Gokusen Special (2003)

There's not much to review on this one, really. As a closing to the series, I thought that the final episode of the drama conveyed more heart and resolution to the first storyline than this special did. It's not bad at all, but I felt the conflicts were not as crucial to the plot as the final episodes of the series were.

Storytelling-wise, the construction of the episode was a bit strange to me, I felt like we had two independent episodes put together, since the first conflict had almost to no relation to the later conflict and to the resolution of the episode. Still, it does provide closure to this class and these characters.

I did really like Matsujun's performance in this one, I'll be saddened not to see his character anymore (I understand that's different in the manga) and Yukie was great once again.

All in all, it's ok, it doesn't add much more to the storyline but it's entretaining to watch.

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