High School Girls

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High School Girls

女子高生─バカ軍団 (Joshi Kōsei - Baka Gundan)
Genre	Seinen, Comedy, ecchi, High School
Manga
Authored by	Towa Oshima
Publisher	Futabasha
Serialized in	Weekly Manga Action (2002), COMIC HIGH! (2004)
Original run	–
No. of volumes	8
TV anime : Girl's High
Directed by	Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Studio	GENCO, Geneon Entertainment, Toshiba Entertainment, ARMS, Mellow Head
Network	AT-X Chiba TV Nagoya Broadcasting Network Sun TV TV Saitama TVK
Original run	April 3, 2006 – June 19, 2006
No. of episodes	12

High School Girls (女子高生─バカ軍団, Joshi Kōsei - Baka Gundan^?), literally "High School Girls - Baka Corps", is an ecchi comedy manga series created by mangaka Towa Oshima.

The English translation of the series was originally published by ComicsOne and currently published by DrMaster Publications in the United States. Originally serialized in Weekly Manga Action in 2002, then COMIC HIGH! magazine in 2004 by Futabasha Publishers in Japan.

The High School Girls TV anime adaptation, Joshikōsei Girl's High (女子高生 GIRL'S-HIGH, joshikōsei gāruzu hai^?)[1], completed its airing in Japan on June 19, 2006. It was produced by Studio GENCO, animation by ARMS and, directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto, director of the anime, Cyberteam in Akihabara and Nuku Nuku TV.

A Girl's High PlayStation 2 video game, Joshikōsei Game's High (女子高生 GAME'S-HIGH!!, joshikōsei gēmuzu hai^?) was made and released in late September, 2006.^[1]

1 Overview
2 Characters
3 Episodes
4 Music
5 ISBN
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Overview

High School Girls chronicles the raunchy high school lives of main character Eriko Takahashi and friends Yuma Suzuki, Ayano Sato, Akari Kouda, Kyoko Himeji, and Ikue Ogawa ("The Moron's Group") as they attend all girls "mediocre princess school", Yamasaki Girls Academy Fuji High School (referred to as "Saki Girls" for short). The manga emphasizes that for the most part the stories come from Oshima's own real life experiences.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name.

Eriko Takahashi: (高橋絵里子 TAKAHASHI Eriko) -- The happy-go-lucky main character of the story. Eriko gets good grades but is nevertheless quite clumsy and not at all athletically coordinated (unless it is to escape the many perverts that often cross her path).

Yuma Suzuki: (鈴木由真 SUZUKI Yuma) -- One of Eriko life-long friends, Yuma has dyed blonde hair. Usually the character who has the funniest things to say and do. Yuma has made a career of being the schools best cheater, although she still gets bad grades.

Ayano Sato: (佐藤綾乃 SATŌ Ayano) -- Seiyu: Mamiko Noto

Eriko's other life-long friend, Ayano is the ingenue of the group. She wears glasses and her hair in plaits, adding to her already innocent personality. By far the most dim-witted of the group. Out of all the main characters, she's the only one with a boyfriend (Takanori Shimotakatani).

Akari Kouda: (香田あかり KŌDA Akari) -- A very rich girl (as seen in her designer accessories from Gucci, Cartier and Prada) Kouda is at first a rival to Eriko's group, but she quickly becomes friends with them after they brag about going to school with boys. An "insider" (A girl who transfers from the Junior High branch of the private school rather than passing an entrance exam, like Eriko and friends did, to get in) who uses her knowledge of the school ways to show the others the ropes. Kouda aspires to become a famous actress, using all of her energy to be as outrageous as possible, as to leave a lasting impression.

Kyoko Himeji: (姫路京子 HIMEJI Kyōko) -- A friend of Kouda's who is the first person that the girls know in their age group who loses her virginity. She is assumed part of Eriko's "Moron Group" much to her chagrin. Himeji is often flippant in her sex life, letting guys get the better of her.

Ikue Ogawa: (小川育恵 OGAWA Ikue) -- A close friend of Himeji's, which makes her a member of the group by default. She is the cute, petite girl of the group who acts as young as she looks. Ogawa usually comes up with the stupidest solutions (giving Eriko a "mini sleeping pill" to help her relax because had been up all night watching Doraemon videos) and games (spilling floor wax and using the cloth to slide on).

[edit] Other characters

Professor Odagiri, also known as Hottie Odagiri - The deluded science teacher who believes that he is attractive simply because he is the youngest male teacher at Saki girls. Often the butt of many pranks by Eriko and her group.
Professor Root Hara - The desperate male math teacher of Saki girls. Constantly seen wearing an out-dated 1970s style leisure suit (which is later burned at a school bonfire), decidedly elected as "The teacher who most likely needs Viagra".
Professor Kamei - Female Health Ed. teacher at Saki Girls. A bitter older woman who always seems to have a scowl on her face. She dyes her hair black to cover her grays (even though hair dying is against the Saki Girls' rules).
Professor Macho Matsuo - The hairy, muscular, infallible P.E. teacher at Saki girls who has taken a liking to Eriko.
Professor Hitler Iwato - Curiously named Head & classics teacher.
Takanori Shimotakatani - Ayano's boyfriend who she met at the "Meet the Boys" festival. Eriko and pals are usually trying to get Ayano to lose her virginity to him, mostly without the couples' consent.
Momoka Suzuki - Yuma's delinquent younger sister, who (despite her amazing cuteness) harbors a hatred for Yuma and her friends. She is often mistaken as a celebrity, and approached by entertainment agents because of her face.
Fumino Sato - Ayano's attractive, unlucky in love older sister.
Taeko "Choko" Sato - Ayano's mother, owner of Bar Choko. Also unlucky in love.
Takeshi Kouda - Kouda's elder brother, trying to make it big as a rock star. Unemployed and a womanizer.

[edit] Minor characters

Daichi Takahashi - Eriko's annoying little brother.
Mari Saionji - A blonde girl with whom Kouda shares a (now mostly forgotten) rivalry.
Professor Mario also known as Mario - The biology professor who looks a lot like Nintendo's mascot Mario.
Towa Oshima also known as T.O. - The author herself. She has appeared in a story of Eriko's (and the omake manga at the end of the volume 1 manga), where she got acute inflammation of the intestine after drinking bad raw tea. She appears mainly as a parody of her real self: old sweatpants, stained shirts, and far too many panty peeks.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Episodes

Episode	Japanese title	Translation	Original airdate
01	女子高生はバカである。	High School Girls Have Their Stupid Side.	April 3, 2006
02	身体検査は乙女の恥じらいの薫り。	Physical Examinations are the Scent of a Maiden's Shyness.	April 10, 2006
03	恋して、ダマして、ラブホテル？	Fall in Love, Deceived, and then a Love Hotel?	April 17, 2006
04	祝！咲女はいまだにブルマーです。	Celebrate! Even now, Our school uses Bloomers.	April 24, 2006
05	水着と美少女とマッチョな先生。	The Swimsuit, the Beauty, and the Macho Teacher.	May 1, 2006
06	亀裂。	Cracks.	May 8, 2006
07	間違って教え子をナンパすると大変なことになるという実例。	An example of a difficult situation where teachers mistakenly flirt with students.	May 15, 2006
08	ウチらも昔は若かった。～バック・トゥ・ザ・数年前～	In the past, we were young, too. ~Back to a few years ago~	May 22, 2006
09	さらば！香田あかり。	Fairwell, Akari Kouda	May 29, 2006
10	メガネ！メガネ！メガネ！	Glasses! Glasses! Glasses!	June 5, 2006
11	咲女悲恋譚。～想い、歳月を超えて～	Blooming Girls' Tales of Failed Love ~Feelings, Crossing Over the Years~	June 12, 2006
12	バカ、果てしなくバカ。	Stupidity, Never Ending Stupidity	June 19, 2006