Title: せんせいのお時間 (Doki Doki School Hours) Vol. 1
Artist/Author: ももせたまみ (Tamami Momose)
Book Size/Pages: A-5, 134pp., w/o furigana
Original Serialization: Manga Life Original 3/97-9/98
First Printing: 4/27/99
Rating: 3/4

Hearing the anime is out, I decided to pick this series up to see what it's about. The series is in 4 panel format, so there's not much of a plot, but rather short snippets and situations. I can't help but compare this to Azumanga Daioh as the format is the same and the setting is pretty similar too. While this has it's high points at times, the characters aren't as interesting. Mika, the teacher, is hilarious, but there isn't much of a supporting cast. The humor in here seems to be aimed towards a more mature audience, and appropriately so since this is published in a young women's mangazine.

Bonus includes a few color pages in front and a bonus chapter.

The story revolves around a 27-year-old school teacher 鈴木みか (Mika Suzuki) who just started work as a literature/language teacher at high school. She's abnormally small for her age and in fact, a lot of her students are taller, bigger, and even more "voluptuous" than she is. A big part of the humor comes from her size. Among her students are a homosexual, a big and tall girl who likes little girls (like Mika, her teacher), an otaku, and other students who are obsessed with one thing or another.

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