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Strawberry 100%
Strawberry 100% volume 1
いちご100%
Genre	Harem comedy, Romance
Manga
Author	Mizuki Kawashita
Publisher	Shueisha
English publisher	Viz Media
Other publishers: Tong Li Comics Panini Comics Tokyopop Editorial Ivrea Tonkam
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run	February 2002 – August 2005
Volumes	19 (List of volumes)
Game
Strawberry 100% Strawberry Diary
Developer	Takara Tomy
Publisher	Takara Tomy
Platform	PlayStation 2
Released	February 10, 2005
Original video animation
Ichigo 100%: Love Begins!?
Studio	Madhouse
Released	September 2004
Episodes	1
TV anime
Director	Osamu Sekita
Studio	Madhouse
Network	Animax, TV Asahi
Original run	5 April 2005 – 21 June 2005
Episodes	26 paired episodes; last not broadcast
Original video animation
Director	Tomoki Kobayashi
Studio	Madhouse
Episodes	4
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Strawberry 100% (いちご100%, Ichigo Hyaku Pasento^?) is a Japanese harem manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2002 to August 2005^[1], then collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes by publisher Shueisha between August 2002 and December 2005. The series' licensing rights were later acquired by Viz Media, first publishing the series in Germany after partnering with publishing house Tokyopop.^[2] The series was later released in North America, with the latest English release being the eighth volume on April 7, 2009.^[3]

The manga was later adapted into an anime and several OVAs by Japanese animation studio Madhouse, running twenty-six episodes.^[4] The anime aired on Animax^[4] and TV Asahi from April 2005 to July 2005.

A PlayStation 2 video game was later released, titled Strawberry 100%: Strawberry Diary (いちご100%ストロベリーダイアリー, Ichigo 100%: Sutoroberi Daiari^?). The game was published and developed by Takara Tomy, and released on February 10, 2005 in Japan. The game was re-released under the Tomy Best Collection on March 30, 2006. ^[5]

Contents 1 Story 2 Characters 3 Media 3.1 Manga 3.2 Anime 3.2.1 OVAs 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Story

Strawberry 100% chronicles the school years of Junpei Manaka, a high school student and aspiring movie director, and his relationships with the girls that enter his life. At the start of the series, he encounters a mystery woman with strawberry-print panties, who he quickly becomes intrigued with. Hoping to find her, he finds the notebook of Aya Tojo nearby, who turns out to be an ordinary-looking girl. However, he soon discovers that Aya is a gifted writer, and the two become friends. Meanwhile, he believes the mystery girl to be Tsukasa Nishino, the most popular girl in his school. The two soon start a relationship together. However, he eventually realises Tsukasa is not the mystery woman he had been searching for, but chooses to continue their relationship. During his entrance exam for his desired high school, Izumimaka High, he discovers that Aya is in fact the mystery girl.

On his first day, he meets a feisty girl named Satsuki Kitaoji, whom he later discovers to be his classmate. The two gradually become friends and Satsuki eventually falls in love with him. Junpei starts a film club with Aya, Satsuki, a new classmate, the girl-crazed Hiroshi Sotomura, and two of his high school friends. Later Yui Minamito, an old childhood friend, reenters his life, around the same time Tsukasa grows impatient and breaks up with him, although their relationship later develops once more and they become good friends.

Junpei spends the rest of his high school years trying to determine which girl he likes best, while juggling time between his studies, his part-time job, and making movies for the annual school festivals. Eventually Tsukasa confesses her desire to become Junpei's girlfriend once again, and he realises Tsukasa is the one he loves. Aya laters confesses as well, though he rejects her feelings to stay true to Tsukasa. Despite Junpei and Tsukasa's reunion, Tsukasa's dream of studying pastry-making in France after graduation makes their eventual separation inevitable. A few days before graduation, Junpei suggests they break up in order to pursue their individual career goals, and Tsukasa reluctantly agrees. As they say their final farewells, they promise to meet again when she returns to Japan.

[edit] Characters

• Junpei Manaka (真中 淳平, Manaka Junpei^?) is a teenage school student, and the protagonist to the series. Junepei is constantly getting strung up in numerous embarrassing but endearing romantic situations throughout middle and then high school. Although his thoughts on girls can get quite perverted on occasion, his gentleness and kindness is what attracts them to him. His indecisiveness between the girls he loves—Aya, Satsuki, and Nishino—and inability to decipher their feelings is the focal point of the story. His dream is to make films as a director. While not academically gifted, he has great talent with cinematography that gradually develops as the story progresses.Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura

• Aya Tojo (東城 綾, Tōjō Aya^?) is a shy, affectionate teenage school student. Aya was the mystery girl with the ichigo pantsu (strawberry panties—underwear with strawberry patterns) that Manaka had been seeking out at the beginning of the series. Regarded as a shy bookworm, Aya wasn't noticed throughout middle school because of her ordinary appearance, despite her figure. Because of her shyness she hides her feelings from Manaka throughout most of the series despite her being the object of his affection for most of the time. Aya is also an aspiring novelist, her stories being the cause of her first meeting with Junpei. Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

• Tsukasa Nishino (西野つかさ, Nishino Tsukasa^?) is the most popular student in the school the series takes place in. Becomes Junpei's first – and only – official girlfriend in the series. Supportive, understanding, and optimistic, she does her best to encourage Junpei in everything he does, yet is also straightforward and flirtatious enough to let him know exactly what she wants. Of the four lead female characters, Tsukasa's personality changes the most: flighty and somewhat hot-tempered during her middle school days, she develops a far more mature attitude soon after entering Oumi Academy. Tsukasa has a passion for cooking and baking, and works part-time at a French pastry shop. Her dream is to study pastry-making further in France after graduation from high school. Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi

• Satsuki Kitaoji (北大路 さつき, Kitaōji Satsuki^?) is a student of Izumimaka High. Satsuki is very popular among the boys in the school, mainly with the sports clubs and teams. Of all the girls after Manaka, Satsuki is the most confident in her love—having been the first to ever confess to him—and is constantly seen in his company. Unlike the others, Satsuki is very aggressive, often physical, with her feelings. Coupled with her attractive figure, mainly her large bust size (officially she is a DDD-cup), she constantly tries to push herself onto Manaka. Despite her total devotion towards him, Satsuki's feelings are rarely returned. Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi

• Yui Minamito (南戸 唯, Minamito Yui^?) Once a neighbor and childhood friend of Manaka before moving away, Yui acts more like a sister than a friend despite being only a year younger. She isn't at all shy around Manaka and is often found sleeping in his bed naked. Though considered one of the four main heroines in the series, Yui is never considered a love interest nor does she ever show Manaka any affection outside of their sibling-type relationship, although she acts at times like an overprotective big sister (especially when Satsuki get unusually clingy), because Junpei was a crybaby in their childhood days. Voiced by: Nana Mizuki

[edit] Media

[edit] Manga

Written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita, Strawberry 100% was first serialized in Shōnen Jump magazine from February 2002 to August 2005. The 167 chapters were then compiled into nineteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. The first volume was released on August 2, 2002, with the final volume released December 2, 2005. Strawberry 100% was later licensed for English language release by Viz Media. The first volume was released on July 3, 2007, with the volumes continually being released every few months. The newest volume, seven, was released on January 6, 2009. Viz also partnered with fellow publishing house Tokyopop for release in Germany under the name 100% Strawberry.

The Strawberry 100% manga consists of 19 volumes, with a total of 167 chapters including one bonus chapter revolving around Misuzu Sotomura as the focal character. As opposed to the anime (which emphasizes the comedic events in the storyline), the manga focuses more on the romance and drama developing among the main characters.

The first Kanji on the last names of the four lead female characters represents a specific cardinal direction. Tō in Aya Tojo refers to the East; Nishi in Tsukasa Nishino refers to the West; Kita in Satsuki Kitaoji means North; and Minami in Yui Minamito means South. Also, Naka in Junpei Manaka's name means center. The author used this as a figurative diagram indicating the direction—or girl—the compass of Manaka's heart points to at any given time. In the first OVA, Manaka has a nightmare where all four girls stand around him at their respective cardinal directions.

[edit] Anime

Strawberry 100% was adapted into a 26-episode anime TV series by Madhouse, and directed by Osamu Kebita. It aired across Japan on Animax and TV Asahi. Every two episodes aired in one half-hour block, for a total of twenty-six episodes and thirteen broadcasts, although the last broadcast went unaired. The opening theme was "Shine of Voice" by Dream, with the ending theme being "Ike Ike" by HINOI TEAM.

[edit] OVAs

The OVAs of Strawberry 100% were all released at different times compared to the TV series. The first OVA was released before the TV series aired (and was made solely by Madhouse). They are not a continuation of the TV series, but are rather separate episodes based on certain chapters from the Strawberry 100% manga. The opening theme of the last four Strawberry 100% OVAs was "Kimiiro 100%", sung by the seiyū of the four lead characters, Mamiko Noto, Megumi Toyoguchi, Nana Mizuki, and Sanae Kobayashi. The ending theme is different in each episode, each song a solo by one of the lead female seiyū. The themes for the first OVA are the same as the standard anime's themes.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Ichigo 100% Site
• Shueisha's Ichigo 100% website
• TV.com episode summaries

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