Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
A teacher takes all aspects of life, word and culture in the most negative light possible.
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Itoshiki Nozomu is always in despair! Even simple things like paying for the toll on the subway can send him to a despair so deep only attempted suicide is the answer. How Strange is it then, that he should be the teacher of a High School Class filled with students with even more emotional problems than his. This great Comedy will leave you in anything but 'Despair' as you meet each of his students and watch their wacky adventures.
1.Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
6.007-07-200723mKafuka Fuura is cheerily walking to school one April morning when she suddenly spots a man trying to hang himself in a fit of despair. Kafuka manages to use her weight to snap the...
2.When I Came Out Of The Tunnel It Was White
6.014-07-200723mAfter confiding in his latest despairs to Ms. Arai, she asks Nozomu to visit one of his students who hasn't shown up to school — Kiri Komori, a hikikomori. In the end Kiri goes to...
3.Go Fly Over That Country
6.021-07-200723mThis episode is a pastiche of parodies about foreigners and Japanese attitudes concerning them. A foreign student named Kaere Kimura transfers into the class. Kimura is a blonde gi...
4.From Elbow to Knee
6.028-07-200723mChie dispatches Nozomu to investigate rumors that the invariably injured Abiru Kobushi is suffering from domestic violence. He pursues Abiru's father while he shops, causing him a...
5.Removing Toxins and Stains
6.004-08-200723mOn physical examination day, many of the girls are feeling stress about their weight, measurements and fitness. Nozumu distracts them by deciding to judge the "social worth" of stu...
6.Leap Before You Look
6.011-08-200723mKafuka comes down with a cold during the summer and has to go see the doctor, Mikoto Itoshiki, who happens to be Nozomu's brother. Later, Chiri and Kafuka find out from Mikoto that...
7.One Morning, When Gregor Samsa Awoke, He was Carrying a Portable Shrine
2.018-08-200723mThis episode begins with Fujiyoshi bumping into Nozomu while she is on her way to make copies of her doujinshi. Through a misunderstanding, Nozomu ends up going to Comiket to sell...
8.I'm a Social Outcast by Fate
4.025-08-200723mThis episode begins with Usui Kagerou lamenting about how he never gets noticed by anyone, when he nearly gets run over by a truck who does not notice him. He runs into Nozomu in t...
9.The Evening Primroses on Fuji are Wrong
4.001-09-200723mNozomu notices a few members of the class playing a "spot the differences" game. Nozomu tells them that it is important to spot mistakes and he instructs the class in how life is f...
10.You Mustn't Burn the Raw Yatsuhashi
2.008-09-200721mThe episode begins with Nozomu announcing there will be a cultural festival, which he decides to not participate and explains that they are not cultured people, believing that they...
11.That's Impossible Isn't There an Original
4.016-09-200723mThe girls are watching a particularly awful movie. Outside, they meet with the director, who defends himself by saying that he is just "following the original story." Chasing him,...
12.What an Incredible Bother!
2.023-09-200723mThe first part of this episode introduces Ai Kaga, a girl who always takes blame for everything, even though it is not her fault. Nozomu takes the class to a "guilt scramble" to ex...
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