SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI GN (2025)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta Meet the most melancholy high school teacher in Japan: Nozomu Itoshiki, whose fashion sense is strictly 19th century, whose personal goal is self-annihilation, and whose signature phrase is 'I'm in despair!' He's similar to Franz Kafka and Jean-Paul Sartre, if Kafka and Sartre had to deal with a classroom of lovesick students. And to make matters worse, Itoshiki's family wants him to get married. Forget the bride, here comes the gloom!"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 02 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta Meet the most melancholy high school teacher in Japan: Nozomu Itoshiki, whose fashion sense is strictly 19th century, whose personal goal is self-annihilation, and whose signature phrase is 'I'm in despair!' He's similar to Franz Kafka and Jean-Paul Sartre, if Kafka and Sartre had to deal with a classroom of lovesick students. And to make matters worse, Itoshiki's family wants him to get married. Forget the bride, here comes the gloom!"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 03 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta One of Zetsubou-sensei's new students, a genius storyteller, can melt even her teacher's black heart. Meanwhile, Chiri, the obsessive-compulsive girl who longs to marry Zetsubou-sensei, is thrilled when the morose young man actually invites her somewhere. Has he asked Chiri out on a date, or is he planning a murder-suicide? Either option may involve flowers!"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 04 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta The deliciously wicked satire continues as Zetsubou-sensei, beloved teacher to a classroom of students, continues to be called upon to offer advice to the youngsters in his charge - even though he's depressed and suicidal and shouldn't be giving any advice at all!"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 05 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta The dark comedy continues as Zetsubou-sensei travels to a hot springs, only to find several of his students there in the bubbling pools, leading him into a tirade against the evils of detoxing."
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 06 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta This darkly-humorous fan-favorite series continues, as the world's most depressed teacher tries to kill himself in ever more elaborate fashions."
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 07 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta The fan-favorite black comedy continues as the suicidal Zetsubou-sensei makes more plans to end his life - if only he wasn't such a favorite teacher to his students!"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 08 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta For readers of Genshiken and Mushishi, a new manga series with older teen appeal. The quirky, sarcastic, and deliciously witty comedy manga Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei is Heathers goes to Japan!"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 09 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan. So depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to 'the Power of Negative Thinking'?"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI GN VOL 10 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan - so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to 'the Power of Negative Thinking'?"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI GN VOL 11 (C: 0-1-2)
"(W/A) Koji Kumeta Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan - so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to 'the Power of Negative Thinking'?"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI GN VOL 12 (C: 0-1-2)
"Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan - so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to 'the Power of Negative Thinking'?"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI GN VOL 13 (C: 0-1-2)
"Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan - so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to 'the Power of Negative Thinking'?"
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SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI GN VOL 14 (C: 1-1-2)
"Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan - so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to 'the Power of Negative Thinking'?"