GTO, or Great Teacher Onizuka, deals with the unlikeliest breed of teacher. Meet Eikichi Onizuka the 22 year-old virgin, ex-gamg member, and titular character of the series. He is liked by few, hated/feared by many. Even with this scary nature, along with his rather perverse acts, he decides, after a chance seeing how much influence the school faculty has over female students, decided to become a teacher, much to the dismay of the unattractive Vice Principal. After trials, he is hired to be a teacher at last, pushing is aspirations to be the greatest. There's one problem though: the class he is now in charge of has quite a rep about them. They driven one teacher to death, another to a nervous breakdown, and one teacher even joined a cult.
Onizuka is basically fresh meat to the students now, but don't underestimate this guy. His years as a gang member made him tough, and he's willing to give this job his all! As the anime progresses, we see various sides of the teacher, the colorful behavior of the delinquent students, and the VP's aspirations to get rid of him (among damages to various cars he owns...) Within faculty and otherwise, we see various people he helps out, with the possibility of boosting or breaking Onizuka. In short, he has a tough job ahead.
Granted he's rather brash, and his thug like behavior is enough of a turn down, GTO is, and will remain, as one of my favorites. The 43-episode anime is licensed by Tokyopop, with events preceding by 2 mangas, and succeeded by the manga GTO - Shonan 14 days. The story shows Onizuka breaking some sense into the trouble making kids (making them genuinely enjoy life), while undergoing his own mission of self-discovery. GTO gets a 7 of 10. Onizuka does things the dangerous way, but at the end of the day, he does what he can, and succeeds in what he does. There's even a live action film and drama series to it. He means well, but takes reckless approaches to settling things, which makes him a scary, yet respectable teacher in my book. (I wouldn't hire him though...lol.)
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