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Is the Anime Finished?
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Is Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei finished?

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In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei”, also known by the following titles:

  • さよなら絶望先生
  • Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
  • Goodbye Teacher Despair
  • SZS

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Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌

Here’s how we reached that conclusion:

  • All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
  • The series is listed as ended on Trakt
  • The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates

Taken together, these points indicate that Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is still ongoing in some form.

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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ↗ ↖

April 27, 2005
Finished Manga
さよなら絶望先生
Farewell Mr. Despair
SummaryHigh school teacher Nozomu Itoshiki has been waiting for a chance to end his life. He has grown averse to the very idea of toiling every day to make an ordinary living, and he makes no attempt to conceal his crushing despair. Sadly, he is almost always dragged into the bizarre—and sometimes outright suspicious—problems of his quirky students. Every time he gets a little closer to kicking the bucket, he finds himself in an absurd situation, trying to save his students from the same rabbit hole of misery that haunts him.

Despite his ever-present existential crisis, Itoshiki attempts to find a new normal in the silliness of his daily adventures—all the while chasing the sweet demise that eludes him.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

BackgroundSayonara Zetsubou Sensei had eight volumes published in English as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei by Del Rey from February 24, 2009 to November 23, 2010. Kodansha Comics USA picked up the license, releasing volumes 9-14 from June 21, 2011 to April 3, 2012 and republishing the previous volumes digitally on July 16, 2013.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ↗ ↖

July 8, 2007
Finished Airing TV
さよなら絶望先生
Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
SummaryNozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher so pessimistic that even the smallest of misfortunes can send him into a pit of raging despair; some of these "catastrophes" even lead to suicide attempts. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a satirical slice-of-life comedy set in the modern day, covering various aspects of Japanese life and culture through Nozomu and his interactions with his students: Kiri Komori, a recluse who refuses to leave the school; Abiru Kobushi, an enigma who frequently arrives to class with severe and mysterious injuries; the hyper-optimistic Kafuuka Fuura, Nozomu's polar opposite; and several other unusual girls, all of whom are just as eccentric as their teacher.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

BackgroundMedia Blasters initially held the license to Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, but dropped it in 2010 without any DVD/Blu-ray release. It remained unlicensed until Anime Expo 2019 when Nozomi Entertainment announced they had licensed the series.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Jo: Zetsubou Shoujo Senshuu ↗ ↖

January 1, 2008
Finished Airing Special
さよなら絶望先生 序〜絶望少女撰集〜
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei - Preface -Zetsubou Girls Collection-
SummaryA special summary episode of the first season of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, focusing on seven of the girls: Komori Kiri, Matoi Tsunetsuki, Kobushi Abiru, Kimura Kaere, Kitsu Chiri, Sekiuchi "Maria" Tarou and Hitou Nami.

Note: This entry also includes the 24 minute version which aired on BS11.

Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ↗ ↖

January 6, 2008
Finished Airing TV
俗・さよなら絶望先生
Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei 2
SummaryMore crazy antics abound as Nozomu Itoshiki (a.k.a Zetsubou-sensei), who is the worlds most negative person, tries to teach class 2-F about how life is filled with despair and darkness. A harder task than it first may seem, with his students being far from ordinary themselves, including the likes of the most positive girl he has ever met, his very own stalker, a foreign exchange student with split personalities and a perfectionist acting class president, due to the fact the real class president can't be seen by anyone, among others.

(Source: ANN)

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Jo: Zoku Zetsubou Shoujo Senshuu ↗ ↖

August 27, 2008
Finished Airing Special
さよなら絶望先生 序〜俗・絶望少女撰集〜
Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei Jo: Zoku Zetsubo Shojo Senshu
SummaryA special summary episode of the second season of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, focusing on the girls that were not introduced in the first Zetsubou Shoujo Senshuu: Otonashi Meru, Fujiyoshi Harumi, Kaga Ai and Mitama Mayo.

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ↗ ↖

July 5, 2009
Finished Airing TV
懺・さよなら絶望先生
Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
SummaryNozomu Itoshiki is still the bizarre teacher of the even stranger Class 2-F. He attempts to teach his students the negative aspects of the world and society, only to have each circumstance thrown at his face whenever he tries. With more students and friends than before, Zetsubo-sensei's life becomes harder and crazier than ever before.

(Source: ANN)

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Special ↗ ↖

January 31, 2012
Finished Airing Special
さよなら絶望先生
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei BD Box OVA
SummaryA new special episode that was distributed to those who purchase all three Blu-ray box sets of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series on January 31, 2012.