Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei

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Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Original title さ よ な ら 絶望 先生
transcription Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei logo.png
genre Comedy
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Kōji Kumeta
publishing company Kōdansha
magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
First publication 2005 - ...
expenditure 29
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2007
Studio Shaft
length 23 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Akiyuki Shinbo
music Tomoki Hasegawa
First broadcast July 8 - September 23, 2007 on TV Kanagawa
Anime television series
title (Zoku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Original title 【俗 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2008
Studio Shaft
length 23 minutes
Episodes 13
Director Akiyuki Shinbo
music Tomoki Hasegawa
First broadcast January 6 - March 30, 2008 on TV Kanagawa
Original video animation
title (Goku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Original title 【獄 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2008/2009
Studio Shaft
Episodes 3
Director Akiyuki Shinbo
Anime television series
title (Zan) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Original title 【懺 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2009
Studio Shaft
length 23 minutes
Episodes 13
Director Akiyuki Shinbo
music Tomoki Hasegawa
First broadcast July 5 - September 26, 2009 on TV Kanagawa
Original video animation
title (Zan) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei: Bangaichi
Original title 【懺 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生 番 外地
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2009/2010
Studio Shaft
Episodes 2
Director Akiyuki Shinbo
synchronization

Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei ( Japanese さ よ な ら 絶望 先生 , dt. " Farewell , Mr. Despair Teacher") is a manga by the Japanese illustrator Kōji Kumeta . In 2007 the manga received the 31st Kōdansha Manga Prize in the Shōnen category . Based on the manga originated Anime - TV Series Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei and their sequels (Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei and (Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei .

The plot of the comedy focuses on the teacher Nozomu Itoshiki , who interprets every detail of life in the most negative sense and is confronted with the students of his new class and their problems. Politics, the media and Japanese society are targeted in a satirical way .

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At the beginning of the series, the teacher Nozomu Itoshiki tries to hang himself from a cherry tree. Despite his careful planning, he is saved by Kafuka Fuura, an extremely optimistic student, who happens to be passing by, but who almost strangles him in the process. As an initial response to the rescue, Nozomu complains that the rescue operation might have killed him. Completely unimpressed, Kafuka explains to him that on such a beautiful day no one can hang himself from such beautifully blooming trees and at the same time gives him the nickname Momoiro Kakarichō ( 桃色 係 d, "pink office manager"). Since Nozomu sees it as an abuse of names for money, she suggests paying him fifty yen so that she can call him that. When Nozomu has heard enough from her, especially that he was only trying to make himself taller, as her father did before, he flees from her and starts teaching his new class. There he finds out that Kafuka is also a student in his class. He is promptly addressed by her as Momoiro Kakarichō, which drives him to despair. However, Kafuka is only the tip of the iceberg. Because the other students in his new class also have extreme personalities or have special problems that pose more problems for the suicidal teacher than he already has himself.

As the story progresses, aspects of life, Japanese culture or typical expressions of the Japanese language are discussed again and again . The extreme peculiarities of the students are often used to build up impossible situations, but there are also extreme situations that are spontaneously given. In one episode, Nozomu asks his students to think about all sorts of things that they will never achieve in their lives instead of writing down their wishes for the future as planned by the school.

The series also seems to play in a kind of alternative present, since the year numbers on calendars or newspapers are always given as Shōwa within the chapters (for example, in 2009 they were written Shōwa 84 instead of Heisei 21) and addresses are mostly in Koishikawa -ku, Tōkyō- fu (Tokyo has been structured differently since 1947 and the address today would be Bunkyō -ku, Tōkyō-to ).

Characters

Itoshiki family

Nozomu Itoshiki ( 糸 色 望 , Itoshiki Nozomu )
Itoshiki is the youngest son of the Itoshiki family and the main character in the series. He is a class teacher for the 2-F ( ２ ー へ , 2-He ) at an unnamed high school in Koishikawa and usually wears a hakama and kimono . Nozomu is extremely negative about most things and despairs in almost every chapter about some really mundane occurrence. He also makes several suicide attempts, but these never seem to be really serious. Most of the girls in grades 2-F are in love with him, mostly due to a misunderstanding.
If his name is written horizontally, it resembles the word Zetsubō ( 絶望 , dt. "Despair"). Itoshiki written as 愛 し き also means "loved".
Rin Itoshiki ( 糸 色 倫 , Itoshiki Rin )
Rin is Nozomu's younger sister. She is 17 years old and already an Ikebana teacher . She originally lives at home with her parents, but later moves to Tokyo and becomes a student in class 2-F. Sometimes she goes to great lengths to annoy her brother, often making fun of him and revealing unpleasant things about him.
Her name can be read as Zetsurin ( 絶倫 ), which means “incomparable” and is often used to mean “incomparable in bed”.
Mikoto Itoshiki ( 糸 色 命 , Itoshiki Mikoto )
Mikoto is the third oldest son in the Itoshiki family and works as a doctor. His practice is rarely visited, which is attributed to his name, which can be read as zetsumei ( 絶命 , dt. " To die").
Kei Itoshiki ( 糸 色 景 , Itoshiki Kei )
Kei is the second eldest son of the Itoshiki family and a painter with his own studio. He claims to be married, but the truth is that his wife is a stain on the wall. His name can be read as Zekkei ( 絶 景 , German "picturesque landscape").
Majiru Itoshiki ( 糸 色 交 , Itoshiki Majiru )
Majiru is the son of Enishi and thus nephew of Nozomu. In chapter 28 of the manga he moves in with his uncle Nozomu. Majiru is five years old. He is often shown together with Kiri Komori.
Tokita ( 時 田 )
Tokita is the Itoshiki family's butler. He is often shown together with Rin and often does various jobs for her.

Class 2-F students

girl

Kafuka Fuura ( 風 浦 可 符 香 Fuura Kafuka ) is an extremely optimistic girl who basically presents everything in a positive light, no matter how negative it may be. At the beginning of the series, she claims that Nozomu did not hang himself, but only wanted to "make himself bigger" and describes stalking as "deep love". It is suggested in many places that she has psychopathic tendencies. For example, she pretends to be a student and brings poisoned food to Nozomu or stands in the background with a malicious grin while several other characters drown themselves in the sea. The name Kafuka Fuura is just a stage name and probably a reference to Franz Kafka . Your real name is unclear.

Chiri Kitsu ( 木 津 千里 Kitsu Chiri ) is obsessed with order. This goes so far that not only is her hair parted exactly in the middle, she can also cry exactly fifty percent, but her idea of ​​order and accuracy is sometimes also permeated with extreme, murderous violence. Her name is an allusion to the Japanese word kitchiri ( き っ ち り "exactly").

Abiru Kobushi ( 小節 あ び る Kobushi Abiru ) is often bandaged almost all over the body. Other characters suspect that she was beaten at home and her name is also derived from kobushi [o] abiru ( 拳 を 浴 び る , "exposed to fists"). But this is not the case, because Abiro's injuries simply stem from the fact that she loves to pull the tails of animals and they then defend themselves accordingly.

Kiri Komori ( 小森 霧 Komori Kiri ) is, as her name suggests, a Hikikomori who is chased out of her house by Nozomu and Kafuka, whereupon she retires to school. After Nozomu's house burns down and he moves into the school's supervisory room, Kiri moves in with him and lives in his closet. She is often shown together with Majiru and mostly does housework.

Matoi Tsunetsuki ( 常 月 ま と い Tsunetsuki Matoi ) is a stalker. Since the chapter she first appeared in, she fell in love with Nozomu and stalked him. Since she always adapts her clothes to whoever she is in love with, she almost always wears a kimono . It is basically in the immediate vicinity of Nozomu and in one chapter its address is even given as “Behind Nozomu Itoshiki” ( 糸 色 望 の 後 ろ Itoshiki Nozomu no ushiro ). Her name is an allusion to the verb tsukimatou ( 付 き ま と う “to follow someone”).

Nami Hitō ( 日 塔 奈 美 Hitō Nami ) is an ordinary girl, which she always rejects violently when she is pointed out. She likes to eat a lot, especially ramen, which leads to her gaining weight and often dieting every year during the summer holidays. Their name comes from the word Hitonami ( 人 並 み , "average").

Harumi Fujiyoshi ( 藤 吉 晴美 Fujiyoshi Harumi ) is a fan of manga , especially Yaoi . She also draws Yaoi Dōjinshi herself and often argues with other girls about which pairing is better. Her last name alludes to the word Fujoshi ( 腐 女子 ), which is used to denote female otaku , especially Yaoi fans.

Tarō Maria Sekiutsu ( 関 内 ・ マ リ ア ・ 太郎 Sekiutsu Maria Tarō ) is an illegal immigrant who lives in poor conditions with several other illegal immigrants. She comes from an unspecified Asian country and bought his student ID from the student Tarō Sekiutsu, which is why she attended school in his place and thus officially as a boy. Tarō is a stereotypical boy name.

Meru Otonashi ( 音 無 芽 留 Otonashi Meru ) does not speak (if she is forced to do so, it only expresses itself in uncontrolled chatter in a gruesome language) and only communicates via mobile phone e-mails. While she may appear shy on the outside, she is almost entirely offensive in her emails. Her first name alludes to Mēru , the Japanese pronunciation of mail , and her family name Otonashi literally means "without sound".

Kaere Kimura ( 木村 カ エ レ Kimura Kaere ) was abroad for some time and has since developed a multiple personality. While the personality Kaede is portrayed as a typical Yamato Nadeshiko , Kaere is maladjusted, complacent and constantly compares Japan to the (unnamed) country in which she was previously. In almost every chapter a pantyshot of her can be seen somewhere as a running gag. Her first name Kaere literally means "go home", but also a reference to the Japanese-British singer and model Kaela Kimura .

Ai Kaga ( 加 賀 愛 Kaga Ai ) is a shy and insecure girl who constantly apologizes for trivialities, sometimes even for things she hasn't done, and is overly humble. She always tries to please everyone.

Manami Ōkusa ( 大 草 麻 奈 美 Ōkusa Manami ) is already married and her husband is cheating on her, which she knows. She and her husband are deeply in debt. Manami appears to have developed maternal instinct and helper syndrome. Her name sounds similar to oku-sama na mi ( 奥 様 な 身 ), which means "wife".

Mayo Mitama ( 三 珠 真 夜 Mitama Mayo ) has "evil" looking eyes, which on the contrary leads all other characters to believe that they can do no harm. But this is a fallacy, because Mayo often commits crimes. Among other things, it burns down Nozomu's house. Her name can be read as mita mama yo ( 見 た ま ま よ “It is what it looks like!”).

Shōko Maruuchi ( 丸 内 翔 子 Maruuchi Shōko ) and Miko Nezu ( 根 津 美 子 Nezu Miko ) almost always appear together and often sell overpriced goods to their classmates or teachers.

Kanako Ōra ( 大 浦 可 奈 子 Ōra Kanako ) is portrayed as an extremely generous girl, so generous that, for example, she allows all parties to hang posters on her house during the election campaign. Her name can be read as Ōraka na ko ( 大 ら か な 子 "big-hearted child").

Kotonon ( こ と の ん ) is an overweight girl who posts heavily edited pictures of herself on the Internet, which has made her a net idol.

Boys

Kagerō Usui ( 臼 井 影 郎 Usui Kagerō ) is often barely noticed by others. He already has severe hair loss and is often only noticed when bald spots on his head are exposed by the wind. Kagerō is in love with his classmate Abiru. The first three Kanji of his name can be read as "thin shadow" ( 薄 い 影 usui kage ).

Jun Kudō ( 久 藤 准 Kudō Jun ) can tell touching stories on all imaginable topics and make everyone cry. Its name comes from the Japanese bookstore chain Junkudo . Jun has already checked out every book in the school library.

Kuniya Kino ( 木 野 国 也 Kino Kuniya ) is portrayed as both a friend and a rival of Jun Kudō. He also reads a lot and wears extremely strange clothes in his private life. Its name comes from the Kinokuniya bookstore chain .

Aoyama ( 青山 ) and Haga ( 芳 賀 ) are two friends of Kuniya.

Hokuō ( 北欧 "Northern Europe") is a boy with a great fondness for Northern European beauties. His real name is unknown.

Other

Chie Arai ( 新 井 智 恵 Arai Chie ) is the school psychologist and is often visited by Nozomu when he has problems. It seems to have sadistic traits.

Jinroku ( 甚 六 ) is a teacher at the school. He seems to have been to the yakuza once as he has a tattoo that covers his whole back. His name means "fool".

Tane Kitsu ( 木 津 多 祢 Kitsu Tane ) is Chiri's older sister. It magically attracts dirt and mess. Other characters often call her Kita-nē ( き た 姉 "sister Kita"), which is a reference to kitanee ( 汚 え Tokyo dialect for 汚 い , kitanai , "dirty").

Urupen ( ウ ル ペ ン ) is an emperor penguin who often appears in the background and is a kind of mascot of the series. His face resembles the yin and yang sign. He is registered as a citizen of Koishikawa under the name Pentarō Uruoboe ( う る お ぼ え ペ ン た ろ う Uruoboe Pentarō ).

Publications

Manga

The manga has been published continuously by Kodansha since the 22nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2005 . In the 15th edition 2012 of the magazine it was announced that the series will end after 9 more chapters (probably in June 2012 with chapter 301). The series has also appeared in 29 anthologies to date (as of May 25, 2012).

The manga appears in English with Del Rey Manga and most recently with Kodansha Comics, and in French as Sayonara Monsieur Désespoir with Pika Édition .

Anime

The manga was in 2007 from the studio Shaft part 12 as the same name anime - television series adapted it Akiyuki Shinbo directed. The character design was created by Hideyuki Morioka and the artistic direction was taken over by Hiroshi Katō. The series was broadcast from July 8, 2007 to September 23, 2007 shortly after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) by the channel TV Kanagawa . Days after TV Kanagawa, the channels Chiba TV , KBS Kyōto , Kids Station , Sun TV , Tokyo MX , TV Aichi and TV Saitama began broadcasting.

A second 13 episode season of the anime was released from January 6, 2008 to March 30, 2008 shortly after midnight under the title (Zoku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei ( 【俗 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生 , dt. "(Ordinary) ~" ) broadcast. This was produced by the same staff. However, the artistic director was Hirotsugu Kakoi.

A third season, also with 13 episodes, was broadcast shortly after midnight from July 5 to September 27, 2009. It bears the title (Zan) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei ( 【懺 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生 , German "repentance ~").

OVA

On October 17, 2008, the first episode of the three-part OVA (Goku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei ( 【獄 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生 , German "prison ~") was published together with a limited edition of the 15th manga volume. On February 17, 2009, the third and final episode in volume 16 appeared. The second episode was released separately on DVD on December 10, 2008. In terms of content, the OVA follows the concept of the series and thematized the difference between originality , change and copy. In addition, she showed otakus with a preference for drawn women who rejected the original. So it was not possible to elicit a state secret from the Otakus. They should be made docile with anime productions from Kyōto Animation . However, a copy of Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was described by Otakus as fake or Lucky Star under the name Lucky Muta was also rejected. Even Halloween was discussed in the context and showed about Michael Jackson as a zombie , compared with its youthful "original".

The limited edition of the 19th and 20th manga volumes from November 2009 and February 2010 was one DVD each by the OVA (Zan) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei: Bangaichi ( 【懺 ・】 さ よ な ら 絶望 先生 番 外地 , German "~ without number ") At.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Nozomu Itoshiki Hiroshi Kamiya
Kafuka Fura Ai Nonaka
Matoi Tsunetsuki Asami Sanada
Kiri Komori Asuka Tanii
Chiri Kitsu Marina Inoue
Harumi Fujiyoshi Miyu Matsuki
Maria Tarō Sekiutsu Miyuki Sawashiro
Nami Hitō Ryoko Shintani
Kaere Kimura Yu Kobayashi
Abiru Kobushi Yuko Goto
Meru Otonashi Khiva Saitō *

* The role of Meru Otonashi was only spoken by Khiva Saitō from the sixth episode of the second season. Before that, she had no permanent voice actress and her comments were made indiscriminately by the other voice actors.

music

The music for the series was composed by Tomoki Hasegawa. For the first season were for the opening credits Hito to Shite Jiku ga Iru Burete ( 人として軸がぶれている) feat Kenji Otsuki. Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro and Ryoko Shintani and Goin ni May Yeah ~ ( 強引niマイYeah ~ ) Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi and Ryoko Shintani, which is also the closing titles Zessei Bijin ( 絶世美人 ) produced.

Season two opening songs are Kūsō Rumba ( 空想 ル ン バ ) by Kenji Ōtsuki and Zetsubō Shōjo-tachi (German: "the Zetsubō girls") and Lyricure Go Go! by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue and Ryōko Shintani. Zetsubō Shōjo-tachi also produced the final credits Koiji Romanesque ( 恋 路 ロ マ ネ ス ク ) and, with ROLLY, Marionette . The credits of the last episodes were underlaid with Omamori ( オ マ モ リ ) by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi and Ryoko Shintani.

Internet radio show

An Internet radio show entitled Sayonara Zetsubō Hōsō ( さ よ な ら 絶望 放送 ) has been published on the Animate TV website since August 28, 2007 and moderated by Hiroshi Kamiya and Ryoko Shintani. The programs have no direct relationship to the manga or anime. There were furthermore produced several special episodes: Tokimeki namin Night ( ときめきナーミンナイト) in November 2007, Sayonara zetsubo Hoso Senshu Nyo ( さよなら絶望放送撰集·如 ) in February 2008, Let's Lilycuradio ( Let'sリリキュラジオ! In May 2008) Toki o kakeru Radio ( 時 を か け る ラ ジ オ ) (the title is a reference to Toki o kakeru Shōjo ) in September 2008, Botsu Sayonara Zetsubō Hōsō ( 没 ・ さ よ な ら 絶望 放送 ) on New Year's Eve 2008, The Kamiya Hiroshi Show ( 谷 ョ ・Show ) ) in April 2009, and Otassha Zetsubō Hōsō ( お た っ し ゃ 絶望 放送 ) in August 2010.

The episodes were released from February 2008 on nine regular and six special CDs.

Awards

In 2007 the manga received the 31st Kōdansha Manga Prize in the Shōnen category .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 講 談 社 漫画 賞 (過去 の 受 賞 者 一 覧) . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 21, 2012 ; Retrieved March 2, 2008 (Japanese, Kōdansha Manga Prize Winner List).
  2. ↑ This contrary reaction - he tries to commit suicide and blames others for almost perishing in their attempt to rescue him - appears as a kind of running gag in the plot.
  3. ↑ a b Manga, Chapter 17
  4. ↑ Manga, Chapter 73; there his Shichi-go-san takes place
  5. ↑ Manga, Chapter 35
  6. ↑ Manga, Chapter 182
  7. ↑ Manga, Volume 20
  8. ↑ Manga, Chapter 157
  9. ↑ Manga, Chapter 185
  10. ^ Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Manga to End in 9 More Chapters. Anime News Network, March 12, 2012 (English).

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