Going through the ups and downs of school life is something almost everyone can relate to, making it a perfect setting for manga. As we head into the last few weeks of summer vacation, get back into the school spirit with these manga series that take place in schools.
In You and I Are Polar Opposites, energetic Miyu Suzuki tends to be a crowd-follower, even when she doesn't quite want to. Meanwhile, Yusuke Tani is a quiet introvert who bluntly speaks his mind. Suzuki develops a crush on Tani, but feels she can't act on it due to how her classmates might react.
Ganta Nakami struggles with insomnia in the series Insomniacs After School. One day he sneaks up to his school's abandoned observatory to get a nap in, only to find fellow student (and fellow insomniac) Isaki Magari already there. The two strike up a friendship and work together to rebuild the school's astronomy club.
Blue Period follows Yatora Yaguchi, a smart and popular high schooler who seems to have everything together, but actually feels incredibly purposeless. After a night out with friends, he sees a beautiful morning in the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo. The city is covered a shade of blue that inspires him to make a drawing for art class. While art class used to be something he thought was "useless", he starts feeling passionate about art in a way he hasn't been passionate about anything before and decides to start pursuing it full time.
In the series Komi Can't Communicate, Shoko Komi is welcomed into Itan Private High School with almost instant popularity due to her beautiful looks and stoic attitude. However, only Hitohito Tadano, the boy sits next to her in class who most consider "average" knows that Komi actually has severe social anxiety, which makes it hard for her to communicate with others. She confides in him that her goal is to make 100 friends, and he decides to help her.
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