Yet another of those anime which a trouble maker turns role model, Gokusen follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, granddaughter of a Yakuza boss, who becomes a teacher at an all male private school. While I'm speaking of the anime adaption, the live action has the titular character portrayed by Yukie Nakama, who has done various anime roles and did the theme for Capcom's Mega Man X4 (covered under my other blog's game reviews.) Kumiko, having lost her parents and having her grandfather take her in, is to be the next head, or Ojou, of the Kuroda Family, who is also the head of the Tokyo Ninkyo group. However, she wants to become a teacher, a wish that doesn't sit well of her new followers, but was granted by the current Kuroda head.
Kumiko, nicknamed Yankumi by her students, is a good person at heart (with a violet temper to balance), yet things would be much easier if details about her clan was kept on the down low, and if cops weren't around to make her panic. She has a crush on a lawyer who helps out the Yakuza, as payment for her grandfather assisting him as a law student. The class she teaches are full of delinquents, the main being Shin Sawada, the supposed leader of this group. An incident in his middle school caused him to be respected and feared, and he is calm and cool-headed for most of the anime.
Gokusen has a number of series, mostly live action, with a running gag in each of them. The anime itself gets a 7.5 of 10. Slightly higher than the related GTO, but partly due to her still being the potential family Oujo, as well as a teacher, as opposed to giving up one for the other.
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