Gto: Fourteen Days In Shonan Vol. 2

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Trailblazing writer returns and introduces a new challenge for his unique anti hero, Eikichi Onizuka. After cracking down on troubled teens in his own school, Eikichi goes home to the peaceful shores of Shonan to relax and escape the stresses of modern day Tokyo. However even his own hometown has not escaped the declining state of child services. So in typical form he decides to personally provide hard knocks education to his old neighbourhood with hopes of putting a group of troubled teens back on the track to happiness.

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If I had to boil it down to a high concept, Id probably say that GTO is about believing in yourself enough to have a good time in life. Fujisawa does a pretty good job balancing the more saccharine elements of the series with the knock-down, drag-out, somewhat perverted jokes. Its clearly a comedy, but when it takes a turn into drama, it doesnt feel unnatural. 14 Days in Shonan looks like one of those series that can be brutally funny when it wants to beIve got high hopes.
Comics Alliance

Cracking open Vertical Inc.s release of GTO: 14 Days in Shonan brought back a lot of manga memories. A lot of the comedy comes not from whats going on around or happening to Onizuka, but how he reacts to it all Established fans will definitely get more out of it, but theres enough fun here to open the doors of all hearts, as Onizuka himself would put it.
Otaku USA Magazine

While Ive largely fallen out of manga for a number of reasons, there are certain things that will always draw me back. Discovering that the man behind Great Teacher Onizuka decided to do another series focusing on the character is definitely one of them The opening volume makes things well connected to the original and adjusts to the new situation with ease in a way that doesnt detract or impact what has come before This is a ride I am completely enthused about.
Fandom Post

I thought I was done with Great Teacher Onizuka. All throughout college, I plowed my way through the series All was well and good, until just the other day, when Vertical dropped the first volume of Great Teacher Onizuka: 14 Days in Shonan in my mailbox Suffice to say, the first chapter grabbed me almost immediately. It was the same Great Teacher Onizuka humor I remember, and most importantly, I reacted the same to it as I had when I was stuck in my college dorm on those long Syracuse winter nights.
Japanator

As a character explicitly points out, its painfully evident that parental selfishness has given [these teens] severe reason to distrust adults and that theyre not about to give Onizuka a second chance if he lets them down. As a result, the manga is dealing with the same Onizuka, but watching him walk a much narrower tight rope Its intriguing to consider how the manga might react to the new twist in its careful balance act and how 14 Days might consequently develop in subtly different ways than the original.
Aint it Cool News

I have never read a GTO comic before this, so the prospect of reading what amounts to a spin-off was a bit intimidating. Luckily the premise is pretty simple I liken this book to Columbo. Anyone who has ever watched a Columbo episode knows that Columbo is going to solve the case. The real pleasure comes from seeing how the bumbling detective puts it all together The figures are strong and confident, and the backgrounds are stunning.
Stumptown Trade Review

If one were to travel into the universe of GTO: 14 Days in Shonan and look up Badass on Wikipedia, I would find the article deficient if a picture of Eikichi Onizuka didnt appear as the illustration of choice on that page I walked into GTO:14DiS with admittedly hazy memories of the original storyno plot specifics, just a general understanding of the overall storyline. It took only a few pages to get everything straight.
Genji Press

I loved it The most surprising thing about 14 Days in Shonan is its ability to address serious social problems without devolving into an Afterschool Special. The hand-to-hand combat and barrage of condom jokes helps mitigate against didacticism, to be sure, but Fujisawa is skillful enough to make the students personal troubles a meaningfuland sometimes movingpart of the story, inspiring Onizuka to new heights of creativity (and silliness) in his efforts to reach them. Highly recommended.
The Manga Critic

Author Bio

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 awarded the 22nd Kodansha Comic Awardin 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 thirteen more comic series, with four of those properties (TOKKO, Rose Hip Rose, Rose Hip Zero and Shonan Junai-gumi) landing on American shores. At 44 the Hokkaido nativecontinues to be one of the most beloved manga artists of this generation.