I'm going to be a GREAT man in Tokyo! By Onizuka Eikichi
So how does it feel to be back at your old school?
You got to see your former teachers, too.
This is Miss Fujikawa Honami,
the teacher of Class 2-A.
Is that student absent?
Miyaji-san is...
She lives far away.
Usami's gonna be a doctor, he says.
Usami Taichi Spontaneous Theorizer
Seriously?
Usami
Breakfast is re—
What are you doing?
A butterfly...
He's always displayed impulsive behavior?
Yes, even after he started high school, that hasn't changed.
There was a rare butterfly outside his window...
Twelve.
...so he wanted to catch it, he said.
My conclusion is that Taichi-kun may have
a developmental disorder called ADHD.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A disorder?
H-Hey...
Will he get better?
Are you all right?
Hey!
Hey, you!
She means you!
I'm sorry.
I haven't seen you in ages, and you're standing like that?
Only because you noticed me.
You're too sharp.
In a way, you're pretty amazing, too.
How?
No good comes of being too sharp.
Did something happen?
Something's always happening.
That's true.
But not in the nurse's office?
You're really saying that?
I just did.
What were you listening to?
"The Sun."
Why does everybody in this class spell their name in hiragana?
A lot of them have similar names, too.
Maybe I'll just call them by their numbers, like in prison.
That's... the vice president... and the girl from the nurse's office?
Yo!
Good morning!
What a coincidence,
Ayuna something and Meiri something.
What a coincidence.
Mr. Onizuka...
...something.
Hey, good one!
You're playing along!
Bold. Very bold.
'Cause you wouldn't normally, right?
Your teacher's so sad!
What the heck is this?!
What? What? What happened?
It's poop!
Was it you guys?
Huh?
What?
Hm?
Eat something hot and burn yourself.
It wasn't us.
What, what?!
Then who are you?
You?!
What's going on in here?
Some poop-like stuff was in my bag-like thing!
No, that is your bag.
It's disgusting-like!
"Like"?
Like what?
What?
They're dolphin ear bones!
It's not poop, so don't worry, Mizuta-san.
What? Ear bones?
What?
Fragments of dolphin ear bones.
I have no idea why you would collect those.
Okay, okay, we're starting homeroom. Take your seats.
Take your seats.
Stand.
Wake up the rocker boy.
You can't shoot beams.
Attention.
Bow.
Good morning.
Erase that.
I'm calling the roll.
I've known him since elementary school,
and he's always been a little, well... odd.
He got teased a lot.
So what was that this morning?
It wasn't poop.
I know it wasn't poop.
Good one!
You've really got it!
Do you know why he collects those?
I'm afraid not.
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Kaeko, show 'em your guts as the manager!
I can't keep going, Mr. Kamiya.
Go! Go! Go!
Hashimoto! Run!
Hashimoto, run!
Hashimoto, run hard!
One win!
One loss!
One tie!
Nice!
You really...
...nailed it.
We're getting...
...too into this.
I'm ready to go out there and nail it, too.
Fine.
We know it's fine.
You know, Zawaseri-san...
Who the hell is Zawaseri?
I'm not letting you win twice.
Fine.
But your teacher...
...is the basketball team advisor...
...so he's supporting Serizawa?
All the way.
I won't yield on that, either.
Mr. Kamiya is harsh.
Make sure you do your stretches.
Right!
Hey there, vice president.
You can't listen to music.
I can't, can I?
Hey, where's Usami?
Taichi?
Hey, have you guys seen Usami?
Did he wander off again?
Usami!
Hey!
Class is still in session.
Dolphin ear bones are a good luck charm.
They grant your wishes.
But I can't find any.
What do you want to wish for?
My younger brother's taking entrance exams next year.
You're really nice, huh?
Look.
Nope.
I don't know what I'm looking for.
Ear bones are whiter, rounder, and prettier.
Whiter, rounder, and prettier?
They look like the bones in your ear.
Ear bones, huh?
You'll have to write an apology yourself.
What are you looking at?
The waves? Tomorrow, in other words?
Huh?
And from there, the future? Or like, the past, from the future?
What are you talking about?
'Cause they come in and recede, right?
I don't know if that's deep or just stupid.
Honestly, I'm bored.
You're incomprehensible.
Find any?
Nope.
You're going to make him transfer schools?
Wakazono High School
It's a school that specializes in children with developmental disorders.
He's just a little odd.
No.
He's disabled.
You don't understand anything!
Developmental disorders aren't the disabilities you think they are.
I did my own research.
ADHD patients often turn into delinquents or criminals.
Taichi wouldn't do that—
You can't say for sure, can you?
It's in his best interests to turn him over to people
who understand developmental disorders better than we do.
This school has a dorm, too.
You want to get rid of him?
Shut up!
Yuuji has his exams next year, too.
We can't spend all our time dealing with Taichi.
He's no different from the other kids.
Miss Fujikawa!
Good morning!
Usami-san is here.
He has something important to discuss.
Call Mr. Onizuka, too.
Okay.
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Excus—
He's not here!
You're right, he's not here!
How dare he set me aside like that?!
Transferred due to a development disorder...!? Time for Onizuka's Great Lesson
The vice principal is more important than the head teacher of a grade.
Just leaving without consulting you is... How to put it? Such a rude thing to—
I see.
Yes.
So what is this ADHD you're talking about?
It's a developmental disorder.
It makes you unable to concentrate on anything,
or to endure anything unpleasant for even five seconds.
In other words, he lacks self-control.
And that's why you want to transfer Usami-kun?
Yes.
You're having him live in a dorm?
Yes.
Has Taichi agreed to this?
Whether he agrees or not is irrelevant.
So you're saying this is what's best for him?
Yes.
Not what's best for you?
Onizuka!
Do you have any children?
No.
Then be quiet.
Mr. Onizuka, Usami-kun is...
Come with me!
Excuse us.
Taichi!
You okay, Serizawa?
Hey!
Taichi!
Stop it!
Taichi! Taichi!
Stop it!
What are you doing?
Yurihara-san!
I don't want to.
I don't want to live apart from Mom and Dad and Yuuji!
I just teased him a little, and he totally snapped!
How did you guys find out, anyway?
There was a post on the school's homepage.
Who...
Hey, Taichi!
Taichi, snap out of it!
Hey!
I'm sorry for the trouble.
I'll have him switch schools, after all.
Didn't you hear what he just said?
I did! That's why I say this!
My son is not normal.
He's not normal.
Is there anyone who is normal?
I don't think even God could decide who is and isn't normal.
A normal kid wouldn't try to hit someone with a chair.
All right? Okay?
No! No!
Okay?
No!
Come on!
I'm sorry!
Hold it!
Wait!
Onizuka!
Don't try to push your selfish views on them anymore.
This is not a problem for outsiders like us to meddle in.
Usami-san!
Why did you go to the school without telling me?
The sooner we do this, the better.
I haven't accepted his transfer to that school!
Taichi tried to hit another student today, with a chair.
If they'd called the cops,
we'd have much bigger problems than Yuuji's exams.
If you're willing to sacrifice this family for Taichi alone,
take him and leave.
Taichi doesn't want to leave his family.
Can't something be done?
No parent wants their child to be sad.
His family has worried about this, too.
More than you,
and of course, more than me.
It's his family that will be dealing with him,
living with him for the next thirty or forty years.
Not us.
If that's his family's decision,
maybe there's nothing we can do.
So teachers are outsiders, huh?
The problem is that you think of yourself as an outsider.
You may be an outsider, but you're still there. You're still part of his life.
Fuji-san...
I dislocated my shoulder.
I'm going to talk to the other school today.
Stop it!
I heard your brother eats poop!
I heard that means you eat poop, too!
'Cause you're brothers!
Hey!
Leave Yuuji alone.
Are you okay?
I wish I didn't have a brother.
It's my fault...
What happened?
Yuuji was being bullied.
Practice sitting still and concentrating.
You need to be able to do such normal things normally.
Yeah.
All right, all right.
We'll take a break.
Taichi!
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Come on,
Come on, why not?
why not?
Imperial Shrine
Come on, why not?
1867.
Come on, why not?
The end of the Edo period.
Huh?
Come on, why not?
Around this time...
Come on, why not?
Crazy dancing
Come on, why not?
...that's what happened.
Mr. Onizuka, isn't that a little vague?
Taichi.
You don't need to hold it in.
Come on, why not?
To be honest, I...
Come on, why not?
Taichi?
Why did you stop halfway?
I told you to bear with it until you finished, even if you don't want to!
Why?
Why don't you understand?
No matter what you do, I'm still transferring Taichi.
You just don't want to feel guilty about sending him away.
In the end, you only care about yourself.
Taichi can't control himself.
I need to stay with him.
Where are you going?
To get something to eat.
Can I take a picture?
Say Monaka.
Wait, wait.
Monaka...
Say Monaka.
Monaka.
What are you—
Monaka.
A picture?
Can I take a picture?
Say Monaka.
Don't push me!
Say Monaka.
I'm not pushing!
Okay, ready, ready.
Ready?
Say Monaka.
I just take a picture?
Yeah.
Okay, sure. Here I go.
Say Monaka.
I still think it's weird.
What do you think, Mr. Onizuka?
Usami
I'm Taichi-kun's assistant teacher, Onizuka.
What is it?
Could Taichi-kun and I have a little...
A little what?
A little time together somewhere?
Somewhere?
I did actually...
Actually what?
I searched for dolphin ears with him.
Dolphin... ears?
Yes.
That's scary.
Why ever would you do that?
Oh, my mistake. I meant bones.
Dolphin bones.
Could you get him for me?
Is locking him up at home supposed to teach him something?
Don't talk like you know anything.
Is that your love for him as a mother?
Wow! It's so fast!
You don't have to hold anything in today.
We'll do whatever you want.
Where do you want to go?
The library.
The library?
To the library we go!
Treatment includes administration of adult-onset asthma medication, and an oxygen...
An oxygen saturation of over 92% should be maintained at all times.
You're amazing.
All I can tell from this is that it's really deep.
What is this?
What about you? Why are you writing stuff like that?
I'm going to help my mom.
She's always had asthma.
She still has attacks once in a while, and it's hard on her.
You want to be a doctor?
I don't want to be a doctor.
I'm going to be one.
You can be.
But people always tell me it's impossible for me.
There's no point in living if you don't do the impossible.
Deep.
Taichi...
So, where do you want to go this Thaim?
Customs of Thailand
You're not going to find any. They're super-rare, right?
I'm so bored.
Honestly, I want to go home.
I found one!
I thought you would!
Taichi-san!
I thought you'd find one there.
Actually, I thought that's the only place you'd find one.
Liar.
So what are you going to wish for?
First, that my brother passes his exams.
Okay.
Second, that my brother isn't bullied.
Okay. Third?
That my mom and dad can get along.
And the fourth?
The fourth...
That my mom's asthma will get better.
And the fifth...
The fifth...
You don't want anything for yourself?
All your wishes have been for your family.
Because I love them.
You don't want to leave them.
Tell them.
Don't hold your feelings for others in.
And...
Come on, why not?
Taichi!
Come on, why not?
Oh, someone's coming.
Come on, why not?
Hey, ladies!
Come on, why not?
Join in, doggy!
Come on, why not?
To be honest...
Come on, why not?
I'm really happy today!
Come on, why not?
But I'm a little...
Come on, why not?
...weirded out!
What did you say to Usami-kun?
Are you up to something again?
His transfer has already been decided!
It's selfish for you to get involved!
Usami-kun left home, but hasn't come to school.
His mom called the school and said
that Mr. Onizuka might know something!
Hey, wai—
The assistant teacher is the teacher's responsibility!
Yes.
Yes!
Fujikawa Honami's gonna get drunk tonight.
She might barhop even more than Uncle Barhopper.
You know him, Ms. Irie?
I drink with him.
I want to enter a marathon.
Fight! Fight!
Looking good!
Fight! Fight!
A marathon?
You know that's impossible.
Last year, he got lost and we almost sent out a search party.
That's right.
You weren't here last year.
Just hearing you say it now, I knew it was a bad idea.
As vice principal, I think our students' safety is our first priority.
Their fights over who has the initiative are disgusting.
But Usami-kun insists on entering.
Mr. Oomae is right.
Now that we know Usami has a disability,
we can't let him run a marathon.
Why did he want to run a marathon all of a sudden?
About that...
Maybe he wants to show his family how hard he's trying.
But why?
He wants to show them he can control himself, so they'll accept him.
And then, he hopes, they won't transfer him.
How noble...
But his family made the decision.
He wants to show you and his father.
Show us what?
That he can control himself.
For the next two weeks, give me two hours every morning.
Please.
Me, too.
Please.
Please raise your heads.
I'm the one who should be bowing to you.
Oh, Mom...
Yes!
Fight!
This system doesn't make any sense!
What doesn't?
It's normally the other way around!
There's no other way around—
You're a man. Shut up and run.
Ow!
You're too slow!
44.
45.
46.
Honestly, I want to go home.
What?
You're so soft, Miss Fujikawa.
Taichi-kun!
Taichi-kun...
Go! Go!
You can do it! Go!
What's wrong?
Got a cramp?
Ow...
Usami's practicing, I heard.
He's wasting his time.
Give me some of that.
Morino, you always say you have no talent, right?
What are we talking about?
Basketball.
Have you ever worked hard enough at it to be sure you don't have talent?
Serizawa...
I heard you got new basketball shoes.
That's right.
How are they?
The store owner said he had some new ones, so I bought them,
and the fit is just perfect.
Seriously?
But you really liked your old ones!
You've got a great boyfriend.
Oh, these are way better...
Yup.
He was on the verge of a stress fracture.
What were you thinking?
I'm very sorry.
I'm sorry.
Did that happen to him because he actually managed to...
Yes. He never complained once.
You gave up halfway, though.
Miss Honami, that's supposed to stay between us.
So what?
I won't let him run a marathon.
There's no way he could do it.
Why are you just deciding he can't?
Practice and actually doing it are different things.
So you're just guessing.
He wants to show us he's trying.
What's wrong with that?
It won't cure his disability.
Ein between Eikichi and Taichi
Mr. Onizuka, I want to run. Taichi
Ein between Eikichi and Taichi
Mr. Onizuka, I want to run. Taichi Where are you looking? I'm on the first floor. Taichi
Ein between Taichi and Eikichi
Mr. Onizuka, I want to run. Taichi Where are you looking? I'm on the first floor. Taichi I was looking at the clouds. Just leave it to me. Eikichi
Thanks, my buddy and my junior!
I'm your buddy too, right?
Pay me for this.
How much?
20,000 yen.
Ryuuji-san...
I'm your buddy too, right?
You're really stuck on that.
Well, look at me.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Result Complete
And now... goal!
Sorry!
Go! Go! Go!
Are you okay?
Yeah. I just haven't been getting enough vitamins lately.
Then take your vitamins.
Wait, why are you here?
I thought you'd be skipping today.
Oh.
I owe her for all she's done for me.
Spend all day lazing around at my place, and I'll make you work for me.
Is she helping?
A surprising amount, actually.
I guess I have a future as a nurse.
No way.
Anyway, you just rest.
Right.
That song, "The Sun"?
Currently on heavy rotation.
Right now?
Right now I'm on a different song.
Then you don't.
What are you listening to?
A song of memories.
What's that?
YeMon.
What kind of song title is that?
Don't you know YeMon, Ayuna?
It's a band?
Yellow Monkey.
Can I listen?
Sure.
From the beginning.
Oh, yeah.
Rose Colored Days
Ready...
You can do it!
Give it all you've got!
I'll be waiting for you!
What are you doing? What about the hospital?
I'll get him.
Hey!
You can do it!
You can do it, Usami-kun!
Mariko! Tsugumi!
Something-or-other...
Eita, you're too slow!
Wait up!
Who the hell do you think you are?
Why did you bring Yuuji here?
I wanted to show him how hard his brother is trying.
I'm the one who told him it would grant his wishes.
Yes, he told me.
He wished that his brother would pass his exams.
He wished that his brother wouldn't be bullied anymore.
He wished that the two of you would get along.
And he wished that your asthma would get better.
What was his fifth wish?
You can do it!
Kuzuki! Kuzuki! Kuzuki!
Keep it up!
Yeah.
That he would finish the marathon.
He thought, if he finished it, we'd accept him.
He could stay with us.
That's not it.
My mom, my dad, my brother, and me.
It's to say goodbye to his family.
I'm going to show them I can run.
They're worried because I can't focus on anything.
That even if I transfer, I won't be able to do anything.
So?
I want to tell them they don't have to worry.
That I'll be okay on my own.
Are you all right?
I'm going to run.
I'm going to...
I'm going to finish, no matter what...
And I'll...
Congratulations on making it into high school, Taichi.
Cheers.
Cheers!
Congratulations!
I'll say goodbye!
Come on!
You can do it!
Congrats!
You gotta be kidding!
Keep it up!
Almost there!
Taichi!
That's enough!
I understand!
Usami-kun!
You can do it!
Usami-kun Goal
Congratulations!
Taichi!
Run!
This was your decision!
If you're a man, don't give up!
Brother!
You can do it!
Taichi!
You did great!
I'll... be okay.
Don't worry, Mom.
You're such a nice guy.
Taichi!
But...
You don't have to hold back in front of your family.
You can be selfish!
You can tell them how you really feel.
I...
really don't want to say goodbye to Mom...
and Dad...
and Yuuji!
I love you all.
I want to be with you forever!
I'm sorry, Taichi!
GREAT Taichi
Mr. Onizuka...
Yo!
Here.
For me?
Seriously?
You sure find a lot of these things.
What will you wish for, Mr. Onizuka?
I'll think about it.
Oh, I don't know, you two...
Your goal tape was great,
but it put mine to waste.
To be honest, I'm pretty pissed.
I'm just kidding.
Tsugumi. Nozomi.
Thanks.
Yo!
Okay, let's go.
Yeah.
Mr. Onizuka, what are you going to wish for?
Yeah.
Usami-kun's parents have retracted their request for a transfer.
I'm glad.
Miss Fujikawa.
Yes?
He really is incomprehensible.
Yeah. He really is.
Watch out! There's poop!
There are no normal students.
Each one is special.
Yeah.
The word "disabled" is wrong.
It's more like that's their personality.
Yeah.
The menu here is
"Oh!" Pickle Bread
very unique, too.
A Gift from the Sea Mackerel Bread
It sure is.
Fried Rice Bread
Bitter Melon and Tomato Cake
Sardine Bitter Melon Bread Bread
"Oh! Pickle Bread."
"Oh! Pickles."
And mackerel bread.
Want one?
How about a sardine bread?
Hey...
I need to talk to you.
After this... Onizuka goes on a rampage
What?
Why did you say you wanted to break up?
Preview
A Student Becomes a Stalker
He's a stalker!
Maybe I'm not cut out to be a teacher.
This is a threat of murder.
A Murder Threat
A girl delivery service.
Out of Control Love
Onizuka's Soul Class begins!!
You did great.
You're kidding.
It's true.
How?
Yo!
This drama is fiction. The story is based on research into ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), but only deals with one aspect of it, and is not reflective of all cases.