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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

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Satire Prominently features the use of comedy or ridicule to expose and criticise social phenomena.Teacher Protagonist is an educator, usually in a school setting.Philosophy Relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.School Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.Ensemble Cast Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

さよなら絶望先生

Nozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher consumed by despair. Deeply pessimistic, he sees every minor setback as a catastrophe and longs for a chance to end his life. His gloom is so defining that his own name can be read as "Mr. Despair."

His class, however, makes ordinary misery impossible. Among his students are Kafuka Fuura, an impossibly cheerful girl who finds a silver lining in everything; Kiri Komori, a recluse who refuses to leave school; and Abiru Kobushi, who arrives with mysterious injuries. Each eccentric student drags him into absurd situations that constantly interrupt his search for the perfect place to die.

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