Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025) • Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube - Episode 17 discussion

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Something kind of unnerving about Kaijin A being some sorta open secret amongst the adults. Ghosts and ghoulies are one thing, but some masked psycho entity just out there terrorizing kids? That’s actually pretty scary. No Demon Hand works against that….

geez that was something and they didnt technically defeat him too , still even if it was repeating same thing hearing Dio/Sartorious/Roswaal is always a treat lol
also it didnt do mucch but having Ritsuko take her stand for once instead of just being used as comedy with her fear of yokai was nice

Kaijin A has the vibe of an old school urban legend people would gossip about before internet became widespread.

All children should be on the lookout when "Kaijin A" is prowling the streets. Kyouko, Hiroshi, and Miki all think it's just a spooky thing to look up online...until a creepy man in a mask voiced by Takehito Koyasu asks for their favorite color!

Maybe the first sign that something was wrong was Nube being REALLY strict that they had to go home, so they didn't have time to work on their list of all the property damage Nube has been involved with. And the kids couldn't help themselves but say their favorite color...leading Miki to get kidnapped!

It shows how serious a situation this is that the teachers are all on defcon red and had apparently been aware of "Kaijin A" and trying their best to shield the students from him. Ritsuko is the most serious she's ever been in prioritizing keeping the students safe. Even Nube feels different when dealing with a situation beyond his usual means of stopping.

Classic Miki. She's less concerned about being dropped into the sea than she is the fact that she's not wearing a swimsuit. Though there's nothing funny about watching her nearly get drowned if not for Nube. She seriously could have died!

Who is Kaijin A? A barber who became horrifically burned from a childs' prank and now seeks out vengeance against children? By killing them through means he deems appropriate? And nothing can stop him.

Points to Ritsuko for trying her best, but she's not going to stop Kaijin A. It takes all Hiroshi and Kyouko can do just to outrun him and keep him from draining Kyouko of her blood...RIP chicken. Nobody wants to get chicken blood on them.

And just as Hiroshi and Kyouko are resolved to die together, Nube finally arrives to do battle with Kaijin A. But for a being that defies human comprehension, who is neither human or yokai, can Nube and his demon hand even do anything? At least until Kaijin A gets consumed by the flames that created him.

But is this really the end? Can anything truly kill Kaijin A? My condolences to whatever town he turns up in next.

"'A' is Here!". Sounds kinda like the title of an episode of Sesame Street if you ask me.


And they're just having this random chat about kaijin's on a freeway overpass, okay.


> This town somehow feels different that usual.


Well compared to how Hellmouth here usually is that's certainly a bold statement.


"What is your favorite color?" Blue. No Yellooooow!!!!


Somehow I don't think Red Hat and Trenchcoat Man here is that guy from Hellsing here to exorcise this town. But Given how Creeptastic Mr. Color Commentary here looked I almost half expected one of the kids to whip out one of those security buzzers and pull the pin. Probably would've been a better response than them poking the bear with it's own claws like they did...



Tells them to go straight home without stopping anywhere else, proceeded to stop dead in their tracks on the way home. I know it's typical kid behavior thus I can't blame them that much but you'd think after everything they've seen and with the dead seriousness of Nube's tone they'd be inclined to heed that advice.


The boy makes a fair point, the usually crumbles at the mere mention of a spooky story Ritsuko is actually standing firm in the face of one here. Sure gives extra credence to how dead serious this Freddy Kruger sounding entity really is now doesn't it.


Nube's gonna *run* back to school from the river? You'd think one of the cops or someone there would give him a lift.


Wow, the Freddy Kruger parallels just keep coming don't they with *that* backstory.


One tap and Ritsuko is blacked out. What is this, an episode of Gilligan's Island?...


You killed Nagoya, you monster! Oh you think Nube-sensei is bad, Yoshida Haru will not stand for this transgression.


> We should be okay hiding here...


The dude punched through a plane glass window like it was nothing to him when he smashed and grabbed you kids the first time. I gotta question how "okay" they really think hiding in this now empty schoolbuilding is in general after that.


> Nube, sorry for making you pay for two human models.


Hey! Don't you dare try to pass that one off on him, he's clean! The microscope, spilled science chemicals, and fire damage on the other hand...

What's scary is the fact that there is not a definite answer about what kind of thing "A" is, like it's a literal enigma.

Not sure if "A" is even alive in literal sense, or is it just alive as long as people remembers it.

Wonder what happen if one doesn't answer and just run away.

Straight up horror movie today, that was more unpleasant than quite a few of these episodes have been.

It was nice seeing Ritsuko be useful for once since it wasn't a yokai. Just don't ask her to use a fire extinguisher.

Really loving this remake. Seen every episode so far and it’s got like an X Files vibe to it. Totally love Sensei Nube. He’s so cool. So far my favorite episodes are the flashback one with his teacher and the one where he has to go into hiding and the kids come to his rescue. It’s just a great show.💕💕💕.

The extra serious tone really did wonders for the "oomph" of this week's episode.

And damn Miki is a trooper for swimming as much as she could after getting the "based blue enjoyer" treatment.