S01E01 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,...
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
S01E09: 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 to identify mistakes in their lives after pointing out several of his own. After Nozomu contradicts himself, saying that a mistake was the correct action, Kafuka reasons that if a mistake comes to light, it is correct, resulting in many people approaching her, confessing their mistakes, making them correct. In the end of the first part, a boy approaches Nozomu, calling him "Dad." The second part of the episode reveals that he is actually Nozomu's brother's child, Majiru. Nozomu asks him to prove that he is indeed his nephew, and then asks all of his students to prove that they are the real one. When Majiru asks Nozomu to prove he is genuine, Nozomu is unable to come up with a response, and runs off. The episode ends with a sequence that deals with Majiru's hair fetish.
Overview
A teacher takes all aspects of life, word and culture in the most negative light possible.
Episodes
S01E02 When I Came Out Of The Tunnel It Was White
After confiding in his latest despairs to Ms. Arai, she asks Nozomu to visit one of his students who hasn't shown up to school — Kiri Komori, a hikikomori. In the end Kiri goes to...
S01E03 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...
S01E04 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...
S01E05 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...
S01E06 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...
S01E07 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...
S01E08 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...
S01E09 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...
S01E10 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...
S01E11 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...
S01E12 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...
Cast
Hiroshi Kamiya
Nozomu Itoshiki (voice)
Ai Nonaka
Kafuka Fuura (voice)
Marina Inoue
Chiri Kitsu (voice)
Asuka Tanii
Kiri Komori (voice)
Yuko Goto
Abiru Kobushi (voice)
Asami Sanada
Matoi Tsunetsuki (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
Kaere Kimura (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Tarou 'Maria' Sekiutsu (voice)
Ryoko Shintani
Nami Hitou (voice)
Miyu Matsuki
Harumi Fujiyoshi (voice)
