Yomawari Sensei

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Synonyms: Nightwatch Teacher

Japanese: 夜回り先生

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 9

Chapters: 45

Status: Finished

Published: Oct 25, 2004 to Dec 25, 2008

Genre: Drama

Themes: Psychological, School

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Ikki

Authors: Mizutani, Osamu (Story), Tsuchida, Seiki (Art)

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Score: 8.24¹ (scored by 3,287 users)

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Ranked: #444²

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Popularity: #1236

Members: 19,050

Favorites: 260

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Ranked #444Popularity #1236Members 19,050

MangaIkkiMizutani, Osamu (Story), Tsuchida, Seiki (Art)

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The author, a high school teacher, recounts his 12 years on "night patrol" in Yokohama City, where he comes face to face with youth dealing with issues ranging from self-mutilation to drug abuse.

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Yomawari Sensei is based on Osamu Mizutani's life.

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May 16, 2020

RobinLopez

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True stories never fail to grab my attention, especially in the manga world because there are very few. I started reading Yomawari Sensei not onlt because of this, but also because it was short and had good ratings on MAL. I finished it in about 2 hours and I'd like to share what I thought made Yomawari Sensei a masterpiece. This is my first review so it might be a little bit amateurish.

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Yomawari Sensei is an episodic manga that follows the life of our main character, Osamu Mizutani, as a teacher who helps troubled youth. Every chapter is quite simple. Mizutani finds a troubled youth, ...

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Mar 10, 2022

Mourossonero

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It has been a very long time since a story touched me as profoundly as this one. As an average young adult, I felt like the author was speaking directly to my soul; the principles and virtues put forward are what we should all be striving towards to make this world a better place.

The true story of Osamu Mizutani's life resonates with what makes us human, encourages us to keep the faith and look forward to the bright future. This manga filled me with optimism while also bringing me to tears.

Fight on my brothers and sisters, never give up!

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Jan 30, 2024

Strider_499

Mixed Feelings

DISCLAIMER: this review was written before I learned that this is a collection of true stories which largely changes how one interprets the story ofc so a large majority of this review isn't really applicable anymore but I spent enough time writing it that I don't want to just erase it from existence

I really do wish I could say that I enjoyed Yomawari Sensei more than I did but throughout a good chunk of my reading experience and time reflecting on it after I've finished it, just feels like a work with so much genuine heart that just couldn't live up to it's potential.

The ... main cause of that sense of missed potential largely comes from it's nature as a collection of short vignettes. That's not an issue in and of itself; plenty of great stories have been told in that format but when this manga tells it's stories, which contain many sensitive and nuanced topics the short-form comes back to bite it because it robs a lot of these stories of satisfying conclusions. Compounding on this is the issues with the main character Osamu Mizutani. For the most part Mizutani is a good character, his personality is well characterised, his motivations are clear and his drive is admittedly actually pretty inspiring especially when it's juxtaposed with the times we see him fail or doubt himself. That being said unfortunately he often comes across as quite one-note most of the time like he was written to just be the fix-all for whatever kid is going through hardships this time there really isn't anything you can nail down about who Mizutani is besides his relentless pursuit of cleaning up the streets and helping all the children he can, you really don't get to learn anything about who he is outside of that. There are a couple of chapters where there's a little ending portion showing you his childhood and even a full chapter dedicated to him during an earlier period in his teaching but it never really amounts to anywhere near enough to get a clear picture of who Mizutani is. Ending out the bad is just a little minor personal complaint about how the series handles it's more sensitive topics in specific cases, the manga often presents the same simple solutions to really complex issues the characters are going through, it can feel a bit mishandled at times.

Onto the good though, when the manga does afford itself some time to stick with one story instead of immediately jumping to the next you end up with some of stuff that's stuck with me more than anything else I've read recently. The simultaneously best and most disappointing part about that is, that these stories are all so well written and so emotionally powerful they really don't need much time to be so incredible especially in comparison to other manga which would usually take way more time and focus to deliver the same impact. Yomawari Sensei really only needs 3 chapters at most to give you story with significant emotion and lessons to consider. The art and atmosphere of the manga is also worth mentioning, the characters facial expressions are rendered with so much care and nuance, helping make them feel as real as possible which really aids the manga during it's many emotional highs. The environments of the night school and all the locals within Yokohama are drawn in such a way that they really stick in your mind and feel significant with all the stark black everywhere given that the manga takes place mostly during the night time.

Overall, Yomawari Sensei is still a story I would recommend to more people than not; only because the incredible high points of emotion and lessons about how precious life is and how it's important to persevere through struggles are worth sitting through the all the stories that unfortunately miss their mark and fail to deliver in that same way.

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