But reality hits hard.
— Did maswavlebeli Onidzuka
His first day at Skolai №34 : He walks in wearing a tracksuit (not a suit), gold chain, and sunglasses. The principal, a stern old woman named , tells him in broken English: “You have Class 9-B. They have eaten three teachers already. Last one now sells churchkhela at the market.” Great Teacher Onizuka Qartulad-
Final scene: Onizuka opens a small supra restaurant in Batumi, called “GTO Qartulad,” where he teaches life lessons between pouring glasses of saperavi . The last line of the story: But reality hits hard
He cries. Then he steals a police car for old time’s sake. They have eaten three teachers already
Onizuka is almost fired ten times. He fails his Georgian language exam (he still says “gamarjoba” as “gamardzhoba” with a heavy Japanese accent). But at graduation, the students carry him on their shoulders through Rustaveli Avenue, chanting: “Onidzuka! Onidzuka!”
Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old former biker gang leader from Yokohama, arrives in Georgia under a strange twist of fate. After saving a Georgian diplomat’s daughter from a mugging in Shibuya, he is offered a job: “Come teach in Georgia. We need discipline.” Onizuka, thinking Georgian wine and khachapuri are reasons enough, accepts.