Quote Originally Posted by MFauli View Post
Man, it's so ridiculous how much power and fame these delinquents seem to have, lol. Barging into the classroom with the teacher there and nobody calls the police? wtf. I wonder if delinquent culture really was that crass in older days of Japan.
It really was. GTO-predecessor Shonan Junai Gumi and similar series tried to add a level of nobility to the teenage Japanese thug lifestyle, but it was a real problem.

To the point that Grave of the Fireflies is not an anti-war film, believe it or not. "Instead, [director] Takahata had intended to convey an image of the brother and sister living a failed life due to isolation from society and invoke sympathy particularly in people in their teens and twenties."
It's allegorical, with the message, "Stop being stubborn and reckless, doing whatever you want in life. Listen to your elders."