GTO: The Early Years Volume 11 (Great Teacher Onizuka)
“This prequel to the immensely popularGTO(Great Teacher Onizuka) actually came out first in Japan, but is lesser known. There’s slapstick                  galore… There’s also plenty of tear-jerking pathos. [GTO: The Early Years] offers lots of rowdy high-school fun, with a pleasant absence of shrinking                  girls and an abundance of good humor.” —Publishers Weekly“I had fallen way behind in my[GTO: The Early Years]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 inGTO, 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“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“Manga of the MonthI 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