Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (GN 1)

Release date: 2009-02-24
Suggested retail price: $10.95
Age rating: 16+

ISBN-10: 0345508939 0345508939
ISBN-13: 9780345508935 9780345508935

Description:
Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He's certifiably suicidal, but he's also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: the stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining.

For all of them, it's a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?

Story and art by Koji Kumeta.

(added on 2008-08-18, modified on 2008-08-18)

• Reviewed by Casey Brienza (June 11, 2009)

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