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Description
From Viz:
Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima--at anything. He always comes out on top no matter what he does, and Hikari is determined to do whatever it takes to beat this guy!

At age 6 Hikari lost to Kei in an impromptu wrestling match. Now, at 15, Hikari joins "Special A," a group of the top seven students at a private academy, for the opportunity to trounce the guy who made her suffer her first defeat.

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Includes a side story called Shoku no Miyako in vol. 11.

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
S・A スペシャル・エー
S・A(スペシャル・エー)
S.A特优生
SA
Special A

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Divine Sanctuary
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Irhene Gakuen Community
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Latest Release(s)
v.17 c.99 (end) by Potato-Otaku (286d ago)
v.17 c.98 by Potato-Otaku (288d ago)
v.17 c.98 by Irhene Gakuen Community (296d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
17 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

User Reviews
Special A by PrincessVera

User Rating
Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (1141 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.38 / 10.0
10
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9+
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8+
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7+
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6+
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5+
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4+
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 3% (37 votes)

Last Updated
January 17th 2010, 12:29pm PST

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Forum
17 topics, 228 posts
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year
2003

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)
Hana to Yume (Hakusensha)
The Hana to Yume (Hakusensha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Chuang Yi (4 Volumes - Ongoing)
Viz Media (14 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #353 increased(+52)
Monthly Pos #529 decreased(-5)
3 Month Pos #452 decreased(-33)
6 Month Pos #397 decreased(-41)

List Stats
On 2198 reading lists
On 605 wish lists
On 1218 completed lists
On 213 unfinished lists
On 116 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Who's your favourite character(s) in Special A? 97 days, 15 hours, 45 minutes ago
SA finale !!! =o 258 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes ago
Special A anime 426 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes ago
Special A chapters 64-69 (spoils) 452 days, 10 hours, 28 minutes ago
Special A chapters 70-72 (spoils) 467 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes ago

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Beautiful by lessaandflar on December 8th, 2009, 7:15pm

I love reading books, and getting engrossed in stories. I've read enough mangas that I can pretty easily predict what will happen, and yet, every chapter, there was some little twist that I didn't completely expect. Although the general plot is much like that of other manga's like it, this story gave me so much joy.
This is the first manga to make be laugh so much, and the first manga to make me cry at all. In the final few chapters, I couldn't help crying and smiling at the same time, and this is the first manga where the last chapter truly felt like the end of the story.
The heroine is sorta the typical idiotic shojo idiot girl, and yet, she's not. There's depth to the story, and all the characters have a full embodiment and have three dimensionals to their personalities, instead of just one dimensional background characters.
I'm crying and smiling just thinking about it. I just want to continue living in this happiness produced from this beautiful story.

Rating: 10  / 10.0


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A firm favourite of mine by maggipie on October 28th, 2009, 7:35am

This manga seamlessly blends comedy and romance together. It's sweet, pure fun. You can tell through his actions that Kei really cherishes Hikari. He loves teasing her just the right way. Hehe. However, my favourite character after Kei is Ryuu. He's such a sweetie with the animals, Jun and Megumi. He's the perfect guy. *__*
This manga is really long but I really wouldn't mind a sequel just to see how the characters are doing. In short, I really recommend this manga! It really left me wanting more.

Rating: 10  / 10.0


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... Last updated on October 28th, 2009, 7:39am
  
this manga by sita23 on August 22nd, 2009, 10:28pm

i have only got to read up to number 11 but i like this manga yeah its kinda stupid but funny to me it gives me a good laugh when i have nothing else (has a very boring life) in a way this kinda reminds me of absolute boyfriend but different, eveyone has there own opinion but thats the way this world is supposed to be. this is one of my faves the other is vampire knight and yes its short and has a bittersweet ending i would recommend absolute boyfriend for alot of laughs


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... Last updated on August 27th, 2009, 2:46am
  
Below average by Peppermint on July 28th, 2009, 10:10am

Special A starts off great (seemingly fiery heroine) then goes downhill. Although Hikari is portrayed as a tough student, beyond the first chapters she is sweet, dense, and makes hypocritical decisions (even though she's supposed to be smart). There's little character and relationship development. If there's one step forward, the characters refute it later. The plot drags and repeats itself, and it's a shame that these cute characters hardly get anywhere.

I was really relieved when I got to chapter 99. The only thing I wanted by the end was actual character/relationship development, which didn't happen. It's not a manga that I would recommend.

Rating: 5  / 10.0


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... Last updated on July 28th, 2009, 10:16am
  
Meh by vietangelix on July 28th, 2009, 9:25am

It wasn't a waste of time to me because I enjoyed it.
I laughed at the silly things they did,
enjoyed reading about each of the characters,
and felt sad that it ended.
Well, people do have different preferences.

Rating: 8  / 10.0


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... Last updated on July 28th, 2009, 9:26am
  
not so much by cutehanky2 on July 25th, 2009, 2:40am

for those guys out there who are into this manga..sorry but not really my type.it's absolutely pointless and i hate how the guy can be so perfect and how the girl can be so stupid..as i said it's pointless..don't understand why a lot of people like this though..

Rating: 3  / 10.0


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Kind of boring! by crans4me on July 12th, 2009, 8:38pm

Don't know why this manga's so famous. There're just challenges and challenges between the two main characters. Their love seems to play a minor part in the plot and it keeps draging. <yawn> What's so special about it?

Rating: 4  / 10.0


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... Last updated on July 12th, 2009, 8:41pm
  
Totally Special by Shygirlz on June 7th, 2009, 2:42pm

Ok reading some of your guys' comments I figured a lot of you didn't like it. I, however thought that it was a really good manga and had a unique plot smile I do think that the manga could be shorter (even though I'd be sad when it ended so early) and that the anime should be longer (IDK what they would add to make it longer but I felt it was too short) smile

Rating: 10  / 10.0


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... Last updated on January 31st, 2010, 9:34am
  
onething bugged me... by mangafan321 on June 1st, 2009, 5:29pm

that one chapter where Hikari starts sneaking around helping another guy seriously pissed me off. how can she be so unbelievable stupid? she was even considering keeping her promise to "grant his wish" even if he asked her to break up with her boyfriend. how touching that she loves her boy friend so much that shes willing to dump him just to keep a promise she made with a guy she just met. i hate women like her, her boyfriend should be more important to her than the friend....


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ehhh... by aether on May 22nd, 2009, 4:11am

I just lost interest half way through...The characters just remained static. I mean there was hardly any development for the main couple for about 50 chapters. And I didn't really care for the side characters. It was cute and funny. 'Was' being the key word. I'm just glad it finally ended.

Rating: 6  / 10.0


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