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GTO: The Early Years (manga)

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Alternative title:
Shonan Junai-gumi (Japanese)
The Pure Love Gang Of Shonan Beach
Young GTO! Shonan Junai Gumi (French)
湘南純愛組! (Japanese)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary:
Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma are the deadly duo, Oni-Baku (Demon Explosion), with the sole mission of losing their virginities. As they turn away from the gang life to accomplish this, old enemies resurface to haunt them, and new ones appear to take their fame. Before taking the women, Oni-Baku must first show their adversaries exactly who is the baddest in Shonan Beach.
Ekichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma are members of infamous biker gang, Oni Baku. When not out riding around, they can be found in school, trying to pick up young woman. This is the story of the young Onizuka, who would later become the greatest teacher in Japan.
User Ratings: 58 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:7, English:4, dub:3)
 Excellent: 12 votes (English:7, sub:2, dub:1, ?:1, German:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (English:5, dub:2)
 Good: 13 votes (English:9, sub:4)
 Decent: 8 votes (English:5, sub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, French:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (English:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (English:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 203 users, rank: #267
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.828 (Very good-.17), std. dev.: 1.9839, rank: #1050
Weighted mean: 7.540 (Very good-.46), rank: #1252 (seen all: 8.16 / seen some: 7.44 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.557 (Very good-.44), rank: #845
Number of tankoubon: 31
Number of pages: 180
Vintage:
1990 to 1996
2006-06-13 (North America)
Releases: We have 116
Links: We have 1
Comment:
The original release featured 31 volumes of approximately 180 pages each. The re-release featured 15 volumes of approximately 370 pages each. While the new third editions contain about 290 pages each and, thus, will likely run for about 23 volumes.
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Related releases:
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 1) 2006-06-13 (from $7.73)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 2) 2006-10-10 (from $7.67)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 3) 2007-02-13 (from $4.78)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 4) 2007-06-12 (from $10.39)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 5) 2007-10-09 (from $7.73)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 6) 2008-02-05 (from $7.73)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 7) 2008-05-13 (from $7.73)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 8) 2008-08-12 (from $7.73)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 9) 2008-11-11 (from $7.73)
    GTO: The Early Years (GN 10) 2009-02-10 (from $7.73)

Japanese staff 
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Story & Art: Tohru Fujisawa

 

Publisher: Kodansha

Serialized In: KC Magazine

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English cast 
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Translation/Adaptation: Christopher North

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Licensed by: TOKYOPOP

French staff 
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Translation: Taro Ochiai

Adaptation: Taro Ochiai

 (none)
French companies 

Publisher: Pika Édition

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Publisher: Dynamic Italia

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Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
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Licensed by: Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd.

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