My Students Aren’t Human. They’re More Than a Little Eerie

My name is Zhang Ming. I’m an art teacher who just wants to lie flat, dreaming of retiring early and going home to practice calligraphy.

That is, until I took over the school’s notorious “KO One.”

At first glance, every student in my class seems talented:

Class monitor Bai Xiaolang is sunny and cheerful, except that he howls at his homework under the full moon;

Study committee member Su Xiaomei is gentle and serene, except that she’s always asking me, “Teacher, why do you smell so good?”;

PE representative Shi Tietou is incredibly strong, except that he occasionally twists his head off to wipe the blackboard.

The principal pats me on the shoulder. “Xiao Zhang, these are all ‘special talents.’ Teach them well, and you’ll earn boundless merit!”

I gaze at the classroom, where demonic energy is surging everywhere, and quietly take out my family’s heirloom wolf-hair brush and cinnabar ink.

…Looks like teaching painting and calligraphy won’t be enough. First, I’ll have to teach them how to be “human.”

This is the wickedly funny story of Zhang Ming, a laid-back art teacher leading a group of nonhuman students through shameless everyday chaos, exorcising demons with plenty of laughs while teaching them (and trying to stay alive).

In a nutshell

An art teacher who just wants to lie flat is forced to take charge of KO One, a class full of students who are demons and monsters. Using art and calligraphy to exorcise them with hilarious results, he teaches them how to behave and eventually uncovers the shocking secret that the school is a “socialization training center for nonhumans.”