Youkai Kyoushitsu
Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom
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Youkai Kyoushitsu

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Supernatural Classroom, Dissolving Series, Youkai Bijo, Youkai Apartment, Chizumi no Koi, Akuma no Kaiken, Daichi no Ko, Dissolving Beauty, Chizumi in Love, Interview with the Devil, The Return, Children of the Earth
Japanese: 溶解教室
English: Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 7
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 18, 2013 to Oct 1, 2014
Genres: Horror Horror, Supernatural Supernatural
Demographic: Josei Josei
Serialization: motto!
Authors: Itou, Junji (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.901 (scored by 1322213,222 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #103872
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #785
Members: 24,298
Favorites: 178
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Mangamotto!Itou, Junji (Story & Art)
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Chapters: /7
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Dissolving Classroom
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Synopsis

Yuuma Azawa is a transfer student with an odd habit: he cannot stop apologizing. Taking pity on him, Keiko Arisu, his new classmate, insists he should stop, but all Yuuma responds with is a string of apologies. The bizarre encounters continue when Keiko notices a strange girl following her, eerily proclaiming that she wants to suck her brains out. Running in fear, Keiko jumps in a truck's way and ends up hospitalized.

Yuuma pays Keiko a visit in the hospital and confesses that the girl she met is his younger sister, Chizumi. Befriending Chizumi, Keiko discovers Yuuma's dark past: he once summoned the devil and became obsessed, profusely apologizing as a form of a wicked offering.

Still freaked out, Keiko returns to school; however, everyone’s brains terrifyingly melt out of their skulls—and according to Chizumi, it is Yuuma's apologies that caused it. Keiko manages to escape before meeting the same fate, but miseries and misfortune that would befall those around the demonic siblings seem like just the beginning.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Included one-shots: Saikai, Daichi no Ko

Background

Youkai Kyoushitsu was published in English as Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom by Vertical Inc. on January 31, 2017.

Characters


Reviews

Aug 9, 2020
As someone who’s only read 3 works of Junji Itou I really really liked this manga.
Most people were disappointed because it’s not as good as his other works, since I’ve only read 3 of his work I have really almost nothing to compare it to.

Story 8/10:
Most of them were short but good. I wish they were a bit longer or more stories. I was sad when the manga ended.
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Jun 22, 2018
Mixed Feelings
This was okay. A bit disappointing, but it was some silly fun. Junji Ito tends to have some amazing concepts, but unfortunately this is not one of them. This is essentially a collection of connected short stories, each with a similar premise, and all of the them ending the same way - with melting. The formula got tiresome quickly, but at least it was a fast read and the ending made it all worth it. Art wasn't as creative as Junji Ito normally is. Just lots of melting, and that's it. The characters were pretty memorable though, and now whenever someone apologizes profusely to me, ...
Nov 22, 2024
Dissolving Classroom – Spoiler Free – Not Recommended

TLDR
Overall: 4/10

Disclaimer: due to the nature of this work – a collection of short stories –, my normal parameters of Story, Art, Characters and Enjoyment with a weighted average won’t be applied. Instead, a global overview will be offered.

Are there really words enough to describe the mess that Dissolving Classroom is? Dissolving Classroom is a collection of Junji Ito’s short stories with a common thread.
The story wasn’t scary. Actually, neither of the stories was; there was no gore, no anxiety, no suspense, no eerie visuals, no atmosphere. In essence, no elements that can make this story horror. It ...

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