Strawberry 100% | |
The cover of Strawberry 100% volume 1
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いちご100% (Ichigo 100%) |
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Genre | Harem, Drama |
Manga | |
Written by | Mizuki Kawashita |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Original run | February 2002 – August 2005 |
Volumes | 19 |
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 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Osamu Sekita |
Studio | Madhouse |
Original network | Animax, TV Asahi |
Original run | 5 April 2005 – 21 June 2005 |
Episodes | 12 + 1 Special |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Tomoki Kobayashi |
Studio | Madhouse |
Released | June 20, 2005 – October 31, 2005 |
Runtime | 30 minutes each |
Episodes | 4 |
Strawberry 100% (Japanese: いちご100% Hepburn: Ichigo 100%?) 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 and 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. The series was later released in North America, with the latest English release being the fourteenth volume on October 5, 2010.
The manga was later adapted into an anime and several OVAs by Japanese animation studio Madhouse. The anime aired on Animax and TV Asahi from April 2005 to July 2005.
Strawberry 100% chronicles the school years of Junpei Manaka, a student and aspiring movie director, and his relationships with the girls that enter his life. At the start of the series, he encounters a mysterious and beautiful girl on the roof of his middle school, but does not remember anything about her other than that she wears strawberry-print panties. She leaves before he can talk to her, but he finds a notebook nearby, belonging to Aya Toujou, an ordinary-looking glasses-wearing girl who is a gifted writer. The two become friends with the common ambition of turning great stories into movies. Thinking that Tsukasa Nishino, the most popular girl in his school, might be the mystery girl, he asks her out in a bold confession at the chin-up bar, and is surprised when she accepts. He later realizes Tsukasa is not the mystery girl but chooses to continue their relationship anyway. He places into Izumizaka High, but learns that Aya has given up an offer to the prestigious Oumi Academy to attend Izumizaka with him and that she is the mystery girl.