Gokusen

Alright. Long story short it is a different take on idea from Great Teacher Onizuka, except it is significantly less interesting. This time we have a yakuza boss girl posing as a teacher in a school full of problematic students. She tries to hide her yakuza origin, because that will get her fired....

Basically, same premise or similar premise as Onizuka, except poorly executed and with weaker characters. Story uses many very predictable events, characters act in stereotypical and predictable moment, and antagonists are resembling cartoon villains. Also... that annoying dog. Sigh.

Detailed breakdown below.

Story: 3/10. It is weak and not very interesting. The premise is ... interesting and has better potential than onizuka's it is just you can see where it is going from ten miles away and can have a good idea of what is gonna happen in the next episode. Another problem is ... it doesn't really get anywhere, story-wise. Important elements that were present in Onizuka are missing from this one. Becasue of this the story ultimately fails to deliver.

Art: 5/10
It is actually okay. Most of the characters are not exactly attractive, and are very uncute. However, in a few episodes there are few cute characters in backgroudn, that have very small amoutn of screen time - think seconds, not minutes. Nevertheless, the art does its job, is consistent, and gets the point across. Even though amount of details is low, and shading could be better.

Sound: 5/10:
Also okay. Norio Wakamoto (who usually voices tough guys) voiced one of the supporting roles. It is okay. Just that.

Character: 3/10:
They're completely stereotypical, completely predictable, and none of them have any proper character development. There are some attempts to have some character development, but they ultimately fall flat. After watching the series, there was very little I could say about character's personality. Basically, everyboyd is predictable, and hard to take seriously.Also, I hate the dog in the anime.

ENjoyment: 4/10 :
Didn't enjoy it that much, and thought it would be better. Predictability of the events doesn't help, and neither does relatively weak character portrayal. Basically, they grabbed an amazing idea nad ultimately failed ot deliver.

Overall: 4/10:

This is an anime you can safely skip. There were no amazing moments that would make it worth watching, and the story was not very believable, plus had an occasion deus ex machinas and "trouble out of nowhere". Art didn't stand out either. A lot of time I felt irritation because I could see what is gonna happen next, because characters were acting according to another cliche, or because the story was developing in very predictable way.

So.... not really recommended. You could give it a try, but if you skipped it, I doubt it would be a great loss.

I first saw this dubbed one day on MoviePlex. I thought at first it was an iffy-anime, but then it showed nudity. If that wasn't bad enough, the story was very...well, it was okay, but I was really confused. When I watched it, I wasn't impressed. I wouldn't recomend it.

It's extremely disappointing and upsetting to see a show with such a strong premise, a compelling teacher, mostly good humor and the right level of lightness, completely wrecking itself by making a supporting character who's designed to be an unrepentant child predator. It has a whole episode dedicated to her, and her past, and her interest in her students, all get addressed. Not in any meaningful way. For any narrative that is for-the-kids, it necessarily can't be making excuses for these kinds of school environments and personalities. Exploiting undeveloped minds like that is truly unforgivable, and the fact it just rolls over it so casually ... says everything. To pull a non-sequitur and turn the episode into a suicide PSA. Doubly ironic when victims of CSA are more likely to develop suicidal tendencies in the first place because of people like the teacher in question. Nobody's looking out for them kids.