Line #22 Manga/InoHeadGargoyle


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The Gargoyle and the Alien]]
3	Known as the gargoyle of Inokashira Park police station because of his scary face, Toshiyuki Saejima is a loser. He's pretty much a virgin for all intents and purposes, aside from the companions that he pays for. He wasn't always a loser though.
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5	[[Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears During his high school days]], he was feared as a badass, but now he's just a person people feel sorry for. He then meets Shizuka Arimori, a beautiful girl that seems comfortable in her sexuality. Toshiyuki learns that she was a high class escort that has been with over 1000 men.
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7	She was doing it out of love for her abusive boyfriend but, realizing her mistake, quits. Shizuka is now being harassed and Toshiyuki reverts back to his aggressive personality to protect the love of his life.
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9	''Ino-Head Gargoyle'' is a SpinOff of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' and ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'' focusing on Onizuka's friend Toshiyuki Saejima, formerly a JapaneseDelinquent and currently an officer with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The manga ran in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 2012 to 2014. It has a oneshot crossover with ''GTO'' titled ''Goblin Mad Dog''.
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12	!!Contains examples of:
13	* AfroAsskicker: After Saejima shaves his head, he wears an afro wig.
14	* AnticipatoryBreathSpray: Saejima does this before going to Shizuka's apartment, where she promised to "give him an even better present than [a kiss]".
15	* AntiHeroTeam: The old BashBrothers Saejima and Kamata are back, with their old [[RivalsTeamUp rivals]] [[BloodKnight Akutsu]] and [[TheDreaded Nakajo]]. Under the influence of the Blue Rose drug, Shidou sees them as demons.
16	* BadassBoast:
17	** When one of the Dragon Emperor gang members threatens Saejima, and he points a gun at the guy.
18	-->'''Saejima:''' One move and your mouth gets it... I'll open up a new mouth for you.
19	** "Listen, and listen well... You are forbidden from killing those two. [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I'm Inokashira Park Police Station's Toshiyuki Saejima.]] If you continue to hassle them, I will come after you... And it won't be just me... there are 288,451 of us nationwide... Every cop in the country will be on your ass." (Saejima to Inokuma)
20	** "I'll turn his blue rose into a red one." (Kamata about the leader of the Blue Rose gang)
21	* BadJobWorseUniform: Okita's philandering and easygoing attitude catches up with him, and he's transferred to the traffic department, where he has to wear a mascot GoofySuit.
22	* BeardOfEvil:
23	** He's not evil per se, but DaChief Maruyama is definitely a hardass, and has a goatee.
24	** [[spoiler:Shidou]], TheMole in the police department who's part of the Blue Rose gang, is definitely evil, and also has a goatee.
25	* BigBrotherInstinct: Kamata came back to Japan because [[spoiler:his younger brother Kaoru was investigating a drug ring and was beaten into a coma]].
26	* BodySushi: Okita and Saejima partake in this at a restaurant in Nagoya.
27	* BringMyBrownPants: When Inokuma has a gun to Saejima's head, Okita saves him. He says he probably would have pissed himself if the gun had been pointed at him, only to look down and see Saejima did just that.
28	* BrosBeforeHoes: Back in high school, Saejima always put his friends before his girlfriend, which is why she broke up with him [[spoiler:and never told him about his son]].
29	* TheBusCameBack: Saejima's high school best friend and {{Bash Brother\|s}} Jun Kamata, who left for the USA after the Yokohama Cavalry arc of ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'' and [[spoiler:Natsu's death]], returns to Japan and becomes Saejima's cop partner.
30	* CallBack: Kamata getting stabbed InTheBack brings to mind the same thing happening to him early in ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears''. And then he's forcibly drugged, which also happened in ''The Early Years''. The guy just can't catch a break.
31	* CarMeetsHouse: Shizuka drives a truck through the wall of Rin's office.
32	* TheCavalry: Just as Saejima's facing a room full of gangsters who are about to kill him, Kamata arrives with Nakajo and Akutsu waiting outside to defeat the villain's cavalry.
33	* CharacterDevelopment: Saejima cleans up his act after he learns [[spoiler:he has a son]], but he screwed things up so much in the past that [[spoiler:the boy's mother wants nothing to do with him]].
34	* DaChief: After the first arc, a new police chief takes over. Maruyama, formerly a cop in Kanagawa (where he knew Saejima in his delinquent days), is a hardass determined to clean up the Kichijoji police department. He does show some flexibility; he lets Saejima investigate the Blue Rose case even though it's not his division, pleased that Saejima is finally taking his job seriously.
35	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The last chapter ends with Saejima, Kamata, Akutsu, and Nakajo driving to Ikebukuro to [[spoiler:catch the leader of the Blue Rose gang]].
36	* CoitusUninterruptus: Okita doesn't stop having sex with his girlfriend when Saejima calls to tell him his gun was stolen.
37	* ComeAlone: Shizuka orders Rin to meet her alone, or she'll blow up a BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
38	* CurbStompBattle: The Blue Rose mooks don't stand a chance against Akutsu and Nakajo.
39	* DestructiveSavior: Someone wonders what's going to happen to the aquarium and the fish in it after Saejima breaks the glass and floods it.
40	* DidNotGetTheGirl:
41	** [[spoiler:After the reveal that Rin was GoodAllAlong (-ish), Shizuka realizes she loves him again]], and Saejima is a GracefulLoser (after a short HeroicBSOD).
42	** [[spoiler:He fails to get back together with Chika, as she sees no reason to let him be in her son's life when he was never there for them before.]]
43	** It's left ambiguous at the end whether he'll get with [[spoiler:Mainohara]], who he helped without any expectations.
44	* DirtyCop:
45	** Saejima frequently steals porn and sex toys from evidence, and is sometimes overly violent in his pursuit of criminals. However, he's nowhere near as bad as...
46	** [[spoiler:Shidou]], who's TheMole for the Blue Rose gang and partially responsible for sending [[spoiler:Jun's brother Kaoru]] into a coma.
47	* DirtyKid: Yuu, the elementary schooler who hangs out near the police station in the park. One time, she gives Saejima her mom's used panties to cheer him up.
48	* DistractedByTheSexy: A fleeing female robber flashes Saejima to make him crash his bike.
49	* FaceOfAThug: Saejima's face is scary enough to send women and children running away.
50	* FairCop:
51	** {{Bishonen}} and LovableSexManiac Soichiro Okita.
52	** PrettyBoy Kaoru Kamata, who was a very AttractiveBentGender in ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears''.
53	** Yuka Mainohara, though she's no longer a cop.
54	* FanDisservice: When Saejima drops his pants and bends over to show the cops searching his apartment a scar on his ass. Mercifully censored with {{pixellation}}.
55	* FemmeFatale: Shizuka Aomori is drop-dead gorgeous, but ends up dragging Saejima into her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the gang that forced her into prostitution.
56	* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Saejima is fully prepared to do this if he and Shizuka can't find any evidence to incriminate her BadBoss.
57	* FriendToAllChildren: Saejima only interacts with two, but is always kind to them, [[spoiler:and not just because one is his biological son]].
58	* TheGadfly: Saejima's partner Okita, who's younger, more handsome, and luckier than him in every way, never misses a chance to rub Saejima's face in it.
59	* {{Gonk}}: One of Saejima's regular prostitutes is nicknamed "Little Grey Alien" for her huge eyes. Combined with her small puckered mouth, she has an ugly appearance. [[spoiler:It turns out SheCleansUpNicely and only looks like that to avoid anyone recognizing her on the job.]] Her friend is so ugly that [[ChoosyBeggar even Saejima rejects her]].
60	* GoodAllAlong: He ''is'' a gangster, but it turns out [[spoiler:Rin's brother forced him to turn Shizuka into a prostitute]], and he still loves her (but recognizes that she deserves better).
61	* GrievousBottleyHarm: Takeshi of the Blue Rose gang smashes Kamata over the head with a bottle after forcing him to drink some of it.
62	* GunTwirling: Saejima (who as a cop, should ''really'' know better) does this in Chapter 3 after he's beaten up a gunman and taken his weapon.
63	* HealthcareMotivation: Yuka Mainohara became a stripper to pay for her father's medical bills.
64	* HeroicBSOD: Saejima has one with BlankWhiteEyes when [[spoiler:Rin reveals his true intentions and Shizuka decides she still loves him]].
65	* HighClassCallGirl: Shizuka Aomori.
66	* ImportantHaircut: Maruyama orders Saejima to shave his head to prove he's serious about police work. He complies, though he wears a wig afterwards.
67	* InformedDeformity: Saejima doesn't look that ugly, especially when his PrettyBoy partner Okita isn't around, looking more on the thuggish bruiser side, but apparently he's hideous enough to be called a "gargoyle".
68	* InstantCostumeChange: In Chapter 31, "Little Grey Alien" switches from her {{Joshikousei}} outfit to a wedding dress to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shachihoko Shachihoko]] costume, all in the span of a few minutes (and outside in broad daylight).
69	* InterruptedIntimacy: New police chief Maruyama [[OpenSaysMe kicks down the door]] to the room where Okita is having sex when he's supposed to be on duty.
70	* LaundromatLiaisons: Saejima meets Shizuka as she's stripping off her underwear at a laundromat. She asks him to scare away {{the Peeping Tom}}s, and then to dry and deliver her clothes to her apartment. She then leaves with only a ModestyTowel to cover herself.
71	* LovableSexManiac: Okita loves to have sex anytime, anywhere. He even got it on with a HospitalHottie when Saejima was recuperating [[SexInASharedRoom in the same room]].
72	* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Saejima runs into a former girlfriend, who has a kid whose age matches when they broke up. He even looks like Saejima. [[spoiler:She confirms it's his son.]]
73	* MaliciousMisnaming:
74	** Okita teases Saejima by modifying his RedBaron name to the "Chihuahua of Kamakura".
75	** Maruyama, who knew Saejima back when he was a delinquent, calls him the "Kamakura Cream Dog".
76	* MurderBySuicide: The "Blue Rose" drug, when ingested with alcohol, will induce suicidal hallucinations in the victim.
77	* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler:Shizuka Aomori]] plans to kill [[spoiler:herself and Rin]] by blowing up the aquarium.
78	* OhCrap: Saejima barges into a BadGuyBar, announcing who he is and why he's there, only to realize that everyone there has the Blue Rose tattoo.
79	* OutsideRide:
80	** At one point, Saejima rides on the hood of a police car after some robbers, and then asks the driver to brake when they're close so he can jump onto the crooks' motorcycle.
81	** Another time, he accidentally [[BerserkButton stands on the hood of Nakajo's car]]; Nakajo then goes on the expressway with Saejima clinging on for dear life.
82	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The "Little Grey Alien" never reveals her real name, though she does show Saejima her real face.
83	* PantsPositiveSafety: Another thing Saejima should really know better than to do.
84	* PayEvilUntoEvil: Kamata, Saejima, Nakajo, and Akutsu show no mercy to [[spoiler:Shidou]], cutting his Achilles tendons and breaking both his arms.
85	* ThePeepingTom: Saejima spies on girls changing in a locker room.
86	* PetTheDog: It's revealed that Rin saved Shizuka's cat from the fire he set at her apartment.
87	* PlatonicProstitution: When Saejima's feeling really depressed, he calls up his regular, the "Little Grey Alien", just to hug and comfort him.
88	* PrecociousCrush: 7-year-old elementary schooler Yuu gives Saejima a plastic ring to make a pact with him, making him promise to [[JailbaitWait wait until she's 16]] for his first time.
89	* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler:Shidou]] injects himself with Blue Rose, which makes him hallucinate hard enough that he FeelsNoPain punching through a door. It's still not enough to beat the four former delinquents he's facing, though he does put up a fight.
90	* PunkInTheTrunk: Saejima hides ''himself'' in Rin's trunk to ambush him when he's driving alone.
91	* PutOnABus: After the first arc, [[spoiler:Shizuka and Rin]] are never seen again.
92	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Tetsuji Maruyama, the new Kichijoji police chief, introduces himself to Saejima by [[SuplexFinisher suplexing him into the ground]].
93	* ReallyGetsAround: Shizuka has been with over a thousand men. To visualize this, Saejima buys a thousand sausages and lays them on the ground in front of the police station.
94	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
95	** Maruyama tells Saejima the real reason Kamata came back to Japan, and why he's posing as a cop. He then berates Saejima for being so much of a loser that even his former best friend can't count on him.
96	** In Chapter 30, his ex-girlfriend Chika tells him exactly why she broke up with him and why [[spoiler:he doesn't deserve to be her children's father]].
97	* RedBaron: Saejima was formerly called the "Mad Dog of Kamakura", and now goes by "Gargoyle Demon". He, Kamata, Nakajo, and Akutsu are collectively the "Demons of Shonan".
98	* ReusedCharacterDesign: Okita looks a lot like a grown-up Jun Kamata, to the point that the scanlators didn't realize he was a different character until Chapter 5.
99	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Shizuka goes on quite the revenge spree once she gets her hands on some weapons.
100	* RomanticFalseLead: Saejima doesn't end up with [[spoiler:Shizuka Aomori]].
101	* RoundhouseKick: Saejima gives one to the thug that attacks him in Chapter 2.
102	* SharkTunnel: Shizuka tells Rin to ComeAlone to meet her at the aquarium where they first met. When Inokuma and his men show up, Saejima shoots the glass and the water rushes in and takes out the gang.
103	* ShoutOut:
104	** After Saejima's HeroicBSOD, he does the famous "slumped in a chair" pose from ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''.
105	** One of the UrbanLegends about Saejima claims that making eye contact with him will impregnate a girl with [[Film/TheOmen a baby with]] "[[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]" on its head.
106	** In ''Goblin Mad Dog'', Onizuka wears Creator/BruceLee's famous yellow jumpsuit.
107	* ShroudedInMyth: Some rumors claim that the "Gargoyle of Inokashira Park" has LaserEyes that can melt away a girl's hymen, and one glance can make you pregnant.
108	* SinisterShades:
109	** Inokuma, boss of the Dragon Emperor gang, wears shades. So does his brother Rin.
110	** DaChief Maruyama also wears shades.
111	* SnoopingLittleKid: An elementary school girl named Yuu hangs out at the police station and likes to tease Saejima, but she's also very perceptive and quickly figures out what's happening.
112	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: This series continues the "turtle" visual metaphor for penises that was used in ''GTO: The Early Years''. When Shizuka grabs it, it's shown as a roaring {{Kaiju}} turtle.
113	* StaticStunGun: Shizuka tases Saejima and "borrows" his gun to get revenge on her abusive pimp Rin.
114	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Chika tells Yuhito "Don't look! He's just one of Mama's former friends, [[spoiler:you're not related at all!]]"
115	* TattooedCrook: The distributors of the "Blue Rose" drug all have a tattoo of a skull with blue roses.
116	* TranquilFury: When Shizuka's on the phone with Rin, telling him how she's going to get revenge.
117	->''Since my life has already been messed up, I'll make sure to fuck up your life too [...]''
118	->''[finds a box of grenades]''
119	->''Yippee...! I've just discovered some dangerous goods...I'll just take these and leave? I'm going to use these to kill you.''
120	* TheUnreveal: It's never revealed who [[spoiler:the ultimate leader of the Blue Rose gang]] is, as the manga ends on a cliffhanger with the guys driving to catch him.
121	* WritersCannotDoMath: Saejima says he's 22, and [[spoiler:has a 4 year old son Yuhito]], meaning [[spoiler:he was conceived when Saejima was 17 or so]]. The problem is that [[spoiler:the boy also has a sister Yuu who's 7, and when Saejima was dating their mother, there was no mention of her having another kid]]. It ''could'' be explained by [[spoiler:Yuu being Yuhito's stepsister, the daughter of the guy she married]]. [[spoiler:Yuu being his kid]] would make more sense if he was 24, which he probably is, going by how his hairstyle in this and ''GTO: Paradise Lost'' (which takes place a year after ''GTO'') match (in fact, he outright says he was 17 seven years ago).

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