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	strawberry crisis enfp 7 2018/08/14 (Tue) 17:42:35 #2843
	I'm obsessed with Takashi Sorimachi's Eikichi Onizuka and now that I've finished the entire 12-episode live action from 1998, I'm certain of two things: one of my favorite characters ever is a senser, and that he represents just about everything great a 7w8 can look like. For all the bad rap both ESTP and 7w8 have gotten, Onizuka shows even carrying all the negative baggage that is so readily associated with both those types that he had always been moral enough to catalyze his revolution against those who never cared, and that he is able to show so much care that he would be prepared to go the most extreme of lengths to protect his priniciples and those who respected them. The most fascinating thing to me is that no matter how much he's rightfully described as an unconventional, eccentric, and liberal personality, there's no way he could really err on the side of intuition—at least as far as the 1998 drama is concerned. I haven't read the manga and nor have I seen the anime but with both those being creative outlets that are so much more flexible than a live-action in terms of what can be shown and how Onizuka's customs and mannerisms may be amplified to a hypothetical extent that would stretch past an S preference, I wouldn't be surprised if he were written more as an intuitive in the anime/manga. I think something really important to keep in mind is that first and foremost, Eikichi is a man. Through embodying the idea of hyper-masculinity and the free-wheeling, uncaring nature that comes attached with the ideals he represents, he comes to a stunning conclusion: he can't live life just for himself; he must show devotion in a place where people expect it the least—in the role of a teacher, where he would come to care for his students more than anyone else would ever be capable of all to protect his newfound sense of morality and care. I think in this sense, it may be easy to mistake him for a feeler, but something we see a lot is that he doesn't care about the subjective, protective-of-feelings-bound side of decision making at all, but instead that he has a strong, rigid sense of justice, reality, and morality that he must protect, and he would do just about anything to achieve that. The catch is that his idea of justice is centered around protecting and caring for others, but it should be obvious with time that he couldn't be a feeler no matter what. I found a Finnish senior thesis that went into detail about the "conservatives" and the "liberals" in Great Teacher Onizuka, going on to distinguish something we would normally attribute to sensing and intuition, but I think GTO underscores these two big areas of thought with more of an SJ vs non-SJ distinction, where characters like Ryoko Sakurai or Makoto Fujitomi (possible NJs) and Eikichi Onizuka (an SP) fight against a corruption-prone-and-protective SJ-created establishment with lead figures being strong SJs Tohdoh and Uchiyamada. But it's worth noting that the forefront of change here wasn't really NP, unlike how the SJ/non-SJ (more J vs P usually) conflict is usually brought out in shows. Eikichi Onizuka’s views are just as certain and set in stone as his STJ adversaries, but they come from an area where the closed-off-ness judging would guide him toward is entirely diminished and both extremity, comfortability and excess work their way into his own predefined way of looking at the world, hence why he comes unconventional despite not being particularly prone to being guided by his own imagination.

Editing post #2843 by strawberry crisis <p>I'm obsessed with Takashi Sorimachi's Eikichi Onizuka and now that I've finished the entire 12-episode live action from 1998, I'm certain of two things: one of my favorite characters ever is a senser, and that he represents just about everything great a 7w8 can look like. For all the bad rap both ESTP and 7w8 have gotten, Onizuka shows even carrying all the negative baggage that is so readily associated with both those types that he had always been moral enough to catalyze his revolution against those who never cared, and that he is able to show so much care that he would be prepared to go the most extreme of lengths to protect his priniciples and those who respected them. The most fascinating thing to me is that no matter how much he's rightfully described as an unconventional, eccentric, and liberal personality, there's no way he could really err on the side of intuition—at least as far as the 1998 drama is concerned. I haven't read the manga and nor have I seen the anime but with both those being creative outlets that are so much more flexible than a live-action in terms of what can be shown and how Onizuka's customs and mannerisms may be amplified to a hypothetical extent that would stretch past an S preference, I wouldn't be surprised if he were written more as an intuitive in the anime/manga.<br /> <br /> I think something really important to keep in mind is that first and foremost, Eikichi is a man. Through embodying the idea of hyper-masculinity and the free-wheeling, uncaring nature that comes attached with the ideals he represents, he comes to a stunning conclusion: he can't live life just for himself; he must show devotion in a place where people expect it the least—in the role of a teacher, where he would come to care for his students more than anyone else would ever be capable of all to protect his newfound sense of morality and care. I think in this sense, it may be easy to mistake him for a feeler, but something we see a lot is that he doesn't care about the subjective, protective-of-feelings-bound side of decision making at all, but instead that he has a strong, rigid sense of justice, reality, and morality that he must protect, and he would do just about anything to achieve that. The catch is that his idea of justice is centered around protecting and caring for others, but it should be obvious with time that he couldn't be a feeler no matter what.<br /> <br /> I found a Finnish senior thesis that went into detail about the "conservatives" and the "liberals" in Great Teacher Onizuka, going on to distinguish something we would normally attribute to sensing and intuition, but I think GTO underscores these two big areas of thought with more of an SJ vs non-SJ distinction, where characters like Ryoko Sakurai or Makoto Fujitomi (possible NJs) and Eikichi Onizuka (an SP) fight against a corruption-prone-and-protective SJ-created establishment with lead figures being strong SJs Tohdoh and Uchiyamada. But it's worth noting that the forefront of change here wasn't really NP, unlike how the SJ/non-SJ (more J vs P usually) conflict is usually brought out in shows.<br><br> Eikichi Onizuka’s views are just as certain and set in stone as his STJ adversaries, but they come from an area where the closed-off-ness judging would guide him toward is entirely diminished and both extremity, comfortability and excess work their way into his own predefined way of looking at the world, hence why he comes unconventional despite not being particularly prone to being guided by his own imagination.</p>
Replying to post #2843 by strawberry crisis

date	username	vote
18/08/12 20:45	strawberry crisis	ESTP

date	username	vote
18/08/12 20:45	strawberry crisis	7w8

date	username	vote
18/08/12 20:45	strawberry crisis	so/sx