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Gakuen Alice
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Description
From Tokyopop:
Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo to follow her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye. If Mikan wants to stay by Hotaru's side, she has to both pass the strange "entrance exam" and face the even greater challenge of befriending her very odd new classmates. Whether it's Hotaru's gift for inventing gadgets, the cranky Natsume's fire-casting ability, or Professor Narumi's control of human pheromones, everyone at the school has some sort of special talent. But what ability, if any, does Mikan possess? Mikan is going to have to rely on her courage and spunk if she's going to stay in school, or even stay alive!
Type
Manga
Related Series
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Associated Names
学園アリス
愛麗絲學院
爱丽丝学园
퍼니퍼니 학원 앨리스
Alice Academy
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
21 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 6, Chap 29
User Reviews
Gakuen Alice by Plaiid-Tiisue Gakuen Alice by aquamarinecharlotte
User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (521 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.63 / 10.0
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Last Updated
December 12th 2009, 4:10pm PST
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Year
2003
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Hana to Yume (Hakusensha)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Tokyopop (Ongoing - 8 volumes)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 419  (+77) Monthly Pos # 716 (+107) 3 Month Pos # 822  (-37) 6 Month Pos # 741 (-209)
List Stats
On 1573 reading lists On 526 wish lists On 80 unfinished lists On 76 custom lists
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| Addicting >< by tingster7 on January 1st, 2010, 12:12pm |
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I could go on and on about how amazing this manga is, but I don't feel like typing it all out 
Basically, I love it so much, that I re-read the whole dang thing (til the most recent chapters, of course) all over again this Winter Break! You can say that I have no life, or I just really really like this manga.
It makes me laugh, alot, and I love all of their facial expressions! At first, I didn't like how they were only 10 like alot of people, but then i did see how that if they were any older, it would've been like every other shoujo or whatever...teenagers are all the same, and all the other mangas in the world seems to be about teenagers (or adults...i guess) anyways.
Lastly, I would like to say, I love love love Natsume! He's soo awesome! Gosh, the cute parts of this manga always makes my heart flutter >< NatsumexMikan forever!!! The Time Traveling Arc is kinda boring (at least the second time around....) when you're reading it all at once. It was better to just read it as it came out.
Um..what else? I just love everything about it! The art, the characters, the plot, EVERYTHING >< It's definitely unique
I highly recommend this 
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| gakuen by kellhus on December 6th, 2009, 1:12pm |
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one of the best children oriented manga i've read so far -- reminds me of Bokurano.
The characters are great; while the plot does cater to a child's stability it doesn't tread into a position where it looks forced either. The powers aspects are always a suspension of disbelief, but I really enjoy how the author has made the world quite a wide open place, where anything could be going on with alices'.
The interplay is where the manga shines.
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| LUV IT!!!!! by kulekrizpy on November 2nd, 2009, 8:49pm |
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I totally love this series. There are 121 chapters out so far, so you'll be busy enough waiting for the next one. 122 comes out on Nov. 5! DD It's not one of those manga series that you get hooked on and then no more chapters come out. It's really cute.
The main characters are 10/11 yrs old, but that's a good thing because not only do you get an outsider's look, it's also completely unbiased because the characters are so innocent. It's also great fun to watch the slow progression of romance. ^~^ (It's hilarious to see Luka/Ruka--his name gets a bit sketchy *sweat drop*-- and Natsume try to be romantic towards Mikan, because she's really dense.)
Besides that, though most of the main characters are 10 or 11, you also see main character in middle school and high school. It might bother some ppl that they're so young, but the characters all have really mature sides to them, so their age doesn't take away from the story at all (their age never bothered me). Besides, if they were teenagers I feel like it would be just another shoujo manga. It would be way to dramatic if they were. But they're not, so it's a nice fit. 
There's a good aspect of humor, from Natsume's slightly perverted additude towards Mikan to Hotaru's inventions. Also, the facial expressions are hilarious! :3 (Especially Mikan's!)
Mikan's additude towards life and her friends is basically "never give up, because the sun is shining behind those clouds"... she is really loyal and sweet. (Though she can be a real RAWR kind of person if you provoke her. That's basically Natsume and anyone who thinks their better just because of their Alice. XD Or anyone who tries to hurt her friends.) Everyone in Mikan's homeroom class is really well bonded. Very sweet, though there is a bit of a dark side to the manga.
Great manga, I totally recommend it! (The anime veers off a bit but not really badly. If you want the anime, watch the subbed version. I don't like the voices in the dubbed, and it's nothing different besides the fact that it's in English.)
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on November 2nd, 2009, 9:20pm |
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| One of my favourites =] by kiari7!!! on August 22nd, 2009, 6:51pm |
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I totally love this manga.
I think that their age just makes the impact of what they have to go throu greater :3.
There are lots of characters, and each one of them is well thought out :3.
There's lots of mystery and darkness, but just as many funny parts ^-^ I think the story is really complete. The characters are so naive, yet have to expierence and have expierenced really terrifying stuff. I love the art, and there are some scenes that are like xD stuck in my mind. Like Ruka's and Pyo Pyo's. They just make me go LOL everytime i see one xD.
I really reccomend this : 3
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| love it by cherrykookie on August 21st, 2009, 7:59pm |
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| I really immensely enjoy reading this manga. I just love all the characters. They're all unique and fun. I love Natsume and Mikan together. I love the whole world that the manga-ka created! Some parts are a bit confusing and verryy draggy. Overall a cute funny manga that also has its dark side! |
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| GREAT!!! :) by Shygirlz on July 26th, 2009, 8:57pm |
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I saw the anime, and that made me totally want to see what happened, so i started reading- and got totally hooked. I was wondering why the author made them that young, but then realized that if they were older they wouldn't be so innocent and nice, and some of the characters would probably be way mean or perverted or something, and it really doesn't matter this much i guess cuz i really love the Mikan and Natsume pair, and they are kinda mature because of all they went through. And if you guys read CCS (cardcaptor sakura) they fell in love when they were about 11 too (in GA remember they celebrated Mikan and Natsume's 11th birthday). I find this a really nice anime and hope it goes on for some time without getting boring. I especially love all the facial expressions, whether it's serious or comical (my favorite- it's always so funny at times I also hope the romantic side of this progresses as well. This is just a great manga, with great illustrations and storyline arcs, great character personalities, and being a shoujo romance fan, great couple (fyi- MikanxNatsume) TOTALLY RECOMMENDED
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| I love it by charmedlass on May 9th, 2009, 9:42am |
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I first saw this as an anime and I loved it so much. I couldn't have enough so I decided to read the manga. However, scanlations are hard to come by so for now, I stopped. It's really really long now but I will get back at it once it's finished and the scanlations too.
So far, bypassing their ages, it is a very very good read. Who would've thought that something so cute at first would turn out to be so dark, so heavy. I totally commend the mangaka.
... Last updated on May 9th, 2009, 9:43am |
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| The Age thingy? by Tachyonic on April 20th, 2009, 7:50pm |
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I don't know. I'm not at all bothered by their age. I'm reading it as "literature", so to speak, and I personally think the effects would be less if they were older. Had they been in their teenage years, it would be all angsty and stuff, the innocence all vanquished. That's only my opinion, of course.
The plot's nice too -- although being confined into the shoujo realm guarantees more or less cliches and predictability. It's good that the author bind 'em all up in the present and slowly unfurl the stories of the past -- those events that keep 'em all connected.
While I believe there are better illustrators than the mangaka herself, I think Tachibana-sensei's knack for humor outshines them all. With the very comedic facial expressions -- or lack thereof -- she can pull almost everything off, even in the midst of a crisis situation. The unchanging visage plastered upon Mind-reader-kun, the foxy eyes Natsume has... great for the lulz.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on April 20th, 2009, 7:52pm |
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| under-aged children by windshadow on March 8th, 2009, 9:43am |
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If only the characters were older, it would make more sense for the love triangle. At that age, oh please, save me the agony.
Otherwise, i enjoyed this story immensely.
Rating: 6 / 10.0 |
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| Long and changes by moonangelko on March 6th, 2009, 5:15pm |
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The author is really intresting. She incorprating several styles for this manga. Like having arcs, little magic, horrible suffering, and drama.
Though one may say they think of the past too much but the fact of the matter is the whole plot and situation relies on the past! The main plot is stop the evil and corruption that the school has. It was firmly pointed out in the very beginning. Well that is the plot in my opinion, this manga is a tricky one, that what makes it so addicting. You never know what is next |
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