Hell Teacher Nube (Series rating: 8/10)

Nueno Meisuke is starting his brand new job as a school teacher. A teacher in the worst placed school on the planet. Why? Because it’s constantly haunted by demons, ghost and goblins. Fortunately for his students, not only is Nueno a highly skilled exorcist, he also has a devil sealed in his right hand. He can call upon the powers of said devil to fight other supernatural creatures. When he’s not protecting his students he’s trying to win over the heart of fellow teacher Ritsuko. Sadly for him, Ritsuko hates the occult and since Nube is almost always followed by something odd, he’s chances of hanging out with her are slim to none. And that’s only the beginning of his problems.

Hell Teacher Nube is another 90’s anime that I love. I always liked series that feature Japanese supernatural creatures, and this series has them in spades. But wait, because we also have some decent comedy and a surprising amount of fanservice for a show like this. Gotta love the 90s. One thing I loved about this show is that it’s not always the same pattern. Sometimes the creatures they face aren’t even malicious. Some just misunderstood the actions of the humans, or they were trying to help but unaware they were doing harm. Sure, there are plenty of evil ones as well. But even for most of those, the battle is not so simple. Many times the monster is too strong to fight directly so it must be weakened as per its legend. Other times Nube is simply no match for it and must find some other way of defeating it. You never really know how an encounter will go. The students are lots of fun as well, even though most of them are stereotypes: Kyoko is the tsundere, Hiroshi is the dummy, Miki is the prankster, etc. They’re all endearing though.

The subtitles are all form the BakaBT releases, but I need to explain. The subs for the TV series are passable, but not great. The subs for the movies and OVAs are much better.