Meet Eikichi Onizuka (22), an ex biker and virgin. He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a hair trigger temper. Who doesn't really have much prospects until one day he decides to be a teacher. The head of an academy is interested in his "methods" and lets him teach (much to the principal's...pain...>: )= Onizuka isn't much of a teacher as far as school subjects go, but he is a VERY good teacher in "life". He uses his street smarts to deal with colleagues and students alike.

Characters

Eikichi OnizukaEikichi Onizuka,age 22, Also known as Great Teacher Onizuka is an uneducated,perverted virgin and former biker gang leader who wants to settle down and become the greatest teacher ever to exist. Normally one thinks that teachers should have some basic skills, such as knowledge of his/her chosen subject, compassion, a very long temper, and a lack of a teenage girl fetish. Onizuka has none of these. There are several reasons why former biker gang leaders do not often become teachers, mostly revolving around the fact that said gang leaders used to make a living horribly beating people.
Azusa Fuyutsuki-A female teacher who started teaching the same day Onizuka did. Their meeting was rather interesting. Onizuka was in the train going to school when he noticed this pretty woman got in front of him. The train was crowded, so he decided to grab her ass. But someone else got there first! (none other than vice principal Uchiyamada) He saved Fuyutsuki-chan from her molester and also encourages her throughout the series to be a better teacher (yeah, yeah, and yes, she does fall for him eventually ).
Ryoko Sakurai-The head of the school. She is the one who wanted to try Onizuka out. She covers for his mistakes sometimes, too. She’s otherwise a very interesting person. She likes to pose as the lunch-lady to study human behavior, and she’ll go so far as to break the law to keep Onizuka working for her. Her power is sometimes questionable, however…
Vice Principal Hiroshi Uchiyamada-One of the three vice principals at the school... though for the longest time, I thought he was THE principal (mainly since he's in the spotlight). Sometimes he disgusts me, and sometimes he cracks me up. He is also desperate to get Onizuka fired, but the lady over his head likes Onizuka, so it's hard for him. His life pretty much sucks, too (his wife's cheating on him, his daughter hates him, and the family dog attacks him). He resents Onizuka for EVERYTHING bad in his life, but he occasionally has moments of clarity where he realizes it’s his own fault… .
Tadashi Sakurada-The English teacher . He often throws in random English words into conversation, he has strange hobbies including cross dressing(anime) and being a pervert (manga)
Suguru Teshigawara-The math teacher. He has an unhealthy obsession for Fuyutsuki. He gets so far off the deep end that he actually wall-papers his apartment with pictures of Fuyutsuki, makes merchandise out of her pictures, sets up spy equipment to listen in on her phone calls and peep in on her, and makes a detailed plan (on his computer) to kill Onizuka .
Hajime Fukuroda-The P.E. teacher. He has a sort of rivalry with Onizuka that is quite funny…and stuff.

Noboru Yoshikawa-The class wimp. Short for his age, and always been teased. When Onizuka met him, he was in a suicidal mood, but Onizuka saved him and taught him how to stand up to people. His hobbies include anime and video games and other geek-related things. Yaaay!
Yoshito Kikuchi-A genius (?) well, he's very smart. One of his main hobbies is editing images on the computer! He gets along pretty well with Urumi
Kunio Murai-Was the most resistant member of the main group of boys (Kikuchi, Fujiyoshi, etc) to accept Onizuka...because he was afraid Onizuka would steal his mommy away. he is somewhat of an immature brat, but we all love him anyway. He is in love (though doesn't always like to admit it) with Kujirakawa.
Tomoko Nomura-Tomoko" is her real name...but since she is very "toroi" (clumsy, stupid, ditsy), everyone calls her "Toroko" (even she calls herself "Toro-chan"). She used to be "friends" with Miyabi and Urumi in elementary school and jr. high (her relationship with Miyabi was that she was Miyabi's slave, and she was Urumi's "pet". ). She has unusually large breasts and is always teased about it (and the fact that she's stupid). When Onizuka finds her...he turns her into an star
Urumi Kanzaki-She's a genius with an IQ of over 200, and has never quite been able to fit in. When Onizuka finds her, she is a VERY uncooperative little...bitch...but he soon finds out what made her that way, and, of course, turns her around
Miyabi Aizawa-Is probably one of the head "antagonists" of the series. She is determined to get Onizuka fired at any costs. She slowly loses her allies throughout the series, but she hasn't given up yet...she also has a lot of "problems" in her life. Her major problem is that her classmates who were all fighting for her revenge don't even know what their teacher actually did to her...
Anko Uehara-One of the main girls who had been teasing Yoshikawa. But around episode 36, the tables turn... She is probably the most immature girl of the entire classroom (except maybe Toroko...), and after she's cured of her bullyish-nature, she becomes one of the cuter, sweeter characters.
Koji Fujiyoshi-One of the boys in the main group of boys in this story. He has many brothers and sisters, and his family is poor. He also loves Miyabi and drags her secret out of her eventually. He’s a hard worker and has a strong sense of honor (mostly likely from Onizuka’s influence). He’s the sort of guy anyone would want as a friend. Yup.
Tadaaki Kusano-One of the boys in Murai’s group…..not much known about him except that he has a VERY ugly mother
Fuyumi Kujirakawa-The giant" girl in the school (about 6 ft.) She is rumored to have a crush on Murai and later, Murai on her. She is a manga-otaku and is in the manga club even though famous sports schools and coaches have been begging her to become a professional sports type person. Despite what most people think, she is actually quite girlish.

Ryuuji Danma-Onizuka’s best friend since Jr. High.. He runs/works in a mechanic shop of sorts. His girlfriend is Nagisa, and he (and sometimes Nagisa) are always pulling Onizuka out of mess after mess… But they still can’t help but love the guy
Nagisa Nagase-Ryuuji’s girlfriend. Much like Ryuuji, she has matured out of her have-fun-all-the-time-and-screw-society complex and is majoring in psychology in college. She has huge breasts (though not as huge as Toroko’s ) and Onizuka always teases her and Ryuuji about them (and how he wishes he could have a big-breasted girlfriend like her)
Julia Murai-Kunio's mother. She gave birth to Kunio when she was very young, so is still a young, sexy woman in her late 20's who always seems to be wearing skimpy clothes. Onizuka keeps making passes at her, but for some reason, they never "get it on"… Probably because beneath his hentai-ness, Onizuka IS a gentleman, and because Julia is mature and has a big sense of responsibility…
Uchiyamada’s Beloved Cresta- This is Vice Principal Uchiyamada's pride and joy. A toyota Cresta. Throughout the series it is used in a running gag where Uchiyamada’s Toyota Cresta is destroyed countless times. Each time for some odd reason onizuka is either involved or murai is involved with it's destruction. bwa hahahahahah.

Rating-***** Stars(Five out of Five)

Review-This series is perverted, sick, twisted, and insane. I love it. Despite the setting and plot about a young teacher,m this isn't an astute satire of the teaching system nor a dark comedy meant to make you think about the injustices of the world. This is 43 episodes of skirt-flipping, porn-watching, otaku-beating humor. When you belive the series cannot get any lower, it gets lower (example, onizuka in a monkey suit challenging the PTA President to a game of rock em sock em robots in order to save his job). Onizuka may not have what it takes to make a good educator, but he has what it takes to be a great Teacher and mentor to his charges. Be it by beating them up and dipping them in freezing cold water, to bungee jumping off a bridge using twine, Onizuka makes learning a unique and out of this world experience.
That's not to say the show doesn't have its dark or serious moments. Kids get beaten up, students try (often and repeatedly) to throw themselves off things in order to die, but it all ends in humor and a good ending. Like most shounen shows (and most shows in general), you know everything is going to be a-okay at the end; there are cliffhangers because you want to know how Onizuka will get out of his newest problem, not because you're concerned that he's going to die. Overall the Mix of comedy and drama makes for much entertainment to be had by all.Rent this one immediately.

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