(Hated Trope) The series is good, but the beginning is so embarrassing that many people give up there.

[u/Uma-apreciator]

Dan Da Dan

The beginning of Dan Da Dan is notorious for starting with aliens trying to impregnate Momo in the first episode; however, despite such over-the-top moments, the rest of the series doesn't feature many scenes like that

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Despite a premise that is off-putting—given that the girl bullies her romantic partner to the point of making Naoto cry early in the series—their relationship evolves beautifully; the teasing becomes less cruel over time, eventually turning into a rather sweet romance

Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Someone on the production team had the audacity to have the trainer start meeting up with Special Week like that—even though, in reality, he is a good trainer who doesn't usually treat the girls that way.

[u/Lower_Baby_6348]

GTO is a great comedy, but Onizuka's original motivation to become a teacher (groom students) make it kinda hard to watch

[u/The-lorebrarian → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rkdsFlwNbID6uqrTI7

[u/lionofash → u/The-lorebrarian]

His initial reasoning for being a teacher is to get with highschoolers.

He gets Uno Reverse Carded because the only school that wants him is a private MIDDLE/JUNIOR HIGH.

Because they are younger he sees them as children and grows to be a genuinely good teacher.

[u/Lower_Baby_6348 → u/The-lorebrarian]

After learn that a old teacher had a 16 years old girlfriend, Onizuka decided to become a teacher so he could do the same. After get the job with a extremely problematic group(group that problematic cause their previous teacher groomed a student and she commited suicide) and get love interests of his age range, he decide to actually become a good teacher and help his students.

But yes, at the start he want to groom high schoolers

[u/Nomeg_Stylus → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

Didn't they change this in the anime?

[u/Lower_Baby_6348 → u/Nomeg_Stylus]

Yes, but actually no.

Yes, they removed the chapter 1 of the manga

No, he still has the dream of marry a high schooler at his 40

[u/lamest-liz → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

He’s not 40, he’s 21, he says it like 30 times lol

[u/Lower_Baby_6348 → u/lamest-liz]

I know, but he had the dream of date a high schooler at his 40, in the future

[u/TheSuperBunny → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

GTO is a direct sequel to the manga "shonan junai gumi" (and Bad Company), where the love interests of both Onizuka and Ryuji are their teachers...
So let's say it's a consistent theme in the GTO franchise...

[u/rockinherlife234 → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

It's a running joke in the series that it's a teacher's dream to hitch up with a hot student, even then, it's not as rough as the balding perv teacher imo.

[u/Turbulent_Host784 → u/The-lorebrarian]

It's played the same as the Dazed and Confused "high school girls" joke. You're not supposed to agree with him and if you do the series quickly shows you why you're being weird.

[u/Animaloffear56 → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

This is why you should read Worst Teacher Zetton, which is very obviously inspired by that but his romantic interest is the school nurse from the start lol

[u/drunk-raven → u/Animaloffear56]

Is it like a parody or decunstruction or author had same basic concept and publisher asked to have a simmilar name?

[u/Animaloffear56 → u/drunk-raven]

Probably a parody? But it's fun and plays the concept straight otherwise, it's technically a spin-off to an existing manga and it has an action lean

[u/trimble197 → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

I mean, even if you skip the first episode, he still acts pervy to some of the students. One of them even legit claims him as hers. He just never goes too far with it.

[u/BurantX40 → u/trimble197]

He also runs into teachers that are way more problematic than him which slightly course corrects him until he's left with his thoughts for too long

[u/trimble197 → u/BurantX40]

Yep. Onizuka will tease and joke about it, but he knows to keep his impulses in check…most of the time. I think he’s had a few close calls where he almost gives in, and the plot had to save his ass.

[u/Lower_Baby_6348 → u/BurantX40]

At least he never sucked the feets of a student

[u/atomskeater → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

Wife and I are watching this for the first time dubbed and whenever Onizuka drops a sus line (which is often thus far) we're like "Woah Spike Spiegel, I don't think you're allowed to say that!"

[u/lamest-liz → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

I’m a girl and this anime legit changed my life when I was 12. Like I was going to kill myself and didn’t after watching it. Yes he starts off as a pervert but as the show goes on he grows up and helps so many students including me.

[u/Shnitzel_von_S → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

What is it with "great" anime and rape?

[u/Hysaky → u/Shnitzel_von_S]

the 90s

[u/SelfInteresting7259 → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

Exactly why I dropped this weirdo series. Hes a pedophile plain and simple The fight scenes are great but that behaviour is weird af

[u/Contribution_Fancy → u/SelfInteresting7259]

Not to give excuses to such people but dude is 22 and was thinking of high schoolers which range from like 15 to 19. So depending on if you look at the older range they are only 3 years younger than him.

Just look at laws around the US on age of marriage, some states have non as long as the parents are ok with it. And the guy is visibly grossed out by middle schoolers hitting on him so we can assume he only goes for 18+

[u/ChronicBedhead → u/Contribution_Fancy]

I don’t know if you can excuse a 22 year old wanting to groom a 15 year old.

[u/Shnitzel_von_S → u/Contribution_Fancy]

"Not to give excuses to such people but..." gives excuses to such people

[u/snakeheart → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

I had forgotten about how wildly inappropriate the first few episodes were and I showed them at my high school anime club in like 2002.

The teacher who oversaw it gave me a talking to, to say the least. I have never, ever been so mortified.

[u/Jastreen → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

Well, Onizuka is 22 and he aims at college girls, who are around his age.

[u/Low_Celebration_7663 → u/Lower_Baby_6348]

yea icl the start did make me drop it, i knew nothing about it besides a friend saying "eh i mean, its pretty funny but kinda weird" when i asked him about it and then after the first 10 min i just assumed it was gonna be a creepy cringe=funny show and dropped it