Monkey High!
Japanese shōjo manga series by Shouko Akira
Monkey High! (Japanese: サルヤマっ!, Hepburn: Saruyama!) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Shouko Akira. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's Deracomi magazine, starting in 2004. It transferred to Betsucomi magazine in the October 2005 issue (released in September) and ran until its conclusion in the March 2008 issue (released in February). Shogakukan later collected the individual chapters into eight bound volumes under the Flower Comics imprint. Viz Media licensed the series for an English-language release in North America.
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After her politician father is disgraced by a scandal, Haruna Aizawa transfers to a new high school. Haruna thinks that school life is just like a monkey mountain—all the monkeys form cliques, get into fights, and get back together again. The school she just transferred to is no exception. There's even a boy called Macharu who reminds her of a baby monkey.
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