Suicidally depressed high school teacher Zetsubou-sensei, a man for whom the light at the end of the tunnel is the coroner inspecting his glazed eyes, continues his attempt to endure life's suffering while teaching a classful of cute girls. Will Kafuka Fuura, the most optimistic teenager on earth, ever convince her beloved sensei to look on the bright side of life? Or will Zetsubou and his students end up lobotomized and starving in a third-world dictatorship? All this, plus a Zetsubou-sensei Christmas!

This first volume, Reflections, presents two feature-length tales of terror. In "Mirror," a narcissistic girl's reflection begins to take mean-spirited command of her life. In "Demon's Revenge," a sadistic samurai master bent on seeking retribution for his son's injuries finds the tables of vengeance turned against him.

Kazuo Umezu returns with the second frightening volume of his Scary Book anthology series. In "Butterfly Grave," a book-length feature story, ever since the mysterious and untimely death of her mother when she was still an infant, Megumi has had an inexplicable, devastating phobia of butterflies.

In "Fear," Aiko is always ignored and neglected when compared to her beautiful older sister, Momoko. But when Momoko is horribly disfigured in an accident and goes mad, it's up to Aiko to bring home young girls her sister can use... to make a new face!

She is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He is the school's most notorious juvenile delinquent and he's suddenly come to a shocking realization: He's got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones - School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy!

Tough-guy Harima takes a nap backstage during the school festival. Unbeknownst to him, his bed is a prop in the stage version of "Sleeping Beauty," and he is unwittingly about to make his debut as the princess. Fortunately, the princes are played by six of the cutest girls in his class - including Harima's beloved Tenma!

A teacher's ghost, infamous for preventing students from graduating to the next grade, is haunting Harima. If he's held back, he'll never again be in the same class with his beloved Tenma. Does this mean that Harima will actually have to study?! Oh, the horror!

Harima Kenji has just received an impossible assignment: to draw 120 pages of manga in a week! With his cousin away on vacation, the suddenly homeless Harima has only one person to turn to: his assistant, Yakumo. But how can Harima concentrate on manga when the love of his life, Tenma-chan, is just down the hall?

Rich girl Sawachika Eri is being forced into an omiai - a meeting that may well land her in an arranged marriage. Her only hope is to convince the handsome workman she's just met to join her at the appointment. What she doesn't know is that the stranger is actually her enemy and sometime-love interest Harima Kenji in disguise! And when cute airhead Tenma is thrown into the mix, a disaster is just waiting to happen!

Harima Kenji has never lost a fight, but his love for the clueless Tsukamoto Tenma is proving to be his greatest challenge. After catching his cherished Tenma-chan and an unexpected rival in a lunchtime tryst, Kenji spirals into the deepest pit of high school Hades - plummeting so low that there's only one thing left to do: draw a manga. When Kenji hits bottom, whom will he find there?