Teachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu, is not that teacher. Nozomu’s probably the most depressive man in Japan—so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu’s class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to “the Power of Negative Thinking?” A wickedly twisted comedy by Koji Kumeta!
Meet the most melancholy high school teacher in Japan: Nozomu Itoshiki, whose fashion sense is strictly nineteenthcentury, whose personal goal is selfannihilation, and whose signature phrase is "I'm in despair!" He's similar to Franz Kafka and JeanPaul Sartreif Kafka and Sartre had had to deal with a classroom of shortskirted, lovesick students. And to make matters worse, Itoshiki's family wants him to get married. Forget the bride, here comes the gloom! The first translated work by Japan's most savage satirist, Koji Kumeta! Includes special extras after the story!