{"product_id":"gto-the-early-years-volume-11-isbn-9781932234756","title":"GTO: The Early Years Volume 11","description":"The story that began the \u003ci\u003eGTO\u003c\/i\u003e franchise and helped launch a manga revolution in North America rides again!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the moment Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma formed the Oni-Baku team, life on the shores of Shonan has been a string of rough-and-tumble moments. Like most youth biker gangs, these two and their allies lived in the moment and claimed not to fear death. But now, deeper into their high school years, thoughts of love, friendship and family have begun to creep into their lives. When toughs from Yokosuka come calling for blood, the Oni-Baku must remind their Kanagawa neighbors that being real involves more than modded choppers.\u003cp\u003e“This prequel to the immensely popular \u003ci\u003eGTO\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eGreat Teacher Onizuka\u003c\/i\u003e) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There’s slapstick                  galore… There’s also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [\u003ci\u003eGTO: The Early Years\u003c\/i\u003e] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking                  girls and an abundance of good humor.” —Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I had fallen way behind in my \u003ci\u003e[GTO: The Early Years]\u003c\/i\u003e reading, but was able to pick up where I left off with minimal confusion, mostly as this is a delinquent manga… I like                  the girls in \u003ci\u003eGTO\u003c\/i\u003e, who come in many different  types and varieties, and the gang aspect of the plot means we get a lot  who can kick any guy’s ass… There’s                  also some terrific comedy here—the author likes to break  up all the gang fights with one-shot chapters that are hilariously  silly.” —A Case Suitable for Treatment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How’s Onizuka, brawler extraordinaire, supposed to deal with  someone who not only doesn’t feel pain but positively thrives on it? …  If you start                  here without any context, you’re liable to be a little  lost. To compensate for that, though, they’ve post some notes… Me, I  walked in more or less cold,                  picked up most of what I need to know from context, and  laughed myself out of my chair all the same.” —Genji Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eManga of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e I always had a vague feeling there  was a longer story that occurred before GTO when I first read the  series… While this part of the story is                 a bit cruder than later parts of Onizuka’s story it also  has its own energy… I feel the humor is a bit ruder, the action a bit  wilder, and the stakes a                  bit higher… This is the raw and uncut Onizuka.” —Reverse Thieves\u003c\/p\u003eBorn 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":46301899030757,"sku":"NP9781932234756","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781932234756.jpg?v=1767728550","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/gto-the-early-years-volume-11-isbn-9781932234756","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}