Onegai Teacher Volume 1

by Shizuru Hayashiya

Book Overview

ONEGAI TEACHER VOL.1 Kei Kusanagi was your typical ordinary senior in High School. However his life became more complicated the day his class got a new teacher. On the outside she looked like your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588991962
• ISBN13: 9781588991966
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: ComicsOne Corporation
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyed reading

My husband loved reading the book he wants me to see if there are part 2 editions on this story.

Onegai Teacher and then some...

I recently became hooked on to the DVD series Onegai Teacher (Please Teacher in the US) that I had to see what else there was. When I came across this book I was skeptical and like another reviewer it was slow to start. Soon after the first chapter the stories and characters took on a new life as Go Zappa explored scenarios that took place between the TV episodes which I found this to be highly amusing and insightful. The stories do tend to take on more mature overtones and then become almost explicit in the final chapter, however this is something I was hoping for in an expansion to the TV series. I would love to see a second or third diary that is as explicit as this one becomes and perhaps develop an "after graduation" story where Kei and Mizuho can and are able to share their secret with friends and be public, this story alone could be several chapters. Over all I loved the book but I must admit that I am saddened it was as short-lived. I found myself practically glued to the stories and wanting more that 200 pages quickly went by. Please! [sic] Go Zappa and Yosuke Kuroda, create further readings for us and pursue more animated features along the lines of the first 12 episodes. Episode 13 was great and a comical change from the normal series, but I felt the descent into Manga-like animation was beneath the polish of the first 12 episodes.

The full length novel...

...starts out kind of slow, with a long, flashback of much of what happened in the early parts of the anime/manga (depending on which one you have). But once beyond the recap we soon get into new territory. The chapters seem to be set between episodes of the anime (or other chapters of the manga) and help fill out the characters of the show, including the secondary ones.The last few chapters deal with adult material, so I'm not sure that it is fit for even 15 year olds. On the other hand, I knew much of this stuff by the time I was 12.The only problem I have is the book needed more proofreading. Not that there are spelling or grammar mistakes, as much as sentences in the wrong places and things like 'someo f' instead of 'some of'. A good computer or a couple of beta readers could of caught much of the typos.But if you already have the fanbook, the anime and the manga, this is a must. For 15 and up.

The start to a wonderful series!

Onegai Teacher is one of my favorite manga. It is funny, sweet, and a little naughty all at once. (not naughty in the sense of Chobits, and only in one scene. Mizuho never actually does anything to Kei, she just talks about it.) The characters are lovable and (in some cases) totally human. Parts of the book caught my interest a little more than others. Like when Mizuho and Kei are put into their...situation, and when Misuho's family comes to pay their respects. Other parts weren't as compelling, like the beginning of the book. But to each their own, and it is needed to set up the story.If you liked Chobits or Oh My Goddess or Tenchi Muyo, then you will like this manga.

Onegai Teacher

Kei Kusanagi, a high school sophomore, has a peculiar condition that caused him to shut down physiologically; it caused him to lose 3 years of his life. One evening, he saw a light land on the nearby lake and discovered an alien woman floating over the waters. The next day, Kei discovered that the alien, Mizuho Kazami, is his new teacher. Kei and Mizuho soon got married under the strangest situation - and Kei's ... uncle, Minoru, didn't help matters - but I'll stop here to not spoil things too much in the manga or the anime (coming in May).I became curious about this title when I came across it in U.S. edition of "New Type" and imported the anime from Japan. "Please, Teacher!", or "Onegai Teacher", despite its premise of an 18-year Kei marrying his older beautiful teacher is a coming-of-age story about growing up and living with pain, sorrow, joy, and love. There are some sci-fi elements here, but the story is basically a romance, which means that even though this is only the first book, the relationship between Kei and Mizuho isn't given short shrift. I would recommend your getting the series and the (12 episodes and 1 OAV) anime if you like "Oh My Goddess!".