A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans

Rei Hitoma, a reclusive man nearing thirty, has withdrawn from society after traumatic experiences dealing with human relationships. Seeking a quiet change of pace, he accepts a teaching position at a secluded all-girls school, only to discover that the institution's purpose is to educate demi-humans who wish to become fully human. Despite his aversion to people, Rei is tasked with instructing students who admire humans more than anyone else. Rei's class consists of a mermaid, Kyōka Minazuki; a werewolf, Isaki Ōgami; a rabbit demi-human, Sui Usami; and a bird demi-human, Tobari Haneda. As their teacher, Rei introduces them to human behavior, emotions, and social norms while learning the reasons each student desires humanity and what they hope to achieve by becoming human. ==Characters==

; : :Rei Hitoma is the main character of the series, he is a teacher and a hard-core gamer. Rei hates humans because in the past when he was teacher at a human school, he was betrayed by a student who he tried to help. Not to mention, the other teachers willingly ignored the bullying because the bully was born into a rich family that donated money to the school and set up Rei after he refused to ignore the bullying. However, Rei decided to accept these feelings to learn from them and moved forward. ; : :A mermaid demihuman who was in Rei's class but eventually ended up graduating from the academy and became a full fledged human. ; : :A wolf demihuman who dealt with some insecurities before overcoming them with Rei's help. It is revealed later on that she has a split personality that she switches places with during a full moon, Isaki came to terms with her other self and fully accepted her. Both of them later graduated from the academy and became full fledged humans. ; : :A rabbit demihuman who used to be a rabbit plushie, who wanted to become a human again to reunite with her owner. Rei helped her sneak out of the academy to meet her owner who aged into an elderly woman and learned that she had only a month left to live and she happily reunited with her and promised to take care of her daughter. Sui eventually graduated and went to meet her owner's daughter. ; : :A harpy demihuman who got Rei to open up for first time in the series. Her true identity is the director of the academy and her true form is that of the Phoenix, the strongest monster in existence. Only a select few are aware of her true identity, including Rei. ; : :A dragon demihuman that joined Rei's class after Kyouka graduated and became infatuated with him. She attempts to seduce Rei every now and again, but fails due to Rei stopping her because they are teacher and student. ; : :A mouse demihuman who joined Rei's class after Kyouka graduated, she desires to become a human to eat all types of food. ; : :A cat demihuman who joined Rei's class after Kyouka graduated, she is shown to be a impressive painter. Later on, she revealed to her master Alice Medea and Rei that she desired to be a permanent cat as she didn't want to be human. Her master granted Neneko's wish and she became a permanent cat and was Rei's only student who did not become a human. ; : :A elf demihuman who is known as a prince due to her beauty and desires to become a human to show off her beauty in the human world. ; : :A oni demihuman who is a extremely truthful liar as she tells the truth as quickly as she lies. It is revealed later on that she is capable of telling when someone is lying. ; : :A human who became Rei's assistant teacher, it is revealed later on that she was the reason for Rei's trauma and his hatred for humans. In the past, Haruna was Rei's student who regularly hung out with him as she felt most comfortable around him. But one day her friend and classmate Akazawa started bullying her, she confided to Rei about this, who decided to tell the school faculty about this. The teachers willingly ignored the bullying due to Akazawa's family donating money to the school and framed Rei for abusing Haruna. She ended up lying to the principal about this and as a result Rei was fired, while Haruna blamed him for ruining her life. When they met again years later, Haruna admitted that she wanted to hurt him as she hoped he would hate her as she felt like she deserved to be punished but he never did. In the end, Rei forgives her and reveals that he already overcame this and as a result Haruna decides to become a great teacher like him. ; : :The principal of the academy who can change his form to disguise himself, he is one of the few that knows Tobari Haneda is a actually the director of the academy. He is a crow-tengu who can foresee parts of the future and foresaw that Rei would become an invaluable teacher at the academy. ; : :One of the faculty members of the academy who befriended Rei, he is later revealed to be Yuki Saotome's husband. ; : :She is a science teacher of the academy and is later revealed to be a Yuki-onna (a snow spirit) who is also revealed to be Satoru Hoshino's wife. ==Media==

Light novel Written by Natsume Kurusu and illustrated by Sai Izumi, A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans was published in five volumes under Media Factory's MF Bunko J light novel imprint from February 25, 2022, to March 25, 2026. Manga A manga adaptation illustrated by Atsu Benino was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace from August 25, 2022, to July 26, 2025. The manga's chapters were compiled into four volumes released from March 25, 2023, to September 26, 2025. Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on September 7, 2025. It is produced by Asread and directed by Akira Iwanaga, with series composition by Katsuhiko Takayama, characters designed by Maiko Okada, and music composed by Makoto Miyazaki. The series aired from January 11 to April 5, 2026 on the Animazing!!! programming block on all ANN affiliates, including ABC Television and TV Asahi, as well as AT-X. The opening theme song is , performed by Masayoshi Ōishi, while the ending theme song is performed by Sora Amamiya, Saori Ōnishi, Maria Naganawa, and Rui Tanabe as their respective characters. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Episodes ==Reception==

The series was ranked seventh in the category in the 2022 Next Light Novel Awards. ==Notes==