GTO: 14 Days in Shonan, Volume 1

GTO: Shonan 14 Days #1

by Tōru Fujisawa

After guiding the infamous Tokyo Kissho Academy through a crash-course of his unique brand of life-lessons, a battered and bruised Eikichi Onizuka takes a well-deserved trip to his hometown of sorts, a typically quiet surfers paradise called Shonan. Unfortunately, with child neglect and abuse becoming a global phenomenon, the self-proclaimed GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) quickly finds himself back in the saddle for what he hopes is a painless two-week long field trip with some teens in need. And while Onizuka's curriculum may not rely on the reading, writing and arithmetic that is common in most classrooms, he has more than a few good lessons in personal development, fisticuffs and fun to teach a new generation of trouble teens.

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comics Manga, Shonen, Action, Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2009

About the author

Tōru Fujisawa (japanese: 藤沢とおる; also Toru, Tôru Fujisawa or Tooru Fujisawa) began his career as mangaka in 1989 with Adesugata Junjou Boy serialized in the Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Reviews

[Sara]

I'm so happy I get more Onizuka time! He is my all time favorite fictional character. :3 I love Fujisawa's humor. Sure, some stuff feels like it's being recycled, but oh well. I'm just glad to have Onizuka back for a while. I hope for another come back in the future. xD Maybe a future where Oni is an old man? :D

[Gavin]

Great character, but the schtick is always exactly the same and the crux is having good villainous sympathetic kids to defeat / heal. None here.

[Zombie_Phreak]

This manga was pretty good, it had a decent story about a teacher with a mysterious background asked to come help at a home for troubled kids. The artwork is also pretty good and I enjoyed reading it.

[Randy Pradhana]

1-5

[Kurtis Burkhardt]

Eikichi Onizuka(Great Teacher Onizuka) best teacher ever😻👌Love these GTO story’s, Gtreat story and love the characters! Mr Onizuka will never let anything happen to his students 😤💪👨‍🏫😁👌

[Robert Dufalo]

Ok once again the teach of all awesomeness is back and oh my is he in for a ride from what it looks like.
I have to be honest I already read a lot of this series in Japanese and I enjoyed it. But I wanted to support the company Vertical that is taking on new manga translation when most companies are going under or cutting back. I believe this group is now owned by Kodansha (46.7%) and Dai Nippon Printing (46.0%).
Toru Fujisawa sticks to what makes Onizuka one of the best characters ever made IN THE WORLD and the formula keeps working here. There is a good 20+ years of books published around this man starting at around age 15 and now in his early-mid 20s Fujisawa has done something that I have always wanted to do with one of my characters, watch them grow up through hundreds of thousands of pages. Most of it is translated to english now and if you haven't read them, give it a try. Look for GTO The Early Years (AKA Shonan Junai Gumi) and I'll see you in about 50+ books here with 14 days in Shonan (Ahh the return home!)
I always wanted to be a teacher in my life and this I think is how I'd want to teach...before I was put in jail for the crap he pulls off with ease.

[Jeff Lanter]

GTO is far and away my favorite manga and I loved reading the first series. I was excited and a little bit nervous about Shonan 14 Days because I wondered if it could live up to the old series. This story arc seems to be a lot less popular which also made me wonder how good it would be. I don't think Shonan 14 is as good as the previous stories but the same charm and antics are definitely here. The biggest thing this books lacks is originality. A lot of the characters in this seem like slightly different versions of previous characters and nothing in the plot is quite as surprising as it was the first time around. With that said, GTO is still a ton of fun and an "inspiration" to teachers (or former teachers) like myself.

[Indah Threez Lestari]

Niat Onizuka sih liburan musim panas 14 hari sekaligus sembunyi setelah mengaku di acara TV hampir mengubur muridnya hidup-hidup.

Tapi ya jadi seperti ngajar di sekolah juga, khususnya mengasuh anak-anak bermasalah di fasilitas khusus di Shonan...

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Yang pertama kubaca bulan April lalu mangascan-nya. Tapi cuma selang sebulan, ternyata Level sudah menerbitkan serial ini meskipun GTO-nya sendiri baru diterbitkan 2 volume. Jelas kudu dikoleksi-lah. Mantap!

[Salimbol]

A very enjoyable return to the world of GTO, which has pretty much the exact same strengths and weaknesses as the original series. Fortunately, Onizuka alternately making a prat of himself and kicking ass never really gets old :-), and this series promises to be a lot of fun - anyone who enjoyed the original GTO will probably like this.

[David]

Been a while since I read manga. I loved the GTO anime and this reboot manga really picks up where it leaves off. Similar tone and really funny, so I'm gonna keep reading it. One thing I don't care for is the main villain, a middle school girl who fills this "cute tyrant" anime/JRPG trope that I find annoying and tiresome. I can't wait to see GTO pull through and kick her ass!

[William Hayman]

Eikichi Onizuka... any who are familiar with the man and his past methodologies, would be more than eager to find out what lies next in store. What fascinates me about this series is that the author masks humour in an effective way which pokes fun at our own conscious inadequacies in life, ones which not only hinder but also contribute towards other people's hurt.

[Matt]

Kenapa membeli dan membaca buku ini? Nostalgia akan kegilaan Onizuka Sensei yang sableng, urakan, kampungan, kuat, terlihat kasar padahal sebenarnya baik dan jujur.

Kalau memang Level Comics sudah terbitkan yang Vol. 2, cari di mana ya?

[Nura]

ternyata ketengilannya si Onizuka ini ga da batasnya. tadinya mo kasih tiga bintang ajah gara-gara kecoak seember itu... hiiiy... tapi berhubung muka jeleknya muncul lumayan banyak jadi kasih bintang empat :D

[Serdar]

If one were to travel into the universe of GTO: 14 Days in Shonan and look up Badass on Wikipedia, I would find the article deficient if a picture of Eikichi Onizuka didn’t appear as the illustration of choice on that page.

http://www.genjipress.com/2012/02/gto...

[Katt Hansen]

At times raunchy, definitely violent, but a book that I still enjoyed. This is outside of my normal reading in the world of manga and I'm glad I wandered. I like Onizuka and want to find out more. I'll have to look for the original series too. :)

[Denisa]

Another rating: 8/10

Missed older Onizuka, funny as hell, sometimes too crazy but this is GTO XD

[Slim Khan]

Fucking awesome

[Nickname]

Un po' ripetitivo ma abbastanza simpatico.