Strawberry Panic

Nagisa Aoi begins her new school life as a transfer student at St. Miator’s Girls Academy, one of three prestigious all-girls institutions atop Astraea Hill. Getting lost on her first day, Nagisa encounters a mysterious student whose elegance and charm is so bewitching, she ends up in the infirmary.

There to greet her when she awakens is Tamao Suzumi, her roommate, who enthusiastically introduces Nagisa to the daily life and social structure on campus. Most notably, Tamao informs her of the existence of an exceptional student representative among all three schools—the Etoile, or "star." Eager to meet this person, Nagisa learns that the ethereal beauty she met earlier, Shizuma Hanazono, is the one and only Etoile herself! Not only that, Shizuma seems openly interested in Nagisa! Her interactions with Shizuma naturally make her a hot topic on campus; yet despite being so captivated, Nagisa can’t help but wonder if something is off.

Strawberry Panic! follows the everyday routines of Nagisa, Shizuma, and her friends at St. Miator’s, St. Spica, and St. Lulim as they navigate through the challenge of relationships while confronting hidden feelings, lingering regrets, and new possibilities.

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Hanazono, Shizuma

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Nabatame, Hitomi
Japanese

Aoi, Nagisa

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Nakahara, Mai
Japanese

Suzumi, Tamao

Main

Shimizu, Ai
Japanese

Minamoto, Chikaru

Supporting

Nakajima, Saki
Japanese

Nanto, Yaya

Supporting

Kuwatani, Natsuko
Japanese

Ootori, Amane

Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko
Japanese

Konohana, Hikari

Supporting

Matsuki, Miyu
Japanese

Rokujou, Miyuki

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Noda, Junko
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Byakudan, Kagome

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Fukui, Yukari
Japanese

Sakuragi, Kaori

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Iwamura, Kotomi
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Maruyama, Hajime

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Watanabe, Kazuya

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Sakai, Akio

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Sakoi, Masayuki

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	1: "Shoujo Meiro de Tsukamaete" by Aki Misato (eps 1-13)
	2: "Kuchibiru Daydream" by Aki Misato (eps 14-26)

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	1: "Himitsu Dolls (秘密ドールズ)" by Mai Nakahara & Ai Shimizu (eps 1-13)
	2: "Ichigo Tsumi Monogatari (苺摘み物語)" by Mai Nakahara & Ai Shimizu (eps 14-25)
	3: "Shoujo Meiro de Tsukamaete (Mellow Berry Balad) (少女迷路でつかまえて（Mellow Berry Balad）)" by Aki Misato (eps 26)

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Sep 17, 2023

YumixNightmare

Recommended

The people not recommending this are crazy! Just give it a shot. The story is written in a way that it builds up tension, so at the end it's very satisfying. There's multiple relationships to follow in this anime as well, so it makes it more interesting. Their own plots and side-stories make this anime really worth watching. It makes you want to binge watch it to see what's going to happen next. There's a good mix of masculine energy and feminine energy happening within the characters. There's enough drama in it, and it's not overwhelming.
The art is also really well done and doesn't use ...

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Oct 6, 2022

TropicalFrost

Mixed Feelings

There are not very many yuri anime out there. Among them, not many sink its teeth into character-driven plots or relationships with drama that is more than mere 'misunderstandings.' What Strawberry Panic attempts to portray are various views of first-love in the setting of Astraea Hill. Love at first sight. Love for someone admired by all. Unrequited love. The loss of love. And, learning to love. Along with the joys, sorrow, anguish, and bliss that comes with it.

An ambitious undertaking for sure. However, one that, even with 24 episodes, was not executed well. The pacing often either stagnates or jumps around; while the overall ... story can be followed despite this, what the characters experience feels off. Something intense happens one moment, then whiplashes to another mood the next. Two events may be happening at once, but they don't share similar qualities, sometimes they conflict, causing confusion in the viewing experience. Thus, the pacing feels, incoherent at times.

I am not one to suggest alternatives to the plot to make the story better; that would make an entirely different material. But I will say that there are elements with potential that could've been used to more naturally and further develop characters. It is brought up several times, "what is an Etoile?" This show would have you believe it is the most popular person(s) on campus, but I believe the characters think it represents more than just that. Without much spoilers, as an unused element, I think it's high up there. Another element would be the wider world. The entire show takes place on Astraea Hill, an isolated campus. But the world beyond the campus is almost never mentioned; not for describing someone's past, nor for their future. If characters were to think beyond their campus, or relate their campus to the wider world, some developments would be more natural.

Perhaps my biggest criticism with this show is how some character arcs were lacking: both in cause-and-effect, and resolution. To give credit where it's due, when something big happens, it does affect the character(s) involved. They will cry their hearts out, open their hearts to those close, and find comfort with friends. But... what happens next...? The same thing, then again, and again. It is incredible how these characters do not grow through their experiences, only to fall prey to it again and again without addressing why. One thing I love in other shows like this, is how a character has grown into a stronger person by the end of their ordeal; be it in how they carry themselves, or how they interact with others. But in this show, if you watch the first the first three episodes, and the last 3 episodes, the characters stay mostly the same, save for one... kinda.

In conclusion, Strawberry Panic certainly kept me tuned-in. But not in excitement, but rather how incredulous of an event would have to occur to further these characters. I do think the premise and themes are interesting, but not expanded upon to the extent that would make it inspiring. Not every work needs to have a deep intrigue to it, nor does it have to lean towards such an extreme. But this work fails to dive deep enough to accomplish what I think it wants to do.

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May 2, 2024

NTruths

Not Recommended

I cannot stress enough how bad this anime is - it took me months to get through it, watching just a few minutes at a time (all I could ever stomach) then stopping to do something, anything, else. I told myself (and my mild OCD) again and again that I would eventually finish it this way, and that I would never have to watch it a second time.

Let's start with the biggest problem this anime has: the characters. Namely that it doesn't have any characters. Instead it has numerous cardboard cutouts walking around that occasionally behave as though they were mindless, arrogant, ... manipulative and/or abusive human beings. If someone had claimed these 'characters' were taken from the work of a first time fan-fiction author, I wouldn't disbelieve them for a second.

The second biggest problem this anime has is the plot. Again, it doesn't have one. A plot is a *meaningful* series of events in which the characters act (or react) in such a way to build toward the climax of the story. In this story, that lacks any real characters, there was no possible way the handful of (almost random) events could ever build toward a climax that's supposed to be about the 'characters'. There are numerous attempts by the anime to sell the viewer that love triangles abound in the boarding school that functions as its setting; but all of the attempts are doomed from the start as (once again) there are no actual characters to take part in a love triangle. There are some story elements about being "The Etoile" and the climax of the story focuses on who is going to be elected the next Etoile; but at no point in the anime is a reason given as to why anyone (let alone these particular cardboard puppets) would want the title. The few described aspects of this position seem to include watering some plants in a greenhouse and a lot of unexplained paperwork.

The third (and least bothersome) problem is with the animation and art style. The art style was fairly typical for a 90s anime; which is too bad, as this anime came out in 2008 (a contemporary of shows like Haruhi and Index). The animation was more disappointing - many (perhaps even most) of the shots involved little to no movement of the character models, outside of the lip flaps that are necessary to convey who is speaking. When the story required more than just standing around, repeated walk cycles (or similar types of movement) were very much the norm.

I've glanced over the dozens of positive reviews this anime has generated - they are either written by aliens (unfamiliar with what a human being is and how one speaks/acts) or people who mistakenly watched some other anime then left a review here. There is no way that a thinking/feeling person could watch this show and evaluate it as anything but the lowest of trash.

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