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Feb 12, 2012 5:38 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Everyone in alternative setting, Zetsubou sensei as the detective to solve the killing incident in the mansion that the most of students are as maids. Optimistic girl is leading Zetsubou sensei as usual. Follower girl is being the assistant. And everyone supporting their alibi... lol~ the killer is the person who is dead (suicidal).

Musical with changing a bit to make peaceful world, and turns out to be fear world.

Another one that is unrelated to Zetsubou sensei... that was random (not sure if I should include this in the comment because this page does not include this part).
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Mar 3, 2012 11:27 AM
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Subs are finally out, downloadan.
Mar 3, 2012 12:39 PM
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The end with "The Rice Guy" was just epic.
Mar 3, 2012 12:50 PM
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Ahahahaha Iza x Shizu.

Season four will never happen. ;_;
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Mar 3, 2012 1:53 PM
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Okay, this was totally awesome :)

I liked how they put some true effort to make it look really good.
Mar 3, 2012 2:19 PM
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"A reverse closed-room murder!?" I just about died after that one...

The rice-man ending was pretty hilarious too.
Glad to see good ol' Mr. Despair back in action.
Mar 3, 2012 3:02 PM
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lol, Usui (balding student) transparent in the background constantly during the maid part (see 13:49 as an example)
Mar 3, 2012 3:34 PM
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kirby_422 said:
lol, Usui (balding student) transparent in the background constantly during the maid part (see 13:49 as an example)


Good eyes you got there. I didn't even notice anything until you pointed it out and even then I had to look hard for him.

Anyways, nice special. I loled at tha victim interupting Nozomu's confession.
Oh, and the Maid-outfits killed me, ofc (I'm a sucker for moe-maids) I also liked Chiri's dress during the song part.

Btw, lol at the Lucky Star reference in the end.
Only, during that part, the "There seems to be one more person watching this anime, but we can't figure out who it is" made me think of "Another"...
One thing I never get sick of are those R³ (Random Ricocheting References) to other animes.

Only downside for this special: could have used more Manami... and maybe a dash of Rin, too
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Mar 3, 2012 3:40 PM
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Season four will never happen. ;_;


asdfghjkl I know and it breaks my heart ;_____; damn this OVA was good. I miss the show so much.
You all can keep your Madoka and Monogatari series, SZS will always be SHAFT's masterpiece.
Mar 3, 2012 4:13 PM

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Damn, i got reminded how much i enjoyed Zetsubou Sensei. I want fourth season ;_;.

8/10
Mar 3, 2012 10:56 PM

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Watching some Zetsubou Sensei again feels so good.
Mar 4, 2012 2:15 AM
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Good ep. Was great seeing the characters again after so long :)
Mar 4, 2012 5:17 AM

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great episode of Zetsubou Sensei piss this anime hopefully shaft make another season hopefully...
Mar 4, 2012 6:06 AM

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I loved it ^^ Yeah, this series is missed xP
Shizu x Iza xDDD
And the Rice Guy was hillarious xDDD
Btw, how do you guys know there won't be a fourth season?
Mar 4, 2012 7:22 AM

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Awesome episode, made me want moar. Thank god i still have Goku and Zan to watch.
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Mar 4, 2012 11:17 AM
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Confessing has never been so fulfilling and alleviative!
Mar 4, 2012 11:25 AM

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Wow, watching this has really made me miss its brilliance.
Very entertaining and quirky at the same time; I love it.
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Mar 4, 2012 1:07 PM

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Whooo Go Shaft =D, absolutely loved it XD
T.T boy i miss watching Zetsubou Sensei
Mar 4, 2012 2:53 PM

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Well, compared to the anime it was boring.
Also the Subs sucked in the second part so all I got was that I didn't get the real jokes...It was OK but I would by far prefer a good fourth season to this...
Mar 4, 2012 8:40 PM

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Frediloc said:
"A reverse closed-room murder!?" I just about died after that one...


Me too, that was hilarious.
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Mar 5, 2012 12:38 AM

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Ahhhh SZS, I missed you so. I wish there was another season. ;u;

Dad gave me odd looks while I was watching this. xD
Mar 5, 2012 1:26 AM

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Kiri had the best song.
Mar 5, 2012 1:59 AM

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enjoyable episode. really nostalgic for me!

why there no "normal" joke?! :[
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Mar 9, 2012 3:18 PM
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Man, this reminds me to watch the 3rd season, I really missed the show.
Mar 24, 2012 6:53 AM

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NavyCherub said:
Frediloc said:
"A reverse closed-room murder!?" I just about died after that one...


Me too, that was hilarious.


Count me in too. And the best thing about that joke? It's INGENIOUS! The murderer committing the crime without moving from their room! It could be a great basis for a real serious criminal novel!

All in all the special is great. Especially the first half. Loved the dying message.
Jan 11, 2013 6:15 AM

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A reverse closed-room murder! :lol:

please, another season
Jan 16, 2013 10:18 PM

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Should I watch the other seasons before this? I just finished season 1 and watched the first couple minutes of the special, but it seemed that there were some characters that were not yet introduced in season 1 that were in the special.

So is it better to watch this after all of the other season or does it not matter?

EDIT: Waited until I finished the other seasons, and it was probably the right choice.

This special has two characters that do not appear until Zoku or Zan and the OP is the same as Zan.

So if you want to watch things in order do this last, but if you want to watch it anyway you are not losing out on anything really.
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Mar 14, 2013 1:34 PM

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Great detective part and rather weird musical :p
But good to have all the character in it and was quite funny to see!
May 23, 2015 4:45 PM

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Much like the show itself, this OVA was pretty funny, but nothing exceptional otherwise.

7/10 -> 3.5/5, rounded up to 4/5 for the poll.
May 13, 2016 10:52 AM

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It's Shizaya versus Izuo everywhere I go. I can't believe this lol

Loved Chiri's song.
Jul 21, 2016 8:20 AM

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It's Shizaya versus Izuo everywhere I go. I can't believe this lol

Loved Chiri's song.

Hi, I quote you because you're the last comment...
Where did you watch this special? Thank you. D:
Jul 21, 2016 9:40 AM

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Rikki said:

Hi, I quote you because you're the last comment...
Where did you watch this special? Thank you. D:

I downloaded the raw from nyaa to watch it. Sorry if that doesn't help ;~;
Jul 21, 2016 10:42 AM

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Fresh_Mint said:
Rikki said:

Hi, I quote you because you're the last comment...
Where did you watch this special? Thank you. D:

I downloaded the raw from nyaa to watch it. Sorry if that doesn't help ;~;

Haha, np, thanks. :D
Feb 5, 2018 5:37 PM

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sometimes life gets in the way and well, I spent a couple of years watching zetsubou. and now finishing breaks my heart T-T.
also seeing how the manga finished omg!

great episode, great animation.
Aug 8, 2018 4:53 AM

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Mr. Rice Guy was pretty awesome lol.
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Apr 24, 2019 10:01 AM

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Now that I finished the series... I'M IN DESPAIR the knowledge that I won't ever find a series like SZS has left me in despair!


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It started off well then went a little off the rails in the middle but it ended with a bang..


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Dec 25, 2020 6:07 PM

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The musical was ok, but I love that we get to see Detective Nozumu yet again, reverse closed room mystery is such a good gag
Feb 27, 2021 3:52 AM

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that durarara reference though
Aug 2, 2021 7:27 AM

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This literally is "Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei" (Farewell, Despair Teacher) since it's the last piece of SZS material adapted by Studio Shaft... and it's been nearly a decade since this came out so I'm not holding out for a resurrection anytime soon... I understand why they had to cancel it tho. You could see them complain about low number of DVD/BD sales to warrant a sequel and the novelty of this series was slowly wearing off. So they had to can it before it was dead for good. Still they should've at least adapted the manga ending at some point.

I'm in despair! The lack of proper anime adaptation of the manga ending has left me in despair!

I might pick up the manga or something, sadly I don't really read. Heard some pretty wild stuff about the manga ending. So I might just check out the last 25 chapters.

I almost forgot to talk about the actual content of the episode. Welp it felt like a "special" alright. But for the last episode it wasn't anything "special". Didn't expect another detective story, apparently this one was Shaft anime original. The musical bit was cute tho.

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