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(More customer reviews)This volume concludes the series' biggest cliffhanger from Vol. 7...somewhat. Onizuka is presented with a way out of the last volume's problem, but takes a different path, leading Aizawa Miyabi having to top her most devious plan ever, with one that is her most dangerous.
To quickly review what this series is about: Eikichi Onizuka, a former bike gang member, college karate champ, 22 years old and a bachelor, has taken it upon himself to be the world's greatest teacher. With little or no qualifications, he somehow gets accepted into a prestigious school, is assigned the worst class of delinquents and somehow has to control them.
Onizuka has to deal with various opponent-students during the course of the series: bully Aizawa Miyabi, super smart Kikuchi, fatal genius Urumi Kanzaki, and fierce Kunio Murai.
This volume plays like three different stories: first, the conclusion to Miyabi's plans from Vol. 7; second, Japanese idol Toroko's company drawing the ire of local Yakuza, who latch on to Onizuka and crooked cop Saejima's loot of gold bars; and finally, a revisitation of Kunio Murai's "Mother Complex," this time with the idea of marriage thrown around.
This is the darkest volume yet, drawing more than just the students into the scheme. The tension rises between former buddies Miyabi and Kanzaki; the latter decides to strike back on Onizuka's behalf with a plan that sends shivers down the spine for its cold-bloodedness. It's still the same level and mix of comedy and action as the previous GTOs, but with raised stakes.
Again, watching this series in Japanese is *necessary*, not only for the word jokes but because the story has pretty significant differences from the English to the Japanese versionin terms of what's going on. The Japanese vocal cast is far superior, and the vocal intonations better match the facial expressions; the storyline and what they say are far more risque and naughtier than the English dub as well.
If you've been collecting the series up to this point, I don't need to tell you to buy it. If you haven't, you're best off having watched the previous volumes, and may struggle as to who's bad, good, and why if this is your first GTO.
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GTO is the runaway Japanese anime hit based on the hugely popular manga series by Tohru Fujisawa.The finale of the live-action version of the GTO television series was the most watched program in the history of Japanese TV!Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-biker.He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a hair-trigger temper.His goal: to be the greatest high school teacher in the world!GTO is the story of Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member who becomes a teacher to make a difference.Using his street smars to deal with colleagues, students and troublemakers, Onizuka finds that he too has many lessons to learn!In GTO Vol. 8: Transformations, Miyabi incurs Urumi's wrath and gets caught between a rock and a hard place.Onizuka goes head to head with his most antagonistic pupil and forces her to decide between her pride and saving her own skin.
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