GTO: 14 Days in Shonan

GTO: 14 Days in Shonan
First volume cover, featuring Eikichi Onizuka
Manga
Written byTooru Fujisawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
Original runJune 10, 2009September 14, 2011
Volumes9

GTO: 14 Days in Shonan, known as GTO Shonan 14Days in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It is a side story to the main Great Teacher Onizuka manga series. It was published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 2009 to September 2011, with its chapters collected into nine tankōbon volumes.

Plot

GTO: 14 Days in Shonan is set immediately after Great Teacher Onizuka's Teshigawara story arc. Following getting shot by former teacher Teshigawara, Eikichi Onizuka is hospitalized but soon escapes, disappearing for fourteen days. During this period, a wanted poster surfaces showing a man resembling Onizuka, which raises questions about his actions while he was missing. The story is framed around uncovering what occurred during those two weeks away from Holy Forest Academy.

Seeking to lie low after damaging his school's reputation, Onizuka returns to his hometown of Shonan, a coastal area known for its surf culture. There, he becomes involved with a group of troubled foster children facing neglect and abuse. Onizuka applies his unconventional methods to address their personal struggles. Over the course of fourteen days, he confronts local conflicts and systemic problems affecting the children, ultimately revealing how his actions during this period led to both the wanted notice and his return to Tokyo.

Publication

GTO: 14 Days in Shonan, written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa, is a side story to the main Great Teacher Onizuka manga series.[1] It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 10, 2009, to September 14, 2011.[2][3] Kodansha compiled its chapters into nine tankōbon volumes, released from October 16, 2009, to November 17, 2011.[4][5] A 3-chapter spin-off, titled Black Diamond, was later published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in November 2011.[6][7]

In North America, Vertical announced the English language release of the manga in May 2011.[8] The nine volumes were published from January 31, 2012, to May 28, 2013.[9][10] Kodansha USA published the volumes digitally on February 1, 2022.[11]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1October 16, 2009[4]978-4-06-384201-2January 31, 2012[9]978-1-932234-88-6
2December 17, 2009[12]978-4-06-384229-6March 27, 2012[13]978-1-932234-89-3
3March 17, 2010[14]978-4-06-384271-5May 29, 2012[15]978-1-932234-92-3
4July 16, 2010[16]978-4-06-384336-1July 24, 2012[17]978-1-932234-93-0
5October 15, 2010[18]978-4-06-384385-9September 25, 2012[19]978-1-932234-98-5
6February 17, 2011[20]978-4-06-384450-4November 27, 2012[21]978-1-932234-99-2
7September 16, 2011[22]978-4-06-384553-2January 29, 2013[23]978-1-935654-51-3
8October 17, 2011[24]978-4-06-384570-9March 26, 2013[25]978-1-935654-62-9
9November 17, 2011[5]978-4-06-384584-6May 28, 2013[10]978-1-935654-63-6

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