Gakuen Alice

Original Title: 学園アリス
Alternative Titles: Alice Academy
Author: Tachibana Higuchi
Genre: Comedy,Magic supernatural,Romance
No.of volumes: 16 (ongoing)
Original Run: 19 Febuary 2003 (ongoing)
Publisher: Hakusensha
Other Related works: Gakuen Alice (anime)
Gakuen Alice ~Kira Kira Memory Kiss~ (PS2 Game)
Gakuen Alice: Waku Waku Happy Friends (DS Game)
Gakuen Alice ~Doki Doki Fushigi Taiken~ (Gameboy Advance Game)
The Plot
Gakuen Alice is the story of a 10-year old girl Mikan Sakura who is devastated when her best friend, Hotaru Imai, transfers to a special school for "genius" kids in Tokyo. After hearing horrible rumors of what happens in the Academy, Mikan runs away from home to seek out her dear friend, and finds that the school Hotaru transferred to, Gakuen Alice, is specifically for children who each have a special power called an "Alice". To Mikan's surprise, a teacher there, Narumi, discovers that she too has a unique Alice, and admits her to the school.

The story is primarily focused on Mikan and her experiences at the Academy, from the everyday bore of classes and exams, to the unexpected clashes with the Anti-Alice Organization (AAO). Despite her initial view of the so-called greatness of the school, Mikan slowly finds out that beneath the grand facade of the Academy lies a never-ending stream of lies and deception.

Mikan, meets a boy named Natsume, whom she at first hates but unconsciously cares for him, and eventually starts to form a friendship with him, and soon, he became someone whom she loved. Natsume has the Alice of fire and is in the Dangerous Ability class. Natsume hates the Academy and is forced to do its dirty work. Narumi thinks that Mikan, holds the key to save Natsume and change the Academy. Natsume and Mikan's friendship grew until Natsume was very fond of Mikan, to a point where he admits his feelings for her, and admitted to himself that he loved her and would do anything to protect her.

Along with the many friends she comes to make, including Natsume's best friend, Ruka Nogi, and the class representative, Yū Tobita a.k.a. Iinchō, Mikan comes to love the Academy and its teachers, but its increasingly manipulative and sinister actions toward her make it a dangerous place to be.
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My Review
I liked Gakuen Alice it was cute & touching in a way.Its kind of sad actually thinking that such kids are Government Property & have to be seperated from their parents.Its entertaining & cute to watch Natsume bullying poor Mikan.The stories were interesting although the thought of kids adventures sounded childish at first.The art was filled with the err.. spray paint look or maybe it was screentone.But it looked nice & somehow reminded me of christmas actually.This was definately cute.