Published by Adun December 16th, 2007
in Anime Blogs, Figures, Manabi Straight!, Merchandise and Photography.
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As the end of the year approaches, my work load at work has been increasing rather dramatically. However, I do manage to squeeze in my free time to bring forth another figure review. Though it’s probably not a review anymore since all the figures I do now have been out for quite a number of months already. Anyway, a long overdue figure that was screaming for a figure photo shoot, and one I had trouble determining a good location, but in the end, it’s back to the indoor shoots. So now I present to you, Amamiya Manami (or Manabi for short) from Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
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Published by Adun May 23rd, 2007
in Anime Blogs and Manabi Straight!.
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The date is now 10th March 2037 and the girls are going to graduate. A lot of time has passed since the school festival and Mikan notes that not a lot has changed since then. Thanks to Kyouko, their uniform and everything else remained very much the same except the school administration being combined. Each of the girls have their plans for after graduation - Momo is joining a digital journalist specialist school, Mucchi is joining a professional team, Mei is going to college, and Manabi is going to be a freeter. Though the biggest surprise is when Mikan says she is going to America.
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Published by Adun May 23rd, 2007
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The petition has passed and the school festival has been given the go ahead. With the help of Takako, the preparation of the school festival was finished on the 19th October, the day before the festival. As the girls are walking out, Mikan tells them that she doesn’t want to leave, and the others feel the same. So they end up spending the night running through the empty hallways and classrooms until they are lying on the grass rooftop. Mikan admits she wanted to know how Manabi sees the world but now she sees it - A school called Seiou Academy in a big universe, and on this school’s roof a small student council room is located where 5 girls had gone through happiness, anger, and tears in their everyday lives. Though this room is gone now and they will have to graduate, Manabi says that she will never forget this night and Mikan says that she loves everyone.
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Published by Adun May 23rd, 2007
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With only 34 hours till the deadline, the girls have only managed to get 32% of the required petitions. Mei and Mikan are outside and are seeing the clock tower being worked on until they hear Manabi’s voice, who is impersonating the clock fairy and says it wants to see the school festival. Mei doesn’t buy it but Mikan is crying over the clock fairy. However the clock tower ended up exploding and destroying the student council room with it.
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Published by Adun April 27th, 2007
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In March 2005, the current principal of Seiou had entered the school’s dormitory and remembers how she was greeted by everyone. In the present she is standing staring at the old building until Shimojima arrives. She tells him of how she led the resistance against closing the dormitory but was unsuccessful. Shimojima asked her if it was all futile. Meanwhile the girls are trying to get students to sign the petition but it hasn’t been going well. As the days go by the girls are starting to break apart and Mikan begins to wonder if they’ll revert to just being herself and Manabi in the Student Council.
The next day, a broadcast of Aikou’s anthem, Fly to Future, is interrupted by Momo disguising herself in her biohazard suit. She broadcasts a video compilation of the Student Council and all the activities they have been doing since Manabi arrived as well as personal interviews with the background music of Manabi singing the Seiou anthem. However Momo’s broadcast was cut short as the teachers finally stopped her just as Mikan was about to finish her introduction and this causes Mikan to cry saying she doesn’t want everyone to separate. Mei and Mutsuki are moved by the video and rush to the Student Council. With the girls together, they decide to go ahead and do what they can for the school festival.
The next day, the girls continue to try and get petitions with the principal watching from her office with Shimojima. She then tells Shimojima that even though she couldn’t change anything back then she thought her efforts weren’t for all nothing. Turning back to the girls, we see 3 girls approach the group wanting to sign the petition.
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Published by Adun April 27th, 2007
in Anime Blogs and Manabi Straight!.
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Having heard the news about the cancellation of the School Festival, the girls try to come up with ideas on how to convince the student body on wanting the school festival to continue. They eventually come up with the idea for a petition but upon launching the campaign, the students of Seioh aren’t interested in reviving the school festival. One night when Manabi returns home, she meets her brother’s girlfriend, Kyouko, but finds out she happens to be the Director of Aikou Academy and it was her decision to cancel the festival. So Manabi decides to stay at Mikan’s house for the night. The next day Manabi visits Kyouko about the cancellation and Kyouko thinks that only the Student Council wants to continue the festival. But Manabi doesn’t want to give up so Kyouko proposes the idea that if they can gather 70% of the student’s petition, then the festival won’t be canceled.
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Published by Adun March 31st, 2007
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It is the last day of summer vacation and the a tanned Momo returns to find the other girls working hard on the school festival preparations. Of course the girls ended up being stressed out and start going crazy until Mikan cries and they all calm down. Taking a nap, Mikan dreams of her beign alone and seeing the other girls cross a railway crossing. Finding herself alone, she runs around searching for others and eventually finds them.
Takako in pays a visit to Seioh Academy and wants to talk to Manabi. Walking around, Manabi tells how everything is planned out, with Takako surprised, Manabi says that she can see how it all turns out. But eventually Takako couldn’t see what Manabi was envisioning. Takako remembers from an earlier meeting with Akiou’s chairwoman that the two schools are merging and that they are canceling the school festival. After hearing Manabi’s reason for working so hard, she takes her leave and ends up calling the chairwoman a little later. Meanwhile, the girls are having fun with some fireworks and all but Mikan are in the pool. Manabi tells her to join them, but Mikan says that it’s ok, but then remembers her dream of the railway crossing. She felt she was continuing the dream, but she knows that this isn’t a dream and thinking it could go forever, and that makes her feel very happy.
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