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Title | Volume 1
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Illustrator | Moyamu Fujino
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Author | Moyamu Fujino
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Publisher | Tokyopop - 2009
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First Printing | MAG Garden Corporation - 2006
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Title | Volume 2
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Illustrator | Moyamu Fujino
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Author | Moyamu Fujino
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Publisher | Tokyopop - 2009
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First Printing | MAG Garden Corporation - 2006
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Title | Volume 3
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Illustrator | Moyamu Fujino
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Author | Moyamu Fujino
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Publisher | Tokyopop - 2010
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First Printing | MAG Garden Corporation - 2007
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Title | Volume 4
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Illustrator | Moyamu Fujino
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Author | Moyamu Fujino
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Publisher | Tokyopop - 2010
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First Printing | MAG Garden Corporation - 2007
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Title | Volume 7
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Illustrator | Moyamu Fujino
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Author | Moyamu Fujino
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Publisher | Tokyopop - 2011
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First Printing | MAG Garden Corporation - 2008
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Category | Manga
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Neko Fukuta (Fune), Kotaro, Miiko, Yuichi, Sasuke, Yusuke
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Main Elements | Anthropomorphism
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 Volume 1
Can you pledge secrecy when you are...a human being?
When Neko Fukuta finds herself enrolled in the mysterious Morimori Academy - a secret school for animal-human shape shifters - she soon realizes she must pretend to be a magical cat and not allow any of the other students to find out her real identity...But as she struggles with the trials and tribulations of a new school and new friends, Neko's just-discovered feline side might bring out the true human spirit in all of her animal classmates!
Volume 2
The fun never stops at Morimori High School! Fune and friends are settling in to their classes and dorm life, but there are plenty of surprises in store as Fune learns more about the strange school rules, as well as some of its more mysterious students. And when it comes time to pick extra-curriculars, what will Fune do?
Volume 3
As Miiko struggles to be more independent, Fune gets a fever overnight! A small conspiracy begins to get her human cold medicine without revealing her secret, but someone seizes it as an opportunity to spy on something else. Meanwhile, Kotaro decides to impress Miiko as she still seems to be ignorant of his true feelings. However, in the midst of all the mess, Yuichi is the one who will reach a point of no return...
Volume 4
Everyone's on edge with Yuichi having left Morimori after the devastating revelation that he isn't actually human. Aside from losing one of her best friends (and maybe something more?), Neko is distraught at how the truth about Yuichi affects her own place at this school for animal shape-shifters. But when she herself decides to leave the academy, it's up to Kotaro to bring her back!
Volume 7
Neko summoned all of her courage to tell Sasuke how she feels about him, but before he could respond, he collapsed and wound up in the infirmary! It seems that Sasuke is still keeping some important secrets, involving the ever-mysterious headmistress and Neko's very presence at the school. Can Neko and her friends overcome their sad pasts and unravel the mystery before it's too late, or is their chance at a happy ending about to be lost forever?
My library has a big, but not huge, selection of manga so I decided I'd just start at the beginning and go through them all. Animal Academy was therefore one of the first. Oddly, I was under the impression it was going to have no supernatural aspects, that it would just be about some crazy high school.
Well, it's all supernatural after all. Neko, a regular girl who isn't all that good in school is desperate to get into high school, *any* high school. Finally one accepts her, only it wasn't exactly what she had in mind. See, none of the students except her are human, they are all shapeshifting animals that come here to learn how to pass as human!
It's quite adorable, especially the artwork of the animals, Miiko may be annoying as a human but as a cat she is the sweetest thing to look at. And while I first found Kotaro annoying, he's now one of my favorite characters. The more I read the series, the more attached I became to all the characters and their misadventures. And it wouldn't be any fun if there weren't some mysteries going on behind the scenes, like who is that snake? Or what is the Morimori School Handbook and why does it contain all (even up to date!) information on all the students? And what exactly are the twins Sasuke and Yusuke up to?
Unfortunately, my library didn't have two of the books, so I must admit by the last book I was scratching my head trying to figure out what I missed, the conclusion might have been more satisfying if I had understood what they were wrapping up better. But it was still fun to read and I enjoyed it very much.
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