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Sep 5, 2009 6:36 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Which one's first, despair or hope (for ex.)?

Job and studying?

Wow, when hikikomori's out, the school building's crashed?

New ED w. Zetsubou Sensei SINGING!!
tsubasaloverSep 12, 2009 11:51 PM
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Sep 6, 2009 6:11 AM
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tsubasalover said:
Wow, when hikikomori's out, the school building's crashed?

Then it points out that she's actually a zakiwarashi, not hikikomori.
Full of pervert things in this epi. That hentai man surprisingly can go so far. And i love how the girls pushed aside each other. They're all scary...

Chiri + megane + that formal outfit = win.
Sep 19, 2009 6:50 PM
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Loved thie first 2 concepts, I think I should have enjoyed the issue concerning distance though. Gotta love that Prince of Tennis on the big screen and Death Star though.

Miss Kitsu though... mmmmmmm.
Ikkyu and Jun are such cheaters though, Jun having his second round at drawing and Ikkyu just... yeah...

lol@SHAFT complaints
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Sep 19, 2009 7:56 PM
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"Do I not get any because I'm a nerd, or did I become a nerd because I wasn't getting any?" LOL FOREVER.

This episode was hilarious. Loved the random "putting rocks in shoes" sabotage idea. The new ending is nice too.
Sep 19, 2009 9:02 PM
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Oh god, I got so much to say about this ep, yet not the correct words to say them with.

Well once again I loved all the ideas in this ep. The "which came first" part was brilliant, as once again SZS does what it does best and takes ideas that we thought were a given and flips them around on its head. You WOULD think that the anime would come before the anime nerd, but its actually the other way around.

And dammit, I wanna see Konichiwa Kibou Sensei so badly!

Ah Kitsu Sensei...get outta my anime and into my car.

And about the operatives invading to destroy Japan part enlightened me. Since I work in retail, I get a lot of those kinds of people, and up until now I just thought they were ordinary trouble people. But thanks to SZS I now know that they're operatives sent from X country to destroy American business. The fiends.

Oh my god new ending is epic! Mostly because its Zetsubou Sensei himself singing it. I had no idea that he could have such a nice singing voice, it was pretty shocking.

And wow, best Zetsubou Sensei drawing song by a long shot. Sugita Tomokazu is a god among men for sure.

Sep 19, 2009 9:16 PM
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Did you read the list during the "Range" segment? Oh! Shaft making fun of themselves.
Sep 20, 2009 12:52 AM
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YuaLaurant said:
That hentai man


That's Maeda, Kumeta's assistant. Also known as Maedax G during season 2 and Maedax R this season. The G stands for "Great", I don't know what the R is supposed to mean though.[/Trivia]

Anyway, the egg was first. I don't know when the first chicken appeared but even dinosaurs laid eggs and creatures before them probably did too so it's a fact the egg was first. I'd like to hear Zetsubou-sensei counter-argument that. :p

Ikkyu's drawing was awesome. I always love when he appears with a very slowly opening door, his drawings tend to do the same. ^^
Sep 20, 2009 1:31 AM
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I liked how the girls would push each other out of line at the store during the first segment. They've been awfully violent amongst themselves this season.

Kiri destroying the school was pretty epic too.

As for the new ED, it's not bad by any means, but I really liked Zetsubou Restaurant, which is tied with Koiji Romanesque (Zoku's 1st) for my favorite Zetsubou-Sensei ED.
Ha-cha!
Sep 20, 2009 4:27 AM
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Kitsu~sensei! <3

(They referenced D. Gray-man's mangaka's Death Note plagiarism... lol.)
Sep 20, 2009 7:34 AM

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One of the better episodes. The new ED is amazing!
Sep 20, 2009 9:48 AM

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Genious episode, this really was SZS at it's best. I request more of Kits-sensei from now on. :3
Sep 20, 2009 10:51 AM
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AKAGI!!!

Love this stuff, love the new ending.
Sep 20, 2009 10:56 AM

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dam loved this >_< bout time the subs came out too lolz .

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Genious episode, this really was SZS at it's best.

ya it was pretty good
the 3 topics were very entertaining
what/who came first..
spies...
and the range thing again XD
all good topics that kept me entertained
Sep 20, 2009 12:43 PM

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Loved Sugita Tomokazu's rendition of Zetsubou Sensei and the Drawing Song.
Sep 20, 2009 2:27 PM

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This was a moderately funny episode, but once again, Chiri and the drawing song save the day.
Sep 20, 2009 8:07 PM
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This show should not be on TV. XD

It's waaaaaaaaaay too awesome.
Sep 21, 2009 6:04 AM

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Loved it as usual.

Sep 21, 2009 9:28 AM

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I loved the first section questioning which came first XD
On the second section, did anyone else notice that when they were standing in line Kitsu just pushed Matoi down and out of the picture and how everytime someone new came they would push the last person out? XD I love sensei's conspiracy theories!

Ikkyu singing the drawing song was hilarious!!



Sep 21, 2009 11:22 AM

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It was great from the beggining to the very end. I reallly, REALLY enjoyed it. It didn't make me cry from laughter like the first season, but all the topics were interesting and funny. I love the "range" philosophy, it's a nice observation (and in this ep it made more sense for me).
Sep 21, 2009 6:35 PM

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And again a really great episode^^
A lots of Kitsu-screen time (Miss Kitsu :-) ) and many references like usually!
Good thing they made the flashback to the rang theme shorter this time^^ So they really react to viewer's criticism! Great!^^
Hm...The new ending...it's good, but I liked the previous one more :-)
Sep 25, 2009 1:17 AM

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xD. Stop picking on Hata (Creator of Hayate the Combat Butler), you SHAFT have no right to do this! LOL!

xDDD

Sep 27, 2009 4:39 PM

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fff, excellent, especially the first part xD
Sep 29, 2009 7:02 PM

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First part was just so goddamn hilarious. And more conspiracies? Hooray! I'll never go shopping again, knowing that they're all spies from a certain country.


New ED is AMAZING. Sensei has such a wonderful voice.
Oct 12, 2009 9:08 PM

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rawrs ... wat a joke x_x


Oct 22, 2009 1:59 PM

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"How far down can we strip Maeda"
May 28, 2010 11:18 AM

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Loled at the ten thousand bill thing. I especially liked the what came first segment. The range thing was pretty good.

Credit to WingZero619 from Animesuki!!
Jul 21, 2010 9:52 PM

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Loved the whole ep especially the operatives and Kitsu Sensei.

Was looking forward to seeing the second ED song in the show too, so that was a plus.
Nov 13, 2010 2:09 PM

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Complaint: "In the c part of episode 4 there was a scene you could have expanded on..." Response: "There are plenty of anime like evangelion 2.0 that are getting rave reviews, you should watch those!" LOL!!! Oh god, I love the type of humor this show has so much, this was definitely the best episode since... well, only a few episodes ago because this anime's awesome!
“Money can't buy dere”
Aug 16, 2011 2:57 PM

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"Which came first...?" that was great lol
lol at Tomokazu Sugita's drawing at the end.
Oct 17, 2011 10:41 PM

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Can't stop laughing when watching this episode =)
I missed the old ED but this one is good too~
Nov 16, 2011 5:29 AM

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This one had a lot of references, and lol at the constant Death Note and Eva gags xD

Anyway, the first part "Which came first" was really funny, especially how it was explained in the "flashbacks"

ZSZS did get better mid-way through.
Mar 28, 2013 3:50 PM

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Nice new ED! Nice episode as well but there have been better!
May 26, 2015 2:05 AM

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No one compliment the greatness of OP song??

How poor at many complaints from fans to SHAFT. Actually, there was no Season 4 so the DVD sales was not good to begin with. I feel pity towards SHAFT :(
Aug 30, 2015 5:33 PM

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Dat double checking, so familiar, lol. Awesome EP; best one so far IMHO.
Mar 16, 2017 9:28 PM

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Wittgenstein the absolute madman
Dec 23, 2020 9:14 PM

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Those damn spies always trying to overthrow the economy smh!

Wtf Sugita you're cheating with the drawing segment lmao
Jul 16, 2021 8:15 PM

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Decent episode, we got another nice ED.
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Jul 27, 2021 4:11 AM

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I think from the last episode the animation style is a bit different. It looked a lot better at the start of the series, what's up with that.

First two segments were lame tbh but I enjoyed them regardless. I feel like at this point I get disappointed when I DON'T see topics I don't fully understand which is weird.

The ED is lit.

That last segment hurt tho. "There won't be a S4, will there?" I'm from the future and can confirm there is no Season 4 T_T
Jun 10, 8:35 AM
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Lmao the the egg or the chicken but for absolutely everything, that was really fun.
Some people truly believe there are agents everywhere to sabotage everything lol.
And now it's mental golf distance
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Well, this is the peak episode.
It was very good. Probably the best episode of the third season.

The first part with the primal scenes is pretty stupid, but for some reason very funny. I liked the moment when after stupid jokes Kafka asks what came first, hope or despair (kibou or zetsubou) and Sensei suddenly answers "without knowing hope, you cannot know despair". THIS IS EXACTLY why i like SZS - for deep and interesting thoughts in the middle of stupid jokes. Great, just great. If only all this anime was like this.

In the second part they raised the topic of japanese-chinese relations and although i am not Japanese, i generally understood the essence of the jokes. Its worth praising this anime for the courage to raise such topics, after all, the japanese usually do not like to make a fuss.
"rockets created by your own schemes are aimed at you" - strong moment, really.

The third part of the episode is simple and fun, and damn, i love these characters.

There's also a new ending, nice music and visuals.

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