Title: いちご１００％ (Strawberry 100%) Vol. 12
Artist/Author: 河下水希 (Mizuki Kawashita)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 192pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Weekly Shonen JUMP Vol 15, '04 - Vol 24, '04
First Printing: 9/5/04
Rating: 4/4

While I still believe that there are way too many girls in this series already, the newest, Kozue Mukai cracks me up. While I wouldn't trade the original 4 for her, she has a "unique" personality that makes her worthy of being one of the main characters. The fan-service in this volume is...umm...impressive.

News is that the anime will be presented at some tour and drama CD #3 is coming out in December.

There's a bonus Ichigo 6~7% manga where the gang eats has some soup that enlarges there chest. Same effect for girls and guys.

99. 放さないで (Don't Let Go): While the two of them are stuck in the ferris wheel, Tsukasa thanks Junpei for everything he's done. He interprets this as a final farewell. They then have a brief incident where she almost falls off the ferris wheel, but Junpei hangs on to her. Later at school, while he's giving chocolate to Aya for White Day, he follows her all the way to her cram school and falls down the stairs with a new girl, 向井こずえ (Kozue Mukai).

100. 走り出した運命 (Sprinted Fate): After the encounter, Kozue runs away and tells her classmate, Aya about the incident. Having failed, Junpei decides to give the chocolates to Tsukasa at work. However, his boss at the theater eats it all up and when she opens the box, it's empty. She says he has until the end of the month to re-fill it. After Aya finishes her cram class, Junpei meets up with her and gives her the chocolates. Aya tells him that it'd be nice if he could attend cram school and end up at the same university.

101. ここは別世界 (It's A Different Dimension Here): After listening to Okusa talking, Junpei decides to get Tsukasa some strawberry underwear. However, being embarrassed to shop as a man, he and Komiyama dress up as women. When the clerk realizes that he's a man, she falls back and hits her head and so Junpei then has to take on the role as store clerk. Meanwhile, the customers, including one of his teachers as well as Satsuki come in and want him to help fit them in new bras. When he finally escapes, he meets Tsukasa and gives her the gift, forgetting that he's still dressed like a woman.

102. 妄想少女 (Delusional Girl): Kozue and Junpei happen to be on the same train to the cram school's placement test. She gets groped on the train and Junpei jumps into help without knowing that he's met her before. At the test, he sits up at the seat next to her and is told that Kozue is bashful but also has a dirty mind about guys (as she's never had much guy experience since she's only attended girl's school, I forgot where that's mentioned). After the test, she asks Junpei to explain to her what "ecchi" is.

103. SMILE FOR ME: Aya, Junpei, Kozue, and another friend meet up at a burger shop a few days later after finding out their respective levels (Junpei and Kozue are in class B, the others in class A). Afterwards, Junpei sees Kozue off at her subway stop even though it's beyond his and compliments her on her smile. She remarks that it's the first time she's smiled like this to a guy.

104. 純情シネマ交差点 (Youthful Cinema Crossing): It's the start of a new semester and Aya and Junpei are now in the same class, but Satsuki is not with them. That evening, she decides to try out her new bathing suit and goes to Junpei's workplace to show him. The boss tells him he's no longer working as he's at cram school. She leaves and sees Junpei and another girl coming out of a video store and decides to follow them.

105. 追いかけてトナイート (Following Tonight): Junpei and Kozue come to realize that they're being followed by some strange person in a trenchcoat, so they dash off into the park. Satsuki sees them running into a park at night and find it highly suspicious. Junpei and Kozue manage to hide behind some bushes but land in an awkward position and can't move as they'll make a sound.

106. UNDER THE MOONLIGHT: Although tension is high as they don't know who this stalker is, Kozue enjoys being in this position with Junpei. The cops arrive and see Satsuki so the two show themselves and find out it's only Junpei's friend that was following them. The next day, Junpei asks Kozue how the movie was. Aya realizes that it's the same movie that Junpei recommended to her previously.

107. 目覚ましGIRL (Awake Girl): Tsukasa comes over to Junpei's house and invites him out to the beach and on a short boat ride.

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