Fan reviews: GTO

justjuice · 5 Oct 2008

Old and lame. Don't waste your time unless you're into retro TV.

popdod · 25 Jul 2008

This is the 2nd dorama after Love Generation that i ever watched and loved it. Like the uniqueness of the story and hard to imagine to have a teacher like that. GTO is definitely one of the classics.

MonsterZero-65 · 22 Jun 2008

If you want to see a drama that is just plain cool then this is the drama to watch. Not a real complex story, not a real tear jerker just a basic good story, with great actors having fun.

zushan · 7 Jun 2008

My all time favourite show. I loved the cast, everyone fit in brilliantly.

jed_ka · 29 May 2008

A very successful implementation of the GTO series, frequent laugh and a lot Verarschung!
It is not the school but the students!

Senny1986 · 13 Apr 2008

Definitely a j-drama classic!

Tranc3r · 4 Apr 2008

After finally watching GTO. I've just had to write a review and I have just made an account to do so! This was one of the hole in my list and I've already watched Nodame Cantabile, Hana Yori Dango 1+2, First Kiss, Galileo, 1 Rittoru no Namida, Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, and Nobuta Wo Produce. This has made my favourite, Nodame Cantabile, to my 2nd favourite. Guess what, GTO is my favourite now and it's really going to set the standard for all the TV dramas out there. Having watched a 1998 drama in 2008, here's what I had to say.

Let me first say for good dramas they may have all the best cast, good filmography, and perfect execution, but a great movie takes soul into making a great story and it's something not only that you enjoy while watching it but even after you feel good whenever you think about it. Unquestionably, this is a drama to be remembered.

GTO has many teachings, and of those the most important aspects of life. The actor of Onizuka, Sorimachi Takashi, he totally shines and even though it is a remake of a manga, he introduced new flavors to the character. Simply said, he made this drama very enjoyable. There wasn't a time that I disliked his acting.

There are times where you might hate the head teacher or the other teachers, but that's just part of the story. Being so, I believe something could have been done to alter that and have its own version aside from the manga/anime. And really there are some small tidbits that I thought were a little lame, but nonetheless it carried through progressively and became understandable.

Finally, what really touched me were the teachings and the very wise words from Onizuka. Near the end, I can feel the connection between Onizuka sensei and Fuyutsuki sensei. They were my favourite characters and I liked seeing them together because it showed a sense of true love. After finding out that both of them got together after GTO, later got married, and even had two daughters, made me think how lucky they both are! Both are in the same age group, and I guess love is all around.

Love, it's not about status, money, looks, or fate, it's an accomplishment to fall in love with someone that you can't live without. And remember you make your own fate, and as said in the drama, "life is not a rehearsal", so take the courage and enjoy lliving life without regrets.

norcal37 · 14 Mar 2008

GTO is the greatest JDrama of all time. This was the show that broke the ice for watching JDramas.

Rokugatsu Ken · 11 Mar 2008

where KIra?

bettebogart · 13 Feb 2008

This is kind of the standard story of bad boy makes good, but it's done very well here. Sorimachi Takashi is very good as the main character. Kudos to Kubozuka Yousuke for a breakout performance, I thought he was the best of the supporting cast, as well as Matsushima Nanako. It's fun, funny, touching, heartwarming, sad, happy and defiant.

simpleboy22 · 30 Jan 2008

I love both the anime and the live action!

capayam · 4 Jan 2008

the best drama ever! enough say!

santei · 12 Oct 2007

Ok....

ryuuseigun · 27 Sep 2007

this is the 1st school drama i really liked gto rox my sox..awesome performance..and awesome casts!!touching story thatl leave u breathless and wanting for more!!onizuka sensei hontou ni saikou da yo!!

fubuliliyu · 14 Sep 2007

... just read the title

kacang · 21 Jul 2007

The best Drama ever I hope soon will be another GTO in ver2 like Gokusen2.I really hope that GTO2 will on the house. no wonder this Drama in top~!.

aznanimedude · 25 Jun 2007

with all that has been said about this drama, it is one of the best i have seen. Sorimachi plays a brilliant onizuka, and is able to, with great skill, draw in the audience to forget for even a second that he is an actor, and makes it seem that onizuka just might be an actual person. the storyline...where do i begin? the idea of even a gangster-type who never graduated from a top university becoming a private school teacher seems farfetched but this drama shows that even the biggest of dreams can come true. the motivation it brings seeing as he goes about his business in the school inspires many, if not at least me, to once again believe that perhaps anything you dream, if you truly believe and want it, can come true. the theme song Poison, sung by sorimachi himself, is something that does not easily leave the brain, with lyrics both deep and powerful. this is definately not a run of the mill drama but a classic that even now i find hard to stay away from

Shi_4 · 23 May 2007

This dorama really awesome... It can make me laugh anytime...
Funny,, interesting,, omoshiroi desu...
>.<

mariana70 · 3 May 2007

This is the BEST Drama I've Ever Seen.....Very very Recommended,,,,,,,Two Thumbs Up! 5 Star Rating......
And Nanako Matsushima sooooo Cute.......

Machiixx · 17 Apr 2007

This drama was the first drama that got me into Japanese Dramas. A very good comedydrama, used to get out of bad days. If you havent seen this drama yet, i suggest you drop everything right now and go watch it.