GTO: Paradise Lost Kai - Ch. 191 - What A Wonderful World

[MangaDex]

 

[Lenardes]

Thank for finishing the series, this sequel of GTO really go hard and all over the place.

I don't remember all much of the begining of Paradise Lost, but at least I got to see the ending and damn, that weird to see Onizuka being a father, but good for him !

 

[Genox]

This manga wasn't good.

Thank you anyway

 

[n00b103]

As far as I'm concerned the original GTO had the better ending. Paradise Lost really felt like Paradise was lost. Most of what you loved fron the prior series has been pretty much set aside and and ignored... I still remember the original cast of students, you couldnt get me to name one of the new cast with a gun pointed to my head. What we got instEad was an edgier lackluster continuation/finale. Fujisawa sensei tried to go all out with bigger heavier stakes but have no substance.

 

[Keykrion]

Not as good as the original, not as good as GTO Shonan. But it was a wild ride that just wanted to let Onizuka lose his virginity and I’ll appreciate it for that.

 

[DesertStorm]

I was rooting for Azusa Fuyutsuki... Yeah, they did the deed, but she was the OG of the series...

 

[shrike]

I'm honestly shocked by this ending.

Wasn't really into this series. It's okay I guess?

 

[rantau]

At least he lost his virginity (finally) at least

Not the kind of ending i was expecting, GTO and Shonan was way better

5/10 this series is a shadow of its predecessors

 

[Takaflame]

Great work thank you!! I wonder if this is the last time we will see Onizuka if it is....it has been a blast!!!!

 

[dokidoki]

Meh all I will remember was that the MC was kinda based/cool

And that my favorite girl was that one test-tube baby that was a fucking GENIUS..... she will be missed

 

[LordofAlI]

Oh ok he's got a kid. Happy ending. This is the end right?

 

[jeezits]

Is it just me, or were most of these newly posted chapters reruns of parts of the initial serialization (Paradise Lost, before it changed magazines/publishers)? I'd swear I've read them before.

 

[BowlOfMisoSoup]

I need to read this again, but like most people have said already... it's just not as good as the OG series, and the original is something I'm always scared of revisiting, just due to some of the "classic" manga antics from the old days that GTO has a lot of that hasnt aged well.

But anyway, thanks for completing this series!

 

[watdoikayr]

Wow, what a rubbishy ending. Not only the art subpar, way downgrade than GTO but the story was real garbage. I'm wondering if this was really Fujisawa's work?

 

[HDMI1]

Is it just me, or were most of these newly posted chapters reruns of parts of the initial serialization (Paradise Lost, before it changed magazines/publishers)? I'd swear I've read them before.

Yep, with changes because he was burned out and didn't want to finish the original storyboard he created for Paradise Lost.

Behemoth is just a generic strong henchman, instead of being forced to fight because they're holding his brother hostage in the prison infirmary. Also there was no point for the other muscle guy to show up, but he was a plot hole that needed to be closed.

Sad to see GTO end on a cliche B-movie wet fart of an ending, but at least it can rest in peace now.

 

[vagligeiro]

Yep, with changes because he was burned out and didn't want to finish the original storyboard he created for Paradise Lost.

This explains why I was misunderstanding some of the story's contexts. In the end, the prison part was sped up, and instead of the events taking place "during Onizuka's story" in the same original prison (the school parts were sort of "past" in the story and were told during the course), I ended up creating "another prison" in the end.

Anyway, I liked the ending, despite the stumble. GTO is sort of the story of a guy trying to survive in a world that has its flaws. And dealing with the underworld of the media, a prison full of problems, and on top of that, having a cult leader who's crazy about killing you while you're suffering; it's almost like a soap opera.

And from what I know, the author was already tired of Onizuka. And he's right, he gave a reasonable ending, OK. It's better for him to rest after a story that at least made us understand that we rebel against the world, but we learn from those who learned from their own rebellion to change the world.

(And of course, give a satisfying "piledriving" to a fascist along the way.)

 

[HDMI1]

And from what I know, the author was already tired of Onizuka. And he's right, he gave a reasonable ending, OK. It's better for him to rest after a story that at least made us understand that we rebel against the world, but we learn from those who learned from their own rebellion to change the world.

He already gave Onizuka 2-3 endings; first in "Shonan Junai-gumi!", then in the first GTO manga, then again in the "GTO Shonan 14 Days" side story.

He tried to make something different in "Shonan Seven", but that too was just a GTO spin off. He only has greed and lack of imagination to create something completely different to blame for his Onizuka burnout.

 

[Burner5]

SJG and GTO were fun reads because, despite their over the top characters and some zany scenarios, the stories felt at least somewhat grounded.
PL suffers from the fact that it has to make the stories even more bombastic. What makes it worse is the prison side of things were overlooked for these celebrity stories which didn't help either side. The SUPER prison story also felt super tacted on and way too wacky. The new prisoners barely got time to become interesting and the tourney felt contrived. (It didn't help that a Trump analogue took up two chapters instead of having a more interesting fight scenario). It is nice that Onizuka finally settled down but there wasn't enough build up for it to feel meaningful. 5/10 is right. It's a decent distraction and has some interestimg Oni moments but it pales when compared to both GTO and SJG.

 

[HDMI1]

The SUPER prison story also felt super tacted on and way too wacky. The new prisoners barely got time to become interesting and the tourney felt contrived. (It didn't help that a Trump analogue took up two chapters instead of having a more interesting fight scenario).

The Super Prison didn't exist until Kai, all of the scenes are originally from the first prison, but the author hacked up the story and randomly patched together scenes to create "new" content to end the story faster.