Story and Plot: 7 The pemise is simple, you have a young violent looking biker from the streets in his early 20s applying to the position of a teacher in hopes of getting to know and meet young girls since he cant find a girlfriend.
Obstacles such as his lack in knowledge and experience hinder him at first, but he never really loses hope or sees himself as a victim, even though he has many enemies at first. The show focuses on comedy a lot and makes it feel natural by implementing things like pranks by students that we can relate to. You also have your fair share of drama, but while in many shows comedy can ruin drama or make it seem forced, gto manages to balance both well by having a good transition between drama and comedy. What bothered me was that there sometimes was too much plot convience for onizuka and some actions and plans kinda leave no real suspense and so you only have the comedic and the philosophic aspects of the show to look forward to, since you know that he will master all challenges and cant get seriously hurt or lose in any way.
Characters: Perhaps the selling point of gto are the characters, since the comedy and dramatic events are all driven by problems certain students/teachers/onizuka have that require onizuka to understand and solve them, you get an in depth view into the life of a lot of charcters. These problems exist in the real world as well and make the characters seem more alive and real. Onizuka has many facettes as he once was a gang leader and can sometimes be serious even though he most of the time is acting stupid and funny. His motto is openly expressing himself and saying and doing whatever he feels like.
While onizukas fleshed out character stays consistent througout the show and changes in some situations only to get a soft reset later, his students actually get character development under his influence.
Art and Sound: 9 The soundtracks in gto are addictive and fitting to the situation they play at, i especially liked the ones playing at funny scenes.
The visuals are good for the age the series has. Both aspects convey the mood very well.
Enjoyment: 10 From the comedic moments to onizukas crazy stunts and lectures about life: I loved every second of this show and wish retro shows like this back instead of the moe highscholl shit we have today.
Overall: 8.8 A great show with greater life lessons and lectures and most teachers irl have to offer and the greates teacher our there: onizuka
