Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou

Cromartie High School
魁!! クロマティ高校

Manga8.24288 votes17 volumes · 335 chaptersFinished

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Synopsis

Welcome to Cromartie High—a melting pot of underachievers and overzealous bullies, where the fist rules and the student body has the combined I.Q. of a rusty nail. After a whole lot of bad judgment and a little bad luck, Takashi Kamiyama is now attending this academy of dunces. Here, his only homework will be defending himself against the foul-mouthed robots, semi-intelligent apes and masked villains that roam the halls of Cromartie High School! (Source: ADV)

Publication notes

Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award in a tie alongside Beck for Best Shounen Manga in 2002. Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou had twelve volumes released in English as Cromartie High School by ADV Manga from March 1, 2005 to November 6, 2007 before the license was dropped and the publisher went defunct.

Published

Jul 19, 2000 to May 17, 2006

Authors

Nonaka, Eiji

External links

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Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou (anime)

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Main characters

Freddie587 fan favorites
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A mute with a nearly uncanny resemblance to Freddie Mercury. Hayashida claimed that as long as he attended, Cromartie would be the "Olympics for delinquents". Although he never speaks and people assume he is a mute, Freddie actually has a good singing voice and the only occasion people can hear his voice is when he sings. He also rides a horse to school, and seems to be in Japan for no apparent reason. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Shinichi Mechazawa343 fan favorites
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One of the most notorious delinquents of Cromartie. Though he is a robot, no one but the main characters seems to notice, including himself. Other delinquents rely on him and he gives good advice. Mechazawa is bad with machines: "Why are you bringing ME your electronics? I want to help you guys in any way I can -- even if I gotta put my life on the line! But when it comes to MACHINES, I'm helpless myself." From the character profile: People seem to find this robot deliquent a bit unbelievable; however, both male and female readers are enamored of Mechazawa for his cerebral and down-to-earth remarks. But whatever way you look at it, Mechazawa is a robot - though he obnoxiously tries to play himself of as a human.
Takashi Kamiyama242 fan favorites
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The main character of the series, originally just another above-average student until he decided to enroll at Cromartie. Everyone else at Cromartie assumes that he's the toughest kid in school, since a rabbit would never go into a den of lions (unless it was a really badass rabbit). He has ambitions to change the school for the sake of bettering its student body.
Shinjirou Hayashida122 fan favorites
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Kamiyama's first friend at Cromartie, noted for his (fake) purple mohawk. Hayashida is the one delinquent that helps Kamiyama blend in to the bewildering environment of Cromartie High. Although streetwise, he is dumber than the gorilla and doesn't even understand basic math.
Akira Maeda13 fan favorites
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A delinquent of some accomplishment (he claims to have won a 5-against-1 fight), he is ignored and disrespected because he lacks a nickname. Often the most conservative of Kamiyama's friends, he is also frequently abducted by delinquents from Bass High School and is often the unwilling host of Cromartie High gatherings at his house. He has the most common sense of all the characters in the series.Despite his masculine looks, is an exact replica of his mother (excepting his hairstyle).