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Doki Doki School Hours (せんせいのお時間, Sensei no
Ojikan: Doki Doki School Hours
?) is a four panel manga series and anime series by Tamami Momose.
Sensei no Ojikan was serialised in Bamboo Comics from
1997, published by Takeshobō. A 13 episode anime TV series adaptation was created by J.C.Staff. It was aired on
TV Tokyo from April 4,
2004 to June 27, 2004, A 7 episode OVA, Sensei no Ojikan Gold (せんせいのお時間 ご～るど),
was also produced by J.C.Staff. These episodes were released onto
the DVDs of the TV series, one episode for each DVD. Both the TV
series and OVA have been licensed for release in North America by
Geneon.
However, the OVA was folded onto the TV series and released
together as simply Doki Doki School Hours. Thus, for the release in
that region, the 14th episode is actually the first episode of the
OVA and so on.
The series is centered on 27-year-old homeroom teacher Mika
Suzuki (who only looks about half her age) and the eccentric and
colorful students of her class. The anime, coming three years after
J.C.Staff had success with Azumanga Daioh, inherits a lot
stylistically from that series, however the original manga predates
Azumanga Daioh by two years. Additionally, before the
recent anime incarnation, the manga spawned a series of drama
CDs.
Plot
A very short 27 year old teacher has an interesting time trying
to teach her class. She has to deal with the eccentricities of her
students as they present themselves over the school year. When you
have an insane class (which includes a cross-dressing narcissist,
an otaku, a dumb jock, a boy-band obsessed girl, a lesbian in love
with the teacher, a homosexual in love with the jock, a guy who
looks like a middle-aged man, a girl obsessed with material items
and the vain rich girl), what's a person to do but hope?
Characters
- Mika Suzuki (鈴木みか, Suzuki
Mika
?)
- Voiced by: Omi Minami (Japanese),
Angie Beers (English)
- The 27-year old homeroom teacher of Class 2A who is unusually
short. She is usually addressed as "Mika-sensei". Her short stature
and generally "cute" appearance causes people to think her more
childish than she is. Even so, she is not especially mature, still
lives with her parents and dreads "measuring day".
- Minako Tominaga (富永美奈子, Tominaga
Minako
?)
- Voiced by: Kana Ueda (Japanese), Carol
Anne Day (English)
- A brutally honest student who belongs to the cooking club. She
is often shown moaning about being surrounded by "idiots" in her
class, or telling people off. She loves slasher films.
- Akane Kobayashi (小林あかね, Kobayashi
Akane
?)
- Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami
(Japanese), Mariette Sluyter (English)
- A girl who likes to sleep in class but outside of school she
holds a part-time job as she loves to make money. She has also
shown great concern about her appearance and weight, causing her to
put herself on crash
diets. She's very ditzy sometimes, like when she walked into
the classroom and Anthony (an American exchange student) said
"Hello!" in English: she came to the instant conclusion she had
woken up in America.
Shizuka Nagare (流静, Nagare Shizuka
?), also known as
Iinchou
- Voiced by: Ikue
Ohtani (Japanese), Leda Davies (English)
- The Class President of Class 2A. She wanted to be class
president due to her favorite pop star stating that he liked class
presidents: she decided to be class president for the rest of her
life. She is highly intellgent and friendly, but is seem at times
being brutal to people, especially when they somehow insult her
idol.
- Rio Kitagawa (北川理央, Kitagawa
Rio
?)
- Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki
(Japanese), Cheryl McMaster (English)
- A tall and very pretty girl who constantly teases Mika-sensei,
as she finds her various moods cute. She is a lesbian and has
stated on several occasion that she loves small girls, thus making
it no surprise that she has a huge (and slightly sadistic) crush on
Mika-sensei. She is constantly flirting with her, which often
borders on molestation. She has an excellent body, which Kobayashi
is jealous of, though she is fairly modest about it. She also does
well academically, though she isn't above failing a test on purpose
if it means she'll get to spend time with Mika-sensei.
- Kenta Suetaki (末武健太, Suetake
Kenta
?)
- Voiced by: Kappei
Yamaguchi (Japanese), Jeffrey Watson (English)
- The athlete. Kenta knows nothing other than sports-related
information. He is rather dumb and fails most things that don't
involve sports, but he is also kind and good-natured. Kudo, who
likes him, will often tutor him.
- Yuichi Kudo (工藤雄一, Kudō
Yūichi
?)
- Voiced by: Yuji
Ueda (Japanese), Scott Roberts (English)
- A male honor student who is gay and in love with Suetake. He
has poor self-control and is known as "the nosebleed king". Though
Suetake is completely oblivious to Kudo's affections, everyone else
is aware of them, and they are constantly rolling their eyes over
his actions (which is very similar to how they react to Kitagawa's
love for Mika, the only difference being that Mika is aware of
Kitagawa's feelings, but can do little to stop her advances). He is
seen having fantasies about Suetake, and not much else.
- Jyoji Seki (関譲治, Seki
Jōji
?)
- Voiced by: Kishô Taniyama (Japanese), Sean Broadhurst
(English)
- A student who used to love beautiful girls and turned into a narcissist, to the point that he usually
goes to school in makeup. He goes on and on about how lovely a girl
can be, if she uses the right products. Outside school, he has been
seen in skirts and even a full ladies' kimono. Despite the two of
them often stating that they dislike each other, he seems to have a
good relationship with Kobayashi.
Takumi "Watabe" Watanabe (渡部匠 Watanabe
Takumi)
- Voiced by: Kousuke Okano (Japanese), Ryan Stockert
(English)
- The head (and, originally, sole member) of the school's manga
club. He has great artistic ability, but he's only ever seen
drawing stereotypical bishōjo-type characters, and his obsession
tends to get a little on the creepy side. He dislikes drawing men,
and it's somewhat implied that he's not very good at doing so.
Mika-sensei has occasionally shown interest in his work.
Gen Nakamura (中村元 Nakamura Gen), also
known as "Old Man" (Oyaji)
- Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata
(Japanese), Lucas Gilbertson (English)
- The 17-year old student carries himself in a stereotypically
"40-year old" manner, and therefore is nicknamed "Old Man". Later
in the series, it is hinted he has a crush on Iincho, and is
occasionally mistaken for a pervert.
Linda Matsumoto (松本リンダ Matsumoto
Rinda), also known as Matsumoto-sensei
- Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe
(Japanese), Maizun Jayoussi (English)
- Okitsu High School's Doctor and Mika's best friend on the
faculty.
Chinatsu Nakayama (中山千夏 Nakayama
Chinatsu)
- Voiced by: Kaori Shimizu
(Japanese), Caitlynne Medrek (English)
- A member of Takumi Watanabe's manga club who, ironically, is
terrible at drawing manga. She idolises and has a large crush on
Takumi. He seems to know, but manages to throw her off.
Anthony M.Chamberlain (アンソニー・M・チェンバレン)
- Voiced by: Showtaro
Morikubo (Japanese), Jordan Schartner (English)
- A transfer student who is studying abroad from America. He is
fluent in Japanese because he is an otaku.
Media
Anime
- Here Comes Class 2A Of Okitsu High School
- Measuring and Throwing and Hitting
- Swimsuits and Exams! Something Drops!
- Mika-Sensei's Summer Story
- Summer Ends and Artistic Autumn Arrives
- The Culture Festival Is The Festival of Culture
- Santa Girl and New Years' Fun
- Winter Has Come and Spring Is Around The Corner
- The Tearful Graduation Ceremony
- The Kyoto Field Trip Incident of Love and Hate!
- Sunshine After Rain, Partially Student Teacher
- Frightening experiences, Summer Activities
- Summer in Shonan : The Don't Say Goodbye Episode
- The Exchange Student and Okitsu, The Dark City
- Sports Festival Special
- The Big Family and The Elusive Pork Ramen, Big Sister Mika Is
Running Away
- Beast Buster Ekaterina Nagare A.K.A. Iincho
- SF Magical Period Drama Doki Doki Version: The Okitsu
Millennium Battle!
- The Culture Festival Operation
- The Small One Departs Okitsu
External links and
references
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Comics
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