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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 9 The Evening Primroses on Fuji are Wrong Nozomu notices a few members of the class playing a “spot the differences” game. Nozomu tells them that it is important to spot mistakes, and he instructs the class in how life is filled with mistakes. He asks the class toContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 9”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 10 You Mustn’t Burn the Raw Yatsuhashi The episode begins with Nozomu announcing there will be a cultural festival, which he decides to not participate and explains that they are not cultured people, believing that they will grow to be bad people if they do pretend they are. TheContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 10”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 11 That’s Impossible Isn’t There an Original The girls are watching a particularly awful movie. Outside, they meet with the director, who defends himself by saying that he is just “following the original story.” Chasing him, they arrive at roads that are used by many people to escape orContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 11”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 12 What an Incredible Bother! The first part of this episode introduces Ai Kaga, a girl who always takes blame for everything, even though it is not her fault. Nozomu takes the class to a “guilt scramble” to explain that history has led to the “guilt complex” such asContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 12”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 3 Go Fly Over That Country This episode is a pastiche of parodies about foreigners and Japanese attitudes concerning them. A foreign student named Kaere Kimura transfers into the class. Kimura is a blonde girl with multiple personality disorder stemming from cultural identity confusion. Nozumu prevents her from committingContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 3”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 4 From Elbow to Knee Chie dispatches Nozomu to investigate rumors that the invariably injured Abiru Kobushi is suffering from domestic violence. He pursues Abiru’s father while he shops, causing him a great deal of inconvenience, before discovering Abiru’s obsession with pulling the tails of dangerous animals. The latterContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 4”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 5 Removing Toxins and Stains On physical examination day, many of the girls are feeling stress about their weight, measurements and fitness. Nozumu distracts them by deciding to judge the “social worth” of students so that they will know whether they are living “above their station.” Kitsu seizes onContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 5”