Everyone has that one teacher that changed their lives, and so do anime protagonists, except they are called sensei. Sometimes, they are there to push the characters to be better and other times. They help uptight students relax and enjoy life. Here are seven anime teachers we wish were real enough to teach us.

Master Roshi – Dragon Ball

If you get to train one of the most powerful anime heroes, of course, you will make the cut. Goku might have been super strong, but he owes it all to Master Roshi’s constant martial arts lessons. Most people his age can barely move, but he maintained his strength and speed. What makes him such a good teacher is his willingness to motivate and train his students, no matter how old or young. 

Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen

Satoru Gojo is the literal embodiment of the chaotic good trope. He uses unconventional methods to train his students; of course, he is super powerful. I especially love anyone willing to fight higher-ups for his student’s sake, which is why I think he makes such a great teacher. This man listens to no one but himself and is never wrong. I’d listen to any teacher that is confident in themself tbh.

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Korosensei – Assassination Classroom

The man/octopus has sensei in his name; how can we omit him? To date, he is still my favourite teacher of all time. He takes time to study each student and trains them according to their strengths. He is involved in their lives inside and outside the classroom and wants to see them be the best versions of themselves. He might have been training them to be assassins, specifically to kill him. But he gets a pass for being genuine and dedicated to ensuring his students grew up to be good people. 

Dr. Franken Stein – Soul Eater

I love when a sensei is a good mix of crazy genius and powerful, which describes Dr Franken Stein. He might be a little sadistic and tire his students by constantly asking them if he can dissect them, but sometimes, red flags are green. If he isn’t teaching Soul and Maka to get along, he is busy protecting his students from enemies. He might be a bit mad, but only the best senseis are mad. 

Arataka Reigen – Mob Psycho 100

It’s scarce that a student starts as more powerful than his sensei, but that is the dynamic of Reigen and Mob’s relationship. This man has no supernatural abilities as he claims, but if lying was a sport, he’s always come first. At first, Regin uses Mob to make money in his scam business of exorcising demons. Still, he eventually becomes just the sensei Mob needs. Mob wanted Reigen to train him to be more powerful, but Reigen taught him to be a better person. Through him, Mob learns to be more confident as you will be if you know someone will always listen to your problems and give you advice where necessary.

Hatake Kakashi – Naruto

It’s tough to choose one sensei from Naruto because all of them were great teachers, but today, let’s give Kakashi his flowers. Even after amassing so much power, Kakashi was the only reason Naruto and his team members had such a good moral compass. This man always ensured that their safety was more important than completing missions and taught them to value people’s lives. He made what could have been a stressful childhood training to be a ninja fun and was always there when they needed him. 

Osamu Dazai – Bungo Stray Dogs

I know this might be an unconventional entry but hear me out. Dazai might have lost his will to live, but it comes in clutch whenever they face danger, and he dives in to save his students without thinking first. That’s the mark of a great teacher to me. He puts them first before himself, and that’s what makes him so great. When he’s not busy trying to unalive himself, Dazai’s always busy training and teaching his students to enhance their abilities and learn to work with others. That’s my problematic king, and I stand by him. 

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Do you have a new friend or lover who’s into anime and mistakenly suggested you were into anime too? This article is for you. Before you get exposed, I’ll teach you basic terms that’ll make you sound knowledgeable and feel among. Let’s get into it.

Know your “big three”

That’s Naruto, Bleach and One Piece. Once you Google best characters, best fights and coolest scenes, you’re ready.  Only a true anime fan would watch something as long as One Piece, and people are less likely to ask you questions. Up Monkey D. Dragon! 

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Choose one favourite character of all time

If they ask, “Who’s our favourite character of all time?” Take your time to answer, so it seems like all the best characters in your head are begging you to pick them. They’re only asking this question to see if you like the good or bad guys or if you have good taste in anime. Any character you choose, be ready to defend them with your life.

Pick a character’s death that hurt the most

Everyone has an anime character that died too soon, and now, so do you. Pick a character from any anime where people die a lot, e.g. characters from Naruto, and watch the character’s death scene. When you’re asked, just pretend it’s too painful to talk about, and that conversation will end. 

Learn basic Japanese terms and phrases 

Don’t say any Japanese phrases in real life. That’s for TikTok. But you should know some essential Japanese words like “Baka”, “Nandemonaiya”, “Gomen nasai” and terms like “shonen”, “shoujo”, and “isekai”, e.t.c. 

When these come up in conversations — and they will — you won’t be confused. 

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Make sure you talk about wanting merch from your favourite anime

The best thing about casually talking about this, even though no one asked, is that it’s normal behaviour. Just keep droning on and on about wanting a shinobi headband until your anime friends leave you to your thoughts. 

Choose a character you think is overpowered

No matter what you do, you can’t avoid this conversation. Casual conversations with anime watchers have a terrible way of turning into unavoidable arguments. I’m not saying you should say One-Punch Man or Ichigo, but everyone will most likely agree with you, or a fight will start. 

Recommend anime to them 

The final question they’ll ask is “ What are you watching right now” and you should be prepared. The more unpopular your recommendation is, the more impressed they’ll be. You can also just say that you’re watching filler episodes from an anime you’ve finished before and boom, you’re in the click. Be careful though, as you can’t keep up this pretence for long. You’ll most likely become a fan too. Good luck. 

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If you skip intros when watching anime, you need to be fed semo for 100 days and 100 nights because what sort of disrespect is that? Please do better. These opening theme songs and their series are good enough that I can at least breathe better knowing that no sane otaku will skip any of them. 

1. Blue Bird by Per Fredrik Åsly

 There’s no list of best opening theme songs from anime series without Blue Bird. Let’s pretend like it’s not 99% influenced by the scary Nigerian weebs that’ll come for me if I don’t add something about Naruto. Just kidding, BlueBird is a banger. 

2. Fukashigi no Carte by Fonzi M

Just the fact that it’s a popular audio track on TikTok says a lot about how memorable it is. This opening song can’t come up without you singing along if you’ve seen Bunny Girl Senpai. Also, this anime is so criminally underrated, it makes no sense. 

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3. Shinzou wo Sasageyo by AmaLee

Attack on Titan has one of the best opening theme songs ever. If the part where they say, “Sasageyo,” comes on and you don’t start screaming along, what sort of otaku are you? I feel like this should become the official weeb national anthem. 

4. Gurenge  by LiSA

Demon Slayer is relatively new to the scene, but its opening theme song is already such a bop. They didn’t have to go that hard. I especially love every scene with that werey Zenitsu, because of the way he scammed me into thinking he’d be a badass. He is, though… when he is asleep. 

5. Guren no Yumiya by AmaLee

Do you know how good an anime has to be for all its opening theme songs to be a hit? Every AOT fan watches this and immediately becomes patriotic for a country that doesn’t even exist. It’s insane. 

6. Top by Stray Kids 

If these K-pop idols sing an opening theme song, you can always expect perfection. Stray Kids have no bad songs, but they sang Top like their rent was due. If the opening theme song doesn’t make you watch Tower of God, you may need deliverance. 

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7. Travel by Toru Kitajima

First of all, Tokyo Ghoul is top tier anime, so of course the opening theme song bangs. Is the series sometimes scary? Yes but if you say the blood of Jesus twice, you’ll be fine. Plus, all the characters are hot, so you’ll get over it anyway. Thirst over fear, people!

8. All Haikyuu opening songs

I said what I said come and beat me. How can I pick one when they are all so good? Please come off it. Haikyuu is just so feel-good, all the opening songs make you feel like you’ve been friends with those boys for years. 

9. History Maker by Dean Fujioka

Every single song in the Yuri on Ice OST was a hit, back-to-back but History Maker was special. It’s the sheer brilliance for me. Yuri on Ice was precious and from the opening theme song, you can just tell.  Watch it for clear skin.

10.  Cry Baby by Hinge Dandism

The title is fitting because the main character, Takemich, is such a cry baby. If I had a dollar for every time he cried in the opening theme and the series (Tokyo Revengers), I might be able to japa.

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