#maizuka mamekichi

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

some yohaji memes

[madmarchhare]

Never got his full name before. I like him.

[himshoo]

sometimes art is realising youre gonna have to cover the bg

speedpaint below

[nin-deer]

the duality of yohaji be like:

[animemakeblog]

“Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita!” The Manga For Gets TV Anime in 2024

The official website for Mai Tanaka's Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita! (A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!) television anime adaptation went live. To mark the occasion, Tanaka also unveiled a drawing (seen above). The 2024 release date of the anime is set.

[certified-boyliker]

Despite what my sister may think, I don't enjoy being a liar, so,

Here is the greatest manga that you've never heard of:

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School (JP: Youkkai Gakkou No Sensei Hajimemashita)

So, I'm not one to make too many essays or go on and ramble about something online, however, this series is just not popular enough in my opinion.

(everything will be under the cut, don't wanna bother people! and warning, this is long.)

So, what is A Terrifed Teacher At Ghoul School?

Terrified Teach (what I shall be calling it) is a supernatural, slice of life, and comedy manga created by Mai Tanaka. The story revolves around a young man named Haruaki Abe who is a cowardly man obsessed with sailor uniforms (worry not! he really just likes the uniforms and admiring them).

He has dreams of being a teacher, however, at his first teaching job, he ran out withing a short amount of time. He took a year off from finding anymore jobs, until he's approached by the principal of a high school and is asked to be the new Japanese Literature Teacher. He accepts, and is soon whisked away to Hyakki Academy.

Something he doesn't realize is that Hyakki Academy is not a school for humans, rather it is a school for youkai, and features a wide range of youkai that attend and teach at the school. And while he starts working at the school, he also learned that he has anti-youkai powers that can siphon out a youkai's spirit energy.

He spends his time at Hyakki Academy trying to become more confident and hone his anti-youkai powers. He also manages to befriend many of his students and some of the teachers at the school.

I managed to make that description without any spoilers, everything I just explained (minus the befriending) is gone over in the first chapter.

Why are you advertising this manga?

I love this manga! And, there are three main reasons I love it:

The Characters and Relationships

The Arcs and Storylines

The Way Mai Tanaka Writes the Story

And so let's get into these reasons

The Characters and Relationships!

So, we start with probably the biggest factor to comedy and slice of life series, the characters and how they interact with each other.

When it comes to Haruaki, it took a while for anyone to become friendly with him or fond of him. The only people who seemingly got close with him quickly were Maizuka Mamekichi and Koutarou Hijita (though, Hijita was a dick to him at first).

Aside from Haruaki, our major characters include:

Sano Mikoto: A rather sadistic and secretive young man. He dislikes showing affection and tends to be embarrassed when complimenting Haruaki

Mamekichi Maizuka: A cheeky young ma who likes to be carried. He tries to seem very cute and innocent, however, he has a clear dark side, likely due to how his family is.

Hijita Koutarou: He is a lazy person, and dislikes doing any home/classwork. He always tries to find ways to look at girls, however is usually stopped.

Zashiki Beniko: A shut-in who has a way with technology. She likes playing video games and didn't go into class for a long period of time due to playing video games.

Tamao Akisame: A young man who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. However, with Haruaki's help, he tries to get better at his exams and his understanding of Japanese and literature.

Nyuudou Rensuke: A smart young man, also hides his past and family situation. He tends to be very kind and a bit of a mentor to his classmates, however, he can get angry and violent easily.

Utagawa Kuniko: A kind and sweet young woman. She is also smart, and works with Nyuudou to lead the class. She tries to aid typically the girls in the class in various things

Miki Rintarou: The youkai-studies teacher, and a terrible drunkard. He also hides his family situation and tends to keep himself far from other people.

Hatanaka Izuna: The spookology teacher and discipline teacher. He tries to keep a cool head, however, has a shorter and more explosive fuse than Nyuudou, due to him being a former delinquent.

The Prinicpal: The principal of the school, with a very secretive past. Most of the teachers are unsure why he decided to hire Haruaki in the first place, and has a dislike of some of his staff for destroying his school... various times.

And the list goes on with characters who aren't major throughout the series, but are important in certain arcs and parts.

When it comes to friendships, they tend to be between characters who have known each other for a while or have some sort of connection.

The friendships that the series starts with and develops are:

Sano - Mame: Sano is a person who adores small animals, and especially seems to like tanukis. Sano likes carrying around Mame and hates it whenever someone injures or insults him, being quick to anger.

Hijita - Beniko: Hijita and Beniko are childhood friends, and Hijita is the person who got Beniko into video games and he blames himself for her becoming a shut in.

Sano - Mame - Beniko - Hijita: They often hang out together on this off days. They also scheme together, though Sano tries to leave himself out of it and tries to pull Mame out of it too

Nyuudou - Tamao: They're best friends. Tamao initially wants to be Nyuudou's cat when they grow up, though, he knows Nyuudou would find this stupid.

Nyuudou - Utagawa: They're both the class representatives and have great chemistry when it comes to them working together.

Hatanaka - Haruaki - Miki: Hatanaka and Miki were friends in high school and they are also the only teachers who aren't afraid of Haruaki and his anti-youkai powers.

Tanaka does an incredible job at showing the relationships between the characters and developing the relationships, especially when it comes to Haruaki and his students, like Sano and Nyuudou. And the way she crafts the characters to fit so perfectly in the series and to make their actions and goals seem so believable and to make the reader wonder about what one character said in an early chapter and make a full arc/set of chapters surrounding it.

2. The Arcs and Storylines

I have had a debate about my sister as to what constitutes as an "arc" compared to "a set of chapters focused on something", so I shall be using my definition as an arc.

To say the exact amount of how many arcs there are would be impossible, but there are a few major ones, so, I'll say there about 5-7 arcs in this series, though, most are just in between/before the very major, plot heavy arcs.

And, like I said in the previous part, many arcs are callbacks to something a character had said in a previous chapter. Not only that, but these arcs and chapters and the characters that are important to the arcs change after them and it's noticeable and realistic.

Also, do not be fooled by the first few chapters of this series, as lighthearted and funny and sweet as they can be, this series will rip your heart out when it comes to some of the major arcs, especially later in the series.

She also makes the arcs make sense and sometimes when referencing back to some of the chapters, she even puts little notes as to which chapter she references to.

3. The Way Mai Tanaka Writes the Story

This was clear and obvious in the last part, but I adore the way Mai Tanaka writes the characters and the story.

When it comes to seeing character change like with Sano or Haruaki, when you re-read the series and see how they acted at the beginning compared to how they act in more recent chapters, there's a clear and obvious development in the way they act to their friends and how they think things through when it comes to different situation.

The way that she foreshadows future arcs is beautiful and it makes the reader think "Oh! I wonder what this means and what will happen here!" especially when you catch on to her foreshadowing and makes you wonder and wonder "What will happen here?!" and "Where will she go with this?!"

As a former BNHA fan and as someone who did this himself, I dislike it when things seem to made up on the fly. Of course, not everything in a series will be meticulously planned out for more authors and artists, that's a hard thing to do. It's not easy planning like 20-30 chapters in the future when you make a scene with some of your characters.

However, an author shouldn't just make things up on the fly for the majority of the series and draw it out longer than one might think it should. And Mai Tanaka does a good job at pacing her series, especially since it is a comedy and slice of life, which one can get away with making it a bit longer than usual than other types of genres, but even so, she made 38 chapters before hitting summer break with her characters. She has paced this story beautifully, and I am all here for it!

Now, I wrote this entire essay with my laptop at too low of health and I have not that much more to say, so I leave you all with this essay, and my suggestion:

Read A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!

[kanesthirstblog]

It had been just another day, sunlight streaming in through the classroom window as Sano only half listened to the rowdy youkai around him. Mame's comforting weight settled in his lap took most of his focus while the tanuki excitedly told him how the mandragoras almost doubled in number recently. The brief bit of worry that crossed the smaller boy's face earned him a small smile from Sano. The reassurance that he would protect Mame should the mandragoras amass an army to take over the island left his best friend sighing in relief.

Shaking his head, Sano glanced around the room. Zashiki and Hijita were engrossed in a conversation he thought was about videogames. Nyuudou looked to be on his last nerve already with Mujina laughing next to him, only Akisame helping reign in his temper for the moment. And frankly he couldn't care less about what the others were up too, their conversations either too dull or too far away for him to listen too.

Just as he was about to turn his full attention back to Mame, a voice cut through the classroom. "Hey, where's sensei?" The talking died down to a soft murmur as the students glanced around the room. Sano himself followed Mame's curious gaze to the lectern where their teacher usually stood, that annoying strand of hair on top of his head bobbing with every move he'd make. But he was absent. Sano glanced towards the source of the voice, the cute girl with big doe eyes and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail tied with a bow. Utagawa, the resident gashadokuro, kept glancing between the lectern and the clock with worried eyes.

Following her gaze he looked at the clock. It had been thirty minutes already since the first bell rang and their homeroom teacher had yet to show. Though it was...odd...for the man to be so late, he didn't think much of it. Everyone had off days. For all he knew there had been a tv special on sailor uniforms in the morning and their idiot teacher had been too distracted to remember he had a job. Still, something gnawed at the back of his mind and weighed heavy in his gut. The feeling that something was wrong.

It made him shudder, the tremor unnoticed by all but Mame who was still seated in his lap. The tanuki had gotten strangely quiet as he watched the door expectantly. Whether it was to reassure himself or Mame, Sano didn't know, but still spoke up. "I'm sure he's fine. At worst the idiot chased a sailor uniform and ended up lost."

"Oh yeah! That's true." Akisame piped up, his ears shooting straight up and twin tails swishing. The unease on his face seemed to disappear to an extent, but he still seemed a bit unsure. It wasn't that long ago that they barely managed to save the man from dying in a fire. If he got into another incident like that...

"I can check the faculty lounge." Nyuudou offered as he stood from his seat with a sigh. He froze in place just as he took a step forward, head snapping to the open classroom door.

It wasn't their teacher who walked in though. The silver hair covering his right eye and single horn on his head could only belong to Miki-sensei from the class next door. He seemed put off for a moment with the class's collective attention pinned on him, but the fault in his steps was quickly covered as he approached the lectern himself. Now, Sano knew he would give them an explaination. He really did. But he couldn't stop himself from blurting out, "What did that idiot do now?" Mame peered up at him, knowing well enough that it was a show of concern. He avoided the tiny tanuki's gaze though and stared down the oni who came in their teacher's place.

"Ah, don't worry about that! He didn't get into any trouble. He's just feeling a bit under the weather today and opted not to come in." Miki-sensei waved a hand dismissively as he spoke, but the tension in the man's shoulders showed his worry for his the other. This went unnoticed by a lot of the class, their shoulders sagging as they slipped back into a more relaxed atmosphere knowing their teacher was not in immediate danger.

"I understand why Seimei-kun isn't here, but what about Ebisu-sensei?" Mame asked, standing in Sano's lap and waving his hand around in the air. For a brief moment, Sano thought he'd caught a hint of suspicion in Mame's tone but it passed so quickly he wasn't sure it had been real.

Without missing a beat, Miki added, "Abe-sensei took the lesson plan and your worksheets home last night so once we realized that, Ebisu-sensei had to go get them from the faculty dorms. He should be here in time for class." The explaination seemed to satisfy the boy as he plopped back into Sano's lap without much complaint. There was a long silence where Miki was left standing at the lectern awkwardly as the class watched him. It finally broke when he spoke again. "Well, if you have any questions feel free to find myself or another teacher. Abe-sensei will return to class shortly so there's no need to worry yourselves."

With everything said, Miki excused himself and left. Unease twisted Sano's gut at the shadow of concern crossing the oni's face. Something really was wrong, wasn't it?

[smallestgalaxylemon]

Did one of these but for the yohaji cast

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

Haruaki: You guys are reading hamlet, right? What’s one of the recurring themes in Hamlet?

Kuniko: Oh, Oooh, Ooooooh, call on me! Betrayal

Haruaki: Very good, very good. Ok, now who can give me a good example of betrayal?

Rensuke: Oh! Um, when Hamlet sends Rosencrantz and Guildstern on a boat to die.

Haruaki: Exactly- Hamlet betrays his friends.

Hijita: Which is super fucked up because only a fucking dickhole betrays his friends

Beniko: Well, maybe he wouldn’t if his friends weren’t a bunch of selfish bitches who had already betrayed his girlfriend in the first place.

Haruaki: That’s mostly right! Rosencrantz and Guildstern were going to betray hamlet first.

Fuji: Well maybe if Hamlet’s girlfriend had known her place instead of being a whiny little bitch, everything wouldn’t be so fucked up!

Beniko: Well maybe if Rosencrantz and Guildstern didn’t tried to set up two dickholes to make love with the girl that he was in love with like two skanky little cock wranglers, they wouldn’t have got put on that fucking boat!

Fuji: That doesn’t mean that Hamlet should go attempt to blow up an entire fucking school and almost ruin fucking everything!

Mame: And maybe if people would have chilled the fuck out, Ophelia wouldn’t felt like she had to jump off of a goddamn bridge!

Haruaki: Ok, I think we moved a bit off topic, but I loved the energy, guys! Love the energy.

Rensuke: What page does the school bombing attempt happen on?

Kuniko: Don'tworry, Ren-kun. Apparently, today is not going to be a learning day.

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

{2-3 carrying something in together}

Hijita: Man this thing is heavy!

Nyuudou: I know, my arms are shaking.

Sano: What are you guys talking about, I’m only using one hand.

Mame: I’m not using any hands.

[madmarchhare]

Well have I got good news for you Mame!

[madmarchhare]

Well that's just a lie now wasn't it?

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

Haruaki, about Miki: He says I'm 'cute af', which I assume means 'and fun'

Mame: Awwww.... it doesn't.

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

Hijita, holding a toy baby: Hey, have you met my new baby boy?

Rensuke: No, what's his name?

Hijita: Oh, his name's CEO Lifestyle.

Sano: ...The fuck?

Hijita: Hey, you know what they say?

Mame: What?

Hijita: "Name your baby after the job you want, not the job you have."

Sano: No one's ever said that.

Hijita: ... Ah.

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

Hatanaka: My life is in the hands of an idiot!

Mame, pointing to himself and Tama: No no no, TWO idiots!

[incorrect-terrified-teacher]

Miki: How do four students not have 3000 yen between them?

Mame, Sano, Hijita, Beniko:

Hijita: They're- The economy is in shambles.