"Batten-sensei" is a short manga serialized for three years in "Asahi Chugakusei Weekly" (Asahi Gakusei Shimbun) from April 1998, with a total of 156 episodes. It's a story about a fat novice teacher and students from Kyushu. Since it's a simultaneous work in the final stage of drawing Super Mario for ten years, the character Mario-kun also appears as the characters.