Licensed GTO-Great Teacher Onizuka Discussion [Archive]

lensman

2004-06-29, 08:23

Well, I went through 15 pages in the forum without finding a GTO thread, which means that either it was discussed a loooooong time ago, or that it wasn't discussed, period.

I read the manga and I was literally blown away. From the first page where we get to see the protagonists resume, to the awesome climactic end, this title is gripping, exciting, and at times laugh-out-loud funny!

What I especially liked was that it doesn't pull any punches. It shows society (at least Japanese Society) the way it is. The youths and the adults are all facing very real problems. What I liked even more was Onizuka's approach to solving those problems.

Speaking of Onizuka, I have to say that he is one of the best male characters out there, a street-smart lech with an attitude, impressive martial arts skills and a really big heart. His personality itself is a really necessary shock to system and it ends up improving many of his students lives.

Not that the rest of the cast are not worth mentioning. From the Bullied Yushikawara, to the ultra-conservative and overconscious principal Uchiyamada, to Miyubi, the school b*tch, all of the people in GTO are real, or at least, they feel real. Even the extreme cases, perverted teachers that peep in bathrooms, manically obsessed individuals and stalkers are realistically portraied.

The art of the manga is exceptional as well, even though definitely not manga-like in the traditional sense. The characters very often have small eyes, and there are lots of ehmm... unnessecary details. In fact detail is what characterises the artwork through out.

Anyone else picking up this great title?

snoopy

2004-06-29, 10:13

I thought the ending of the manga was rather bland. I'm a major fan of everything before volume 15, though. And Shonan Jun'ai Gumi is a great delinquent manga... that reminds me, I still need to finish reading that... gotta find the CD...

Anyway, yeah, I was pretty disappointed with the ending. "He can't be dead, you wouldn't kill this guy even if you killed him". I was REALLY hoping for him to die. That would have been my ideal ending. Instead they had the happy end... happy is really really over-rated. I mean, Onizuka deserves an extremely anti-climactic death to counterbalance all of the shit he manages to survive doing.

Kyuven

2004-06-29, 10:14

it's "Yoshikawa" and "Miyabi" actually :)
Yes, Onizuka is awesomeness incarnate, Urumi is one of my favorites :)

Arwyn

2004-06-29, 10:35

GTO is one of my all time favorites. Some of the completely off the wall stuff he pulls is just a riot.

While some of the stuff is certainly not anything even close to politically correct, I tend to recommend this manga to most folks who ask me for a good series to read. Anything that can make me laugh so hard so often deserves a good read. :)

StormD

2004-06-29, 12:00

What I especially liked was that it doesn't pull any punches. It shows society (at least Japanese Society) the way it is.
http://subversatile.net/pics/emot-lol.gif

snoopy

2004-06-29, 13:05

Baba

2004-06-29, 13:59

I'm also a major GTO fzn, and I realy like this serie although it does slightly go down in quality toward the end. Still, it's one of my favorit titles and has some realy amazing parts.
And I'd tend to agree with lensman on the point that GTO does show japanese society pretty well with it's short commings and all. Of course there are some exageration and stuff, but it doesn't take a genius to take apart truth from exageration to get the overall picture. All in all, GTO taugh me more about current japanese culture than any other book/article/manga I have ever read. (and before I get stupid comments, I lived there for 3 month within a japanese family, so I do have first hand experience to compare this info to)

Kyuven

2004-06-29, 17:00

Oh wow, I didn't even see that... I feel so silly. Allow me to comment on that one as well.

Dontcha just hate it when the Yakuza kidnap you and you have to be saved by your genius ex-biker teacher who then goes and makes a perfect score on the hardest national test in the nation with 2 bullet wounds in his gut? It's happened to me like twice, and it just ruined my day both times. I think I'll go and enjoy a whore with my corrupt police officer friend who wants to sell evidence locker crack with me then talk in french to the genius girl who hates the world because her father was used for scientific experimentation.

GTO's about as realistic as SaiKano. Ie, completely not realistic.
that situation is one of the exaggerations
certain characters are very realistic, especially Uchiyamada and his family, Ryuji, Fujiyoshi, Miyabi, Anko, and Noboru (it's rare to see the kind of relationship that Anko and Noboru have pre-Okinawa (i.e., before the Okinawa trip) since not many people like to talk about it, but the fact is there ARE girls who terrorize boys and get away with it)
what makes GTO unrealistic is that it takes characters with a lot of problems and puts them into situations that could never happen in real life.
But, a lot of people don't pay attention to things that are "normal", what series like GTO suffer from towards the end is the idea begins to get old, and you run out of characters to develop. Plus, series like GTO, at least from my perspective, should not have a definite ending, otherwise it ruins the feel of the whole shebang

babbito2k

2004-06-29, 18:57

...series like GTO, at least from my perspective, should not have a definite ending, otherwise it ruins the feel of the whole shebangThat seems kinda cruel, the big quest is for onizuka to get rid of his virginity innit... can't really see the poor guy going around like that forever and ever...

As far as the thing going on too long, that's the fate of any super-popular manga. Then again, American comics run even longer, and often pay even less attention to the passing of time.

Kyuven

2004-06-29, 19:47

That seems kinda cruel, the big quest is for onizuka to get rid of his virginity innit... can't really see the poor guy going around like that forever and ever...

As far as the thing going on too long, that's the fate of any super-popular manga. Then again, American comics run even longer, and often pay even less attention to the passing of time.
the big quest is for him to become a great teacher
after winning over one of the biggest class of teacher haters, TWO disgruntled administrators, and even aiding in making an idol out of the slowest girl in his class, i think he's accomplished that.
The only characters GTO never fully develops are Mayu and Ageha, even though it's hinted at about 3 times throughout the series
well, if you want a real ending just imagine the stuff in the last two episodes of the anime happening after vol. 25, even though there would be about a dozen inconsistancies...

Yebyosh

2004-06-29, 20:41

the big quest is for him to become a great teacher Uh no... the manga's quest is for him to become a great teacher. His own personal quest is to get a loli to blow and get him off everyday. The great teacher quest was for him only a diversion to get his mind off his frustrations on his inability to fulfill his lifequest. :heh: And that is no joke.

Spyre

2004-06-30, 00:12

How many volumes are there total?

Kyuven

2004-06-30, 00:23

How many volumes are there total?
25 total volumes, not including the two prequels

ClancyDamon

2004-06-30, 04:33

This is definately my most favorite manga ever. Insane, overblown, ridiculous, exagerrated nonsense, blending seemlessly with perfect sensible, relatable, understandable, rational drama. ...or something like that. Really, I've gotten more info on life thanks to the philosophical undertones of this series than I have from almost anything else I've ever read. As my friends and I say, GTO is a Psychotically Perverted Noodle Soup for the Soul. Remember the "I'd just squeeze their Tits" lecture to Azusa in Okinawa? Enough said.

lensman

2004-06-30, 05:24

GTO is as realistic as SaiKano?

Sure there are some REALLY extreme situations in GTO, but unlike SaiKano, there is a major difference... Great Teacher Onizuka FEELS real. You get the feeling that Onizuka is a real guy, that the guys and girls around him are real people and that it could actually happen to you.

OK, so not all of us have a corrupt cop friend, or a black belt in karate, or connections to the yakuza, but that is part of the point is GTO: Putting the most unlikely of individuals (Onizuka) in the most unlikely of positions (a Teacher). Onizuka's approach to the problems is unique and funny... but those problems are very real, and, unfortunately, very common.

The manga definitely has a realistic feel to it... You get the feeling that it could happen somewhere, somehow.

Hi_There

2004-06-30, 10:16

Going beyond the indepth analysis of its realism, meaning etc etc

I just wanted to say it was just so much fun to read. I loved every minute of reading every page.

lensman

2004-07-06, 00:11

I guess you are right. To ponder on the realism of GTO is to miss the point...

That this is a very well written and hilarious manga.

Token-Blackguy

2004-07-06, 13:48

GTO's about as realistic as SaiKano. Ie, completely not realistic.

well, shit happens. OF course none of this shite ever really does happen, but thats what keeps you inderested innit?

gto is my favorite, possibly on par with naruto, though i find it hard to compare the two on the same level.

Kanzaki rules!

7thMethuselah

2004-07-07, 14:31

Yup GTO manga is even better than the anime. I recently started reading it and now I find myself running towards the manga store on a daily basis :heh:

Basically Onizuka hasn't changed compared to the anime but he does even more crazy stuff, trashes a certain Cressna even more :heh: and is just plain coooooooool :)

:topicoff:

PS On a side note, Saikano is actually very realistic, if you neglect Chise "condition" . She could've been sick instead of being "you know what" . If you see it that way, all that remains is an anime about a couple which isn't certain about their love, and see their world destroyed around them. Saikano is about dealing with the problems young couples find when faced with an unusual situation. Chise's "condition" just strengthens that feeling a thousand times. Oh and the Saikano manga is even more emotional and beautifully drawn

Baka-neko

2004-07-07, 14:48

Kyuven

2004-07-07, 15:08

Well I'm a BIG fan of GTO, maybe because it was my first anime serie I watched but I still like, have rewatched it many times, bought the anime DVD's and now reading manga.
I have readed from 1-18 and waiting for more... In my country I can't buy all the mangas, they have only from 1-19 here... :( (more will come but later and I'm ADDICTED!)

Well it's sad to see that Onizuka is virgin still :(

And I think the manga has one of the world pervert-minded characters, Sakurai (that english teacher, some people messes him with the chairwoman).
the anime downplays just how perverted Sakurai really is (and neither the anime nor the manga show more than a couple scenes of Uchiyamada being perverted, and it's ALWAYS on the train...wonder why?) of course they also change his name to Sakurada, so he could be a completely different character (like the anime nurse and manga nurse...Moritaka is better than Kadena though, even if she doesn't have the street racer past)
GTO 20 will be coming out in the states in late august-early september!

Pailong

2004-10-09, 14:43

hi, im not asking for it or anything i just wanna know how many volumes are there altogether of GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) and is it still ongoing in japan or is it finished?

LiQuid|J

2004-10-09, 15:15

25 total. Completed in Japan.

7thMethuselah

2004-10-09, 15:26

25 pieces in japan, Tokypop will release the 21st volume this month if I'm not mistaken.

whatever123

2004-10-10, 00:04

there are also 2 prequels i am not sure if they are licensed:

1- BAD company 1 volume
2- shounan jun'ai gumi, 15 volumes

Pailong

2004-10-10, 05:11

Baba

2004-10-10, 05:35

I don' know much about bad compagny but I can confirm that Shonan Junai Gumi is indeed a prequel to GTO (it was written before it too). The graphic style (at least in the early volumes) is much cruder than in GTO and the humour is much more girl/fight oriented.
I have no idea as to the exact number of volumes in it but at least 20 or so (the current japanese edition is a readition where each volume contains the amount of pages from 2 regular volumes and I remember seeing at least 10 of these in a shop)...

whatever123

2004-10-10, 08:53

cool thanx alot guys.

2 prequels? you sure about this? prequels of GTO?

also, do you guys know a site that has information on manga (like how many volumes there are of the manga etc) i already know dailymanga.net and mangajouhou but they arent really good for info like that.

i am sure about this and if you look in the two sites you mentioned you might find them ;)

and heres the proof for bad company http://img87.exs.cx/img87/1096/bc_cover.jpg

Kyuven

2004-10-10, 13:50

Shounan Jun'ai gumi is the story of how Ryuji and Onizuka met (and a lot about Onizuka's "Shounan Days" he refers to a lot in the GTO manga) or maybe that was bad company

whatever123

2004-10-10, 14:01

Shounan Jun'ai gumi is the story of how Ryuji and Onizuka met (and a lot about Onizuka's "Shounan Days" he refers to a lot in the GTO manga) or maybe that was bad company

i don't know where i read this so i can't confirm it but i heard that bad company was only a special volume to the shounan junai gumi, which was later sold as it's own name

bad company had how onizuka and ryuji met while shounan junai gumi had most of thier adventure

Pailong

2004-10-11, 15:13

oh i see.

so it was a prequel (not bad company, the other one) written before the actual GTO manga? so it is part of GTO i guess. is it licensed?

whatever123

2004-10-12, 04:34

oh i see.

so it was a prequel (not bad company, the other one) written before the actual GTO manga? so it is part of GTO i guess. is it licensed?

yes you got it right but i am not sure if it's licensed or not

Kyuven

2004-10-13, 13:35

it's not licensed as far as i know

~*(DiminisherZ)*~

2004-10-14, 00:00

;)

GTO?~ Hmmm~ I think it's actually finished for a long time ago~ it's nice~ hmmm~ 25 books all~ well~ hmmm~ Shonen Jun'ai Gami?~ heard of it before~

(I guess i'm like talking to myself~ haha~ :heh: )

;)

Hatter

2004-10-18, 00:29

What does Shonan Ju'nai Gumi translate to?

birdman damn

2004-11-17, 10:36

Zero Murasame

2004-11-17, 23:58

GTO is one of the greatest manga I've ever skimmed. I sometimes consider buyin it. (And that means it's really good. normally I think its a waste of money)

kujoe

2004-11-18, 00:51

so... snoopy or anyone else who's read til the end of the manga - do Fuyutski (however u spell it) and Onizuka finally confess their feelings for each other, or is it more like the "life goes on" ending... i spose the whole point of the story was that Onizuka was a great teacher, and the anime really did that fantastically, i was really satisfied with the anime ending.

still... do they make it as a couple by the end of the manga? (i'm not talking about Onizuka losing his virginity or whatever, just if they get together:P) can someone maybe tell me what happens to the rest of the characters - dang they're all so good :D so please please reply even tho this is like 4 months after the last person lol...
Nope.

It's pretty much the same for Onizuka's other relationships in the manga as well. For example, he and Murai's mom have a friendly relationship with one another and surprisingly, they do get along. But no. None of them ever crosses the line. The same goes for his relationship with Fuyutsuki even though it's apparent that the latter has feelings for the other. (In fact, Fuyutsuki has more roles given to her in the anime--partly because of the changes done to Naoko's character. :mad: )

It's almost as if Onizuka's being professional about it...which is hard to believe. :D

And from what've heard, even the relationships of the entire crew aren't completely addressed--such as Yoshikawa and Anko or Murai and that tall girl. (forgot the name..) Such things seem to be only featured in their corresponding story arcs and that's it. The rest is up to the reader. Hopefully, someone can verify this just to be sure.
With regard to the ending of the manga--I think it's just as well that it remains open-ended. I figured that the author wants to keep it open just in case if he wants to use the character again for another story.

And indeed, that much was implied in the anime version. In one interview for instance, he wondered what it would be like for Onizuka to teach in a high school in the US. I think Tohru Fujisawa was just joking around when he said that, but it also seemed that he wants to keep Onizuka free for other ideas.

JERI

2004-11-18, 23:23

What I really don't like about GTO was how it's sometimes trying to be what it's not.

I mean the way the author kept arranging Onizuka to be the dispenser of wisdom at the end of each bratty kid event, and how the manga referred more than once to the shortcomings of the Japanese educational system; they gave me the impression that the author was seriously trying to construct a social commentary - and that a street-wise, ex-delinquent teacher is his answer to those shortcomings.

It's like everytime a series of Onizuka's misbehaviours was followed by at least 4-5 pages of supposedly serious stuff, and that really doesn't work, because I don't know whether to continue reading in a critical or tongue-in-cheek attitude.

That said, GTO was an absolutely hilarious manga, and it used many techniques which are quite innovative and fun to watch (the first-person perspectives that's used everytime Onizuka met his cop friend was a perfect match for the comic undertone).

rob1out

2004-11-29, 21:18

I finished GTO a long long time ago... then downloaded Live Action and the drama twist of GTO was also very very good. However... I wasnt very satified with the anime simply because the anime was short ended as in it ended early in the manga. With a differen ttype of ending (him going to USA). However I was wondering what happened in the real manga. Is there any links out there?

snoopy

2004-11-29, 22:33

Yah, Amazon.com has all that's been done so far.

AnimeFangirl

2004-11-29, 22:53

And if you run a search for "Onizuka" you'll find several other discussions about the ending of the manga and differences in the anime, etc.

Morisato

2006-01-13, 23:42

Does anyone know what was with Mayu and the pills things? What was he about to say at the end? And what did he want to talk to Kikchi about and disappear for a week together?

ayyo

2006-01-21, 00:53

No one will ever know. They cutted out/never published Mayu and Kikuchi's arc that deals with Mayu's tragic past. We can only spectate what happened back then.
Only clues we know was: He had to take pills to keep himself under control after the event, Kikuchi was involved, he lost trust over teachers/school because of it, it was someone or a group of people since he mentioned going after them, and that it involves his dream/desire/whatever to be an idol.

Antonik

2006-01-22, 18:55

I'm reading GTO and i think i skipped some parts.. During the Mayo?? arc ( the blonde guy thats rich) he was taking those pills for anxiousness or nervousness and I never saw them mention the reason for it. Although the nurse asked why?? And then afterwards Mayo took Kikukichi because he needed some help, was it explained that they did? It showed them trying to hack into a site to get revenge, but then they went on the site about Myiabi and then it was never mentioned, or i missed it.

ayyo

2006-01-22, 20:39

.....

Theres already a thread about GTO manga like in the freaking first page with the same exact question even being asked.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=16416

Antonik

2006-01-24, 10:27

.....

Theres already a thread about GTO manga like in the freaking first page with the same exact question even being asked.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=16416
Sorry :( Didn't see it :(

stretch87

2006-07-11, 05:32

quick question

i finished watching the anime but i want to know the rest of the story, which is why i'm now reading the manga. i planned on starting to read from the end of the school trip to that beach but right away there was an arch that wasn't in the anime (that rich mayu guy or whatever)

did the anime skip a lot of archs or did it follow the manga pretty well? i don't want to read 13 volumes nothing new happens.

be0wulf

2006-07-11, 17:17

The anime didn't really skip that many arcs. It's just that in the anime, some characters like Mayu, Ai, etc weren't shown in the anime. The anime actually followed the manga quite faithfully up until the last two episodes. The ending between the two (and Miyabi's problem) differed between manga and anime, partly because the anime took on a more serious tone than the manga.

But don't worry, from the manga beach trip onwards, pretty much everything is different from the anime. So read on, young adventurer.

akurashy

2006-07-14, 10:47

GTO ending didn't disappoint me that much

but still what im thinking, and still am

Who the hell he choosed to marry i mean if it continued ? the blond girl (i forgot her name damn) Kanzaki Urumi i think XD , or that boring teacher ;o (fukuda) , or she went to get the old hag! :o

my best guess is urumi o.o

about the realistic thing, i think the authors tried to kill every student and onizuka in every situation that happened lol they are suicidial ? >_<

Itachikun

2006-07-16, 20:16

Loved both the anime and manga. The ending of the anime was great, leaving all the missing arcs behind and shit.

While I just started the manga after the Okinawa arc, it was a brand new adventure to re-live the Onizuka experience again. The Mayu Arc, the Angels Arc, all of them were great, I was hoping for more.

The manga also had a much more deeper relationship between Onizuka and Urumi, cause I always imagined something would make them closer. Oh well, a terrific ending for the manga.
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be0wulf

2006-07-17, 01:54

Urumi Kanzaki ftw!!

Kyuven

2006-07-17, 03:29

jeez i come back to the forums after two years and see an old thread i posted in resurrected...
I still like GTO, so much so that while I was in Japan I picked up a copy of Rose Hip Zero, which is also by Tohru Fujisawa...
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it has nothing to do with GTO other than the female lead looks so much like Toroko it's frightening

Jinx626

2006-07-18, 18:37

Anyone pick up Shonan Junai Gumi "GTO the early years"? So far i like it...much more crude humor with onizuka and ryuji. Can't wait till volume 2 comes out later in the year.

Laharu

2006-07-22, 05:01

actually yeah, just grabbed that the other day. It's pretty funny. I like it so far too! With the whole thing about his past and such. It's very funny!

Trax

2006-10-10, 12:00

Saw the anime recently, loved it overall (didn't care much for the ending), so needed more and tore through the manga aswell. Was great to see more of Uzumi Kanzaki (liked her in the anime and liked her even more after reading the manga, making her my favorite character in GTO) and her somewhat obsessive attachment to Onizuka, shame it ended when it did, some Fuyutsuki/Kanzaki rivalry could have been funny. Throw in Julia for good measure, maybe even Mizuki from the first arc. XD Also too bad some loose ends weren't quite tied up, as already mentioned in this thread by others. But then again, it would've gotten too repetitive to go through the "student making trouble due to some sort of child trauma, onizuka pulling some crazy stunts and straightens him/her out" motions again. Most things were tied up pretty nicely anyway.

MugenIchiban

2007-01-26, 23:41

Hi, can someone help me answer a question?

Is Aizawa and Fujiyoshi girlfriend and boyfriend now or do they just like each other but keepin' it at that? Also, why would anyone care if they were going out?

To me it seems like a one-sided relationship or at least thats what I got from the manga. That's if they were actually going out though. It doesn't show them really doing anything with each other.

Mykas

2007-01-31, 23:04

Is Aizawa and Fujiyoshi girlfriend and boyfriend now or do they just like each other but keepin' it at that? Also, why would anyone care if they were going out?

Maybe is the best answer I can give there is one panel where someone, Kikuchi I think (too lazy to go look it up) says something like " So you and Miyabi are....." to Fujiyoshi. It like a few things are left up to the reader.

Freeter

2007-01-31, 23:26

I don't think they are. They show zero signs of being a couple in the final volume, and Miyabi seems to favor Onizuka more (crying out for him as she falls from the roof, taking a drag on his cigarette at his request, suggesting she'd show her panties if Onizuka asked to Asuza).

Should one interpret it this way, Onizuka unknowingly succeeded in stealing the hearts of all three friends (Miyabi-Urumi-Tomoko), as well as Asuza. Lucky bastard :heh:

be0wulf

2007-02-01, 00:21

Wahhhh...necro moar?

discoinferno

2008-01-12, 23:03

Im planning 2 read the manga after watching the anime. What volume or ch. should i start to read where the anime left off? Or r there many side stories that the anime didn't show that i should just read from the beginning? i think the anime left off after the trip to Okinawa and the other episodes after that weren't from the manga

thx in advance

Jarppa

2008-01-13, 20:24

GTO is so hilarious that you should just read it from the start...

Jechtsphere

2008-01-25, 22:41

Mykas

2008-02-05, 07:59

The anime doesn't hold a candle to the manga, this and shonan junai gume are some of the best examples of orriginal manga out there, Onizuka is a larger than life character but a lot of the stuff is real slice of life Japan giving us a peek at what problems kids in japan face from bullying to issues with status and how they deal with them.

elniro

2008-07-28, 10:26

sorry to resurrect an old thread but i felt rather than starting a new one, this option would be better.

anyway as GTO has been my 2nd favourite anime ever since i first saw years ago i've decided its time to get the manga.
I found out that they've started releasing GTO: The early years in english and I was wondering whether i should read this first before GTO (when he's a teacher)?

davie

2008-09-22, 20:57

noktown

2008-09-24, 15:54

Dusk_

2008-09-24, 22:02

Yeah the early years are a completely different storie,nothing related to GTO,but its so funny too lol,i like how Onizuka's friend (keep forgetting his name) approaches a girl when he is hard and she freaks out lol...

Anyways i just wanted to ask about GTO manga,does it have a proper ending ?I mean a conclusive ending or an ending similiar to the anime ?
Eh, it's about half-and-half. Most things are cleared up, most loose ends are tied, but there are plenty of open ended things too. I haven't watched the anime myself, but I've read spoilers, and I have to say that the manga ending is much more satisfying than the anime's.

Dark Mage

2008-11-24, 11:41

So Azusa and Onizuka never hook up huh? too bad I thought Azusa loved Onizuka and Onizuka wanted a girlfriend so what went wrong there?

Jarppa

2008-11-24, 13:31

Urumi!

sorry for oneliner :)

Dark Mage

2008-11-24, 14:06

Does Urumi like Onizuka as well? She is hot lol I am sure if she was 19 Onizuka would have gone oyt with her. But I had a feeling that he really liked Azusa

-Sho-

2008-11-24, 14:08

The manga is more better than the anime (the design character is very goods, its very well drew!) but one point , the end was rushed !i wanted more !!!Me i started the manga first then the anime (he killed the manga) !

Mykas

2008-11-25, 12:02

There is a reference in the live action movie to Onizuka hooking up with someone (maybe Azusa). As for Urumi it is established pretty clearly in the manga that both her and Tomoko had it bad for Onizuka. Tomoko was especially amusing to watch since her confidante and make up artist is Shinomi who is the girl that chases after him in Shonan Junai Gumi.

ZODDGUTS

2008-11-25, 16:13

So Azusa and Onizuka never hook up huh? too bad I thought Azusa loved Onizuka and Onizuka wanted a girlfriend so what went wrong there?

No it leaves it open ended really lame so he's still a virgin, then again never liked her character that much Urumi would have been a better match for Onizuka. Plus it would have fulfilled the fantasy/dream that Onizuka said he wanted early on in the manga about marring a high school girl something like that, plus isn't she older the 18 right? and clearly loves him in the manga so it's okay. :heh:

kujoe

2008-11-25, 17:47

Just wait a few years, then Urumi will be ok for him. However, it seems that despite Onizuka's dirty mind, he does believe in being a teacher and cares for his students, so maybe that's his stance on things.

Four girls are actually after him by the end of the manga. Obvious ones are Azusa, and Urumi. Then there's Tomoko, and one minor character... the daughter of the vice-principal. He also seems to get along well with that guy's mother, probably as friends or maybe something else, but I'm not really sure. The story never really focuses on that one.

From what I heard, the live action drama has more on Onizuka and Azusa. But yes, I also think that Urumi would be a better romantic interest in the manga.

Freeter

2009-06-08, 20:55

*judo kicks thread*

Shonan 14 Days ch 1 is out. Man, how I missed GTO. The ending was decent, but Onizuka's antics will never get old. Seeing all those familiar faces brought a huge smile to my face (especially Urumi :D).

Oh boy, another Miyabi clone, only with shorter hair? Been there, done that.

The other new girl looks almost like a Julia/Naoko hybrid. Possible new rival for Asuza, this ought to be good :D

And more Cresta antics already, I love it. Haruhi paint job is too good :heh:

I'm hoping the series isn't as short as the title implies. I'd like to see another class trip arc, especially now that Miyabi's reformed.

Jinx626

2009-06-09, 00:56

I am hoping a somebody picks this up as a project. More GTO is a good a thing. I want more Urumi Kanzaki

-Sho-

2009-06-09, 01:39

Any fansub will sub this manga ?

Cio

2009-06-09, 04:47

I hope manga-heaven take this...

And looks like Onizuka have new hair? almost bald???

kuroishinigami

2009-06-09, 05:30

Urumi is cute with her jealousy when Onizuka shows his pervert nature ^^. But it seems his status as a teacher is what keeps him form considering her as a candidate. Maybe as soon as she graduates :P.

So Onizuka got a new series? This' gonna be fun ^^, though I somehow think that the manga already ended nicely(all the students in his class got reformed in the end)

blade82

2009-06-09, 05:54

any pics?? does anyone now if tis new serie will come out every week or month?

Tyrone Biggums

2009-06-09, 08:23

Woah woah! Whats this about a new series?

Release dates?

Thoughts?

sumowow

2009-06-09, 08:42

Im not quite sure about the anime but the manga is done and over with. It's a great read and a nice comedy. There are some amazing moments in the manga and i wouldn't miss it for the world its one of the worlds most memorable manga.

Ugly Pig

2009-06-09, 10:53

Im not quite sure about the anime but the manga is done and over with.

Uh, the manga was done and over with. It's just been continued. :D

Freeter

2009-06-09, 13:39

Seriously, have you guys been sleeping on this? Even animenewsnetwork reported it.

Yes, it is a sequel (those who remember the ending will know right away) and it is weekly. The only thing we don't know is how long it'll be, since the title implies it'll be short ('14 Days').

Whatever the case, it's more GTO, so get on it now. Even if the scans aren't out yet.

LeaD36

2009-06-09, 16:19

it´s kinda hard to enjoy the epicness without the scans....

Can´t Eikichi just fulfull his dream of a 16 year old bride finally? And you all know who i mean ;//

sumowow

2009-06-09, 16:39

Uh, the manga was done and over with. It's just been continued. :D

Seriously? Thats news to me, hehe this is beginning to get interesting again. No matter how short it is i believe i'll enjoy myself again.

-Sho-

2009-06-09, 16:48

Damn Eikichi the best teacher ever XD Too bad that i don't have a teacher like him in school .
Hurray , more Urumi Kanzaki :)
I'll wait for the sub ^^

Fettucine

2009-06-10, 00:00

There is a translation available here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39253208@N02/sets/72157619411058343/

Freeter

2009-06-10, 04:29

Hmm, so it really is a side story. The opening with Onizuka escaping the hospital had me fooled since the nurses looked older.

So the series is definitely going to be short-lived, and most of the old cast likely won't appear (maybe a cameo or two?). I hope it could lead to a GTO 2 in the future, but Fujisawa probably won't commit to it.

14 days doing something that even Onizuka won't admit...either he did it to protect someone or the story doesn't have a happy ending. Perhaps the Miyabi clone is the one student Onizuka couldn't save, and thus he vowed to be a better teacher after the ordeal.

Heck, I'm just curious as to why he became a busjacker with dynamite strapped on him. But knowing Onizuka, it probably needs no explanation :heh:

-Sho-

2009-06-10, 06:32

Thanks for the link :) Just watch the chapter !

Hurray ! Onizuka is back and always hilarious XD
So this story will be 14 days in Shonan .
Ahah Urumi , "procreate" ^^
Ayame is cute :) Could be Onizuka's girlfriend :p
Another students to save ! Hope that it'll be not very short !
14 days = 14 chapters or 28 ?

(lol Suzumya Haruhi )

blade82

2009-06-10, 14:34

i saw that chap.1 and chap.2 would be 50 pages each its enormous for a weekly shedule

Sol Falling

2009-06-10, 23:54

Holy shit a sequel? And I just found out about GTO via onemanga a couple weeks ago. Nice.

On GTO itself. Well, the most consistent message Onizuka always tried to send was 'don't be a victim'. The world doesn't give a shit what you've been through; blaming and hating people will tend to trap you in a "I'm not responsible for my own happiness" mentality, and that is a mistake. Ultimately nobody can help you if you don't help yourself. Not only is that simply an inevitable reality, it is also more satisfying.

As is perhaps clear from the fact that I bothered expositing the moral, I can agree with these general ideas. GTO wasn't mindblowing as if it introduced them to me in the first place, but it was a fairly lucid and well constructed expression of them. Even if I can't say GTO became my favourite manga, it has certainly left a lasting and meaningful impression.

On the characters. Everyone here seems to be rooting for OnizukaxUrumi, but I am ultimately more interested in the very subtle hints of interest from Kikuchi. There are *tons* of obstacles for this pairing, not the least of which seem to include Kikuchi's awareness of some of them, leading to little to no attempts to actually pursue her on his part. However, it is truly the path of overcoming these obstacles that compells me to find this couple interesting.

Urumi and Kikuchi's relationship can basically be summarized by their IQs. They are 200 to 180. Very close, but Urumi is in the end better, so that despite their unique capacity to relate to each other, so far as Kikuchi is defined by his intelligence, he will always be a bit stale or boring to her. They work very well as a team, have a stable friendship centered on their respect for each other's opinions, but ultimately are nothing more.

What makes Onizuka so interesting to Urumi is the fact that he is always unexpected; he is fun through his spontanaeity. There is also the fact that he was the only and became the first adult figure she could trust, but this matter is ultimately something that separates them (that Onizuka is an elder whose role is to guide her). Kikuchi, with his reserved demeaner and quantifying outlook, was the first to identify Onizuka as someone with the potential for that trust and unexpected happiness, but is also to Urumi himself entirely predictable. That's why, in order to become interesting to Urumi, Kikuchi has to step beyond the cool utilization (more like reliance) of his mental ability.

Anyway, I don't expect anything like Kikuchi winning over Urumi's crush on Onizuka in the manga itself. That I spent half of my intro post (edit: shit, quite a bit more than half, actually! >_<) talking about shipping is totally disproportionate. I just wanted to get it out there, though, that there is another side, and it's just as interesting.

Hey. You know it, GTO rocks! (let's go out on that good vibe.)

kuroishinigami

2009-06-11, 01:57

So Urumi is only 14 and in middles school o_O. Never knew middle school-ers nowadays can do that kind of delinquent acts, thought they were all high school students at the end of GTO :P

Kikuchi

2009-06-11, 05:23

Yeah, that's one of the few problems (if not the only ?) of GTO for me, judging from the characters and how everything was going on, I always had a hard time believing they were only in middle-school.

It's like Fujisawa intended them to be in high-school all along and, at the last moment, the editor said "screw it, make it MS" :heh:

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-11, 08:59

I'd like it if something developed between Onizuka and the woman he just met. She seems sweet enough and obviously admires him. Then again if Onizuka ever gets a stable girlfriend the universe might just implode.

And yeah, I always thought the setting and characters were better suited to high school. Japanese middle-schoolers must be something else if the readers find this believable!

Freeter

2009-06-17, 08:43

Day 2 and Onizuka's already in jail :heh: Miyabi clone sets him up again, no surprise there.

Ayame easily outdoes Azusa in every way, as Onizuka's little fantasy at the beginning proves. Too bad she wasn't introduced in the main story, as she would've made a great rival.

Now we know where the '14 Days' comes from in the title, as Onizuka declares at the end that's how long it'll take for him to do his thing :cool:

LeaD36

2009-06-17, 09:40

So, Onizuka SAYS he´ll do it in 14 days´time, but there is no certain guarantee that he WILL be able to do it... hoping for another whooping 50-100 chapters atleast

*daydream*

kuroishinigami

2009-06-17, 20:34

very unlikely, though I hope so too :P. Well, if they want to make it into long series, they can makes several short stories instead ^^

Kikuchi

2009-06-18, 06:07

So, Onizuka SAYS he´ll do it in 14 days´time, but there is no certain guarantee that he WILL be able to do it... hoping for another whooping 50-100 chapters atleast

*daydream*

There's no guarantee that he'll be able to do it, indeed... But then he'd just fail. This story occurs between volumes 19 and 20 of GTO, they can't strech the time period too much.

Kurai~

2009-06-18, 10:12

GTO was the first manga I had ever read. And it is still my favorite. No manga has ever made me laugh or become depressed like this one. I have never felt attached to characters as much as I have to those in GTO. In my opinion, it is the best manga ever created (with Berserk a close second, of course).

And recently, Tohru Fujisawa has announced that he is working on GTO once again. I am estatic.

Fettucine

2009-06-18, 16:54

Chapter 2 DDL
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?metoyno1ynx
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39253208@N02/sets/72157619855175309/

-Sho-

2009-06-19, 11:56

Thanks for the links ^^

Ahah Onizuka is always great as ever ^^ They don't know who is he !! They gotta have their ass kicked !!! XD
Page 3 was hilarious XD
Ahah PS3 and Resident evil 5 !
Hope that there'll be a lot of chapters :)

Kurai~

2009-06-19, 14:07

Oh man, just read those. Thanks for the links. Friggin' hilarious.

LeaD36

2009-06-19, 16:32

Onizuka is just too epic, although he´s still lagging behind Harima Kenji from SR ;/

Xellos

2009-06-19, 21:07

Onizuka is just too epic, although he´s still lagging behind Harima Kenji from SR ;/

I have to say Onizuka is the greater character. Love for teaching > love for an airhead. And at least GTO had a coherent ending ;)

Freeter

2009-06-20, 01:02

Onizuka is just too epic, although he´s still lagging behind Harima Kenji from SR ;/

LMAO. Harima isn't even half the man that Onizuka is. If he was, SRZ wouldn't be dead in the water right now :heh:

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-20, 13:42

Does anybody even read School Rumble any more? I quit after 100 chapters and lol'ed when I heard about the ending.

-Sho-

2009-06-20, 15:49

Lol don't compare Harima with Onizuka .
In my opinion , Harima is very far to become like him and i don't know if a day he will (but i already know that its impossible because the manga is finish and the end was crap XD )

LeaD36

2009-06-20, 19:16

LMAO. Harima isn't even half the man that Onizuka is. If he was, SRZ wouldn't be dead in the water right now :heh:

i´m not saying he´s stronger or more manly, i just mean he´s more EPIC in general. The things he did, how he did them, it was simply pure epic in every way xd.

Onizuka is just a synonym for GAR on this matter.

Freeter

2009-06-21, 22:44

i´m not saying he´s stronger or more manly, i just mean he´s more EPIC in general.

Even in that regard Onizuka trumps him. Onizuka arm wrestled 99 guys in a row and won, whereas Harima was just a spectator :heh:

I could name a whole laundry list of epic things Onizuka has done, but in the end, he wins out simply because he was able to carry two series just on his character alone. Nobody tuned in to SR just for Harima, they wanted to see him get with Eri. SRZ's early termination was proof of that.

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-22, 04:23

Correction, they wanted to see him get with Yakumo.

Onizuka's an interesting character, but hmm... If I were one of the kids and some adult just barged into my life: "I'm going to open your heart, just wait and see!" I'd be pissed off too. I want to see how much realistic progress he can make in just 14 days.

Sinta

2009-06-22, 15:37

I don't think that was the case with School Rumble. I'm pretty sure that the most popular pairing was Hairma and Eri, Yakumo and Harima was second in that race. At least thats every poll I've ever seen.

I would a agree Onizuka is a better character; but so are his supporting cast. I think thats part of the reason that he's so great.

LeaD36

2009-06-22, 18:16

Even in that regard Onizuka trumps him. Onizuka arm wrestled 99 guys in a row and won, whereas Harima was just a spectator :heh:

I could name a whole laundry list of epic things Onizuka has done, but in the end, he wins out simply because he was able to carry two series just on his character alone. Nobody tuned in to SR just for Harima, they wanted to see him get with Eri. SRZ's early termination was proof of that.

I only watched/read SR for Harima though, he was the only awesome thing :///

And Urumi´s right besides Onizuka in the spotlight, atleast in my eyes

A brief comparison : While Onizuka had to actually study and work hard to get there (eventually not needed, but he would have made it anyway) Harima simply wrote his wish on a piece of paper and hanged it out on a pole.

Your argument doesn´t really counterfit what i say, it´s just enhancing the fact that Onizuka is GAR as hell, armwrestling 100 ppl in a row is more GAR than EPIC i believe.

noktown

2009-06-23, 04:42

-Sho-

2009-06-23, 06:14

Read Onizuka's story when he was young . It's hilarious XD and in my opinion more funny than Harima . Well , even the current story its hilarious .
I don't see a default on GTO .

noktown

2009-06-23, 06:25

Yeah I've read the young GTO lol,i think the mangaka after taking a break should've just continued the series,instead of coming up with Kamen Teacher.

I'm sure there is no end for Onizuka's troubles,I'd seriously just read the manga for it's comedy and dailfy life (the mangaka never focused on peacefull days,just the troubles one after another).

kuroishinigami

2009-06-23, 20:51

How's it called ?Because typing GTO the sequel,doesn't find anything new in google...

Edit ***

Nvm,GTO: Shonan 14 Days

It's good to see Onizuka again,but i hope that we'll have a couple of chapters from their present life and not just from that time ;o

And why the hell did they change Urumi's age to 14 ??She was 16 <_<,did the mangaka forget the ages he's given to his characters,6 years difference(between Onizuka and Urumi ) is nothing they could still get married (My dad is 7 yrs older than my mom ;o).

Yea, that's what make me wonder too. The translation version of old GTO state that most of his students were 16 years old, which is why I thought they were high school students. I don't know if it's mistranslation or deliberately done to avoid minimum age law or something, but the original manga definitely states Urumi to be 14 years in this one.

Kazu-kun

2009-06-23, 21:50

And why the hell did they change Urumi's age to 14 ??She was 16 <_<,did the mangaka forget the ages he's given to his characters.
He didn't forget anything. Urumi is 14.
The translation version of old GTO state that most of his students were 16 years old... deliberately done to avoid minimum age law
That was the reason. In the original they're all middle schoolers.

Fettucine

2009-06-24, 01:57

Chapter 3 DDL
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yftoiz2mbmw

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39253208@N02/sets/72157620435345756/

noktown

2009-06-24, 02:13

Chapter 3 DDL
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yftoiz2mbmw

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39253208@N02/sets/72157620435345756/

Nice thanks :)

All this hatred towards Onizuka is getting annoying though ;o
And obviously that Mafia guy has no chance against him xD

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-24, 05:06

The question is not "whether" but "how" Onizuka will get rid of him.

noktown

2009-06-24, 05:42

I don't think Mafia is capable of anything but killing/fighting,and noone can actually beat the almighty Onizuka xD

-Sho-

2009-06-24, 05:52

Good chapter !

Its surprising that Onizuka is still a virgin lol
Lol the girl really believe with the martians etc lol (she's cute though )
RES 5 i finish 2 times . Normal and veteran !
So Miki want to bring back the Yakuza guy !
Don't worry , Onizuka isn't nothing .

Miki remind me Myabi with her character . She's like her , she called some strong guy etc ....

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-24, 08:03

It bothers me that this guy translated it "RE5" when the manga calls it "Bio 5" and Fujisawa even included a comment that he likes to play Biohazard with his staff after work.

Anyway, Miki is dumb. They could just ignore him for 2 weeks, he'd be gone and then they can go back to doing whatever they want. How hard is that? Guess I know better than to expect logic from a 14 year old.

Kazu-kun

2009-06-24, 12:38

It bothers me that this guy translated it "RE5" when the manga calls it "Bio 5" and Fujisawa even included a comment that he likes to play Biohazard with his staff after work.
Biohazard and Resident Evil are the same thing. I bet the translators chose the latter because they thought most people here would know the game better by its western name.

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-24, 13:43

They are? @_@ Shows how much I know.

Freeter

2009-06-24, 14:46

Man, I still need to play RE5. Bought it on launch day but been too occupied with inFAMOUS and some DS games to play it :heh:

Onizuka should've challenged the students to some SF4 :cool:

kuroishinigami

2009-06-24, 20:42

He didn't forget anything. Urumi is 14.

That was the reason. In the original they're all middle schoolers.

Ooo, so that was indeed the reason. I have been suspecting this but still can't confirm it since I don't have the raw version of original GTO ^^.

nightbringer360

2009-06-24, 20:56

This creates a bit of a hole now - Onizuka is seen buying a PS2 later in the series, and suddenly he already has a PS3.

Hilarious plothole, lol

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-25, 04:48

kuroishinigami

2009-06-25, 22:11

cuz PS3 hasn't come out when Onizuka original manga is being published :P I guess that's a little too realistic of explanation.

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-26, 04:01

What I really want to know is how much Sony is paying for the product placement. First the PS3 and then the PSP both drawn in loving detail, it's too much to be coincidence.

-Sho-

2009-06-26, 04:42

I don't see them playing the Wii though lol (no comment for xbox)

Ugly Pig

2009-06-30, 08:09

Well he spent all his money on the PS3 and projector for the kids so all he can afford now is the much cheaper PS2. Plothole resolved (so long as he didn't call the PS2 the newest thing in town, that is).

He bought the PS2 when it was just released in the original manga, and apparently the PS3 has now been released only a couple months later. Not to mention, the entire story is still supposed to take place in 1997... :D

AnimeFangirl

2009-06-30, 09:10

Uh-oh.

Umm, well, umm, that train to Shonan was actually a train to the future! Yeah, 12 years into the future. You know those Japanese trains, getting faster and faster all the time. :heh:

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-01, 06:26

Well, that was easy.

Onizuka just punched him once and he ran away with his tail between his legs. And now all the kids love him except Katsuragi.

This is...getting kind of boring.

bandit_legend

2009-07-01, 06:58

Translation is up for chapter 4 on the onibakubanzai.com forums if anyone is interested :)

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-01, 10:33

Yay, thank you!

noktown

2009-07-01, 15:02

Well, that was easy.

Onizuka just punched him once and he ran away with his tail between his legs. And now all the kids love him except Katsuragi.

This is...getting kind of boring.

Well she was the only troublesome 1 to begin with,the others didn't care much about him.

But i gotta agree,despite what i said,i expected more from the mafia than just a weak fight...

Hopefully the rest of the chapters will be better.

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-01, 15:44

She's not that serious about getting rid of him anyway. Two things she could do if she was serious:
1. Call Social Welfare or whoever is in charge of the facility and tell them Shiratori brought in her boyfriend and is shacking up with him in front of you guys. That gets rid of Shiratori too, but hey, you can't save 'em all.
2. Accuse him of sexual harassment. Say he grabbed her boobs or peeped on her in the shower or something. That ruins his career for good, but hey, you can't save 'em all.

Fettucine

2009-07-01, 15:59

Ch4: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lmamum2yuy5

This week's chapter was really kind of "meh". Getting kind of predictable, no?

Kikuchi

2009-07-02, 05:08

I don't think you should expect this series to be as original and unpredictable as GTO was.

It's probably just some candy for fans who wanted more and fresh cash for Fujisawa, period.

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-02, 08:50

I didn't think the original was that good anyway, and it certainly wasn't unpredictable. I don't think I even finished reading it, I believe I stopped reading around the Okinawa arc.

It's the setting of the new series that piqued my interest. For some silly, unrealistic reason, I was hoping for a sensitive and respectful treatment of the children at the facility. As Shiratori said, these homes are very important, and a lot of children in such places have social and psychological issues that need to be handled with care. I think Onizuka just waltzing in there with a PS3 and suddenly making everyone happy trivializes the hard work administrators, counsellors and social workers put in every single day, but hey, it's a manga. Gotta feel good, right?

An example: Sakurako's grown up with a violent adult male all her life, now this other violent guy beats up her dad. And that's supposed to make her happy? Somehow that solves all her problems? Isn't that just reinforcing the "Violence is the Best Solution" message? Onizuka didn't even try to reason with the fellow (not that it would have worked, but still), he just went straight to Option B: taunting and insulting him and picking a fight. I'm seeing Sakurako 10 years down the line in a succession of failed relationships to violent deadbeats, but I'll be darned if the manga ever acknowledges this.

In short, it's only been 4 chapters but I'm already taking issue with the sacrificing of legitimate personal issues at the altar of the Super Teacher. Fujisawa set the spin-off at an orphanage not to highlight the problems but just to promote Onizuka as some sort of Messiah who can make years of abuse/neglect vanish in just 14 days, and that flippant treatment is pissing me off. Of course anyone expects serious social commentary from a manga probably deserves to be pissed off, but that's neither here nor there.

Ugly Pig

2009-07-02, 15:29

I didn't think the original was that good anyway,

Wait- what? :twitch:

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-02, 15:34

Okay, that's a lie. I did think it was that good, that's why I read it feverishly until the Okinawa arc with that bullied boy and the bully girl and then my interest vaporized. I flipped through a little bit, saw some new bad boy who was somebody's nephew blah blah zzz, stopped reading after that. Better? :D

surerman

2009-07-02, 15:39

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-02, 17:58

[Double post, please delete]

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-02, 18:00

1st bold line..
Sometimes, yes it does, even the best among the best, but for a peaceful environment (not like mine, may be yours) its was a bad option
That would be more convincing if Onizuka was shown making some attempt at a more peaceable solution, not to mention it would have set a better example for the kids.
2nd bold line..
Even for Superman, it's impossible
But not for Super Onizuka, am I right?
underline...
I think, your only fault is to not read it till the end:D
That entire post you just referenced was directed at the new 14 days series, which is far from ending yet...I hope.

-Sho-

2009-07-02, 18:02

Yeah chapter 4 was just Onizuka who beat the crap of this dad's ass . I expected more fight . But still good . Poor Mom and Daughter .
He played with his foots lol .

noktown

2009-07-02, 21:23

Actually in the original Manga all the fun starts after the Okinawa arc(actually the whole manga was really good for me),even though yeah there is a new villain(after this boy there is something new),he "teaches" them in different and interesting ways.
And a major secret is revealed about class 3-4.

Fettucine

2009-07-07, 03:16

New chapter's out for this week.

Ch5: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mnz4jtumdnn

Jarppa

2009-07-07, 12:11

thats fast dude, big thanks from these chapters.

AnimeFangirl

2009-07-07, 17:10

I don't even know what to say about this one. Was GTO always this childish? My memory must be fuzzy. *sigh*

Umm, well... yeah, I got nothing. Let's wait for the next chapter.

-Sho-

2009-07-07, 19:11

Seems another fights is coming . Lol whe Onizuka ate the cockroach its remind me the first manga , first volume when he just begans the sensei .

patnam

2009-07-08, 06:26

Where are the former friends of Onizuka from Shonan Junai Gumi?

Fettucine

2009-07-13, 23:39

Finished with Chapter 6. It can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uyqomyzmjkt

My previous releases can be found Here (http://www.mediafire.com/emergencyexit).

Edit: Previous Ch6 file was corrupt. Re-uploaded correct file. Please re-download.

-Sho-

2009-07-14, 16:19

Thanks for the links .

This chapter was short .
*Minotorus* lol yeah , he beats those guys .
Rin call emergency XD

surerman

2009-07-15, 06:07

It's will be better if that bitch being raped:mad:, so young ...yet so.....disgusting:eyebrow:

I barely bring any harm to female around me, but if its this bitch, I think I will trashing her in a painful way:mad: Its good that her opponent is ex-gangster whose resolute to solve the problem in her mind and have plenty of idea to do it harmless-way, once she meet me...she will feel Hell:rolleyes:

Scion

2009-07-25, 22:16

Anybody know when Chapter 7 is gonna be released?

golthin

2009-07-25, 23:00

Where are the former friends of Onizuka from Shonan Junai Gumi?

they appeared briefely in the first chapter.

-Sho-

2009-08-01, 13:38

Finally chapter 7 is out .

The girl just wanted to make his dad more careful about her .
Well , easy thing for Onizuka .

-Sho-

2009-08-04, 04:27

Ok chapter 8 is out .(huh no one comments anymore ?)

Well , not very troubled by Miki's sad story .
Typical thing . The dad always works and can't give some moments for his daughter . The mom died and he always go work .
Well , not very outrageous when you look at the firsts story with Kanzaki etc ...

AnimeFangirl

2009-08-04, 04:44

Yeah...it was just like umm, okay. And Mio makes a good point that the other kids had it worse, so why it is all Poor Little Miki these days? Let her go off and do whatever she likes, good riddance.

-Sho-

2009-08-11, 02:35

Chapter 9 is out .

Miki have been kidnapped by a strange guy . His father don't bother with the calls .

No chapter next week .

..

AnimeFangirl

2009-08-11, 05:49

14 year olds are some of the most gullible creatures in the world. This should be fun.

I still wish the focus would be on someone else, not Miki. -_- Ah well.

-Sho-

2009-08-11, 07:33

Yeah , euh , how many days it was in shonan now ? i think its 3 days , don't remember .

Ah , the others miss me ...

AnimeFangirl

2009-08-11, 11:35

They do, huh? Are you French?

-Sho-

2009-08-11, 12:21

Yeah i'm . aah , i see "euh" trick me XD

Kylaran

2009-08-11, 14:01

Where is my beloved Urumi in this sequel? I'm so sad. She and Onizuka totally belong together.

On that note, I think the most interesting kid so far is the girl being abusec. She reminds me of Toroko, and I don't remember any other kids in the original series having abusive parents. Hopefully it ends up being a really interesting arc.

AnimeFangirl

2009-08-11, 17:01

Yeah i'm . aah , i see "euh" trick me XD
There was that, but it's "Ah , the others miss me ..." that gave you away. You meant to say "I miss the others" but you translated it straight from French (ils me manquent?) so the messed up word order showed you up. I remember that expression used to confuse me so much in French class. :p

Back on topic, I miss Urumi too. My last hope, that Onizuka would develop a new "posse" involving the kids of White Swan, has been sunk by the recent chapters focusing exclusively on Miki. It makes me sad because I've taken a liking to everyone in this spin-off except her. What do you have against me, Fujisawa!? :frustrated:

Nosauz

2009-08-11, 21:50

wait the old kids are gone???? wouldn't that pretty much suck? Onizuka was a great character but his supporting cast is what really brought out his best qualities!!! gah i don't think I could read this spinoff/sequel knowing that urumi, and the entire crew were not back, guess its back to rereading classic gto

-Sho-

2009-08-12, 01:57

There was that, but it's "Ah , the others miss me ..." that gave you away. You meant to say "I miss the others" but you translated it straight from French (ils me manquent?) so the messed up word order showed you up. I remember that expression used to confuse me so much in French class. :p

Back on topic, I miss Urumi too. My last hope, that Onizuka would develop a new "posse" involving the kids of White Swan, has been sunk by the recent chapters focusing exclusively on Miki. It makes me sad because I've taken a liking to everyone in this spin-off except her. What do you have against me, Fujisawa!? :frustrated:

Ahah yeah i see XD

Personally , this Shonan14days don't impress me . Its just viewable but not very entertaining .
Hope it ends up faster with Miki's story then pass to others's problems .

Ugly Pig

2009-08-12, 19:27

wait the old kids are gone????

They did appear in the first chapter. And they may appear again (the current story is a flashback to something the class was not involved in).

kuroishinigami

2009-08-13, 01:18

If I recall correctly, the current event happnes before the end of GTO(around after the brawl with the psycho math teacher). That's why even Miyabi's not shown in the first chapter.

-Sho-

2009-08-25, 01:33

I read the special chapter and wtf just 4 pages ? lol
Well , good to see again Yoshiko :) Ow , the family were in Shonan too and saw Oni-oni ^^

AnimeFangirl

2009-08-25, 04:49

Somehow I knew Fujisawa wouldn't be able to continue the story this week. Shonan 14 days strikes me as a story that wasn't planned out very far in advance.

-Sho-

2009-09-01, 14:00

Finally a real Chapter out .
Well nothing news , apart that they are looking for the kidnapper who seems a dangerous guy .
Onizuka will beat the crap out of Miki's father .

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-02, 05:55

Assaulting a police officer is a very, very serious offence (and they will kick your ass and lie about it later). I'm sure they'll go about it more reasonab---wait, what am I saying? This is GTO!

gencbiba

2009-09-02, 08:42

He should just make another Shounan Junai Gumi manga. Now that was a very entertaining one. Better than GTO, imo.

Ugly Pig

2009-09-02, 14:14

He should just make another Shounan Junai Gumi manga.

How would that work, with GTO being its direct sequel and all?

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-02, 17:51

I liked SJG more in the early parts when it was a gag manga. When it turned into fight-fight-fight-rape is love-fight-fight-fight I got a leeeetle bit tired.

Manami

2009-09-02, 19:40

GTO is so funny XD

gencbiba

2009-09-04, 01:57

How would that work, with GTO being its direct sequel and all?

I said that he should make another manga similar to SJG, not an actual SJG2 with the same characters.

bandit_legend

2009-09-08, 07:20

I liked SJG more in the early parts when it was a gag manga. When it turned into fight-fight-fight-rape is love-fight-fight-fight I got a leeeetle bit tired.

Have you read the end part? It gets a lot better in my opinion and isn't all about fighting.

Anyway hooray! Some SJG characters!
Tsukai and Katsuyuki are officially back :)

-Sho-

2009-09-09, 02:53

Chapter out !

Well , Onizuka hit Miki's father .
His father realized that Miki was really kidnapped then "I'm a failure as a father" really ?:heh:

And finally some actions ! Onizuka's friends 200+ get ready !
Shonan is his city !

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-09, 06:46

I guess this means the series is about to wrap up? Mmph.

The male characters all look the same to me now. I'd never have recognized Katsuyuki and especially Tsukai if they hadn't said so. Fujisawa's art style has really changed, and not entirely for the better.

Sorry if it sounds like I'm complaining all the time, but this 14 days isn't doing it for me.

guanin

2009-09-09, 22:04

Wow. Seeing Onizuka mobilize 200+ bikes like a general made me want to read the prequels. He was really something in Shonan wasn't he.

Onizuka-GTO

2009-09-09, 22:43

Wow. Seeing Onizuka mobilize 200+ bikes like a general made me want to read the prequels. He was really something in Shonan wasn't he.

Dammmn right!

i can never get enough of Onizuka.... :)

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-10, 05:45

He really was something back in SJG. Reading SJG after GTO I was shocked. Like, what happened to this really cool Onizuka!? You should check it out.

-Sho-

2009-09-10, 14:29

Yeah , even though the design wasn't like GTO , SJG was very great :)
Still surprising that Onizuka still a virgin . Wonder why he didn't do like his friend (the one with his glass in GTO and in SJG , his best friend ) He already have a wife .

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-10, 16:11

Ah, that's another thing that pissed me off about SJG. Teenage boys have nothing but sex on their minds, yes, but treating virginity as some sort of "disease" to be cured was irritating. Not surprising though, since the mentality is very pervasive: A Man Is Not A Virgin (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AManIsNotAVirgin).

guanin

2009-09-10, 22:02

What is the other prequel besides SJG?

DragoonKain3

2009-09-11, 02:12

Bad Company.

Ugly Pig

2009-09-11, 15:35

What is the other prequel besides SJG?
Bad Company.

Technically, neither one of those is a prequel (= a sequel that takes place chronologically before the previous story) to GTO as they both came before it. GTO is the sequel.

Bad Company is however a prequel to SJG. :)

(sorry to nitpick, but I always get a little annoyed when people use the term "prequel" wrong.)

guanin

2009-09-12, 10:24

^Really? I thought GTO was the original series, lol.

how many chapters do bad company and SJG have?

guanin

2009-09-13, 13:27

I'm confused. Wasn't Bad Company a prequel to SJG? If so, why was their former school in SJG an all boys school, but in Bad Company they were classmates with that panty-showing girl?

And man, Onizuka is freakin hilarious, with his blackmail plan backfiring on him! XD

bandit_legend

2009-09-17, 10:09

guanin

2009-09-17, 20:08

The all boys school that they came from, Kyokuto High, is the high school that they went to after their Junior High which is Hacchu from memory (the district's public middle school #8). Bad Company is set when they're in Junior High at Hacchu which is obviously a mixed school.

Oh so that is what it was. I didn't catch any school names at Bad Company.

EDIT***

WTF? Was Ayumi just friggin raped between chapter 51 and 52? Did that guy put his twang in?! Damn, I really hate rape scenes happening to characters I've taken an affinity to. That really sucked, even if that guy only had a single thrust in, that would REALLY suck I mean DAMN. That was so not entertaining.

edit 2***
Of the 31 volumes or 280 or less chapters, how much is translated as of today?

bandit_legend

2009-09-20, 08:32

Hm? I don't think Ayumi ever got raped. I just had a look at that part and looks like Ryuji came just in the nick of time.

So far Tokyopop have published up to chapter 179 deluxe vol 10 (standard tankouban vol 20), and Illuminati Manga are up to chapter 80 or something like that.

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-20, 13:12

And now that Tokyopop has lost the license to all Kodansha manga the fate of the last 5 volumes is up in the air.
Damn, I really hate rape scenes happening to characters I've taken an affinity to.
There are a couple more rapes in the series and yeah, they're not cool. What's worse is later on the Onibaku become sorta-friends with the rapists too, like nothing ever happened. Takezawa I kinda understand because Onizuka probably doesn't know, but Akutsu? WTF?

bandit_legend

2009-09-20, 20:59

I know it doesn't make what he did in the past right, but when Akutsu returns you can see that he feels guilty about it. He tries to do what he can, but you can also see he realises that nothing he'll ever do can make it right either.

An example of this is not only how he saved Nagisa from being raped by Joey's followers, but then how he promptly left when the Onibaku returned as if what he just did was the least he could do, and didn't expect any thanks for it. His general aloofness after his return tells me that he realises he can't be forgiven so easily also.
You can see how he's now totally against violence towards women in the latest 14 Chapter in fact, where he refers to these kidnappers as if they're scum.

Also I don't think Onizuka ever became friends with him as such. It's not like they started hanging out like Fumiya and Ryuji. They just stopped being enemies.

guanin

2009-09-22, 20:24

So far Tokyopop have published up to chapter 179 deluxe vol 10 (standard tankouban vol 20), and Illuminati Manga are up to chapter 80 or something like that.

Right now I'm thinking of stopping reading this for a while, I don't like waiting for new releases of chapters since I want to read so many chapters in one go. Looks like I have to wait for years to continue reading from Chapter 53.

And now that Tokyopop has lost the license to all Kodansha manga the fate of the last 5 volumes is up in the air.

There are a couple more rapes in the series and yeah, they're not cool. What's worse is later on the Onibaku become sorta-friends with the rapists too, like nothing ever happened. Takezawa I kinda understand because Onizuka probably doesn't know, but Akutsu? WTF?

But scanlations by groups will still come out right?

What? Why would Onizuka do that? Rapists are the most unforgivable people. Yurusunai!!!!

ellifeedn

2009-09-22, 22:11

I was thinking of starting this series, but there's one thing though. Should I just start reading this series or should I read Shonan Junai Gumi first and then this series?

Cinocard

2009-09-22, 22:19

IMO, either way is perfectly fine. Actually, reading GTO first may greatly enhance the enjoyment of reading Shonan Junai Gumi later.

ellifeedn

2009-09-24, 22:02

I've considered your post and started reading this series. It is frickin hilarious.

AnimeFangirl

2009-09-25, 04:16

Isn't it? I hooked my brother on it just last week. He agrees with me that the series got old in the last few volumes, but he loved the first 15!

-Sho-

2009-10-05, 08:30

Chapter out .

DAmn its fuck*ng sick slave rape !

Well , Onizuka have many contact . Damn policeman ! No choice but to bolt on them !!

surerman

2009-10-05, 10:08

WOW! now there's more thug work for Onizuka to search for some kidnapper, once that scum caught, no matter by whom, he'll totally trashed for sure.
My Pal say Biker even scarier than Yakuza in this era

they like to torture their victimshttp://mega.xtremenitro.org/yoyocici/smiley/nonono2.gif (http://xtremenitro.org) while Yakuza kill instantlyhttp://mega.xtremenitro.org/yoyocici/smiley/iyo_wis_ngerti.gif (http://xtremenitro.org)

AnimeFangirl

2009-10-05, 11:58

I was hoping it was a serial killer. That was really scary. I mean, streaming rape is bad too but a serial killer is just naaasty. Now I'm not worried about Miki any more. *phew*

-Sho-

2009-10-06, 07:47

Chapter 13 out .

"Kamikaz attack" !! but failedl lol

Well , the dad is back . All research her . One clue , the rhinestones .

AnimeFangirl

2009-10-06, 08:51

Unless they dipped the car tyre in mud and then rolled them around in a tub of rhinestones I don't see how they could possibly generate a trail of rhinestones 10 miles long for everyone to follow.
...Wait, what are those letters on the wall? T-H-I-S-I-S-F-I-C-T-I-O-N? I can't make any sense of them! :p

-Sho-

2009-10-06, 13:57

Finally , they saved Mikki .
But she's still angry .
So , like 2-3 more chapters for reconciliation?

AnimeFangirl

2009-10-16, 15:05

-Sho-

2009-10-16, 15:15

Maybe its possible , he kicked the windscreen but impossible for no injuries .
The second teacher will appear when Miki's story will end :p

gencbiba

2009-10-16, 18:25

All that searching and panic that lasted multiple chapters, for a quick beat down? Disappointed... Was expecting more resistance from the perverts.

surerman

2009-10-16, 23:35

All that searching and panic that lasted multiple chapters, for a quick beat down? Disappointed... Was expecting more resistance from the perverts.

Same here, I want some serious battle too like the one with Suguru arc in GTO

AnimeFangirl

2009-10-17, 08:13

Either Fujisawa has lost his touch or the readers in Japan got tired of this arc (I sure did) and he had to end it quickly. I'm still disappointed they "scaled down" Kei into a mere pornographer. Whatever, now that this arc is over I'm expecting better things from the second teacher, and we still don't know the background of the baseball-playing kid so maybe something might come out of that.

Bus hijacking!
Bus hijacking!
Bus hijacking!!

bandit_legend

2009-10-19, 04:20

No hijacking for me yet thanks.

Assuming that it's going to be her, seeing Shinomi working alongside Onizuka should be good though, so I'm looking forward to her coming along. 85-90% sure she's going to be the second White swan teacher. ;)

I'm actually more hopeful that she'll turn out to be Saya, but we'll see what happens.

AnimeFangirl

2009-10-19, 08:36

2nd teacher being Shinomi is my hope. It will automatically make the series 52.7% better. She and Eikichi had such good chemistry in SJG, much better than with that milksop Fuyutsuki. *prays hard*

bandit_legend

2009-10-20, 10:16

Yeah don't get me wrong, I'll be more than happy if she turns out to be Shinomi as well. Seeing those to interact now that they're grown up after so many years would really be something. Lot's of laughs I bet.

However, I still think Saya would fit well and it would be great to see her playing this responsible role after being the rebellious and wild girl she was in the past. I never got enough of her and Onizuka's interaction in SJG. Also, she's cute :eek:

Another thing is Shinomi's already Tomoko's stylist so there's already opportunity for her and Onizuka to reunite through that... so in my mind its like, she's already got hers so give this opportunity to someone else. To have both Saya and Shinomi be stylists is a bit too much of a coincidence though I guess.

Anyway regardless, either way I'm happy. It probably will be Shinomi though.

golthin

2009-10-20, 10:31

Onizuka dropkicking the van was cool! Impossible, but cool.
Not even Miki being a snotty brat could ruin it for me.

When is Onizuka going to hijack the bus? And when's the second teacher with the big boobs going to appear?

Yep, It reminded me why Onizuka is one of my favorite characters. I think the windshields in Japan don't have the same sefety requirements as in the USA so it is possible to do what he did.

AnimeFangirl

2009-10-20, 17:10

I think the windshields in Japan don't have the same sefety requirements as in the USA so it is possible to do what he did. I think windshield standards are nearly universal by now (high-impact, shatterproof, etc). It's well-known that Japan has extremely high standards for cars produced for use domestically, though that's more for economic reasons than for safety ones.

-Sho-

2009-10-21, 04:20

Chapter out .

Mikki's story closed .
New problem added .

Full Metal Coast

2009-10-27, 03:50

im looking to start the GTO manga but i was just wondering if the manga keeps on going where the anime left off? or if there are additional stories that the anime left out of the original series?

LeaD36

2009-10-27, 05:54

both, just read it

Full Metal Coast

2009-10-27, 20:43

bhahaha. looks like i dont have a choice in the matter.

bandit_legend

2009-11-02, 01:25

The anime leaves out almost half of the manga, so if you're going to choose one over the other, choose the manga ;)

7thMethuselah

2009-11-02, 18:32

im looking to start the GTO manga but i was just wondering if the manga keeps on going where the anime left off? or if there are additional stories that the anime left out of the original series?

The manga is way better than the anime. Characters get alot more depth, a number of extra stories and so on. It's a good read, even though it gets a bit 'dirty' sometimes :twitch:

Full Metal Coast

2009-11-02, 22:35

cheers. looks like ill definately start reading them.

i was also wondering if the manga is finished yet or it is still ongoing?

Zoel

2009-11-08, 00:03

Its finished, but the current side story is still running.

bandit_legend

2009-11-09, 18:34

Funny chapter this week!
If that girl turns out to be Shinomi this is going to be hilarious!

I've written a translation on the onibaku banzai forums. I don't think EE will be coming out with the goods for a while.

AnimeFangirl

2009-11-10, 05:26

Let it be Shinomi, please please please please.
Rena-chan should have the raws, time to check it out.

bandit_legend

2009-11-10, 23:17

Oh, if you need the raw here it is: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ABJK6CSA

If it does turn out to be her, this could result in the greatest beating of Onizuka's life XD

-Sho-

2009-11-12, 12:22

Chapter out !
Finally a hilarious chapter XD
Onizuka perv mode on !
"If i have her drink some more of this red nectar of the gods" lol
Arg don't go in the bathroom you moron ! Just do "it" XD its normal that she sleep now ^^
New teacher ? a blond woman with big boobs ! Who can she be ?
Maybe the teacher is lesb?

Battler-kun

2009-11-12, 14:58

Will Onizuka ever loses his virginity.....guess no.

surerman

2009-11-12, 15:05

Will Onizuka ever loses his virginity.....guess no.

That guy must make sure Urumi didn't know about it, or he'll doomed :D

golthin

2009-11-12, 15:28

New teacher ? a blond woman with big boobs ! Who can she be ?
Maybe the teacher is lesb?

I believe she is going to be a girl from shanan Junai gumi, either Shinomi Fujisaki, or Mariko Izumo.
I am betting more on Shinomi. blonde hair like Onizuka and big boobies describe Shinomi perfectly.

bandit_legend

2009-11-13, 13:33

I doubt it'll be Mariko. Either Shinomi Fujisaki or Saya Minazuki.
Most of you guys probably don't know who Saya is yet, seeing as neither tokyopop nor any scanlations ever got that far. You can check her out on the cover of vol 14 (http://www1.e-hon.ne.jp/images/syoseki/ac/03/07072303.jpg). She's the original Urumi type character of all 4 series'. Very cute ;)

Judging from the wavy hair though, it's most likely going to be Shinomi.

AnimeFangirl

2009-11-13, 14:49

The thing is, wouldn't Onizuka recognize Shinomi's voice? He knows her really, really well.

golthin

2009-11-13, 17:03

The thing is, wouldn't Onizuka recognize Shinomi's voice? He knows her really, really well.

Remember Onizuka had some beers, and the fact he is peeking, it tells you that his best judgement is out the window. He is not in his best shape right now.

-Sho-

2009-11-13, 17:14

Hmmm Shinomi? who is she ? don't remember .

golthin

2009-11-13, 18:28

Hmmm Shinomi? who is she ? don't remember .

She was the girl that was in love during the whole manga with him. She used to be fat and Onizuka thought of her as a sister thus why he never lusted for her.

-Sho-

2009-11-13, 20:39

Ow , i checked on Wiki .
Did she was raped ? because it said that if she want to live , Idaten's law said that a girl have to be raped by all the guys in the band .
Just i watched Shonan Junai-gumi in anime years ago .

bandit_legend

2009-11-13, 22:45

No she wasn't raped. I haven't read the Idaten arc in a while so i can't remember if they have a rule like that.

About the voice, yeah I guess you have a point, but remember Onizuka probably hasn't seen her in a long time, so the way she sounds might have changed a bit since she was 15-16, now being about about 21. Also, as soon as she said tadaima Onizuka jumped in the closet, so he probably wouldn't be able to hear her that well anyway.

patnam

2009-11-14, 04:30

yes, i hope the big boob will be Shinomi...!!

AnimeFangirl

2009-11-14, 05:40

Remember Onizuka had some beers, and the fact he is peeking, it tells you that his best judgement is out the window. He is not in his best shape right now. His judgment may be out the window but has he gone deaf too? He's known Shinomi since middle school, she's like a little sister to him. And women's voices don't change that much.

No she wasn't raped. I haven't read the Idaten arc in a while so i can't remember if they have a rule like that.
Nah, they were going to do it but that guy and Onizuka saved her. What's his name, Takezawa? Of course Takezawa had earlier date-raped her at a hotel, so she was screwed either way.