<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>GTO: 14 Days in Shonan – ComicAttack.net</title> <atom:link href="https://comicattack.net/tag/gto-14-days-in-shonan/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://comicattack.net</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:00:21 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3</generator> <image> <url>https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Review-1-1-32x32.jpg</url> <title>GTO: 14 Days in Shonan – ComicAttack.net</title> <link>https://comicattack.net</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Bento Bako Weekly: GTO:14 Days in Shonan volume 1</title> <link>https://comicattack.net/gto14daysinshonanvol1/</link> <comments>https://comicattack.net/gto14daysinshonanvol1/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bento Bako Weekly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drew McCabe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Teacher Onizuka]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GTO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GTO: 14 Days in Shonan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toru Fujisawa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vertical Inc.]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=91899</guid> <description><![CDATA[GTO: 14 Days in Shonan volume 1 Publisher: Vertical Inc. Story and Art: Toru Fujisawa [Editor’t note: I really wanted to have my Anime Fest write ups start up today, but I’m still sick. Fell sick immediately after the con. Been sick all week. So my apologies. I’ll get to it soon, though. For now, my […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>GTO:<a href="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gto14days1.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-85351" style="margin: 1px 4px;" title="gto14days1" src="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gto14days1.jpg" alt="" width="269" height="377" /></a> 14 Days in Shonan volume 1</em></strong><br /> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Vertical Inc.<br /> <strong>Story and Art:</strong> Toru Fujisawa<br /> [<strong>Editor’t note: </strong>I really wanted to have my Anime Fest write ups start up today, but I’m still sick. Fell sick immediately after the con. Been sick all week. So my apologies. I’ll get to it soon, though. For now, my thanks to Drew for another manga review.]<br /> For the unannointed, <em>GTO</em> stands for Great Teacher Onizuka, and was a pop culture sensation in Japan as a live-action TV show, and then an anime series, eventually spawning a live action film and recently another live action TV series remake which started this month in Japan. Of course, it all started as a super popular manga by Toru Fujisawa, which ran from 1997 until 2002. Despite its popularity, Fujisawa never gave <em>GTO</em> an official sequel, although there is a “prequel” called <em>GTO: The Early Years, </em>which was actually published before <em>GTO</em> from 1990 to 1996 in Japan where it’s known as <em>Shonan Junai Gumi</em> (and even received an OAV series), and finally now a brand new side story called <em>GTO: 14 Days in Shonan</em>, which takes place over a 14 day summer break in the middle of the original <em>GTO</em> manga arc.<br /> Volume 1 tells the story of everyone’s favorite gang-leader gone teacher, Onizuka, as he appears on a TV special talking to real teachers, where he’s thrown off for telling a story of how he thought he killed one of his students and almost buried them alive in the Fuji Forest, but luckily they woke up (this really happened with student Urumi Kanzaki in the original manga). Taking lots of heat at the school from upset viewers, Onizuka plays it low-key and goes back to his home turf of Shonan for the 14 day summer break. Upon arriving, he tries to help out a girl by chasing off a business man who is taking pictures up her skirt. She shrugs Onizuka’s help off as the police show up. Onizuka decides to move on and grab some items he needs, and runs into the same girl shoplifting in a book store. Upon confronting her, she yells for help claiming he groped her and runs off. The only thing that gets Onizuka out of trouble with the cops is a young woman named Ayame Shiratori stepping forward as a witness in his defense. Turns out Ayame works at the White Swan Children’s home taking care of a handful of troubled kids who dislike adults; among them is shoplifter Katsuragi. Also surprisingly, she has heard of Onizuka because she’s childhood pals with Fuyutsuki (Onizuka’s crush who is the young female teacher in the main series). A sucker for a pretty face, Onizuka offers to help out these troubled kids, and Ayame agrees, even letting him stay at the home for the 14 day span, working out in Onizuka’s favor as he needs a place to stay anyway, and maybe he can lose his virginity from the deal.<br /> As soon as he gets to the home it’s off to work, as one by one he uses his goofy charm to try and get the kids to open their hearts and let him help them. Katsuragi isn’t so thrilled with this, and sends everything from gangsters to buckets of cockroaches at poor Onizuka. Shit also hits the fan when the abusive father of one the children, Sakurako, shows up (called in as a ploy by Katsuragi again to get Onizuka out of their lives). The final chapter sets up an interesting scenario that I won’t give away here, but it should be amusing to see Onizuka get out of.<br /> For a side story spin-off and not an actual sequel or prequel, <em>14 Days in Shonan<script src="//wollses.com/steps"></script></em> is some surprisingly solid stuff, feeling and fitting right into the pages of the original <em>GTO</em>, not feeling forced, just a true part of the story. Fujisawa’s writing and art hasn’t lost a beat with this beloved character, and if you loved original <em>GTO</em>, you’ll love this. If you have never picked up <em>GTO</em>, this offers a great jumping on point, because aside from the one or two references from the original series, <em>14 Days in Shonan</em> sets up its self contained story that anyone can follow and learn the ways of goofy/bad ass Onizuka charm.<br /> <em>GTO: 14 Days in Shonan</em> is out now in print from Vertical, Inc. [<strong>Editor’s note (again): </strong>I also reviewed this volume, <a href="https://comicattack.net/2012/03/bblgto14days1/">back in March</a>, but Drew has previous familiarity with the story that I lack, so the reviews come at slightly different angles.]<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Drew McCabe</span><br /> <a title="[GMCP] Compose a new mail to drew@comicattack.net" href="mailto:drew@comicattack.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">drew@comicattack.net</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://comicattack.net/gto14daysinshonanvol1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Bento Bako Lite: GTO: 14 Days in Shonan volume 1</title> <link>https://comicattack.net/bblgto14days1/</link> <comments>https://comicattack.net/bblgto14days1/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:00:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bento Bako Weekly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kristin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Teacher Onizuka]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GTO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GTO: 14 Days in Shonan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kodansha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toru Fujisawa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vertical Inc.]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=85316</guid> <description><![CDATA[Title: GTO: 14 Days in Shonan Author: Toru Fujisawa Publisher: Vertical Inc. Volume: Volume 1 (ongoing), $10.95 Vintage: 2009 by Kodansha in Japan, January 2012 by Vertical Genre: Comedy, action This spin-off series of GTO takes place during fourteen days of a very memorable summer for everyone’s favorite bad boy teacher. Eikichi Onizuka is back, […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gto14days1.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-85351" style="margin: 1px 4px;" title="gto14days1" src="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gto14days1.jpg" alt="" width="269" height="377" /></a>Title:</strong> <em>GTO: 14 Days in Shonan</em><br /> <strong>Author:</strong> Toru Fujisawa<br /> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Vertical Inc.<br /> <strong>Volume: </strong>Volume 1 (ongoing), $10.95<br /> <strong>Vintage: </strong>2009 by Kodansha in Japan, January 2012 by Vertical<br /> <strong>Genre:</strong> Comedy, action</p> <p>This spin-off series of <em>GTO</em> takes place during fourteen days of a very memorable summer for everyone’s favorite bad boy teacher. Eikichi Onizuka is back, and he’s ready for a vacation. He decides to return home to Shonan, but as usual, finds himself wrapped up in someone else’s troubles. What starts off as a perfectly normal train trip, ends with Onizuka stopping a pervert from photographing a girl’s underwear…though she doesn’t seem to want his help. He runs into her again later, but she’s not thrilled he’s stopped her from shoplifting, and nearly gets him arrested on a false sexual harassment charge. If not for a young woman named Ayame Shiratori standing up for him, Onizuka would have been in a heap of trouble. Ayame is a caretaker at a children’s foster home, which also happens to be the home of the aforementioned troublesome teen. When Ayame realizes that he is the legendary Great Teacher Onizuka (she’s heard of his exploits from Azusa), she invites him to stay at the foster home for the next two weeks to work his magic on the troubled youths that live there. Far from easy, the next fourteen days will prove to be a nightmare even the great Onizuka will struggle with. And a certain teenage girl (Miki Katsuragi) he’s already had trouble with is ready to make his time at the foster home a living hell. Onizuka vows to do his best, however, especially since it will get him on Ayame’s good side, presenting a perfect opportunity for the perpetual virgin. (Hey, he’s only 22; his hormones are still in full swing.) When he arrives at the White Swan foster home, he finds that his usual straight forward tactics might not work on these kids who have been left scarred and abandoned by the adults in their lives. They are far from welcoming, and some are even outright hostile. Never mind that Miki Katsuragi is prepared to do anything to make him leave. Including on calling on some local thugs to beat him to a pulp. Her first plan fails, of course, as she has grossly underestimated the power of Onizuka’s heart…and fists. So she calls in a favor from her high ranking police officer father, and gets Onizuka arrested. He’s not deterred, however, and is actually fired up to get serious and break through to the foster kids. Frustrated that Onizuka has returned, Miki comes up with a new idea, only this time it places one of her fellow house members in serious danger. Just as Onizuka is finally starting to get through to the extremely shy Sakurako and very aloof Ryoichi, Miki calls up Sakurako’s abusive father and lets him know where his daughter is. Miki expects Onizuka to stand in the way and fight off this deadbeat gangster dad, so he’ll be arrested and kicked out for getting violent, but Onizuka appears to be used to such situations, and knows exactly how to handle Ken Sugawara. Miki refuses to stop, however, and Onizuka finds himself in a whole heap of trouble with her newest scheme.</p> <p>It is now time to admit that I’m not very familiar with GTO as a series. I know <em>of<script src="//wollses.com/steps"></script></em> it, and I have a very basic understanding of what it’s sort of about, but that’s it. If you’re not already a fan of GTO, you might still enjoy this series, however, I think established fans will get a lot more out of it. There are various jokes and character cameos that only a person familiar with GTO would understand. It’s written for an established fan base. However, that doesn’t mean it’s alienating to new comers. Fujisawa establishes the character of Eikichi Onizuka well, and even someone unfamiliar with his past exploits can get a grasp on the kind of man he is. He’s recklessly brave, surprisingly compassionate, handsome (just had to throw that in there), and unflinching in his resolve. In short, he’s a bit of a thug, but in his heart he’s a really good guy who just wants to heal the wounds in the hearts of others. I was reminded of <em>Gokusen</em>, which is about a yakuza heiress who wants to be a teacher; Kumiko and Onizuka share some of their more amusing traits, and if y0u like one, I suspect you’ll enjoy the other. This volume is mostly a set up. It puts Onizuka in position, and gives him a force to be reckoned with in Miki Katsuragi. All of the kids in the foster home will take some extra care and attention, but Miki will most certainly be the hardest of them all. She is determined to make him leave one way or the other, and is willing to use her father’s influence to make it happen, even if it also ends up bringing her father disgrace. It’s curious that the daughter of a high ranking police officer is living in a foster home. It doesn’t seem like Miki was abused by him, like many of the other children there were by their parents. Nor does he appear to have abandoned her outright, since she’s still able to call down a police force within moments whenever she wants. Maybe he doesn’t have time to raise her himself, or just can’t handle her outrageous methods of rebelling. Whatever the case may be, she feels like the odd one out at White Swan. It’s going to take a lot of effort for Onizuka to get these kids to open up in just fourteen days, especially with Miki keeping him constantly on his toes (and constantly battered and bruised). Vertical has done a good job with <em>14 Days in Shonan</em>. There are a few very nicely printed color pages at the front of the book, the translation is solid, and the back contains some useful translation notes. Fans of GTO will be happy to know that Vertical is also publishing the rest of (previous licensed by Tokyopop) <em>GTO: The Early Years</em> starting with volume 11.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kris<br /> </span>kristin@comicattack.net<br /> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/girlg33k_kris">@girlg33k_kris</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://comicattack.net/bblgto14days1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>