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Great Teacher Onizuka is one of those dramas where you're gonna feel the heart of the story. You're gonna feel touched no matter what. Especially, especially, especially if you love school dramas. If you love school dramas and haven't seen GTO yet, get on it. It's a classic and you're definitely missing out.
Each episode focuses on a student with issues, and by the end of the episode of course they come to love and appreciate Onizuka as their sensei. Onizuka is not a traditional teacher in the slighest, instead he takes a vested interest in his students personal lives, and really helps them resolve their issues. The students of course find Onizuka very untrustworthy in the beginning (as it goes with most school dramas), but they realize this teacher is a godsend.
I really loved the cast, for the most part. And the music is so catchy, I catch myself humming it every once in a while. Everyone is gonna have their own favorite episode, as I definitely have mine. When I think of it, it still chokes me up a little bit.
Some parts of this drama, however, frustrate me massively. I'm not gonna name them because they'd be spoilers, but just know the good outweighs the bad in this drama.
GTO is a must-see. It's a classic, and if you're a jdrama lover, you definitely don't want to be caught saying you've never seen this. I didn't rate the rewatch value very high because I could not marathon this drama as I did my first time around. I absolutely recommend Great Teacher Onizuka to jdrama lovers, especially those who love school dramas.
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