35 sai no kôkôsei

So you can imagine how good a show, entirely subtitled, has to be to get a 10 out of me!!

I stumbled on this little diamond in the rough only a week ago when I was surfing Cruchyroll. I had mined out Netflix for things to watch from the 'usual' sources (read US, UK, Australia, etc.) and was looking through anime, yes I know almost all of it is subtitled - that's how much I had gone through everything worth watching on Netflix, when I stumbled on this strange title "No Dropping Out -Back to school at 35-". From the first scene I was hooked. A hooded woman in a darkened room, watching a news report of a teacher's suicide, gets a call from an imposing figure of a man asking if she can start.

Her story is interweaved between the stories of the class - a class filled with toxic castes, vicious bullying, impossibly stressed teachers and a 35 year old student who throws a spanner into the works.

The greatest stand out of the show is the acting across the board. The emotions are palpable, and powerful. There is some slap-stick comedy, but when it comes time for the serious stuff, no-ones laughing!

An amazing show that should have a much wider showing than what it does - 10/10, subtitles and all!