Add to My List Add to Favorites Read Preview Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Farewell Mr. Despair Japanese: さよなら絶望先生 English: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei More titles InformationType: Manga Volumes: 30 Chapters: 302 Status: Finished Published: Apr 27, 2005 to Jun 13, 2012 Genres: Award Winning, Comedy Themes: Gag Humor, Parody, School Demographic: Shounen Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly) Authors: Kumeta, Kouji (Story & Art) StatisticsScore: 8.151 (scored by 8,257 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #5032 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #581 Members: 31,885 Favorites: 1,388 Available AtResources |
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May 28, 2024 Hiiranokakera Recommended Modern society has many holes, and SZS jumps right into that hole with details. Our MC, which is Itoshiki Nozumu, explores those holes with heavy, sometimes dark jokes. It is very common not to understand those jokes if you are not from Japan, as most of them are references to Japanese society, though they may also apply globally. For the most part, the plot is conveyed in episodic format. Yup, "for the most part". The Surreality of this manga is amazing. One more thing is that this manga is loaded with ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 28, 2024 clabsauce Recommended Zetsubou-sensei fucking rules and if you disagree it is probably because you are intellectually maldeveloped. Koji Kumeta is the most powerful disgruntled middle aged man in existence and it shows in every frame of this. Because the humor actually references things like sports, politics, and contemporary events, average w**aboos will not be able to appreciate most of the jokes, but this only serves to reinforce that SZS is a thinking man's manga. The way the jokes build upon themselves and upon the central idea of each episode really tickles the brain. The art is idiosyncratic and beautiful. If you like Zetsubou-sensei, then I like you. Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 9, 2020 VV420 Recommended The easiest way to convey what mind state you should read this manga in is that it is like South Park but for Japan. Every chapter has a new dysfunction of society or psychological disorder that is poked fun at and trivialized in a way that makes people afflicted with these dysfunctions laugh at themselves, a much needed remedy. The first chapter opens up with suicide being the main joke, a huge problem in Japanese society being suicide rates. This joke often comes back to in the form of the main character falling into despair over various aforementioned social or personal dysfunctions. Each volume is sub-titled ... Read more Open Gift Report More stacks Interest StacksKodansha - Weekly Shonen Magazine Checklist (Part 1) by bossiiing 35 Entries·22Restacks Similar to xxxHolic by soparamen 24 Entries·65Restacks best rated shounen 51-100 (part 2) by etanmess 50 Entries·4Restacks More recommendations |
| Poll: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Chapter 301 Discussion ichig0fan - Jun 11, 2012 | 32 replies | by thischeetobussin »» Aug 19, 10:11 PM | |
| Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Chapter 302 apotheosi - Sep 15, 2013 | 6 replies | by thischeetobussin »» Aug 19, 9:54 PM | |
| Poll: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Chapter 20 Discussion Kino_no_Tabi - Mar 10, 2009 | 2 replies | by a2dfjk1 »» Mar 24, 10:41 PM | |
| Poll: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Chapter 19 Discussion Karva1 - May 17, 2022 | 1 replies | by a2dfjk1 »» Mar 24, 7:04 PM | |
| Poll: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Chapter 18 Discussion Karva1 - May 17, 2022 | 1 replies | by a2dfjk1 »» Mar 24, 6:58 PM |
