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Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube

Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube

Introduction

In Doumori, an imbalance of spiritual forces threatens to plunge the small city into complete chaos. Thankfully, for the students of Doumori Elementary School, new teacher and exorcist Meisuke "Nube" Nueno is determined to prevent the malignant spirits—known as youkai—from accomplishing their evil deeds. The first student who catches Nube's attention is transfer student Hiroshi Tateno, who displays inexplicable outbursts of anger, often lashing out at his classmates. When they find out that Hiroshi is possessed by a youkai, Nube manages to free his student thanks to the demonic power sealed in his left hand. However, a youkai hiding behind the appearance of doctor Kyousuke Tamano bursts onto the scene and quickly abducts Hiroshi. Helped by his student Kyouko Inaba and his expertise in the occult, Nube quickly uncovers Kyousuke's sinister plans. Rushing to Hiroshi's rescue, Nube will show once more that he will stop at nothing to protect his beloved students against all supernatural threats. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Audience reviews

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ImDaMisterL

The perfect anime to just sit back and relax after a long day. This is mindless fun, so don't expect complex characters or a deep plot! It's one of those "monster of the week" shows that have somewhat of a plot tying them together but are mostly just for us to enjoy the events and the characters. The main character, Nube, is very easy to like and is immediately charming. The students all grow on you as well, each having their little quirks, so you'll likely have a favorite for sure. Kyouko and Hiroshi are the classic due of protagonists, kinda reminding you of Ash and Misty in their dynamic. Good friends that want to help their exorcist teacher out. Miki is a trope I usually dislike, that being of the somewhat bratty kid, but she's helpful and has enough times where she means well that…

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Chamin99

(Spanish review on my list) Many years ago, when watching anime on YouTube was possible, I watched this anime with my brother, and I remember quite enjoying the ghost stories and the adventures of Professor Nube, a kind, financially strapped guy with no luck in love. Today, nearly 15 years later, with more than 800 animes watched, they're now ghost stories that have been seen multiple times, with cliché characters and episodic situations from an anime adapted to fit our times. The anime isn't bad, but it's not particularly special either. It's a time-wasting series that tries to teach you values ​​with each episode and make you a better person, but with a much younger target audience (shonen). For you, a 30-year-old otaku who's been watching anime your whole life, it won't carry any wei…

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Chuy_diazz

This is a modernized shell of that '90s classic. I didn't watch the original series, but there's no denying it's a classic, even today. Thinking it would be treated like a classic and that they'd do a good job, I decided to give it a chance. In the end, they just gave me a reimagining of the story, with no defined plot and flat, charisma-free characters. You could have titled this "My Poor Teacher vs. the Neighborhood Demons," and I would have enjoyed it more. The first two episodes are an introduction to Nube's world. It shows you Nube in his dual roles as teacher and exorcist, his relationship with the students, the main "villain," and what fights are like in this world. What happens in those two episodes is completely thrown out the window in the other 11 episodes and they start tellin…

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KANLen09

Hell Teacher Nube — A classic series coming back with more of a reboot treatment than any semblance that belongs to the realm of readaptation. For the uninitiated, it'd be best to say that with the current climate of the AniManga industry, where we're all entertained by shows from just about anywhere, mostly featuring the usual Isekai/fantasy slop that we've been so blindsided to since the COVID years, to the minority that looks interesting from a general angle but ultimately belongs to the pack of shows that just end up not holding their weight altogether. Now, don't go for a moment to think that this "quantity over quality" rhetoric only exists now, because just about every decade in anime has series that belong to the mediocre-to-average quality, and the past is not spared either. Thi…

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