Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it’s a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?
>Ayers Rock This is a reference to the movie Sekai no Chuushin de Ai wo Sakebu. In the story, the lead characte goes to Ayers Rock and sprinkles his lover’s ashes there. Ayers Rock is known to some as the center of the planet. “Chuushin” means “center.”
>Tatami mat This is an old Buddhist proverb about living modestly. The idea is that a monk only needs half a mat to pray on while awake, and while asleep he needs a full mat on which to lie.
And this is also the stuff I was really hoping to to see in these daily threads; God bless Kafuka, Steins;Gates and detective movies really made me laugh.
