“Drop-out Teacher Returns to School”
A real school in Hokkaido that accepts drop-out students, giving them a second chance. Yoshimori Masaya graduated from that school. Ten years later, he begins his career as a teacher there. In addition, five new students enroll into the school.
Yoshimori is supposed to be an assistant homeroom teacher but the regular teacher suddenly collapses. He takes over the class during his absence.
He is a persistent person. He would use force if he has to. He’s a good teacher though. He memorizes all the students’ names and faces before the semester starts. He experienced some of these issues before. So he knows how to deal with them. He sometimes messes things up, lol.
The drama is like GTO except that it is a bit darker. The stories involving the issues are a bit more seriious. Issues include social phobic, smoking, bullying, family issues, unwanted pregnancy, etc. Like GTO, the students in the class doesn’t trust anyone. The only person they trust is their regular homeroom teacher because he already put a lot of effort to get them to trust him.
Aiba Masaki plays the new teacher. It’s a bit weird to see him as a teacher. His character is serious but a bit weak. Aiba doesn’t have much screen time in this drama..
Shinohara Kyoko is also in this drama. She plays a character who takes care of the students. She cooks for them and stuff.
Is surprised that Koike Teppei is in this drama. He plays a student. It’s kinda amusing when seeing him and Aiba together.
Special
Takes place way earlier than the drama, the time when the school just starts excepting drop-out students.
Yoshiie Hiroyuki came to school from Nagano. An incident occurred and his father couldn’t take it anymore. He sends him to that school. Yoshiie doesn’t trust and care about anyone. He would resort to violence.
When he enters the school, he makes a bad start. He keeps the teachers away from him and causes a ruckus with other students. His behavior changes as the story progresses.
Sakurai Shou plays either a really smart guy or a low class delinquent.. Too bad he and Aiba didn’t get to be in the same episode ^^
Matsuda Shouta plays a new student who enters the school the same time as Yoshiie. He’s a nice guy. He tries to rationalize the issues around him.
Is really surprised that Kamaza Shunsuke is in this special. He plays a wimpy guy. The behavior is similar to his character from Akihabara@Deep, all shaky and stuff. But he’s normal when he’s not anxious.
Kimura Ryou and Katou Rosa are in it as well. So many familar people…
