GTO (GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka)

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Synonyms: GTO: Tomoko's Big Adventures

Japanese: GTO

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 25

Chapters: 208

Status: Finished

Published: Dec 11, 1996 to Jan 30, 2002

Genres: Action, Award Winning, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi

Themes: Delinquents, School, Workplace

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Fujisawa, Tooru (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.86¹ (scored by 71,415 users)

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Ranked: #28²

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Popularity: #57

Members: 187,166

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8.86

Ranked #28Popularity #57Members 187,166

MangaShounen Magazine (Weekly)Fujisawa, Tooru (Story & Art)

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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

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22-year-old Eikichi Onizuka: pervert, former gang member... and teacher?

Great Teacher Onizuka follows the incredible, though often ridiculous, antics of the titular teacher as he attempts to outwit and win over the cunning Class 3-4 that is determined to have him removed from the school. However, other obstacles present themselves throughout—including the frustrated, balding vice principal, Hiroshi Uchiyamada; old enemies from his biker days; and his own idiotic teaching methods. But Eikichi fights it all whilst trying to help his students, romance fellow teacher Azusa Fuyutsuki, and earn his self-proclaimed title.

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Also contains the gaiden "GTO: Great Toroko Oppai♡" (Tomoko's Big Adventures).

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GTO won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1998.

The series was published in English as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka by Tokyopop from April 23, 2002, to August 9, 2005. Kodansha Comics USA republished the series digitally on February 1, 2022. It was also released in Polish by Waneko from June 2004 to June 2010.

Several live-action adaptations of GTO were made. A 12-episode television drama was broadcast from July 7, 1998, to September 22, 1998. A revival of the drama series aired on April 1, 2024. It was followed by a live-action film released on December 18, 1999; the film became the 10th highest-grossing Japanese film of 2000. A second drama adaptation was broadcast from July 3, 2012, to September 11, 2012. A joint project between Japanese and Taiwanese productions called GTO in Taiwan aired first in Taiwan from March 22, 2014, to April 12, 2014, and later in Japan. Another GTO drama aired from July 8, 2014, to September 16, 2014.

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Onizuka, Eikichi

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Kanzaki, Urumi

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Uchiyamada, Hiroshi

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Kikuchi, Yoshito

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Nomura, Tomoko

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Fuyutsuki, Azusa

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Yoshikawa, Noboru

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Murai, Kunio

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Aizawa, Miyabi

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Danma, Ryuuji

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Nov 15, 2008

Noir

Recommended

I've hunted this manga for quite a while but there were always problems with the order. The translation was poorly done because it had a lot of spelling mistakes in it and failed to use proper use of the English language in some scenes.

That aside, this is by far the best manga I have ever read. I am stunned, the concept is so simple but so well thought out.

Well let’s start with a quick introduction to the story. Eikichi Onizuka is a 22 year old virgin and ex-gang leader of the dreaded motorcycle gang “Oni-Baku”. He’s a street punk with piercings and bleached hair, a ... graduate from a fifth rate university and was captain of his karate team. Not exactly what you would call teacher material. Despite all this Onizuka manages to convince the principal and gets a job as a teacher, he’s assigned to class 4 who are notorious for having driven every homeroom teacher to insanity. However Great Teacher Onizuka isn’t such a pushover and he’s determined to win them over one by one. Onizuka stumbles from one mishap to another, saving kids from jumping off rooftops, reuniting them with their parents, just making a difference. Though this all may seem very trivial, this is the most amusing story I have read.

Moving on to the art, the art is very detailed and nice to look at. It’s got that 90’s drawing style that I appreciate very much. However if it weren’t for the characters different personalities you’d have trouble telling them apart. Especially the girls all have somewhat the same face, and the only way you can tell them apart is by their hairstyle, which can be a bother sometimes. Overall there are quite some scenes were someone is standing on a rooftop looking over the city at dawn. It’s these scenes that really get you into the art. Of course there are the infamous many faces from Onizuka that are just hilarious and make up for a lot.

About the characters, I really like the characters. I’ve fallen in love with a few of them. But one thing bothers me.. They’re supposed to be 14 years old, yet they’re so darn evil. I remember being 14, I wouldn’t go as far to torture a teacher as they would, then again they have their reasons. Moving on to the character Eikichi Onizuka. Quite simply he’s one of the best characters ever created. He’s an inspiration, he’s cool, funny, stays true, and above all he’s human (though this can be debated). Onizuka is one of the most instantly likeable characters you will ever read about. If I were ever to sit down and have dinner with any character real or fictional, it would without a doubt be Eikichi Onizuka. Though I wouldn’t be willing to pick up the bill.

I cannot remember the last manga I enjoyed this dearly, I hold this manga close to heart and it is definitely one that I won’t be forgetting. Hell I’ll just say it, I’m an Onizuka fan, and you could be too. Take it from me, reach deep in those pockets and get this manga, you won’t regret it. And while reading you might even learn a thing or two from the greatest teacher in all of Japan, Great Teacher Onizuka.

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Sep 20, 2020

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Mixed Feelings

I first found out about GTO by going through all the top rated manga on MAL, as you do. If you listen to anyone online, you'd think that GTO is one of the best manga ever written, with no doubts. I went and specifically tried to find bad reviews, and it was hard to find any. So I went in with sky high expectations, only to find myself...a little disappointed. That isn't to say GTO is a horrible manga, however. If you manage to stick through it and deal with its problems, I do think that it is a read that is worth your time.

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Feb 27, 2018

jjssyy

Not Recommended

Funny

This series was a waste of time. I have to give myself a pat on the shoulder for actually sitting through the entire bullshit. Man, what was I even doing? I dropped this series halfway few years ago, so I thought I'd give it a chance again to see if I had a different opinion of it now. I was wrong.

In a sea of positive 10/10 reviews, I find it hard to believe if we are all reading the very same GTO. Ecchi has never been my favorite genre but sometimes I do come across certain series where the fan-service was done tastefully (and this ...

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