Please Teacher

Synopsis:

High school student Kei Kusanagi suffers from a mental instability that causes him to pass out and "withdraw" from the world when overwhelmed by emotions of any kind. Even though his mind is still functioning his body ceases to progress with time. Therefore even though he looks 15 he is technically 18 due to the previous amount of "withdraws" he's had throughout the years.

One night Kei awakens in the middle of a forest after passing out, or withdrawing, he notices a bright light coming right at him. Of course Kei runs away in fear but this causes him to lose his footing and falls in the lake and passes out again. He wakes the next day in his own bed and thinking it's dream and heads off to school to find out he now has a new teacher, the 23 year old Mizuho Kazami. When Kei arrives home after school he sees that his new neighbor is actually his teacher and being the nice guy that he is offers to help her move in. However, while they are talking Mizuho accidentally mentions the incident in the forest and Kei immediately knows it was her and tries to run but ends up withdrawing from the real world again. The next day, Mizuho attempts to confront Kei in the sports locker room but the two end up being locked in and after a lengthy conversation they begin to enjoy each others company, they are eventually discovered by the school's headmaster...

Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 13

Review:

Please Teacher was probably one of the first anime series that I watched that focused on the whole 'student/teacher' relationship and it still remains one of the best. Not only do you watch as Kei and Mizuho deal with keeping the secrecy of a forbidden romance but also the trials and tribulations of two people thrown into an uncomfortable situation yet have a relationship that grows quite strong over the 13 episode run. The only downside to the show is that there are some episodes that tend to focus on other characters to give it some variety but these come across as somewhat of a waste of time as these small side plots have nothing to do with the overall show other than providing character depth to people who don't have any overall affect on the show.

Overall, Please Teacher tells a decent romance story with some sci-fi undertones that aren't fully explored but do give the show a uniqueness of it's own. The animation is a tad dated and Kei's dorkness might even annoy you at times but it's still a solid romance spread across 13 episodes which keeps you interested till the end with a satisfying closure to everything.

Please Teacher (opening)

Recommendation: |Above Average|