#SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI SERIES#

This three-episode OVA series follows the sporadic gag formula as well. OVA: Zan Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei Bangaichi The series ends on a gag based on mispronunciation turning ‘silent night’ into ‘Kiyhiko’s night’ that brings the main cast together for a Christmas episode. This leads to its usual shenanigans and laughs from the audience. Itoshiki ponders what came first: the chicken or the egg, and the class critiques society’s fixation on minor mistakes instead of big mistakes. In this season, we see one of the students is put in a mock Blue Man Group due to a misunderstanding. This final season continues the trend of the second season and focuses solely on gags.

Season Three: Zan Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei The OVA series ends with an episode that tells the story of how Itoshiki became the pessimist he is today.

This three-episode series features a dissection of Valentine’s Day and Halloween and a critique about the way Japanese people focus more on the journey to do something rather than the result. These OVAs were aired from October 2008 to February 2009. This season ends with Itoshiki meeting an enemy character, and in an odd turn of events, they become friends. These incidents set up the cast for questionable reactions and actions with hilarious results at the expense of one another. They also deal with an admiral who we believe is Goku, and the preference Japanese culture gives to students who are preparing to get into college. They prevent a total alien invasion, but they can’t remember how they fended them off due to their hyper fixation on all the little details. The rest of the season follows Itoshiki and his class, their shenanigans, and their constant critiques of Japanese culture. This season begins by introducing one more student in order to reintroduce the major characters in the series. The second season focuses less on introducing characters and more on the day to day life of the classroom.

#SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI FULL#

This first season serves as an introduction to some members of Itoshiki’s class full of gags and questionable antics. For example, after receiving Itoshiki’s help, one of the students becomes a masochist. This backfiring leads to either him being injured or the victim of some sort of violence. Even though Itoshiki does his best to help his students, it somehow always ends up backfiring on him in some way. In this season we meet the hikikomori, the stalker, the student with multiple personalities, an illegal immigrant, and many more students with their own set of issues. In season one, we are introduced to some of the cast and their issues. You will have to pause the episode several times to understand some of the jokes since all these jokes are based on Japanese life. There are also a lot of puns and jokes that require explanations. The anime does not have a solid story, and it relies heavily on gags. It was animated by Studio Shaft, who is responsible for animating Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the Bakemonogatari series. It also had two three-episode OVA series. The anime had three seasons that aired from July 2007-September 2009. His teachings tend to lead his students to strange conclusions which make him scream the iconic line: Anime As a result, the series is filled with references to literature, anime, and many more topics. He does this by taking jabs at Japanese culture and customs and asking his students to think about generally positive things in a negative light. It is Itoshiki’s job to help his students overcome their issues. The rest of his classroom is also filled with students who have their own issues to deal with such as: being possessed by multiple personalities, being a stalker, and being a shut-in. However, he’s calmly stopped by Kafuka Fuura who tells him that he shouldn’t do something like that on a nice day.Īnnoyed that his plan was thwarted, he ends up going to meet his new classroom and sees that Kafuka is one of his students. At the beginning of the series, he tries to kill himself at the beginning of the new school year on campus. He usually tries solving everything by trying to kill himself which is a big fat mood really. Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei follows Nozomu Itoshiki, a teacher who is pessimistic about everything. If that makes you uneasy, please read something else. It was published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine from April 2005- June 2012.Īs a warning, this series does make jokes about suicide, trauma, and abuse. This series is a black comedy and a satire written by Koji Kumeta. This time, we’re going back about 15+ years to talk about a series that was quite popular when it was released: Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei.

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