He spends the nights staying by the side of vulnerable, recluse and addicted to drugs teenage runaway students who have been rejected by society.

Written by Osamu Mizutani and illustrated by Seiki Tsuchida [ja], Yomawari Sensei is based on Mizutani's autobiographical book of the same title, released by Sanctuary Publishing on February 10, 2004[3] (re-released by Shogakukan on March 6, 2009).

[4] A previous story, subtitled Blanco (ブランコ, Buranko), was published in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki on October 25, 2004;[5] it was released as a collected volume on December 28, 2004.

[12] An additional story of Yomawari Sensei, subtitled Kibō-hen (希望編, lit.

'Hope Edition'), was released on June 29, 2012; it contains three chapters of a planned four-chapter unfinished story, and contributions by other manga artists.