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Lesson #200 – Forever
 
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Lesson #200 – Forever – featuring the BW cover of volume 24.
Narration: What have happened in the past half-a-year is truly mind-boggling. All of us will become adults some day. At that time, how we will view the events of what have happened back then?

One month after the fire incident, the reconstruction of the burnt building is well underway. Meanwhile, the old headmaster that was replaced by (Misuzu) Daimon is back, and he greets the new trainee teachers in the teachers’ room by introducing his name (at last we know what his name is, it’s long overdue), while the 3 principals are clearly disturbed with his return from Hokkaido. As the headmaster lectures the new trainees about how to improvise even that a building is in the process of rebuilding, the principals angrily discussed about why the bald headmaster returns back to the school after being transferred to a rural school in Hokkaido, thus undercutting their chances of becoming a headmaster themselves.

The headmaster then tells the trainees to do their job according to the timetables, and one of them approached (Azusa) Fuyutsuki. She introduced herself as Minami Kikuwa, and that she is assigned to teach in the 4th class. Fuyutsuki smiled as the new teachers asked her for advice. In the next scene, the corridor is full with students decorating their classes for the school’s upcoming cultural festival and the new trainee exclaimed that everyone looks so spirited, adding that private school students are totally different.

She then hoped that she will be able to teach at a school like Kichiyouji Private School. Fuyutsuki asked her why, and the new trainee replied that teaching is a life-time profession, and that a teacher will not be fired unless they screw-up big time. She then explained that she have heard about students in government schools breaking the rules and being reprimanded most of the time, compared to students of private school where discipline cases is not very serious. That’s why if she becomes a teacher, she preferably wants to teach at a school like Kichiyouji Private School.

Fuyutsuki smiled when she hears her, and exclaimed that if the trainee thinks that way, she will have to be very careful, or else she will be bullied by the students of the school. The trainee is puzzled, but they already arrived at the class. The students doesn’t seem to do anything for the festival, with the members of the Female Magic Users Club still discussing about killing (Eikichi) Onizuka with voodoo magic and the Gundam Trio talking about their model toys.

Fuyutsuki tells the students to sit down at their seats, because she wants to introduce a new trainee teacher that will replace her as a homeroom teacher during the probation period. The trainee teacher then introduced herself, but she stopped midway because (Taadaki) Kusano, (Kunio) Murai, (Kouji) Fujiyoushi and (Shiro) Shibuya are gawking at her while commenting on how much each of them will win. Suddenly, (Ai) Tokiwa appeared from behind her and grabbed her breast as she apologized, and as if in cue, the 4 morons started to rain Tokiwa with questions about the trainee teacher bra size.

Tokiwa tells them to wait while she checks for the answers. The trainee teacher is speechless as Tokiwa then answered that the trainee teacher is wearing A-size bra. Hearing her, Murai cried in anguish, saying that when he looks at her at the teacher’s room, he has predicted that she should at least wears size D, but Tokiwa called him childish, adding that the of “magic bras” nowadays are very good. Kusano then proceed to ask the stunned trainee whether she really only have A-sized breast, as Shibuya sneered, saying that because he wins, the rest of them have to sweep the class’s floor. Fujiyoushi cursed, saying that he has always thought that he can win.

The trainee is still shocked at what have happened, as the 4 morons are being reprimanded for betting in the class. One of them replied, saying that they are lazy to sweep the floor, and were scolded for doing it every year. Suddenly, (Miyabi) Aizawa lashed at them for not doing anything, and (Anko) Uehara tell them to stop playing, because their class is the only one left that is not decorated for the festival. Murai then explained, saying that they didn’t do anything because (Urumi) Kanzaki and (Yoshito) Kikuchi who were charged in planning the decoration are in loggerheads.

Hearing him, Kanzaki interjected, saying that Kikuchi wants the female students who are charged with dealing with customers to wear a certain outfit. The angry Kanzaki then shows Murai the picture of a bar waitress wearing bunny-suit, complete with Kanzaki’s head being superimposed literally on the waitress head. Kikuchi ignored what she has said and explained that his way will surely attracts more customers. He continued, saying that the parents will still come even if they are overcharged. Kanzaki screamed at him, asking whether they are opening a bar.

Both of them started to quarrel, as he asked her on how then they will recoup the cost of decorating their class. He reminded her, that if they decorates the class her way, the cost will be sky-high, thus unless if they overcharged the parents, they will not reap any profits without having at least 100 people patronizing their class each day. He then asked her, how they will continue running a business without a good turnover.

Fuyutsuki and the trainee can only looks at Kanzaki screaming at Kikuchi, saying that the strategy of using decorations that is different than the rest should also works wonders. She then accused men like Kikuchi of thinking something very “different” (read: dirty) when it comes to reaping profits, and then exclaimed that because of people like him, the Japan’s economy still failed to be revived.

Meanwhile, (Saeko) Iijima runs at the corridor, and she stormed into the class and announced that they should go to see the new gate banner for the cultural festival being installed at the school’s gate. The students asked her whether the banner has already finished, and she replied in the positive. They then asked whether banner resembles someone-you-know, and she replied that it is. Everyone then decided to go to the gate and sees it for themselves, and Fuyutsuki tells them not to run at the corridor.

The trainee then exclaimed that it doesn’t seem too easy either teaching at a private school, and Fuyutsuki chuckles, saying that no matter where she is teaching, either in government of private schools, the profession is generally not easy. (Aoi) Fukada, (Fuyumi) Kujirakawa and (Fukada) Kumiko can also seen running on the corridor to see the new banner, as Fuyutsuki continued, saying that even the job is hard and lots of bad things has happened, in the end she will feel that everything that have happened are justified and that’s what the teacher’s job is all about.

Meanwhile, Uehara struggled to wear her shoes, as she asked in vain for (Mayuko) Asano and (Naoko) Izumi to wait for her. Suddenly she sees a hand being extended to her, and it turns out that (Noboru) Yoshikawa asked her to go with him looking at the banner. Uehara blushes, but she agreed and take his hand. They then run together towards the gate to join the rest of the students that comes to see the new banner being installed for the festival.

It turns out that the banner is a large scale picture of a squatting Onizuka who smokes with his legs serving as the gate, and (Hiroshi) Uchiyamada angrily breathing on his back. Fuyutsuki laughed after seeing the banner, while the trainee wondered about who Onizuka really is. Fuyutsuki replied that Onizuka is also a homeroom teacher of the 4th class, plus he is also the one who lets her experience the funs of working as a teacher. The trainee is shocked to hear her, and commented that Onizuka is just like a gangster that can be seen squatting at the roadside.

Suddenly, an angry voice can be heard asking the students of what they are trying to do, and it turns out that Uchiyamada with a neck brace installed is charging down towards the gate. Looking at the banner, he becomes angry at seeing Onizuka as the main image and even angrier when he sees his image hovering over Onizuka like he is Onizuka’s guardian angel. He asked the students on who does the banner, and the students replied that they are the ones who created the banner as the committee of the festival. Hearing them, Uchiyamada lashed at the, saying that he will not let such a hideous banner being installed, and tells them to remove the banner or else the public will suspect the quality of Kichiyouji Private School.

The students refused, and tell Uchiyamada that they already have the permission to install the banner from the school’s director. Uchiyamada still refused to let them install the banner, and screamed at them asking whether they are listening when he is ignored…

Narration: With your opinion, what do you think school is?

A gangster, asked with the question above, replied that the answer is “a worthless place”, because he didn’t like reading books. He continued, saying that school is more like a place to meet friends, and if you want to learn, you should do it at tuition classes. Another gangster then exclaimed that when he is at school, he always feels wanting to sleep, thus he sleeps in the class. He concluded that school must be a place to sleep. Back to the original gangster that was asked the question, he continued saying that schools are boring, because there are too many rules, and that’s why he drops out of school. He then questioned the concept of “free education”, saying that it was just a waste. He feels that dropping out is better for him, and that schools should be left alone to those who wants to study.

Shibuya is shown walking out from a police station, while somewhere else, Ageha (of Mayu Wakui sidekick) asked whether Shibuya who torched down the school is really not being prosecuted, but instead was put under probation. Takumi who is playing with his laptop, replied that she is right, adding that he have heard that (Ryoko) Sakurai has managed to get a powerful politician to become his guarantor, thus the case of the fire at the school is dropped. Plus, Onizuka himself has testified that he failed to remember who beats him up, and in the end, Kichiyouji Private School’s prestigious name is still intact at the end. Ageha then commented that everyone is being nice nowadays.

Meanwhile, Takumi’s portable CD writer is stirring, as Ageha exclaimed that Takumi is should now be allowed to continue studying at the Kichiyouji Private School, and Takumi replied that she is right. He then tells Wakui that Onizuka is cool, and then announced that he has done gathering the data that “they” are keeping. Wakui thanked him, but Takumi asked him whether he really wants to tell everyone about that “event”. He added that if Wakui do, lots of people will surely pity him, and as far as Takumi knows, Wakui is not someone who likes to be pitied upon. Wakui then takes the CD-R from Takumi and explained that he is ready for what will happen, and that he has already told Munakata about his health, and that why he gets the CD. He then continued, saying that what he is doing is to settle everything between him and his father. (Fujisaki) Shinomi then exclaimed that he has finished applying make-ups on Wakui, and Wakui tells Takumi that it’s for the best of his father, because after all, in the worst possible case his father will only lost his position.

Takumi laughed, saying that Wakui is saying everything with allure, and that he wants to copy how Wakui is doing it. Wakui playfully accused Takumi of looking down at him, when suddenly (Ichiro) Okinoshima appeared with (Tomoko) Nomura and Munakata and asked Wakui whether he is ready. Munakata tapped Wakui’s shoulder, and exclaimed that everything depends on him now. Wakui smiled, saying that there shouldn’t be any problems. Munakata then tells him to start the news conference, and as Wakui walked towards the stage, he turns around and asked Takumi to tell Onizuka that he (Wakui) thanked him a lot because Onizuka has helped him.

Narration: In your opinion, who do you think a teacher is?

A gangster asked by a question above replied that teachers are merely a punching-bag target. A deejay who was asked that question replied that teachers should stop acting overboard, because after all, they only teaches what is written on the books. Teachers at tuition classes are much better than them. This was made worse by the fact that everyone can become a teacher by simply passing an examination, thus there’s no reason for them to be respected. Another one who was asked commented that actually, a few of them are quite “good” and a friend of him interjected, adding that a few teachers are so good when it comes to pleasing female students, and everyone knows the hidden meaning of what the teachers are doing. Then the gangster is asked on his reaction if asked to become a teacher, and he replied that he will tell anyone who suggested that he should become a teacher to go and commit suicide, but probably he will consider if he is asked to become a politician instead…

At a hospital, Sakurai is wheeling an unidentified old man, and he asked her about the progress of the things they have been talking about in the past. Sakurai replied that everything is going smoothly, adding that it’s possible because of monetary contribution from the old man. The board of directors has also taken the opportunity to kick out the undesirable elements inside the board, thus they can now continue with their plans. Sakurai then exclaimed that she has already gets a very able assistant and the scene switched to Daimon which was shown typing a draft for plans of a city of schools.

Sakurai continued, saying that she has already identified a few suitable places for the plan, and that they will be able to successfully execute their plans. She then thanked the old man for his support, and the man laughed, saying that he hasn’t done anything. The old man then asked about any plans to absorb existing workforce, and Sakurai replied that she does have one, plus they have a lot of choices to choose from and has invited lots of people specializing in their fields to join in their plans. But in the moment, only one candidate has been identified for that exercise, and the old man asked Sakurai whether that number is a little bit too small. Sakurai laughed, saying that with that “candidate” help, it will be just the same like having 100 helpers, because after all, the “candidate” is the best teacher ever in Japan…

Meanwhile, somewhere else in the hospital, the nurses are shocked to see the signal light at the main dashboard blinking, and wondered about which patient is in trouble. They then learn that Onizuka is having trouble, and they are puzzled because he is full with spirits just earlier in the day. All the nurses run towards Onizuka’s room, wondering whether Onizuka’s condition has deteriorated, and one of them goes to call a doctor. When they arrived at the door, they can clearly heard Onizuka screaming in pain about his neck.

The nurses stormed the room, asking on what have happened and were stunned indeed to see Onizuka’s head severed from his body in a bloody scene. His body is still moving, slapping the bed as if in pain as Onizuka continued to scream about his severed neck. The nurses started to scream too, when they finds out that Onizuka is actually hiding below the bed with only his head sticking out in the middle of the bed, and that the body without the head is actually (Ryuji) Danma, which head has been slammed through the bed. Onizuka then locked Danma’s head with his legs to prevent Danma from escaping.

In the end, Danma managed to escape, and in front of the infuriated nurses, he screamed at Onizuka for slamming his head through the bed and locked it with his legs. He accused Onizuka of trying to kill him by suffocation, but Onizuka tells him not to expose his head because the nurses haven’t gone away yet or else the tricks will be exposed. The nurses then screamed at Onizuka for destroying the bed, and threatened him with punishment from the matron. Hearing that, Onizuka started to run away as the nurses chased him. As Onizuka runs at the corridor, a doctor commented that what has happened to Onizuka is truly a miracle, for being able to heal so quickly even that he has a brain hemorrhage. Plus he has gone to a scene of a fire and save a person even that his heartbeat has stopped, shocking even the firemen. The doctor then commented that the word “miracles” are not enough to describe what have happened to Onizuka, but the word “nightmare” probably will be.

In the next scene, Onizuka and Danma is squatting at the roof of the hospital, and Onizuka commented that he is bored already at the hospital, adding that hospitals is not a very good place to live too long in. Danma exclaimed that there’s nothing Onizuka can do about it anyway, because Onizuka has barely healed. Danma then commented that there are a lot of beautiful nurses around, so Onizuka should be happy. Hearing him, Onizuka replied that Danma is right, but his hearth right now is simply not calm enough. He then commented, that only that “place” is good enough for him, and Danma smiled. Onizuka then wakes up and exclaimed that he wants to return to the school as soon as he can.

Narration: We will become adults some time in the future. At that time, how we will look at our school back then…?

Kanzaki and Kikuchi who are watching the commotion caused by Uchiyamada at the gate from the building, suddenly hears a voice asking another student about the whereabouts of the 4th class homeroom teacher. They turned around and see a pissed-off unknown male student, and wondered whether he is a new student of their class. The student who was asked tells the unknown student that the homeroom teacher is at the gate, and the unknown student complains after hearing what she has said. Kanzaki commented that something exciting will surely happen in the future in the 4th class, and they hoped that Onizuka will return as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Uchiyamada is still bitching about the banner, because her daughter will come to the festival and their relationship will be shaken if she sees the banner…

Narration: In your opinions, what is the meaning of the word “school” anyway…?
(Onizuka, Fuyutsuki and the students of 4th class posing on a large “GTO” acronym written on the ground)

FINISHED – end of GTO

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