Gokusen

In its nearly thirty-year history, the all-boys Shirokin Gakuin High School has never had a female teacher. Now they are getting two. When the twenty-three-year-old Kumiko Yamaguchi is appointed as the new homeroom teacher of Class 3D, all the other teachers are aghast. After all, the wildest, most infamous students are all gathered in Class 3D. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Kumiko is out on a mixer, when she happens to save Minami from a beat down. Shinohara and Kashiwagi went after the delinquents, but they failed to catch them. Kumiko does not report the incident, but the school still learns one of their students was injured. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

After a series of purse snatching incidents occur near the school, the teachers wonder if anyone in Class 3D is the culprit. After all, Uchiyama is behind on his tuition and his mother has been working two jobs to make ends meet. However, Kumiko found out something about Uchiyama the other teachers are unaware of, and vows to do her best to help her student. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

In the midst of preparing for the midterm exams, Kumiko happens to learn about Shizuka's secret part-time job. If the school ever finds out, Shizuka could be fired. Kumiko is worried sick, but Shizuka is confident no one will ever know. That is why she is shocked speechless when Mr. Sawatari confronts her about her unsavory afterschool activities. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

Shin happens to learn Kumiko could be the next leader of the Oedo Family when he finds her lost cellphone. The Oedo Family begs him to keep it a secret, but Shin can use this information to his advantage. He observes Kumiko carefully as he decides what to do with her secret. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV

A competitive Kumiko is all fired up for the upcoming school sports competition. Kumiko has already put together a game-winning plan, but most of her students could care less. Besides, Class 3D has no hope of winning since they do not have enough students to enter all four events of the competition. ©Kozueko Morimoto/SHUEISHA©NIPPON TV