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“Ex-biker Onizuka becomes a teacher, battling unruly students and obstacles to earn the title "Great Teacher."”
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
GTO
8.87
33 rank · 191,614 readers · 11,956 favorites
Shounen
Delinquents
School
Workplace
Action
Award Winning
Comedy
Drama
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Ex-biker Onizuka becomes a teacher, battling unruly students and obstacles to earn the title "Great Teacher."
22-year-old Eikichi Onizuka: pervert, former gang member... and teacher? Great Teacher Onizuka follows the incredible, though often ridiculous, antics of the titular teacher as he attempts to outwit and win over the cunning Class 3-4 that is determined to have him removed from the school. However, other obstacles present themselves throughout—including the frustrated, balding vice principal, Hiroshi Uchiyamada; old enemies from his biker days; and his own idiotic teaching methods. But Eikichi fights it all whilst trying to help his students, romance fellow teacher Azusa Fuyutsuki, and earn his self-proclaimed title.Also contains the gaiden "GTO: Great Toroko Oppai♡" (Tomoko's Big Adventures).
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Community consensus
Derived from 51 sampled reviews
8.1
/10
What 51 readers settled on.
82%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 2.77
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.77 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.6 pts
Recommenders 9.3 · others 2.7
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Score over time
↓ 1.94
Running avg · Oct 2007 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is a manga that is perfect for somebody who wants to learn about proper old school manga. It is a fun, enticing story with all kinds of themes on it. The story is about a teacher that is...”
- 10 “Great Teacher Onizuka. Reading GTO has been a whirlwind of emotions from sadness to dying from laughter to pure hatred to elation. The characters are so human and life like with raw emotions that...”
- 7 “Great Teacher Onizuka was a fantastic read. This manga changed my perspective on adulthood and life it is something I will remember for a long time to come. I had some issues with how women were...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 27%
Long · 39%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 208 × 25 ch × vol
- Total read 27h 44m approx
- Published Dec 1996 – Jan 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0325 catalog