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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”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 6 Leap Before You Look Kafuka comes down with a cold during the summer and has to go see the doctor, Mikoto Itoshiki, who happens to be Nozomu’s brother. Later, Chiri and Kafuka find out from Mikoto that Nozomu has gone back to his hometown in Kuraizawa for anContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 6”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 7 One Morning, When Gregor Samsa Awoke, He was Carrying a Portable Shrine This episode begins with Fujiyoshi bumping into Nozomu while she is on her way to make copies of her doujinshi. Through a misunderstanding, Nozomu ends up going to Comiket to sell his doujin literature with mixedContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 7”

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 8 I’m a Social Outcast by Fate This episode begins with Usui Kagerou lamenting about how he never gets noticed by anyone, when he nearly gets run over by a truck who does not notice him. He runs into Nozomu in the shadows, who begins to talk about howContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 8”

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 1 Goodbye, Zetsubo Sensei Kafuka Fuura is cheerily walking to school one April morning when she suddenly spots a man trying to hang himself in a fit of despair. Kafuka manages to use her weight to snap the rope, thus saving his life. Nozomu Itoshiki, the man, eventually cannotContinue reading “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 1 Episode 1”