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Special A - ongoing
Size: Large, Medium, Small Wed Apr 23, 08 08:27 AM | Category: Animé Reviews
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S.A (S・A(スペシャル・エー), S・A (Supesharu Ee)?), also known as Special A, is a shōjo manga by mangaka Maki Minami. Serialization started in Hana to Yume, only appearing bimonthly. After Chapter 4 the manga became serialized in the biweekly magazine Hana to Yume. Special A has been licensed in Asian countries, Germany, and the U.S. (by VIZ Media). Currently there are 13 published volumes (in Japan).

It was announced in Hana to Yume that Special A would have an anime adaptation, animated by Gonzo and AIC.[2]

 

Story

 

Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Takishima. When they were six years old, their pro-wrestling loving fathers introduced them to each other. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him.

Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, a sporting event - anything. To do this, she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. While Hikari considers Kei to be a rival and important friend, she is completely unaware that Kei loves her.

The story primarily focuses on Hikari and her constant attempts to defeat her one and only rival, Kei, and how she finds love in their rivalry.

 

My Thoughts

 

I never thought this would also be serialized so soon! Though I am already an established fan to its manga, seeing it on anime is just really different!  It is interesting to note that only Hikari sees Kei as her ultimate "enemy" be it academically or at sports. She is so dense in sensing that Kei's been in love with her for years! While she struggles to get into first place, she is constantly being taunted by Kei, who's born genius and doesn't even need to study at all making poor Hikari stays constantly at #2 but that's not about to bring her down any time soon! And now that this has been adapted into anime, the fun in watching their antics has never been so cool!

 

On the other hand...don't you find the character design so...errr...slightly different from the manga? Their legs are a bit long and I didn't really expect for Kei to sound so...gay (well, that's only my opinion) I was kind of expecting for him to sound more masculine...with a bit of enigma kind of aura around him (which he still has btw) though honestly it didn't sound really bad at all...it's just that i was surprised to hear him talk like a suave...well, another one of those things that i need to get used to though i still get that "flinch" whenever Kei talks...

Flinching aside, it sure was hilarious to watch Hikari and Kei do the vault challenge (a little bit overboard don't you think?) and what about the training both went through in preparation for their wrestling match? These guys are monsters! What do they eat anyway?? But anything is possible in this anime so expect more of these funny and simply outrageous stunts that these two have in stored for us.

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