GTO
Published November 28, 2003
According to Tokyopop, GTO has reached twenty-five volumes and counting. Don't know if I'll be following this series into the double digits: by himself, Onizuka could get pretty irritating over time, I suspect - and gleaming butt shots will only take you so far. How long Fujisama's series holds my interest'll probably depend on the ruthlessness and ingenuity of the rest of his cast. The more they katzenjammer their rock'em-sock'em teacher, I'm betting, the funnier GTO'll get. . .
(Originally posted in Pop Culture Gadabout.)
- GTO
- Published: November 28, 2003
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Someone wrote to me about Onizuka's earlier adventures after I'd originally posted this piece on my weblog, but I've not tracked any of the books down yet. Probably a good thing, since I'll have my hands full just catching on up this series.
you can always get the scanlation though at Manga-Sketchbook
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Believe it or not, GTO is actually the third manga series featuring Onizuka. The first series Shounan Junai Gumi features Onizuka in High School with his partner Ryuuji (whom by GTO's timeframe have grown up and is now working in a motorcycle shop with a steady girlfriend). The second series Bad Company is about how the pair first got together in Junior High. By the strange twisted logic of Shonen Manga, Onizuka is still qualified to be an action hero (as unbelievable as it sound, Onizuka is still a virgin by the end of the manga). Oh, volume 25 is the last volume of GTO. Shounan Junai Gumi ran for 15 volumes.