That Bastard Onizuka

Shit.

I think I bit off more than I can chew. I just made a deal with a friend of mine in that both of us will jointly try to acquire a set of manga books from Fully-Booked store. All in all, the shop had around 17 pieces there at a price tag of P599 (or US9.99) so the total price is going to be hefty. (Around the neighborhood of P8,500++, I think.)

Still, I think it's worth it.

After all, it's TokyoPop's series of Tohru Fujisawa's GTO ("Great Teacher Onizuka").




If you've been watching anime on the Animax channel on your local cable, then you know what I'm talking about.

The anime GTO ("Great Teacher Onizuka") is about Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old tough and ex-biker with an unusually high threshold for punishment. He has a black belt in karate, a Kawasaki bike, a porn collection and a habit of squatting at the bottom of escalators so he can look up skirts.

However, his pursuit in scoring with hot high school students is tempered by his goal of trying to become the Greatest Teacher in the World. And Onizuka may be the Greatest Teacher in the World as he sets out to make high school fun for his students ... even if they don't want to.

With that kind of a premise, you know fireworks (both literally and figuratively) are bound to go off, especially when Onizuka's around. After all, where else can you find a teacher who disciplines an infractious student by driving himself and the student off a half-finished bridge on a motorcyle at high speeds? Or coopt the loyalty of the class bully by dating his sexy mom? Or...

This anime is based on the highly-popular manga series of Tohru Fujisawa, which has sold 37 million copies worldwide. And I aim to complete the series.

Dedicated GTO fans of the Philippines! Unite!

(Now if only the shop had a complete series of Getbackers...)