Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei, Goodbye Teacher Despair, SZS, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, さよなら絶望先生, Default, Synonym, Japanese, English
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Itoshiki Nozomu is always in despair! Even simple things like paying for the toll on the subway can send him to a despair so deep only attempted suicide is the answer. How Strange is it then, that he should be the teacher of a High School Class filled with students with even more emotional problems than his. This great Comedy will leave you in anything but 'Despair' as you meet each of his students and watch their wacky adventures.
Last updated
Mar 17, 2026, 02:07 AM
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CourScore
70.3
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Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 8 hours ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating — Weighted audience rating 77.6
- Cross-platform popularity index — Aggregate reach of ~41,146 followers
- IP reach across services — Multi-platform footprint of ~77,305 users
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 76 | Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1,690 | Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 78,280 | Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Mar 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 100 | Mar 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 375 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 31,315 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,100 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.72 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 157,624 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 152,920 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 21,628 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.4 | Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 10.44 | Mar 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 40 | Mar 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 2 | Feb 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |