![]() ![]() If you don't like that prospect, study! I'll give you a goal: get into Tokyo University!" he shouts to a stunned, silent crowd. "You're all losers and you'll stay losers for the rest of your lives! Because you're too lazy to use your brains and you haven't figured out that society is run by clever folks who make sure they always win and you always lose. ![]() He persuades the director to back him, then gives a rousing speech to the entire school to announce the special class. He goes for an outrageous goal: getting 5 students from this no-hope highschool into Tokyo University, the top university in the country. Sakuragi gets the idea of turning the school around instead of closing it, thereby resurrecting his career. His business is on the rocks due to his biker background being made public in a scandal-magazine. This is a story about a private high school (Ryuzan) in which lawyer Kenji Sakuragi, a former biker, is sent to close down. It was compiled into 14 tankōbon released by Kodansha between January 23, 2008, and August 23, 2010. Ī sequel titled Angel Bank: Dragon Zakura Gaiden ( エンゼルバンク-ドラゴン桜外伝-, Enzerubanku -Doragon Zakura Gaiden-) was published in the same magazine between 20. ![]() It was adapted into live action television series of the same name broadcast on TBS in 2005. Serialized in Weekly Morning from 2003 to 2007, it was released into 21 tankōbon by Kodansha between October 22, 2003, and August 23, 2007. "Dragon Cherry Blossom") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norifusa Mita. A feel good show with some wacky characters and teaching methods thrown in for good measure.Cover of the first volume of Dragon Zakura mangaĭragon Zakura ( Japanese: ドラゴン桜, Hepburn: Doragon Zakura, lit. Like most high school doramas there is a whole bunch of anti-change teachers to irritate the viewer and an incompetent but well-meaning principal with a penchant for hats tops it off.ĭragon Zakura isn't just another high school dorama - it's unique, funny and focuses on encouraging the students to want to improve themselves and their lives, rather than just mass-producing exam bots who can't think for themselves. While the students were all quite young when Dragon Zakura was filmed most of them are now big names (Yamashita Tomohisa, Koike Teppei, Nagasawa Masami, Aragaki Yui) and it's interesting to see where they started out (although the acting of some has definitely improved with time!).ĭidn't Love: The student's homeroom teacher (played by Hasegawa Kyoko) can be annoying at times but she always has the student's best interests at heart. Rewatch Value 6.0 Loved: Abe Hiroshi is excellent in this role (it was the first I saw him in and probably still my favourite) - he maintains the balance of strictness, understanding and self-interest well and the students develop a real rapport with him. ![]()
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