学園アリス 4

学園アリス [Gakuen Alice] #4

by Tachibana Higuchi, 樋口 橘

待ちに待った文化祭がついに開幕!! 蜜柑は特力系クラスの出し物「特力系RPG」で棗と勝負!! さてその結果は…!?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Romance, Shojo, Comics, Supernatural

190 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2004

About the author

[[If you're looking for a French translation, search under "L'académie Alice", with the engine set to amazon.fr.]]

Tachibana Higuchi (樋口 橘, HIGUCHI Tachibana), born 1976-03-16 , is a Japanese manga artist. In year 1996, she first made her debut work in Bessatsu Hana to Yume's 5th issue, entitled 5 Gatsu no Sakura (『5月のサクラ』?).

During an interview with Tokyopop, she gave a detailed account of how she started as a mangaka.

"I first submitted a manga story a while after I graduated from high school. Up until then I was studying for the entrance examinations for the Art University, and as part of that, I sometimes drew manga and four-panel strip comics for fun.

"Because I was conscious of the fact that I had started drawing manga in earnest at a later age, I think my progress during the beginning on drawing and storytelling techniques was fast as I frantically tried to absorb everything I could learn about creating manga. After the serialization of the story began, as I got busy, I was so desperate to submit it on time that I feel that the drawings probably haven’t improved much compared to before. During the serialization of the manga, I think my story telling techniques improved more as I concerned myself with how to catch the attention of the readers, how well one can incorporate what the readers are seeking into the story."

Her current ongoing work is Gakuen Alice.
(Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I'm still not a huge fan of the art, the combination of laid-back storytelling and suspense is well done, and there's a lot of imaginative detail throughout to add charm. Mikan is the straightforward, honest, compassionate and, yes, mildly dim main character type that's one of my favorites in manga and anime. I also appreciate that this story written for middle schoolers actually has middle schoolers in the primary roles, rather than teenagers, and friendship rather than romance is the prevailing sentiment.

[Viszed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un volumen entretenido con el Festival Cultural, aunque pudiera considerarse un tiempo de transición, estuvo bien logrado.

Volumen revelador, me flecho la pareja que comienza a deslindarse entre Natsume y Mikan, ya que se pone en evidencia que Natsume comienza a sentirse atraído a Mikan, me fascina como esta llevándose los avances de esta "relación", ya que no hay nada mas hermoso que el amor que se va dado con la convivencia. Otro que parece estar más avanzado en la comprensión de sus sentimientos es Luca, lo cual crea un triangulo algo cruel, teniendo encuentra la amistad tan hermosa que tienen Luca y Natsume.

Lo del hermano de Hotaru me tomo desprevenida, me gusta que estos conflictos y consecuencias familiares se vayan presentando, porque así la trama comienza a mostrar el potencial emocional que acarrea la vida que están forzados a seguir.

[Chérie On Top · Rating 5 out of 5]

keeps outdoing herself

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contains Chapters 17 - 22: At the beginning of this volume we briefly get to meet the Special Ability classes teacher Noda Sensei but he isn't around very long. I really enjoyed reading about the Alice Festival and the Special Class RPG Event. Watching Tsubasa and Natsume interact is also fun and I hope to see more of their interactions around Mikan in the future. We also get to learn a bit more about Hotaru in this volume. I look forward to continuing the series.

This volume corresponds with episodes 16, 17, & 18 of the anime series.
Corresponding Anime Episodes:
Episode 16: Imagine the Maze, the Magic Lamp
Episode 17: Hotaru's Secret (Connects to Chapter 22 in Manga)
Episode 18: Just Two Of Us, In The Dark (Connects to Chapter 21 in Manga)

[Marianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, this is a fun volume, with all the festivities going on around 😁

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

(stejná recenze u všech dílů)

Pěkná kresba, které se dá bohužel hodně věcí vytknout. Občas měly nějaké části těla divnou velikost, jež se prostě nedala přehlédnout, protože to bilo do očí. Také se zde vyskytoval výškový nepoměr mezi různými věkovými skupinami. Taktéž se mi zdálo mnoho postav velice vzhledově podobných, takže se pak hůře rozpoznávali a bylo jednoduché se v tom ztrácet. U tohohle mohu ale přimhouřit oči, jelikož tu bylo charakterů opravdu požehnaně. Abych tady nezmiňovala jenom zápory, tak musím říci, že se mi hodně líbily zjednodušené kresby, design školních uniforem a ostatního oblečení.

Příběh se mi líbil, a dokonce mě některé momenty dojaly až k slzám. Pomyslela jsem si, že je moc hezké vidět něco tak nezkaženého. S odstupem času jsem ale k celému ději o dost skeptičtější. A překvapilo mě, kolik vad jsem byla schopna nalézt. Avšak ještě divnější bylo, že jsem si příběh byla přesto schopna docela užít.

První vadou je věk postav. Nemyslím tím, že je špatné, že jim bylo okolo deseti, ale to, že na svůj věk byli v některých ohledech až moc vyspělí. Řekla bych, že většina ve všech ohledech, protože především hlavní hrdinka měla tendence se k někomu pořád lísat. A kdyby nebyla tak nízcí, klidně bych prohlásila, že jsou na střední škole. Především když vezmu to, jak byli Mikan a Natsume pokročilý ve svém vztahu. Jako neřekla bych, že vášnivé líbání patří k desetiletým dětem. Ke všemu když se ani šesnáctiletí (nebo kolik jim bylo :D) nedostali tak daleko.

Dalším mínusem byla až přílišná zamotanost příběhu. Což bych nebrala obvykle jako vadu, ale tady to bylo až přespříliš. Začalo to někdy za dvacátou kapitolou. Od té doby jsem byla mnohokrát zmatená a nevěděla jsem, o co jde. Když k tomu navíc připočítáme to, jak moc si jednotlivé postavy byly podobné. A za druhé mě to ani nezajímalo, jelikož nějaký svůj příběh měl skoro každý. To je normálně dobrá věc, neboť to dodává příběhu na důvěryhodnosti. Tady to akorát zbytečně natahovalo příběh o nezajímavé informace o nudný charakterech, a když vezmete v úvahu počet postav... Je to pak úmorné.

Vadou číslo 3 jsou nezajímavé postavy, když nepočítám tedy ty hlavní, ty jsem si velice oblíbila. Ale ostatní mi byli úplně ukradení, a tak jsem přímo trpěla, když se tam objevovaly bubliny se strašně dlouhým textem. Ke všemu když se tam akorát řešily vztahy a jejich zamotanost. Tenhle a tamten miloval támhletu, ta milovalo tamtoho a tak dále. Tím se potom tak nějak vyřešilo všechno, což bylo dost neuvěřitelné. Ta láska se objevovala vážně všude, až to začínalo být nesnesitelné, jelikož nemůže být příčinou a průvodcem všech událostí.

Poslední výrazné mínus je, že nikdo nebyl ve skutečnosti zápornou postavou. Ze všech záporných postav se staly kladné, a nebo byly ukázány hrozně moc dobré "důvody," proč tomu tak je. Pokud teda nebudeme brát jako záporáky ty lidi, kteří stojí za Alice's Academy, neboť ti jediný byli zlí, neboť děti v ní vlastně uvěznili. Ale jelikož ani jeden z nich nebyl ukázán, tak se to nedá počítat.

Výše uvedená věc mi opravdu vadila. Vážně nemám ráda, takhle zkažený lidi, co myslí jen na sebe a na to, jak získat, co nejvíce peněz. Také si mi nelíbí to, jak ostatními opovrhují. Nechápu, proč jim ani nedovolili se vídat se svými rodiči. Jsem překvapená, že už dávno neudělali převrat. Protože bojovat proti zlu zevnitř, většinou moc nefunguje.

Abych jen příběhu něco nevytýkala, tak sem napíšu i nějaké klady. Nebo se o to aspoň pokusím. :D Největší plus bylo působení některých situací na mé emoce. Někdy v průběhu jsem byla opravdu emotivní, dokonce jsem uronila i pár slz. A u scének s Mikan a Natsumem jsem se culila jak malá holka. :D Pár věcí mě tu i pobavilo. A nic dalšího mě nenapadá. Ups...

Konec mi nijak zvlášť radost neudělal, jelikož je tam spoustu nelogických věcí, což mě štve. A celkově mi to přišlo celé divné

Anglické obálky se mi líbí o dost více než ty japonské. Vypadají víc elegantně a vznešeně. Na některých obálkách se mi ale nelíbí kresba postav/y.

Hodnotím 72% Jazyk: Aj

[Evee · Rating 4 out of 5]

The genie game is REALLY interesting... I would totally want to play. Ugh, what makes me so sad is that people at the academy are TOTALLY detached from their family. TELL ME WHYYYYY! Ugh, I'm so mad that's a rule. Also, the fact that Hotaru has a brother is SO SHOCKING! I just thought it was another cold powerful guy, but they're actually related!!! Wow. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Luca likes Mikan now... which is gonna be awkward af because the obvious ship is her and Natsume. Like I said it's gonna be awkward... BUT I'M HERE FOR IT BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT THAT COMPLICATED SHIP LIFE! But honestly, Luca is so cute... I feel high key bad for him now. (Like I do with all secondary characters...)

[Lizzie RoseShine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alice festival in different categories alice. which alice category are the best =). Natsume wanted to pick the lamp of Tsubasa so he become his slave but instead he found lamp of mikan. Poor mikan hanging out with luka n natsume together through the festival n meet their friends. Hotaru meet her brother for the first time n they talk together when mikan always interrupt their conversation. Natsume jealous of luka with mikan together at the hunted mansion also saw mikan's panties, pervert. Love the mind reader who always with natsume.

[L'Abri des Pages · Rating 4 out of 5]

Passé les 3 premiers volumes, l'ambiance change et devient beaucoup plus sympathique ! Le T4 se concentre sur le festival culturel qui est super original, malgré les interactions toujours plus gênantes entre Mikan et Natsume. Ce dernier est trop bizarre, l'auteur aurait pu le développer différemment, tout en gardant le mystère autour de ce perso désagréable (et le mot est faible). On en oublie qu'il a 10 ans et ça frôle légèrement la pédophilie 🥲 Je découvre aussi une Hotaru aimante, les amitiés sont plus profondes..

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7HaGSyiYXv/

[Courtney (courtney & books) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess you would call this a transition from one arc to the next, but I just love this volume! This volume centers around the cultural festival at school and the story is charming and funny. The budding antagonist/romance relationship between Nataume and Mikan is excellent. I just love this series is much, and rereading it has been a great experience.

Gakuen Alice is still in my top 10 favorite manga series of all time.

[Maude · Rating 4 out of 5]

this one was super fun!! the story is overall quite upbeat but there's a darker undertone that i enjoy as well. getting to learn about the alice power system and a bit of insight into mikan's biological family was intriguing and looking forward to reading some more

[Inah Solacito · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cultural Festival is my favorite!!! ❤️

[Hana Eka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Natsume mesummmmmmmm (2)!!!

[Lu · Rating 4 out of 5]

喜歡小螢的故事

[✨Meryem✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is good, but I will sadly not finish this manga. As much as I loved it when I was younger, it's not something that I will read right now (maybe I will pick it up again one day, who knows)

[Camila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bem rushado, essa parte do arco do festival ficou bem melhor no anime

[Ana Maria]

3.25-3.5
Hotaru<3

[Miria · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was a cute volume. I still dislike the SH played for laughs by Natsume but it is cute that they are opening their ❤️ to each other. I will continue with the next volume.

[Doremili · Rating 5 out of 5]

juju, ya le gustas

[Taleechia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The even for the Specials was super creative.
I love so many of these characters! Even the background characters are quirky and intriguing.
All of the big revelations so far have been revealed in a very natural way.

[Doreen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I came to these manga by the anime, having been introduced to the charming series by my boyfriend, who is always trying to broaden my anime-horizons (I'm not the biggest fan, to be honest, as most anime tends to be either too perverse or opaque for me. My manga experience has also been limited to, I'll admit, the entire run of SailorMoon, even when it got boring and stupid, and a copy of Dragonball Z here and there.) The Gakuen Alice series, of a 10 year-old girl whose love for her best friend has her running away from her country home to the big city, is smart and funny, bringing new life to the boarding-school/magical-kids genre. I'd been looking for the books for a while, and was gratified to find that the larger chain bookstores had recently begun carrying them (Vol 5 due out in December!) I wasn't entirely sure whether the anime had provided a faithful translation, and while there are differences, both versions of the story have proven very entertaining. The manga, in particular, is packed with funny little comments from the author: imagine Harry Potter with a dash of Gossip Girl snark. Overall, a lovely book that made me laugh out loud and tear up in a span of pages. Highly recommended.

[Jody Mena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not know what to expect when I started reading this manga, but it has really grown on me! It's a little like Harry Potter - well a lot like Harry Potter, 'magic' and secrets and all, but it's got a uniquely Japanese literary flavor that is irresistible. The characters are all so unique, interesting and lovable, and the story is nicely layered so that it's straightforward, but hides a shadier layer of mysteries. It's not merely the lighthearted childish story it first appears to be, addressing many deeper issues as well. This volume had a very familiar schooldays plot line about the misadventures of a school festival, but it was a school festival for children with magical powers - so it had plenty of unique twists! I was surprised to find out that Hotaru had a brother, and their non-relationship is as unique as everything else in this series. The characters are a lot deeper than I first imagined! I'm really looking forward to reading more!

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is really delightful. Our heroine, Mikan, reminds me of a less spastic Sana (from Kodocha) and Alice Academy reminds me a little of Hogwarts from Harry Potter (instead of wizards, we have child geniuses). While the story appears to be on the light and happy side, something is brewing under the surface: a mystery I'm anxious to learn more about as it slowly unravels.

The world Tachibana Higuchi has created is intricate and full of rules, but thankfully the explanations don't bog down the flow of the story. The humor is spot on, particularly in conjunction with the comedic expressions, which are done well (and I usually don't appreciate comedic artwork very much). I'm so curious to see what is going to happen next - volume 5 can't arrive soon enough in my mailbox (yes...I am buying this series; I think it's going to be a keeper).

[Reader17 Der · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series. It is so cute. This volume had me laughing. Poor Mikan with Natsume in this volume. In one way we see another side of Natsume that he does look out for his friends in another way we see him teasing poor Mikan. This volume has them having the school festival all of the different division in the school have to do something. Mikan group comes up with a really neat maze you have to go through, the Prez group has a haunted house and Hotaru makes a really cook machine for hers (Luca is so cute walking through the Haunted house with a bunny). Also in this volume you find out a little more about Hotaru family. If you like Manga and want something cute and fun to read I suggest this series.

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the cultural festival in full swing, we get some character development for Mikan and the members of her Alice-type class. As the action focuses on them, it gives the author the opportunity to do some crazier things as they provide some significant entertainment with some slightly less than useful abilities.

Tie that in with the continuing character development of the leads and you have a fun little volume.

[Lady Cassiopeia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eine meiner absolut liebsten Manga-Reihen, weil es nicht nur einen tollen Spannungsbogen besitzt, sondern weil die Charaktere sich auch Band um Band weiter entwickeln. Erwachsen werden, dazu lernen. Super schön dargestellt und wirklich angenehmer Zeichenstil. Inzwischen gibts auch einen Anime dazu, der aber im Vergleich zum Manga nicht so gut geworden ist und einen eher älteren Eindruck macht obwohl Alice Academy ein aktueller Manga ist.

[Daniela Herrera · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this Manga, I just so unnatural and Magical. I so the anime ,too but the manga is just better. The Best WEBSITE to see it is Mangafox.com i recomended to everybody. MANGAFOX already upload volume 24 chapter 150 today.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWESOME!

[Anjali · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE GAKUEN ALICE!! I feel bad for Luca but gooooo Natsume!!

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

SOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD! MORE PLEASE! *robs the library of Gakuen Alice manga* :3 Review to come