Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

tl;dr: A solid continuation of the previous season that benefits from being less random.

This is another season that continues the strange despair filled tales of the strange Nozumu and his class of strange students. In general, it is very much the same as previous seasons, so there's not much more to talk about compared to the previous season. It's a series of non-chronological short stories that don't actually fit into a single narrative at all really, featuring mostly the same set of characters with a few new ones. No overarching story or character arcs, but rather just small self sufficient tales. These tales continue to ... be focused on societal commentary, taking some concept that are pretty common but putting a pessimistic twist on them, and then showing off examples in an exaggerated fashion, often using extended metaphors. Some things I should note as compared to the previous season, is that this season felt a lot less random, with it's episodes at least having some sort of story rather than completely pointless craziness as was pretty common in the last season, though the random craziness certainly was there at points. Hence, I think these short stories came through a lot better, and I much prefer humor with substance over absurdist humor so I found it much more amusing as well. The art style is still the same as before, but it seems to be at a higher quality here. The OP/EDs were still pretty strange but very fitting and quite solid.

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei is the third season of the Zetsubou-Sensei series and I have to say it's even better than the first two series. Zan still delivers the despair-filled adventures of Nozomu Itoshiki aka Zetsubou-sensei along with his many 'unique' students. I have also seen there have been improvements in the art as well and at the end of most episodes there is the Zetsubou-Sensei Drawing Song. I am also very content about the new opening and ending themes(I liked the OP so much it was stuck in my head for like a week)

The story has been improved as well. ... Often times there would be a continuation of one episode to another and I am very pleased with the results as they give a little more creativity and of course even more humor.

In addition to the main cast there are three newcomers to the series.
First is Ora Kanako(whose name comes from the phrase "ōraka na ko", meaning big hearted girl), an kind girl who cannot refuse anything she is asked even if it has a negative benefit on her or her property. Next to be introduced are Shoko Maruuchi(derived from maruchi-shoko, multi-level marketing) and Miko Nezu(derived from nezumi-ko,pyramid scheme), two best friends who work as street vendors often using dirty schemes to make a quick buck(or yen for you Japanophiles).

Romance isn't a main theme in Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei but there are some signs of it being a harem. A majority of the female characters have developed feelings for Nozomu and often leads him to very painful scenarios. There are several recurring instances where there are romantic scenes(I won't give any spoilers but let's just say that Abiru x Nozomu fans will be quite pleased(but Zetsubou-sensei himself isn't)).

Overall Zan Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei is a hilarious comedy series. If you love animes with constant references to pop culture and other animes Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei is perfect for you. Zan only makes me wonder what the fourth(and I presume it'll may be the last) season will have in store for poor old Nozomu. I'm more than positive there'll be a fourth season because animes I've seen usually end at 24-26 episodes, if they continue then 50-52 episodes are most likely unless the anime is a long running series(i.e One Piece, Bleach, Naruto), and I'm sure the staff at Shaft will want to make a PROPER ending to the series.

On that note: ZETSUBOUSHITA!!! THIS REVIEW HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR!!!

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is an anime that could be better than it ended up being, yes, the character design is very original, the music is amazing and it is not your typical anime moe, but the story of the series was left unfinished as they did not continue adapting the manga .
Following with their problems the characters are only defined by a single characteristic, they are fun but too simple
conclusión: Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a simple series that does not intend to go more than that 6/10 and 7/10 manga
Yes, a very short review but that does not take away the reason


español:es un ... anime que pudo ser mejor de lo que terminó siendo,si,el diseño de personajes es muy original,la música es increíble y no es tu típico anime moe,pero la historia de la serie quedo inconclusa ya que no siguieron adaptando el manga.
siguiendo con sus problemas los personajes solo se definen por una sola característica ,son divertidos pero demasiado simples
conclusión: Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei es una serie simple que no pretende ir mas halla de eso 6/10 y manga 7/10
si, una reseña muy corta pero eso no me quita la razón