Just one more time...
Is that okay with you?
Don't hold your feelings for others in.
Fight! Looking good!
Run!
This was your decision!
He risked his life. For the likes of you!
Is that student absent?
The girl from the nurse's office?
I need to talk to you.
What?
It was exactly 10 years ago
when Onizuka killed his best friend.
Nice shot, Serizawa-kun!
Defense, stick to 'em!
Time's up!
Break!
Serizawa, come here.
Use the people around you more.
You'll never win in the big leagues if you don't.
Yes, sir.
Yuuzawa!
Yes, sir?
Do you know how much is riding on you filling in for Kiritani, damn it?
Yes, sir.
Oh, Kiritani.
Hey, I guess former basketball players get to come to school later, huh?
At this point, he's right on time.
Yuuzawa, ignore him. Let's go.
Kiritani-kun! School's starting!
You're ignoring me?
Yo.
Hey.
Let's go.
Masaru!
Special Adoption Paperwork
Submitter: (Foster father) Kiritani Tetsuya Same: (Foster mother) Kiritani Sayuko Child: (Foster child) Okamura Masaru
Kiritani.
Everybody wants you back.
Is this really what you want?
If you want to talk, I can listen.
You wouldn't understand.
Kiritani!
Things are really hard for us because of you.
Kamiya's taking it out on all of us.
It's a serious pain.
Hey!
Hey.
Did Kiritani have a fight or something with Serizawa?
In their first year,
he and Serizawa-kun were called our future star players.
But he quit early on, right?
Yup.
I bet practice was too tough for him, so he bolted.
He doesn't have the guts, so he quits the team.
Soon enough, he stops coming to school,
and starts hanging out with a bad crowd.
That's very common with delinquents.
Those are some serious assumptions...
He's sure to cause trouble at this rate.
So we should do something before that happens.
Kiritani-kun, the one you've been talking about, just went home early.
Is he cutting class?
No, he said he was tired or something.
Just thought you should know.
Thanks.
My usual patient isn't here today, so I've got an open bed.
I asked if he wanted to rest, but...
Uncle Barhopper?
How did this turn into a conversation about drinking?
Are you going to look for Uncle Barhopper?
It's too early for that.
'Ey!
Hey, you're leaving?
Why did you quit the basketball team?
Tell me.
It's boring, so I stopped going.
That's all.
Whoa, you're there!
Huh?
Nothing.
When you get old, your hips get heavy and start to hurt...
Huh?
Yes, sir.
There's no smoke without fire.
Yes.
You can stare at smoke all you want, but all you'll see is smoke.
If you want to put out the fire,
you need to find where it's burning.
You can't just tell someone to be a good kid if you don't know their problems.
That's just being a bossy adult.
You didn't like bossy adults, did you?
Yeah, I hated them.
Fuji-san, what about your hips?
Huh?
You're leaving already?
I think I could be friends with you now.
Bye.
Hey, Shimon.
Yeah?
You were gonna come tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
So what's up?
Hey!
You should watch where you're walking.
What?
I'm talking to you.
What's your problem?
Huh?
What the hell's your problem?
Excuse me.
Excuse me!
Is Masaru-kun here?
What do you want?
Are you one of his friends?
He's not here.
No... I'm Onizuka, his assistant teacher.
Assistant teacher?
Nice to meet you.
Here.
Oh, thank you.
I'm sorry he's not here after you came all this way.
Where did he run off to?
Thanks for this.
It seems like he's fallen in with a bad crowd.
I couldn't be more ashamed.
Not at all.
Is that hoop for your son?
Yes.
I made it myself, so it's nothing like a real one.
Wow, it's handmade?
You've got skills.
Nah.
I made it for Masaru.
I played basketball for a company team before I took over this factory.
So it was my dream to have my son play basketball.
I practiced with him ever since he was little.
There was nothing I could teach him besides basketball.
Why did he quit the team?
I don't know.
Basketball was his whole life.
Every day he'd come home from practice and start shooting hoops here.
I can't fathom why he'd quit...
Excuse me.
Of course.
Hello?
This is the Kiritani Factory.
Yes.
What?
I'll be right there.
What's wrong?
Masaru was brought in by the police.
What?
Saejima!
The other ones got away,
but he stayed until the last minute.
What happened?
I have nothing to say.
Kiritani...
It's not your problem.
How can you say that to your teacher?
I didn't raise you to be that way.
Then how did you raise me?
Calm down, sir!
Didn't I grow up just like you wanted?
Don't be stupid!
Kiritani, that's enough.
Quitting the team, hanging out with thugs...
What are you thinking?!
You don't know how your dad feels...
My dad?
Don't make me laugh.
You're not my dad, so you don't get to say that.
What?
I'm not your son, am I?
What are you talking about?
What the hell is a "special adoption"?
I found what was in your safe.
Special Adoption Paperwork
Submitter: (Foster father) Kiritani Tetsuya Same: (Foster mother) Kiritani Sayuko Child: (Foster child) Okamura Masaru
I always thought the reason you were so strict with me
was because I wasn't your real son.
You're wrong.
You are my son.
You're still saying that?
Kiritani...
I did everything you wanted me to.
It was basketball, basketball, basketball, ever since I was a kid!
I never liked basketball!
Kiritani!
You pretended to be my dad to make me do what you wanted.
I'm sick of you!
Kiritani!
Everyone, I'm sorry for the trouble.
I'll be going.
This is why Kiritani-kun quit the basketball team, isn't it?
Yo!
Oh, you're all together.
Hey, what's up with him?
There was a bit of a problem.
You did something naughty again, didn't you?
Learn your lesson already, Saejima.
Nagisa-san!
Nagisa!
You're back, Nagisa-san?!
I heard Ryuuji was back in Shounan, so I came after him.
Wow, you guys are so in love!
So hot!
Now that he's back, and you came after him,
you must finally be getting married! Game over for you, eh, Ryuuji-san?
It is not, idiot.
Ow.
By the way, Eikichi-kun.
Who's this lady?
Oh... I'm Mr. Onizuka's colleague, Fujikawa.
Colleague? Not his girlfriend?
But something like it.
What? No way.
You're in perfect harmony, though.
Not a chance.
Not a chance for me, either.
So he learned he was adopted?
Yeah, so now he's quit the basketball team and started sulking.
He thought his trust in his father was betrayed.
I once did some research on this.
Special adoptions are different from regular adoptions.
Even though they're both adoptions?
Special Adoption Paperwork
In a special adoption, the adopted child is registered as the actual child
Submitter: (Foster father) Kiritani Tetsuya Same: (Foster mother) Kiritani Sayuko Child: (Foster child) Okamura Masaru
of the adoptive parents.
He loses any connection with his birth parents.
In other words, he's basically their real son.
Yes.
So long as you don't tell the child about his birth parents.
But you're supposed to tell the child that you're not
related by blood if you want a real parent-child relationship with them.
The child has a right to know his roots.
A right to know his roots?
It takes courage for the parents to tell a child that.
You don't know if the child will accept it.
It's hard, since it's not like there's really a right answer.
But I can understand why he'd feel betrayed and start sulking.
But this is kind of a problem, Eikichi-san.
The guys that Kiritani has started hanging out with are really nasty.
They're supposedly into some really bad stuff.
We've been watching them.
Regarding what happened yesterday, Kiritani Masaru from Class 2-A
will be suspended for one week.
No objections.
A school is a communal environment.
We can't let anyone disrupt that.
Kiritani-kun was a regular on the basketball team, right?
How can you just drop him like that?
I can make as many replacements as I need.
I have no time to waste on failures.
On to the next topic...
I heard Kiritani got suspended.
Seriously? Why?
He got in a fight.
And the cops picked him up.
He wasn't hurt, supposedly.
Well, he got what he deserved.
A long time ago, I might've agreed,
but that's not a good thing to think, Numa.
Good morning!
But he threw away my magazine.
I was trying to read it over his shoulder!
You're in the way, I said!
I'm sorry, I said!
No way, you saw Meiri?
I did.
Where?
The Sic Transit Gloria Mundi pleasure quarters.
Ugh, the kind of place Ringo-san would sing about?
Did someone hit her with a Gretsch, then?
Why were you in a sadistic place like that, anyway, Kaede?
We all want to know!
What? A guy?
I don't have a boyfriend!
I'm sure there must be some reason.
Kiritani-kun's a good guy at heart.
When I was ready to hit someone with that chair, he stopped me.
Yeah.
Thanks to him, I didn't actually hurt anyone.
That's thanks to Mr. Onizuka.
That's... true.
So that's what happened to Kiritani-kun.
There was nothing I could say to him.
You should just be who you always are.
For example, if you come to buy bread
and it's all bread you've never seen before,
you'd be worried, right?
Yeah.
And when you're worried,
it's always good to have something around you that doesn't change.
Yakisoba bread.
I do appreciate that.
Of course.
Just face him head-on like you always do.
Going at everything full force is your style, right?
You've climbed over every wall in your path.
Though sometimes, you just busted a hole in them instead.
Did I?
You did.
It's okay.
Be confident.
Okay.
I'll go try, then.
Do that.
Go get 'em.
Oh, look, he made a mess.
What's wrong?
Are you okay?
I'm all right.
Thank you.
I see.
He was suspended?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
No...
Oh, have a seat.
It's my fault.
I didn't raise him right.
My wife died when Masaru was five.
From then, I had to raise him on my own.
I wanted him to be a man who could hold his head high anywhere.
It may just have been me being selfish.
I'm going to take that hoop down.
You are?
He told me plainly
that both I and basketball were just burdens to him.
What the hell is a "special adoption"?
It was basketball, basketball, basketball, ever since I was a kid!
I never liked basketball!
I always thought we wanted the same things.
I'm an idiot, aren't I?
Are you sure about this?
It holds a lot of memories for you, right?
Put it in.
Good job!
You talked about all kinds of things
playing basketball under that hoop, right?
Dad! Teach me to shoot!
Okay, let's go.
Okay.
Oh, so close!
Almost there.
Use your knees.
Use your knees and jump.
Are you sure?
There's nothing else I can do.
I'll spend as much time with you as you want.
We can go for drinks, or anything.
Wasn't my singing awesome?
Man, five ballads in a row is painful!
They weren't ballads, they were rock.
Yeah.
At least sing on key.
Shut up.
What's wrong?
Look.
Kiritani, you go.
Yeah.
Stop!
Kiritani, get going.
You're lousy at this.
I told you to go for it.
You're ugly, too.
Kiritani.
You impressed me in that last fight.
You were brought in by the cops, but you didn't rat us out.
You're one of us.
And since you're one of us, I need your help with something.
You'll do it, right?
Right?
Yes.
Okay, give them a call.
Right.
You planning on renewing your contract?
And what are you, a detective?
This is where you guys hang out, right?
Kids sure like to hang out. In more ways than one.
You talk too much, old man.
I'm not that old.
Stay out of my business.
My life is my own.
What's wrong with living it the way I want?
Hey.
You think you raised yourself?
Who changed your diapers?
It might not have looked good, but somebody made you lunch
on the day of the athletic fair, right?
Who cried for you at every entrance ceremony and graduation ceremony?
It was always your dad.
That's why I can't get over him so easily.
So you're not going home?
Shut up.
I'm sending you back to your dad.
Why?
He paid for my booze.
Damn it.
He's not picking up?
The little bastard ran off with the stuff.
Find him.
Find him! Now!
Yes, sir!
Get going!
Your dad blamed himself.
He said he hurt you.
That's his own fault.
And he's not my dad.
Then did you seriously hate basketball?
You're a damn liar.
Shut up.
It's too late now.
Who decides whether it's too late?
How?
I'm friends with your dad now.
First of all, we need to do something about this.
Saejima, get over here.
We've got a problem on our hands.
Meishuu Shounan High School
Hey, excuse me.
We're looking for a guy named Kiritani.
You see him?
Kiritani?
Yeah, kind of a gloomy kid.
I don't know him.
I see.
Pop, pop...
Excuse me, I'm looking for a guy named Kiritani—
Poppin'...
Poppin'?
Poppin' like popcorn!
He's got a strong heart.
He's too true to himself.
Good morning.
What's going on?
I'm looking for a guy named Kiritani. Know him?
Huh?
Huh? Huh?
She's just as tough.
That's handy, isn't it?
"Huh"?
Um, should we call the police?
No, we shouldn't make a scene.
What did Kiritani do this time?
Mr. Onizuka!
Kiritani...
There are some weird guys at the front gate.
They said they're looking for Kiritani.
You guys wait here.
Thanks, Mariko.
You know Kiritani?
Gloomy-looking kid with a shady look...
You know Kiritani?
Who the heck are they?
The p-police!
No, if the police came and the media found out...
Vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi has taken responsibility for this incident by resigning.
Vice Principal Uchiyamada Resigns
Thugs Attack Private High School!
I'll be forced to assume all the responsibility, and be fired.
A "Hello Work" Office
Finding a new job after fifty is near impossible.
Closed for today
One Year Later
My wife and daughter will abandon me,
and I'll spend my last years alone!
I'll be destroyed!
Everything I've ever done will be wasted!
Why did I spend two hours on a packed train, just today?
I'll just hide my head in the sand.
We knew this was going to happen.
As I thought, we should've expelled Kiritani Masaru earlier.
But I'm sure he has his reasons...
Everyone has reasons.
Will blaming it on someone change the results?
Did you find him?
Still looking.
Another person with a strong heart.
No, I think he's on a whole other level.
Who the hell are you?
Kiritani-kun's assistant teacher, Onizuka.
Oh? So what do you want?
I have a request.
Just so you know, he chose to be with us.
We didn't ask him to.
I know.
What do you know?
Hey, it's the guys who were flipping skirts.
What?
What the heck?
What are you doing?
What's wrong?
Please.
Forget about Kiritani.
What are you doing?
Man, I told you to wait in there.
I can't!
Kiritani, are you going back to a stranger's house again?
The guy who was pretending to be your dad is just some guy.
Listen, teach.
I paid for a lot of his food, and gave him my old clothes.
What are you gonna do for me?
I know it's a lot to ask.
Like I said, what do you know?
Still, please. Okay?
You're annoying.
As annoying as someone singing a western song at karaoke.
Seriously, please.
What Kiritani needs is his dad.
Not you.
And what you need
isn't Kiritani.
Hey, if you knew, then you should've just handed it over.
Hello, Shimon?
Yeah, we got it.
Take care of it.
Aye-aye.
"It"?
The factory.
An acquaintance's factory.
You're under arrest!
You're all under arrest!
You're late, dude.
I'm sorry, Senpai!
Ow!
You're interfering with justice!
Hey, Kiritani!
Please, stay away from Masaru.
He's my only son!
I don't care what happens to me.
You can have the house and the land.
Okay?
So...
Stay away from Masaru!
You're pushing it.
Kiritani!
He wouldn't shut up about leaving his son alone.
I won't let you through.
There are some things you just don't do.
Don't you even know that?
Your dad was trying to tell you...
How you became his son.
Seventeen years ago,
he and your mom couldn't have kids,
so they adopted you using the special adoption system.
Your real mom died right after you were born.
Just before that, she entrusted you to them.
And then he swore...
There, there.
This is your dad.
There, there, there...
I'm your mom.
That he'd make you happy, no matter what.
His life with you...
The way you grew up...
They were his treasures.
You and your dad have always lived together.
Through fun times
and sad times,
you were always together.
Being related by blood is a really precious thing, sure.
I can't tell you to just not care about it.
But I think your dad has given you all the love that he could.
Could you risk your life like this for someone you weren't related to?
Your dad has always put his life on the line like this for you.
You understand that, right?
You and your dad are family.
Real family.
Dad...
Yeah.
Dad...
All your buddies were arrested.
It looks nice.
I'm starting over.
This time, I'll be my dad's son.
Kiritani!
Mr. Onizuka, thank you.
Wanna shoot some hoops?
Hoops?
Can you beat me?
Well, listen to you! More like, can you beat me?
I will.
Oh, nice.
Hey, hey.
You've gotta dribble.
Huh?
Don't "huh" me.
Dribble!
Hey!
All right! Yes!
You bastard!
You're not moving!
Come on, play!
So tired.
Me, too.
But...
Somehow, I woke up on my own.
Well, you beat me, so you'll be fine.
That means nothing, you know.
Yo!
I'm so glad you were able to bring Kiritani-kun and his dad back together.
I went at them full force, like always.
It's thanks to your advice, Director.
It's not who gave birth to you, it's who raised you.
They say if you keep a dog for three days, it'll never forget you.
Being together is important.
I don't think you should compare Kiritani-kun to a dog.
I like dogs.
That's not the issue.
Which do you like, Director?
I like cats.
Well, you two stay friends, and keep at it.
Yes, ma'am.
Excuse me.
Shirahama Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic
So what was it?
"It"?
You said you wanted to talk to me.
I'm okay, I'm okay.
After this... Dramatized and produced by Onizuka
Preview
You want me to pretend I don't see it?
Good luck at the drama festival.
Nasty Bullying is Exposed
Take this!
Let's keep practicing.
Tsugumi is totally being bullied.
The Teachers Don't Care
They may just be messing around.
The Students Escalate
You're going too far.
Practicing for the play is fun!
Just get rid of the word "bullying."
Onizuka's plan to stamp out bullying!
From now on, this play will be dramatized and produced by Onizuka.
A classroom is like a cage.
A message from Onizuka!? App now available! After this, everyone together on "Yo!"
We won't be able to recommend you to any school.
I can't get it out.
What are you doing?!
A crazy way to get rid of bullying A bullying play dramatized and produced by Onizuka Eikichi
Bullying will never go away.
I just want to laugh with everyone.
With this class, they thought they could win again.
Hey, guys, we're going to do it.
This drama is fiction.
This week's "Yo!"
Sorry, busy.
Okay, let's do it ourselves.
Okay.
Ready...
Yo!