
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It’s spring in volume 11, and Zetsubou-sensei and the students master the art of detuning; that is, purposefully inhibiting he performance of something. Then, during summer vacation, they go on journeys of self-discovery, confront a mob of zealous over-pr
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Itoshiki Nozomu, the world’s most negative person, is about to suffer an ironic twist of fate. His 32 students, who each have their own weird problems, have ocnstantly foiled his continual suicide attemtps. With Christmas right around the corner, will Nozomu finally discover joy this holiday, or will he be granted the ultimate gift?
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Zetsubou-sensei explains his fear of relay races. After all, you never know what kind of baton you’ll be passed! What if the CEO of a company passes off the baton to you right as the company goes bankrupt? Or what if a movie director passes off the baton to you right after the main actor quits? What would you do then, huh? In a moment of weakness, however, Zetsubou-sensei passes off the baton to a student. How will the “Second Generation Zetsubou-sensei” fare?
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
It’s spring which can only mean cherry blossoms, spring tidings, Golden Week, a new fiscal year, and warm weather! But leave it to Zetsubou-sensei to rain on everyone’s parade. Why do we always look at the flowers and forget to eat the dumplings? Why focus on spring tidings, when there are so many spring “chidlings“? What about the people have to work during Golden Week? And what about Zetsubou-sensei’s life-threatening outbreak of spring fever? Hilarity ensues in this newest volume of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei!
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