Author: Fujisawa Tohru
Alternative title: GTO: The Early Years, Shonan Pure Love Gang, 湘南純愛組！
Type: Manga
Chapters: 267
Tags: action, comedy, shounen, school, romance, drama, gangs, ecchi
Before Onizuka became great teacher he was deliquent during his own middle school and high school years. But not just some no-name deliquent. He and his best friend Ryuji were part of Oni-Baku, biker gang which once had a big power in Shounan.
Story of this manga might be a little bit repetitive. Onizuka and Danma chasing girls, than find some new punk or enemies, then they fight, their group got more people then the girls and funny stuff again... But everytime it's presented differently, everytime new characters appears, new enemies, Onizuka and Ryuji solve the problem differently, new girls appears etc. it's just like a real life when no day is the same. It varies dispite its repetitive core. Some problems are funny but some are very serious and a lot of dangerous things happens.
Characters are of course very important. The main duo Onizuka-Danma are one of the best characters I've met. They might have been deliquents chasing girls but they are very kind and good-hearted and they would do anything for a pal in troubles. Not to metion that during the whole manga they mature a bit, especially Ryuji. Of course there is plenty of others, everyone of them is different and adds a nice spice to the group and sometimes it was very funny and pleasing to watch how they interact between each other, how the whole group works, how characters acts. There wasn't any character I wouldn't like or feel that there was no need for them because all of them have their important place. And know how to use so many characters and do it well is something I must appreciate.
Art is very oldschool because well this manga started in 1990 but towards the end it gets better and better and no matter how old it is, fight scenes are done greatly and some of them made me shiver.
Humour, of course, is very immature XD This is trully shounen manga for boys so crazy jokes about dicks, boners and other stuff appears a lot but even I'm girl I just laughed like a crazy sometimes.
Overall. It might get a bit repetitive or boring but characters and fights are just amazing! Trully if you loved GTO you must read this!!
Rating: 8/10
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