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Gokusen

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Gangster Teacher
Japanese: ごくせん


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 156
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 15, 1999 to Feb 15, 2007
Genres: Action Action, Comedy Comedy, Romance Romance, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Themes: Delinquents Delinquents, Organized Crime Organized Crime, School School, Workplace Workplace
Demographic: Josei Josei
Serialization: YOU
Authors: Morimoto, Kozueko (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.061 (scored by 73427,342 users)
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Ranked: #6442
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Popularity: #1079
Members: 18,314
Favorites: 452

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Synopsis

Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 3-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain her respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Ikka—one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.

(Source: ANN)

Background

Gokusen was adapted into three-season live-action TV drama by Nippon Television that aired in 2002, 2005 and 2008. A live-action movie that followed the drama's storyline was released in 2009.

Characters


Reviews

Dec 3, 2023
I actually remember watching the anime with my older sister, and then reading the manga. I never even realized it was a Josei anime tbh.

It was a cute anime with an funny plot. Gokusan is basically about a Yakuza woman becoming a teacher. She's there to help her students pass and be successful. The twist to this is that she doesn't want her students to know that she's a Yakuza, which leads to hilarious moments.

As a character, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi) is very stubborn and stuck in her ways. She has values that she will not bend with. She believes ...
Oct 30, 2024
Gokusen is a feminist riff on GTO. Daughter of a powerful yakuza gang become teacher to a (all-male) class of bad apples. The protagonist isn't pervy and there's two male romantic interests, but the formula is much the same: a random hoodlum decides to mess with our demure looking sensei or her beloved students, and she opens a can of whoop-ass to save the day. With a cast of yakuza and yakuza-tolerant characters, there's plenty of idiosyncrasies to go around for running gags.

Gokusen takes its time, meandering, so don't expect to binge thru the 150 chapters. The story and drama are light, each "lesson" ...
Nov 3, 2021
It's tough for me to describe just how much I love this manga. I have read it at least four or five times at this point, over and over again over the course of the past 6 or 7 years. I don't write this review strictly to recommend this manga, more to try and articulate why I like it. By all means, go read it, but just so you know, I'm writing this review sort of just for me (sorry?).

This manga single handedly made me watch the entire existing video canon of this IP. I have seen all three seasons of the J-drama (twice), the ...

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