Eikichi Onizuka is a 23-year-old ex-gang member. He
is also the World's Greatest Teacher! As he began his
quest to become the ultimate educator The young Onizuka
discovers two principles of teaching - a social
conscience and a sense of morality. So while he cannot
use his strength on his kids his street smarts allow him
to garner respect across the student body. As a homeroom
teacher Onizuka focuses mainly on teaching life lessons,
unfortunately his methods have created a stir among the
PTA. To change the educational system as a whole, he
embarks on a mission whereas he will individually mentor
each student one-by-one, allowing each student to
overcome their problems, whether they come from the
classroom or from their home living rooms. After a
tiring and eventful school year Onizuka takes a break
from the classroom and for his school break he decides
escape the pressures of work by heading back home to the
lazy surfers village of Shonan. Back in his hometown, he
runs into friend of his significant other who runs an
orphanage called the White Swan Youth Home. An orphan
himself, Onizuka decides to help the home with hopes to
help the kids in the same manner he does at school. In
the fifth volume of 14 Days in Shonan, Eikichi Onizuka
the Great Teacher has a very unique assignment to take
on. Normally he spends most of his time teaching teens
life lessons. He uses the school of hard knocks
technique to open people's hearts. However in this
situation the GTO must make an effort to reunite a child
with his mother. He must also teach the child that
sometimes choosing family is not the right solution.
Everyone would like to have a happy household. Being
able to sit by the dinner table to discuss the day's
highlights is an ideal that is not reality for millions
across the globe. And in the case of the teens at the
White Swan such realities are generally fictitious
because of a variety of reasons. That does not excuse
anyone involved from wishing for such a life, but
changing the hearts of adults often means changing their
lives at their core. Words or fisticuffs will not be
enough. So Seiya, a young man, who appears to be on the
way to a pleasant self-reliant life, turns to violence
to try to get his mother and family life back. But what
happens when your very own mother is willing to take a
knife at you? Well this is Seiya's reality. And this is
one lesson Onizuka will hate to have taught. Then the
spotlight turns to Onizuka's employer, Great
Vice-Principal Uchiyamada. He's also in Shonan and on
the hunt for Onizuka. But out of his element and turf,
this educator is now caught up in a wild ride through
the Tokyo suburbs. |
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