description The Gokusen Overview
Kumiko Yamaguchi is smart, enthusiastic, and ready to start her dream job as a math teacher at Shirokin Academy. But as her first day opens on atrocious students and cowering teachers, Kumiko realizes that the all-boys high school is a cesspool of delinquents with no intention of improving themselves. However, what her rowdy students don't know is that behind her dorky facade, Kumiko is the acting head of a powerful yakuza clan, and she has the skills to prove it! Capable of overpowering even the strongest of gangsters in seconds, Kumiko must keep her incredible strength and criminal influence a secret in order to keep her job.
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The Gokusen ranks #1531 of 4125 in the Anime ranking, behind Violet Evergarden: Recollections, ahead of Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii.
info The Gokusen Specifications
| Year | 2004 |
help The Gokusen FAQ
Why is Kumiko Yamaguchi called Yankumi in The Gokusen?
Her delinquent students turn Yamaguchi Kumiko's name into the nickname Yankumi. They initially see her as an inexperienced math teacher, unaware that she is the heir to the Oedo yakuza family.
How does Yankumi keep her yakuza identity secret at Shirokin Academy?
She adopts glasses, restrained clothes, and a mild classroom persona while trying to avoid exposing her family background. When students are endangered, her fighting ability and yakuza sense of loyalty repeatedly undermine the disguise.
How many episodes are in The Gokusen anime?
Madhouse produced a 13-episode television anime that aired on Nippon TV in 2004. It adapts Kozueko Morimoto's manga but is much shorter than the franchise's live-action television history.
Is the anime connected to the live-action Gokusen series?
Both adapt the same manga premise, but the anime and live-action drama are separate continuities with different casts. The live-action version began in 2002 with Yukie Nakama as Yankumi and eventually led to Gokusen: The Movie in 2009.
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