Manabi Straight

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Category: TV
Genre: Comedy, School Life
Year: 2007

Manabi Straight! follows the lives of a group of young high school girls living in the year 2035 while they attend the all-girl Seiō Private High School (私立聖桜学園, Shiritsu Seiō Gakuen?). Due to the fact that birth rate has dropped dramatically, many schools are being closed down due to the sheer lack of students available to teach. School morale has dropped dramaticially, and Seiō is no different.

The story begins when the main heroine, Manami Amamiya, transfers to Seiō High School. Manami is an active girl with a postitive personality, often shouting her personal motto Massugu Go! (まっすぐ Go!, Massugu Go!? meaning "Go straight ahead!"). Despite it being the day before her first day, Manami decides to go to Seiō to witness the fourty-fifth swim meet where four members from six classes participate in a relay race against each other. On the way to school, Manami, or Manabi as she wants to be called, meets Mika Inamori, a shy student of Seiō who was to participate in the swim meet, despite her not knowing how to swim. After an intense ride together on Manami's futuristic scooter, they end up literally crashing the meet over the fence and into the pool. Due to Mika's inability to swim, Manami stands in for her, though is not very helpful. The next day during a meeting led by the student council in front of the entire school, Mika, the lone student council member and secretary tries to rally any of the students to join the council, but is initially met with an apathetic audience. Suddenly, Manami bursts through the doors of the auditorium on her scooter only to be summarily punished for the disruption. Manami shows interest in becoming the student council president, but since she is a new student and has already caused trouble for the school twice, the principal is reluctant to allow Manami to become the president. To show the school how much she wants to lead the student body, Manami begins to sing the school song of Seiō after hearing it for the first time the day before. At the conclusion of the song, Manami is inducted as the student council president and recieved well from the entire school.

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GERBER
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May 19 2008 12:28 AM
Man, if it wasn't for me looking up the threats i would have missed the chance of watchin the OVA completely. I was disappointed that manabi straight was only 12 episodes, wish they had made it better. Cause if you imagine it, there could have been more episodes to it(A Few More), with lots of funny scenes and small fan service. Oh well, I like this anime a lot, will re-watch when i have the chance.

It was funny on the OVA how they kept putting that wierd brush on every picture, then they switch to the water gun. Also how they where trying to see who could hold there breath the longest and Manabi just drowned(LOL *wipes tear from left eye*). Ah those filler OVAs are just funny sometimes(SOLA #14), with that said... LATEZ
Juhachi
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Jan 9 2008 11:05 PM
I saw this episode a while back, probably close to two months ago or something; I can't remember. But today I was listening to the OP/ED and some insert songs, and was getting into the mood of Manabi again. I still regard this as one of the best anime of 2007, even if 95% of people who watched it have now forgotten it.

The OVA was a nice revisit to the series, but I would love a second season a lot more. Now that the manga is overwith, this series is over completely in Japan so there's no reason to do a second season (plus with the way the anime ended there'd be no reason besides). Anyway, I would definitely want to rewatch this series again one day just because it was so good. Others that I would consider rewatching from 2007 would be Kanon, Sola, Potemayo, and ef - a tale of memories.
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Jan 8 2008 11:59 AM
I have a problem with the OVA. They are at Momoha's house cleaning her pool. She has a maid and its obvious shes from a wealthy family. Yet in the series proper they are surprised to find out shes rich. Making it obvious they had never visited her house. Hell half the time Momoha was ignored so its strange to see them directly spending time with her outside of school.

Basically the OVA was meant to show the girls in all the various fan service outfits they couldn't fit into the series. The Yutaka's for example. However since I enjoyed it so much and they snuck in some Mei sideboob I won't hold it against them.

My gripes aside I liked the OVA and it reminds me of how much I miss the series.
motormind
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Jan 8 2008 12:54 AM
Well, it's cute and all and really fits the sentimental atmosphere of the main show. It seems to me that the makers really have a longing for their high school life. I hardly ever have it seen idealized as much as in this series, let alone this OVA
AnimeWiz07
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Jan 7 2008 11:32 AM
what is with the 6.5 release?thats the OVA? why not just call it "manabi straight! ova" im downloading it now... hopefully it wont disappoint... i really missed this series

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motormind
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Jan 7 2008 07:28 AM
The OVA? That's that "6.5" episode, right?
Barbobot
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Jan 6 2008 11:47 PM
So it's been months since the actual OVA came out and now it's finally subbed so I must call for all members of the MSFGFC to come out and comment in the way we all know.

Best Moments:

-Momo watering down Mei, Mikan and Manabi and seeing them all just curled up on the ground

-Mei explaining why they feel summer vacation is special.....and then again......and then again. All in the exact same way cause Mikan kept asking her to say it "one more time". Also her explanation of it in general regarding the differences.

-Mei getting embarrassed cause she was also playing with the water guns instead of working. Can't get over how cute Mei is when she isn't playing the responsible person in charge role.

-Manabi getting them all ice cream, yet no spoons so they can't even eat any of it......at least she got all the flavors right.

-Mikan getting blown away and everyonoe just kinda nonchalantly says something about it and about saving her.

-Muchi slapping Momo in the face when they get to the hotel. I have absolutely no clue as to why she got slapped, but does that really matter? I didn't think so.

-Also great seeing Mei trying to talk all seriously and explaining everything about the hotel and Manabi just kinda tackles and undresses her cause she was wearing a "cuter" yukata, completely disrupting what she was saying. Plus we got to see some Mei side-boob.

I also liked how they did some of the scenes through the view of Momo's camera, like the first time Mikan got blown away and all the still shots of them "cleaning" the pool. Just a more interesting way to show it all.
The conversation at the end was very nice about Mikan and how everyone else has some good trait about them or already know what they want to do in the future when Mikan really has nothing of that. It kinda gives a bit more insight into why Mikan decides to go study abroad in America.
Barbobot
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Oct 12 2007 11:24 AM
QUOTE (d'observer @ Oct 12 2007, 05:27 AM)
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Whee! OVA is here! (but no subs yet... ;_;)

Need to wait for Eclipse-gg to deliver.

omg OVA?!! I didn't even know there was gonna be one for Manabi. I think it's about time I revisit Manabi Straight again since it was one of the best sleeper shows of last year. Looks like it will be good from the screenshots, but that's what I would expect from more Manabi Straight.
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Oct 12 2007 05:27 AM
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Whee! OVA is here! (but no subs yet... ;_;)

Need to wait for Eclipse-gg to deliver.
Cool Nitro
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Jun 13 2007 11:44 PM
Sob, sob nice ending ....
It has many touching moment. It good to see this positive enviroment in any school. Duh !!! It just the dream right
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