second, if you think my rating is off BY A LOT even. do take note that this is MY point of view. but just to clarify, ive watched tons of animes and manga. (and collect them too) and you know what they say about beauty in the eyes right?
Third, lets get started:
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (SZS) is about Itoshiki Nozomu, a teacher with ultra negative personality(kinda), very high suicidal tendencies (kinda), and his class of freaks(yep,freaks).
In almost the entirety of the manga its about Nozomu complains about something in his life or society causing him to fall into despair only to have it blows up in his face (sometimes literally) with the not so helpful help of his students.
yep, this manga almost always follows this formula. not to mention its episodic,mediocre art and unless youre familiar with japanese or have a translator notes the jokes will almost certainly fly over your head.
WAIT! Dont give it a no yet. Let me at least finish.
Despite all those flaws sayonara zetsubou sensei has a certain charm to it that made it hard to put down. The characters are all likable, the numerous weird things going on at the background, the unpredictableness of how things will turn out in a chapter and somewhat relatable problem in Nozomu ceaseless rants made this series worth the read.
Theres really not much for me to say without spoiling the story so my advice, pick it up read it already!
Story:8
Art:5
Chara:9
Enjoy:9
Total:8
p/s: if youre wondering why i rate the story high for a series that seemingly doesnt have a plot well thats just it. it seemingly doesnt have one but if you look hard enough....
p/p/s: to all those who read manga online, SZS have volumes that arent scanlated. it put me off at first but i assure you its not as bad as you (and i once) might think. like i said its mainly episodic and the 3 season anime can cover those missing spots well enough.
