Gakuen Alice

学園アリス
Alice Academy

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Synopsis

Mikan Sakura and Hotaru Imai are inseparable best friends, even if it seems like the latter does not reciprocate the same sentiment. Mikan naively believes that her aloof best friend would always be by her side until Hotaru decides to depart for Tokyo to attend Alice Academy. The school is home to gifted children who possess unique abilities known as Alices. Heartbroken and feeling abandoned, Mikan runs away from home in pursuit of her friend, hoping that she too can enroll in the prestigious institution. As Mikan gets accepted as a student at Alice Academy and reunites with her friend, she quickly learns that the academy is not all fun and games. The school itself is divided into a hierarchy system based on the strength of their Alice, behavior, and academic performance, as well as classifying each student under a specific Alice subgroup for a more personalized education. When she finds herself in the lowest rank, Mikan faces bullying from her classmates who all believe that she does not belong. Natsume Hyuuga, one of the academy's highest-ranking students, is especially vitriolic towards Mikan for seemingly no reason. The students begin to discover that the special academy has hidden secrets—many of which are a lot darker than one might think. As they unravel these mysteries, Mikan and her friends find themselves entangled in something far bigger than they could imagine. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

The first 16 volumes of Gakuen Alice were in English by Tokyopop from January 1, 2008, to April 5, 2011, before the publisher went defunct. The first 20 volumes were published in Spanish by Glénat España from June 2006 to February 2012.

Published

Sep 5, 2002 to Jun 20, 2013

Authors

Higuchi, Tachibana

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Adaptation

Gakuen Alice (anime)

Spin-Off

Kageki no Kuni no Alice

Main characters

Natsume Hyuuga1303 fan favorites
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Gender: Male Birthday: November 27 Horoscope: Sagittarius Age: 11 Alice: Fire Alice Stone Color: Red Height: 140 cm Weight: 34.5 kg Natsume is a extremely intelligent, to the point of being considered a genius, and despite this, ditches class frequently. Hated and feared by a lot of students at the academy because of his dangerous Alice and cold attitude. Due to the isolation he feels from most of his classmates and hatred many student feel about him he is often bullied even though he comes to ignore it, although the class he is a part of holds him in very high regard and often follows his orders. He is thoroughly unhappy with the school and is always suspicious of the intentions of adults because he believes that they use their power over the younger students to hurt and abuse. He is involved in top-secret missions for the Academy which are shady and haven't quite been explained in the story yet, although he often returns injured. He is paired up as Mikan's partner in class by the their mostly-absent class teacher, Narumi. Although at first he rebels strongly against this duty, he later accepts it and begins to enjoy Mikan's company, along with the company of his classmates and finds himself getting friendlier as the series progresses, although he never quite loses his dangerous edge and temper. He possesses the fire Alice. It is revealed early on that since Natsume has such a powerful Alice, it causes a lot of stress on his body to use and shortens his lifespan immensely. He had been showing the symptoms of a life shortening Alice for a year before the start of the series and had been progressing quickly due to the constant use of his abilities for missions for the Academy. Because of this, he can be seen quite a few times through the manga coughing blood or even going unconcious. He has a close group of friends, which at first is only Ruka, the only person at the Academy who understands his reasons for being there and originally agreed to come to the Academy because of Natsume. Later, though, he grows deeply fond of Mikan and finds himself trying to protect her from the dark side of the Academy. He gets extremely jealous whenever if Narumi, Tsubasa or any other male character gets too close with her, something that is often used against him by the older boys for teasing. He's often seen kicking the older guys shins, holding Mikan back from hugging others or burning the tips of Mikan's hair to get her attention again. He is the only Special Star in the Elementary Division, thus entitling him to a lot of luxurious things that he never really gets to take advantage of.
Mikan Sakura467 fan favorites
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Birthday: January 1 Height: 138 cm Weight: 33 kg Age: 10-11 Alice: Nullification Alice stone color: Mandarin Orange Mikan is the protagonist of the story. She is a cute, energetic, good-natured girl, but her clumsiness lands her into trouble. She is a very up-an-at-it and athletic person, much to annoyance of her down-to-earth friend, Hotaru. She used to live with her grandfather in the countryside. She was shocked to hear that Hotaru was moving back to the city to go to an academy for young 'geniuses' like her. When she heard rumors that students were like slaves in Alice Academy (which she felt was a possibility, since they gave money to parents for sending their children to the school), Mikan left her grandfather and her home to go after Hotaru by herself. She was then accepted to Alice Academy by Narumi-sensei and could attend Alice Academy with Hotaru and many other children with extraordinary powers. Her Alice is Nullification, which can resist the effect of Pheromone type Alices and completely negate the powers of other Alices in close proximity to her.
Hotaru Imai275 fan favorites
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Age: 10 Birthday: October 25 Height: 139 cm Weight: 30 kg Alice: Invention Alice stone color: purple Hotaru is an extremely intelligent and rational girl. She is considered to be a geek and more than a little strange because of her aloofness. Like Natsume, she is usually poker-faced, but possesses some humor in her. She may treat Mikan unkindly most of the time, but it is apparent that she deeply cares for her. Somehow, she likes to bully people she likes. Hotaru is Mikan's best friend and the main reason why Mikan came to the academy. She and Mikan have what may seem to be a doubtful and strange relationship. Hotaru comes off as cold, quiet, geeky, and bad-mouthed but calm. Her "stupid" points are her tendency of being a "pig" when it comes to food and her greedy side, this happens in a comical manner. Her Alice is Invention, which allows her to create unique and strange inventions. She belongs to the Technical Class. She is currently a Triple Star. Her name "蛍 - Hotaru" means "Firefly."
Ruka Nogi99 fan favorites
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Nickname: Ruka-Pyon, Ru-Chan Gender: Male Age: 10 Alice: Animal Pheromone Alice Stone Color: Milky White Birthday: March 16 Horoscope:Pisces Height: 140 cm Weight: 35 kg Ruka is Natsume's childhood friend and often referred by Mikan throughout the story as "Ruka-pyon." He has a gentle and pleasant personality that balances out that of Natsume's. Even though he tries to hide his feelings for Mikan Sakura, the grown-ups already know about it and even teased Ruka many times by the Watching Over Ruka Group. He always carries around a rabbit and has a way with animals, they seem to attract to him. He is also the main target of Hotaru, who loves clicking funny pictures of him and selling them. He belongs to the Somatic class. He is a Triple Star student like Hotaru.