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“Pessimistic teacher Nozomu and his eccentric students satirize Japanese culture in dark comedy.”

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

さよなら絶望先生

7.84

1,032 rank · 364,863 viewers · 4,849 favorites

Comedy Gag Humor Parody School Shounen

12 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Summer 2007 · Shaft · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Synopsis

Pessimistic teacher Nozomu and his eccentric students satirize Japanese culture in dark comedy.

Nozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher so pessimistic that even the smallest of misfortunes can send him into a pit of raging despair; some of these "catastrophes" even lead to suicide attempts. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a satirical slice-of-life comedy set in the modern day, covering various aspects of Japanese life and culture through Nozomu and his interactions with his students: Kiri Komori, a recluse who refuses to leave the school; Abiru Kobushi, an enigma who frequently arrives to class with severe and mysterious injuries; the hyper-optimistic Kafuuka Fuura, Nozomu's polar opposite; and several other unusual girls, all of whom are just as eccentric as their teacher.

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