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[bookelfe]

"So Becca, what did you do this weekend?"
"I read all fifteen volumes of Gokusen!"
"What else did you do this weekend?"
". . . reread some of my favorite bits of the fifteen volumes of Gokusen?"

There is a reason that I try to limit the amount of manga I read online. The reason is this: once I start, if it's good, I CAN'T STOP. And then all of a

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[bookelfe]

Haha, the reason I ended up reading the manga is because when I did my Great Poll of Tell Me What to Watch Justice, three or four people popped up and were like "READ THE MANGA READ THE MANGA." As this post may indicate I think their advice was good advice, but the jdrama is still totally on my list! Because I NEED MORE.

(I feel SO SHAMED to actually be shipping the student/teacher thing. It's okay because nothing actually happens until after graduation? *weak*)

[gramarye1971]

The Jdrama is hilarious. ^_^ I can't remember who subbed the episodes I watched, but the subs did a very good job of showing the shifts in Yankumi's speech patterns whenever she slips into yakuza-speak -- calling police the 'fuzz', for instance, or using other slang that a polite-and-perky young teacher would never think to use.

[bookelfe]

Hahaha, that is one of my favorite things in the manga. And the way that all the students are so confused whenever she uses gangster slang. "What does that even mean?"

[darkeyedwolf]

FUCK YEAH GOKUSEN. I will never forget the scene where Yankumi CLIMBS A BALCONY to rescue Shin and eventually hauls herself over the railing all sweaty and dirty and triumphant like Shin's her tower princess.

[bookelfe]

HAHAHA YES. I almost included that in this picspam and then decided it was long enough and I could let people discover that glorious moment on their own. BUT OH MAN. *____*

I am also really fond of the scene where she knocks him out and lays him out by the side of the street. FOR HIS OWN SAFETY.

[darkeyedwolf]

AND THE WAY EVERYONE SHIPS THEM. HIS CLASSMATES. HER FAMILY.

[bookelfe]

I KNOW. Oh my god, KYOU. "Wear this loincloth, it'll make you look hot for Yankumi!" The RIVAL LOVE INTEREST ships it! I AM PRETTY SURE EVEN THE PRINCIPAL SHIPS IT.

[darthrami]

I can't really do comics or manga (my brain just doesn't work that way), but if I did, While her family has not yet given up hope that someday she will take over the gang, they are also very supportive of her dream to become a high school teacher! would be enough to get me to read this one. XD

[bookelfe]

Well, as Feather pointed out above, there is also a live-action TV version available! Which I have not seen yet but also appears to be hilariously excellent. :D

[futuresoon]

...*_*

Well, fuck me, it's not like I have any real homework to do.

[bookelfe]

YOU WILL LOVE IT. *_____* And then you can write me the Baccano! crossover.

[futuresoon]

Despite the fact that Isaac and Miria need to be crossed over with everything ever, I MAKE NO PROMISES, WOMAN.

[bookelfe]

That's okay, I just have to wait for the right drabble request meme I MEAN UM. *whistles!*

[izilen]

Hahahahaha. Yeaaaah. That is what happened to my weekend when I read this. I love your commentary and agree 100% with it and the funny picspam! <3

Re: everybody shipping it: EVEN THE DOG SHIPS IT!

[darkeyedwolf]

Butting in, but that is seriously the best icon ever.

[izilen]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. n/////n You can have it for your own use if you so like (I made it, you don't need to credit)

[darkeyedwolf]

EEEEEE! Awesome! Ty so much. *______*