Strawberry Panic! (ストロベリー・パニック! , Sutoroberī Panikku! ) is the title of thirty Japanese fictional short stories which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools. A common theme throughout the stories are the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters. The stories, while written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Chitose Maki, were the product of a reader participation game run by MediaWorks in the bishōjo magazine Dengeki G's Magazine . The game started in the January 2004 issue of the magazine and concluded in the February 2005 issue; this resulted in twenty-five short stories (except for the first) which had been directly influenced by reader participation votes in ten separate rounds of voting. The short stories later spawned many other adaptations in the Strawberry Panic! series, including an anime , manga , and light novel series.
The first short story from the reader participation project featuring Nagisa and Shizuma as the first couple.
The first three stories appeared in the February 2004 issue of the magazine which was released on December 30, 2003.[ 1] Three more were published each month up to May 30, 2004, which at the time meant that eighteen stories had been published. This was the completion of the first story arc entitled the Etoile Chapter . The next story arc entitled the Dormitory Panic Chapter comprised seven stories in greater length than the earlier stories. These seven stories were published between June 30 and December 30, 2004, which corresponds to the August 2004 through February 2005 issues of Dengeki G's Magazine . This concluded the reader participation game at twenty-five stories.
After a three-month hiatus , more stories returned in the May 2005 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine on March 30, 2005. This small series of five separate stories was written as a supplementary bibliography of the twelve girls in the story. The series concluded in the September 2005 issue on July 30, 2005. None of the original thirty stories were ever published again in bound volumes .
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Coupling
Issue
01
Nagisa/Shizuma
February 2004
02
Kizuna/Remon
February 2004
03
Hikari/Tsubomi
February 2004
04
Nagisa/Tamao
March 2004
05
Hikari/Amane
March 2004
06
Kizuna/Chikaru
March 2004
07
Nagisa/Chiyo
April 2004
08
Hikari/Yaya
April 2004
09
Kizuna/Chikaru
April 2004
10
Nagisa/Tamao
May 2004
11
Nagisa/Amane
May 2004
12
Hikari/Amane
May 2004
13
Nagisa/Tamao
June 2004
14
Hikari/Amane
June 2004
15
Kizuna/Kagome
June 2004
16
Nagisa/Tamao
July 2004
17
Kizuna/Chikaru
July 2004
18
Hikari/Amane
July 2004
Dormitory Panic Chapter
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Subject
Issue
01
Nagisa, Shizuma, Chiyo, and Tamao
August 2004
02
Hikari, Amane, Tsubomi, and Yaya
September 2004
03
Kizuna, Chikaru, Kagome, and Remon
October 2004
04
The story revolves around Nagisa
November 2004
05
The story revolves around Hikari
December 2004
06
The story revolves around Kizuna
January 2005
07
Nagisa/Shizuma, Hikari/Amane, and Kizuna/Chikaru
February 2005
Supplementary short stories
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Title
Issue
01
"My Oneesama" (わたしのお姉様 , Watashi no Oneesama )
May 2005
02
"My Blue Angel" (わたしの蒼い天使 , Watashi no Aoi Tenshi )
June 2005
03
"The Prince of the Pure White Star" (真白き星の王子様(前編) , Mashiroki Hoshi no Ōjisama (Zenpen) )
July 2005
04
"To Approach the Stormy Dark Clouds" (迫り来る嵐の黒雲 , Semari Kitaru Arashi no Kuroun )
August 2005
05
"Like a Golden Rose" (黄金色のばらのように , Koganeiro no Bara Noyōni )
September 2005
Round 1 (March 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Coupling
Votes
01
Nagisa/Tamao
481
02
Hikari/Amane
343
03
Kizuna/Chikaru
260
04
Nagisa/Shizuma
246
05
Hikari/Yaya
199
06
Kizuna/Kagome
121
07
Nagisa/Chiyo
120
07
Hikari/Tsubomi
120
09
Kizuna/Remon
89
Round 2 (May 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Coupling
Votes
01
Nagisa/Tamao
150
02
Nagisa/Amane
114
03
Hikari/Amane
102
04
*Tamao/Amane
91
05
Nagisa/Chikaru
90
06
*Tamao/Chikaru
78
07
Nagisa/Hikari
61
08
Amane/Chikaru
58
09
Nagisa/Kizuna
56
10
Hikari/Tamao
54
11
Shizuma/Amane
52
12
Hikari/Chikaru
51
13
Hikari/Shizuma
48
14
Kizuna/Chikaru
46
15
Chiyo/Amane
34
16
Kizuna/Tamao
32
17
Shizuma/Chikaru
30
18
Chiyo/Kagome
29
19
Nagisa/Shizuma
28
19
Hikari/Chiyo
28
21
Hikari/Kizuna
26
22
Kizuna/Chiyo
24
22
Chiyo/Chikaru
24
24
Kizuna/Shizuma
20
24
Hikari/Kagome
20
24
Kizuna/Amane
20
24
Amane/Kagome
20
28
Hikari/Yaya
18
29
Nagisa/Yaya
15
29
Nagisa/Kagome
15
29
Shizuma/Kagome
15
29
Tamao/Tsubomi
15
33
Nagisa/Tsubomi
13
33
Tamao/Kagome
13
33
Kizuna/Yaya
13
36
Shizuma/Tsubomi
11
36
Shizuma/Yaya
11
36
Chiyo/Yaya
11
36
Tsubomi/Chikaru
11
36
Yaya/Chikaru
11
36
Kizuna/Remon
11
42
Shizuma/Tamao
10
42
Kizuna/Kagome
10
44
Tamao/Yaya
9
44
Yaya/Kagome
9
46
Nagisa/Chiyo
8
47
Chiyo/Tamao
6
47
Hikari/Tsubomi
6
47
Tsubomi/Remon
6
50
Nagisa/Remon
5
50
Chiyo/Tsubomi
5
50
Tamao/Remon
5
50
Amane/Tsubomi
5
50
Amane/Remon
5
50
Tsubomi/Kagome
5
56
Shizuma/Chiyo
4
56
Kizuna/Tsubomi
4
56
Chikaru/Remon
4
59
Tsubomi/Yaya
3
59
Yaya/Remon
3
61
Amane/Yaya
2
61
Chikaru/Kagome
2
61
Kagome/Remon
2
64
Shizuma/Remon
1
65
Chiyo/Remon
0
65
Hikari/Remon
0
*The magazine printed both of these as "Tamao/Amane", though one of them should have been "Tamao/Chikaru". It is uncertain which coupling received more votes.
Round 3 (July 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Coupling
Votes
01
Nagisa/Tamao
1215
02
Kizuna/Chikaru
*375
03
Hikari/Amane
*376
04
Nagisa/Amane
281
05
Kizuna/Kagome
221
06
Tamao/Amane
135
07
Nagisa/Hikari
125
08
Nagisa/Chikaru
101
09
Tamao/Chikaru
90
10
Nagisa/Shizuma
74
11
Hikari/Yaya
68
12
Nagisa/Kizuna
65
13
Hikari/Tamao
62
14
Hikari/Chiyo
56
15
Amane/Chikaru
52
16
Tsubomi/Yaya
51
17
Nagisa/Chiyo
49
17
Chiyo/Amane
49
19
Kizuna/Remon
46
20
Kizuna/Amane
45
21
Hikari/Chikaru
44
22
Shizuma/Amane
41
23
Kizuna/Chiyo
39
24
Nagisa/Tsubomi
33
24
Hikari/Tsubomi
33
26
Hikari/Kagome
29
27
Tamao/Remon
28
28
Chiyo/Yaya
26
29
Tamao/Tsubomi
23
30
Yaya/Chikaru
21
31
Shizuma/Tsubomi
19
31
Chiyo/Tsubomi
19
33
Chiyo/Kagome
18
33
Kizuna/Tamao
18
35
Hikari/Shizuma
17
35
Tsubomi/Kagome
17
37
Chiyo/Tamao
15
37
Chiyo/Chikaru
15
37
Tamao/Yaya
15
40
Chiyo/Remon
14
41
Nagisa/Yaya
12
41
Shizuma/Chikaru
12
41
Tamao/Kagome
12
41
Amane/Yaya
12
41
Kizuna/Tsubomi
12
46
Tsubomi/Chikaru
11
47
Amane/Tsubomi
10
47
Chikaru/Kagome
10
49
Kizuna/Shizuma
9
50
Hikari/Kizuna
8
51
Amane/Kagome
7
52
Shizuma/Kagome
6
52
Kizuna/Yaya
6
54
Amane/Remon
5
55
Shizuma/Chiyo
4
55
Yaya/Kagome
4
55
Chikaru/Remon
4
55
Kagome/Remon
4
59
Nagisa/Kagome
3
59
Nagisa/Remon
3
59
Shizuma/Yaya
3
59
Yaya/Remon
3
63
Shizuma/Tamao
0
63
Shizuma/Remon
0
63
Hikari/Remon
0
63
Tsubomi/Remon
0
*This is how the results appeared in the magazine. It is possible that the publishers accidentally switched them.
Round 4 (August 2004 issue)
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Individual results were not given for the character rankings; there were 1034 votes total.
Round 5 (September 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Character
Votes
01
Amane
454
02
Yaya
125
03
Chiyo
84
04
Nagisa
82
05
Shizuma
76
06
Tamao
67
07
Kizuna
63
08
Tsubomi
58
09
Chikaru
50
10
Kagome
29
11
Remon
14
Hikari was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 6 (October 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Character
Votes
01
Chikaru
319
02
Amane
103
03
Hikari
81
04
Nagisa
78
05
Kagome
77
06
Remon
75
07
Chiyo
67
08
Tamao
51
09
Yaya
38
10
Tsubomi
36
11
Shizuma
30
Kizuna was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 7 (November 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Character
Votes
01
Tamao
217
02
Amane
204
03
Hikari
105
04
Shizuma
99
05
Kizuna
96
06
Chiyo
79
07
Chikaru
68
08
Yaya
42
09
Tsubomi
32
10
Kagome
28
11
Remon
24
Nagisa was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 8 (December 2004 issue)
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Ranking
Character
Votes
01
Amane
310
02
Yaya
139
03
Nagisa
105
04
Tamao
93
05
Chikaru
82
06
Kizuna
70
06
Tsubomi
70
08
Shizuma
61
09
Kagome
44
10
Chiyo
43
11
Remon
21
Hikari was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 9 (January 2005 issue)
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Ranking
Character
Votes
01
Chikaru
214
02
Amane
163
03
Hikari
121
04
Kagome
110
05
Remon
99
06
Nagisa
77
07
Tamao
67
08
Chiyo
66
09
Yaya
58
10
Shizuma
48
11
Tsubomi
20
Kizuna was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Final round (February 2005 issue)
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Ranking
Coupling
Votes
01
Nagisa/Tamao
1653
02
Hikari/Amane
950
03
Kizuna/Chikaru
728
04
Nagisa/Amane
503
05
Hikari/Yaya
391
06
Kizuna/Kagome
302
07
Nagisa/Shizuma
294
08
Nagisa/Hikari
264
09
Tamao/Amane
259
10
Nagisa/Chikaru
255
11
Tamao/Chikaru
192
12
Nagisa/Kizuna
176
13
Amane/Chikaru
140
14
Hikari/Chikaru
139
15
Hikari/Tamao
137
16
Shizuma/Amane
135
17
Chiyo/Kagome
119
18
Kizuna/Remon
106
19
Tsubomi/Yaya
102
20
Hikari/Chiyo
101
21
Chiyo/Amane
97
22
Nagisa/Chiyo
93
23
Kizuna/Amane
89
24
Kizuna/Chiyo
82
25
Chiyo/Chikaru
74
26
Hikari/Shizuma
69
27
Hikari/Kizuna
57
28
Shizuma/Chikaru
55
28
Kizuna/Tamao
55
30
Shizuma/Yaya
51
30
Hikari/Tsubomi
51
32
Hikari/Kagome
50
33
Amane/Yaya
49
34
Nagisa/Tsubomi
47
35
Nagisa/Yaya
43
35
Yaya/Chikaru
43
37
Tamao/Tsubomi
39
38
Shizuma/Tamao
38
38
Amane/Tsubomi
38
40
Chiyo/Yaya
37
41
Kizuna/Shizuma
36
42
Tamao/Remon
33
43
Chiyo/Tsubomi
32
43
Tamao/Yaya
32
45
Amane/Kagome
28
45
Kizuna/Yaya
28
47
Nagisa/Kagome
27
48
Chiyo/Tamao
26
48
Tamao/Kagome
26
50
Nagisa/Remon
25
51
Tsubomi/Chikaru
22
51
Tsubomi/Kagome
22
51
Chikaru/Kagome
22
54
Shizuma/Kagome
21
54
Kizuna/Tsubomi
21
56
Yaya/Remon
16
57
Chiyo/Remon
14
58
Shizuma/Chiyo
13
60
Amane/Remon
11
60
Chikaru/Remon
11
62
Shizuma/Tamao
10
63
Tsubomi/Remon
6
63
Kagome/Remon
6
65
Shizuma/Remon
1
66
Hikari/Remon
0
^ Dengeki G's Magazine (in Japanese). MediaWorks . February 2004. p. 135.