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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Also known as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He's certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it's a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?



Tags: Satire , Teacher , Philosophy , School , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Suicide , Dissociative Identities , Hikikomori , Otaku Culture , Tanned Skin , Ghost , Female Harem , Politics , Shounen , Drawing

Aku no Hana

Also known as The Flowers of Evil.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

The story opens as middle school student Takao Kasuga receives an F on a math test. But he doesn't even seem to notice because he's too engrossed in surreptitiously reading Beaudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. And the day goes downhill from there. In a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes belonging to sweet, pretty Nanako Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Unfortunately for Takao, there's a witness to the theft: Nakamura, who has a huge chip on her shoulder and a sadistic streak.

As the saga unfolds, we see Takao struggling to decide whether to confess or cover up his misdeeds at the same time that he tries to win over the girl of his dreams, and avoid the blackmail attempts of Nakamura, his new ”BFF.”

Smart, funny, and emotionally engaging, The Flowers of Evil introduces a character who's not a hero, but just an ordinary teenager in search of true love and real friendship.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Denpa , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Rehabilitation , Classic Literature , School , Time Skip , Tragedy , Sadism , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Shounen , Suicide , Rural , Heterosexual , Blackmail , Writing , Urban , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Nudity

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Former juvenile delinquent Onizuka finds himself thrust into to role of high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to and an administration that doesn't trust him. Using the brash an unorthodox methods he picked up in his youth, Onizuka manages to reach through to his kids and help them with their problems.



Notes:
- Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga.
- The chapter count includes the 7 chapters extra GTO: Great Toroko Oppai♡ (Tomoko's Big Adventures) published in volumes 11 and 12, and one extra published in volume 25.

Tags: Teacher , School , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Work , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Bullying , Terrorism , Tragedy , Delinquents , Nudity , Gangs , Shounen , Age Gap , Family Life , Motorcycles , Dragons , Crime , Revenge , Heterosexual , Acting , Guns , Detective , Yakuza , Police , Espionage , Drugs , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast

Love Live! School idol project

Also known as Love Live!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Positioned in the midst of Akihabara, Kanda and Jinbocho, the traditional Otonokizaka Academy is on the brink of reorganization. Nine girls rise up to this school crisis! In order to save the school, the girls have decided to... become idols!? The girls' challenges start here...



Tags: Idol , School , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Yuri

Musume ja Nakute Mama ga Suki nano!?

Also known as You Like Me, Not My Daughter?!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

When Ayako’s sister died, leaving her young daughter all alone, Ayako stepped up and took the child into her life. Now that her niece/adopted daughter is a teenager, a 30-something Ayako can sense first love in the air. Ayako teases her daughter about Takumi, their handsome and college-aged neighbor, who’s been tutoring her since she was young–could they be a blossoming couple, since he’s always beaming when he comes to their house? To Ayako’s surprise, Takumi isn’t interested in daughter dearest: he’s long had a crush on Ayako herself! In this age gap romantic comedy, one young man is ready to bring a little sugar to the sexy mom next door.



Tags: MILF , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Large Breasts , Adoption , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Cosplay , Nudity , Crossdressing