GTO

Cracking open Vertical Inc.'s release of GTO: 14 Days in Shonan brought back a lot of manga memories... Most importantly, it reminded me why I used to love GTO so much. - Otaku USA Magazine If I had to boil it down to a high concept, I'd probably say that GTO is about believing in yourself enough to have a good time in life. Fujisawa does a pretty good job balancing the more saccharine elements of the series with the knock-down, drag-out, somewhat perverted jokes. It's clearly a comedy, but when it takes a turn into drama, it doesn't feel unnatural. 14 Days in Shonan looks like one of those series that can be brutally funny when it wants to be...I've got high hopes. --Comics Alliance While I've largely fallen out of manga for a number of reasons, there are certain things that will always draw me back. Discovering that the man behind Great Teacher Onizuka decided to do another series focusing on the character is definitely one of them... The opening volume makes things well connected to the original and adjusts to the new situation with ease in a way that doesn't detract or impact what has come before... This is a ride I am completely enthused about. --Fandom Post I thought I was done with Great Teacher Onizuka. All throughout college, I plowed my way through the series... All was well and good, until just the other day, when Vertical dropped the first volume of Great Teacher Onizuka: 14 Days in Shonan in my mailbox... Suffice to say, the first chapter grabbed me almost immediately. It was the same Great Teacher Onizuka humor I remember, and most importantly, I reacted the same to it as I had when I was stuck in my college dorm on those long Syracuse winter nights. --Japanator As a character explicitly points out, it's painfully evident that parental selfishness has given [these teens] severe reason to distrust adults and that they're not about to give Onizuka a second chance if he lets them down. As a result, the