Gokusen — Season 1, Episode 3: Don't judge only by appearance

Episode synopsis

A serial purse-snatcher is targeting women in the neighborhood near Shirokin High School, and Uchiyama, one of the students in Class 3-D, is a prime suspect. Determined to prove Uchiyama's innocence, Yankumi and a few of her students set out to catch the real thief.

About Gokusen

Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class to take care of. Class 3-D is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. The students show no respect to teachers nor a little kindness. Each and every student doesn't like teacher for almost everyone has no good memories of them. The leader of the class is Sawada Shin. He is well respected for there are rumors that he beat a teacher to death. The students try there hardest to bully and make fun of her so she'll quit but all there efforts went to waste because Yamaguchi ain't an ordinary Teacher. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to Oedo group, a yakuza clan. Even though everyone in there clan wants her to the next leader, she made up her mind and so everyone accepted it.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1A zealous teacher goes on a rampage
• E2Don't abandon your friend
• E4If you fail, start over
• E5To fight is different from violence
• E6Don't let bullying get to you
• E7Believe in your own child
• E8Aren't you his mother
• E9Don't blame others for your own mistakes
• E10I'll believe my own students
• E11No one is alone
• E12Goodbye, Yankumi