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GTO: The Early Years - Shonan Junai Gumi 1

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It does. Early years are the stories of our main character from GTO in his early years. One of the best Manga's around now and it's far bigger then a normal Manga. It's over 500 pages EACH volume. Must buy now if your a GTO fan!

Being a huge fan of GTO I thought that buying this series was a no brainer. Turns out that there is a good reason as to why people have read GTO and not this series. Since buying all of the books so far (1-10) I can honestly say that the series isn't worth buying. It's not overtly terrible, its just not any good. The same tired storyline is used ad-nauseum. Super strong invincible tough dude shows up, everyone is scared, they get in a big fight, Onizuka and Ryuji win. Throw in some jokes and elementary comedy bits and there you go. If you want a decidedly average series about repetitive fighting scenes and mild humor then this is all you. But if you loved GTO and were expecting anything remotely similar to it, then you are in for a major letdown.

This mange is just the thing I was looking for. I finished watching the TV series and wanted MORE, prequal or sequel I did not care. I started reading GTO manga (also Rcamended) and I came across GTO Early years. I thought I would cry. It's about Onizuka & Ryuji (the mechanic in GTO) and they're preset to loose their virginity and the formation of the natoreious "ONI KAKU" biker gang of Shonen beach. Also you should know that this was infect made before GTO in the early 90's so it an older style of anime like yu-yu-hakisho. It's got comedy, drama, love and the great mindless violence.