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TIL about Osamu Mizutani, Also known as the "Yomawari Sensei" (Night Patrol Teacher), He was a night high school teacher in Yokohama, who helped over 330,000 students suffering with depression, harassment and addiction for over 22 years. He wrote a novel based on the events that happened to him.

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