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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei #8
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking Volume 8
RITES OF PASSAGE
November means that it’s time for the Shichigosan holiday, a rite of passage for all Japanese children. Of course, Zetsubou-sensei is quick to point out that rites of passage don’t end with childhood. There are many different rites of passage in the world. For instance, a manga assistant’s rite of passage is spilling coffee on the storyboards for the first time. And we mustn’t forget the important rite of passage that any true Zetsubou fan must undergo. What is it, you ask? Why, buying a copy of Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei volume 8, of course!
Includes special extras after the story!
November means that it’s time for the Shichigosan holiday, a rite of passage for all Japanese children. Of course, Zetsubou-sensei is quick to point out that rites of passage don’t end with childhood. There are many different rites of passage in the world. For instance, a manga assistant’s rite of passage is spilling coffee on the storyboards for the first time. And we mustn’t forget the important rite of passage that any true Zetsubou fan must undergo. What is it, you ask? Why, buying a copy of Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei volume 8, of course!
Includes special extras after the story!
176 pages, Paperback
First published April 17, 2007
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September 24, 2019
The book is an excellent read, and I'm quite certain it has contributed a great deal to helping me improve as a professional. I can't RECOMMEND it enough, especially for senior developers. I'm not sure about junior deevlopers though.
April 14, 2018
Overall Rating: 9/10
A story starting off with a homeroom teacher, Itoshiki, trying to hang himself off a sakura tree branch. Enter the most positive girl in the world, Kafuka, telling him that it is unthinkable to hang yourself as such a day and nicknames him the Pink Professor. Despaired that he couldn't hang himself, Itoshiki Sensei arrives to school and finds that the unusual student Kafuka is one of his students, but his homeroom class is filled with unique and peculiar students with completely different personalities and life styles.
The simple line work allows the readers to completely submerge themselves in the little anecdotes. Each chapter is an entity of its own, referencing modern day to day events, life styles and even literature works. The series even goes to lengths to evoke different Japanese periods even though written in a modern era. One small details in SZS that I loved was the lack of exaggeration in facial characteristics and story from the characters, except for Mr. Despair. The composure and the more human and less anime stereotype was pleasant and perfectly executed even in the artwork.
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A story starting off with a homeroom teacher, Itoshiki, trying to hang himself off a sakura tree branch. Enter the most positive girl in the world, Kafuka, telling him that it is unthinkable to hang yourself as such a day and nicknames him the Pink Professor. Despaired that he couldn't hang himself, Itoshiki Sensei arrives to school and finds that the unusual student Kafuka is one of his students, but his homeroom class is filled with unique and peculiar students with completely different personalities and life styles.
The simple line work allows the readers to completely submerge themselves in the little anecdotes. Each chapter is an entity of its own, referencing modern day to day events, life styles and even literature works. The series even goes to lengths to evoke different Japanese periods even though written in a modern era. One small details in SZS that I loved was the lack of exaggeration in facial characteristics and story from the characters, except for Mr. Despair. The composure and the more human and less anime stereotype was pleasant and perfectly executed even in the artwork.
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September 14, 2014
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