{"product_id":"gto-14-days-in-shonan-volume-7-isbn-9781935654513","title":"GTO: 14 Days in Shonan, Volume 7","description":"Eikichi Onizuka is a 23-year-old ex-gang member. He is also the World's Greatest Teacher! As he began his quest to become the ultimate educator The young Onizuka discovers two principles of teaching - a social conscience and a sense of morality. So while he cannot use his strength on his kids his street smarts allow him to garner respect across the student body. As a homeroom teacher Onizuka focuses mainly on teaching life lessons, unfortunately his methods have created a stir among the PTA. To change the educational system as a whole, he embarks on a mission whereas he will individually mentor each student one-by-one, allowing each student to overcome their problems, whether they come from the classroom or from their home living rooms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this seventh volume of \u003ci\u003eGTO 14 Days in Shonan\u003c\/i\u003e, Eikichi efforts have been fruitful and now he believes he can finally relax in his hometown. Unfortunately, now trouble seems to have hunted him down. Two of his old students have located him and they have settled in amongst hischildren's home hideout. Old flames have been rekindled and Onizuka's lack of maturity will inspire some of his biggest admirers to enact their vengeance on the Great Teacher.“As a character explicitly points out, it’s painfully evident that  parental selfishness has given [these teens] severe reason to distrust  adults and that they’re 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… It’s intriguing to  consider how the manga might react to the new twist in its careful  balance act and how \u003ci\u003e14 Days\u003c\/i\u003e might consequently develop in subtly different ways than the original.” —Ain’t \u003cbr\u003eit Cool News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I have never read a \u003ci\u003eGTO\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eColumbo\u003c\/i\u003e. Anyone who has ever watched a \u003ci\u003eColumbo\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I loved it… The most surprising thing about \u003ci\u003e14 Days in Shonan\u003c\/i\u003e 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  meaningful—and sometimes moving—part of the story, inspiring Onizuka to  new heights of creativity (and silliness) in his efforts to reach them.  Highly recommended.” —The Manga CriticBorn in 1967, Tohru Fujisawa is a veteran Japanese comic artist and multimillion unit seller. Best known globally for his international sensation \u003ci\u003eGreat Teacher Onizuka (GTO)\u003c\/i\u003e, Fujisawa was the 22nd Kodansha Comic Award Winner in 1998 for his work on the hit series. The \u003ci\u003eGTO\u003c\/i\u003e property would go on to inspire two animated TV series and an internationally distributed live action TV series by the same name. Since \u003ci\u003eGTO\u003c\/i\u003e Fujisawa has gone on to pen thirteen more comic series, with four of those properties landing on American shores. Fujisawa continues to be one of the most beloved manga artists of this generation.","brand":"Vertical Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304265208037,"sku":"NP9781935654513","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781935654513.jpg?v=1767728550","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/gto-14-days-in-shonan-volume-7-isbn-9781935654513","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}