GTO 2026: Pure nostalgia trip. Takashi Sorimachi's charisma carries.
The very first drama that I ever watched was GTO way back in 1998. To this day, I still rewatch it from time to time because it still holds up as a pure feel-good drama with optimism and some great life lessons to be learned. Whilst the 2024 revival wasn't the greatest thing in the world, I still enjoyed it simply due to the nostalgia from seeing Takashi Sorimachi playing Onizuka once more. When I heard that there would be a brand new full-length drama in 2026, I was rather sceptical to say the least. Doubly so with it being a Netflix thing and with how censored and watered down everything became in the years since the original was released. Set within the Reiwa-era, Eikichi Onizuka is now 52 years old. After having resigned from yet another teaching role at a school, his wife, Azusa Fuyutsuki questions what a Great Teacher is and threatens to divorce him via handing him the papers. This forces Onizuka to truly dive deep into an evaluation of what a Great Teacher is and why...
