He is a stereotypical smart kid playing the role of miscreant with a good heart. The leader of the misfit group is called Sawada Shin. These pupils are reminiscent of the “sweat-hogs” from the American TV series Welcome Back Kotter. The other major sources of conflict within the plot are the various students in Yankumi- chan’s class. A good bit of the conflict involves protecting Yankumi’s secret from the administrators of the school. Need less to say, if the Japanese education authorities found out that a Yakuza princess was teaching in public school, Yankumi-chan’s career would come to an abrupt end. The young lady, Yamaguchi Kumiko, or Yankumi as she is known to her students, is also, unbeknownst to the public at large, the granddaughter and heir-apparent to the Oedo clan of Yakuza. The story centers around a young first year teacher who is assigned to a misfit class of miscreants and malcontents. Not only is the anime entertaining but the live-action TV series ran on Japanese television from 2002, on and off, until 2008, and a live-action movie did fairly well at the Japanese box office in 2009. Gokusen, an anime based on the manga by Kozueko Morimoto, is a very pleasant exception to the rule. ![]() Sadly most education related programs are not exactly flattering. As a teacher I find myself interested in basically any form of media that portrays my line of work.
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