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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
N/A
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
20 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 (487 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.63 / 10.0
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Last Updated
November 18th 2009, 5:33am 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  (+66) Monthly Pos # 721 (+51) 3 Month Pos # 540  (-58) 6 Month Pos # 495 (-178)
List Stats
On 1485 reading lists On 518 wish lists On 79 unfinished lists On 64 custom lists
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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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| A fun fun FUN read :D by wintermelon on March 6th, 2009, 3:34am |
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As Gakuen Alice is an ongoing manga, my opinion of it continuously changes,,,i should comment on it after i've finished it but i really want to express how i like it so far and how it deserves other people's notice~
And also the story after the short filler stories' (at around chapter 60), picks itself up!! ~To my immense relief!
I think some people have confused my previous comment as if i am complaining about the main plot which didn't end afterall (at chapter 60+).....and the flashbacks involved...
thats not true 
please dont misunderstand me~ 
i totally LOVE IT.
i was only irritated and disappointed at the disjointed and completely individual stories that followed from chapter 60.The characters were also repeatedly reminiscing their experiences from before (chapter 60). It was slightly annoying.
I guess the mangaka wanted a sort of cool down before bringing up the main plot again. That makes sense...
i feel stupid for getting so worked up about those few chapters~
I really really enjoy reading Gakuen ALice, its Amazing
the art is nice (the eyes especially~~they are so pretty =v=). Although the story is predicatable at times and at times the mangaka tries to make some stuff seem mysterious when its already so obvious...(like the mother thing)...but the tactfully intwined elements of [b][u]humour[/u[/b] (which is very funny) and romance <3... excessively compensates for its flaws (such as the occasional draggy content).
Moreover, the characters are cute and totally lovable.
Surprisingly, Mikan is understandable. Even though She is a crybaby and a total idiot sometimes (sometimes only, mind) and that should make me hate her.
But, also surprisingly, i dont. Thats cause she has her own adorable traits (such as unconditional loyalty and love towards her friends) AND naivity <~ lawl. TALK ABOUT IT! Her naivity and the jokes that exploits it...really makes me laugh a heck !!!
Hope my previous splurt of a comment didn't discourage anyone from reading this manga
Its a very amusing read.
There are serious, complex and intricate portions of the plot that can please anyone who likes to think. The whole issue with 10 yr old kids as the focus of the story is just a part of the story's underlying dark underplot =3
As such~ people, please read it its FUN! But there are a few chapters (as i said) that makes you go @WTF?!@ but it all improves as you read! ^^ and as as such, my rating is going to be raised once again.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on March 8th, 2009, 6:17am |
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| Gakuen Alice by punkie on February 5th, 2009, 12:12pm |
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Even tough this is one of the best shoujo series i've read so far, I don't know if I can still keep on reading it.
To see elementary school kids suffer an unbearable treatment for no reason, with people who want to, but can't defend them properly, to see 8-10 years old kids having to protect each other with their lives so that they can still be together, and still not see any change or light in their futures.
To read 100 chapter of this, with only rare comedic moments to break the almost eternal pain of the characters (specially Natsume and Mikan), to be on the limit of crying every chapter because of the injustice of this., it's almost unbearable for me.
Very, very sad manga.
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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