Gakuen Alice

i've read this story a few years ago, and i think this story is quite interesting to be read. You know, the story line is good,, and the characters are strong, And more importantly i love natsume,, kyaaa >.< But why this story goes to far, are you think the elementary students can be endure those stupid problems and cruel fate just like that? Oh, come on,, that's silly!! at least, please use the range of age for high school student. 🙁

The age of the main characters and the story on the beginning may lead you to think that this manga is aimed for children and until some point it can really be read by those. But, as the story goes on, many sad events begins to happen that I think it's for a more mature audience.
So, if you don't like sad events that will probably make you cry in mangas stop reading it at the Gakuen Festival. I simply love it.
The development of the characters, all of the events that happens even the sad ones makes Gakuen Alice one of my favorites manga.

Give it a try.

This is the best fairytale love story between 2 people in any manga!
<3
Well Done Tachibana Higuichi!!!

The show is from an adults reality (taking responsibility for yourself)
Because the school/story has forced the kids to act alone then comes Natsume who's always alone but a brave learner. So he doesn't dream; Until Mikan flies in like a fairy.

What's every1 else reading?!
Natsume's dead -_- Bring the story back!!!

note: All good things come to an end sadly.

It was first published in my country.. But the distribution was really slow and in the end i couldn't help myself and went online to read it. I still religiously buy the tankoubon when it came out so no worries. And now I just read it again after a long long time from the first book and I read it until the latest chapter, ch.177. It was an emotional roller-coaster, I couldn't stop crying and even after I finished reading it the tears wouldn't stop and thus this review..

I can't stop myself wondering what would happen to Imai siblings, And will Hotaru be back safe and sound?? I really can't imagine the ending of this manga if they didn't survived. And how much I admire Bear, he's sacrificing his "freedom" inside the academy and be a "regular" bear just to be able to be near Mikan and protect her. I really curious about his life in the outside world, will he walk around when no one is looking?? Will he still be violent?? And last but not least, what will Natsume do when he's finally awake?? Will he be able to go to Mikan or does he have to wait until he graduated??

Yup, the spoiler is pretty much a break down of my concern for the future ending of this manga. Truly one of the BEST manga I've ever read. It sweet, funny, sad, with a lots of angst and fully packed with action, Alices style.

I first found out about Gakuen Alice as the anime almost what, 4-5 years ago? I adored it. More than adored it. Though it was very innocent and childlike it was still whimsical and original enough not to be too mushy and I liked that about it. Basically, it was a pleasure to read. And though I gladly followed it into it's darker transition perhaps it became something so opposite of it's former state It wasn't really what I wanted. There are very few comedic moments and now I'm totally lost when I try to pick it back up again. I do commend the mangaka for what she's trying to do but it's just not a fun read for me anymore. It's strange that even though I'm older now I'd prefer it more innocent.

Things dealing with the darker complexities of life are great but aren't always unless they're done right, especially in the context of an original shoujo. Sweet elementary school kids don't exactly go (for realistic and serious purposes). The lack of comedy adds to the bleak depressing arcs and is too much of a change from before. And the whole corruption of orgs. theme feels a little average and simplistic - once all the characters are pulled into it, what's left to realize and grow from?

To cut the wordy garble (because I could go on): It feels too much like a sweet shounen/shoujo turned crazy dark and depressing. The sun does not shine where they are, and I always thought it would.

I think there was one mistake made. In the manga Natsume turns 11 before Mikan but

in a later volume where they go back in time, It is shown that Mikan was born first anf is so that would make her 10 months and 26 days older than Natsume. Also when Yuka gives birth to Mikan, Isn't Kaoru already pregnant with Natsume which means that he was late? This mistake can be fixed if they said Kaoru was pregnant with Aoi and not Natsume at the time but the stone that Yuka gave to Kaoru to help with the pregnancy was given to Natsume. Can some clear this up for me?Added on: I went over the trivia of the gakuen alice wiki and it turns out january 1st isn't Mikans real birthday and her real birthday is unkown but its somewhere around May, so she is 6 months older then Natsume and shes a year older than she thought she was xD

I am a 17 old girl and I am now a big fan of this amazing manga.
I always said that this manga isn't my type since the main female is a grade school
but it was a really shock when I read the manga
it turned from a childish manga to a manga for all ages
the story start to get more serious that you start to forget that they are only in grade school
SO YOU MUST READ IT BEFORE JUDGING ON IT
cuz I am sure it is worth your time

Loved it in the beginning, a happy yet slightly bitter story, but then in the last 2 arcs it just got majorly depressing.
This one has hit rock bottom.

Well, this is my first shoujo manga for me. And I absolutely love it. As I first read it, it's totally cute, the plot is simple and sweet. But then, it's getting quite complicated. It's much darker than the beginning of the manga, and I kinda get tired of it. Anyway, I still look forward to the ending, although it doesn't give me much excitement as when I began this manga.
The art is nice, keeps improving, but then the art seems to make the characters look mature afterward. Sometimes, looking at them I wonder "Are they really 10 years old?"
I give it a 8, it's still a good manga to me, maybe because it's my first shoujo manga. ^.^

if you like your shoujo with a side of 'really fricken good plot' then gakuen alice is your game. i was pretty skeptical when i started, i thought it'd be typical cheesy magical girl stuff. i thought manga about 10 year old kids would have absolutely no appeal but after you get past the explanations and character introductions and relationship outlines, its actually a really deep story.

there are several arcs, but they all related to one another and basically flow really well. the characters definitely grow and have a lot of substance to them, a lot more than shoujos usually do. its like the plot grows with them, and they go from naive school days to some really heavy stuff, while still a good read with equal parts of plot and romance. you're not stuck flicking through chapters begging them to kiss because not only do they kiss several times but the plot really keeps your mind off of those things. warning though; when i say stuff gets heavy, i mean it gets heavy. one of the arcs was a serious tearjerker for me, and then i just found myself tearing up every few chapters after that.

probably one of my favorite aspects of this manga was the characters. it doesnt just focus on natsume and mikan, it focuses on their friendships with everyone. hotaru and mikans friendship and ruka and natsumes too are super sweet and satisfying. i've never seen a shoujo author pay so much attention to the 'friend' characters. there are a lot of characters too, which was a little bit confusing at first because as with most manga, they start to look the same after a while...but the author takes really good care to develop each one and give them a background that is relevant to the plot.

one thing i didnt really like was the throwing around of alices (their powers). after a certain point i just wasnt sure who could do what and sometimes it felt like a character would pull out a new alice from his/her butt to save the day.

other than that though, i really recommend giving this one a go. it's got good characters good plot and good romance.

I watched the anime before reading the manga. I thought the anime was good at first but when i started reading manga, i was like, OMG the manga is SO much better than the anime. Compared to the manga the anime is like really weird. So pls read the manga!
At the first the story was easy to understand and it was really cute! But now the plot is weird and the things that the characters say is kind of confusing. I don't know what is happening anymore. I think i got kinda lost starting from Chpt. 150. Also i think Mikan talks like an adult. I mean she's only 12.
But overall i think it's a great manga. Absolutely amazing! The characters are also really cute!
I hope the ending is good!

I just finished reading Volumes 1 to 10 recently and I gotta say - It's good. Not too deep with romance and stuff but it's okay since they're only kids.
I read a lot of Shoujo so if I say it's good, I do really mean it because I give high manga expectations.
The plot is filled with adventure, action and fun. It's very interesting and keeps you reading. The characters are all so great, yet some are just wackos. This story also steps into the dark area sometimes but not too much which is okay.
RECOMMENDED! GO READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!