Synopsis

Known as Nube to his students, Meisuke Nueno is the homeroom teacher of Class 5-3 at Dōmori Elementary, and his left hand is literally a demon. Not metaphorically. The thing is called the Demon's Hand, and he uses it to exorcise the ghosts, yokai, and malevolent spirits that keep showing up around his kids. Part 2 of the 2025 reboot picks up right where the first season left off, with new supernatural threats creeping into Dōmori and Nube trying to balance being a caring teacher with being the only thing standing between his students and some genuinely creepy entities. The tone shifts constantly between goofy classroom comedy and surprisingly unsettling horror moments — think a yokai-of-the-week format where some weeks are funny and some weeks are actually disturbing. Studio KAI modernized the 1990s art style in a way that keeps the charm of the original manga without looking dated, and Evan Call's soundtrack does a lot of heavy lifting in selling both the comedic and darker beats. If you're into shows like Dark Gathering where supernatural investigation meets genuine dread, or you miss the teacher-driven chaos of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei but want it with actual demons, this fills a pretty specific niche. It's a shounen series rooted in Japanese mythology that doesn't talk down to its audience despite being set in an elementary school. The horror has teeth, and Nube's exorcism fights hit harder than you'd expect from a show about a fifth-grade teacher.