Fan reviews: Gokusen Season 2

l0nEr · 7 Feb 2007

Im sorry, but this show kind of sucked after reaching the second season. Wonder how it managed to win the awards. the plots are exactly the same as gokusen 1. (actually even Gokusen 1 isnt that entertaining as rated). Its always she likes a guy, another guy likes her. Her fellow teacher likes tetsu....and the class somehow are all black belts. Moreover, every episode is like the replica of each other. Its always... talking, fighting, she stops the fight (by fighting) and moral of the story... oh well. GTO is way better.

gukosenfan1 · 9 Jan 2007

gukosen 2 is the best and i hope ther is another sesoan

gukosenfan1 · 9 Jan 2007

i didnt read the manga i see the series and it roks its super cool and really funny and i hope there is another sesoan

stardope · 8 Jan 2007

I really prefer the 2nd one than the 1st one,,,
The casts is better,,,no Matsumoto Jun, It really shocked me when I saw that he was the the one who played the Handsome Sawada Shin,,,Ewww,,,,Yuck,,,Ugly,,,,

There are Kame, Jin, Teppei and Mokomichi,,, who are better Looking than the casts of Gokusen1...And their acting are good,,,
Even the story is quite the same, but it still entertainig and funny,,,

poekie · 6 Jan 2007

I really liked this show and even though it's practically almost the same as Gokusen 1 it also has its own character and storyline. You can't compare drama's with each other, because that way almost all the drama's are the same...
Off course Akanishi and Kamenashi can't replace Matsumoto and Oguri, but I still think they do a wonderful portraying their characters and that reason enough for me to watch it. Sure the fighting scenes were absolutely fake looking, but can you tell me a show where it actually looks like they're fighting for real? I don't really think so...

Anyway I really enjoyed all the episodes and the actors so I would recomment this drama.

summershine · 22 Nov 2006

Wow - what a carbon copy of Gokusen 1. Yikes.

For starters, Gokusen 1 was... well, most of it was very good. The only thing that bugged me was the outrageously fake fighting scenes, and the fact that the actress and actor playing Yankumi and Sawada Shin are obviously not very athletic (that doesn't mean that they are not in shape). While I could have put this aside, the fact was, the outrageously fake fighting scenes were in every episode, and I always had to watch a very unathletic Yankumi battle her way through twenty or so guys for harming her dear students.

Oh - and the, "Who am I? I am their homeroom teacher," line was pretty cool the first time, and then it got really annoying as she used that as her "entrance speech" before she beat up each different group of kids/adults.

But anyway, I'm getting off topic. As much as it may seem I don't like Gokusen 1, I really, really, did - I managed to put up with the afore mentioned simply because the acting was semi-decent, it was lighthearted, and the concept itself was new - a Yakuza teacher taking control of her gangster-like students is definetly not a cliche in my book.

But ONCE is enough. Honestly, Gokusen 2 was EXACTLY the same. The only reason I could see for people to watch it was because Kame and Jin were in it. And honestly, Kame and Jin can't replace the image Matsumoto-san put for us of Sawada Shin. And I would say the same if Kame and Jin starred in the first one - Matsumoto-san wouldn't be able to replace them. Once you have a 3-D leader, that's the 3-D leader you stay with - Kame and Jin simply couldn't beat Matsumoto-san. It would have been better if they had been put into a different drama, so that their talents could have been better showcased.

And poor Nakama Yukie - I really pity her. I would hate to have done that all over again. I must say, Gokusen 2 was simply Gokusen 1 with different actors - and I must say, the actors from Gokusen 1 were much better. Having the same thing happen for every episode amazingly worked in Gokusen 1, due to the new idea of the drama and the good acting jobs that pulled the show along, but it simply can't be done AGAIN for a second season. 1/10

Battle48 · 20 Nov 2006

Very enjoyable. Quite as good as its prequel. The best part f the cast is re-employed, which surely is accountable for the success of this second series.

erlia91 · 18 Nov 2006

I'm not talking about Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) as a teacher; well kin dof that too actually.
Yankumi teach a new class (3D again), really evil with Yabuki Hayato (Akanishi Jin) as the class leader that when that time has a really bad relationship with his best friend, Odagiri Ryu (Kamenashi Kazuya).
It leads Yankumi to "fix" 3D students and in the process, I learnt many things like family bonds, friends, love story, pride & pure heart, strong heart, etc.
It's really teach us something.

karin-chan · 14 Nov 2006

it is very patterned to the first but there are twists... and they focused on the main characters...

azngirl993 · 19 Oct 2006

I give it a 10 because i love it! sooo funni yet soo sad in some parts that it made me cry! i will never forget gokusen 2!

promilkidd · 14 Oct 2006

i think its better then the first!! i didnt like ryu at fist but as the story proceeds i like hes getting cute!!! the main 3nen Dgumi students are hot!!! especially ryu and tsuchiya!!! take is also cute!! i love them!! and the episodes made me cry!! its the first dvd that ive purchsed and its definitely worth it!!!

promilkidd · 14 Oct 2006

at first i dont like the looks of odarigi ryu (kame) but as the story proceeds im beginning to like him!!!

what i like in this version is that the plot concentrates on the core characters, unlike on the first where there are "uncessesary scenes"...

i like the insert song "kizuna"

and i think the 5 main 3nen d gumi students are bishounen!!! [is that the right term?!]

its was my first dvd purchase and i have totaly no regrets about it!!

ahfang · 4 Oct 2006

i like to watch gokusen season 2...coz is funny...hahaha...but actually i dun tink gokusen season 2 should start a new character 1st..coz i dun tink the gokusen season 1 haf ended...gt 4 guys like yukie,soo i tink shuld continue the story and nt stop and haf new character,yeah....soo hope gokusen season 3 should let the 4guys in the show again and let yukie choose which guys he like,yeah......coz the romance always sooo little and she always help students and fight is alot...soo i tink should add some romance inside...if nt keep fighting,i see le aso bored,yeah.....soo hope the director haf see n hoping gt gokusen season 3,but the character should let the 4guys in again...hoping yukie will choose jun yeah,coz in 1st season he like her tooooo in the end.......soo i tink they should continue n nt stop,yeah......if u dun wan continue,u should nt put gt 4 guys like yukie,we will excited and hoping yukie will choose which guys...but u let us dissapointed in season 2,coz u change character....soo i hope u can put the 4 guys again in gokusen season 3...thanx,i will always support the stories...is NICE...

zoglog · 6 Sep 2006

Pretty Much the same stuff all over again. Some amusing Yakuza Hijinks. Personally I found the first one a bit of a GTO ripoff gone wrong anyway so this didn't really help at all.

oline · 21 Jun 2006

I loved the first one ..why not the second one?
the hilarity is still there. Same old Yangkumi. Though I miss the old casting and the good old Shiruken high ..........

idetakun · 10 Jun 2006

Bravo Bravo!!! Not only is this dorama funny and entertaining, it's also very touching!!! Everyone did their best in this dorama!!

k4g0me · 4 Jun 2006

I had my doubts about watching this because of the negative review i had read saying it was just like the first. And yes, it was very similar to the first...but you cant watch it comparing it to the first....i think you just have to pretend its the first time your watching it....the new characters are great and Yankumi is soooo funny...very entertaining....watched it from beginning to end...and im sorry Id rather Hayato (jin) and Odagiri (kame)anyday over Shin (Jun) ....Loved it!

Azumanga Daioh Fan · 27 May 2006

This is really one of the best dramas not just because of the acting but because you really feel like you know the characters and Nakama Yukie is fantastic as Yankumi who goes to save her students\(^_^)/. Plus it teaches you lessons, makes you laugh so hard that your stomach hurts, makes you feel sad, and has some pretty good fighting sequences even though its a little fake(Yankumi kicks butt!) This drama is fantastic

Cheb · 21 May 2006

Good show, it's very funny :) I would definatly reccomend someone to watch it!

Organized Chaos · 2 May 2006

After watching Gokusen and the Gokusen Special, I wanted to watch more so I downloaded Gokusen 2. The first episode was pretty good because the characters were still being introduced but when it got along to the second episode of the series I suddenly became so tired of it. The storyline is almost exactly like the first season. Kumiko's students get in trouble and now she must save them from becoming "expelled" Blah, I think they could have done much better.