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The more discerning may have already noticed, but to tell you the truth I became a fan of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei mainly because of its clever (to the frequent point of hilarity) cynicism despite a few overdone cliches (at some point I should give proper evaluative comments on Kaere Kimera's character-- I find it more disturbing than not that the misconception over the relevancy of American legal systems thanks to Lieback v. McDonalds has even made its appearance in a Japanese anime as an authentic example[1]).
That being said, I don't actually like any particular character in the whole show, with the possible exception, of Nozomu, simply because of his sheer potential to be abused.
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That being said, I think my favored top pairing for the series may be inconceivable for most SZS fans.
It's Jinroku/Nozomu.
To be fair, Kafuka/Nozomu (yes, that order is correct) has rapidly manifested in position 2. I'm not sure I ever agreed with the description of Nozomu as super-negative and Kafuka as super-positive (as translated by a.f.k.[2]) because one normally translates that into pessimist and optimist. However studying their behavior, it isn't clear such descriptions are justifiable applied. Well, actually Nozomu is inarguably pessimistic to some degree, but I'm not sure he's a total pessimist. He seems more overly pragmatic, gullible, and cynical, and with a hefty slosh of paranoia and masochism.
Kafuka, on the other hand-- That girl was off from the beginning. She didn't come across to me as an optimist so much as someone with an supernaturally neurotic type of self-denial. That shit is scary.
Since that flash at the end of the RAW episode 8 revealing 'that' activity, I believe this supports Kafuka's sinister aspect. Well, more on that later... I should do a commentary on the episodes. SZS is clever and interesting enough to warrant it.
However, again, it's extremely depressing I somehow ended up wading into fanwork for this series (first) instead of for Oofuri and Fairy Tail which I also am a fan for-- with the significant difference that I really like, at least a few, of the characters in them.
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[1] However, if Kurata used the mention of the case knowing full well the common misunderstanding than I applaud his sense of sarcasm. I wasn't clear about the real details of the notorious case until I looked it up either, but while on the day tour from London, two somewhat obnoxious boys from New York themselves approvingly mentioned the case as an example of American overlawyering which obtuseness disappointed me.
[2] At this point in time I've fully watched ep 1-2 and skimmed to the end of season one while fully watching Zoku 1-4; I've also read what scanlated manga there is available which totals to perhaps 2.5 volumes as no scanlator group has dedicated themselves to its project. I have skimmed Zoku RAWs to episode 8, but didn't understand much of the dialogue as my rather shoddy Japanese is inappropriate for the sophisticated terms and concepts involved as well as various in-jokes.
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