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Gokusen S1E2 — Don't abandon your friend

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Gokusen•Season 1•Episode 2

Don't abandon your friend

8.0/10 · 38 votesApr 24, 200245 min

Ranked #8 of 12 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

When the students create posters making fun of her and the head teacher, Yamaguchi learns that they have given her a nickname, "Yankumi", which she unexpectedly embraces. One of the students, Minami, is seeing a new girl. One day, he arrives badly beaten and gets

Directed byTarō Ōtani

Written byMichiru Egashira

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Seasons3

Season 1 Episodes12

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E2 8.0Now viewing

Don't abandon your friend

Don't judge only by appearance still

Don't judge only by appearance

If you fail, start over still

If you fail, start over

To fight is different from violence still

To fight is different from violence

Don't let bullying get to you still

Don't let bullying get to you

Believe in your own child still

Believe in your own child

Aren't you his mother still

Aren't you his mother

Don't blame others for your own mistakes still

Don't blame others for your own mistakes

I'll believe my own students still

I'll believe my own students

No one is alone still

No one is alone

Goodbye, Yankumi still

Goodbye, Yankumi

Cast18

Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Kumiko Yamaguchi

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Goro Sawatari

Jun Matsumoto

Jun Matsumoto

Shin Sawada

Kenji Anan

Kenji Anan

Hiro Wakamatsu

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Haruhiko Uchiyama

Ken Kaneko

Ken Kaneko

Tetsu Asakura

Ken Utsui

Ken Utsui

Ryuichiro Kuroda

Misaki Itō

Misaki Itō

Shizuka Fujiyama

S

Shinji Uchiyama

Minoru Tatsukawa

H

Hiroshi Ryogoku

Hiroshi Ryogoku

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

Tomoya Shinohara

Hiroki Narimiya

Hiroki Narimiya

Takeshi Noda

Crew2

T

Tarō Ōtani

Director

Michiru Egashira

Michiru Egashira

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Don't abandon your friend" is episode 2 of Gokusen season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 38 votes, ranking #8 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Tarō Ōtani and written by Michiru Egashira, it aired on April 24, 2002.

Next: E3 · Don't judge only by appearance Best of Season 1