# Yowayowa Sensei

Yowayowa Sensei (よわよわ先生, lit. 'Weak-willed Teacher') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kamio Fukuchi. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in November 2022 and has been compiled into eleven tankōbon volumes as of February 2025. An anime television series adaptation has been announced.

## Plot

The series follows Akihito Abikura, a second-year high school student. His new homeroom teacher is Hiyori Hiwarimura, an English teacher who recently graduated from university. Due to her shy personality, she does not make a good impression. Her use of a notebook full of sticky notes leads to rumors about her putting curses on the students, leading them to misunderstand her and refer to her as "Scary Teacher." Akihito realizes she is not scary at all, just misunderstood. After seeing her teach in an empty classroom with only a stuffed animal, he offers to help her overcome her shyness.

## Characters
### Akihito Abikura (阿比倉 章人, Abikura Akihito)

    A second-year high school student under Hiyori. He decides to help Hiyori with her shyness after seeing her teaching a mock class and realizing that she is not actually scary, merely misunderstood. He offers to become class representative as part of helping her out.

### Hiyori Hiwarimura (鶸村 ひより, Hiwarimura Hiyori)

    Voiced by: Marika Kōno (PV)
    An English teacher who just started her career after graduating from university. She becomes Akihito's homeroom teacher. Due to her extremely shy personality, students gain a negative perception of her, leading her to be nicknamed "Scary Teacher." She later moves next to Akihito's apartment to be closer to school.

### Mizuki Mukubayashi (椋林 瑞希, Mukubayashi Mizuki)

    Akihito's classmate. Although the two went to the same elementary school, they are not close. She later becomes co-class representative along with Akihito.

### Akemi Abikura (阿比倉 朱美, Abikura Akemi)

    Akihito's older sister who works as a nurse. She is very protective of Akihito.

### Yūki Yukishita (雪下 祐樹, Yukishita Yūki)

    Akihito's classmate. She has a tomboyish personality and uses the masculine pronoun ore.

## Media
### Manga

Yowayowa Sensei is written and illustrated by Kamio Fukuchi. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on November 16, 2022. The series has been compiled into eleven tankōbon volumes as of February 2025. To promote the release of the seventh volume, a promotional video was released on YouTube featuring Marika Kōno as the voice of Hiyori. A collaboration with cosplayer Enako featuring her cosplaying the character Mizuki was released in June 2024.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
| 1 | March 16, 2023 | 978-4-06-530996-4 |
| 2 | May 17, 2023 | 978-4-06-531600-9 |
| 3 | August 17, 2023 | 978-4-06-532609-1 |
| 4 | October 17, 2023 | 978-4-06-533158-3 |
| 5 | December 15, 2023 | 978-4-06-533890-2 |
| 6 | February 16, 2024 | 978-4-06-534563-4 |
| 7 | May 16, 2024 | 978-4-06-535510-7 |
| 8 | July 17, 2024 | 978-4-06-536138-2 |
| 9 | October 17, 2024 | 978-4-06-537129-9 |
| 10 | December 17, 2024 | 978-4-06-537770-3 |
| 11 | February 17, 2025 | 978-4-06-538417-6 |

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 4, 2024.