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Description
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.

Type
Manga

Related Series
SA - Jougai Rantou (Sequel)

Associated Names
S・A スペシャル・エー
S・A Lớp học ưu tú
S・A(スペシャル・エー)
S.A特优生
Special A
S•A

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Latest Release(s)
v.17 c.99 (end) by Potato-Otaku (1484d ago)
v.17 c.98 by Potato-Otaku (1485d ago)
v.17 c.98 by Irhene Gakuen Community (1493d 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
Ends at Vol 6, Chap 33

User Reviews
Special A by PrincessVera

Forum
19 topics, 242 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (1736 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.27 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 18th 2013, 8:11pm PST

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Genre
Comedy  Drama  Romance  School Life  Shoujo 
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Author(s)
MINAMI Maki

Artist(s)
MINAMI Maki

Year
2003

Original Publisher
Hakusensha

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

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Chuang Yi
Viz (17 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #568 increased(+141)
Monthly Pos #1031 increased(+67)
3 Month Pos #1003 decreased(-9)
6 Month Pos #1005 increased(+19)

List Stats
On 2397 reading lists
On 890 wish lists
On 3179 completed lists
On 340 unfinished lists
On 386 custom lists

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Forum Posts
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 So overrated...   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by cl123
March 24th, 2008, 8:39pm
The first few volumes were appealing, but as I read on, I realized that it's just another manga stuffed with cliches, and has the most dreaded one - extremely ditzy shojo girl with the princely shojo guy. I got bored of this manga soon. However, it's not bad and has its merits, but I think this manga is given way too much credit.
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 Nice artwork but...   
Rating: N/A
by Cloverbomb
January 13th, 2009, 2:11pm
... not a great story?
I tried to like this but it didn't work out.
At the beginning, I loved Hikari. Spunky girl with a goal whose tired of being 2nd best against a guy who can remember everything, is good at everything and does... well, everything. But as I continued, she gradually became a lot dense in my eyes and my liking for her as a heroine dropped dramatically. She's as goodhearted as ever but... ehh.

cl123's review said my thoughts best.
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 this is the most awesomest manga ever!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by qtxchunsa
January 18th, 2008, 2:17pm
this is sooooooooooooooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!! >.< takishima and hikari r such a cute couple!!!! its a typical story about a dense girl and a guy that likes her and later on she realizes she likes him too, and blablabla but its really funny and its soooo cute!!!! its uber kawaii!!! it is a must-read and it is sooo good that i am going to collect it. i already have the first 15 volumes!! i need volume 16*__* lol xD but seriously, u have to read it.

... Last updated on April 16th, 2010, 9:10pm
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 Below average   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by Peppermint
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.

... Last updated on July 28th, 2009, 10:16am
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 first Vol was a bit vague...but   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Maik0
October 27th, 2011, 3:35pm
why didn't i read this earlier?!
the first Vol was a bit vague but it's getting better in the second volume onwards ...really very beautiful and funny smile
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 Couldn't wait until it was over...   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by Tatania
July 11th, 2010, 9:36am
I started the manga and kind of liked it, hoping that as I continued to read I would like it more and more, the opposite of that happened though, I began to like it less and less to the point of I couldn’t wait until it was over so I wouldn’t have to read it anymore! And that is a horrible feeling to have while reading a manga…

Plot- The plot is simple, and could have made a cute little story if it hadn’t been drug out for so long! Really, it began to get boring before I had even read halfway into the series! The series really could have been shortened, some side couples that really shouldn’t have been added could have been cut out, they weren’t needed and some seemed to be added only so that everyone got a happy ending. The same plot devices were used again and again, so while the story relied very little on the usual clichés it created its own clichés within the story. The story itself got silly, everyone is SA is superhuman in some way or another, making it unrealistic, and many of the situations were ridiculous. At first I kind of enjoyed the series, but as I read on I became a bit more bored, then a little more bored, and when I was finally in the chapter 75-80 I just wanted it to end, and the only reason I pushed myself to finish it was so I could give complete review.

Characters- The mains are all right in their own ways, Hikari’s dedication and optimistic spirit is very admirable, but she is WAY too dense!
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I mean Kei was clearly in love with her and everyone else saw this, except Hikari, she just couldn’t believe he liked her…
Her denseness got quite irritating fast. Kei is… thinking back there isn’t really anything that great about him, if you take Hikari away Kei turns into quite a boring character, his main characteristics are all traits that somehow link back to his liking Hikari, and that isn’t good in a character. And his traits got annoying after a while too, he was way too jealous and aggressive when it comes to his jealousy, and he can be quite controlling. The secondary characters appear and disappear when necessary, they are only there to hinder or help Hikari and Kei’s relationship. There were many couples between the secondary characters but when the story added that, it focused on it, usually for a chapter, and went as far as even excluding the mains for that chapter, making the chapters focused on secondary couples seem apart from the main story line, as if they were One Shot’s added onto the other completely different series. This was helped along by the fact that these couples were only mentioned every now again in those separate chapters and in the main story were hardly even mentioned.

Art- The art was all right, nothing special but not bad either. There are a lot of blocky areas of text in most chapters that are a bit bothersome to read so much at a time, way to much reading. The character designs could have been a bit better to, the more characters were introduced the less I could distinguish between characters, and sometimes the only way I knew which characters were which is if they were called by name, or the informative block’s of text would tell you all you need to know instead of just giving information in the dialog…

Other- I got so bored/annoyed at the main characters; their personalities began to get on my nerves along with their relationship. Hikari and Kei really need to have more trust in their relationship, but I can see why they don’t trust each other because for some reason they so often keep things secret from each other, and usually for no good reason! The same goes for their communication, they need to communicate better, and communicating better doesn’t include having a competition that whoever wins it gets to ask something/order the other person to do something/have a secret that the other person is holding back be told. As the story went on I began to like Hikari and Kei’s relationship less and less and began to like the side couples more and more, to the point I was excited when the chapters came that seemed to have no ties to the main story and in them Hikari and Kei were usually no where to be found or played minor rolls. These chapters, while still seeming strange with the overall story, were quite refreshing because I got a break from the mains! The story fell quite flat, there were so many disjointed arcs during the story that vaguely seemed to be leading up to something a little more interesting than the usual arcs but in the end fell quite flat and left me disappointed by the antagonist and the final ending of the story.
All in all I don’t recommend this manga, sure the first couple chapters might be interesting and fun, and many of the side couples can be interesting as well, reading the manga just for that isn’t worth your time and effort, and you’d be spending your time much more wisely reading a much better manga.

5/10 – Was all right
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 Beautiful   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by lessaandflar
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.
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 So much fun reading this   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by JHax9999
October 29th, 2008, 7:30am
I love Hikari. She's just sooo much fun and cute.
I always laugh so much reading this damn thing because of her...lol
What a great, likable character.
This manga is awesome.

... Last updated on October 29th, 2008, 7:54am
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 Favourite Manga   
Rating: N/A
by Kiyoho
December 19th, 2007, 9:30am
I loooove this manga
The art is so beautiful and the characters are fun! I feel sorry for Kei lmao XD
GO MINAMI-SENSEI!!! <333
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 S.A Special A   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by rosechoice
May 3rd, 2007, 12:06am
I love this series^^ its still ongoing in japan, but the the release is kind of slow, even in japan, well at lease in my opinion...ive been waiting forever for the next chapter to come out....but ill wait no matter how long it takem cauz im just so in love with this series
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