Monday, November 05, 2007

GTO

I rewatched GTO.

it's one of the best dramas ever.

if you ever feel like shit, if you ever feel as though you are losing yourself, if you ever need inspiration, watch it. it is inspirational, funny, yet touching. it makes you feel like becoming a teacher, makes you feel like going out to do your best, makes you feel like going all out to help someone.

poison is one of the best theme songs ever. such meaningful lyrics. it just suits the drama so well.
takashi sorimachi made onizuka eikichi's role his. i don't really think anyone could have done it better than him. in fact, the acting was really great from everyone.

even though the drama is divided into twelve episodes, with each touching on how onizuka solves a problem/brings a student over to his side, they all link up nicely together and you would want to watch it to the end. the chemistry between the cast was sizzling, and i especially love his gang comprising of nanako, kikuchi, noboru, masaru, kenji, tomoko, chikako, erika, and later on kunio and miyabi.

it is very funny when they basically all ignore him when he was leaving, and also when he felt that he was about to be dumped(in the special).

it is also interesting to see what some stars look like almost a decade ago. who would have guessed that oguri shun, who was the ultra-cool hamazawa in hana yori dango, was the weakling noboru? kubozuke yosuke has since moved on from the geeky genius kikuchi. in the drama special, there was nana katase from death note 2.

kirari was almost too stylish as nanako mizuki. after onizuka, mizuki nanako and murai kunio are my two favourite characters. the way she calls onizuka "onichi" is just too _.

in short, GTO = great drama. i really envy onizuka. his guts, his idealism and all. he brings a little respect, a little honour back to the teaching profession, which is really a shit job. and many teachers who start out with noble ideals get mired in the mud and lose themselves. gto not only addresses that, but probably sums up a big problem today, not just in japan. surprisingly, it didnt come from onizuka, but from uchiyamada, who must be one of the biggest losers ever.

"we worked so hard, we thought we were creating a rich japan, a rich world, but we were mistaken. this japan now has no wealth, it's a soulless world."

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