Tsuide ni Tonchinkan

Author: Koichi Endo

Run: 1985–1989

Chapters: 212

Genres: Comedy, Gag Humor, School

Nukesaku Ma, a schoolteacher of bottomless, reality-defying stupidity, teams up with three transfer students to form the phantom-thief gang 'Tonchinkan'. They announce every heist in advance and only ever steal worthless junk — a setup for a barrage of absurd gags, pop-culture parodies, and increasingly bewildered bystanders. The series was also adapted into a TV anime.