Having Fun at the Animal Academy- Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho Volume 1

Neko Fukuta ended up attending the only high school whose entrance test she passed. In fact, she barely got into this one anyway. Then she got there and they did not want to let her in after all. She was finally allowed to take one more test to decide whether to let her in or send her away. It was a very strange test, but she passes and finds out it is really a school for animals learning to act like humans. She gets to stay as long as she doesn’t let them know she is a real human. Can she do it and fit in?

It was a really good story. The drawings were done very well. I liked the detail shown and the characters were all very cute, especially in animal form. It was very funny. The expressions of Miko, who is a cat, reminded me of my own cat Mookie Moo. Lots of silly mistakes get made that even a toddler would know better than and these made me laugh.

This is a manga book. If you are new to manga you should know manga is back to front from a normal book. It is very easy to read though and after only one chapter you will find you don’t make any mistakes when reading it. The school is in Japan so you also will learn new words like sempai, which is someone ahead of you in school. It is very easy to understand and I really like it that they left these things in and did not turn the book around. It says it is for ages 10+ but I was 8 when I got this and I had no trouble reading it or understanding the story. If you are a boy or a girl who likes funny stories, this is a great manga to read.

I would like to thank the Tokyopop man who attended the 2010 February MCM Expo convention in Telford for recommending this manga for me to read. You can read a sample at the Tokyopop website before buying. I bought my copy at the MCM Expo but you can also find it at Amazon, where I had my Mummy buy me the sequels.

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