Gokusen - Season 1 (2002)

There is one teacher that the students prefer over the others. This is the teacher who teaches class 3-d English. She is threatened with dismissal when she is exposed as a hostess at a night club. She can stay on if all her students get at least a 30 or higher mark. Her fellow teacher begins teaching intensive English to get all students up to par. The examination is designed to be more difficult than usual however.

The teacher loses her telephone, which is subsequently retrieved by a student. This leads to a diaspora. The teacher wanted her background remain a secret, but the cat is out of the bag. A gang is assaulting citizens in the area. A student has to keep a secret. The teachers begin patrol duty. The male students try to pick up schoolgirls.

The teacher is not just late to school one day. She is also late to finding out that the school's sport competition is next week. She also finds out there is a student who has not been attending class. The rivalry between classes intensifies as one teacher recruits a cop to help train her team. In the meanwhile, class 3-d does not seem too motivated. Could it be that the other class' cute teacher has promised her students a kiss if they win?

It is time for the teachers and the parents to meet to discuss the students' future. The schedule is set and the different teachers meet with parents individually. A video surfaces of a teacher on a dating service. A cute schoolgirl shows up, but she is not who everyone thinks. A teacher cooks for her student.

After a scary supernatural gathering - which took place in the classroom of all places - the corridor harbours spooky sounds. Then a schoolboy appears who is too young and does not belong. He disappears. The chase is on. he is found, but vanishes. He is soon revealed to be a surprise relation, but he needs a home. There seem to be no takers for the boy.

Good news. The school's volleyball team is advancing in the regional competition. There are several class 3-D students on the team. To motivate the team and do things properly the team needs cheerleaders. Unfortunately, it is a boys' school. The boys have to practice, but they only do so in return for a promise that they will meet actual college cheerleaders.

In walks a woman into the teachers' lounge and declares she is going to play matchmaker for one of the single female teachers. The man she has in mind is also a teacher. The date does not seem to go without a hitch, but the man is interested and a second date is arranged. The students are already worried that they may lose their teacher.

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A magazine feature with a sensationalist article on teacher Yankumi is out and it does not paint a pretty picture of her. She is depicted as rude, wanton and violent. The superintendent asks for her resignation as an alternative to firing her. She concedes, but her students are unhappy. They first confront the pulp reporters and then the school's administration. Yankumi is urged to be true to her ideals by her grandfather and gang.