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This prequel to the immensely popular GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There s slapstick galore There s also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [GTO: The Early Years] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking girls and an abundance of good humor. Publishers Weekly How s Onizuka, brawler extraordinaire, supposed to deal with someone who not only doesn t feel pain but positively thrives on it? If you start here without any context, you re liable to be a little lost. To compensate for that, though, they ve post some notes Me, I walked in more or less cold, picked up most of what I need to know from context, and laughed myself out of my chair all the same. Genji Press This prequel to the immensely popular GTO ( Great Teacher Onizuka ) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There's slapstick galore... There's also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [ GTO: The Early Years ] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking girls and an abundance of good humor. --Publishers Weekly How's Onizuka, brawler extraordinaire, supposed to deal with someone who not only doesn't feel pain but positively thrives on it? ... If you start here without any context, you're liable to be a little lost. To compensate for that, though, they've post some notes... Me, I walked in more or less cold, picked up most of what I need to know from context, and laughed myself out of my chair all the same. --Genji Press

This prequel to the immensely popular GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There's slapstick galore... There's also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [GTO: The Early Years] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking girls and an abundance of good humor. -Publishers Weekly How's Onizuka, brawler extraordinaire, supposed to deal with someone who not only doesn't feel pain but positively thrives on it? ... If you start here without any context, you're liable to be a little lost. To compensate for that, though, they've post some notes... Me, I walked in more or less cold, picked up most of what I need to know from context, and laughed myself out of my chair all the same. -Genji Press

This prequel to the immensely popular GTO ( Great Teacher Onizuka ) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There's slapstick galore... There's also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [ GTO: The Early Years ] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking girls and an abundance of good humor. --Publishers Weekly How's Onizuka, brawler extraordinaire, supposed to deal with someone who not only doesn't feel pain but positively thrives on it? ... If you start here without any context, you're liable to be a little lost. To compensate for that, though, they've post some notes... Me, I walked in more or less cold, picked up most of what I need to know from context, and laughed myself out of my chair all the same. --Genji Press

This prequel to the immensely popular GTO ( Great Teacher Onizuka ) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There's slapstick galore... There's also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [ GTO: The Early Years ] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking girls and an abundance of good humor. <br>--Publishers Weekly<br><br> How's Onizuka, brawler extraordinaire, supposed to deal with someone who not only doesn't feel pain but positively thrives on it? ... If you start here without any context, you're liable to be a little lost. To compensate for that, though, they've post some notes... Me, I walked in more or less cold, picked up most of what I need to know from context, and laughed myself out of my chair all the same. <br>--Genji Press

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Born in 1967, Tohru Fujisawa is a veteran Japanese comic artist and multimillion unit seller. Best known globally for his international sensation Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), Fujisawa was the 22nd Kodansha Comic Award Winner in 1998 for his work on the hit series. The GTO property would go on to inspire two animated TV series and an internationally distributed live action TV series by the same name. Since GTO Fujisawa has gone on to pen thirteen more comic series, with four of those properties landing on American shores. Fujisawa continues to be one of the most beloved manga artists of this generation.

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