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A Terrified Teacher At Ghoul School Episode 11 Review - Chance Encounters

After two weeks of animating mini-arcs, the anime resumes animating and mixing individual manga chapters as one episode. This one mixes chapters 25, 26, 32 and 33, but primarily focuses on Chapters 26 and 32. I should really review the manga one day… Anyways, this entire episode focuses on the theme of chance encounters.

Why I say it focuses on chance encounters is because Haruaki meets his students’ parents for parent-teacher conferences. He went through hell trying to meet Renjou, Maeda and Oota’s families as he almost gotten eaten and now, he has to deal with Mame’s. Because of the strain, he asks Sano to tag along as he goes to the Maizuka’s family…who turn out to be yakuza. Mame’s foul mouth makes sense if you think about it… It was nice learning about how animals often produce a litter of offsprings, so this also applies to animal youkai. Mamekichi has over 30 siblings and he’s the eldest while Beans, his three-year-old sister, is the youngest. All I can say is that Mame’s mom really has stamina to pop out that many kids. No wonder she’s crazy strong for being able to beat the snot out of Mame’s dad for going to a brothel behind her back.

Because this is a comedy story, of course Mame’s parents are crazy as heck, mainly his dad. His dad is basically a yakuza who’s also extremely doting and overprotective. He has a weird habit of wanting to test Mame’s teachers’ strength to see if they’re worthy enough to take care of his son. I guess this makes sense in that Mame lives in a dorm, so he lives away from his family. This means that the teachers of Hyakki Academy are essentially his guardians, so it makes sense that his parents would be a bit concerned and since there’s a human teacher at school too, it also gets even more concerning. Though, the protectiveness is mainly used as comedic factor. Also, it’s revealed that he didn’t let Miki do the strength test as he’s acquainted with Miki’s family’s business, which is the brothel that he goes to.

I feel like Ryota Osaka was casted for this anime just to test his screaming skills. Despite that, I do like seeing many sides of Haruaki in the first half of this episode. He may scream a lot, but he knows how to get down and dirty without resorting to physical violence. He legit tried to blackmail Mame’s dad about the brothel because he knows there’s no way he could win in a fight and he also doesn’t want to give a bad impression if he unleashed his exorcist powers. He cares a lot about his students and also wants to prove his worth as a teacher. He can be cool when he wants to be, which is why Beans develops a precocious crush on him. Though, I didn’t like that Mame’s dad thought he wanted to date Beans after seeing the smooch.

The second part of the story focuses on the teachers going to Kyoto for field trip research. It turns out that Haruaki has met Sano, Miki and Hatanaka nine years ago, but they don’t seem aware of it. Basically, Haruaki got lost in Kyoto when he was supposed to go to Nagoya and met the younger Hatanaka and Miki who were on a class trip to Kyoto but split from their group to wander around on their own. That’s when they met Haruaki who was lost. Then they met a young Sano who called himself Mii-kun who was also lost as he got separated from his older brother. 

I feel like this meeting was definitely fateful as Sano became Haruaki’s student nine years later and he finally became friends with Hatanaka and Miki as his first attempt of befriending them was cut short due to the principal. I did like how despite Hatanaka and Miki were delinquents in their youth, they had a kinder side as they stuck around the lost Haruaki and Sano. If they weren’t nice people, they would’ve just left them behind and not helped Sano reunite with Mametaro. I like that little detail. Also, they would’ve been friends earlier had not the maskless principal came to interrupt. It would’ve been crazy how the how foundation of the story could’ve changed if the principal didn’t show up.

This episode also introduces the last of the major supporting cast. Sano’s brother, Ebisu, makes his debut here. He was announced before the anime aired, so it took 11 episodes for him to get a major debut. Although his appearance is brief, I do like that there’s a lot shown about him like his disdain for youkai. Remember that Sano is not a youkai, but a god—that was why Yanagida’s perfume didn’t work on him back in Episode 8. I can’t wait for Ebisu to make his present-day debut!

The voice actors for Mame’s parents, Beans and Ebisu are crazy, seriously! Mame’s dad is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi who you might know as Uzui from Demon Slayer and Aryu from Blue Lock. Like, first you get Kenichi Suzumura as Haruaki’s dad and now Konishi as Mame’s? Satelight knows how to flex. On top of that, Mame’s mom is voiced by Asami Seto who you might know as Nobara from Jujutsu Kaisen. This is the first time I’ve heard her voice a mom and she did a great job! Beans is voiced by Nao Toyama, who voiced Emma Nakazono from A Sign of Affection and Suma from Demon Slayer. I know that Toyama is popular, but I didn’t expect to hear her voice three-year-old Beans here. This was super unexpected. Ebisu is voiced by Ryohei Kimura. What’s hilarious is that this isn’t the first time Kimura voiced a man with long black hair tied in a braid with red eyes. He voiced Judar from Magi. Not only that, this is another instance where Kimura and Osaka are in one anime! They voiced Bokuto and Akaashi in Haikyuu and Sorey and Mikleo from Tales of Zestiria. This is another reason why I can’t wait for Ebisu’s present-day debut because of this! The Kimura-Osaka combo is just too good!

I’m so glad this anime has 24 episodes. I can’t wait to see what next week’s episode will be. To be honest, I’ve been mentally stressed out a lot for a while, so this anime really brightened my day. I hope that my readers who are curious about this show will feel the same when they watch it! Let me know your thoughts on this episode!

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20230917 Samegai ravine 2 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 醒井峡谷の水はとても冷たそうでした。 @Samegai ravine, Maibara city, Shiga pref. （滋賀県米原市醒井地区 醒井峡谷）

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February 9, 2025: Beautiful snowy scenery around Maibara seen from the Shinkansen

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I had no idea where it was heading, but I wanted on

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Yutaka Murakami aka むらかみ ゆたか aka 村上ゆたか aka Murakami Yutaka aka 村上豊 (Japanese, b. 1957, Kyoto, Japan, based Maibara, Shiga, Japan) - お元気？(How Are You?), Paintings: Watercolors

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普通列車でどこかへ #363

東海道本線 大垣行 滋賀県 米原市の辺り

Go somewhere by local train #363

Tokaido Main Line bound for Ogaki Around Maibara City, Shiga Prefecture

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[ 31/7 - Tokyo Travel vol.1 ] 5時半起きの一人旅

The ever-trusty Seishun 18 Ticket, a free ride ticket for all JR lines, was rumoured to be nerfed (and it actually did starting this autumn), so for the possibly last time, I decided to travel all the way from Kobe to Tokyo via local JR lines. From my home station, I travelled to Kobe and then transferred to JR where I went all the way through Osaka and Kyoto to Maibara. From here is the Tokaido line operated by JR Tokai. It was surprising to see tablet stands within the cab which comes with location services for accurate stopping at stations. Train replacements have recently progressed rapidly in this region. The 311 series era may come to an end soon.

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Japan's rail speed record holder: 300X

Sticking with the Tôkaidô Shinkansen and the SCMaglev & Railway Park, this is the (highly abridged) story of the fastest conventional train in Japan.

Following privatisation and sectorisation in the 1980s, and seeing France and Germany take the lead in the high-speed train department, the three JR companies that had Shinkansen lines set about catching up to offer 300 km/h services where they could. The aerodynamics and sheer weight of the venerable 0 Series and its derivatives weren't going to cut it, so each company designed a prototype train to test new technologies.

JR Tôkai's solution was 300X, officially Shinkansen Class 955 - numbers starting with 9 are trains not open to the public, either prototypes or work trains like Class 923 "Doctor Yellow". Launched two years after JR West's WIN350 and JR East's STAR21, it featured two radically different end cars. The more elegant one, in my opinion, is on display at JR Tôkai's museum in Nagoya, while the other is preserved at JR Group's research centre in Maibara. The intermediate cars have all been scrapped.

The three prototypes took turns to hold the national rail speed record, and, 300X being the last, it took the record last, and holds it to this day. We mentioned the fact that the Tôkaidô Shinkansen still had too many relatively tight turns, but the Maibara to Kyôto stretch is the best part, and that's where this train hit 443 km/h in 1996. This video may, or may not, be that run, but it still looks very fast - note the unusually large, "flying saucer" pantograph cowlings.

Unless JR East decide to go completely bonkers with their ALFA-X prototype, it's unlikely that the record is going to be beaten any time soon. It's not in the spirit of these trains, they are pure test beds and run quite extensively with the aim of increasing service speeds. Records also require special preparation of the tracks, which is why the French TGVs made their 1990 and 2007 record runs before the opening of a brand new line.

But JR Tôkai have gone much faster with their Maglev programme, which holds the world speed record for passenger trains outright with 603 km/h. Behind 300X at the museum is a predecessor of that record holder, MLX01, the first Maglev train to clock over 500 km/h. Again, this is not (just) showboating, the lengthy test programme's main aim is to prove that consistent service at very high speed with this technology is feasible, so that the Maglev Chûô Shinkansen can achieve this when it opens (if Yamanashi-ken can agree on a route).

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Yamaki Soy Sauce Shop

Nakasendo Samegai-juku

Shiga Prefecture Maibara City🇯🇵

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Rengeji Temple .. It’s said to have been founded by Prince Shōtoku who lived nearly 1,400 years ago…A temple on the Nakasendō road where 430 samurai killed themselves in the medieval period.. Next to an imposing gateway is a little sign that says, “River of Blood”

Maibara City, Shiga Prefecture

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A Terrified Teacher At Ghoul School Episode 20 Review - The Culture Festival

Fun little trivia for today’s episode: Ranmaru’s voice actor Showtaro Morikubo’s birthday is February 25, the same day that this episode airs. Happy birthday to him! It feels befitting as Ranmaru gets a lot of screen time in this episode. I wonder if this was intentional or just pure coincidence…

The episode is mainly about the Culture Festival and how a youkai school does them. It is a little different from a human Culture Festival as there are a bit more complex stuff that can only be accomplished by magic. There are two segments, the prep before the actual festival and the actual day of. The prep segment is just seeing what some of the Class 2-3 students are doing for the festival like Toubyou being a part of the basketball team and that Fuji is helping out with the drama club despite not being a member and he’s playing the heroine in their play while Rintaro plays the heroine’s rival—they both look amazing. I also liked the segment where the art style of the basketball team captain and Marshmallow changed. The class’s China outfits were super cute too! I liked Momoyama’s fit the best as I am a sucker for the big sleeves.

Oh, and there was a flashback where Haruaki finally explained his lineage to Nyuudou and Utagawa and they were cool with it. The fact that the students thought he was the Principal’s pet was hilarious. But yeah, Nyuudou’s words about being afraid and such does seem like foreshadowing something…but I’m not gonna tell you.

For the actual festival day, it’s basically the Principal and Ranmaru on a begrudging date. Class 2-3’s escape room is quite intricate as it revolves around finding a key to their handcuffs and there is a time limit. Those who cannot find the key are sentenced to sailor uniforms. Rintaro and Hatanaka are paired up and while they were about to get the right answer, Ogoso’s magic led them to a trap and they were sentenced to sailor uniforms. I like how different the reactions are. With Hatanaka, some parents are gossiping while the female students squeal over Rintaro and call him Mikitty. To be honest, given Rintaro’s good looks, he looks good in anything.

The highlight was definitely the Principal and Ranmaru moments as the former is annoyed by the latter’s very existence, while the latter is just chilling. Actually, I take that back—Ranmaru’s entire screen time here is the highlight. He’s a character who loves cheating his way in and also loves money. He made fake free tickets and also got distracted by Marshmallow’s baiting him money to waste their time. Though, I am surprised with how intelligent he is as he figured out Tamao’s hint through the clues. He’s a very logical thinker and it makes you wonder why he’s resorting to a life of crime.

The reason why Haruaki devised traps in the escape room is to deliberately make them waste their time and make them wear sailor uniforms. His grand scheme is to make sailor uniforms be like denim pants and have them be an every day casual wear regardless of gender. That’s some weird dedication. The fact that the Principal and Ranmaru were shocked when they learned that Haruaki is not wearing sailor uniforms because he finds it embarrassing was hilarious.

But yeah, the episode just ends like that. To be honest, the art for a few scenes look a little too janky. Take the scene where some familiar faces show up. The scene with Beans and Maibara looks so awkward as if they were all drawn by three different artists and was plastered onto the background last minute. Other than that, I did like everything else about the episode. What are your thoughts?

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20230917 Samegai ravine 1 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 醒井峡谷の川霧。川面に降りていけばもっといい感じに撮れるんだろうけど、この日は時間がなくて断念。 @Samegai ravine, Maibara city, Shiga pref. （滋賀県米原市醒井地区 醒井峡谷）

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米原駅（滋賀県米原市）．駅名標：琵琶湖線・東海道本線．Maibara Station. Maibara-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan (September 2023)

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JR東海315系東海道線米原～大垣間定期運用開始 Regular operations of the JR Central 315 Series trains have commenced on the Tōkaidō Line between Maibara and Ōgaki.

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