GTO: Paradise Lost

GTO: Paradise Lost #6

by Tōru Fujisawa

These guys are effin’ crazy! The director’s granddaughter, Ririka Nishiwaki, is being mind-controlled by her fake "family". After the death of her father, the grieving actress was preyed on by a fishy fortuneteller who claims that her misfortunes are all the fault of so-called "psychoelectric waves"... and that only scratches the surface of her unsettling life with the shutter shade-wearing, "vween vween"-chanting brainwashers. How will Onizuka pull her out of the darkness and back out into the light?

Genres: Manga

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 2016

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

[Viedefun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Onizuka va devoir faire face à une famille sectaire très bizarre qui a embrigadé la petite-fille de Mme la principale....Dénouement dans le prochain tome, j'ai hâte de voir ça !

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perhaps my favorite arc so far from GTO: Paradise Lost. One of Onizuka's students joins a cult due to stress from her father's death and it's up to Onizuka to stop it. While a few arcs have been a tad bit of a retread from the previous manga, this and the previous "man of the north" arc have been amazing.

[Stephen Nagy · Rating 3 out of 5]

So in this volume we get info dumped Ririka's history about her father dying in a car accident, and how this family of con artists tricked her into thinking they're her family from another life. It's a very long flashback which takes up most of the book. And then later her mother reveals what happened in the director's office, but it is still told through Ririka's perspective. I personally think it would have been better if her mother was the narrator since she's the one telling them the story. Overall, this isn't a bad volume but it's written in such a way that Ririka seems like the main character instead of Onizuka.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Girl stuck in a cult

I love GTO in general and been following it a long time. This is no exception here. A girl getting brainwashed essentially into a cult and to certain harmful beliefs happen in this world and seeing how this happens is frightening. At least there's a good teacher here with a lesson to teach. Highly recommended.