Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
English title: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Japanese title: さよなら絶望先生
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Premiered: summer 2007
Source: Manga
Genres: Comedy
Studios: Shaft
Producers: Starchild Records, Omnibus Promotion
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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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