Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei/Nightmare Fuel

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


Though most of the show is just wacky, some segments have twisted the surreal too far.


  • NEVER put Meru in a position where her phone signal goes out of range. She will revert to a ferocious mess of mindless demonic babbling straight from the firey pits of Hell that would make Satan smile like the Cheshire Cat!!
    • The true scary part is Kafuka's reaction and how she snaps Meru out of it. Afterwards when Meru looks into Kafuka's eyes she sees KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL. It is no wonder why Meru thought Kafuka is dangerous.
  • The end of episode 5's purifying is a startling vignette that can haunt the dreams of those unprepared for it.
  • Zoku's first episode is a treasure trove of Nightmare Fuel, in particular Kafuka's creepy Traumerei and school lighting fixings turning into the bottom halves of crying babies.
  • The ending of the hikikomori episode.
  • The eighth episode of Zoku ended with a moment to rival the ending of season 1, episode 5. And it's all the more terrifying considering it focused on Kafuka, who has been shown at times to be as homicidal as Chiri, if not even more insane.
  • Chiri has been letting bits of this slip more and more lately, such as her description of a childhood game called "Meat Doll"
  • One episode focuses on using different genre and animation styles. The magical girl pastiche was adorable, but the simplistic claymation was quite frightening, and the "acid" style forced some viewers to stop watching.
  • The openings to Goku. Creepy, jerkily-animated paper cutouts of characters with paper cutout!Maria crying arms and legs? Sure, why not? Adding weird old-timey effects and DOOR EYES? Sure! Oh, we forgot to include the part where Kafuka is dancing and tossing flower petals on the dead bodies of her classmates. No problem, we'll add that, as well as a heaping of Mind Screw!
  • Heck, most of the openings and endings qualify quite well.
  • The Psycho parody especially the ending where we see Kafuka leaving the bathroom with a knife in hand...
  • The theme park.
  • One of Mayo Mitama favorite hobbies is raping dogs; she likes to use small sharp objects like pencils and branches to anally violate them. Actually, just Mayo Mitama in general.