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As I read the manga, I can't help but wondering where our favorite teacher
Onizuka get his inhuman strength from? He's survived: falling from the school
top floor, being shot at point blank, being smacked in the head, and many
more. Is it because of his glory days as a motorbike gangster? Or is it
because of his fighting spirit and will alone? Without his strength, the story
would have ended much differently.


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Where did Onizuka get his super human strength from?


Onizuka can be considered a strongman. This is not the "strength athlete"
variant of the strongman, though he might qualify, but more of the natural
type. As detailed
[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongman_%28strength_athlete%29), a
strongman is not necessarily someone who actively participates in
bodybuilding. It can also be someone of perfect symmetry or size, or those who
have explosive power and powerful grip strength.

In Onizuka's case, while not really huge, is a former biker who has devoted
(as of timeline of GTO) almost half of his life into fighting. His experience
is almost akin to a full-time MMA welterweight or middleweight fighter in that
he fights and gets exposed to brutal physical activity almost every day. This
makes him, at the very least, much stronger than a good percentage of the
general population.

While obviously his feats are a bit over the top in that he survives them
almost unscathed (this obviously needs some suspension of disbelief), humanity
has shown over the top endurance and strength feats as well.
[Falling](http://www.oddee.com/item_96967.aspx) and [point blank shots to the
head](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41046340/#.UoxX68Try6M) have been overcome by
some, but the resultant damage of course has been of varying degrees.


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