Gacha Gacha

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Gacha Gacha

ガチャガチャ (Gachagacha)
Genre	Comedy, Ecchi, Shōnen
Manga
Authored by	Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
Publisher	Kodansha Del Rey Manga Heyne
Serialized in	Magazine Special
Original run	17 December 2002 – present
No. of volumes	14 ^[1]

Gacha Gacha is a manga by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. As of October 2006, the first 5 volumes have been published in North America by Del Rey Manga. According to Del Rey, 8 volumes were released in Japan. However, according to the Anime News Network, there 14 volumes released so far and the series is still ongoing. The reason for this discrepancy is likely due to the fact that the series is broken up into two story arcs, the first being "Capsule", and the second being "Secret." A recent interview with David Ury1, the series' translator for Del Rey shows that they are planning to release all of both arcs.

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Capsule

Nanjou Kouhei has been classmates with Hanazono Kurara since elementary school, and he has recently realized that he has developed a crush on her. However, after a fateful trip to Hawaii, Kurara has started to behave oddly at times – specifically acting extremely promiscuous and flirting shamelessly for short periods, then remembering nothing. Kouhei is often the target of this flirty and exhibitionistic behavior, leaving him to take the blame when Kurara returns to normal.

After one such episode, leaving Kouhei – and Kurara – in a uncomfortable position, Kurara tells Kouhei that she now has multiple personality disorder, with her other, uninhibited, personality being named Arisa. After her confession she enlists Kouhei's help in dealing with her while the Arisa personality is in control, as well as covering up the existence of her embarrassing promiscuous side from other people.

As Kouhei and Kurara try their best to control Arisa, several other personalities emerge: Alice, the young, questioning adolescent; Rin, the martial arts expert; and Meow, a housecat. As Kouhei and Kurara try their best to remove the disorder while controlling the wild and wacky personalities that emerge, their relationship begins to grow into love.

Secret

The Secret story arc starts in Japanese volume 6 of Gacha Gacha. It revolves around a malfunction at the Gacha Gacha virtual reality video game, which has since gone retail after the events in the Capsule story arc. The malfunction leaves the main character, an unlucky young man named Akira, transforming into a young girl whenever he sneezes. The body is the tutorial character's body which he was interacting with when the Gacha Gacha game crashed. He later finds out that eating Natto (fermented soybeans) would tranform the girl form into a taller and much more buxom form.

Akira uses his newfound body to learn more about women, specifically getting closer and improving his relationship with the girl he is infatuated with.